January 21, 2021

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Jan. 21, 2021

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS As promised in our letter describing the IDS’ concerning financial state, we’re going to keep updating you as we learn more about what our future might look like. To recap our last letter: The IDS was on track to run out of money by May, and not many people knew.

Restructuring plans proposed in 2018 had stalled. We weren’t sure what would happen if the IDS’ accounts hit zero.

Since we last wrote, we’ve met with alumni, administrators, faculty and other concerned parties. IU has made a few encouraging promises regarding our future, which we’ll get into below.

We also raised more than $85,000 in donations to our Legacy Fund in the two days after we published the letter.

We raised $100,000 the first two weeks of January, including a $50,000 donation from IU alumnus Mark Cuban.

We’re so grateful for this show of support for our independent student journalism. Through social media posts, emails and calls, people told us how much the IDS means to them and how scared they were to learn of its uncertain future.

Administrators have assured us the IDS will continue to exist beyond this semester. We still don’t know exactly what that will look like. We’re working on it.

IU announced last week that it will allow us to operate at a deficit for three years. The Media School will be responsible for any remaining deficit.

The Media School and Office of the Provost have also promised there will be no “immediate changes” to professional staff structure. Our professional staff members are full-time Media School employees paid through our budget. Their work is critical to running the IDS and cannot be shifted onto students.

This agreement guarantees the IDS can continue as is for at least three more years. But when those three years end and the Media School has to foot the bill for our deficit, we don’t know what changes the school will make to our newsroom. And it’s highly unlikely we’ll be able to climb out of a deficit without a drastic change to our business model.

To be clear, we don’t think the IDS name will go away. But if the Media School takes on our budget with no changes to our financial structure, the IDS could morph into an organization far different from the one it is today.

We met with IU Provost Lauren Robel on Friday to discuss our concerns about the future of the paper and our desire to work with administrators on a solution. She said she would convene a new committee to work with us on developing a plan for a sustainable business model for the IDS. The committee that was initially formed in November 2018 to address the IDS’ financial issues hasn’t met since March.

We’re working as hard as we can to vet all options for a new structure and determine which are viable.

Media School Dean James Shanahan declined to meet with us for at least two weeks while he talks to faculty about the IDS. He suggested we direct immediate questions to the campus level.

The reaction to our previous letter was both disheartening and reaffirming. Members of our community posted about the IDS’ effect on their lives and shared their concerns about it going away. We heard from student journalists at other schools who are working with similar situations. Students and professional groups reached out to us with fundraising ideas and offered to help however they could.

What we need from you, our readers, is to keep caring.

Keep donating to the IDS Legacy Fund if you’re able. Keep reading our stories. Keep letting IU administrators know you’re paying attention.

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IU virus cases 0.39% positive

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

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Protesters make their way down 1st Street toward Mayor John Hamilton’s house Jan. 18. The protest came after people experiencing homelessness were evicted from Seminary Park by the Bloomington Police Department personnel and other city employees Jan. 14.

150 protest treatment of homeless community

By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

Volunteers and organizers of the demonstration ran around the exterior of the mass of about 150 people marching to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house Monday night. Some of them stood at intersections to prevent oncoming traffic from hitting anyone in the group, directing them through Bloomington’s streets, while others led people in song.

“Ain’t gonna let no mayor turn me around, I’m gonna keep on walking, keep on talking, marching on to freedom land,” sang about 150 people as they marched to Hamilton’s house.

The march was led by people carrying a sign that read, “FIGHT POVERTY NOT THE POOR.” About five minutes into their march, a light but freezing rain started to fall.

But many protesters knew the group they were advocating for had faced much worse.

IU students, concerned Bloomington citizens and volunteers from groups

such as the Bloomington Homeless Coalition and Poor People’s Campaign Bloomington gathered in Seminary Park at 9 p.m.

Monday to participate in the “Hands off the Homeless” demonstration.

The city has cleared the encampment in Seminary Park and evicted people staying in the park twice since Dec. 9.

Watch IDS video coverage of the Jan. 14 Seminary Park camp eviction The group of people, which fluctuated between about 50 to 150, protested the city’s treatment of people experiencing homelessness in Bloomington.

The event was organized mainly by Bloomington Homeless Coalition volunteers and people who are or have been unhoused.

Jennifer Crossley, Monroe County Democratic

Party chair, started the night’s event by speaking at Seminary Park about how she believes the city and public officials need to show more support for the people who had camped in Seminary Park and other members of the homeless community.

“Let people stay here, find long term solutions, put things in this area to humanize people and give them their dignity instead of showing up here with the trash truck and acting like folks here are trash,” Crossley said. “That is not okay.”

Trevor Richardson, a man experiencing homelessness, and Virginia Goodman, a woman who has experienced homelessness, gave short opening remarks before handing the mic over to Patrick Saling, one of the organizers. Saling taught the crowd some songs and chants to shout later as they marched from the park to Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s house.

“Oh, somebody’s hurting my brother and it’s gone on …” Saling sang to SEE PROTEST, PAGE 5

IU reported a 0.39% positivity rate — 35 positive results out of 9,064 tests — for the Bloomington campus in Wednesday’s dashboard update for COVID-19 mitigation testing for the week of Jan. 10-16. This week has the second lowest positivity rate on the Bloomington campus since IU began mitigation testing in August.

The lowest rate for the Bloomington campus came the week of Dec. 13 — when IU conducted its smallest total of tests because few students were in town with Christmas the following week.

However, the overall mitigation testing positivity rate for all of IU’s campuses last week was the lowest IU has reported since mitigation testing started.

IU also conducted its most mitigation tests in a single-week last week, with nearly 18,000 mitigation tests conducted. IU conducted over 200,000 total mitigation tests across all campuses.

As more students returned to campus this semester, IU conducted about 2,300 more tests last week than the first week of January. The mitigation testing positivity rate decreased last week from the week of Jan. 3.

Off-campus residents make up a majority of testing because they arrive in Bloomington in larger numbers in early January.

Of 5,178 off-campus, non-greek affiliated students tested, 0.5% were positive. That is a decrease from 1.2% the week before.

Most students who live on campus have structured arrival dates later in January.

Live-in greek-life students had a 1% positivity rate of 104 tests. Live-out greek-life students had a 0.4% positivity rate out of 903 tests, down from 1.1% the week prior. No data was reported in last week’s dashboard update for live-in greek-life students.

Dorm residents had a 1% positivity rate from 519 tests. There are not any students isolating or quarantining in Ashton Residence Center as of Wednesday’s update.

Of 5,021 faculty and staff members tested across all campuses, only 0.3% were positive. Of 1,315 voluntary asymptomatic tests across all campuses, 1.4% were positive.

McRobbie, IU is confident with its young team Nelms get vaccine VOLLEYBALL

By Amanda Foster

amakfost@iu.edu | @amandafoster_15

IU volleyball will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers in its season opener at home Friday. Nebraska has four seniors on its roster — three more than Indiana — and is currently ranked No. 5 in the nation in the AVCA Coaches poll.

The Cornhuskers have a 17-game winning streak against the Hoosiers. The last time IU was victorious was in 1978.

Head coach Steve Aird and his staff have dealt with positive COVID-19 tests, quarantines and uncertainty about the season within the program in the past ten months, while also facing nationwide social issues and stressors this offseason.

“It’s been the hardest coaching year of my life,” Aird said. “Every single part of our operation got touched by [COVID-19] in some capacity. It was kind of day by day, we would see what we were allowed to do and we would stay within those parameters.”

But rather than focus-

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Then-freshman Emily Fitzner sets up then-senior Jacqui Armer against Illinois Oct. 4, 2019, at Wilkinson Hall. IU opens its season Friday against Nebraska.

ing on their hardships, Aird and his team are grateful and appreciative for the opportunities they have. To have practices and a successful season, everyone must be tested every day while also following social distancing and maskwearing precautions as described by IU Athletics.

“We are just extremely grateful,” senior captain Brooke Westbeld said.

“There are so many people that are making it happen for us. We’re so lucky, there’s not a second we’re taking for granted.”

This will be Aird’s third season with the IU volleyball program. Since he arrived, the team has seen improvements in recruiting, on-court performance and fan attendance. In 2019, the Hoosiers set program records for attendance and were No. 15 in the country with an average of 1,809 fans per match.

However, no fans will be in attendance at the Hoosiers’ matches this season due to safety precautions.

While this may be concerning for some teams, Aird said he and his players are

unfazed.

“Everyone is super passionate, everyone’s really excited to be here,” sophomore captain Emily Fitzner said. “We have a great group of girls that just all want each other to succeed.”

The eight-player 2020 recruiting class was the highest ranked in program history at No. 15 in the country by Prepvolleyball. com, with multiple players holding impressive accolades. The group of freshmen contains Under Armour All-American middle blockers Leyla Blackwell and Savannah Kjolhede, as well as No. 32 ranked outside hitter Tommi Stockham.

“We’ve done some good things in the first couple years, but none I’m more proud of than the recruiting we’ve done and the class we’ve brought in,” Aird said. “In a lot of ways, I feel like we’re at the beginning now.”

The Hoosiers’ roster is primarily made up of underclassmen: eight freshSEE VOLLEYBALL, PAGE 5

By Lizzie Kaboski lkaboski@iu.edu | @lizziebowbizzie

IU President Michael McRobbie and Vice President Emeritus Charlie Nelms received the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Saturday at IU Health Bloomington, according to a press release.

