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New rules prove hard to follow for some

Big Ten votes to restart football

By Cate Charron

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The Big Ten announced Wednesday that the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) voted unanimously to restart the football season on the weekend of Oct. 23-24.

"Our goal has always been to return to competition so all studentathletes can realize their dream of competing in the sports they love,” Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren said. “We are incredibly grateful for the collaborative work that our Return to Competition Task Force have accomplished to ensure the health, safety and wellness of student-athletes, coaches and administrators.”

The Big Ten originally canceled fall sports Aug. 11 after releasing a conference-only football schedule Aug. 8. The conference's presidents and chancellors originally voted 11-3 to postpone the season, with only Nebraska, Ohio State and Iowa voting to play.

A key component to the conference's restart plan is daily rapid testing that will begin Sept. 30. to help ensure the safety of both the student-athletes and coaching staff.

The Big Ten said in a statement that it will use "data proved by each Chief Infection Officer (CInO) to make decisions about the continuation of practice and competition, as determined by team positivity rate and population positivity rate, based on a seven-day rolling average."

The decision comes after weeks of speculation regarding a potential restart of football operations.

In response to the loss of revenue without fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, IU Athletics previously announced a 10% budget cut that is expected to save the department nearly $11.8 million and a minimum of one two-week unpaid furlough for each employee between Oct. 1 and June 30, 2021.

IU sees decrease in COVID-19 positivity rates

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

The overall positivity rate for all students in Bloomington — including those in greek houses — decreased in the Sept. 16 COVID-19 dashboard update.

Data in this week’s update comes from testing conducted between Sept. 5 and Sept. 11. Over the course of that week, IU reported 447 total new cases in Bloomington over last week, which is a decrease in the total of new cases from the week prior. That cumulative total of positive mitigation tests is 1,352.

Only 30 other positive tests have been reported from IU campuses outside Bloomington. IU reported a 3.7% positivity rate across all campuses over the week of Sept. 5.

That is down from the 6.2% positivity rate the week prior.

In Bloomington, greek house positivity rates over the last week dropped to 15.4% from 25.3%.

Greek students living out of the houses returned a 10.9% positivity rate last week, decreasing from 14.1%. Positivity rates for students living in dorms as well as those living off campus both had positivity rates below 3%, and both saw slight decreases in already low positivity rates from the week prior.

This brings the overall positivity rate in Bloomington for all mitigation testing since Aug. 24 to 5.4%. That number was 5.5% in last week’s update.

IU’s isolation and quarantine facilities are at 21% of capacity, down from 34% last week. A few greek houses have been taken off quarantine, however 30 still remain quarantined according to the school’s website. At one point, 33 greek houses were in quarantine.

Symptomatic positivity rates dropped from just over 50% two weeks ago to 41.98% last week.

Additionally, IU reported a 0.3% positivity rate among staff and facSEE UPDATE, PAGE 4

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A car sits parked March 30 on North Jordan Avenue. The Monroe County Health Board said in a meeting Tuesday it will begin to take action against IU greek houses that are not in compliance with the maximum capacity regulations.

County to take action against greek houses over capacity

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

The Monroe County Health Board said in a Tuesday meeting it will begin to take action against IU greek houses not in compliance with maximum capacity regulations.

The Health Department regulated a 75% maximum occupancy rate Aug. 28 for communal living homes. That went into effect after classes had already begun at IU. Yet nearly three weeks later, 16 houses are still not in compliance, said Celinda Leach, chair of Monroe County Health Board of Directors.

Leach said she knows there is a house currently at 95% capacity. In a message to members and parents of Alpha Gamma Delta acquired by the Indiana Daily Student, the chapter reported 89% capacity.

The board passed a motion to have IU report if a greek house doesn't comply with any regulation to the health department.

Additionally, the board said it knows of 21 houses below the 75% capacity. The board also said not every house has consistently reported data about capacity.

Mike Norrell and other members of the board expressed concern over the board failing to strongly enforce the Aug. 28 regulation, especially as it knows of situations where there is noncompliance.

“It’s time to take some steps and be a little more aggressive with houses that have not been compliant,” said Margie Rice, Monroe County legal counsel and

board member.

Rice said she wants each house currently above the threshold to work with the board to reduce capacity.

Multiple greek house representatives have told the IDS since IU’s recommendation to close greek houses that there is nowhere for their students to go should they be forced to leave.

“It’s time to take some steps and be a little more aggressive with houses that have not been compliant.”

Margie Rice, Monroe County legal counsel and board member

Monroe County, not IU, has the authority to make students leave the houses. The board did not indicate it has plans to close houses entirely, however it also did not say it would never close houses.

Rice and the rest of the board said it is aware multiple houses are actively working to get below the 75% cap, but it also knows of some that are not trying. Most houses are not letting students break leases. Rice said she understands the financial implications of cutting down housing capacity, but said the public health considerations are just as important.

Additionally, the board said it is aware most houses are treating quarantines differently from each other in terms of how strictly they are followed.

If houses continue to not follow the regulations, Rice said she would consider taking the matter to court.

Greek house representatives stated concerns over cutting capacity because of the financial impacts.

“Financially, that’s just not feasible for us,” Diane Moeller of Alpha Delta Pi said during the meeting in reference to a possible cut to 50% capacity. “It would devastate us.”

For now, the capacity maximum is still 75%. The board did discuss lowering that when students return for the spring semester. Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, said he plans to conduct on-arrival testing again when students return in the spring.

The board also passed a motion to allow two students to sleep in a bunk bed in a single room.

Previously in communal living facilities such as greek houses, only one student was allowed in a bunk bed but that policy was not being closely followed.

For some houses, having two students in a bunk bed is the only way to keep its members in the house. Kary Huffman, Alpha Phi House Corporation Board president, said during the meeting 24 rooms in the house had bunk beds.

Moeller said at the meeting the house has rooms meant for five people living in them. She added many rooms have multiple people living in them. The board said it will work with houses in SEE GREEK, PAGE 4

Faculty now being tested for COVID-19

By Natalie Gabor natgabor@iu.edu | @natalie_gabor

by mid-October, with one on the Bloomington campus and two operating at the IU School of Medicine campus in Indianapolis. The one located in Bloomington is an on-campus clinical lab that is being upgraded to process COVID-19 tests, while the two others will be repurposed research areas.

Students who have experienced delays in receiving their tests results said they feel the new oncampus labs will be a welcome improvement. IU freshman Safi Shore waited four days for her mitigation testing results from Vault Health.

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Nursing students Jessica Gutierrez and Ericka Alvarez work at a COVID-19 testing center Aug. 18 near Memorial Stadium. IU will be replacing Vault Health, the company currently processing the university's mitigation testing, with new oncampus labs.

ery week. To compensate for this, the university tests groups that are perceived to be at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection at a higher rate, a process known as “upsampling,” Carroll said.

“The first week of testing, we basically only sampled students living in dorms or greek housing,” Carroll said. “Then, when we saw positivity rates, we proportionately sampled everybody and upsampled all of the dorms the second week and massively upsampled the greek houses because their rates were so much higher.”

The three on-campus labs are expected to be fully operational

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Because CDC guidelines didn’t recommend COVID-19 entry testing for faculty and students as of June, IU made decisions about on-arrival testing at its own discretion.

IU required an on-arrival nasal swab test for on-campus students and an on-arrival saliva test for those living off-campus. However, IU did not require faculty members to get an on-arrival test at the start of the semester.

Although these measures might seem out of place to some students, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said because faculty were at a lower risk of bringing the infection to campus, onarrival testing was not necessary.

“Our faculty have generally been in Bloomington for the last several months,” he said. “Official travel has been eliminated over the last five months, they’ve not been able to go anywhere for IU, and so the chances of them having been somewhere else and bringing something in are far more limited than they would be with students who are coming from all over the country and certainly from all over the state.”

Carney said the important part now is to conduct mitigation testing for all faculty, staff and students as needed throughout the semester to minimize risk as much as possible.

“Obviously faculty are concerned about testing positive generally,” he said. “It’s a concern for everybody, but that’s why we’re following the safety practices that we are.”

All students, staff and faculty are subject to mitigation testing with people living in communal living being tested more often according to IU coronavirus protocols.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, director of surveillance and mitigation for COVID-19 at IU, said the university is working hard to be responsible amid the pandemic.

