Friday, Nov. 4, 2016

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Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 | Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

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IU will play Northwestern at home in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals By Josh Eastern jeastern@iu.edu | @JoshEastern

Taking flight T IU Opera’s ‘Madama Butterfly’ gives new take on classic opera

By Jesse Naranjo

jlnaranj@indiana.edu | @jesselnaranjo

he audience will journey to turn-of-the-20th-century Japan in IU Opera’s production of “Madama Butterfly,” which opens Friday at the Musical Arts Center. The opera, composed by famed Italian Giacomo Puccini, details the emotional journey of Cio-Cio-san, a geisha in Nagasaki, Japan, and her marriage to an American naval officer. Cio-Cio-san roughly translates to “Madame Butterfly.” According to Operabase, an opera statistics website, it is the fifth most performed show in the world. Puccini ranks second on the list of most performed composers on the same site. Second-year master’s student Liz Culpepper, who sings the part of Suzuki in Friday’s cast, said the incongruent level of devotion between Butterfly and her husband, Pinkerton, plays a huge role in character development throughout the show. Culpepper said her character acts as a caretaker for Butterfly when Pinkerton leaves and is not heard from

again. Suzuki protects the show’s lead from exterior threats, be they emotional or of another nature. At first, Pinkerton displays good intentions to Butterfly, which turn out to be deception. While Butterfly believes the marriage is based on permanent love, Pinkerton merely takes advantage of Japan’s loose divorce laws and leaves. “Butterfly gets really upset when Suzuki makes any sort of mention of ‘I’m not so sure he’s coming back,’” Culpepper said. “She doesn’t want to believe it.” Culpepper said there is a delicate balance when trying not to disrespect another culture, but what she likes about stage director Lesley Koenig’s creative choices is her focus on characters as individuals, regardless of culture. Third-year doctoral student Mathilda Edge, who sings the lead role of Butterfly on Friday, said it was a fun but challenging experience to learn more about Japanese and geisha culture. She said at the time the opera takes place, geisha were seen as the ultimate polite and proper women, with calculated hand and body gestures. SEE BUTTERFLY, PAGE 6

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Top The IU Opera presents Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in a dress rehersal Tuesday evening in the Musical Arts Center. The Italian opera follows the tragic love story of a geisha who must fight for her child after her husband returns from the Navy with an American wife.

The first time IU played Northwestern, the Hoosiers controlled the Wildcats. They outshot them 28-3 but ended up settling for a 0-0 draw. This time around, IU will be looking to get back at Northwestern. IU is coming off an important 2-1 win against Michigan State to grab the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. Now, the Hoosiers will look to carry some of that momentum into the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The first time around, the Wildcats sat behind the ball for most of the match and absorbed a lot of the Hoosiers’ pressure. However, Northwestern has knocked off some premier opponents, including Notre Dame, in the past four games and IU Coach Todd Yeagley said this team is different from the first time around. “They’re playing a bit differently, but I think they’ll still put quite a few numbers behind the ball,” Yeagley said. “Their shape is different, and they’re confident. Beating Notre Dame is a tough task, and they beat a good Penn State team, so they’re coming off a couple of good results.” The postseason is now underway and every game moving forward is an elimination game. Because of that, Yeagley said he would work his side a bit less to keep them fresh come Sunday. IU sophomore midfielder Francesco Moore picked up a knock in Sunday’s match, and IU junior defender Grant Lillard is also not feeling 100 percent. However, both should be good to go for Sunday’s quarterfinal. The mood around the team is good, IU sophomore defender Andrew Gutman said, and the Hoosiers will look to keep their good form as the stakes get higher heading into the postseason. “We’re playing well, coming off of a big win in Michigan State,” Gutman said. “We’re all happy, all playing well, so we’re excited to get the Big Ten Tournament started.” On the offensive end, the Hoosiers have started to find their stride. After a four-goal week, IU senior SEE SOCCER, PAGE 6 IU (10-6-1) vs. Northwestern (6-10-1) 1 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, Bill Armstrong Stadium

