Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

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Friday, Jan. 27, 2017

MEN’S BASKETBALL

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Read about last night’s let down at idsnews.com 60-90

Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

Annual PRIDE film fest kicks off “As many years as I’ve been gone I would hope that there’s a black female in every sorority house on campus,”

By Christine Fernando ctfernan@indiana.edu | @christinetfern

Dr. Janetta Kelly, IU alumna

people were equal and worthy of her time or respect. She arrived at IU in fall 1973 and lived on an honors floor in Willkie Quad where she was one of three African-American women. She played volleyball for IU but said she had to give it up when she realized her academics were more important than athletics. During her sophomore year she continued prioritizing academics by deciding to rush academically focused organizations. “I thought predominantly white sororities focused more on academics and would be more supportive,” Kelly said. “I had fun rushing. I was the only black female wherever I went.” However, Kelly said that did not deter her because she had gone to high school with girls in almost every sorority. She also spent enough time in integrated schools to feel comfortable when she stood out. “I would be the only black girl in the house,” Kelly said. Her friends in the sororities were her advocates because Kelly said sororities were surprised to see her and not ready to integrate their

Clad in a shimmering animal print dress, a performer steps onto the stage in drag. “I am what I am, and what I am needs no excuses,” they sang with arms spread toward the audience. The performance kicked off Thursday, the first of three nights of the 2017 Bloomington Pride Film Festival at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Including the performances, the night involved a collection of short films and a feature film titled “Jewel’s Catch One.” Fezz Hussain, attendee and graduate student, said he attended the event to celebrate diversity within the LGBT community and Bloomington as a whole. “Bloomington is full of people from all walks of life who deserve to have their stories heard,” he said. “I’m here today because I want to show support for a lot of people who may often feel silenced because their issues — LGBTQ issues — should matter to our community.” Hussain said a film festival is the perfect opportunity to celebrate these stories. “I think film is an amazing media for sharing information and to humanize and put a face to the members of the LGBTQ who really need their voice to be heard,” he said. Becca Smith, Bloomington High School South student and member of Prism Youth Community, said listening to these voices is necessary in achieving understanding of and offering representation to the LGBT community. “I think a lot of people within the LGBT community don’t get to see themselves and their stories on screen very often, so any opportunity to represent them is powerful,” she said. “Only by hearing these stories can we understand this community and their struggles and help them create change.”

SEE KELLY, PAGE 6

SEE PRIDE, PAGE 6

COURTESY PHOTOS

Dr. Janetta Kelly, left, poses with her mom, right, during her senior year of college. Kelly was a medical staff volunteer at the 1996 Paralympics and was stationed with the athletes throughout the events.

Black alumna’s rejection from greek life did not hold her back By Larmie Sanyon lsanyon@indiana.edu | @LarmieSanyon

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hen Dr. Janetta Kelly was a student at IU in the early 1970s, she was able to play on the volleyball team and serve as a resident assistant. But when it came to bid night in 1974 and an opportunity to join an all-white sorority, she opened a blank envelope. Kelly has been a traveling pediatrician for 25 years, but she said she still remembers her time at IU vividly. She said she also remembers even earlier times, from her childhood, like attending a segregated school in Chattanooga, Tennessee. “We were still segregated,” Kelly said. “I attended an all-black school all the way up to halfway through second grade. I was born in an allblack hospital. We moved to a predominantly white school because my parents thought integration was important.” Segregation was not good enough for her family, so the Kellys uprooted and moved to Indianapolis. The integrated public schools of Indianapolis altered how Kelly viewed the world, she said. It formed her perspective that all

Dr. Janetta Kelly, right, of the medical school brochure for minority students. During her senior year at IU she was featured in a display for the Black Expo.

“I thought predominantly white sororities focused more on academics and would be more supportive,” Kelly said. “I had fun rushing. I was the only black female wherever I went.” Janetta Kelly, IU alumna

WRESTLING

Hoosier wrestling team looks for Big Ten win By Ryan Schuld rschuld@indiana.edu | @rschuld

Oil pipeline construction halts Standing Rock protests By Leah Carter

With IU wrestling still looking for its first Big Ten win of the season, the Hoosiers have a double dose of conference action this weekend with a road match at Northwestern and a home battle with No. 5 Nebraska. With the matchup against a top team like Nebraska looming Sunday, 184-pound senior Nate Jackson and IU are making sure they do not overlook Northwestern on Friday. Jackson is ranked No. 6 in the NCAA in his weight class and will face No. 3 184-pound TJ Dudley from Nebraska on Sunday, but first, he will face off against No. 20 Mitch Silga of Northwestern on Friday for the second time this season. “We have Northwestern first,” Jackson said. “I have a rematch against a guy I beat earlier this year. He’s a ranked wrestler, and I think it will be a little disrespectful to overlook him. My mentality is to train for Northwestern and worry about Dudley after that.” At the Midlands Tournament in late December, Jackson beat Silga and lost to Dudley. With rematches IU Coach Duane Goldman said there are not a lot of changes in preparation or mindset. “Not really a different approach, but I think, like everybody, we have to make adjustments on our end because they are making adjustments on their end too,” Goldman said. “We know, for the most part, what they are going to

leafcart@indiana.edu | @the_leah_carter

REBECCA MEHLING | IDS

Senior Nate Jackson wrestles against Minnesota on Jan. 22 in University Gym. Jackson defeated Robert Stevenson, 3-0.

try to do and they know what we are going to try to do. It’s a matter of feeling good, being prepared and execution.” Feeling good and executing is what Jackson and fellow 149-pound senior Chris Perez will try to do Friday and Sunday in an effort to move to 3-0 and 4-0 in Big Ten competition, respectively. Perez said he is approaching every match the same way because he knows if he goes out and wrestles to his ability, he can come away victorious every time.

As a graduate transfer Perez said he feels like he just moved in to the IU program, but he said that does not take away from his realization that the end of his wrestling career is near. “As far as wrestling goes I feel like I have been doing this for forever,” Perez said. “It definitely feels like I am coming down my own victory lap I guess. I feel like it has gone fast, but at the same time I feel like I have been doing it forever. It definitely feels like a senior year.”

On Friday the two senior leaders hope to lead their team to victory against the Wildcats. Jackson said he feels confident about the team’s chances as the Hoosiers prepare for a busy weekend. “I think we have a great opportunity,” Jackson said of the chance for important wins. “A lot of big matches for individuals, opportunities for guys to get in the RPI and solidify a spot at nationals. Every week is a big week, but this is a really big week for us. I think we will get it done.”

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to expedite the environmental approval and completion of the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL oil pipelines. Construction on both pipelines was blocked while Barack Obama was in office. The number of protesters in North Dakota has fallen from several thousand to less than a thousand. The remaining Standing Rock protesters who are not local Standing Rock Sioux are preparing to leave. “The Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) under development by Dakota Access, LLC, represents a substantial, multi-billion-dollar private investment in our Nation’s energy infrastructure,” Trump’s memorandum to continue construction said. “This approximately 1,100-mile pipeline is designed to carry approximately 500,000 barrels per day of crude oil from the Bakken and Three Forks oil production areas in North Dakota to oil markets in the United States.” “Something that’s not often discussed is the source of this oil, which is the Bakken Oil Fields, which are a very filthy source of oil,” IU environmental studies professor Christopher Doran said. Doran was at the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline protest in North Dakota in November. One of the primary arguments against the Dakota Access Oil SEE PIPELINE, PAGE 6


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