IU to roll out on-campus labs for tests by mid-October IU will use new on-campus labs to facilitate all of its mitigation testing efforts as early as mid-October, replacing Vault Health, the company located in New Jersey currently processing the university’s mitigation saliva tests.

The new on-campus labs will allow the university to increase the number of tests done per week and decrease the turnaround time for results while cutting costs, said Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU director of mitigation testing.

“The more you can reduce the time from testing to results, the better, because if you’re positive, we can shorten the time you’re out and about infecting people,” Carroll said.

Current mitigation testing has a turnaround time of approximately 48 to 72 hours. That timeframe is still good, Carroll said, but on-campus test processing would cause a significant improvement.

“48 hours is still pretty good, but we can definitely do better,” Carroll said.

Carroll said his goal is to test every student one to two times per week once the new labs are functional.

Under the current testing process, the university samples a portion of all students to be tested since it is not yet feasible for the university to test each student ev-

Imagine you’ve just moved out of your parents’ house and into the dorms, but you’re only allowed to invite people in your dorm to hang out in your room — with masks on and the door open. The Resident Assistant checks all of your friends’ student IDs and makes sure everyone lives in the building.

Students living in residence halls are expected to follow a multitude of new policies this year to stay safe during the pandemic, but some are having trouble making new friends while staying within the rules.

“Anecdotally, I can say that because there are more rules, there's more breaking rules,” Residential Programs and Services executive director Lukas Leftwich said.

Leftwich said students must follow the COVID-19 rules to limit possible transmission of the virus, even if the new infractions don’t seem as severe as drinking or being loud.

The new residence hall policies include no outside guests, a limit of four people in a room and a mask requirement. Experts from IU have said these policies are not perfect, but they’re still the best way to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the residence halls, Leftwich said.

But some freshmen said the rules are confusing, and they were trying to follow them but were still written up.

Freshman and Spruce Hall resident Sarah Bagshaw was written up on her second night in the dorms after she and seven other people were sitting in an open area. Bagshaw said everyone was socially distanced and wearing masks most of the time, but they did pull down the masks occasionally to hear each other better.

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Monroe County attorneys, judge fear evictions

By Mel Fronczek mfroncze@iu.edu | @melissafronczek

Monroe County attorneys and judges are scrambling to figure out how the newly enacted federal moratorium on evictions applies locally.

Some worry the moratorium will only delay evictions, rather than prevent them.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a temporary halt in evictions from Sept. 4 through Dec. 31 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. Keeping people in their homes allows for easier self-isolation for sick or immunocompromised people, according to a notice about the CDC’s order. Homelessness increases the likelihood of people moving into group settings like shelters, increasing their risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

“Not being evicted is better for the overall health of the community,” said Tonda Radewan, coordinator of Monroe County’s Housing Eviction Prevention Project.

The executive order doesn’t exempt tenants from paying their rent. In January, landlords can file for eviction if tenants haven’t paid the total amount owed.

Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Catherine Stafford is one of two judges who presides over eviction hearings. She said the county usually sees about 700 to 800 evictions per year, but this year there have only been

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Banners against renters eviction reading "no job, no rent" are displayed on a controlled rent building Aug. 9 in Washington, D.C.

a couple hundred from before March and few others after. Since the pandemic took hold, the court has been hearing emergency cases, such as instances involving domestic violence or threats of violence against the landlord.

Stafford said if Monroe County tenants are covered under the CDC order and fill out the declaration form, their eviction hearing will likely get pushed to January.

“January is going to be busy,” she said.

Diane Walker, execu-

tive director and attorney at District 10 Pro Bono Project, said a government program for rent assistance would be more effective in preventing evictions.

Both landlords and tenants are in tough positions, Walker said. Mom and pop companies don’t want to kick good tenants out just because they can’t pay rent, but the landlords need to pay property taxes and maintenance costs. And the economic crisis isn’t tenants’ fault. She referenced the statistic that somewhere be-

tween 50% and 78% of Americans lived paycheck to paycheck before the pandemic, according to The Washington Post. Almost 3 in 10 adults have no emergency savings at all, according to a 2019 Bankrate survey.

“Everyone is kind of stuck,” Walker said.

She said she expects many people to lose their housing after the moratorium ends, and it can be hard to find a new place in Monroe County. The median rent in the county is about $893, compared to the median rent

in Indiana of $825.

“If they can’t afford their apartment now, it could be very hard to find somewhere else to move in,” Walker said.

Forrest Gilmore, executive director of Shalom Community Center, said homelessness isn’t always immediate because people tend to exhaust their personal resources before going to a shelter. They might dip into an emergency fund or stay with family members or friends.

Gilmore said he thinks the moratorium allows for

some catchup, but it’s not enough. He said there needs to be more government assistance for people to recoup lost income.

Jamie Sutton, executive director and attorney at Justice Unlocked, said the CDC order has the same problems as the moratorium under the federal CARES Act and Gov. Holcomb’s now-expired moratorium. They didn’t include rent forgiveness or rent freezes either. There are local resources for rent assistance, Sutton said, but many could be easily overwhelmed.

Sutton said it doesn’t seem like tenants hundreds or thousands of dollars behind on rent will be able to catch up before the CDC order ends, considering the economic fallout from the pandemic.

“Most tenants, especially if they’ve lost their job or had a reduction in income due to COVID-19, if they don’t have the rent now, they won’t have it four months from now,” Sutton said.

Sutton said everyone is still trying to understand the eviction moratorium, and it’s frustrating that the rules are changing so often as new agencies issue their own orders.

“Our response as a society seems reactive rather than proactive,” he said. “There’s never going to be a perfect plan for responding to a pandemic, but I think we’re failing to plan for things that are very foreseeable.”

IU’s contact tracing system explained IU Safety Escort changes name to IU Ride, switches app

By Wei Wang

daviwang@iu.edu | @WeiWangDavid23

Megan Miller is the deputy director for contact tracing of the IU COVID-19 Medical Response Team, which means she oversees contact tracing operations on all IU campuses.

She answered questions regarding IU’s contact tracing process and contact tracers.

How are close contacts identified?

The most common way for contact tracers to identify a close contact to a positive case is by interviewing the individual who tested positive, Miller said. In a 30-minute phone interview, a contact tracer will ask the person who tested positive to identify anyone who might have been within 6 feet of them for at least 15 minutes starting from two days before their symptoms began or they were tested, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention define close contacts.

Once the names are provided, contact tracers will retrieve each close contact’s contact information through IU's database.

In the case that someone believes they fit CDC’s definition of a close contact but is never contacted by a contact tracer, Miller said they should use the COVID-19 Self Reporting Form on One. IU. Miller said individuals without access to technology can ask an administrator to report their status as a close contact on their behalf. She said this channel of reporting is mostly for IU staff members reporting their statuses to their human resources department.

How do they reach close contacts?

Once an individual is identified as a close contact either by self-reporting or through a contact tracer, a case will be created in IU’s contact tracing database,

Miller said. Each close contact will then automatically receive a scripted email and text message with detailed quarantining instructions.

Miller said contact tracers reach out to all close contacts once they are in the contact tracing database, but it might take time for them to reach them on the phone for the contact tracing interview.

She said IU is now prioritizing students with an IU housing contract. It usually takes about a few hours for the tracers to reach them after the phone interview with the positive person.

Regarding confidentiality, Miller said IU’s contact tracing database is built upon the university’s existing database of personal information of members of the IU community. She said all contact tracers are HIPAA certified and do not share personal information with others unless for public health purposes, such as with the local and state health departments if they so demand. However, they would report the personal information of individuals who refuse to talk to contact tracers or deliberately provide them with false information to the Office of Student Conduct.

“We’re being transparent about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it for sure,” Miller said. “And we want people to feel comfortable with the process.”

How many contact tracers are there?

IU currently has 30 active contact tracers for all its campuses, along with about five staff members from IU’s general contact line also trained to handle contact tracing, Miller said. They work in shifts from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day and are currently supervised by two program managers. According to the latest Sept. 8 update on IU’s COVID-19 Testing Dashboard, across IU’s nine campuses there have been 1,003

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Megan Miller is the associate director of the IU Center for Global Health and deputy director for contact tracing of the IU COVID-19 Medical Response Team.

positive test results from mitigation testing since Aug. 24 and 398 positive test results from symptomatic testing since Aug. 1.

