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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

Indiana is dancing into the Sweet Sixteen

By Matt Sebree

masebr@iu.edu | @mattsebree

After the final buzzer sounded, and Indiana women’s basketball celebrated on the court, junior forward Mackenzie Holmes sprinted across the floor. She ran past the baseline, past the cameras and up the stairs into the student section. She wanted them to be a part of the celebration, too.

For just the second time in program history — and second consecutive season — Indiana women’s basketball is dancing into the Sweet Sixteen. In the team’s Second Round game on Monday, No. 3-seed Indiana defeated No. 11-seed Princeton University 56-55 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to advance.

“By God, we had to go all the way down to the end with them, but at the end of the fourth quarter, it's the fight that won the game,” head coach Teri Moren said.

“They showed that throughout.”

The game started with a quick pace offensively, with both teams’ first points coming on 3-pointers. While Indiana and Princeton each saw success scoring the ball, both struggled with foul trouble in the tightly called game early on. The first two possessions of the game resulted in offensive foul calls.

Neither team managed to gain an edge in the first quarter, however, as the Hoosiers and Tigers traded buckets and the lead. After the first quarter, the game was tied 17-17.

Indiana continued finding success on offense in the second quarter, while Princeton struggled to hit shots.

A 10-0 run by Indiana in the final minutes of the first half gave the team a double-digit cushion going into halftime.

WIUX Music Market to present local artists, vendors Taylor Satoski

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Senior guard Grace Berger attempts a shot during the game against Princeton University on March 21, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

Indiana won 56-55 in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.

Though the Hoosiers entered the break with a sizable lead, they had played far from a perfect game. Most notable among the Hoosiers’ blemishes were the 10 turnovers they committed in the first half alone.

Indiana kept its momentum going into the second half, and it looked like it might put the game away in the third quarter. Across seven-and-a-half minutes in the second and third quarters, Princeton failed to hit a single field goal as Indiana swelled its lead to 14 points — the largest lead of the game for either team.

Starting with a layup

by Princeton junior guard Grace Stone, the Tigers stormed back into the game with a 13-2 run in the final six minutes of the third quarter. With just 10 minutes left to play, Indiana’s lead was

down to only 2 points.

In the fourth quarter, the teams traded baskets, and the game went back-andforth down the stretch. With just under five minutes left to play, Indiana led by a single point — but both teams went cold from the field after that.

Neither team scored for over three-and-a-half minutes until Princeton took the lead with 1:12 left on a pair of free throws from senior guard Abby Meyers. Indiana senior guard Grace Berger responded with a free throw of her own to tie the game with under a minute left.

After getting a stop on the defensive end, Indiana called a timeout to draw up a play with just 30 seconds left to play in the elimination game. After inbounding the ball, Indiana got it to Berger, who made a go-ahead la-

yup. She led the team with 15 total points and seven rebounds.

“I was just focused on getting my head down and getting to the rim as quickly as I could,” Berger said. “(Graduate student guard Nicole Cardaño-Hillary) set it up perfectly for me, got me going downhill, and then I got to the rim.”

With Indiana still ahead by just 2 points, it still had to stop Princeton from scoring in order to secure the win.

As Princeton worked the ball around trying to find a shot, graduate student guard Ali Patberg jumped into the passing lane to steal the ball and gain possession back for Indiana.

Following the steal, Indiana ended up on the freethrow line, and senior forward Aleksa Gulbe hit both to give Indiana a 4-point lead

with just a second to play.

Princeton hit a 3-pointer as time expired to narrow the final deficit, but it didn’t matter.

The celebration was on for the 9,627 fans in attendance — the third-highest ever for a women’s basketball game at Assembly Hall — and Holmes was running towards the packed student section.

“I ran over there, and I was like, ‘Screw it, I'm going to go run up, and I'm going to go high-five them and make them feel like they're part of this victory,’” Holmes said. “Because they are.

We couldn't have done this without them.”

With the win, Indiana advances to the Sweet Sixteen and will face the No. 2-seed University of Connecticut in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Saturday.

WIUX, a student-run radio station, will present Music Market from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday in Presidents Hall located in Franklin Hall. Local performers, artists and vendors will be showcased at the Music Market.

This year, Music Market is replacing Culture Shock, WIUX’s annual music festival. This event will be more community focused instead of globally focused, WIUX Special Events Director Anya Heminger, said.

Local bands Six Foot Blonde, ForeDaze, Westhead and Namen Namen will perform throughout the day.

Jackie Hayes, a singer from Illinois, and Post Sex Nachos, a band originating from Missouri, will also perform.

Heminger said the purpose of the event is to support the community. All of the vendors are from Indiana and will be selling local artisanal items.

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WIUX, a student-run radio station, will present Music Market from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday in Presidents Hall located in Franklin Hall. Local performers, artists and vendors will be showcased at the Music Market.

Students lost their home to a fire, but it wasn’t their fault Helen Rummel

hrummel@iu.edu | @HelenRummel

Anabelle Conley scrolled through TikTok just after 9 a.m. on Jan. 27. She was still sleepy after a late night out the day before and sat in bed, dressed in pajamas. An employee from her rental agency was downstairs trying to thaw out frozen water pipes. The house was quiet. Her other roommates were still asleep in their beds.

Conley, an IU senior, had let the worker into the house.

Normally, she wouldn’t have been awake this early, but she said she’s glad she was. Otherwise, she says, she doesn’t know what would have happened next.

One of Conley’s roommates and IU senior, Jordan Lyman, remembers waking up that morning to a strange scent.

“Do you smell that?” she asked her boyfriend who was there at the time.

“Someone probably just burned toast or something,” she remembers him replying.

But Lyman said the smell kept getting stronger and stronger.

Still in her room, the smoke billowing in from the bathroom shifted Conley’s attention away from her phone.

She said, at first, she couldn’t believe it was a fire but ran after the maintenance man just in case. She then started evacuating everyone else in the home.

She had run through the house shaking everyone awake as quickly as she could. She remembers how fast everything changed, and the disbelief that fell over the group on that morning in January in the 20 degrees Fahrenheit weather.

Less than five minutes after Conley first saw the smoke, her roommates were lined up in the street. Still in their pajamas, the group watched

the fire spread through their home.

“We're all sobbing on the street, in slippers, crying and calling our parents,” Conley said.

The house the students had waited to live in was now covered in a cloud of gray smoke.

And they didn’t know why. * * * Now, more than a month later, the house sits empty.

This was a home the residents planned to move into for years. They signed a lease back in 2019, in preparation to take over after a group from their sorority had left.

The marks of fire are long gone, and the residents have moved to a new location. In their new house, the students had been sharing beds with one another for some time after the fire to find a sense of safety.

Some of the damages occurred after the Bloomington Fire Department extinguished the fire and had to inspect all parts of the house for possible fire.

As for how the fire started,

the Bloomington Fire Department reported that the employee from Chickering Rentals, started the fire accidentally when using an air heater to thaw the frozen pipes. The residents say they are still trying to salvage some of what they had in the home and have only received roughly $600 in compensation from Chickering Rentals. However, since the tenants did not take out a renter’s insurance policy, their items were not protected — regardless of how the fire started.

Chickering Rentals said in an email that they could not currently comment on the situation due to ongoing discussions between insurance companies.

Conley said the fire came in addition to a number of issues they already had with the company.

“We just had small maintenance issues at first,” Conley said thinking about the first few months at the home.

It was a stopped shower one day, then a locked basement door the next. But the issues continued and finally reached a boiling point when the group filed a mainte-

nance request to fix the heat in their home. When Chickering Rentals sent a worker to fix the issue, he said the residents’ furnace filter had been left unattended for so long, it could become a fire hazard.

After hearing this, roommate Jordan Lyman drafted an email to send to their rental company on Jan. 26. She explained this was just one of many issues the group dealt with in the house and did not want to see other tenants treated in a similar way.

“However, the maintenance man said the amount of filth was very concerning because it can lead to a fire hazard and dangerously poor quality of air,” the email read.