McRobbie said he is confident that IU will help make vaccines available to anyone who wants them. IU announced a plan Friday to open a vaccination site on the Bloomington campus.

"We at IU will continue to do all we can to help ensure the vaccine gets into the arms of members of the IU community, as well as all Hoosiers,” McRobbie said in a press release.

McRobbie, 70, and Nelms, 75, were eligible to be vaccinated after the Indiana State Department of Health announced Wednesday residents over the age of 70 are able to be vaccinated in Indiana.

"The distribution of vaccines is extremely exciting news,” McRobbie said. “There is growing optimism that we are nearing a point when the majority of Americans will be able to receive one of the COVID-19 vaccines.”

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IU-B to be COVID-19 vaccine distribution site

By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

IU-Bloomington is expected to open Monroe County’s third vaccination clinic for eligible students and local residents, said Kirk White, the IU COVID-19 response team lead. Pending state registration confirmation, the campus will serve as an additional location option for their COVID-19 vaccine.

The opening date and location of the clinic have not been determined, according to a Friday IU press release.

“I think our track record working this past semester is going to show that we’re going to be able to meet the

challenge of helping the community and the region, as well as being a large vaccination site,” White said.

The other two current points of dispensing the vaccine are IU Bloomington Health Hospital and the Monroe Convention Center.

More than 8,500 Monroe County residents have received the COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital location, said Brian Shockney, IU Health South Central Region president. About 1,500 more vaccines are expected to be distributed out of the 11,225 given to the hospital by the end of the hospital’s clinic on Saturday.

Next week, the hospital will add more vaccine slots

and vaccinate 700 people a day, Shockney said.

The Monroe Convention Center began administering vaccines on Jan. 11. The convention center clinic vaccinated 70 people Monday, 289 on Jan. 13 and will vaccinate about 140 people Jan. 16, Penny Caudill, Monroe County Health Department administrator, said.

Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton said about 54% of Bloomington firefighters have received the COVID-19 vaccine, with some of them already having received their second injection. He said many police officers have been vaccinated, but he did not have exact numbers available.

Caudill said the vaccine schedule, which is not set

by Monroe County, is determined by the amount of vaccine doses available and when doses can be shipped.

People attempting to schedule a time to receive the vaccine should check the site regularly for open slots because they can change, Caudill said.

Shockney said the Indiana State Department of Health will ship vaccines at the beginning of each week based on demand and the number of appointments scheduled, so people should continue to fill spots when they are open.

Those eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine are

Hoosiers over 70, long-term care residents, first responders and health care workers who have in-person contact with patients or infectious material in any health care setting. The next group of people expected to receive the vaccine are Indiana residents within 60-69 years of age, Caudill said.

Shockney said IU Health continues to see minimal side effects from the vaccine, including a sore arm lasting about 12 hours.

Shockey said there has been a decline in the volume of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Monroe County over the past week. However, 81% of IU Health Bloomington’s intensive care unit beds are

occupied as of Thursday.

The Indiana Department of Health reported this week Hoosier deaths were two to three times the volume of deaths per day than in April 2020. Indiana has seen 58% of its COVID-19 related deaths in the last 90 days.

“It’s important we continue to understand the severity of this virus,” Shockney said. “The level of our ICU patients and the severity of our patients is higher than we have seen in the entire pandemic.”

It’s important to continue to wear a mask and practice social distancing and good hygiene, even after receiving the vaccine, he said.

Caveat Emptor Used Books struggles to stay open

By Wei Wang daviwang@iu.edu | @WeiWangDavid23

When Caveat Emptor Used Books owners Eric and Catherine Brown learned Dec. 29 someone they had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19, they made the cautious decision.

The bookstore kept its doors shut after Christmas for the owners to be tested and notified its customers on the store’s Facebook page.

Eric received his positive test results on New Year’s Day, followed by his wife Catherine’s a few days later.

“We’ll take this one last kick in the teeth from 2020

and come back stronger on the other side,” Eric said on the bookstore’s Facebook page.

Eric said he was surprised by how community members showed their support and understanding.

The bookstore will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary this year in June. Since the start of the pandemic, Caveat Emptor’s financial woes have made it difficult for owners to balance their downtown storefront’s rent and employees’ pay.

This was the second time in 2020 Caveat Emptor had to shut its doors. The store was closed to the public from

March to September after Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a stay-at-home order.

Its name, “Caveat Emptor,” means “Buyer Beware” in Latin. Eric said he understood it to be a humorous suggestion that the store isn’t responsible for its books’ content but never knew exactly why the store’s founder, Janis Starcs, chose the name.

Eric said the books sustained the local bookstore even through the influx of chain bookstores and the rise of online booksellers like Amazon.

“It’s the books themselves and what they represent. It’s the ethos of walking in this

place,” he said. “It’s got the ladders, and you’ve got wallto-wall books. To me, it’s the possibility that it represents.”

Eric was a frequent customer of the bookstore when he was an IU student. In March 2016, when he learned the previous owner Janis Starcs decided to close Caveat Emptor, he swiftly contacted Starcs to buy the store, according to a WFIU article.

Before buying Caveat Emptor, Eric and Catherine owned an online bookstore.

Eric also owns an entertainment company that organizes tribute concert events.

Both businesses relied on face-to-face interactions with

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Caveat Emptor Used and Rare Books is located at 112 N. Walnut St. The store is local to Bloomington and has been open since 1971.

IU’s ERI director nominated EPA deputy administrator

By David Wolfe Bender benderd@iu.edu | @dbenderpt

Janet McCabe, professor of practice at the Indiana University McKinney School of Law at IUPUI, was nominated to be the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on Jan. 15.

This position is the second in command at the agency and requires confirmation from the United States Senate. McCabe served in the Environmental Protection Agency for former President Barack Obama’s eight years in office, four of which as acting assistant administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation.

“During her tenure at the EPA, McCabe helped de-

velop the Clean Power Plan and worked with state and local agencies to address air toxics and climate change, and protect public health and the environment,” the Biden transition team said in a Jan. 15 press release.

McCabe has served as the director of the Environmental Resilience Institute since 2019. The institute brings together business leaders and government officials to consider how environmental changes could impact the health and economy of those living in Indiana, according to IU’s press release.

“Janet is a superb choice to serve as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, where she promises to continue the major impact she has had in

helping to establish innovative, research-informed, actionable solutions to reduce environmental risks and protect the health of our nation,” IU President Michael McRobbie said in a press release on Jan. 15.

McCabe is a strong supporter of environmental regulations. Some of the regulatory policies she helped develop at the EPA, such as Obama’s Clean Power Plan — which set carbon pollution limits on American power plants — were rolled back by the Trump administration.

McCabe told the IndyStar she was honored to be nominated for the position. She said her prior experience in the EPA showed her how much good the agency can do for the American people.

people, which made it particularly hard for the couple to work from home.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Eric said he and his wife have been adaptive to the economic hardship. He started a bike courier service delivering books himself. He put up roughly 4,000 books and customizable book care packages for sale online.

The couple applied for and were rejected from several business loans and assistance programs, such as the Economic Injury Disaster Loans program by the Small Business Administration.

Caveat Emptor employee John Robinson said the bookstore is a business that cares about the Bloomington community.

Robinson said the owners have given employees as much work as possible throughout the pandemic and paid them as much as they could. Since early June, Eric said their employees only work when he can afford it and when the store has enough orders.

Eric posted on Facebook April 27 he and Catherine couldn’t afford to pay the store’s rent. In response, they received more than 300 care package orders from around the country, many of which were made by IU alumni.

They received so many orders they had to close the submission form to catch up and fulfill the orders.

“While there were extra roadblocks and extra hurdles, there was also extra love from the community,” he said. “It kind of all seemed to balance out really well.”

The orders got the bookstore through the summer,

Eric said. He said he was amazed by the support, but it was not a sustainable option to continue going to the public for help when the store is in financial trouble. Eric said the store is having trouble paying rent and employees.

It would not survive another economic shutdown, he said.

“It’s levels of getting crushed,” he said. “We have to keep a skeleton crew or furlough all our people, which is always devastating.

It just kills me every time I have to do that.”

Eric said the biggest challenge of 2021 will be the unknowns from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Retail depends on certainty and planning, he said.

After everything, Eric said his and Catherine’s belief in the value of books and their passion for their job keeps them going. He said they are used to adapting and working overtime from owning several businesses over the years.

“It’s nothing but optimism,” he said.

David Brent Johnson hosts a weekly jazz program at WFIU and has been a customer of the bookstore for more than 30 years.

He said the bookstore draws him in because of the joy, surprise and sense of discovery when he discovers a title he had wanted for a long time. He said local bookstores like Caveat Emptor are hard to replace because he can build friendships with the owners and they learn what types of books he likes.

“I just really like the smell of a used book store, that kind of musty old paperback and hardback smell,” he said.

Part of Jordan Ave. closed until Feb. 19

By Lauren McLaughlin lrmclaug@iu.edu | @l_mclaughlin8

IU closed a portion of Jordan Avenue for a sewer repair project from Jan. 4 to Feb. 19. North Jordan will be closed from around 10th Street to Third Street. Traffic in the Seventh Street area is also closed, according to an

article from the IU libraries website. People traveling to campus from the south side can use Indiana Avenue or Union Street to reach 10th Street and access the northern part of Jordan Avenue.

The Herman B Wells library parking lot will still be accessible from Jordan Avenue by the 10th Street inter-

section. Visitors to the library can park for 45 minutes. Permit parking is currently limited due to construction.