Miller said for each positive case at IU, she estimates an average of two close contacts, but that number is going up with people back to campus. She said this is a lot of work for the contact tracers, but the university is coming up with solutions to help them process the caseloads faster.

For example, she said to shorten the duration of each phone interview with positive individuals and close contacts, IU has launched a new online form for the interviewees to self-report their personal information instead of telling it all to a contact tracer. She said IU is still hiring full-time and part-time contact tracers and there have been 300 applicants.

Originally, IU had planned to hire 60 contact tracers, but Miller said she now wants the university to hire as many as possible. Miller said the high caseload for the few staffers wasn’t beyond the university’s preparations. She said hiring takes time, and expects there to be at least 60 contact tracers in October.

“We are just doing things as quickly as we can so that we can create a safe environment for all our students, faculty and staff,” she said.

What are the qualifications of the contact tracers?

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According to IU’s contact tracer job posting, applicants must have a high school diploma or GED and have had “one year working/volunteering in an organization where there was interaction with the public either in person or via telephone”. Interpersonal communications, data logging and problemsolving skills are among the required skills.

Miller said there are two contact tracing work stations— one on the Bloomington campus and one on the Indianapolis campus— but contact tracers can work remotely most of the time.

She said neither the contact tracers nor the program managers need to have a professional background in medicine.

The contact tracers’ previous work experiences vary widely, she said, but some have public health degrees and some have prior work experience with IU. Once hired, each contact tracer undergoes one week of training, taking the COVID-19 contact tracing course offered online by Johns Hopkins University. They also undergo training in HIPAA, FERPA, data use and privacy and information technology, as well as mandatory IU employee training and training on IU’s script for contact tracing interviews.

“All of these contact tracers, they’re just a few weeks into it,” Miller said. “They’re being trained on a lot of situations and nuances.”

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IU Ride, previously known as IU Safety Escort, has switched names and apps for the new school year.

IU Ride is a free, studentrun ride service that previously used the app TapRide.

It have now switched to the app TransLoc. IU Ride Director Devon Rigali said the app switch was a necessary change for the service.

“TapRide got bought out

by Ford Motor Company, so they are making it so we have to use Transloc,” Rigali said.

“It was either we start using Transloc this year or next year, and we decided with corona this was probably the best time to change.”

Rigali said app services will stay the same all-in-all, despite the switch.

“It’s still a free service for students and faculty," Rigali said. "We are extending our hours on Friday and Saturday from 8 p.m. to about 3 a.m. because IU decided to get rid of the night owl bus."

The switch to IU Ride was to make it more clear the ride service was through IU. “We originally decided to switch our name because we found out most people thought the name of the service was Tap Ride," Rigali said. "That was just the name of the third-party app that we use, so to get more recognition that we’re an IU service we wanted to switch it to IU Ride."

Rigali said the ride service has been around since the 1990s and was originally created by and for female students to get home safely at night.

IU Ride is abiding by IU’s COVID-19 regulations, Rigali

said. The regulations include wearing a mask and limiting the amount of people allowed in each ride to ensure physical distancing. Because of the limited amount of people per ride, Rigali suggests scheduling the rides ahead of time using the app.

Rigali said with the app being new, there could be glitches. If the app doesn't allow you to schedule rides in advance, Rigali suggests using IU Ride's website.

Sophomore Michelle Marshall said she thinks IU Ride is a useful tool in making campus safer, though she notes longer wait times on certain days.

“I think it is a good idea because especially if you’re ready to leave and your friends aren’t it makes you a lot safer, because it’s not like a girl can just walk through campus by herself at night,” Marshall said. “I think IU should continue it, but if they maybe have more drivers and increase the funding for it, it would make it even safer because it would be a more convenient option.”

Junior Bella Valli said she used IU Ride quite a bit during her freshman year.

“I used it mostly because I lived in Eigenmann my freshman year and I had my car, and I had to park at the stadium, Valli said. "After I would drop my car off at the stadium at night I would use Tap Rides to get back to my dorm,."

Valli and Marshall both said they have recommended IU Ride to friends in the past.

If you are looking to use IU Ride in the future, you can download the Transloc app and find instructions on ride requests on the IU Ride website.

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U.S. Representative proposes protest bill

By Luzane Draughon luzdraug@iu.edu | @luzdraughon

Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd District, of Indiana, proposed the “Support Peaceful Protest Act” to the U.S. House of Representatives on Aug. 28.

The bill would prevent individuals from receiving federal unemployment aid during the coronavirus pandemic if they have been convicted of a federal crime during a protest. Convicted protesters would also be required to pay for the cost of policing during the protest.

Mitchell Hailstone, Bank’s communications director, said Banks wrote this bill and introduced it in August with the hope it would deter people from criminal activity. The goal is to have consequences for those arrested and convicted of illegal activity at protests or riots, he said.

“He feels if there are harsher penalties for those who are breaking the law,

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Capitol Hill is seen July 27in Washington, D.C. A congressman from Indiana, Jim Banks, R-3rd District, proposed a bill Aug. 28 that would prevent individuals convicted of a federal crime during a protest from receiving federal unemployment aid during the coronavirus pandemic.

no matter what their motivation is, then that would help support the long standing tradition of American peaceful protests,” Hailstone said.

Hailstone said the sheriff in Portland, Oregon, complained about individuals

at protests or riots being arrested for criminal activity and released by the district attorney the following day without consequence.

“Banks can’t do anything about Oregon’s policing, for example, but he can implement federal consequences

for breaking the law,” Hailstone said.

The bill is not intended to support any one political cause, but rather help protestors to stay safe and protect small businesses or people’s livelihoods from being damaged, Hailstone said.

Hailstone said HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi does not share the same political ideas as Banks and does not expect the bill to make it to the floor for a vote. Pelosi has yet to offer any comment on the proposed bill, he said.

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced this bill in the Senate, which means the bill could pass through the Senate and then come to the House instead of the other way around, Hailstone said. Both chambers of Congress would need to pass the bill in order for it to become law.

There is also a chance the White House could push the idea by adding it to future coronavirus relief bills, Hailstone said.

Three core council members of Black Lives Matter B-town said they believe this bill is a blatant attempt to control or curtail protests.

The members said they think this bill undermines American’s constitutional

right to peacefully protest because it attempts to have lawmakers define what is considered a peaceful protest and what is considered a riot.

The members said they believe no one should have to pay the cost of policing a demonstration as the bill would require. Protestors are already paying that cost through their tax dollars and should not have to pay for the flawed and broken system of policing, they said.

They said they feel the language of the bill itself is classist by assuming protestors are unemployed and would require federal unemployment aid in the first place.

They said this bill would supersede existing laws and likely will not be passed.

But, if the bill were to be passed, there would likely be more violence and riots because people will always retaliate against unfair laws, the members said.

Plant Truck Project brings vegetables, food justice to Bloomington Katharine Khamhaengwong kkhamhae@iu.edu | @katharinegk

Cori Sereni felt suffocated in New York City. When they moved to Bloomington 12 years ago with their 7-year-old daughter, they loved being closer to nature, but felt something was missing.

Sereni looked for some sense of community among people of color in Bloomington, but couldn’t find much nor aimed at students. They even began a cooperative market, El Mercado, to connect with and support other Black, Brown or Indigenous residents. But they put that on pause when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

As grocery store shelves began to empty this past spring, Sereni began thinking about ways to improve community self-sufficiency, and the Plant Truck Project

was born.

“This is my attempt to bring what I was missing to me,” Sereni said. “I need to build, to create, to find people who need what I need culturally, socially and even politically.”

The Plant Truck Project is a new initiative based in Bloomington and Ellettsville that aims to make plants, seeds, medicine and healthy, food accessible to people that have historically been discriminated against and denied access to land and food. They also aim to ensure that the food they provide is culturally relevant, providing people from different backgrounds food that their communities have historically eaten.

The Plant Truck Project, which, despite the name sells from tables and not from a truck, is open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fridays in front of

Rainbow Bakery. They also have stalls the People’s Market on Saturday mornings and at Ekah Yoga on Sunday afternoons.