Later that day, Chickering Rentals property manager Lyndsi Thompson responded to the email with an apology, explaining that the house had two furnaces and their maintenance staff had forgotten the second. She assured the residents they would check all filters in May. * * * The call to 911 was at 9:36 a.m. the next morning.

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A house managed by Chickering Rentals sits empty March 3, 2022, after an employee of the rental agency accidentally started a fire Jan. 27. The tenants, a group of IU students, said their combined losses totaled up to thousands of dollars between the six of them.

Conley was pacing back and forth on her front porch as the smoke slowly seeped out of her home, as seen on the recording from her front door camera. She was still in her fuzzy slippers and robe in the cold January weather.

One hand was clutching her phone, while the other was held over her mouth. She listens and nods, but there’s not much else she can do.

Her roommate and IU senior Stella Garland, who she has known since high school, was talking to the maintenance man sent from Chickering.

“We’re getting everyone,” she says to him.

“Is anybody injured?” a dispatcher asks on the other line with the man, who is breathing heavily before he responds.

By 9:43 a.m., the first fire engine pulled up to the front of the house.

By the time the Bloomington Fire Department extinguished the remaining flames, the fire had already traveled quickly from the basement stairs and into the attic. The older design of the home was in part to blame for the speed of the fire that had been traveling inside the walls. The majority of the damage had been done not even an hour after the maintenance man knocked on the front door.

Conley and her five other roommates’ minds traveled immediately to what had been left in the house. Garland was thinking about the letters from her twin sister that were still in her room.

Her roommates thought of the photos from their families.

They have since recovered these items.

Ring doorbell camera footage of the firemen at the back of the house. * * * The maintenance man

said in interviews with investigators that he was using a new air heater to thaw the frozen pipes and he had been using that device for the first time that morning. The device was capable of reaching temperatures upwards of 640 degrees Fahrenheit. He said he left the heater to check the faucets for about 10 minutes when Conley noticed the smoke filling her room.

In addition, the employee had attached metal to the front of the heater, fashioned in such a manner to help the pipes thaw quicker.

The air heater, a Dyna-Glo Kerosene Forced Air Heater, comes with many warnings to the user urging them never to leave the device unattended. The manufacturer also stressed the dangers of rigging any additional systems to the machine in the second page of the product’s manual.

“NEVER use duct work in front of or behind heater,” the manual reads.

Bloomington Fire Department fire investigator, Tom Figolah, was able to definitively identify the cause of the fire as the heat produced by the air heater that the employee used.

“Upon completion of the investigation, it has been determined to be an accidental fire caused by direct and/or indirect heat transfer from the turbo heater and attached metal ductwork pipe to the surrounding combustible materials,” Figolah said in the report. The initial investigation has not been updated since its filing in January.

“This is, right now, the final say on it,” Figolah said.

“We haven’t come across any evidence that would make anything change as far as the cause and origin of the fire.” * * * SEE HOUSE FIRE, PAGE 4

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Instructor, student to run National Security Simulation

By Haley Ryan

haryan@iu.edu | @haley__ryan

John Karaagac, senior lecturer at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and IU senior Gabriel Burdeen are running the O’Neill School’s first national security simulation on March 22, 24 and 29.

The simulation is being run as a part of Karaagac’s class on national security and bureaucracy. Karaagac is working with the O’Neill school’s director of undergraduate studies about making the simulation a onecredit course in the future, he said.

“I felt that the O’Neill school specifically, and more generally, Indiana University, needed more national security crisis simulation workshops or crisis simulation workshops,” Karaagac said.

A national security crisis simulation, Karaagac said, would deal with traditional security concerns, geopolitics and how state institutions like the military, CIA and Department of State would deal with it.

For the class exercise, students will form a national security council and will be presented with a crisis as it evolves through three stages.

Students will take roles such as the White House chief of staff or the national security advisor and reflect the institutional dynamics of their roles.

Several roles, such as the Ambassador to France,

Israel and China, are being played by people outside Karaagac’s class.

“These may be students in the Hamilton Lugar school who have regional interests or other schools and are interested in representing one country,” Karaagac said.

Karaagac said students are expected to understand the difficulty of policy-making decisions, the necessity of compromise and the constraints policy makers face.

“They tend to think that crafting policy solutions is often easier than it is.” Karaagac said. “Often it’s very unattractive and ugly and usually the options are between poor ones and less bad ones.”

Gabriel Burdeen, director and co-founder of the simulation, said one of the biggest things students in the class will learn from the exercise is how the national security council works.

Burdeen also said he wants to assess students, which the simulation will do by forcing them to create an argument and defend it with passion.

“Really that’s how I learned the best, is when people challenge me in a true way,” Burdeen said.

Clayton Greis, an IU senior majoring in international studies, will play the role of national security adviser for the simulation.

While Greis does have experience in crisis simulations due to his involvement in Model United Nations, his preparation for the simulation has mainly involved re-

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The O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs building is seen on March 8, 2022, on 10th Street. John Karaagac, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs senior lecturer, is implementing the school’s first national security simulation in which students will make policy decisions in response to simulated national security threats.

searching different national security advisors he could emulate.

“I feel like I’m only prepared because I’m in Model UN, and I do crisis simulations in Model UN, so I kind of already know what the

process is on that,” Greis said.

Greis said he could be a consensus leader and act as a neutral conduit for everyone’s opinion, or he could really shape the room, which is what he leans towards.

“Because you lead the meeting so you can call different people and shape a narrative,” Greis said.

Practical exercises such as the simulation are important because students are actually getting to act out

what the federal government does, which is important for anyone who wants to go into federal service, Greis said.

“It’s not just completing a worksheet or writing a paper about it.” Greis said. “We’re actually doing it.”

Local shelter makes plans to support the unhoused community

By Meghana Rachamadugu megracha@iu.edu

Beacon, Inc. is using state and county funds to integrate on-site care and improve client services at their Crawford Homes site.

Beacon is a local housing and services provider helping to alleviate poverty and homelessness in Monroe County.

Beacon Executive Director Reverend Forrest Gilmore said the nonprofit applied to the Supportive Housing Institute and got accepted into the program.

The program will allow Beacon to apply for a $5 million grant from the state and gain access to developers to help with property management, according to the Indiana Supportive Housing Institute website.

“If it goes to fruition, and everything is successful, this will allow us to build normal apartments in our Crawford Homes for people who are in need of proper homes,” Gilmore said.

He said Beacon currently works with Crawford Apartments to have its own program — Crawford Homes.

According to the Beacon website, members of the Crawford Homes program saw a 65% decrease in ER visits and 88% drop in imprisonment. Around the

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The Shalom Day Center for the unhoused community is pictured. Beacon, Inc., a local nonprofit combatting homelessness, is using state and county funds to incorporate onsite medical services into its housing.

city, Gilmore said there are about 110 Crawford Home units: 100 are single-bedroom units, and 10 of the units are family units and accommodate 2-3 bedrooms.

In general, it’s difficult to find local and affordable housing options, he said.

Out of the 110 units, 61 are based in the Crawford location, and the remaining 49 are scattered-site apart-

ments, meaning they have a separate property owner arrangement. He said that if they build another complex like Crawford, Beacon and its clients would be less reliant on local housing markets and can provide more effective services.

These services will mostly be medical and onsite therapy services that can serve clients with disabilities and illnesses.

Beacon is trying to partner with local agencies providing health care and recovery work to implement onsite care. The integration could take three to five years depending on if they build from scratch or buy a building for renovations, he said.

“It’s extremely valuable to build access for people who are dealing with chronic illnesses and disabilities,” Gilmore said.

Beacon works with people experiencing chronic homelessness, which is displacement that lasts longer than a year. Much of that is caused by having a disability, Gilmore said.

He said that many clients had “tri-morbidities.”

This means they have a severe substance use disorder, mental illness and a physical disability or chronic issue.

Gilmore said offering various onsite medical services is something Beacon has been working on for a while. With the new funds, he says they can play an active role in improving life circumstances as well as significantly reduce healthcare emergencies in the local area.