The library’s book return drops are still open, according to the article. They are located near the visitors section of the library parking lot and near the Seventh Street parking exit.

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I have a dream of true equality at IU

By Abriana Herron aoherron@iu.edu | @abri_onyai

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal,” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said during his 1963 “I Have a Dream speech.”

King used his words to bring awareness of the unjust treatment Black men and women underwent throughout the U.S. His accomplishments brought progress in racial inclusivity, making it easier for Black students to receive higher education.

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” King said.

In the last 15 years, IUBloomington has seen a 27.5% increase in African American degree-seeking students. However, with an increase of African American students comes the issue of how colleges can better serve their minority student population, especially on Predominantly White Institutions (PWI).

PWIs, or colleges where more than 50% of the student population is white, histori-

cally cater their classes, programs and all around college experience to white students.

Placing a Black student in an environment where they have to adjust to an educational system made for white people by white people can be detrimental to their success. This placement can also cause Black students to develop stricter self-expectations.

Freshman David Mayes III said during his first semester at IU, he felt the need to make a good impression by being more outspoken when taking classes in which most of his classmates were white.

In one of his first college classes, his white professor asked the class to describe a photograph, and Mayes, being taught to stand out and work harder when among his white peers, raised his hand immediately and answered the question.

According to an article in the Journal of Black Studies, Black students are less likely to feel as if they belong at PWIs. Mayes has felt a sense of not belonging while living in an on-campus dorm where the majority of his floormates are white, he said.

“It feels weird to be the only one,” he said. “It would be nice to have more Black people on my floor.”

Mayes said out of around

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73 students, he has only spoken to about 10 of them.

Black Student Union President Ky Freeman equated his experience on campus to feeling like a statistic in an Indiana Daily Student article.

Freeman said he wants to see real change at IU, not empty promises and hypocritical statements received in emails from IU. The COVID-19 pandemic has limited the number of inperson classes, and for Mayes this means he has not been

able to socially interact with students and professors like he would during a regular semester.

“I haven’t gotten the full IU experience,” he said. “I haven’t experienced my needs not being met as a Black person yet.”

While he has not had any negative racial experiences, he said he still anticipates that some time during his college career he will be met with racial discrimination.

As his college career con-

NICK KNOWS EVERYTHING!

Fans have always desired Black-led films

By Nick Telman ntelman@iu.edu | @nick_telman

In the 1990s, superhero films looked much different than they do today. The content was inherently silly, whether it was Superman flying around the world to go back in time or Batman playing hockey with a stolen diamond. However, Black hero flicks like Meteor-Man, Steel and Blankman chose to heavily rely on racial stereotypes, unlike their white counterparts, to deliver laughs.

When the movie “Black Panther”was announced in 2016, Black fans and nonfans alike salivated at the chance to see a Black man on screen in his own adventure. Fast-forward to Sunday when Batwoman season two premiered, bringing the first Black female superhero to the small screen. The journey toward exciting — and accurate — representation has been a long time coming and the vocal outcry for better content is just getting started.

It’s unclear why it took studios so long to understand that Black-led films can be profitable. The late ‘90s and early 2000s was full of Blackled sitcoms, each more popular than the last, but apparently production companies thought these numbers were flukes.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the setting of three of the top ten highest-grossing movies of all time. The interconnected cinematic universe is Marvel’s, and subsequently Disney’s, most lucrative cash cow with the franchise having grossed $22.56 billion dollars over the course of 22 movies. Released in 2008, “Iron Man” is the first installment of the franchise, and star Robert Downey Jr. is credited with starting this historic series of sequels. While this was the start of the canon universe, the creative and profitable origins of the franchise began nearly a decade earlier.

The 1998 film “Blade,” starring Wesley Snipes, follows Marvel hero and vampire hunter Eric Brooks, also known as Blade. For three movies the Vampire-human hybrid shockingly protects the citizens of New York from the blood-sucking undead with a sword and a variety of gizmos made by his mentor Abraham Whistler. The films have a similar pace and feel to more recent superhero films in that it takes itself more seriously than its cheesy predecessors. The story is grounded and there are no campy lines, which had become a staple of superhero films at the time.

The trilogy also killed at the box office, with both “Blade” and “Blade: Trilogy” grossing $131 million and “Blade II” earning $155 million worldwide.

The horror trilogy is re-

markably different from previous super films like the 1987 “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” and 1998 “Batman & Robin,” most notably in that Blade is not exactly the hero type. Blade is a no-nonsense, brooding Black man in a black leather jacket who goes out every night to avenge the death of his mother by brutally killing dozens of homo nocturnus, the film’s scientific designation for vampires.

What sets “Blade” apart from current MCU installments is that while Blade is the hero of the film, he is not portrayed as one. Blade is an incredibly violent film, the studio spared no expense with the bloody visuals and special effects.

You would think a cult following and great box office numbers would incentivize studios to create more films about Black heroes. Butthis was not the case.

The Blade Trilogy was the first — and last — theatrically released Black-focused superhero film until “Hancock” was released in 2008. (Actually, there was one released in 2004, but we don’t talk about it.)

In 2000, Disney tried to make a name for itself in the superhero genre with the made-for-tv film “Up, Up and Away” some five years before the cult classic “Sky High” debuted. “Up, Up and Away” followed the adventures of a family of Black superheroes whose son had no powers. The film gave us an all-Black family consisting of Bronze Eagle, played by Robert Townsend, who also portrayed the hero Meteor Man in 1983, his wife Warrior Woman and their son Silver Charge. While it is articulated that the Marshalls are the best team of heroes in the world, the movie doesn’t always agree. This movie should not be considered for any representation awards.

All the characters in the main family are obvious knockoffs of previously established white heroes. Warrior Woman resembles Wonder Woman and Bronze Eagle looks an awful lot like Hawkman. Silver Charge has similar powers to Quicksilver and it seems the writers even partially copied Pietro Maximoff ’s “made-up name” as well.

Throughout the film, the grandfather of the family, who is played by Jeffersons’ Sherman Hemsley, is the constant butt of super-comparison jokes. He flies slower than the speed of a car, he is bitter with Clark Kent for taking his nickname and he is rather useless in the climactic battle, showing up 10 minutes late. Wow, the ability to fly doesn’t negate Colored People Time. Go figure.

The Marshall family also appear to be the only Black superheroes in town. During a party for the Marshall’s mor-

tinues, Mayes wants to be able to connect more with the Black students on campus, and he plans on doing so by attending and participating in Black student-led events.

While we celebrate the accomplishments of King, it needs to be known that his work has not and will not solve all racial discrimination against Black students at PWIs. To solve these issues, institutions need to work together with their minor-

We’ve Been Here Before

By Stefan Townes sztownes@iu.edu

MOVIE STILLS DATABASE

Wesley Snipes poses for the poster of the 1998 film “Blade” on the left, while Javicia Leslie is shown in her Batwoman costume for season 2 of the CW show “Batwoman” on the right. Leslie is the first Black woman to portray the character in live action.

tal son, there is only one other Black hero present. every other guest is white. I won’t even go into Scott’s love story, which seemed forced in to make sure a young, white girl had a role in the Disney Channel Original Movie.

“Up, Up and Away” may be the first Black-led superhero film produced by Disney. But from watching the movie, it doesn’t look like anyone with decision-making power looked anything like the super-family.. The nonthreatening and inauthentic representation of the Marshalls makes this film difficult to relate to.

That same year, “X-Men” was released by 20th Century Fox, with Halle Berry playing the weather-manipulating XMan Storm. Including Storm was a great win for representation, she was a powerful and likeable leader. For a property that is a metaphor for racism, 20th Century Fox missed a lot of opportunities to further push the envelope. Including the X-Men comics resident inter-racial couple by pairing superstars Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman would have been great for representation.

These films weren’t great.

They were not wins for representation. But without them, we wouldn’t have “Black Panther” or any future Black-led superhero films.

A few years after X-Men, “Hancock” flew into theatres.

Columbia Pictures’ 2008 film follows a Black man with superpowers, played by Will Smith, as he attempts to rebrand himself as a hero after a lifetime of not giving a single fuck about anything.

Smith’s character portrays almost all the negative stereotypes of a Black man — drunk, lazy, angry and chasing after white women. It was odd to notice, but all the female characters he romantically encounters are white and only in a deleted scene did he court a Black woman.

Hancock has almost no other redeeming qualities and is brazenly presented as a genuine asshole. His only hope is that PR consultant Ray and his wife are able to “civilize” him.

And because the charac-

ter has the exact same powers as Superman, a traditionally white hero, Hancock is also basically just the directors’ interpretation of a Black Superman. He has all the same powers as the traditionally white hero without the tights.

The film wasn’t a critical success, but it made the studio a decent amount of money, further showing Black-led super films can be a commercial success.

On May 2, 2008, Marvel introduced the world to War Machine, also known as James Rhodes, who was played by Terrance Howard in “Iron Man” before being recasted.

Colonel Rhodes’ character development was a slow burn.

His early appearances in the MCU relegated him to a sidekick and designated-Blackfriend role, but he eventually blossomed into an important character to the franchise.

With more Black characters like Miles Morales, Falcon and Ironman successor Riri Williams, also known as Ironheart and, beginning to receive their deserved recognition it looks like Black characters are no longer exclusively sidekicks.