The project is led by grower and organizer Sereni, farmer Lauren McCalister, grower and herbalist Shanna Hughey and grower Sabrina Ghaus. McCalister said having a non-hierarchical leadership structure led by Black and Indigenous people and people of color was important to their group.

In March, Sereni reached out to various community members with the idea and McCalister responded, volunteering space on her farm,and the Plant Truck Project was born.

While their People’s Market farm stands have been very popular, the new farmstand at Ekah Yoga on Sunday only had a few customers. However, the sense

of community was strong, with people coming by to drop off goods to sell, setting up tables, working on the studio’s garden and chatting.

The project cultivates produce and flowers on McCalister’s farm and in team members’ and community members’ yards, but they are looking for more partnerships for farmland and locations to set up regular farm stands.

“Moving forward, it’s going to be a requirement for the community to cooperate to survive,” McCalister said.

She also said queer, nonwhite people are often excluded from conversations about food and ownership of food-producing land. Most of the farmland in Indiana is inherited and stays within the predominantly white families who acquired it in earlier years. The Plant Truck Proj-

ect is hoping to change that.

“Food justice, food sovereignty must include land reparations so that queer Black and Indigenous people have somewhere safe, to protect their ceremony, their individuality,” McCalister said.

“The next step is to challenge white landowners to let Black and Brown people to use their land, and eventually to own it.”

Food at the stand is sold on a sliding scale, with prices ranging from $.25-$7.

Customers also have the option of paying nothing at all. A flyer at the stand provides guidance on how to choose how much to pay, based on people’s selfdetermined ability to meet their basic needs, ownership of houses or vehicles, access to things such as health insurance, and the like.

“We identify as stewards, not capitalists,” McCalister

said. “The introduction of the sliding scale is fundamental.

We’re really trying to encourage people to direct action.

Every time you buy from us, you’re allowing someone who can’t buy food access to food.”

It’s a challenge, Sereni said. But it’s worth it. They’ve managed to build a community through food.

“I’m not at the point where I’m like ‘I did it!’” they said. “But I see more and more people getting excited.”

Several team members have children and full-time jobs in addition to their work with the project. They said they were exhausted but enthusiastic about the future of the project.

“It’s actually an act of revolution to grow food and create community,” McCalister said. “No revolution did anything without food.”

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“I think both myself and everyone I know will benefit from the new on-campus labs,” Shore said. “Right now, on Thursday, I’m still waiting for my random testing results from Monday. I know I don’t have too much to worry about, but having to wait for results is always nerve-wracking.”

Other students who haven’t recently been selected for testing hope the new labs will improve access. IU freshman Ellison Mills has only been tested once in her three and a half weeks on campus. She said she hopes the new on-campus labs will allow students like her to be tested more often.

“The new labs will definitely help to isolate more students that have no symptoms,” Mills said. “I think the time it takes to get results back right now is far from ideal. There’s such a gray area right now between when the test is taken and when results are provided.”

ulty. It also reported a 2.4% prevalence rate of COVID-19 in Bloomington.

There are still no reports of hospitalizations at this point.

IU wrote in the dashboard it is “cautiously optimistic” of the week’s decrease in positivity rates.

Bagshaw said the group made a point to go to an open area to talk because of the policies to not socialize in their rooms. She said they made an effort to follow the rules and socialize safely.

Earlier in the night, an RA told them they were fine together as they were as long as they weren't in a dorm room. She said two RAs later came up to them when some of the students weren’t wearing masks and said “You know the drill” before taking their student IDs and writing them up.

“It obviously was a way bigger deal than I expected,” Bagshaw said. “I just kind of feel like that's a little extreme.”

At this point, Bagshaw and her floor had not yet had their meeting over the specifics of COVID-19 rules with their RA. She said they finally had a meeting almost a week and half later.

The first infraction will usually result in a conference with a student conduct representative, IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said.

The conversation will focus on policies, the student agreement form and what happens if a student continues certain behaviors.

Carney said the meeting makes sure they understand the rules and responsibilities to be on campus this year.

The first write-up is not on a student’s conduct record.

Carney said if a student continues to break the rules they will face more disciplinary action such as removal from the residence halls or expulsion.

“It is not our intention to try to get people in trouble,” Carney said. “The

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “We’re building the plane as we’re flying,” he said.

Keith Dayton, a senior lecturer at the Kelley School of Business, has been a member of the IU faculty for more than 20 years.

He said although nothing is perfect, he feels IU is doing its best to be deliberate and thoughtful regarding testing and communication.

“We're building the plane as we're flying.”

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Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU's director of surveillance and mitigation for COVID-19

situations like Moeller described to meet regulations.

Leslie Fasone, IU’s assistant dean for sorority and fraternity life, said she knows of houses that are still using cold dorms — large rooms with many bunk beds in them.

The board said it will not regulate against dorm style living in communal houses, but does not endorse it. It is requesting one bunk bed per room.

The Board plans to meet again Oct. 6 to review how successful communal houses have been in limiting COVID-19 cases with the new bunk bed policy as well as cutting down capacity.

He also said testing is one of the best ways to combat the pandemic.

“I’m very pro-testing,” he said. “The more availability, the more options that are there, and I would say this whether in a university setting or not. I think it’s an important element in getting through this pandemic.”

Dayton also said controlling the pandemic is a community effort and something everyone needs to take personal responsibility for.

“We all play a role in this, and the fastest way out of this is to accept that role,” he said.

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RAs' statement.

Some students, including Cozzi, are upset that they’re being reprimanded for breaking dorm rules while some of their peers are partying off campus. She said it is unfair because if she gets written up again she’ll have to attend a disciplinary hearing. Carney said students may feel like they are hearing from their RA more than in previous years due to the number of new COVID-19 rules. IU declined to release an official number of how many students have been written up so far this semester.

Some RAs have fewer residents than traditional years, Leftwich said. Though RPS has space for up to 12,000 students, only about 8,000 are living in residence halls this semester.

The policies are ever changing as RPS staff are notified of city and county recommendations, Leftwich said. He said administrators are refocusing rules based on student behavior patterns they noticed in the first few weeks of the semester.

“It's a constant evolution

main thing is to get people to follow what we need to do in this unique year to get through it healthy.”

IU freshman and Willkie Quad South resident Oliva Cozzi said she thinks RAs should be more lenient before issuing write-ups since many residents are still confused about different rules and that they are still trying to find ways to be social and make friends safely.

Cozzi was written up after she and three other friends were in a single dorm at Read Quad she did not live in. Everyone inside the room had masks. She said the RAs knocked on their door because they thought they heard a man’s voice inside the room.

She said the RAs accused them of multiple other violations, including thinking an Arnold Palmer was alcohol, saying the group took too long to answer the door and that some of the women were difficult during questioning.

Cozzi and her friends all had to attend a student conduct session going over COVID-19 guidelines and the

in terms of trying to continue to keep people safe,” Leftwich said.

Leftwich said an area of focus RPS is looking into is how students can eat safely.

Medical experts have noticed eating a meal can be a more dangerous point of transmission, and city and county officials are looking into how densely packed an eating area should be, Leftwich said.

Students with any questions regarding COVID-19 rules should refer back to the Office of Student Conduct and the Student Commitment Form. Any updates to rules will be communicated to residents directly.

Opening the residence halls also comes with a set of responsibilities for administrators, Leftwich said. He said RPS is thrilled at how students have acclimated so far.

“It's incumbent upon us to do everything in our power to be as as responsible as we can, and making sure that we don't create the opportunity for our community to transmit this disease,” Leftwich said.

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IU President Michael McRobbie ignored student needs.

It will cost him his legacy.

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A series of unfortunate events

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October 2007

November 2008

December 2008

President McRobbie is asked to commit to creating a carbon neutral campus.

Associate instructor writes open letter imploring McRobbie to protect graduate workers’ interests as IU employees.

Open letter from IU alumnus urges McRobbie to rename Wildermuth Intramural Center.

McRobbie announces he will review Wildermuth recommendation.

Empty promises Early in McRobbie’s tenure, he announced he’d hold regular office hours to meet with students, likely a direct remedy to criticisms of accessibility.

Unfortunately, this practice has since been discontinued, setting a precedent of empty promises that would continue throughout his tenure.