Related: [Monroe County Youth Services Bureau sets out to reduce truancy, substance abuse] Penny Githens, vice president of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, said in an email that Gilmore’s vision for the housing institute funds is a three-story facility that can provide emergency overnight shelter and accommodate several people. She said the first floor might act as a kitchen and dining area as well as a place for day programs and case management.

“The second floor would provide transitional housing, and the third floor would be permanent housing,” Githens said in an email.

She said in an email that the projected price was $10 million dollars. The Monroe County government pledged $500,000 from the funding received by the federal government’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Monroe County Councilmember Geoff McKim said the council is using ARPA funds for pandemic recovery efforts, which includes plans to eliminate homelessness.

“We do have a number of supportive housing units already in the community, but there’s definitely less than what we need,” McKim said. “By combining the emergency shelter and the permanent supportive housing, you’re able to have staff there 24/7.”

McKim said the County Council and the County Board of Commissioners signed a letter of support for Beacon’s vision. McKim said he was glad to support this project.

“This is just one step in implementing the best practices, but ultimately the goal is to get to functionally zero homelessness in the community,” McKim said.

Permit no longer required to carry a handgun in Indiana

By Carter DeJong

cadejong@iu.edu | @dejong_carter

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1296 into law Monday, dictating Indiana residents are no longer required to have a permit to carry a handgun.

Under the new law, people 18 and older can legally purchase a handgun without a background check.

Firearm permits will continue to be available free of charge to those who want them, Holcomb said in a statement.

“We will continue to encourage citizens to apply for and maintain a firearms permit,” Doug Carter, Indiana State Police superintendent, said. “A permit will assist law enforcement officers and will also allow a permit holder reciprocity

with other states.”

HB 1296 has faced opposition from Indiana law enforcement. Representatives from multiple police organizations in Indiana testified against the bill, citing that it would make it harder for police to identify who is

lawfully carrying a firearm, according to the Indy Star.

“It’s important to note that if a person is prohibited under federal or state laws from possessing a firearm before this law goes into effect, that person will still be prohibited. And if a prohib-

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Carrying a firearm without a permit, sometimes called Constitutional Carry, is already legal in 15 other states, according to World Population Review.

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Kanye West drops a three-part documentary

By Garrett Simms

gasimms@iu.edu | @garrett_simms22

The three-part Kanye West documentary “Jeen-Yuhs” shows West’s path to greatness: starting as a talented music producer struggling to be taken seriously as a rapper to becoming one of the biggest musical artists of the 21st century.

The documentary — filmed and directed by West’s long-time friend and videographer Coodie — contains almost 20 years of footage. In the footage, viewers see Kanye’s work ethic and drive, as well as how he deals with fame.

Filming a documentary as a no-name producer in the early 2000s shows how far ahead of his time West was.

During this time, it wasn’t normal to go around with a camera filming for no reason.

Now everyone with a phone wants to vlog every moment of their life. West knew what he was filming would one day be history.

The first part of the documentary follows a man who knew he was destined to be great. West was trying to get everyone to just give him a chance. The theme of the first episode was “no matter what, don’t give up,” and to even get a chance to reach your dreams, you have to be almost obsessed with success.

For the first episode, West

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Kanye West is pictured with Tom Cruise.

was working on his first album, “The College Dropout,” which would go on to win the Grammy award for Best Rap Album of 2004. However, not everyone saw the greatness in his album early on.

West’s situation at that time

of his life can be summed up from a single scene in the first episode. In the scene, he plays the song “All Falls Down,” in front of the label Roc-A-Fella executives while trying to get signed.

The executives stared at

West while he rapped the song, and the scene ended with West walking out of the studio looking disappointed.

Today, the song is still one of his most popular records, and it won the Grammy for best rap song of 2004. It’s al-

most impossible to think about hearing that song and sitting still. It’s hard not to be inspired by how far he has come.

West was taken for granted, and every time he never seemed close to giving up.

He was always motivated and ready to figure out what he was going to do next.

By the second part, he had a record deal with Roc-A-Fella records but was still fighting to get a release date for his album. By the end of the episode, “The College Dropout,” was released and West started to receive the fruits from his labor.

Watching West go from fighting to get his music out there to winning at the Grammys giving his acceptance speech is heartwarming for any creator. It’s a once-in-alifetime moment.

In the final episode, viewers see the biggest space of time, showing Kanye from the early success of his first album to the megastar and household name we know today.

We see West dealing with the death of his mom and dealing with the fame and fortune he worked so hard for in the first two episodes.

At the end of the episode and series, we see a man who has gotten to the top of the world but is still dealing with the problems of being human.

West openly talked about his problems with mental health and thoughts of suicide.

This docuseries humanizes one of the biggest artists of the last two decades and shows even once you get to the top, the people closest to you will keep you grounded.

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The Modern Black American Family is healing 400-year-old trauma

By Thursday Currence tcurrenc@iu.edu

In recent years in the United States, there has been a rise in the number of children being raised in two-parent households, across all demographics.

In 1960, the percentage of children in a two-parent home was around 80%. The proportion of children under 18 living with two parents steadily declined from 88% in 1960 to just 66% in 2005.

The number has now risen to 70% in 2020, the highest it has been in 30 years, according to the U.S. Census.

Amongst all races, African Americans have seen the biggest increase in the number of children who are living in a two-parent household, regardless of the parents’ marital status.

The structure of Black families has been jeopardized since slaves were brought to this country and torn away from their family members.

This generational trauma has had long-lasting effects on the Black community and their family structure.

Black people in the U.S. were not even allowed to be legally married until the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was passed in 1864. In 2016, a study done

by the U.S. Census Bureau showed Black people had the lowest marriage rates amongst all races.

The lack of resources Black people have had since they were forcefully brought to this country has also been detrimental to their family structure.

Even now when poverty rates are historically low in the U.S., Black people are still more likely than any other race to live in poverty. Needless to say, these conditions are not ideal to raise a family.

Despite the turmoil facing the Black family in the U.S., they have still managed to prosper.

“They are trending now more rapidly than other families in the direction of family stability, which I think is both striking and encouraging,” Brad Wilcox, a sociologist at University of Virginia, said.

Wilcox said there are many positive effects for Black children being raised in a home with two parents.

“They are less likely to live in poverty, they are less likely to end up in prison and they’re markedly more likely to graduate from college when they’re raised in intact, two-parent families,” Wilcox said.

Talia Clark, a Black mother of three, said raising her kids

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in a two-parent household has been extremely different from her upbringing with a single mother.

“I can’t imagine having to take sole responsibility for all of my children majority of the

time. Clark said. “My husband and I do a pretty good job of sharing responsibilities with our children. My mother also had three children and she had to take on most of the responsibility and I applaud her

for that. Parenting is a hard job but having a strong and reliable partner makes it much easier.”

The increase of Black children being raised in a two-parent household is un-

deniably a win for the Black community. Reaching this milestone is just the beginning of reversing the effects of the generations of destruction that have negatively impacted Black families.

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Even in war, racism prevails

By Tiera Howleit

thowleit@iu.edu | @officialtiera

The war in Ukraine has gained worldwide attention, and conversations surrounding racism and human dignity have been on the rise.

While Russia has begun to strike against the country, racism has also increasingly affected the African inhabitants of Ukraine.

For centuries Black people have been cast aside and dealt with inhumane treatments. Did we learn nothing from enslavement or segregation?

Black people are human beings just like anyone else.

The world should no longer accept the need to divide individuals based on the color of their skin. Non-people of color across the globe have shown racism knows no bounds.

According to the New York Times, Ukrainian authorities have inflicted physical violence onto Africans who were trying to flee the country since the war began. The root cause of this violence seems to be deepseeded racism.

Ukrainian officials said

they were not inflicting violence on Africans or treating them any differently. African students living in Ukraine have proven this statement to be untrue.

African students in Ukraine have provided video footage of them being thrown off trains so they could not leave.

Any time Black people call out racism or mistreatment from non-Black individuals, there is always someone in a position of power stating these actions never happened.