It seems like Marvel got the ball rolling for Black actors, as other production studios have also begun to embrace their Black characters. Season two of the CW’s “Batwoman” stars Javicia Leslie as the bisexual Ryan Wilson. Leslie replaced Ruby Rose in the title role after her departure for the series.

Marvel’s recent decision to not recast the late Chadwick Boseman’s role in “Black Panther 2” and instead focus on the wider mythology of Wakanda is a promising sign for the future of Black representation in film. It is important that Black audiences are able to see themselves in a film that is set in a Black nation, why do all super stories have to take place in the US? The MCU is a historic franchise that deserves all the money and accolades they receive, but without Blade it wouldn’t exist. So when you are tweeting about the #MarvelGodFather, be sure to mention Wesley Snipes too.

ity student population to dismantle and reconstruct their admissions process.

Institutions can amend the admissions process by eliminating costs like application fees. This small change could be an obstacle for many minority students when applying for colleges, and by getting rid of this fee, more students who struggle financially have the opportunity to be admitted into the school.

This will allow more students with different racial backgrounds to attend PWIs. By immersing the white student population in more diverse sets of people, PWI’s can create a more inclusive community.

Another way IU can work together with its minority students is by doing more racial bias training on professors and educating its students on contemporary racism.

Making an effort to provide for the needs of all students, these institutions can not only become more racially inclusive, but they can also start contributing to King’s vision of true equality in America.

“We can always look to Dr. King’s actions – and, especially, his words – to remind us of what we are fighting for and why we must continue to fight,” the NAACP said in its online MLK memorial.

It seems like there’s no end to the craziness that’s been going on in outgoing President Trump’s term. There’s a pandemic that seems to be worse in the U.S., with the number of deaths rising above 250,000.

There’s been a steady and ongoing pattern of civil unrest throughout the country in response to the many killings of Black folk at the hands of the police. The sitting president, seemingly uninterested in those issues, is mired in political and personal scandals regarding a second impeachment sparked by an insurrection he inspired at the U.S. Capitol. These are interesting times, sure, but it’s nothing new.

We’ve been here before.

President Trump isn’t the first celebrity-turned-Republican-president to mishandle a deadly virus. I may not be old enough to have lived through the peak of the AIDS crisis, but the aftershock still resonates in how I get to operate in this country as a gay man. For decades, AIDS rampaged through Black and LGBTQ communities, ignored by the administration run by President Ronald Reagan. hundreds of thousands died from AIDS under his presidency.

President Regan didn’t mention or address AIDS until 1987, well into the peak of the crisis. His lax response to AIDS mirrors much of President Trump’s response to COVID-19. Both downplayed the severity of the virus and the number of deaths.

In both cases, the virus in question had a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities and was widely ignored by the commanderin-chief. LGBTQ people were demonized in the media, with targeted policies that are still in effect to this day.

Some of those restrictions on gay men donating blood have been lifted or eased, but for the most part, both presidents have told me they’d rather take my life than my blood.

The Trump administration was also slow to respond to the many people killed by police during his term. Between the pandemic and the civil unrest, the summer felt like it would never end, but the series of riots aren’t unprecedented nor is it surprising. I can’t name a span of five years where there wasn’t a protest led by Black people fighting for justice. We’ve been here before.

We’ve seen riots and unrest as recent as 2015 in Baltimore, in response to the death of a Black man named Freddy Gray, while in police custody.

Before that was the uprising in Ferguson, another riot in re-

sponse to the death of another Black man, Michael Brown.

There was also the Los Angles uprising in 1992, in response to the filmed beating of Rodney King at the hands of the police.

As disheartening as it is, we’ve been here before.

Even the insurrection on the Capitol is something that’s happened before. Sources show the mob that took over the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 were largely white supporters of Trump, contesting the results of the election. Along with them were members of various different white supremacist groups, such as the Proud Boys and the Nationalist Social Club. The mob tried to kill representatives. Upset at their loss in the 2020 presidential election, they took over a place that wasn’t theirs, attempting to burn it down and make it theirs.

When I first heard of the Capitol being stormed, I thought about the Tulsa Massacre of 1921, where a whole community of people were razed to ashes. Also known as “Black Wall Street,” a community of successful Black businesses in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was burned down, rendering multiple homes and businesses to nothing. After years of tension, a mob decided to attempt to kill one of the Black people in Black Wall Street.

The wealth of the Black folk that lived there was wiped out. Hundreds lost their lives because they wanted to prevent one of their own being lynched.

The storming of the Capitol was similar. A mob was denied an opportunity to be unfair — to overturn a fair election. The Tulsa massacre was in response to being denied a similar opportunity, to be above the law and lynch a Black person.

The reason I keep insisting we’ve been here before is because to act as if we haven’t is to ignore history.

With how often the word “unprecedented” gets thrown around in headlines, we’d think there’s no way to foresee what’s been going on around us. No, this isn’t new. All throughout American history, we’ve seen how often those in power got it wrong, how presidents and systems didn’t truly protect everyone’s rights and how often violence was the response for pointing that out.

To insist these are unique times to live in gives the current administration an excuse, to say America has never had to deal with something of this magnitude. This is American history — of riots, of unrest, of administrations that ignore the violence against their marginalized peoples, of unequal treatment. We’ve been here before. We’re going to be here again.

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AIDAN’S ANALYSIS

Indiana’s COVID-19 vaccination distribution lacks thoughtful planning Aidan Kramer (she/her) is a freshman in microbiology.

Gov. Eric Holcomb announced Jan. 13 that Indiana residents 70 years of age and older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Previously, only those aged 80 and older were allowed to register for the vaccination.

While essential the elderly receive the vaccination early, Indiana’s distribution plan fails to prioritize people with preexisting conditions or essential workers who may be exposed at their job, such as grocery store employees.

By slowly lowering the age requirement to receive the vaccine, Indiana can ensure more vulnerable populations have access to important preventative medicine.

Although we must continue to be diligent about social distancing, this is an essential push to protect some of our most vulnerable communities.

However, Indiana can and should expand eligibility for the vaccine.

Indiana has taken the easy way out when it comes to distribution and planning instead of putting the needs of its most vulnerable and exposed communities first. Its distribution plan has hardly been developed, only including a “Phase 1-A” and “Phase 1-B.” The state should work diligently to develop a

more comprehensive plan, as other states have.

Currently, Indiana’s COVID-19 dashboard shows every county except one has a weekly positivity rate of 200 or more new cases per 100,000 people. In the past week, nearly 40 Hoosiers died everyday from COVID-19.

Indiana, along with the rest of the country, has done a poor job of containing the spread of COVID-19. The data exemplifies how badly we need to get residents vaccinated quickly in order to save lives.

While the first people able to register for vaccination in December were health care workers, long-term care facility residents and first responders, the next phase of Indiana’s plan is to simply open registration by age.

After vaccine registration is opened to those aged 60 and older — at an undetermined date — Indiana has not yet released who is eligible next.

Indiana is comparable to Tennessee in terms of both population and COVID-19 statistics. Indiana has had a total 592,709 positive cases, while Tennessee has had 587,694 confirmed positive cases. When it comes to deaths from COVID-19 in each state, Indiana has had a total of 8,966 deaths, and Tennessee has had 8,391 deaths.

However, Tennessee is distributing the vaccine more effectively, and they have a long-term plan for doing so. It extends throughout the year, while Indiana has not provided a framework beyond the second part of its first phase.

As of Jan. 15, Tennessee had received 657,550 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and already given 3.9% of its residents at least one of the two doses they need. Indiana has received 642,425 doses, with only 3.3% of its residents receiving at least one of the two required doses. Although this small margin doesn’t seem like much, for some people, it can be the difference between life and death.

Tennessee’s approach to vaccine distribution is based on preexisting conditions, occupations and a rolling schedule that lowers the age for eligibility.

State officials have accounted for the various factors that can affect someone’s likelihood of contracting COVID-19, as well as how harmful contracting COVID-19 can be for that group.

They have methodically devised intentional phases that account for the various factors surrounding the spread and severity of COVID-19.

Tennessee’s distribution plan started with healthcare workers, but it also included dependent disabled adults. Tennessee’s phases

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The Monroe County Convention Center is located at 302 S. College Ave. It is one of the centers in Monroe County where the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed.

then move to K-12 teachers, child care workers and first responders. Tennessee plans to vaccinate all people 16 years and older with highrisk health conditions starting in March.

Indiana on the other hand, is lacking when it comes to this divisive planning.

Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine companies are distributing their vaccines in the United States, and they both require two doses to be effective at preventing COVID-19. Although more than 300,000 people have received

their first dosage of the vaccine in Indiana, only about 60,000 have received their second dose of the vaccine as of Jan. 18.

As of Jan. 15, Tennessee’s distributed 46% of the doses it’s received. Indiana has only distributed 41%. While not a huge difference, every vaccine potentially saves a life.

By looking at all these statistics and comparisons, it’s interesting to see the differing paths that Indiana and Tennessee have taken to get their residents vaccinated.

Tennessee is being thorough

and diligent about their distribution of the vaccine to better protect its population as a whole, while Indiana’s plan lacks meaningful and tactful decisions.

We now have a way to really protect people from COVID-19. Every life saved is a life that can get the vaccine and is less vulnerable to the disease.

If Indiana takes the time to reform their phases of distribution for the vaccine, it can become more effective and save more Hoosiers’ lives. aikramer@iu.edu

RAMA’S TAKES

Biden has a golden opportunity to tackle student loan debt Rama Sardar (she/her) is a freshman in media.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be inaugurated Wednesday. As baseless claims of election fraud continue, their historic inauguration will also take place in the midst of a pandemic.