Coal Free IU presents to McRobbie’s office, urging the university to invest in renewable energy sources.

ReInvest IU demands McRobbie and the IU Foundation to divest from fossil fuels, marching into his office where he was “unavailable.”

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Then-freshmen Alessia Borzaro and Olivia Ranucci, roommates on the third floor of the Bocobo wing of McNutt Quad, grab their belongings to move out of their room in September 2018 due to mold.

workers asked McRobbie what he would do to address mounting concerns among the graduate student population. Graduate workers multitask as students, teachers and researchers, all while being paid poverty wages. Many of the same concerns from 2007 persist in the treatment of graduate workers today.

In 2019, the Graduate Workers Coalition released a petition demanding an end to mandatory fees. Seeing as they are employees of the university, it is absurd they are required to pay back some of their salary to IU. Despite their tireless activism, their demands have gone unheard.

“President McRobbie has made no recognizable effort to promise and secure a living wage for graduate workers or, for that matter, even consider us a priority worth acknowledging,” said Cole Nelson, a Graduate Workers Coalition activist.

honor the first Black IU basketball player Bill Garrett.

“Appropriate signage will be placed on the building to honor this great alumnus of Indiana University and one of its true courageous leaders in the integration and acceptance of African Americans in basketball,” McRobbie said in a statement.

Most students likely don’t know, though, that McRobbie knew the WIC was named after a segregationist as early as 2007. Thirteen years ago, a movement against the WIC’s namesake resulted in McRobbie declining to change the name. Terry Clapacs of the All University Committee on Naming, feared changing the name would “politicize the naming process and cover IU’s history.”

While we celebrate victories for racial justice, we must remember the difficulty in achieving even the most symbolic gestures on campus.

Renaming of the Wildermuth Intramural Center A prominent recreation center on IU’s campus was named after Ora Wildermuth, a staunch segregationist and former IU donor. In 2018, the university removed his name from the building. Then in the midst of nationwide upheaval against systemic racism, IU’s administration renamed the building to

Ignoring sustainability protests Climate change and ecological preservation may be one of the most galvanizing topics for students. However, despite decades of student organizing, McRobbie’s administration failed to even open SEE MCROBBIE, PAGE 6

McRobbie announces goal of raising minimum wage to $15 by 2020, but it is currently $10.15.

McRobbie said mold problem is under control, students disagree and wear masks in protest.

Contractor dies on IU’s campus, resulting in fines for OSHA violations.

Lawyers said university isn’t contractually obligated to keep rooms clean, safe or mold-free.

IU Graduate Workers Coalition demand end to fees and better working conditions.

Tuition and fees increase while students struggle with economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Graduate student writes letter accusing the administration of hypocrisy after salary increases and an email in March from McRobbie saying there would be no salary increases.

August 2020

Treatment of graduate workers From the onset of McRobbie’s presidency, graduate

Occupy Bloomington and Occupy IU protesters arrested at JP Morgan event at Kelley School of Business.

June 2020

Yet in an act of great hypocrisy, key university administrators were given raises this summer, while graduate workers, student workers and staff were left in the dust.

This isn’t even McRobbie’s first time stepping on workers during an economic crisis.

Following the 2008 recession, McRobbie himself received a 21.8% raise, after asking his staff to furlough standard of living raises, sparking outrage.

“CWA 4730 is challenging both the Trustees’ and the President’s notion of decency and fairness in these tough economic times,” IU’s Communications Workers of America union said at the time.

Even if the raises today were marginal, the message is clear: the university will not stand in solidarity with its struggling workers.

Mishandled issues On top of empty promises, numerous events in McRobbie’s tenure reveal a decaying student life and disconnect between student issues and administrative priorities.

September 2015

November 2019

President Michael McRobbie, in a June 2018 email update

April 2012

April 2019

“Our goal is for all employees across the entire university to earn at least $15 an hour by the end of 2020, our bicentennial year.”

November 2011

July 2018

Campus minimum wage In 2018, McRobbie set a goal to raise the campus minimum wage from $10.15 to $15 an hour by 2020, a cogent proposal considering Bloomington is the most expensive city in Indiana to live in. Student and staff workers on our campus would benefit tremendously from such a policy.

Nevertheless, the initiative never materialized. In fact, the university took the opposite course, announcing a salary freeze following COVID-19 disruptions in the spring 2020 semester.

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Student activists sit on the floor in front of the Board of Trustees meeting as President Michael McRobbie rubs his temples April 12, 2012, in the Indiana Memorial Union. The students chanted and had their own meeting during the Board’s meeting.

October 2018

Campus diversity Administrators love to flaunt diversity as a checklist talking point. Throughout his tenure, McRobbie affirmed his support for diversity, equity and inclusion in a multitude of paltry statements.

One of the few actionable statements McRobbie did provide was an early promise in 2007 to double minority student enrollment by 2013.

According to the university’s undergraduate enrollment data, this goal has not been met on all IU campuses, but in Bloomington it was accomplished in 2017.

By percentage, however, Black student enrollment has stagnated for more than a decade at less than 5%, and Native American enrollment has decreased from 0.3% to 0.1%.

Clearly, this displays IU has not done enough to retain and recruit a diverse body of students.

Similarly, IU’s faculty does not reflect much racial or ethnic diversity. While students seek to understand a multitude of perspectives, many of the university’s schools fail to provide it.

As protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement proliferated across the country, McRobbie released a statement on IU’s commitment to diversity and equity.

We cannot ignore the lessons drawn from studies of present-day racism and intolerance, he said.

At the very same time, McRobbie oversaw a decline in budgetary allocations for IU-Bloomington’s Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.

According to IU’s official budget, the department received, on average, $1.62 million annually from 2006 to 2009.

AAADS’ operating budget has decreased nearly a third since then to an average of $1.15 million from 2017 to 2020.

An institution’s budget reflects its priorities, and in this case, the university’s priorities reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of systemic racism in modern-day America. Consider that the IU Police Department’s budget jumped from $3.86 million in 2006 to $4.99 million in 2019 — an increase

nearly eclipsing the whole of AAADS’ funding for 2019.

Perhaps if McRobbie listened to the concerns of students and faculty, he might have a better understanding of how this budget exhibits present-day racism.

CWA union slams McRobbie for 21.8% pay raise amid a recession and after an email stating no raises would occur.

June 2018

McRobbie’s appointment The appointment of McRobbie came in the wake of former President Adam Herbert’s resignation. Herbert was IU’s first and only Black president and a subject of widespread criticism. While speculations of implicit racism and political maneuvering surround Herbert’s ousting, O’Neill management science professor Edwardo Rhodes said he believed Herbert was fundamentally mismatched with the unique leadership structure of IU. McRobbie, who was highly familiar with the inner workings of IU as a vice president, was welcomed as a leader who could reflect IU’s leadership structure and traditions.

Not all reactions were positive. Betsy Henke, IU student body president in 2007, told the Indiana Daily Student McRobbie missed several invitations to meet with student government and that he was “not involved enough.”

These criticisms and the context of Herbert’s resignation set high expectations for transparency and accessibility, which McRobbie failed to meet.

October 2007

August 2011

Last month, President Michael McRobbie announced his retirement, concluding his decades-long service to IU. He held key administrative roles, working his way up from the vice president of information technology in 1997 to university president in 2006.

While McRobbie is hailed as a harbinger of technological innovation and international recognition, his tenure represents a history of empty promises and priorities that ignored a decaying campus life.

You would be hardpressed to find a student or IU worker who has interacted with McRobbie personally.

In stark contrast to IU’s most famous president, Herman B Wells, McRobbie’s inaccessibility and absence from IU Bloomington’s campus serve as defining features of his presidency. Certainly this context influenced McRobbie’s administrative priorities and shines much-needed light on the meaning of his legacy.

Throughout his tenure, McRobbie repeatedly refused to meet with, listen to or even acknowledge student and worker activists. Their concerns spanned a host of issues including environmental protection, racial justice and employee benefits. Their demands reflected both a lived experience at IU and a thoughtful understanding of the systems affecting our communities.

McRobbie, however, routinely chose to ignore the students he served and the workers he employed He prioritized fundraising, major construction projects and the university’s reputation at the expense of students and workers. In his quest to reimagine the university, McRobbie lost sight of who he serves.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 a dialogue with IU’s climate activists.

