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BASKETBALL PAGE 8 | A buzzer-beating shot, a losing streak snapped and a wedding proposal KATIE FRANKE | IDS
Senior Collin Hartman proposes to his girlfriend, senior Haley Daniel.
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Men’s swimming and diving wins program’s 25th Big Ten Title By Ben Portnoy bmportno@indiana.edu | @bportnoy15
The Hoosiers are Big Ten champions once again. The No. 4-ranked IU men’s swimming and diving team went wire-towire to win its 25th Big Ten title in program history and first since 2006. IU finished with 1,504 points, and Ohio State and Michigan tied for second with 1,382 points. “Winning that team title was just a special moment in the entire team’s careers,” diving coach Drew Johansen said. “Everybody put forth unbelievable efforts across the board, and we had such a great team energy there this past week that took us to the title.” The Hoosiers seized momentum right from the start of the championships by sweeping the 200-yard medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay Wednesday night. Ultimately, IU would win four of the five relays. It was the first time in school history that had been accomplished. “That kind of showing in the relays was something I have never seen until this point, and the coaches have said that it was really impressive feat,” junior swimmer Blake Pieroni said. As for individual performances, sophomore Vini Lanza was stellar for the Hoosiers. Lanza was named swimmer of the championships after winning four gold medals and a silver. Lanza’s swim in the 200-yard butterfly was his most noteworthy, as the Brazilian’s time of 1:40.97 broke the event records for IU and McCorkle Aquatic Center at Ohio State. It was also the first Big Ten title for the Hoosiers in the event since 1985. “Vini is really good, and he’s only going to get better,” IU Coach Ray Looze said. “When you have a guy like Blake Pieroni that has a really good meet, and another guy wins swimmer of the championships, that’s a good thing.” Pieroni, senior Bob Glover and sophomore Ian Finnerty also had impressive weeks. Glover took home the 200-yard backstroke on the final day of competition in a personal-best time of 1:41.25 and also received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. SEE SWIM AND DIVE, PAGE 6
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Junior Michael Hixon celebrates after winning a gold medal at the Big Ten Championships at Ohio State. Hixon won both the 1- and 3-meter springboard events and finished sixth in the 10-meter platform dives.
Track and field wins another Big Ten title Saturday By Austin Ghirardelli aghirard@imail.iu.edu | @a_ghirardelli
The IU men’s track and field team defeated the best athletes the Big Ten had to offer throughout the weekend on its way to becoming the conference’s indoor champions for the first time in half a decade. The Hoosiers ran away with the competition early on after taking a lead on day one. IU finished with a final team score of 112 and defeated runner-up Penn State by 28 points. IU took home many individual championships, and an abundance of Hoosiers set personal records. IU Coach Ron Helmer said his team met its goals for the weekend. “The reality of it is that it’s an incredibly difficult thing to do,” Helmer said. “Our athletes proved capable of having what it takes to pull this off, so from a professional standpoint, it was very gratifying for me.” IU won Big Ten gold in five events and had many Hoosiers make the podium or finish just outside the top three. Helmer called the conference meet one of the most outstanding weekends he’s ever been part of. Sophomore Willie Morrison capped off his winning season by posting a career-best throw of 19.79 meters in the shot put. He broke the IU record and became a Big Ten champion. Fellow sophomore David Schall also helped the team out by finishing seventh in the same event. Sophomore jumpers Eric Bethea and Treyton Harris also captured Big Ten gold medals. After taking bronze in the triple jump last season, Bethea returned this year and won the event with a distance of 15.95 meters. Harris set a personal record of 7.71 meters and won the long jump. He followed up that performance by taking second in the high jump. Junior Daniel Kuhn won the 600-meter run for the second consecutive year. His time of 1:15.23 is the fifth-fastest indoor 600-meter time ever run. Kuhn set a new IU and Big Ten record even after he had to qualify and run in the distance medley relay the day before. “Things like that aren’t supposed to happen on your third race of the weekend,” Helmer said.
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Amna Yaqub, the Hogwarts champion in the Triwizard Tournament, approaches her dragon egg decorated with the Hogwarts house colors. The Harry Potter Society at IU organized a three-part tournament based on the popular book and movie series “Harry Potter.”
