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Indiana sees first potential coronavirus case By Mel Fronczek mfroncze@iu.edu | @MelissaFronczek
Officials identified someone traveling through Indiana's northern Porter County as potentially infected with coronavirus, according to a Tuesday statement from
the Porter County Health Department. IU has not announced any cases of coronavirus on campus as of Wednesday night. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will perform laboratory tests on the person in Porter County, according to the state-
ment. The person has been placed in isolation and is under medical supervision. The coronavirus originated in December in Wuhan, China, according to the CDC website. The disease has killed at least 162 people in China, according to CBS.
lic safety advisory Tuesday urging people to follow the CDC advisory and to avoid nonessential travel to China. Several IU students were told to return from their Chinese flagship capstone programs in
It’s unclear how easily the virus is spreading. As of Wednesday, cases of coronavirus had been identified in Illinois, Washington, California and Arizona, as well as 19 countries. The IU Office of Public Safety & Institutional Assurance sent a pub-
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Ramsey enters transfer portal By Caleb Coffman calcoffm@iu.edu | @CalCoff
Junior quarterback Peyton Ramsey entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal Monday, weighing the possibility of playing his final year of college football outside of Bloomington. Ramsey started seven games for IU in 2019 after taking over for injured redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. The junior from Cincinnati, Ohio, threw for 2,454 yards, 13 touchdowns and only five intercepSEE RAMSEY, PAGE 6 CLAIRE LIVINGSTON | IDS
Graduate workers protest fees
Customers shop and empty shelves Jan. 26 at Lucky’s Market. The store is scheduled to close its Bloomington location Feb. 12.
By Lily Wray
By Ty Vinson
Last days of Lucky's Lucky's in Bloomington is closing after less than five years. The store filed for bankruptcy Jan. 27, and Lucky's Bloomington location is closing Feb. 12.
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About 450 people gathered at the clock by Woodburn Hall Tuesday, carrying signs, blowing whistles and chanting, “Hey hey, ho ho! All these fees have got to go.” Protesters marched from Woodburn Hall to Herman B Wells Library, where 36 members of the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition met Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences David Daleke to discuss fees graduate students have to pay. For the past 18 months, the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition has gathered more than 1,900 signatures online to get rid of mandatory fees and the international student fee. According to the petition, members of the coalition believe the health fee, transportation fee and activity fees are unnecessary. The health fee costs $240.25, the transportation fee costs $133.14 and $213.60. International graduate students have to pay an additional $700 in international service fees per year.The international services fee supports advising and technical services for international students, according to the Office of International Services website. “We want to end the mandatory fees because we work for the university and also we do not get paid enough to afford the mandatory fees,” doctoral student Denisa Jashari said. In a press release, the coalition stated that its meeting with administration was productive, but they were concerned by the lack of commitment Daleke's office showed to come up with a solution. Emily Ekl, a graduate student in sociology, said graduate students are paying to teach rather than getting paid to teach. “These fees are essential for what
Inside Lucky’s Market are empty coffee bean and tea dispensers, bare aisles of hard liquor and deli coolers stripped down to expensive cheese wheels. Not much is left two weeks before the store's doors close permanently. After less than five years of business in Bloomington, the Lucky’s Market at 2424 S. Walnut St. is officially closing Feb. 12, according to an article from Indiana Public Media. The store filed for bankruptcy protection Jan. 27 and will close more than 30 locations across the country, including its only store in Indiana. The store has agreed to sell six of its stores to grocery chain Aldi and five stores to grocery
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A few remaining canned goods sit on a shelf Jan. 29 inside Lucky’s Market. The store began its 50% off everything closing sale Wednesday.
chain Publix. According to the Indiana Public Media article, Lucky's
will continue to operate seven stores across the country, including in Michigan, Ohio and
Florida. The Bloomington store falls under the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection sale, according to bankruptcy documents filed Monday. Eight requests for comment were not returned to the Indiana Daily Student by Tuesday. Bloomington resident Greg Leaman, 42, said other stores in Bloomington don’t have the same items Lucky’s Market has. He said his girlfriend likes Scholar’s Inn sesame bagels but is unable to find them anywhere but Lucky’s. Leaman said they have enjoyed living near Lucky’s. “It has been nice having a place close by where we can quickly stop and get an easy dinner for the evening,” Leaman SEE LUCKY'S, PAGE 6
MCCSC board approves school expansion By Ty Vinson vinsonjo@iu.edu | @ty_vinson_
The Monroe County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees approved a nearly $1.5 million construction contract at its meeting Tuesday night to go toward four new classrooms at Summit Elementary School. John Kenny, director of business operations for MCCSC, introduced the contract and explained it is necessary to help offset potential overcrowding at the school. Kenny said overcrowding isn’t the issue yet, but there isn’t sufficient room for the number of students, so adding more classrooms will create a better teaching environment.
“Teachers have been having to teach in non-classrooms,” Kenny said. Kenny said teachers have been having to teach in non-classrooms, which are rooms not typically used for teaching, such as libraries, offices or gymnasiums. Construction will be contracted through C.H. Garmong & Son, Inc., a construction provider, according to the school board’s agenda. It will cost $1,427,430. Construction is anticipated to last five months. Despite the high-price construction contract, newly appointed District 6 board member Jacinda Townsend Gides was the star of Tuesday night’s meeting. SEE SCHOOL, PAGE 6
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Jacinda Townsend Gides recites an oath at the Monroe County Community School Corporation school board meeting Jan. 28 at the MCCSC administration office. Townsend Gides was elected as the District 6 representative to the MCCSC school board.
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