Exceptionally, McRobbie declined to meet with climate activists protesting coal use on-campus and, on two separate occasions, students opposing the IU Foundation’s investments in fossil fuels. Meanwhile, McRobbie sits on the foundation’s Board of Directors.

Climate protests continued into 2019, under a multitude of conservation groups.

The university’s and McRobbie’s commitment to these protests’ demands is still largely unknown.

Mold As McRobbie entered his role as Bloomington’s interim provost in 2006, he spoke of the conditions of his daughter’s dorm at IU, which he described as worse than his own dorm as a college student. This, he said, inspired him to examine the quality of IU student life.

Despite this, one of the biggest impediments to the quality of campus life has proven to be mold. Mold has been a recurring issue on campus, with multiple outbreaks in recent years.

A 2005 Mold Report by the O’Neill School identified mold as a threat to campus and stated funding stood in the way of prevention efforts. It is unclear whether the university implemented any further safeguards. IU spokesperson Chuck Carney told the IDS in 2018 too much time had passed for the report to still be relevant to the recent outbreak.

In an address in 2018,

McRobbie said the university is taking care of the problem and students affected by the mold were being reimbursed. In true IU fashion, the university blamed humid summer weather and students leaving windows open while air conditioning was on for the outbreaks.

The class action lawsuit brought by students affected by the 2018 outbreak alleged the university misled students about the severity of the mold and discouraged campus health center doctors from mentioning mold as a possible cause of students’ symptoms.

They also claim IU ignored the mold problem for years.

In an interesting twist to McRobbie’s supposed commitment in 2006 to improving the quality of student life, IU’s lawyers responded to the lawsuit saying the university is not contractually obligated to provide students with clean housing.

The COVID-19 pandemic The university’s decision to invite students back to campus put faculty, workers and Bloomington residents in harm’s way. While most students likely desired a return to normal on-campus operations, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over.

IU and its administration no doubt recognized this but still proceeded with attempting to manage a crisis far beyond their control.

In reality, it was never feasible to assume they could pull it off without students, faculty, staff and Bloomington residents standing in the line of fire. Of course, McRobbie and the university have done everything they can to absolve themselves of responsibil-

ity and ensure they cannot be held legally liable.

On Aug. 20, McRobbie rehashed the mold playbook of blaming students. People think irresponsible students are going to force us back online, he wrote in an email.

While entirely true everyone should socially distance and minimize their risk of exposure to the virus, the university is inevitably to blame for COVID-19 outbreaks in Bloomington. It is beyond illogical to believe inviting students back en masse would not result in such a scenario.

Recently, greek houses have been the focal point of the university’s ire. Instead of looking inward, perhaps to begin understanding the level of transparency required of them or their own personal responsibility for this mess, McRobbie and his administration project blame outward onto the very students they are tasked to serve. This mindset plagued the entirety of McRobbie’s tenure, and the university’s refusal to accept accountability consistently lends itself to worse decisions.

The peculiar priorities of a university president There are legitimate arguments that McRobbie achieved success in spite of extreme difficulties. After all, the job of a university president is considerably tedious, notwithstanding the handful of unprecedented challenges McRobbie faced in his tenure. The 2008 recession, state budget changes or President Donald Trump’s higher education reforms could derail any university. McRobbie, however, tackled unfavorable odds while establishing IU as a world-class institution.

In the face of such challenges, McRobbie’s accomplishments earned him a popular reputation within the university. To name a few, he heralded major expansions in our enrollment size, networked our school internationally and launched the largest fundraising campaign in IU’s history.

Albeit beneficial, these accomplishments are the products of a president who vigorously pursued wealthy donors while prioritizing his time on marketable mega-projects.

This prioritization is predictably in line with other university presidents.

But how should a president prioritize their time? IU’s Board of Trustees policies outline the general responsibilities of IU’s president to “manage, and administer the University” as guided by the Trustees.

The American Council on Education provides a comprehensive perspective into how university presidents fulfill these executive duties.

In their survey, they found the top five areas that occupy a president’s time are financial management, fundraising, managing a senior-level team, governing board relations and enrollment management.

Unsurprisingly, university presidents spend almost all their time on internal management, with little concern for the student or staff experience. This is a clear symptom of the higher education system becoming increasingly corporate, a phenomenon James Capshew, an associate professor and Herman B Wells historian, described succinctly in 2014. In McRobbie, Capshew saw a man whose focus was to stream-

line university efficiency by consolidating academic programs and cutting costs.

However, the focus on efficiency comes at a price as university tradition, quality of education, faculty concerns, worker dignity and student needs fall by the wayside.

The corporatized university president is arguably unrecognizable to the leadership style of former IU President Wells, whose jovial connection to the campus community is immortalized by his statue, greeting students with an open hand.

In the age of sprawling universities — strapped for cash and competing for rankings — it’s hard to come by a president willing to invest time into the constituents that need them most — their students, faculty and staff.

Choosing our next president McRobbie established IU as a globally competitive institution. But it’s time for a change.

The people attending, working for and teaching at this university deserve a voice.

McRobbie and IU have ignored them for far too long.

“We’ve done enough building, leave that alone,” Rhodes said. “It’s time to focus on the student and faculty experience on campus.”

Ultimately, our next president will be chosen by the nine members of IU’s Board of Trustees. Three members are elected by alumni, one member is a student representative and the remaining five were appointed by either Governor Eric Holcomb or former Governor and current Vice President Mike Pence.

This shouldn’t be cause for concern, as the voices of

students, faculty and staff can make a significant difference in the selection of our next president. Together, we can communicate what our community wants from our next leader.

More than anything, our next president should be chosen based on their willingness to address the most salient issues our student body faces.

We need a leader who can effectively act upon innovative ideas to reconnect the administration with its constituents.

Our next leader should never sacrifice our well-being to protect their bottom line.

This will require them to refocus presidential priorities away from capital and toward faculty, workers and students.

At the end of the day, McRobbie’s legacy will be less about the buildings he helped erect and more about the experience students, faculty and staff had while in those buildings. Overtime, buildings lose their significance, but our most lasting legacy will be defined by the experiences of the people who came before us and those who will come after.

The institution that is President Herman B Wells was not born out of fundraising proficiency, increased efficiency or construction projects. It began with his smiling face approaching a student organization’s meeting, eager to listen and discuss. It started when he traveled the country in search of talented, new faculty members. It was born when he shook a worker’s hand and thanked them for their contribution to the university.

It is time IU’s president returns to campus so that we may all push this university forward together.

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What about Black greeks?

By Jaicey Bledsoe jaicbled@iu.edu | @jaiceybledsoe

Greek organizations on campus have recently been in the news because of COVID-19 outbreaks inside houses. Since moving back to campus, more than 30 greek houses have been required to quarantine. IU recently requested they all close.

The discussion surrounding greek houses has made the lack of Black greek houses even more apparent.

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., founded here on IU’s campus had the only official Black greek house. It was sold in 2005 after being vacated in the late ’90s.

In 2008, the building was repurposed to hold the IU Police Department. The department has a plaque outside the building and a display inside devoted to the fraternity.

It is unsettling a building that once fostered a safe environment for Black students is now representative of something so harmful to Black people. The house on 17th Street used to be a place for Black students to come together and take refuge from the microaggressions and blatant racism they faced elsewhere on campus.

Now no other National Pan-Hellenic Council organization has since had an official house on IU’s campus.

It might seem beneficial right now due to COVID-19 restrictions, but IU senior Anya Johnson, an Alpha Kappa Alpha member and NPHC president, said it’s not beneficial in the in the long run.

She said this is because of the historical and systemic inequality in the distribution of wealth over race and class lines.

“It is a macro-level issue within this country that IU perpetuates by instilling these societal functions on campus,” Johnson said.

Though Black Americans have long fought to gain and keep wealth, we have continued to be impeded in a variety of ways — from slavery, to the destruction of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma to redlining.

The wealth gap is prevalent today because of past and current issues pertaining to systemic racism. They contribute to an absence of generational wealth and monetary inheritances in Black families, which make up a large part of the current wealth in the U.S. today.

Johnson said she also believes there are inequalities in IU greek community affairs.

She said greek organizations are grouped together, and consequences of other councils’ actions, especially those who do have houses, negatively affect NPHC organizations.