Undeniably, 2020 was a year in which Americans were forced to adapt to a “new normal” and are in need of a different direction of events in 2021.

To help Americans during these unprecedented circumstances, Biden has promised to extend the pause on federal student loan payments on his first day in office. If he does not act, student loan payments will resume Jan. 31. Additionally, Biden transition official David Kamin said Biden supports Congress in immediately canceling $10,000 of federal student loan debt for each person due to the pandemic.

Student loan debt in the United States has continued to spiral out of control, resulting in nearly $1.6 trillion in debt among more than 40 million Americans in 2020.

This crisis has intensified due to pandemic related pay cuts and job losses that many

Americans have faced. Now, more than ever, struggling Americans need more time and government assistance to pay off their student loan debt.

Although Biden has previously stated that he will support congressional efforts in forgiving $10,000 of federal student loan debt per person, he did not give a specific time frame that this will take place or who exactly this debt cancellation will apply to. It is likely that Congress’ initiative to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt will only apply to borrowers with federal student loans rather than borrowers with private student loans.

At IU, many undergraduate and graduate students rely on federal student loans to fund their college education. Approximately 31% of all undergraduate students at IU-Bloomington use federal student loans. Among incoming freshmen, 35% of students take both private and federally funded student loans. The proposed student debt cancellation will greatly benefit these IU students, who on average are $20,500 in debt after graduation.

On Thursday, Biden revealed his $1.9 trillion eco-

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nomic and healthcare relief package which focuses on providing aid to Americans, coronavirus testing and distribution of the vaccine. Shockingly, student loan debt forgiveness was not present in the relief package. While this led student advocacy groups to say they believe that Biden will use immediate executive authority to address student loan debt, this seems unlikely.

While Biden has taken a more moderate stance on tackling student loan debt, many Democrats, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-

Mass., proposed to cancel up to $50,000 per person in student loan debt. According to Biden, the president may not have the executive authority to carry this out.

“It’s arguable that the president may have the executive power to forgive up to $50,000 in student debt,” said Biden.

“Well, I think that’s pretty questionable. I’m unsure of that. I’d be unlikely to do that.”

While forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt is a good place to start, it is not enough to address the staggering $1.6 trillion in

student loan debt. Biden’s moderate approach is insufficient, and he must consider Warren’s proposal in order to make a significant change to student loan debt rates.

Starting Jan. 20, Democrats will control the House of Representatives and the Senate after gaining a slight majority over Republicans, who are largely against student loan debt cancellation.

Although the Democrats now have an advantage, it is unclear whether or not they intend to prioritize student loan debt cancellation.

As constituents, it is important for us to hold our elected officials accountable for the promises they made during their campaigns. According to a poll from Vox and Data for Progress, 51% of voters support forgiving up to $50,000 of student loan debt for those who make less than $125,000 a year. Providing aid to those struggling to make ends meet and pay off their student loan debt, or even canceling student loan debt all together, is a good thing. Education debt has harshly affected families with lower net worths and racial minorities. Addressing this major problem will help to close this problematic wealth gap.

Americans have struggled to pay off student loan debt for years, and this has been greatly aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Democratic lawmakers will need to seize the opportunity to tackle the problems they have vowed to resolve and provide aid to those who have suffered far too long under the Trump administration.

Otherwise, what was the point of winning this election? rasardar@iu.edu

RUSS' RESPONSES

Hostile architecture signals people experiencing homelessness aren’t welcome Russ Hensley (he/him) is a sophomore in mathematics, international law and Chinese.

During a harsh, Indiana winter, the Bloomington Police Department destroyed multiple encampments inhabited by individuals experiencing homelessness under the direction of Mayor John Hamilton. The Bloomington community voiced their concerns in a city council meeting Jan. 14, but the police continued to remove shelters and other large objects from Seminary Park — an act of pure hate that proves devastating to a vulnerable community.

It is evident that individuals experiencing homelessness aren’t welcome in Seminary Park, but other places in Bloomington signal they aren’t welcome there either. The city’s antihomeless architecture is a passive and constant reminder of Bloomington’s

callousness toward our neighbors and community members.

Anti-homeless architecture, also known as hostile architecture, appears in cities as a purposeful design to prevent homeless individuals from populating an area.

Common designs include slanted or curved benches to deter people experiencing homelessness from comfortably resting. Close bench partitions, segmented seats and even spiked window sills are also examples.

Although seemingly blatant in larger cities, antihomeless architecture is still prevalent in smaller cities like Bloomington. You can see it in our parks and on our streets if you keep an eye out.

Hostile architecture can easily be misconstrued as sleek design and a new way to envision park seating. The reality of their purpose is far more insidious, though.

People’s Park, for ex-

ample, is ridden with antihomeless architecture, such as single-seat pedestals and divided benches. Walking along the B-Line Trail at Switchyard Park, you could find benches with partitions in the middle, preventing individuals experiencing homelessness from comfortably lying down.

These examples are a direct attack on the Bloomington homeless population, sending an unwelcoming signal. Single-seat pedestals are virtually impossible to sleep on, while the partitions on the benches are not wide enough to fit an averagesized person.

Under the mayor’s direction, these hostile forms of architecture appear everywhere in Bloomington.

“These are really tough times to be poor, out on the street, not having a place to isolate and I want to thank the community which has worked so hard to make that

possible,” Hamilton said in a press release to Bloomington’s homeless population on Dec. 15, 2020.

Although the mayor claims to care about people experiencing homelessness in his city, various sights around Bloomington refute this claim. Through the city’s hostile architecture, it is evident that homeless individuals are not welcomed in Bloomington.

Homeless shelters seem to provide an effective solution to homelessness, but some homeless individuals prefer the alternative: sleeping outside.

David Pirtle, a former homeless man in Seattle with schizophrenia, highlighted this feeling in 2012 when he told NPR, “Part of the reason was, you know, the paranoia and the fear of large groups of people that comes along with schizophrenia, but part of the reason was, and I think this is more generally the

case with people, is that you hear a lot of terrible things about shelters.”

Homeless shelters are not an inclusive solution. Some homeless shelters, such as Wheeler Mission, also have strict policies regarding sobriety, but according to the National Coalition for the Homeless, approximately 38% of the homeless population in the United States are physically dependent on alcohol. A zero-tolerance policy for alcohol or other substances is a grave misunderstanding on how to treat addiction in the homeless population, which prevents many from entering a shelter.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomington needs secure, safe, places for homeless individuals to rest outside of a homeless shelter.

Shelters must comply with COVID-19 restrictions, often limiting the number of beds available. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic,

such as lack of space and fears of gathering indoors, are an obstacle to entering a shelter.

Tyler, a man experiencing homelessness in Bloomington, spoke of this during public comment in a city council meeting Jan. 14.

“People were coughing.

People not wearing their masks, not social distancing. I didn’t feel comfortable breathing,” he said about his stay at Wheeler.

There must be another option.

Providing comfortable, safe places for people to rest is always essential, but it has reached a new urgency through the pandemic.

Bloomington’s antihomeless architecture cannot be misconstrued to mean anything other than an infringement on human life.

All instances of its use must be replaced. ruruhens@iu.edu

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the crowd of protesters.

“Far too long,” the crowd shouted in response, looking at the lyrics that had been dispersed to them earlier that evening.

“And we won’t be silent anymore,” everyone sang together.

The demonstrators left Seminary Park to march to Hamilton’s house at about 9:45 p.m. As they completed the 20-minute march, protesters held signs, chanted and occasionally stepped aside for approaching traffic.

When they arrived at Hamilton’s house, five people stepped up and spoke.

Many of them, including Richardson, discussed how the city and Hamilton’s policies affected them and the people they know.

“They don’t want us to live, they want us to exist and they want us to exist how they say we should ex-

ist,” Richardson said. “Living is not always pretty, but living is up to the person living that life. Mayor Hamilton is not a dictator, and we should hold him accountable when he tries to be.”

Richardson said it has been hard to provide for his 4-year-old daughter and keep working his job because he fears his tent being moved all the time. Bloomington’s shelters aren’t open 24/7, and he sometimes needs to sleep during the day because of the odd hours he has to work.

At one point the crowd directly addressed Hamilton, shouting at his house and asking him to come outside. Hamilton did not step out to address the crowd.

The protesters marched from Hamilton’s house to Peoples Park around 10:40 p.m. The park closes at 11 p.m., and the organizers wanted to be there past that time to break the rules they believe are hurting the homeless community, Sal-

ing said.

When the group, which had decreased to about 50 people, reached the park, the marchers stood around its perimeter while some people experiencing homelessness set up their tents in the middle.

Some people, mainly students and volunteers with organizations such as Beacon and Pigeon Hill Pantry, spoke to the crowd and encouraged them to use their voices and privilege to speak against the way the Bloomington homeless community is being treated.

Ky Freeman, president of IU’s Black Student Union, spoke about the importance of coming together to fight oppressive powers, such as racism and classism.

“Now what we have to see is to stress the importance of those in coalitions across identities, across socioeconomic statuses so that we can find a way to uplift all those who are disenfranchised by the sys-

tems and the powers that be,” he said. “This structure that we have is no longer conducive to our longevity in these communities, nor has it ever been.”

Other speakers included student representatives from IU’s Rainbow Coalition and Pigeon Hill Pantry founder Nicole Johnson.