White people have the privilege to choose whether or not they want to believe a racist act has taken place.

Unfortunately, Black people do not have that choice.

The hate against Black people has to end. All white people need to realize racism is a matter of life and death. This issue in Ukraine should be a rallying cry for humanity because Black people have had enough.

We are tired.

IU master’s graduate student Salina Tesfagiorgis said the current Ukraine crisis highlights the biggest flaw in international refugee systems.

“These systems are racist,” Tesfagiorgis said. “It is repulsive how this country is in the crisis of war and racism is winning.”

Unfortunately, racism is one uniting factor for Black people around the world.

There seems to be a lack of care and consideration for their well-being when it comes to Black refugees.

Tesfagiorgis said all the inhabitants of Ukraine are victims in this crisis.

“There are many people who have been saying the priority should be on saving Ukrainian citizens first,” Tesfagiorgis said. “My response to this is everyone is a victim, and who is to say there aren’t Black Ukrainian citizens?”

Tesfagiorgis said the assumption has seemed to be Black people could not possibly be citizens of Ukraine and this is built on racist ideas and opinions.

Tesfagiorgis said some African students were lured to Ukraine for their academic capabilities.

From rising gas prices to the threat of nuclear war, Tesfagiorgis said this crisis affects everyone and we all play a part in how these

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events will be written in history.

The struggle for Africans in Ukraine points to a larger global issue which has Black people have been the victims of for centuries.

This crisis can potentially be resolved with African nations and bordering European countries stepping in to

provide Black refugees the shelter and safety they need.

However, this solution is not the only one that is needed.

However, Tesfagiorgis said racial targeting will only end after there is a shift in the mindset of individuals who uphold racist structures and ideals.

“Whiteness has become

the neutrality, standard and foundation of policy,” Tesfagiorgis said. “We will see success when whiteness no longer becomes neutral and humanity stands in its place.”

Whiteness should not be the basis of humanity, but because it is, racism prevails even in war.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 A house managed by Chickering Rentals sits empty March 3, 2022, after an employee of the rental agency accidentally started a fire Jan. 27. The tenants, a group of IU students, said their combined losses totaled up to thousands of dollars between the six of them.

Following the fire, the residents spent a brief period of time at the Graduate Hotel before relocating to another house. During that time, they

said the Chickering property manager asked them to start compiling a list of all the items they had lost to the fire. The women began taking inventory of all their possessions that had either been destroyed or damaged due to smoke. The residents said the list of items totaled close to $60,000 between the six of them. Under the impression that Chickering Rentals would reimburse them for their losses, some of the residents had already

started repurchasing their items.

But a couple weeks later, Lyndsi Thompson returned with a different outcome. She said while Chickering would be able to reimburse them for the costs to launder their smoke-filled clothes, they would not receive compensation for other items lost in the fire. The company cited section nine in the lease the tenants had signed in 2019.

“Tenant agrees to waive

any and all claims against Landlord for or on account of any personal injury sustained, or any loss or damage to property caused by fire, water, deluge, overflow or explosion, no matter how it shall arise or be caused,” the lease read.

The tenants, now living in a new home, say they are disappointed with how the situation had been handled both before and after the fire. They wish they had known more before signing the lease and

spoke out sooner about the problems they saw with their rental company.

Resident and IU senior Sasha Rosenberg said even with the limited compensation they received, the time they will no longer have in the house is not replaceable. * * * Each morning, the students wake up in what they have learned to call their new

home. If they take a look out of their windows they can see the tan exterior of their house that went up in smoke just over a month ago.

They see the home they waited years to move into. The home that had been passed down from older sorority sisters. The home they thought they would end their college years in, hollowed out and dark.

And it’s not even a block down the street.

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OPINION

March 24, 2022 idsnews.com

Editors Natalie Gabor, Curren Gauss opinion@idsnews.com

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COLUMN

Parents shouldn’t make raising autistic kids about themselves Luke Christopher Norton (he/him) is a senior studying journalism.

Parents with an autistic child have likely sought support online. The support can come in many forms, such as guides for raising their child, how to get a diagnosis, support in school and online groups for sharing tips and stories.

But it’s imperative to tread carefully with that last option, and here’s why.

First of all, autism is a spectrum for a reason. One size isn’t going to fit all, and one parent’s solution to an issue may not work in your case, or worse, exacerbate the situation. Parents of autistic children can help, but they’re not experts.

Symptoms of autism include avoiding eye contact, a lack of verbal communication, repetitive behaviors or interests and strictly following established routines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They can even include preferring to walk on one’s toes, according to the Autism

Research Institute.

I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder during my first few years of elementary school, but my diagnosis in particular was called Asperger’s back then.

As a kid, I would walk around on my toes and frequently grow upset over changes in my schedule. I still have difficulty with eye contact today, but I was never nonverbal.

It’s different for everyone.

The term “Asperger’s” led many to cast it off as mild autism, but there’s no meter or test for severity — it’s all different. But be careful to not say “Asperger’s” because it’s no longer correct and its namesake, Hans Asperger, worked with Nazis to commit horrific crimes.

Therefore, it’s perfectly natural to worry for one’s child in the event of a diagnosis. Any thoughtful, caring parent would. The next step in the process is seeking additional help for that child because they’ll usually need it.

Parents should turn to a doctor or expert in the field — someone who has experi-

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ence with multiple autistic children and knows how to work with them. Autistic adults can offer advice, but that too can only go so far.

A quick Facebook search of the term “autism support groups” yields a myriad of options including groups for autistic individuals themselves, awareness groups, advocacy groups and groups

specifically for parents of autistic children.

To be completely fair, there are many caretakers in these groups doing things the right way such as seeking out advice from fellow parents of autistic children and autistic adults. Other best practices include sharing confidential stories, good resources or ways to keep chil-

dren safe from bullying and other forms of abuse.

But unfortunately, this isn’t the case for every parent in these groups. Some occasionally use these spaces to vent about their child or share how hard raising them is without including any of the good parts. Others even post pictures or information that probably shouldn’t be

shared. We are children, not a struggle or burden. Raising an autistic child isn’t some badge of honor — it’s called being a parent. We didn’t sign up to have autism just as much as parents didn’t sign up to raise an autistic child.

Parents should think about the short and long term effects of their posts.

In the short term, parents may obtain some advice or sympathetic comments. But in the long term, future classmates may find the posts and use them as ammunition to bully those children or, arguably worse, the child may see the posts themselves.

Should parents be proud of those words? How would they explain why they saw raising an autistic child as a burden or why they posted personal information without the child’s consent?

Seeking out or sharing advice is understandable and the smart thing to do when you have an autistic child. Parents just need to make sure that’s all they’re doing. lcnorton@iu.edu

SEAN’S SYNOPSIS

All nuclear weapons should be disarmed, abolished Sean Gilley (he/him) is a senior studying political science and economics with a certificate in informatics.

I’m sure everybody remembers learning about the Cold War and the arms race during an American history class at some point during their high school or college curriculum. To be honest, it was my senior year in high school and at that point, I was basically checked out for the school year.

It wasn’t until coming to college and taking more foreign policy-centered courses that the true gravity of the situation struck me. During a time when renewed fears of nuclear warfare are so high, our own Bloomington City Council members felt the need to address the issue.

Although there have been treaties and agreements prohibiting the development, stockpiling and usage of these weapons, they still remain a credible threat and risk. Given the current state of international affairs and

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turmoil, this needs to become a top priority for all nations of the world.

I want to clarify this by saying in no way do I pretend to be an expert on international relations or global policymaking. I’ve had the opportunity to take classes that have broadened my knowl-

edge on the subject, but I do not have any sort of conclusive answer to this problem.

But then again, I don’t think there is one single solution to this problem.

Clearly, the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START and START II) agreements haven’t accomplished

as much as the U.S. would’ve hoped with Russia still stockpiling and maintaining the most nuclear weapons in the world according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Given that North Korea has once again begun reconstructing nuclear test sites, it

seems like many of the measures and precautions we’ve taken thus far seem to have fallen short of the mark. So what should we do?