She said there is often little to no accountability on the part of those councils.

“I would say during this time, it is distracting to the primary goals of the NPHC and the organizations within our council. We are service organizations first, and we strive to make a visible effort on campus as leaders in our community,” Johnson said.

She said she believes it is frustrating to sort through problems that aren’t theirs.

It is unfair for Black and Brown greeks to face repercussions for the actions of their white counterparts, especially when those repercussions are specific to greek house improprieties.

This kind of failure to regulate fairly will create continued tension and mistrust within the IU greek community.

IU is relearning and teaching topics like racial equity, diversity and inclusion. But it is time to extend the same consideration to its Black greek community.

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See how Alex Petit used a kaleidoscope camera filter and black-and-white editing to produce crystal clear photos as a creative outlet. Page 8

What do you wear to a funeral in the summer when the world is on fire? Read Jaden Amos’ heartfelt account of her brother’s funeral.

INTRODUCING THE

Black Voices section LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The devastating murder of George Floyd in May ignited important conversations on race in America. It exposed the underlying systemic racism and inequalities that have historically plagued the Black community. This moment is creating powerful conversations surrounding what actions institutions should take to create change and increase opportunities for Black people.

This fall, the Indiana Daily Student launched a Black Voices section to

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The IDS is an important platform at IU and in Bloomington. As staffers, it’s important for us to use this platform to elevate Black and other underrepresented voices at IU. The Black Voices section is our first step forward.

We also know this isn’t

increase representation for Black students on IU’s campus.

The Black Voices section will give students a space to share stories about being Black. For example, Black students could voice concerns, share successes, celebrate blackness and discuss injustices throughout campus and beyond. The opportunities for discussion in the section are endless.

Not only will it give Black students a voice, but the section will also educate others on campus and in the local community on what they can do to con-

tribute to the fight towards justice.

The section will give more representation to minority students on campus. While the goal of the Black Voices section is to uplift the voices of Black students, other students of color are welcome to contribute.

Writers do not have to be employed at the IDS or be part of the Media School to contribute. A student is able to write anywhere from one piece a semester to multiple times a week. If a student would like to regularly write, they can join payroll.

It is important to note that the IDS will continue to recruit minority students for all sections of the paper. The IDS recognizes we must continue to do our part in making every section of the newsroom diverse in order to create an inclusive environment and permanent change.

Interested in being involved? Email blackvoices@idsnews.com for more information. info f rm r at a io on. n

enough. As Jaclyn said, we will continue to recruit underrepresented students to work on all our desks. We will continually audit our past coverage to see where we can minimize harm in the future, in line with our code of ethics. We will also continue to listen to your concerns, complaints or ideas.

Like many other orga-

nizations, the coronavirus pandemic has not been kind to our budget. While we’ve had to cut back in other areas this fall, we are grateful for the Media School to provide funding for Black Voices.

This funding does not affect our independence.

There will be no prior review by the Media School, for example, and the IU

administration cannot influence our editorial decisions.

We are excited about the launch of this new section and can’t wait to work with new contributors.

Jaclyn Ferguson, Black Voices editor

Jacob deCastro, Editor-in-Chief

Poem: “TT & Oil Sheen”

By Adrianne Embry adrembry@iu.edu

TT & Oil Sheen This time Jazmine Sullivan’s hit “Lion, Tigers, and Bears” is on loop.

We sing. Replace the words with: racism hatred despair We know this shit now. Sing it from the back of our hands.

I’m not scared of: racism, hatred, and despair.

But I’m scared of…

This time we ain’t scared of nothing.

We sit on front porches with a mellifluous melody of AYEEEEs and FUCK IT UP, SIS! gracing the air.

We not stressing about Lil Mike making curfew.

We know he not gunned down somewhere.

We as in me and my cousins. Me and my people. Me and ghosts.

Teresa is sitting on a golden lawn chair. Demands her thrown.

TT sits in the middle of her legs getting her edges snatched forced into a cornrow.

The porch smells like pink lotion, oil sheen, and TT’s tears.

TT is always crying, but it’s coo now. This time it ain’t about her brothers.

It ain’t about the pressures of racism. She just crying cus she happy and cus of the pain of Teresa’s heavy hand. We chillin now.

Nobody stopping us from being black and woman at the same time.

Nobody touching our hair but homies.

Nothing dying but daisies in the summer.

Eve in a yellow sundress that’s molded onto her honey brown skin.

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She in the lawn, grinding. Her hips singing a song of freedom.

Everyone stares like it’s the only thing we know how to do.

We all dancing as the sunset kisses itself into all the right spots on our skin.

The blue in the sky is replaced with darkness.

The wind begs for an encore. We don’t bow.

Instead we force them to their knees.

Jazmine Sullivan is in the background still…

The moon extinguishes the sun. We all end on the same note…

But I’m scared of.

Tyler Perry has created a lasting legacy

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Tyler Perry attends the Netflix Premiere for Tyler Perry’s “A Fall From Grace” at Metrograph on Jan. 13, 2020, in New York City.

By RJ Crawford rjcrawfo@iu.edu | @rjsofamous

Passion lights the fire inside all of us. It gives us the motivation to fight for what we love.

Tyler Perry’s entire career was led by passion and drive. Now, the renowned producer, actor and director is one of the highest-paid Black men in entertainment, according to Forbes.

Perry was recognized as a billionaire Sept. 1.

Perry is a role model to young Black creators all over the world. His lasting legacy has shown Black children that with hard work and dedication, they

can be just as successful.

Perry uses his platform to represent Black and Brown voices everywhere.

Throughout his movies, he acknowledges Black men and women who are poor, wealthy, gay or straight.

He showcases Black stories and makes our voices heard.

There are not many mainstream directors and writers who give Black actors a platform to speak on. Most films with Black stories are watered-down and not written by Black people.

In his 2009 film, “I Can Do Bad All by Myself,” Per-

ry recognized strong Black women who fight through difficult times. The movie begins with the main character in a depressed state, dealing with an abusive relationship and depression.

By the end, she turns her life around and gets remarried.

This story is important because it reflects real life.

Not only did we get to see the raw, authentic side of a Black woman, but we also got to see her blossom and turn her situation around.

This story is a moving force because it has the possibility to encourage someone

to make a change in their life.

Perry also builds up communities.

Since 2006, the Perry Foundation has focused on investing in areas such as education, health, agriculture, human rights and arts. Perry has donated funds that made it possible to bring clean water to 65,079 people in four different countries.

When 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was murdered, Perry offered to pay for his funeral costs and for the college education of Brooks’ four children. In April during quarantine, Perry paid for the grocery tabs of senior citizen shoppers at several Atlanta Kroger stores.

His legacy stretches beyond his donations.

One of Perry’s most recognizable accomplishments is his 330-acre studio in Atlanta. It houses forty buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places, twelve sound stages and 200 acres of green space.

Perry has watched his dreams unfold before his eyes. But, other Black and Brown people were able to watch these dreams unfold as well.

Perry has shown them that they too, can become billionaires. They can build a life of their dreams.

Their skin color does not determine their destiny.

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A copy of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project” is photographed Aug. 19, 2019, in Chicago. President Donald Trump has pushed for the project, which aims to accurately portray the history of America and slavery, to be banned from schools.

Trump belittles horrors of slavery

By Garrett Simms gasimms@iu.edu | @Garrett_simms22

The American education system is known for not adequately addressing history, specifically Black history.

California public schools that have tried to fix the issue of sugarcoating history are coming under fire by none other than President Donald Trump.

Trump said the U.S. Department of Education is investigating the claim that public schools in California are using “The 1619 Project” as an educational tool. If this is true, Trump said the schools will not be funded.

“The 1619 Project” was put together in August 2019 — 400 years after the first slaves arrived in America.

It was created by the New York Times to paint a vivid and accurate portrayal of American history. The aim of the project is to “reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative,” according to the project website.

It is pertinent this project can be used freely. If the project is restricted, it sets a dangerous precedent on what may or may not be used in Black history education.

This project has such a profound effect on the country that it won the Pulitzer Prize, led to the creation of a podcast and was turned into an educational tool for teachers by the Pulitzer Center itself.