“We’re all happy, all playing well, so we’re excited to get the Big Ten Tournament started.” Andrew Gutman, IU sophomore defender

Locals tell stories of Mom balances school, home life former drug addiction By Kate McNeal

khmcneal@umail.iu.edu | @katemcneal11

By Dominick Jean drjean@indiana.edu | @Domino_Jean

More than 50 people gathered at The Warehouse at 1525 S. Rogers St. in Bloomington. They were talking as a part of Take Back Your Town, an event designed to discuss opioid addiction and solutions to the prevalence of drugs in Bloomington. “We don’t think it happens in our neighborhood,” Director at Meadows Hospital Pete Link said. “But guess what, folks? It’s here.” Link was one of several experts who spoke at the event to educate people on mental health, addiction and legal concerns. Monroe County Sheriff Brad Swain said, with the construction of I-69, the number of drugs in the city of Bloomington is only going to grow as time passes. Swain said events like this will help to educate people on the situation in Bloomington. The organizer of the event, Karen Little, said she did not envision Take Back Your Town as a onetime thing, but rather as a continual conversation about drug addiction. One in seven people suffer from addiction, and there needs to

be a dialogue about it, Little said. “Together we can take our town back from addiction,” Little said. Many of the speakers had stories of addiction, either personally or in their families. Link said his mother was an alcoholic for years until she found service in Monroe County that could help with her addiction. He said addiction happens to everyone and is not an issue for only homeless or poor people. “This doesn’t just affect the homeless,” Link said. “It affects us all.” Brandon Drake from Keystone Interventions is a drug and alcohol counselor, and he said he experiences addiction through his work. “I see this stuff every day,” Drake said. “I see this on a ground level.” Drake said he remembered a few weeks ago when he was called and asked to check up on a former client of Keystone. That former client was found dead at his computer from a drug overdose. Drake said his own path to drug addiction began when he was 14 years old. He had a headache and reached into his mother’s SEE DRUG, PAGE 6

Sheryl Stevens doesn’t eat breakfast until 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. She has to get ready for class, make sure her children get on the bus, drive to Bloomington and go to four classes before she has time. Stevens, 30, has three sons, ages 6, 7 and 8. She earned her general equivalency degree when she was 16 in an effort to get away from the clique mentality in her peer group, she said. Stevens worked odd jobs for several years before deciding to get a degree. “Around the time that I was really starting to get serious and considering to come back to education and make my résumé stronger, I got pregnant,” Stevens said. “I put everything on hold until my childbearing was done.” Stevens attended Vincennes University-Jasper for a couple of years but stopped because of an issue with her financial aid. She decided to come to IU based on her brother’s recommendation, she said. “This is my first semester back after a year of sitting back, and it’s nerve-racking,” Stevens said. Stevens plans on pursuing a major in English and minors in ethics and philosophy and would eventually like to attend law school,

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Full-time IU student and mom Sheryl Stevens takes a break from her Intro to German Culture class Monday afternoon to do a quick photoshoot outside of the Global & International Studies Building.

she said. “I would love to practice family law, which is different than what I thought when I first started having this idea of pursuing law school,” Stevens said. “The children are so often disregarded in divorce cases, and I know I could be an active advocate for them.” Stevens only has classes two days a week and drives about an hour and a half from Shoals, Indiana, to get to Bloomington, she said. She has five classes, beginning at 9:15 a.m. and ending at 8:45 p.m. On

days she’s not on campus, she has endless housework to do, she said. “My husband is a very traditional sort of man,” Stevens said. “He likes to come in and put his boots by the door, so to speak, and that’s the end of his responsibilities. I’m expected to do pretty much everything aside from earning a wage.” Stevens said her family has been on public assistance but lost it when she took out student loans, even though the loans went toward SEE MOM, PAGE 6


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