Although it seemed odd that our local officials felt the need to address this international issue since they can’t do much to directly address the issue unlike the federal government, I have come to see this as a potential solution to this problem. Some may assume these representatives already understand how grave this situation may be for the countries directly threatened, but they need to hear it from us, the people they represent.

As a country, we are fortunate because we are about 5,500 miles removed from the egregious and unprovoked war in Ukraine. Yes, war, not a disagreement between nations or a “special operation.” It is a war not only for the Ukrainian military, but also for the people.

The might and will of the Ukrainian citizens and their fight for sovereignty shows

us how everyday citizens have the power to institute change. Although we aren’t fighting in the sense that they are, we are still able to voice our concerns to incite reform.

Often, politicians get elected to office, they migrate to Washington, D.C., and spend less time here in their district. Although they still live locally they don’t spend near as much time in their home district and they don’t hear from their constituents as much either. We need to open these lines of communication and address our concerns.

Let your opinion on nuclear weapons be heard. Call or email your representatives. Don’t think you need to have a solution — all they need to hear is that this issue matters to you. Join activist groups and protests. It may feel like elected officials aren’t listening and often, they aren’t. Make them hear your voice. spgilley@iu.edu

CLEAR CUT

‘World War III’ is not something to joke about Chris Sciortino (he/him) is a junior studying theater and public relations.

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine advances, civilian casualties continue to rise, though the total remains uncertain. Citizens of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, are direct witnesses to the rumble of bombs in the distance while running to shelter in subway stations.

As the war rages on, students like myself continue our daily routine relatively unaffected. I wake up, check

my phone, view the destruction and despair all over social media side by side with jokes about an impending “World War.” They range from people joking about fighting a hypothetical war to surviving a pandemic and then facing “World War III.” Not only is putting energy into these memes a waste of time, but it’s extremely disrespectful to those who are actually facing the conflict every day. Our focus needs to be on understanding and facing this dangerous situation, not joking about a war

millions of Ukrainians are experiencing firsthand.

As a young adult in America, I — like many of my peers — have a skewed perception of war. The United States has been in conflict with other countries for much of my upbringing, with memories of various stages of the war on terror filling much of the last two decades.

But no conflict during my lifetime has come close to endangering my life on American soil. I’ve certainly never had to worry about my

home being destroyed by a hostile nation, yet this is exactly what Ukrainian citizens are experiencing all across their country as they watch their neighborhoods turn into battlefields.

Therefore, it’s in poor taste to joke about ourselves being affected in ways that millions of Ukrainians already are. They are the ones experiencing the horrors of war while we watch from thousands of miles away.

The stability of Eastern Europe — and the world for that matter — is being tested.

With all of the other stressors in our lives, the possibility of major global conflict is harrowing and anxiety inducing.

But we have to keep focused on what is currently happening and what we can do to make a difference. You can donate money to organizations helping the humanitarian effort in Ukraine, such as Airlink and Doctors Without Borders and, most importantly, stay informed as the conflict unfolds.

As we watch this strife play out over television,

news outlets and social media, we must keep in mind the real life ramifications of what we are seeing. Your friends getting drafted is not a joke we should make while all Ukrainian men ages 18 to 60 have been called to fight against Russian invaders.

Our generation’s attempt-at-humor TikTok does little to impact the outcome of a global crisis. We must change our focus to solidarity and providing aid to a nation in distress. csciorti@iu.edu

JARED’S JOURNAL

Have we forgotten Palestine?

Jared Quigg (he/him) is a sophomore studying journalism and political science.

What ever happened to “Free Palestine”?

In May 2021, when news broke of Israeli police attacking hundreds of Palestianian worshippers at the AlAqsa mosque, the reaction of young people worldwide was encouraging. Social media was ablaze with calls to free Palestinians who have been systematically oppressed by the Israeli government.

But eventually the news moved on — and the support for Palestine seemed to move on with it.

Currently, the only thing happening in the world is the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

There is hardly any other news being covered. Never mind that Israel’s parliament passed a law March 10 deny-

ing naturalization to Palestinians from the occupied West Bank or Gaza who are married to Israeli citizens, or that in February, Amnesty International published a report declaring Israel an apartheid state. Forget all that. We’re busy “standing” with Ukraine.

Don’t misunderstand me — the U.S. should aid Ukraine in their efforts to repel Russian imperialism. But the U.S. should also stop using American tax dollars to fund Israeli terror in Gaza and the West Bank.

In 2016, the Obama administration made a commitment to give Israel $38 billion in military aid over the decade 2017-2028. This amounts to $3.8 billion per year.

And how is our money being spent? Israel calls it “mowing the grass.” With their devastating, Americanbacked military might, Israel

crushes Palestian militants armed with crude, homemade weapons — like a lawnmower trimming the weeds.

Of course, when most people mow their lawns, they don’t also indiscriminately kill civilians and bomb vital infrastructure.

There has been much uproar, and rightly so, of war crimes currently being committed by Russia. But, America, have you forgotten your outrage about the Palestian children murdered with weapons you paid for?

Have you war hawk journalists forgotten Israel leveled a high-rise building in Gaza that contained Associated Press offices?

Have liberals forgotten Israel destroyed Gaza’s only lab for processing coronavirus tests last year, during a deadly pandemic?

Israel has long claimed to

be “the only democracy in the Middle East.” But democracy cannot coexist with apartheid which, according to Amnesty International, is “an institutionalized regime of oppression and domination by one racial group over another.”

That Israelis dominate Palestinians is abundantly clear.

In 2019, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is a state not of all its citizens, but only of the Jewish people — and this is reflected by the Israeli government’s oppression of Palestinans.

When Israel was founded in 1948, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced from their homes

by Israelis, in what was called their nakba, or “catastrophe.”

Since then, Israel has denied these refugees the right to return to their homes.

Additionally, those living

in Gaza do not have the right to leave. In 2007, Israel put into place an air, land and sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, leading the area to be called the “world’s largest open-air prison.”

The decade following the imposition of the blockade cost Gaza $16.7 billion, leaving its economy on the verge of collapse and its people in abject poverty. Meanwhile, Israeli citizens enjoy prosperity equivalent to those living in the wealthiest nations on earth.

How can Americans claim to champion democracy and human rights on behalf of Ukraine while simultaneously staying silent about the plight of Palestine? And even worse, how can any American excuse, ignore or justify Israeli apartheid?

American conservatives are notorious for excusing

any and all crimes committed

by Israel, and labeling anyone who criticizes Israel an antisemite. Those who do this are monsters who do not at all care about the Palestinian people.

America should be ashamed for its role in the oppression of Palestinian people. It must feel shame, for, as Marx said, shame is a revolutionary feeling.

“Shame is a kind of anger turned in on itself, and if a whole nation were to feel ashamed it would be like a lion recoiling in order to spring,” he said.

We must demand the U.S. government stop giving military aid to Israel. Only when we have admitted our role in Israeli apartheid can we begin to rectify it — America must confront its shame. jaquigg@iu.edu

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SPORTS

March 24, 2022 idsnews.com

Editors Amanda Foster, Kamil Gut sports@idsnews.com

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Indiana needed one more play to win. Ali Patberg brought it.

By Amanda Foster

amakfost@iu.edu | @amandafoster_15

Two-point lead. 27 seconds left. One play to make.

Who better than Ali Patberg to make it?

The graduate student guard stood in defensive formation alongside the rest of the Hoosiers underneath the Tigers’ basket, in front of a deafening student section.

Indiana students roared, waving cream and crimson balloons and cheering with all their might, willing some sort of play to arise to give Indiana possession back.

Indiana’s 54-52 lead at this point was tenuous. Princeton University stormed back from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter and threatened on every possession, despite the efforts of the Hoosier defense. But even with a minimal lead, the Hoosiers knew what they had to do to secure a win, and they knew they could do it.

“The main thing in our minds was just to not give up a three,” senior guard Grace Berger said. “It was just team

defense, and we were confident in our defense.”