After the speakers were finished at about 11:20 p.m., about 40 people left the park. Those who stayed mainly included organizers of the event and people experiencing homelessness who had decided to pitch their tents in People's Park, including Travis Dugan.

“We don’t really have nowhere else to go,” Dugan said. “We gave up all our options, I mean we could go out on sidewalks and stuff but then we still get in trouble if we block the path.”

The Bloomington Police Department did not remove the tents from the park Monday night or early Tuesday.

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connected right off the bat. I know that he has my back 100%.”

Aird has said multiple times he wants to help his young players grow and improve the program overall in the future, and there is no better time to start than right now.

“The plan for me is to get the young people as much experience as possible,” Aird said. “We’re going to start four or five freshmen and I think that’s great.”

While Nebraska is known throughout the country for their talent, Aird is not overly focused on them, thinking instead about his team’s potential for the whole season and beyond.

“I think we’re going to be more competitive than people think,” Aird said.

“I’ve been to six final fours and won two titles. I know what good looks like.

We’re just trying to start to recreate that in training every day.”

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“I love being in a leadership role,” Westbeld said.

“I definitely knew what I was getting myself into, it’s actually one of the reasons I came.”

With half of the team being freshmen, the Hoosiers will be a younger and more inexperienced team than most of those they face, but that doesn’t concern them.

In fact, Stockham said she lists that as one of the reasons as to why she chose IU — she knew she would have chances to start as a freshman.

“That was a huge bonus for me,” Stockham said.

“Steve was super straightforward with me and we

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NICK KNOWS EVERYTHING

Batwoman returns with a new protagonist and she’s Blacker then ever Nick Telman (he/him) is a senior in marketing.

When the news broke last May that Ruby Rose would be departing CW’s “Batwoman” after its underwhelming first season, fans wondered what the series would look like without its titular star. These questions were answered Sunday in the season two premiere when Javicia Leslie suited up as Ryan Wilder, Gotham’s new Batwoman, for the first time.

With an updated title sequence, a costume change and a new, original main character, the premiere of the new Batwoman took concrete steps to differentiate itself from its predecessor.

"If we’re gonna have a Black Batwoman, she needs to be a sista when she becomes Batwoman," Leslie said during DCFandome, an online comic-con-style event created by DC. "So, it's important that the silhouette of her still looks like that. So more of like a natural textured hair and things like that.”

Leslie is joined this season by co-stars Camrus Johnson, playing Luke Fox, Meagan Tandy, playing Sophie Moore, and Nathan Owens, playing Ocean. With all these characters having substantial roles, Batwoman is the second DC-based CW show that stars more than one Black actor.

Last season, audiences were introduced to Ruby Rose’s portrayal of Kate Kane.

A member of the Wayne family, she had all the money and resources needed to continue the war on crime started by her cousin Bruce.

As the season continued, however, it did not seem like Kate actually wanted to be Batwoman, but rather it was something she felt she was required to do.

This is what makes this season’s installation of the Bat-family mythos so exciting — it departs from the standard “angry and wealthy white orphan with violent tendencies” trope of other Batman stories. Season two of Batwoman gives us a hero

that 99% of people can relate to, rather than just the 1%.

Javicia Leslie’s interpretation of the character is much more infectious and energetic than Rose’s. She’s having the time of her life in the bat-suit, and audiences experience this joy early in the episode when she takes on her first henchmen.

When first introduced to Ryan, we see her as someone whom the system has let down. She’s an unhoused, falsely accused ex-con who can’t find steady work or a place to live. Her biological mother died during childbirth and her adoptive mother’s murder was never solved. Despite all of this, she still wants to help.

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Javicia Leslie poses in costume as Batwoman for a promotional still of the CW show. Leslie took over the role from actress Ruby Rose, who portrayed the character last season.

Ryan may be powerless in a system set up for her failure, as explained in a meeting with her parole officer in which she cites the realworld issues ex-cons face on a daily basis, but the new Batwoman is far from helpless.

Appropriately titled “What Happened to Kate Kane,” the first episode of the season begins with Kate’s plane crash landing onto a beach where Ryan is asleep in her van. Like any hero, she immediately rushed to the crash site looking for survivors and found a Black man experiencing homelessness buried in the rubble. The man dies due to his injuries as Ryan tearfully enacts CPR, reminding audiences that those with power often forget the consequences of their actions on others deemed less important.

Just like the real world, Ryan’s path to fully realizing her “Bat Girl Magic!” is blocked by a rich, self-serving white man by the name of Tommy Elliot, nicknamed Hush, played by Warren Christie. While badly impersonating Bruce Wayne, Tommy spends the entire opening episode attempting to acquire both the bat-suit and kryptonite, which is “the only thing that can penetrate the bat-suit” for whatever reason. Avoiding spoilers, Ryan handles the situation in a similar manner to which many Black mothers have threatened their misbehaving children.

My verdict? The first episode of Batwoman season two fully and believ-

ably incorporates its new curly-haired leading lady.

The show feels more like a spin-off, rather than a continuation, and similar to the Parkers, it may prove more popular than its predecessor.

Batwoman season two appears to be some of the best, and most authentic Black-focused superhero television to date. Ryan may not be a Wayne, and she may not be rich, but Batwoman is back and Blacker than ever.

Stray Observations A few random thoughts I had while watching the episode: • The Batmobile is worse than literally anything else.

There is NO way Ryan outdrives it in the old minivan she had been living in.

• I can NOT believe that Luke thought that was really Bruce Wayne, after all the time he spent with the man.

• I didn’t realize how much I needed to see a Bat-character who actually enjoys fighting crime until today. Ryan’s fighting debut has multiple one-liners and a unique choreography that drastically differentiates Ryan’s vigilante persona from the Wayne cousins • Just so we’re clear, the bat-suit is an incredible piece of body armor. However, that does NOT mean it has the same integrity as Superman's skin.

• It really angered my soul to see Tommy tell Ryan she’s not Batwoman like he wasn’t wearing Batman’s STOLEN FACE. ntelman@iu.edu

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Which IU football players are leaving?

How will that affect the team?

By Evan Gerike

egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

In the 2020 football season, IU earned its highest ranking since 1967, lost in

the Outback Bowl 26-20 to the University of Mississippi and said goodbye to defensive coordinator Kane Wommack and running backs coach Mike Hart. declared

IU’s seniors have a big decision to make: stay in school or go pro. All seniors are eligible to return for one more season under the NCAA’s blanket waiver to

account for the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is the most recent version of this story as of press time, 11 a.m. Jan. 20. Check idsnews.com for updates.

returning

OFFENSE

Whop Philyor Whop Philyor, declared Philyor declared for the NFL Draft on Saturday following a season that earned the senior receiver honorable mention All-Big Ten honors. His 9.2 average yards per catch in 2020 was the lowest of his career, but he did pull in 54 catches, including an IU record 17 in the Outback Bowl. In 2019, Philyor had 70 receptions for 1,002 yards, becoming the seventh Hoosier to reach the 1,000-yard receiving mark. Philyor finished his career with 2,067 receiving yards, ninth all time at IU. Losing a top receiver is never ideal, but IU’s offense has alternative options for the 2021 season.

Targets like senior receiver Ty Fryfogle and junior tight end Peyton Hendershot are returning. Sophomore receiver Miles Marshall was effective as the No. 3 receiver this season and the Hoosiers added Florida State

Mackenzie Nworah University transfer D.J. Matthews on Nov. 12. Matthews had 36 receptions for 355 yards in 2019. Philyor’s visible on-field leadership and persona were defining traits of his time with the program.

Stevie Scott III, declared Scott announced he would forgo his senior season to enter the NFL Draft on Friday, becoming IU’s second junior to enter the draft. In 2020, Scott led the Hoosiers with 561 rushing yards and scored 10 of the team’s 12 rushing touchdowns. Scott will leave IU fourth in total rushing touchdowns, fifth in touchdowns and ninth in rushing yards. Scott has been named second-team All-Big Ten the last two seasons.

Scott’s name appears several times in the IU rushing record book and his departure limits the talent IU has on the offense. But this

Ty Fryfogle

season was a down year for Scott and the running game, and with most of the offensive line returning, the Hoosiers can find production without Scott. Sophomore Sampson James can fill Scott’s role and freshman Tim Baldwin Jr. impressed in limited carries this season, rushing for IU’s only 100-yard game. Losing Scott is not too harmful for a team that will have plenty of firepower from its quarterback and receivers.

Mackenzie Nworah, returning Nworah, a redshirt senior offensive lineman, is set to return to IU for his sixth season, he announced Jan. 5. Nworah was named to the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list prior to this season. He was limited in action this season, but Nworah appeared in eight games in 2019, including three starts.

Harry Crider

Nworah has battled injuries that have limited his playing time over his career, but returning for a sixth season will provide additional experience to an already deep offensive line.

Losing just one starter in total will allow for continued growth on a line that struggled to create opportunities for the run game early this season.

Ty Fryfogle, returning Fryfogle announced he would return for the 2021 campaign Friday. Fryfogle was the second half of a dynamic receiving duo with Philyor, but he undoubtedly had the better 2020 season. Fryfogle led IU with 721 receiving yards and averaged nearly 20 yards per catch. He was named an AP Third Team All-American. The Mississippi native became the first Big Ten receiver with back-to-back 200 yard receiving games after posting

200 yards against Michigan State and 218 yards against Ohio State.

