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Institutions crush free spirit in ‘Machinal’
Residents buy alcohol on Sunday for first time
By Clark Gudas ckgudas@iu.edu | @this_isnt_clark
By Laurel Demkovich lfdemkov@iu.edu | @LaurelDemkovich
At 12:01 p.m. Sunday, the barricade surrounding the liquor section in the Kroger on College Mall Road came down. “It’s history!” a worker shouted. A large sign stood in front of the aisle: “Now Available: Sunday Alcohol Sales From 12 p.m.-8 p.m.” However, even before noon shoppers disregarded the barrier and began meandering through Kroger’s large liquor section. Some smiled at each other as they walked past, commenting on the obligatory bottles of wine they were buying. “Finally,” one customer said. For the first time, Hoosiers can purchase alcohol on Sundays from noon to 8 p.m. After Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 1 into law Wednesday, Sunday carryout alcohol sales officially became legal in Indiana. In stores across the Bloomington area Sunday, residents stopped in the liquor aisle to purchase a bottle of rosé or a craft beer — even if they didn’t need anything. Why? Because they could. Annie MacKenzie, 24, and Tiffany Musser, 24, said they walked past the sign in Kroger as they were grocery shopping and remembered today was the day. They didn’t need anything, but they wanted to walk through the aisles just because they were able to. “It’s long overdue,” Musser said. Even though Hoosiers can only purchase alcohol on Sundays from noon to 8 p.m., MacKenzie said it’s still a step in the right direction. “Baby steps,” she added. Paul Hamilton, assistant store manager at Kroger on College Mall Road, said he doesn’t really understand the noon to 8 p.m. stipulation but he’s glad Indiana is finally allowing some alcohol purchases on Sundays. “I think we were behind the times a long time ago,” Hamilton said. Hamilton said he doesn’t know how much Sunday alcohol sales will raise sales. He said he thinks sales might go up at first but they’ll probably be back to normal after a few weeks. Even within the first few minutes after 12 p.m., Hamilton said he walked past many people with alcohol in their hands. As a consumer, he said he’s excited to be able to purchase alcohol on Sundays as well. “I’m going to buy some beer today just to buy some beer,” he said. Many Hoosiers, Gov. Holcomb included, tweeted about their first Sunday alcohol purchase using the hashtag #SundaySales. Holcomb tweeted a video of his visit to Goose the Market in Indianapolis. He shared his purchase of a six-pack of 3 Floyds Gumballhead. Other people took pictures holding their alcohol outside of Big Red Liquors or in the aisles of Kroger. Among them was Bernard Fraga, IU political science assistant professor, and his wife Morgan Fraga, who took a selfie in Kroger holding a copy of the Indiana Daily Student with “Cheers!” on the front page and a bottle of red wine each. The two said they normally go grocery shopping on Sundays but they have to go a different day in the week to buy alcohol. Now that it’s legal on Sundays, it saves them a trip. When he found out about Indiana legalizing alcohol purchases on Sunday, Bernard Fraga said it was about time. They’re both from Indiana, so Sunday was a big day for them, he said. SEE ALCOHOL, PAGE 5
impressive defensive effort. In Sunday’s opener, IU took on VMI in a back-andforth, offense heavy contest that ended in a 14-9 Hoosier victory. Freshman driver Juli Hilovsky led IU’s attack with five goals, a new career high. Joining Hilovsky on the score sheet was Myers, sophomore attacker Megan Abarta and senior utility Sarah Young, each of whom scored two goals. Myers had a big game on both ends of the pool, adding two assists and three steals to her scoring exploits. In IU’s first game on Saturday, the Hoosiers welcomed conference opponent and tenth-ranked Hartwick to the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center for their first CWPA game of the season. IU struggled to gain a foothold in the game, but they fell 1311 in an exciting contest. A
In the midst of her work at a fast-paced, chaotic corporate office, Abby Lee, the actress playing Young Woman, stopped to think aloud. "No rest — must rest — no rest," she said. "Hurry — job — no job — no money — installments due — no money — money." Defying kitchen-sink realism and aiming for emotional accuracy, IU Theatre’s “Machinal” ran from Feb. 23 to March 3 at the Wells-Metz Theatre. The 1928 expressionist play is based on the real story of the first woman to be executed in the electric chair. The plotline follows the story of a nervous and guarded woman in search of happiness after she falls into a marriage she regrets. “Avant-garde, shocking, and surreal, ‘Machinal’ twists the sensational real-life story of murderer Ruth Snyder into a dark, machinelike world filled with faceless aggressors and distorted shadows,” according to the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance website. Young Woman works at a corporate office among businessmen and women who speak and walk quickly and perform tasks on solid, abstract blocks and rectangles, meant to be telephones and typewriters. “I want to rest,” Young Woman said in the midst of them. “No rest. Earn. Got to earn. Married — earn — no — yes. Earn.” The other employees go about their work. They walk in long strides with purpose and intent, and Young Woman weaves in and out of them. At one point in their beehivelike pace, someone bumps into her and she drops her letters. “She’s inefficient,” one worker said as she watched Young Woman pick up the letters. Order, discipline and conformity set up the main conflicts for Young Woman’s desire to be free and content. Feeling tremendous social pressure to marry, she marries her
