Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016

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Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016

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IU to open season tonight By Jordan Guskey jguskey@indiana.edu | @JordanGuskey

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Carter Davis, 7, holds a candle at the Overdose Awareness Candlelight Vigil.

Awareness through remembrance Vigil recognizes National Overdose Awareness Day By Katelyn Haas haask@umail.iu.edu | @khaas96

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Terry Eads speaks outside the Monroe County Courthouse about overdose awareness. After losing a son to an overdose, Eads works to further overdose education.

While science has recognized drug addiction as a disease, society has not, community member Brandon Drake said at a candlelight vigil for drug overdose victims Wednesday night. About 50 Bloomington community members gathered at the Monroe County Courthouse to remember those killed from overdosing, discuss the continuing risk of overdose and work to end the stigma of overdosing. The vigil was a public event and invited all to come with a picture of their loved one and a candle. The event is in concurrence with International

Overdose Awareness Day, a global event on Aug. 31 each year that raises awareness of overdose and reduces the stigma of addiction. Terry Eads, who lost her son to overdose, said this is the second year for the vigil. “It’s to honor and remember those who have passed,” Eads said. “And to honor and support those still fighting the fight.” Drake works to help people with addiction. “August 31 is a day where candlelight vigils are going on everywhere,” Drake said. “It’s a day where, nationally, we work to get rid of the stigma that comes with addiction.” SEE VIGIL, PAGE 6

IU Coach Kevin Wilson’s main concern about the season opener against FIU lies with his own team. During practices this fall, Wilson said the team has gone over each game situation as much as possible. Junior quarterback Richard Lagow has performed well in practice. The defense, under new defensive coordinator Tom Allen, has, as well. But Wilson said he knows there will be some glitches. It’s the first game, and it’s against an experienced FIU squad. He wants to see how Lagow, the defense and the rest respond to adversity. “When the bullets start flying, do you maintain the calm and confidence, make the adjustments you need?” Wilson said. “They’re going to be a really good football team, they got a lot of veterans, and can we walk that two-by-four trust board of ‘now the risks are greater, trust yourself, believe in yourself’.” Wilson brought up the story of Stanford alumna and swimmer Maya DiRado, who won gold in Rio in the 200-meter backstroke. DiRado, who defeated Katinka Hosszu, the “iron lady,” of Hungary, had to convince herself she was capable of winning that race. That’s the mindset the Hoosiers need. “It’s one thing to have confidence,” Wilson said. “Our team (needs to) truly believe and start convincing ourselves, ‘Hey we’ve been playing some good football, we’re a good football team.’ I’m more concerned about that.” Lagow won’t be forced to do too much against the Golden Panthers, as IU’s offense boasts experience and depth elsewhere. Junior Devine Redding leads the running backs and should be able to lead the Hoosier ground game to a similar performance as that of last year when IU defeated FIU, SEE FOOTBALL, PAGE 6 IUFB column, page 5 IU’s defense can’t just talk the talk. They have to walk the walk and play well today against FIU.

IU College Democrats endorse Clinton for president By Lydia Gerike lgerike@umail.iu.edu | @lydi_yeah

Wearing a blue “H” sticker and calling Donald Trump the most “unfit and underqualified candidate to ever run” for president, junior and IU Democrats President Terry Tossman made it clear who the organization would be supporting from the very start of last night’s callout meeting. College Democrats at IU adopts the Democratic party’s platform and endorses its official candidates, Tossman said. This means the organization will support Hillary Clinton in the general election. Despite this official stance, its members have mixed views on the candidate. Tossman, who is voting for Clinton, was a Bernie Sanders supporter

during the primaries. He said the candidates’ similar stances, paired with Clinton’s experience, has now made him an eager voter for the current Democratic nominee. He said he would not be personally endorsing her if he did not truly believe his organization had made the right choice. “Democrats agree on various things, and it’s easy to support a candidate,” Tossman said. Sophomore Sydney Imes had a view similar to Tossman’s. Imes, a transfer student, was drawn to the IU Democrats meeting because of the upcoming election, she said. As another previous Sanders supporter, she said she will be voting for Clinton in November. “I think she’ll do better than Trump, which is all I can ask,”

Imes said. Because of the nearness of the general election, more people have shown interest this year in the organization than in the recent past, Tossman said. Some want to be involved in campaigns, while others show up just to learn more about the issues. For sophomore Konnor Cook, the latter was the case. As transfer student from Ivy Tech, Cook said he has never been involved in a campus political organization before, so he attended the callouts for both IU Republicans and IU Democrats. Although Cook considers himself a moderate, it is unlikely he will vote for Clinton, he said.

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Terry Tossman, the president of College Democrats at IU, talks about the opening position for the College Democrats at IU Executive Board member Wednesday at SEE DEMOCRATS, PAGE 6 Jordan Hall during the callout meeting.

IU student dances through Europe to win film contest By Brielle Saggese bsaggese@indiana.edu | @briellesaggese

From the steps of the Roman Pantheon temple, a group of tourists watched the most peculiar street performer, a young man doing the Carlton as the Foals hit “My Number” played from his back pocket. While his performance garnered no applause or tip money, IU senior Jordan Cain was satisfied, having

just shot a short clip for his in-theworks study abroad film. Cain studied in Austria, but during spring break traveled to Italy and Spain as well. After compiling his five-month trip into four minutes of GoPro action, Cain won the Institute for the International Education of Students 2016 Film Festival on Wednesday — standing out from a record number of entries and a growing trend of

student study abroad movies. “You always see people who go abroad put on Facebook like 3,000 or 4,000 pictures, and you know when that happens, people don’t actually go through and look at them,” Cain said. “Instead, I decided to make a video, and so I made this blueprint.” A music education major, Cain first drafted eight-bar segments, each dedicated to either a dance se-

quence, walking shot or short clip of Cain and his friends enjoying their European surroundings. He next formatted each eight-bar count to fit the video’s score, which he calculated to include a precise total of 48 dancing, 25 walking and 31 activity clips. After five months of filming and one long night of iMovie editing, Cain posted the video to various social media accounts and said he was

surprised by the positive reactions it received. “I’m in Kilroy’s suddenly with random people coming up to me, asking, ‘Are you from the video?’ and I’m like, ‘Yeah, you saw it?’” Cain said. “I was really confused because it’s never been like that for me. I’m just a normal person.” Videos as a shareable comSEE STUDY ABROAD, PAGE 6


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