Fryfogle’s decision to return certifies him as the No. 1 target next season. It also means IU will have a strong receiving corps. Matthews should fit the same role that Philyor played for IU, and Marshall is expected to take another step forward in his development. Fryfogle will lead a group that could become extremely successful if redshirt sophomore quarterback Michael Penix Jr. returns from his ACL injury.

Khameron Taylor Crider is the only member of IU’s offensive line who is not slated to return for the 2021 season. His replacement is likely to be Michigan transfer Zach Carpenter, a redshirt freshman who played in five of the Wolverines’ games this season, including two starts as the center.

Harry Crider, declared Crider, the senior lineman from Columbus, Indiana, announced he would forgo his extra year of eligibility and declare for the NFL Draft on Sunday. Crider shifted to become IU’s center for this season and earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and media.

Khameron Taylor, returning Taylor, a graduate transfer tight end, announced Jan. 5 he will return to IU for his sixth season after sitting out all of 2020. Taylor transferred to IU from the University of South Alabama before the 2020 campaign, but didn’t play after dealing with an injury.

Taylor will join junior Matt Bjorson as backups to Hendershot. Taylor’s potential is largely unseen due to his limited experience, but he could slot in as an additional blocker in certain sets.

DEFENSE

Marcelino Ball

Jamar Johnson

Jerome Johnson

Jovan Swann

Raheem Laye

Michael Ziemba

Marcelino Ball, returning Ball, a redshirt senior, is a player whose return might be the most important among IU’s defensive seniors. Head coach Tom Allen tweeted Ball would return on Jan. 5. Ball sat out all of 2020 with a torn ACL. He had 47 tackles and a teamhigh six quarterback hurries in 2019. In 2018, Ball earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors after totalling 59 tackles, including 40 solo tackles and 7.5 tackles for loss, the latter of which led the team.

With IU’s defense returning nearly all of its top performers from last season, Ball’s return will add additional experience and depth to an already formidable defense. Ball will return to the husky position, taking over

for redshirt junior Bryant Fitzgerald.

back, Johnson will be tough to replace. Returning senior Raheem Layne may be the most likely to fill the spot, but junior Juwan Burgess spent some game time at safety this season as well.

the NFL Draft, but IU used a rotating defensive line all season that will lessen the impact of their departures.

Johnson may be the best lineman IU has, but sophomore Sio Nofoagatoto’a and junior Demarcus Elliot both played well in 2020 and redshirt freshman C.J. Person could fill in as well. Ole Miss graduate transfer Ryder Anderson, who had a sack on sophomore quarterback Jack Tuttle in the Outback Bowl, can be an option for IU too.

graduate student and saw limited action in 2020, totaling four tackles.

Like Jerome Johnson, Swann’s spot on the defensive line will be filled by players with experience like Nofoagatoto’a and Elliot. Swann was listed below Johnson on the depth chart this season.

IU’s secondary recover from the loss of Jamar Johnson and keep its status as a top secondary in the country.

Layne could earn the spot over Burgess, but either player would be surrounded by top talent.

Jamar Johnson, declared Johnson, a junior safety, became the first non-senior to declare for the NFL Draft after announcing on his Twitter account Monday.

If Ball is IU’s best returning defender, Johnson is IU’s toughest loss. Johnson was a key part of IU’s secondary that was second in the country with 17 interceptions. He had a team-best four interceptions and was second on the team in both solo and total tackles, earning Johnson first team All-Big Ten honors from the media.

Johnson is one of two key members of the IU defense that won’t return next season. While the majority of IU’s secondary will be

Jerome Johnson, declared Johnson, a senior defensive lineman, is another big loss for IU’s defense.

Johnson declared for the NFL Draft on Jan. 13. Johnson was second in the team with four sacks and earned first team All-Big Ten honors from the media this season. Johnson also pulled in his first career interception against Ohio State. Johnson led IU in sacks both his sophomore and junior seasons.

Johnson is one of two defensive linemen leaving for

Jovan Swann, declared Swann, a graduate transfer, was the second defensive linemen to declare for the NFL Draft, announcing his intentions Jan. 12. Swann transferred from Stanford after the 2019 season as a

Raheem Layne, returning Layne, a senior defensive back, will return after missing all of 2020 with an injury. He announced his return Jan. 5. Layne switched from cornerback to safety before the season and will likely stick in that spot next season. In 2019, Layne had three pass deflections and 30 tackles in 13 games, including two tackles for loss.

Layne’s return could help

Michael Ziemba, returning Ziemba, a senior passrusher, experienced a down season in which the defensive lineman had only nine tackles. Ziemba announced he would return on Jan. 5.

He had 33 total tackles in 2019, including 6.5 tackles for loss.

Ziemba will likely split time with redshirt junior Alfred Bryant, who saw three starts in 2020. The two will each play roles in a rotating line.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Haydon Whitehead Haydon Whitehead, declared Whitehead, a graduate punter, has yet to make an official announcement, but the Melbourne, Australia, native reportedly signed with a professional agency

this week, indicating Whitehead won’t be eligible to play college football next season. Whitehead earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors for the third time this season. He had nine punts pinned inside

the 20-yard line and had 41.1 net yards on punts.

Whitehead is the only punter on IU’s roster with game experience, and as a sixth-year player, his departure means the loss of lots of experience. Sopho-

Jared Smolar more Chase Wyatt backed up Whitehead on the depth chart this season. The Hoosiers also recruited incoming freshman James Evans, a punter from Auckland, New Zealand, but Evans has never played football or vis-

ited the United States.

Jared Smolar, returning Smolar, a senior kicker, has been IU’s kickoff specialist and he will keep that role in 2021. Smolar announced his return Jan. 6.

Nearly half of Smolar’s kicks resulted in touchbacks.

Smolar will likely hold on to his kickoff role while redshirt sophomore Charles Campbell continues to kick field goals for the Hoosiers.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Feel like you’re at Assembly Hall for an IU game with this playlist Grace Ybarra is a junior in journalism and Spanish.

One of my favorite parts of going to a sporting event is the music. Obviously I love watching my team, but a huge part of watching sports live is the overall experience.

And that is practically built by the aux cord.

As a lifelong Colts fan and season ticket holder (well, my dad is), I’ve missed going to Lucas Oil Stadium and listening to the team run out to “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by The Who. To help cure some of that sadness, I found a playlist with all of the bangers they play at Lucas Oil Stadium.

So when I couldn’t find one for Assembly Hall, I thought, “Why can’t I do the same thing?” As an IU men’s basketball reporter for the Indiana Daily Student this year, I’m one of the few people who gets to attend the games in person.

Now, I have taken that privilege of watching the Hoosiers in Assembly Hall and transformed it into a playlist, so you can feel like you’re there, too.

While the playlist has 37 amazing songs, here’s a look at some of my favorites:

“Make Way For The King”

by Ohana Bam This is the song for IU’s hype video this season, and it makes me want to run through a brick wall. The beat accompanied by the dope footage of the team and its highlights makes for the perfect hype video.

I think it’s the lyric, “They all want the name, but they ain’t got what’s running through these veins,” that really gets you amped. But the best part has to be the ending of the video when the song fades out and we’re just left with sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis screaming.

“Split (Only U)” by Tiesto and The Chainsmokers After the national anthem and team introductions, this song is cranked all of the way up before the opening tipoff. The beat drop goes absolutely crazy and it’s the perfect way to get the players (and the friends and family in attendance) pumped up for the game.

My favorite part about this song at Assembly Hall is how they immediately cut it off once the ball is tipped. It’s abrupt, yet beautiful.

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“Turn My Swag On” by Soulja Boy

won, but it couldn’t have been a coincidence.

“I’m swaggin’, I’m surfin,’ I’m clean like dish detergent.”

There is no way I can ever hear this song and not start dancing, and I shamelessly do so in the press row. But seriously, there is no better way to hype the Hoosiers than with the lyric, “Hopped up off tha bed, turn ma swag on.”

In fact, this song was played during a timeout in overtime when IU played Penn State. And then the Hoosiers most definitely turned their swag on to win 87-85. I’m not saying the song was the reason they

“Swag Surfin’” by Fast Life Yungstaz This song is an IU men’s basketball staple — I would argue it’s up there with the Indiana fight song. As you might’ve noticed, swag is a huge theme here because without swag, what even is the point of balling?

There is nothing better than watching IU “surf” to a win while having this banger reverberate through the walls of Assembly Hall.

If there’s any lyric this team should live by, it’s definitely,

“Burnin’ Up” by the Jonas Brothers As every other girl that grew up in the 2000s, I was wildly obsessed with the Jonas Brothers and still love to listen to these throwbacks. So imagine my excitement when I hear this 2008 classic come on during an IU basketball game.

There’s a whole lot of rap and hip-hop that plays during games, and I love those songs, but this one is always a nice change of pace. I mean, who doesn’t love the

Seven hobbies way easier than being an IU fan Bradley Hohulin is a sophomore in marketing.

Uh-oh, it’s midway through the regular season and at 8-6, IU men’s basketball is looking underwhelming. You’re frustrated, dissatisfied and if it weren’t for the $100 you sank into a pair of candy stripe pants, you might swear off watching the Hoosiers entirely.

Fortunately, there are plenty of skills that will come quite easily to IU fans. Here’s a sample of pastimes to occupy your attention between shouting matches with the television screen.

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Birdwatching You may feel you’ve been staring at the same nest with no real upward movement.