Patberg’s steal put the ball in Indiana’s hands, setting up one final play to give the team a chance to extend its lead and solidify a win to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.

Senior forward Aleksa Gulbe drew a foul with one second left, then knocked down both free throws.

A last-minute 3-pointer from Princeton senior guard Abby Meyers that went in as the final buzzer sounded meant little, and Indiana won 56-55 to advance to Saturday’s Sweet Sixteen in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Patberg getting her hands on the ball may not have been quite what Indiana planned for — haphazard steals and a scramble on the floor aren’t usually the goal — but it was the perfect end to the game that was Patberg’s grand finale in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

The Columbus, Indiana native returned to Bloomington for her seventh season of college basketball, and fifth at Indiana for the 2021-22

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Graduate guard Ali Patberg guards the Princeton University ballhandler on one of the final possessions of the Second Round game on March 21, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Ali Patberg played her final game in Assembly Hall in Monday night’s win over Princeton.

season. Patberg transferred to Indiana prior to the 201718 season but sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

In the seasons following, Patberg played almost every game for the Hoosiers and consistently posted dou-

ble-digit scoring averages, emerging as a reliable scorer and defender. This season, Patberg was consistently assigned to defend opposing teams’ best perimeter shooters.

But Patberg’s biggest con-

tributions to the team have seemed to come off the court — or at least not in the form of points or defensive effort.

Every time Moren and all of Patberg’s teammates are asked about Patberg’s impact, they primarily point to her leadership and personality.

“What she’s done for this program on the court, that kind of speaks for itself,” Berger said. “She’s taken every single one of us under her wing and allowed us to have individual success. She’s put the team over herself 100% of the time.”

Patberg currently has 111 assists in the 202122 season, staying true to Moren’s “sharing the sugar” catchphrase. Time and time again, Patberg passes the ball out to her teammates in the right moments to allow them to take the best shots possible.

“She’s our leader off the court (and) on the court,” Moren said. “She makes everyone around her better.”

With Patberg’s help, three Hoosiers scored in double

figures against Princeton.

Berger led all scorers with 15 points, followed by graduate student guard Nicole Cardaño-Hillary’s 12 and junior forward Mackenzie Holmes’ 10.

Patberg finished the game with 6 points, three assists and one steal.

Amidst the postgame celebrations, Patberg left her huddle of teammates and ran to Moren with a grin, giving her a bear hug and almost lifting her off the ground. Moren coached at Indiana for three years before Patberg’s arrival, but she has seen the most success during her time with the program since Patberg transferred.

Monday night marked Patberg’s final appearance as a player at Assembly Hall.

She leaves the court victorious but not satisfied. Not by a long shot.

Indiana will face off against No. 2-seed University of Connecticut in the Sweet Sixteen, and neither team will go down without a fight.

WOMEN’S SWIM AND DIVE

Indiana ends season with 11th place finish at NCAA Championships

By Garrett Newman

ganewman@iu.edu | @GarrettNewman20

The Indiana women’s swim and dive team’s season came to an eventful close Saturday at the NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The Hoosiers will return to Bloomington with three All-Americans, including one national champion, following the four-day meet.

Sophomore Tarrin Gilliland won the platform dive national championship and was one of two qualifying athletes in the country to compete in all three of the

diving events. With the victory, Gilliland became the first Indiana diver to win multiple platform dive national titles after taking home the title last season. Gilliland finished the platform event with a score of 372.95 over five dives.

Indiana head diving coach Drew Johansen said he was happy to see Gilliland compete so well.

“Tarrin was spectacular tonight,” Johansen said. “She ran into a little adversity in that second round, and then came back like a champion.

On that fifth round, when

the opportunity came, she nailed it for nines, and it was game over.”

Gilliland wasn’t the only bright spot on the diving side for the Hoosiers. Senior Kristen Hayden finished in second place in the 3-meter dive with a score of 397.20.

Hayden and Gilliland became the first Indiana diving duo to finish in the top three of the same event since 2009.

Gilliland finished one spot below her teammate with a score of 382.00.

Johansen said he was pleased to have two divers on the podium despite not tak-

ing first.

“In the last round, there were three ladies who could have won the gold, and both of ours hit their dives and ended up in second and third place, which is just fantastic,” Johansen said. “The winner (Minnesota senior Sarah Bacon) is one of the best in the world, and we were right there with her.”

In the lap pool, Indiana didn’t bring home any individual championships, but many of the team’s athletes had big days in Atlanta.

The Peplowski sisters competed in the 200-me-

ter freestyle and 100-meter breaststroke for the Hoosiers.

Freshman Anna Peplowski beat her B final seed to place top-10 for the first time in her career with a time of 1:43.57.

Her older sister, senior Noelle Peplowski, finished in 16th place with a time of 59.71 and received honorable mention All-American honors.

Senior Mackenzie Looze finished her year with a career-best time of 2:07.04 in the 200-meter breaststroke and received All-American honorable mention honors as well. Freshman Big Ten

bronze medal recipient Ching Hwee Gan finished in 10th place in the 1,650-meter freestyle with a time of 16:02.68.

Head swimming coach Ray Looze expressed his elation with the Hoosiers’ performance.

“Our staff is incredibly proud of our team tonight,” Looze said. “We had a fantastic final session, highlighted

by Tarrin’s national championship in platform. Our efforts resulted in an outstanding 11th place national finish, and we are super excited about our future.”

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Indiana baseball lost its four-game home series against Xavier University this past weekend at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, Indiana. After falling in the first two games on Thursday and Saturday, Indiana won the first game of the Sunday doubleheader before losing the finale.

Splitting the doubleheader resulted in a missed opportunity for the Hoosiers to split the series. Instead, Indiana lost its third series of the season.

Indiana’s three losses came in high-scoring slugfests, where its offense supplied enough runs, but Xavier’s offensive prowess over Indiana’s pitching staff led to multiple losses.

The two teams combined to score 74 runs throughout the series.

Indiana junior pitcher right-hander Jack Perkins started the series opener Thursday and threw six innings while striking out a career-high nine batters. Perkins allowed two earned runs in his third consecutive quality start. “(Perkins) executed a bunch of different pitches and velocity was good,” head coach Jeff Mercer said after Thursday’s game. “He’s been getting better each and every week. He’s been terrific.”

Freshman Josh Pyne gave Indiana the lead with a tworun home run to left field in the bottom of the sixth inning directly after Perkins finished his outing. However, Xavier’s offense pounced on Indiana’s bullpen after Perkins’ exit, scoring seven runs in the final three innings to eventually win Thursday’s game 9-7.

Indiana senior pitcher right-hander Braydon Tucker made his first start since 2020 when the series resumed on Saturday and allowed four earned runs in four innings. Tucker pitched back-to-back perfect innings after Xavier scored in the first inning. However,

Xavier answered with three runs in the top of the fourth inning to take an early 4-0 lead.

The Musketeers extended their lead to 12-0 by the middle of the sixth inning. Indiana managed to rally and score 10 unanswered runs, including junior Matthew Ellis’ conference-best 10th home run, a two-run, 441-foot shot over the right-field wall.

However, the Hoosiers couldn’t build off Ellis’ electrifying blast and lost by two runs for the second time in three days. Indiana has struggled to win close games throughout the season, and is 0-8 in contests decided by three runs or fewer.

Indiana’s offense and pitching finally synchronized in its first victory of the series in the first game of the doubleheader on Sunday.

Senior pitcher righthander Bradley Brehmer hurled a season-high seven innings in his second quality start this year and held Xavier to just three runs in

Indiana’s 13-3 victory.

“Brad was terrific,” Mercer said. “(He) located a fastball (on) both sides of the plate, threw a change up both sides of the plate, landed his slider and a curveball. He was outstanding, and a start that we had to have.”

The Hoosiers’ bullpen backed up Brehmer and held the Musketeers scoreless, while the Hoosiers batters totaled 13 hits and three home runs. Sophomore Bobby Whalen was one of the three Hoosiers to hit a home run, his first of the season in the second inning.

