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VETERANS DAY

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MEN’S SOCCER

Bloomingfoods ‘A gift from the votes to unionize By Brian Seymour briseymo@indiana.edu | @briseymo

Bloomingfoods employees are able to unionize after a vote on the issue Tuesday concluded they would be represented by United Food and Commercial Worker Local 700. From here, employees will seek to make changes to their current contract, gain better work conditions and fairer wages, though specifics are not being discussed at this time.

“This marks the end of our unionizing campaign,” member owner and employee Kaisa Goodman said. “But this is just the beginning of our contract campaign.” Eighty percent of the more than 100 voters decided the union’s fate. Some of the votes were questionable, as not everybody who voted was qualified. The number of questionable votes was so few, however, that a second election would not have

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Gallery owner opens mixed media art exhibit about cancer By Audrey Perkins audperki@indiana.edu | @AudreyNLP

For most, de-cluttering their lives involves organizing a room or ignoring social media for a week. However for one local artist, decluttering involved fabric, paint and an assortment of beads. Brianne Harness, owner of be.CAUSE gallery, opened her newest exhibit, “Out of the Weeds” this past week. The 12-piece mixed media

series was painted by Harness and depicts her emotional struggle throughout her three-time battle with cancer. She described the work as “vivid,” “ethereal” and “both simple and complex.” Each piece is different, she said, however there is an overall use of bold color and line. Although the idea for this exhibit first took root a year after her cancer was cured, Harness said she still

IU senior contributes more than $5,000 during final IUDM fundraiser liramoor@indiana.edu | @_LindsayMoore

Waking up in Salamanca, Spain, senior Ellen Rowe had only one thing on her mind. It was 100 days before the IU Dance Marathon, and she was determined to contribute to the 100-Day Challenge and raise $100 in 24 hours for Riley Hospital for Children. With oceans and language barriers separating her and Indiana, Rowe reached out to family and friends via email. By the end of the day, she had exceeded her goal and raised more than $200 for IUDM. Rowe said she never quits when it comes to IUDM. “It’s just always in the back of my mind,” she said. “I’ll text my director in the middle of night and be like ‘What can I do?’ I’ll get this really weird feeling that I’m not doing enough.” For her final marathon this year, Rowe contributed $5,396 to IUDM fundraising. Rowe started fundraising with her committee in February. Like most, Rowe sent out personalized emails, canned down Kirkwood

Femi Hollinger-Janzen came a long way to his ‘dream school’ By Michael Hughes

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IU DANCE MARATHON

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Junior midfielder Femi Hollinger-Janzen fights for the ball during IU’s game against Notre Dame on Oct. 22 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Femi moved from Africa to Goshen, Indiana at age six, before coming to IU.

Avenue and posted embarrassing photos on Facebook for donations. To take it a step further, Rowe has gotten creative with her fundraising strategies. In 2013, 10 of Rowe’s friends agreed to “sponsor” her for every level of Candy Crush she beat. By donating $1 per level unlocked for two months, Rowe’s friends donated a collective $200. This year, Rowe has decided to become involved with Locks of Love as well. For every $1,000 raised, Rowe will donate one inch of hair to help make hairpieces for cancer patients. For Rowe and her family, giving back to Riley Hospital is more than charity. In December 2012, Rowe’s 12-year-old cousin Shane was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Hodgkin’s lymphoma causes the cells in the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system, to grow abnormally, according to Mayo Clinic. This caused Shane to become sick frequently and suffer from visibly swollen lymph nodes. SEE IUDM, PAGE 2

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IU junior forward Femi Hollinger-Janzen has come a long way. He was born in Benin, which is in West Africa, and stayed there until the age of six when a missionary named Lynda Hollinger-Janzen decided she couldn’t go home to Goshen, Ind., without him. For most of his life in West Africa, Femi had a bent-in left leg. Sometimes he would crawl places because it was faster than hobbling around. That didn’t stop him from playing soccer in the streets with friends from his neighborhood. By the time Femi moved to Goshen with Lynda and her husband, Rob, his leg problem had fixed itself. “I’m not 100 percent sure what it was, I just know that I had a deformed left leg,” Femi said. “Over time it healed. It might have just been having weak bones as a little kid. Over time it just grew.” * * * Hank Willems had heard the rumors. There was a new sixthgrader at Bethany Christian ripe with technical ability. Some said he might be good enough to play on the middle school A team, a rare accomplishment for a sixth-grader. “He was a very good player

for a sixth-grader,” Willems said. “Not the physical abilities that he has now. But technically and tactically he was pretty advanced even as a sixth-grader.” Willems coached Femi his sixth-grade season, but he then became the varsity coach for the high school team. Once Femi started high school, he was playing on the varsity team. With the technical abilities that he possessed, it wasn’t a surprise. But he still lacked the size and athleticism he has today. Between his sophomore and junior years, Femi grew from 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-1 and added 20 pounds. Suddenly he was a different player. “He went from being a good high school player to an impact player,” Willems said. “Physically, his game went to the next level.” Femi was now a top player not only on his team, but in his conference. Bethany Christian is a combination of a middle school and a high school. The high school portion of the school has only about 150 students. It’s difficult for a school of that size to compete athletically. That’s why in Femi’s senior season, when Bethany Cristian went to the final four of the state tournament, it was a big deal. Femi was a large part of that run. “He just willed our high school team to victory on several occasions,” Willems said.

“When we made our run to the final four, he simply put the team on his back on some occasions.” * * * It was tradition. Every year Willems gathered all the players he thought had a shot at playing soccer collegiately. That year, Femi was among them. Willems had the players write down three target schools, three reach schools and three dream schools. For Femi, IU was a dream school. Willems had connections at IU. His college coach at Trine University had been a former assistant at IU. Willems had worked at IU soccer camps and had built connections with both Jerry and Todd Yeagley. He knew IU would be a great fit for Femi — he just needed to get IU to notice him. That opportunity came the summer before Femi’s senior year. It was IU soccer camp and one last opportunity to be noticed by the IU coaches. Femi went to camp, won MVP and had IU Coach Todd Yeagley calling him the next day. “We were pretty lucky,” Yeagley said. “Femis don’t drop on your camp field too often. It was a gift from the soccer gods that Femi shows up.” As a high school junior, Femi was named MVP of the SEE FEMI, PAGE 5


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