None of the promising eggs are hatching, and you definitely haven’t seen anything take flight.

It’s important to appreciate the robins and sparrows even if you have a bald eagleor-bust mentality.

Whether it’s Trayce Jackson-Davis soaring to the rim or Al Durham gliding through the lane en route to a graceful layup, mother nature always offers spectacle if you look hard enough and remain patient.

The IU men’s basketball team huddles Jan. 14 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU currently holds a season record 8-6.

Solving Rubik’s Cubes All too often, perfecting one facet of a game plan comes at the cost of another.

If the Hoosiers lock down on defense, the hoop shrinks to the size of a needle’s eye on offense. If they shoot well, their opponents rain 3-pointers like men in a Weather Girls song.

A Rubiks Cube is an endless cycle of rotating edges, and it seems like all I hear about IU is how it’s right on the verge of turning a corner.

Cooking It’s as simple as some smudged instructions in your grandmother’s 1987 cookbook— a few cups of talent, a transcendent leader and a few pinches of luck. Or does that say a few pounds of luck?

Whatever, it doesn’t matter.

Surely, recreating the recipe for success couldn’t be that difficult.

After all, Bob Knight did it three times from 1976-87, and all it took was one of the most decorated coaches in college basketball history regularly

intimidating, berating and occasionally strangling his players.

Fostering a rabid pitbull Even if the Hoosiers don’t take first place at the Westminster Dog Show, it would be nice to see them not roll over against the Big Ten’s better teams.

Yes, this is a relatively young program, but obedience training is for weaklings and Pac-12 schools.

All your neighbors own huge German shepherds and mastiffs, and IU’s ranked conference opponents have the bite to accompany their bark.

If you can’t run with the big dogs, what’s the point of competing?

Mountaineering, ideally without a harness You still keep a framed picture of when you summited the Matterhorn all those years ago. Ever since, any trek up the hillside feels totally lackluster.

Still, that doesn’t mean it’s futile to try. After all, even Tom Crean stooped in the

dale of the National Invitational Tournament before reaching a plateau at the sweet sixteen.

If your definition of a valley is going .500 in the country’s toughest conference while navigating an unprecedented pandemic, then perhaps you need a higher vantage point to get some perspective.

Juggling literal chainsaws Why, oh why would anybody choose to do this, you ask?

In case you haven’t noticed, humans are sort of obsessed with doing things that offer a single really cool outcome and about a thousand miserable ones.

Much like the NCAA tournament, this hobby will almost certainly result in pain and humiliation. A lone lucky soul can make it through unscathed, but for everybody else it’s just a matter of how many clean tosses you can get in before swift and sudden dismemberment.

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Gardening Be sure to give your sapling ample sunlight and air.

If you force it to grow in the looming shadow of the past several decades or smother it with unrelenting hype, even the sweetest fruit will taste sour compared to your expectations.

You can try using a wooden stake to make the vines develop how you want them, but sometimes you just have to accept that one year’s crop might form slightly differently from your preference.

“Welcome to the Party” by Diplo, Lil Pump and French Montana This used to be the IU men’s basketball team’s old hype song, but it truly is still a hype song for the Hoosiers.

The collaboration between Diplo and then Lil Pump and French Montana on vocals makes for one of the most interesting yet hype songs on the Assembly Hall aux cord.

When IU is winning, it really can feel like a party in Assembly Hall. The lyrics, “We on fire, step up in the party,” and “Welcome to the party, aye,” really match the mood in the Carnegie Hall of college basketball.

The NCAA announced preliminary dates for the men’s NCAA Tournament which will be held entirely in Indiana in a press release Tuesday.

The tournament will begin March 18 with the First Four games, with two games being played in Purdue’s Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the other two games being played in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The first round will be played March 19 and 20 in Mackey Arena, Assembly Hall, and in Indianapolis at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum and Lucas Oil Stadium.

Following the first round, the remainder of the tournament will solely use the Indianapolis venues.

The second round games will take place March 21 and 22. The first and second round games will be broadcasted on TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV. Bankers Life Fieldhouse

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and Hinkle Fieldhouse will be the site of the Sweet 16 on March 27 and 28, with each of the games getting its own television window instead of the typical overlapping seen in previous years.

Elite Eight games will be played March 29 and 30 during prime time, according to the release. The Final Four will be played April 3 with the National Championship game April 5. All Elite Eight and Final Four games will be played in Lucas Oil Stadium.

“The 2021 March Madness schedule is primarily a function of the health and safety protocols for all participants, respecting conference tournaments, balancing time away from campus for college studentathletes, competitive considerations for a national championship and fan engagement during a relatively traditional tournament timetable,” said Dan Gavitt, the NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball.

“We are most appreciative of CBS Sports and Turner Sports for their collaboration and support of the tournament.”

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IU wrestling dropped its second dual meet of the season Sunday against No. 3 Michigan with a final score of 32-6, falling to 0-2 on the season. Fans watching at home on BTN Plus enjoyed a technical difficulties screen for most of the meet, with one of the longest uninterrupted portions of the stream coming as staff cleaned the mats during intermission.

Sophomores Nick Willham in the 197-pound weight class and Asa Garcia in the 133-pound weight class picked up wins for IU, taking 4-2 and 11-6 decisions respectively. Willham moves to 1-1 with the win after a close loss in IU’s first meet. Garcia picked up a win in his debut for the Hoosiers, moving to 1-0.

“Both guys just stayed in the match — they were gritty,” IU head coach Angel Escobedo said. “Nick defended a hard shot at the end and looked for his opportunity to score points. Same thing with Asa, you know Asa went out there right away and started scoring points.”

IU’s No. 12 125-pound senior Brock Hudkins fell 6-4 to No. 10 freshman Dylan Ragusin, last week’s Big Ten Wrestler of the Week. Hudkins held a 4-3 lead heading into the final period, but Ragusin was able to pick up an escape point to tie the match. A stalling point against Hudkins put him down 5-4 and he was unable to take the

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Top Sophomore Aca Garcia grapples on Sunday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michigan wrestler Jack Medley. Garcia won 11-6 in the 133-pound weight class against Medley, a member of the No. 3 ranked Michigan Wolverines.

Bottom Sophomore Nick Willham grapples on Sunday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with Michigan wrestler Andrew Davison. Willham won 11-6 in the 197-pound weight class against Davison.

lead back. Hudkins drops to 0-2 on the season.

“He’s just still trying to get it back from last year, taking that whole year off with that knee injury, but it seems like it’s coming,” Escobedo said.

“His time is coming.”

Sophomore DJ Washington, who is No. 28 in the 174-pound weight class, and heavyweight junior Rudy Streck from IU had the toughest opponents of the match.

Washington was down 4-0

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heading into the last period against No. 2 senior Logan Massa, but Massa was able to pin him after a cement mixer, adding 6 points to Michigan’s team score. Washington falls to 1-1 after being IU’s lone victor against Illinois last Sunday.

Streck was pinned by No. 2 junior Mason Parris late in the first period after a single-leg takedown by Parris. He falls to 0-1 in his first match this season.

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“I don’t think DJ really got to his offense, and same thing with Streck. They let their guys overwhelm them,” Escobedo said.

The Hoosiers will be back on the mat looking for their first win of the season Jan. 30 in a meet with Northwestern and Penn State in Evanston, Illinois.

“We’re getting better and better at competing,” Escobedo said. “We’re shaking off the rust and I can see it.”

IU track and field participated in the HarveySimmons Invitational on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in its first competition since the 2020 Big Ten Indoor Championships in February, an event the men’s team won.

Five Hoosiers recorded new personal bests, and two others set new HarveySimmons Invitational records.

The event was non-scoring, meaning none of the competing teams — Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue and IU — were able to claim victory.

However, the Hoosiers had several runners earn first place in their events.

Redshirt junior Rikkoi Brathwaite clocked a new personal record of 6.64 seconds, the fastest 60-meter time by any runner in the country so far this season.

Sophomore Nathan Stone took first place in the men’s pole vault, finishing with a jump of 5.07 meters for his first career win as a Hoosier.

The men were also led by senior Cooper Williams, who set a Harvey-Simmons Invitational meet record in the 800-meter with a time of 1:48.65.

Redshirt senior Teddy Browning, whose meet record was broken by Williams, finished in second with a time of 1:51.69.

Junior JaiQuan Earls,

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earned a second-place finish in the long jump, recording 6.96 meters.

Sophomore Grayson Rolen received second-place honors in the triple jump with a distance of 14.04 meters.

The women’s team also had a number of highly placed finishes in Saturday’s meet.

Senior Anna Watson tied for first place in the pole vault after clearing a height of 4.06 meters.

In her first career start, freshman Mahogany Jenkins finished second overall in the triple jump with a distance of 11.65 meters.

The women continued their dominance in the field events with a second-place finish in the weight throw from senior Princess Brinkley with a distance of 19.85 meters.

In the women’s 800-meter, junior All-American Bailey Hertenstein set a new personal record with a time of 2:12.46, a time that earned her third place in the race. Junior Jenna Barker also set a personal best, finishing eighth in the 3,000-meter with a time of 9:38.34.

Freshman Morgan Snow took home third place in the 60-meter with a time of 7.71.

The team will look to build on its momentum when it returns home next Saturday at Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse in Bloomington for a meet with Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State and Northwestern.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8 — Focus on maintaining health and fitness despite challenges or barriers. Avoid risk or expense. Walk outside for fresh air.

Reduce stress and rest deeply.

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