After being credited with creating the “answering the call” celebration, he finally picked up the imaginary phone after touching home plate surrounded by his teammates near the dugout.

However, Indiana lost its masterful combination of hitting and pitching in the second game of the doubleheader. Freshman starter Ryan Kraft was pulled out of the game after allowing four

earned runs before the end of the first inning.

“You got a couple of quality starts this weekend, today the second game (of the doubleheader) wasn’t one of them,” Mercer said. “You’ve had three starts in one week that went one inning or less.

It’s disqualifying when that happens.”

Similarly to Saturday’s game, Xavier’s bats were rolling after taking an early 4-0 lead. The Musketeers finished with three extra-base hits, including a grand slam and a three-run home run.

Indiana outfielder Carter Mathison hit his second home run of the day in the fourth inning and three base hits from other Hoosiers scored four runs in the fifth, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit.

With the loss, Indiana falls to 8-12 on the season and has lost six of its last eight games.

The Hoosiers entered the weekend with a flawless 4-0 record at home, which now has dropped to 5-3.

Indiana finishes 4-1 at Hall of Fame Classic

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Indiana softball finished 4-1 this past weekend at the Hall of Fame Classic in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Hoosiers improved to 16-6 on the season and 1-0 in Big Ten play.

Day 1 Indiana started the weekend with a Friday matchup against the University of Houston. After the Cougars scored two runs in the top half of the first inning, Hoosier sophomore second baseman Cora Bassett cut the deficit with a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning. Sophomore shortstop Brooke Benson then hit a two-run home run in the second inning to put the Hoosiers up 3-2.

Houston scored two runs in the fifth inning to go ahead 5-4. Indiana answered back in the bottom half of the same inning with three runs to go up 7-5. In that span, sophomore catcher Lindsey Warick advanced after being hit by a pitch, junior right fielder Desiree Dufek walked and an RBI from freshman

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Freshman first baseman Brock Tibbitts catches a throw to first during the first game against Xavier on March 20, 2022, at Bart Kaufman Field. Indiana defeated Xavier 13-3 in the first of two games Sunday.

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pinch hitter and left fielder Taylor Minnick secured the extra runs. The Hoosiers added one last run to their total with a second home run from Bassett before winning 8-5.

Later that day, Indiana lost to No. 1-ranked University of Oklahoma 15-1. The Hoosiers had a pair of singles in the first inning, but they couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity and left their runners stranded on base.

Oklahoma senior utility player Jocelyn Alo — who just last week set the NCAA record for career home runs — homered again in the first inning to put Oklahoma ahead 2-0. Alo’s home run was the 97th of her career.

Oklahoma put 15 runs up by the bottom of the fourth inning. The only support on offense Indiana received was a solo home run from freshman right fielder Sarah Stone in the top of the fifth inning before the seven-inning mercy rule was implemented, and the game ended early.

This game was the 18th time in 22 games this season Oklahoma won by mercy run rule.

Day 2

Indiana first played Sam Houston State University on Saturday. Freshman first baseman and pitcher Brianna Copeland doubled to left field in the fourth inning and drove in graduate student third baseman Grayson Radcliffe to put the Hoosiers up 1-0 over the Bearkats.

The only other run for the Hoosiers came in the sixth inning when Radcliffe homered to left center field to secure the Hoosiers a 2-0 victory. Sophomore pitcher Macy Montgomery pitched 6.1 innings and earned three strikeouts on the day.

The win over Sam Houston State was Indiana head coach Shonda Stanton’s 700th career win.

Indiana next played Iowa for its first Big Ten game of the 2022 season. Iowa scored first with an RBI double from sophomore catcher Marissa Peek in the second inning.

Senior designated player Brittany Ford hit an RBI double for Indiana to tie the game 1-1 after the fourth inning.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Benson hit a solo home run to give the Hoosiers a 2-1 lead.

Indiana trailed 3-2 going into the seventh inning after Iowa catcher and pinch hitter Tristin Doster hit a two-run home run, but the Hoosiers scored six runs in the seventh to take a 8-3 lead. Peek started the comeback effort for Iowa with a solo home run, but the Hawkeyes didn’t score from there before losing to Indiana 8-4.

Day 3 Indiana wrapped up the weekend with a 5-0 victory against University of San Diego. Benson hit a RBI single in the first inning to give the Hoosiers an early 1-0 lead.

The Hoosiers then scored three runs in the third inning off Benson’s second RBI and a two-run RBI single by Ford.

Indiana added one final run in the sixth inning when Dufek stole home during the bottom of the sixth.

The Hoosiers came into the weekend leading Division I in stolen bases with 51, and they added to that total with six in the win over San Diego.

Indiana will officially start Big Ten play this weekend with a series in Columbus, Ohio, against Ohio State.

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The Indiana Crimson Guard student section chants “airball, airball” after a Princeton player missed a shot during the Second Round game on March 21, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Indiana’s crowd of 9,627 marked the largest of the season and third largest in program history.

By Luke Christopher Norton lcnorton@iu.edu | @ByLCNorton

Heading into Indiana women’s basketball’s matchup with No. 11-seed Princeton University, Indiana Athletics had a mission.

The Hoosiers’ home games averaged 4,398 attendees throughout the regular season. An impressive number, but one that also leaves 12,824 empty seats in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

But now, in the NCAA Tournament, the stakes have never been higher. A win on Monday meant the Hoosiers would be off to Bridgeport, Connecticut, for the Sweet Sixteen. One loss and Indiana will stay put in Bloomington until next season.

Either way, Monday was Indiana’s final game at Assembly Hall this season.

Might as well send the Hoosiers off or out with a bang.

Indiana Athletics announced March 21 that all student tickets had been purchased by the Athletic Department, meaning students only needed to present their university ID for admission.

Then, March 22, the program’s social media platforms posted a message from Athletic Director Scott Dolson. Donning a suit with a cream and crimson tie while speaking from the balcony of Memorial Stadium, Dolson invited Indiana’s students to attend the game.

“We need all of you there, as many as possible,” Dolson said.

With 40 minutes to go until tipoff, the line for student tickets stretched into the south plaza outside of Assembly Hall. A single file procession filled the plaza with red sweatpants, white jerseys and various other Hoosiers apparel.

The student section itself was mostly filled just 10 minutes later, a swaying sea of red and white ready to cheer its Hoosiers to victory. As for the regular stands? Fans filled seats from the first level to below the two balconies.

In total, 9,627 fans showed up on Monday, good for the third best crowd in program history.

Behind the home team’s bench sat a smattering of figures from around Indiana Athletics including Dolson, head football coach Tom Allen with his family and rising senior cornerback Tiawan Mullen, who junior forward Mackenzie Holmes has referred to as “brother.”

Oh, but showing up wasn’t enough. Hoosier fans weren’t just there to sit around and watch. As the starting lineups were announced, and the ball was readied, they stood and let themselves be heard.

But Indiana fans weren’t alone in this one. A small section of orange-clad Princeton fans sat in the bleachers behind their team’s bench. They attempted to do the same, stomping their feet against

the wooden bleachers while chanting “defense, defense!” to rally their Tigers.

Hoosier fans didn’t take kindly to that: not in their house. The howls from the cream and crimson drowned out those of the orange, who didn’t stomp their feet again for the remainder of the game.

Their collective voice struck the court and bounced right back up into the stands and around the arena from there. It happened throughout the game. Hoosier fans roared their disapproval of calls from the officials, yelled when Indiana was on defense and cheered during the big plays.

Senior guard Grace Berger weaving through traffic to the basket? Junior forward Mackenzie Holmes forcing her way into the paint? Graduate student guard Ali Patberg stealing the ball off of a bad pass with four seconds to go to secure the win? Key free throws from senior forward Aleksa Gulbe? Indiana’s fans were there for all of it.

In the end, Indiana’s players were there for them too. Holmes ran up the steps of the bleachers after the game with her arms outstretched to accept high fives on the way up and hype up her fellow students on the way down.