Amna Yaqub for Hogwarts and Keely Mizell for Durmstrang. After a few minutes, Gayda stood up to begin. “Welcome to the first task of the Triwizard Tournament,” he said. “So, this is going to be awesome.” He explained the rules: The champion would be blindfolded and walked up to the field behind
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Woodburn. In the field, there would be a dragon egg the champion is tasked with locating. In order to do this, the champion would be guided audibly by another person from their school. The catch, though, was that the person speaking was also not
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points, Ravenclaw was in second with 1577 points, and Hufflepuff was in the lead with 2058 points. When Wesley Corey, the champion for Beauxbatons, entered the room, Gayda asked if he was ready for the event. “Oh, I’m always ready,” Corey said. The other champions were
By Alexa Chryssovergis
A woman whose friends call her Miss B stood in front of the Statehouse steps Saturday afternoon and yelled at a cardboard cutout of Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana. “I would just ask you to grow a pair,” she said. Miss B, otherwise known as Melissa Biddinger, came from Bloomington on Saturday to join about 200 protesters in Indianapolis. The rally was organized by Our Revolution Indy, a coalition that sprang from Sen. Bernie Sanders’, I-Vermont, campaign for president. Attendees came to protest the repeal of former President Barack Obama’s health care act, held up signs, and endured the snow and harsh wind. Rex Riddle, an event coordinator, said he invited Young to attend the rally and hear his constituents’ concerns, but the congressman was a no-show. Instead, protesters got the chance to vent their frustrations at his cardboard cutout after speakers riled them up. “He was invited,” Riddle said. “I want that on the record. We think that’ll send a message to him that he should hold himself accountable.” Several speakers and attendees alluded to the fact that Young never seems to be available to hear his constituents’ concerns. “Has anyone seen Todd?” one protester yelled. “Todd Young, here I come. Why have you been AWOL?” someone responded. As Congress moves through a bill that will repeal “Obamacare,” news outlets and concerned constituents speculate how many people will lose insurance and even die as a result. They worry Republicans don’t have an adequate replacement plan ready to go. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that according to a presentation given to state governors during the weekend the repeal would cause tens of thousands of people to lose coverage due to not being able to afford it. A Washington Post headline says repealing “Obamacare” will kill more than 43,000 people every year. “People will die,” said Cheryl Laux of Organizing for Action, a nonprofit that pushes Obama’s agenda. “This is not funny. People will die.” The crowd was rowdy and interactive as they broke out in chants, yelled and booed. One protester’s sign said “GOP plan = get sick die early.” Another read, “American workers deserve affordable health care.” Haley Holdaway, 35, and her 8-year-old daughter, Riley, both came with signs. Riley’s said “Save the ACA.” She made it herself. Haley said they watch the news a lot in their household, and Riley was curious why so many people were protesting. The Indianapolis resident told her daughter she was going to the rally with grandpa and asked if Riley wanted to come. “We’re very frustrated with what’s happening,” said Haley, who held a “Repeal and replace Trump” sign. Emcee Rosie Bryant started the speeches off with a chant to the crowd. “Are you guys ready?” she yelled. “Tell me what democracy looks like.” “This is what democracy looks like,” the crowd chanted back. “We are here to resist, and we will not stop until we are heard,” Bryant said.
Triwizard Tournament comes to campus The Triwizard Tournament began early Sunday evening in Woodburn Hall when the Harry Potter Society at IU met for the first task of the competition. The tournament, in the “Harry Potter” book and movie series, is a competition between three schools — Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang — in the wizard world. Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang champions compete against the others in a set of potentially deadly tasks. The Harry Potter Society at IU is replicating the tournament, albeit without the potentially deadly parts. The club’s Promotional Officer, Daniel Gayda or “Danieldore,” said he knew the idea wouldn’t be easy but was going to be amazing if they could do it. In Woodburn Hall, Gayda and others sat in desks while they were waiting on other students to enter. The room eventually began to fill as people, most with wands in their hands, arrived. There was a quick attendance and wand check, and the house points were read aloud: Gryffindor was in fourth place with 1193 points, Slytherin was in third with 1348
Hoosiers protest Young in Indy