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Lion attack kills recent IU graduate
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By Alex Hardgrave ahardgra@iu.edu | @a_hardgrave
A 22-year-old IU alumna was killed by a lion attack Dec. 30 at her internship with the Conservators Center in Burlington, North Carolina. Alexandra Black, a New Palestine, Indiana native, graduated in May 2018 with a bachelor of science in animal behavior. She had been at her internship in North Carolina for about two weeks prior to her death. The Caswell County Sheriff ’s Office responded after the attack. Deputies ultimately had to shoot and kill the animal after attempts to tranquilize him did not work, according to a press release from the department. The accident occurred when employees were doing routine enclosure cleaning, the release said. The male lion escaped and “quickly killed” Black. The team of caregivers were being led by a professionally trained animal keeper. “It is still unclear at this time how the lion left the locked enclosure,” the statement said.
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73-65 By Cameron Drummond
Related Content, page 4 COLUMN: IU basketball continues to show it finds ways to win
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While it lasted only a split-second Thursday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, time might as well have stood still for Juwan Morgan. With just more than four minutes remaining in the first half of IU’s 73-65 win over Illinois, Morgan and his teammates were in search of a spark after trailing by as many as 10 points. The Hoosiers managed to claw their way back to within four points of the Fighting Illini before Morgan made a defensive stand emblematic of the senior forward’s play this season. He blocked a jump shot taken by Illinois junior guard Andres Feliz, gathered the defensive rebound and began to march down the court with the ball when Feliz fouled him. Morgan took a moment to glare at Feliz, like a disgruntled parent about to punish his or her child, before calmly making both of his free throws. It was part of IU’s 13-5 scoring run to close the first half, tying the game at 32,
PHOTOS BY ALEX DERYN | IDS
Top Senior forward Juwan Morgan scores against Illinois on Jan. 3 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU defeated Illinois, 73-65. Above Junior Devonte Green looks towards the basket with the ball during the IU men’s basketball game against Illinois on Jan. 3 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.
before the Hoosiers began the second period with 10 straight points from freshman guard Romeo Langford to help secure the victory. “We just knew it was going to be a weird game just because of how frantic they play,” Morgan said. “I don’t think we ever really just sat back and just let them keep hitting us. We delivered a blow to them too.”
Langford’s first bucket of the second half, a jump shot made from the paint, gave IU a lead that grew to as many as 15 points and was never surrendered. The win was the seventh consecutive victory for the No. 21-ranked Hoosiers and kept their perfect home record in place. IU is 10-0 this season in games played at Assembly Hall. “We didn’t handle it
well early,” IU Coach Archie Miller said. “We got better defensively in the first half which allowed us to sort of creep back in and our defense was a big key for the halftime score being what it was.” Morgan’s usual intensity and gritty play around the rim provided the Hoosiers with the energy needed to complete and maintain their first-half comeback, but it was Langford’s scoring that kept Miller’s team ahead on the scoreboard. The 28 points from Langford were a career high, eclipsing the 22 points he scored during IU’s road loss at University of Arkansas in November 2018. Langford’s statistical line was a model of efficiency against the Fighting Illini, as he recorded six rebounds and three assists alongside his 8-of-13 shooting performance. “I feel like this was my SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 6
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By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals
IU alumnus Elijah Pouges, stage name brz, will perform at 8 p.m., Jan. 5 at the Blockhouse Bar. Pouges will be performing his new EP “Weekend in Toronto,” which features his trademark contemporary hip-hop style. In addition, Pouges will be joined on stage by Bloomington artist Rex Avant and his friend James Oakland, who will be performing with his band Risk Watch. Pouges graduated in May 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in music. Although he enjoys writing, he said he has had a passion for performing and music ever since he was 9 years old, when he played the cello in different orchestras. Specifically, his interest in writing and hip-hop began four years later, when he started attending open mic nights in different places around Indianapolis and performing original hip-hop songs. He continued in college and, to top off his college career, Pouges performed in the 32nd annual WIUX Culture Shock Music Festival in April, where the lineup included artists such as local DJ Luther Blissett and Los Angeles-based band Chicano Batman. After his graduation in 2018, Pouges moved to Brooklyn, New York. He said he needed to place himself in an artistic environment where he could be surrounded by
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Elijah Pouges performs as brz. Pouges will be performing at 8 p.m., Jan. 5 at the Blockhouse Bar.
people with interests in music. “There are many artists that I respect there, but nobody that I could grow around collaboratively,” said Pouges, explaining the reason he left Indiana. Another reason Pouges decided to move to New York was because of the support expressed by his family and friends. He said he always knew that he was going to move away from Indiana, but their encouraging words were the final push. “When the people around you
that love you tell you do something, it is really validating,” Pouges said. Right now, Pouges is attending Brooklyn College for a graduate program in sonic art, which he said is forcing him to expand his concept of sound. He is also collaborating with multiple artists in the area, just like he said he had hoped. Although Pouges knew he needed to venture to a different location after graduation, he said he also knew he would eventually return to Bloomington and Indiana. He said
that even though he felt the need to leave Indiana, it’s his home. He said he’s excited to return to Bloomington, as it was an important place for him artistically. “It’s the place where I started to feel comfortable as an artist again,” he said. Pouges said he is ready to show people how his music has grown and changed in the past year. “I encourage people to come and spend an evening with their favorite abstraction,” Pouges said.