“I’m going to go run up, and I’m going to go highfive them and make them feel like they’re part of this victory because they are,” Holmes said. “We couldn’t have done this without them.”

The crowd let out its loudest roar of the night mere minutes after the final buzzer. As Indiana’s players and staff gathered on the Indiana logo at center court, public address announcer Jeremy Gray announced the team was moving onto the Sweet Sixteen.

At that, Indiana’s players lifted head coach Teri Moren over their heads, taking in the moment with the cream and crimson sea above them.

“Tonight was our crowd willing us to this win,” Moren said. “They’re going to share as much in it as we are, and so we are really, really grateful that we had our fans tonight inside the hall.”

Monday’s win proved multiple things for Indiana.

First and foremost, this is an incredible team. But a close second? Women’s basketball is an incredible product worthy of crowds like this or greater.

Nights like these should become the norm moving forward. Students tickets were free tonight, but the same can be said of home games throughout the regular season.

This may have been the last game for this particular group of Hoosiers, but there’s many more to come for a program on the rise.

And you, as Hoosier fans, have an open invitation to be a part of it.

I suggest you take it.

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COLUMN: 4 female-authored books to read during Women’s History Month

By Jenna Williams

jnw9@iu.edu | @jnwilliams18

About three years ago, I started tracking all the books I read annually in an Excel spreadsheet. This endeavor, though admittedly contributing to my identity as a total nerd, started after I realized how much of my bookshelves focused on the work of 20th-century white men. I started to read more intentionally, choosing more diverse stories by more diverse authors.

Initiatives emphasizing the role of often-marginalized populations — including Black History Month, Women’s History Month and Disability Awareness Month — help draw national attention toward underheard stories. Though these celebrations should not be relegated to a finite number of days, public designations can help people kickstart more inten-

tional learning. To help you read with purpose beginning this March, start with some of my favorite books by female authors: “Reading Lolita in Tehran”

by Azar Nafisi “Reading Lolita in Tehran” is a memoir written by author and professor Azar Nafisi. It chronicles Nafisi’s life in the Islamic Republic of Iran through reflections on the books she taught her university classes. Readers learn about the historical and political realities of the region while also diving into interpretations of classic literature such as Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Henry James’ “Washington Square.” Disclaimer: This one is built for book lovers, quickly becoming one of my favorites, but it might lose readers without base familiarity with the books Nafisi

mentions in the memoir.

“Short Stories by Latin American Women: Magic and the Real” edited by Celia Correas de Zapata Short stories have been my genre of choice lately. All readers will find something they like in “Short Stories

by Latin American Women: Magic and the Real.” This anthology includes selections from 31 authors from more than a dozen countries. My favorite stories include Elena Garra’s “Blame the Tlaxcaltecas” and Cristina Peri Rossi’s “Breaking the Speed Record.”

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee “Pachinko” is a historical fiction telling the stories of generations of an immigrant Korean family. Lee juggles handfuls of characters while developing each of them fully across decades of their lives. It is an epic — fulfilling

every definition of the word — making up nearly 500 pages. Prepare to be unreachable for the entire duration of your read: once you crack open the cover, it’s exceedingly difficult to put the book down.

“The Age of Innocence,” by Edith Wharton “The Age of Innocence,” written by Edith Wharton, won the 1921 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, making Wharton the first female recipient of the award. An iconic novel, “The Age of Innocence” will have readers both exuberant and openly weeping. It follows 1870s upper-class New York City society members, focusing on protagonist Newland Archer in his impending marriage to the debutante May. Weaving together a story of love and heartbreak, Wharton also introduces May’s cousin, Ellen, as a love interest. Wharton

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with more intentional reading.

“Pachinko,” by Min Jin Lee, is a cross-generational historical fiction novel.

puts every emotion on the human scale to words in this book, and her frank tone left me reeling more than once in my first read. Lines from this book are most apropos for a column on this topic, with dialogue such as: “‘Women ought to be free — as free as we are,’ he declared, making

a discovery of which he was too irritated to measure the terrific consequences.”

This list, like the duration of Women’s History Month, is limited by nature. Ask your local librarian for additional recommendations for more books of all kinds authored by women of all kinds.

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“Whether it’s on the artistic side, the production side or the administrative side, I think we’re going to be able to work better,” Galvin said. “Everyone’s going to have a more narrow focus and be able to put the time in on their specific area rather than be stretched thin.”

Galvin said the main goal of the new organization is to produce theater with a mix of established work and new work. Each theater season will consist of original and established plays and musicals, family and holiday classics and theater for young audiences.

As current producing artistic director for BPP, Rabinovitz said the new organization will continue to promote new plays as one of BPP’s missions. He said 50% of what they produce will be new work and 50% established work.

Additionally, the organization will develop and produce multiple film projects throughout the year.

The organization will create a new work development pipeline so plays can progress into films, according to the press release. Rabinovitz said the new organization is calling this the “Page to Stage to Screen Program.”

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By Lexi Lindenmayer

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Bloomington Playwrights Project, Cardinal Stage and Pigasus Institute announced their plans for a three-way merger on March 2. The three organizations will officially begin operations on July 1 to create one of the largest full-scale performing arts organizations in Southern Indiana.

The new organization will still carry out its founding organizations goals while expanding its operations and programming, increasing its service capacity and delivering quality theater, film and education opportunities to a larger, more diverse audience, according to the press release.

On April 23, the three founding organizations will hold a celebratory fundraiser called The Big Bang.

They will ​​ debut the new organization’s name and brand as well as announce its first full season.

The event will be held at the One World at the Woolery Mill and tickets are available on Cardinal Stage’s website.

The company will be led by Artistic co-Directors Kate Galvin and Chad Rabinovitz, Managing Director Gabe Gloden and Development Director John Armstrong. The organization will retain all of its current full-time staff and has started adding new em-

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The Bloomington Playwrights Project performs at the Ted Jones Playhouse, located at 107 W. Ninth St. Bloomington Playwrights Project, Cardinal Stage and Pigasus Institute announced their plans for a three-way merger on March 2, 2022.

see a reading of a play and imagines what it would be like on stage,” Rabinovitz said. “Then they get to see it on stage, and then they get to see it transferred to a whole new medium and watch it on the screen before it gets distributed across the country or globe.

All of that you saw right here in Bloomington first.”

The new organization’s Education and Outreach Initiatives will also offer classes, camps and experiential learning opportunities throughout the year for students and adults.

The three founding organizations are in the final stages of negotiation with

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the City of Bloomington to assume management of the John Waldron Arts Center, which will serve as the home for the new organization’s administrative operations, according to the press release.

The new organization will also continue to manage the Ted Jones Playhouse and the Pigasus Institute’s film studio. Galvin said the John Waldron Arts Center and the Ted Jones Playhouse can now be rented out to local arts organizations looking for performance spaces. The new organization also wants to offer technical support along with rentals.

Pictura Gallery will present a Gallery Walk Opening Reception and Artist Talk for artist Michael Sherwin on April 1. The gallery walk portion will occur from 5-8 p.m. and the artist talk portion will take place at 7:15 p.m at Pictura Gallery on South Rogers Street.

The event is free and open to the public. Masks are encouraged.

In the past, Sherwin’s work has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, Buzzfeed News and Art Papers magazine, among others, and has been shown in galleries across the country.

He is currently an associate professor of art in the School of Art and Design at West Virginia University.

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win will present “Vanishing Points.” According to a press release for “Vanishing Points,” the artist photographed significant sites of Indigenous American presence, including sacred landforms, archeological sites and battlegrounds, in an attempt to show the convergence of two cultures.

Sherwin said the idea for the project came from his own past and personal experiences. As both a white, non-native U.S. citizen and someone whose spiritual beliefs mirror Indigenous beliefs, he said he felt particularly affected by this cultural dichotomy.

The project began in Morgantown, West Virginia, where Sherwin took a photo of a shopping center built on a Monongahelan village and burial site. He said the photograph was both rooted in the present moment and connected to ancient history.

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