SEE WATER POLO, PAGE 5
SEE MACHINAL, PAGE 5
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Making waves Hoosiers post 3-1 mark in Indiana Classic By Sean Mintert smintert@umail.iu.edu | @sean_mintert20
With a senior class as experienced as the one that steps into the pool for IU’s water polo team, the accolades and milestones are plentiful. This weekend, it was Sarah Myers’ turn, as the senior attacker scored her 100th career goal in IU’s last game of the weekend against Marist. IU Coach Ryan Castle attributed Myers’ success to her relentless work ethic and desire to get better every day. “She’s always trying to gain that extra edge around the pool,” Castle said. “She doesn’t believe in swimming 70 percent. It’s 100 percent, all-out, every single time. It’s just her quiet edge and her constant motion.” Myers thanked the new regime that came when Castle took over as head coach the previous year. She credited the quality of practices as a massive reason why she was able to become a key contributor for the Hoosiers. “I think things changed a lot when Ryan came here,”
said Myers. “Practices became more intense, more competitive, and we’ve been focusing a lot on making our practices as game-like as possible, so we can transfer that same intensity into our games.”
“She doesn’t believe in swimming 70 percent. It’s 100 percent, all-out, every single time. It’s just her quiet edge and her constant motion.” Ryan Castle, Head Coach
Myers’ goal was the last goal in a 10-3 victory over Marist in the last game of the weekend’s tournament. Senior center Jennifer Beadle scored a hat-trick in the first quarter, and IU overcame a slightly shaky start to come away with a solid win. Senior goalkeeper Jessica Gaudreault was reliable as usual in the cage, posting five saves and eight steals as part of an
Sophomore Joelle Nacouzi defends against Marist Sunday, March 4. The IU women’s water polo team won 14-9, at the Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center.
Dick’s increases its gun sales restrictions By Caroline Anders anders6@umail.iu.edu | @clineands
The firearm department of the Dick’s Sporting Goods at College Mall was quiet Saturday afternoon. Mounted deer heads gazed down from a wall where dozens of rifles hung. Dick’s Sporting Goods announced Wednesday it will no longer sell assault-style rifles or highcapacity magazines, and it will not sell guns to anyone under 21. The announcement stirred up conversation about whether private companies should be regulating gun sales themselves. One gun owner who was shopping at Dick’s Saturday said he worried the move by the company would lead to larger restrictions on gun sales. Another customer, 23-year-old Kyle Blake, who owns multiple ARstyle rifles, was torn on the company’s decision. He said the restrictions may be good to keep guns out of kids’ hands, but 18-year-old are not kids. “If when you’re 18 you can carry a pistol in the military, you should be able to buy a gun,” he said. Paul Helmke, an IU professor
and former president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, disagreed. “The bottom line — AR-15s are not hunting rifles,” he said. “Their utility is that they’re good at shooting a lot of people quickly.” Blake said he doesn’t use his AR rifle for hunting. He shoots it for fun. The announcement from Dick’s came in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day, which resulted in the deaths of 17 people. Dick’s stopped selling assaultstyle rifles at all Dick’s Sporting Goods locations after the Sandy Hook massacre, but the weapons were still sold at all 35 of the company’s Field & Stream stores. Twenty children and six adults were killed with a Bushmaster AR-15 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. The shooter in Parkland used the same kind of rifle. Helmke said the announcement from Dick’s felt like the logical second step to its decision after Sandy Hook. “I like the idea of the private sector taking the lead on this,” he said, “because the government
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The gun department in a Dick's Sporting Goods store in Arlington, Virginia displays a variety of rifles. Dick's has announced new restrictions on gun sales.
hasn’t been.” The statement from Edward Stack, the CEO of Dick's, responded directly to the Parkland shooting. “Following all of the rules and laws, we sold a shotgun to the Parkland shooter in November of 2017,” the statement read. “It was not the gun, nor type of gun, he used in the shooting. But it could have been.” Helmke said the company may have made these changes to
appease its customers or to feel like they are being corporately responsible. Since the announcement by Dick’s, Walmart, LL Bean and Kroger have also increased restrictions on gun sales. “The systems in place are not effective to protect our kids and our citizens,” the statement from Dick’s said. “We believe it’s time to do something about it”.
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