For all of the positive feedback, there are people — including Trump — who don’t accept facts given in the project. They are still clinging to a watered-down history that has been taught to generations of students.

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton has tried to implement legislation that “would prohibit the use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project by K-12 schools or school districts,” according to the senator’s office.

There are also popular historians who openly disagreed with claims made in this project. Princeton historian Sean Wilentz wrote a letter to the New York Times signed by other historians expressing their problems with the framing of “The 1619 Project, comparing it to an ideology.

“The 1619 Project” is no ideology. But, the false narrative that America was built by great heroes and explorers is an ideology. It is a dangerous one.

Teaching children a false history leads to a skewed view of the world they live in. This is a major reason many white people aren’t familiar with the systematic, economic, mental and social struggles Black people go through in this country every day.

America tries to mask the atrocities of slavery by painting a blurry picture.

It has been 400 years, and adequately addressing slavery still enrages people who run our country. The project is important because it is being told from the perspective of those whose ancestors experienced the horrors of slavery.

“The 1619 Project” must be allowed to be shown in schools so we can have a generation of children who know the clear, unedited version of this country’s past.

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Crystal Clear Photos by Alex Petit apetit@iu.edu

“My subject matter is typically people and I always shoot in black and white. Black and white allows me to focus on the elements that matter the most and can create sharp images. I am always exploring new techniques and equipment to make my photos unique. In some of the photos below, I used a kaleidoscope filter on my camera to produce the effect. Photography is one of many creative outlets I utilize to express myself. I encourage anyone to explore an art form or creative outlet that interests them.”

Alex Petit, IDS Black Voices photographer

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How Justin Freeman uses his voice to lead

By RJ Crawford rjcrawfo@iu.edu | @rjsofamous

Justin M. L. Freeman is a senior studying economic consulting, public policy analysis and international business. Freeman is a leader within the IU community.

He is an advocate and role model to many Black students both on and off campus.

“My voice matters because it is Black, it is proud and it is loud,” Freeman said.

One of Freeman’s positions on campus is the director of equity and inclusion for Kelley Student Government.

He is also involved in the Kelley student advisory board, Kelley FUTURES and Kelley undergraduate chair’s advisory council for diversity, equity and inclusion.

The majority of Freeman’s time is dedicated to Kelley Student Government.

This work allows him to dismantle the biased systems put in place for minority students.

“There is a lot that needs to be done in the realm of equity and inclusion at Kelley, IU and the greater country of the United States,” he said.

As he steps into his senior year, Freeman has a few pieces of advice for underclassmen. He believes it is important for Black students to recognize the people who came before us and not forget those who will come after us.

“Firstly, remember why you are here,” he said. “We are not here just for ourselves; we are here for our Black brothers and sisters both past, present and fu-

ture. It is our duty to push society forward, not let society push us.”

Freeman acknowledges this can be difficult but to move forward regardless.

“We must have grit,” he said. “You must be highlymotivated in difficult situations. We all are here for a reason, as aforementioned.

Persevere.”

Through the various struggles and success college brings, Freeman believes it is important to relax and enjoy the experience.

“Have fun,” he said.

“There are endless opportunities afforded to us here.

Study abroad, surround yourself with a diverse friend group and network, take an interesting class, find new interests, socialize, learn a new skill. Just follow your intuition and have fun here, that’s what I did.”

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Senior Justin M.L. Freeman uses his voice to lead others toward the fight for justice.

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Redeemer Community Church

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Inter-Denominational

Mon. - Thu.: 9a.m.-4p.m.

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Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Redeemer is a gospel-centered community on mission. Our vision is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ transform everything: our lives, our church, our city, and our world. We want to be instruments of gospel change in Bloomington and beyond.

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Independent Baptist Lifeway Baptist Church

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facebook.com/w2coc Sunday Bible Study: 9:30a.m.

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Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Lifeway Baptist Church exists to bring glory to God by making disciples, maturing believers and multiplying ministry. Matthew 28:19-20

Barnabas Christian Ministry Small Groups: Cedar Hall 2nd Floor Common Area, 7 - 8 p.m., meetings start Thursday, Sept. 5.

We will meet every other Thursday during the school year.

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Lutheran (LCMS)

Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00p.m.

We use no book, but the Bible. We have no creed, but His Word within its sacred pages.

God is love and as such we wish to share this joy with you. The comprehensive teaching of God's Word can change you forever.

University Lutheran Church & Student Center

John Myers, Preacher

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607 E. 7th St. 812-336-5387

Sunday: Bible Class 9:15a.m.

Divine Service 10:30a.m.

Bloomington Korean Baptist Church

Tuesday & Friday: Morning Prayer 8a.m.

Wednesday: Midweek Service 7p.m.

5019 N. Lakeview Dr. 812-327-7428

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Friday: 7 p.m.

Saturday: 6 a.m.

Praise the Lord! Do you need a True Friend?

Come and worship the almighty God together with us on Sunday, Fellowship included. We are a Korean community seeking God and serving people. Students and newcomers are especially welcome.

Jason Pak, Pastor

We are a dynamic congregation working towards a more just world through social justice. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions.

Our vision is "Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World."

A LGBTQA+ Welcoming Congregation and a certified Green Sanctuary.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

719 E. Seventh St. 812-334-7971 • 812-361-7954

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Sundays: 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist with hymns followed by dinner

Bible Studies and Music Services: See our Social Media We aspire to offer a safe and welcoming home for all people. We are a blend of people of different ages, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and countries; we are students, faculty, staff and friends. We pray, worship and proclaim the Gospel.

We also promote justice, equality, inclusion, peace, love, critical thinking and acting as agents of change in our world.

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Sunday

Sunday Worship: 10:30a.m. and 5:00p.m.

Southern Baptist

Sundays (currently): 10:15a.m. via livestream Sundays (when in person): 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 • lifewaybaptistchurch.org

Sunday: 11 a.m.

We are a Bible-based, non-denominational Christian church. We are multi-ethnic and multi-generational, made up of students and professionals, singles, married couples, and families. Our Sunday service is casual and friendly with meaningful worship music, applicable teaching from the Bible, and a fun kids program.

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Unitarian Universalist

Sunday Services: 9:30a.m. and 11:15a.m.

City Church is a multicultural, multigenerational, and nondenominational Christian Church. In addition to our contemporary worship experiences on Sundays at 9:30a.m. and 11:15a.m., we also have a college ministry that meets on Tuesdays at 6:00p.m. We would love to welcome you into our community.

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LCMSU Student Fellowship 7:30p.m.

7:30p.m.

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Latter-day Saint Student Association (L.D.S.S.A) 333 S. Highland Ave. 812-334-3432

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The Insistute building is a place to gather on campus for a break from academic rigors.

Small library for quiet study, kitchen area for snacks and eating lunch, room to socialize, come play pool, ping pong or foosball. Games and puzzles available as well. A place to feel spiritually recharged and learn more about the Savior, Jesus Christ. Parking available when enrolled and attending a class. Church meets 11:30 on Sundays, at 2411 E. Second Street.

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Mennonite

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Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Thursday: 9 p.m.

St. Paul Catholic Center is a diverse community rooted in the saving compassion of Jesus Christ, energized by His Sacraments, and nourished by the liturgical life of His Church.

Rev. Patrick Hyde, O.P., Administrator and Director of Campus Ministry Rev. Dennis Woerter, O.P. Associate Pastor Rev. Reginald Wolford, O.P., Associate Pastor

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington 2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org • Facebook

Sunday: 5 p.m.

A welcoming, inclusive congregation providing a place of healing and hope as we journey together in the Spirit of Christ. Gathering for worship Sundays 5 p.m. in the Roger Williams room, First United Church. As people of God's peace, we seek to embody the Kingdom of God. John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

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Your deadline for next week’s Religious Directory is 5 p.m. Monday.

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Instruments Acoustic electric guitar in mint cond. $400 cash. mhouston@indiana.edu

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Fender 15W Guitar Amplifier $100,obo.

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IU crimson leather + naugahyde sofa, comfy, lightly worn. $300. wrsmith@indiana.edu

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Fully ergonomic task chair, excellent cond. $599, obo. rkoryan@iu.edu

Yamaha alto sax. Good cond. Reeds not incl. $300 gjs1@iu.edu 435

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Schedule your EYE EXAM today at Walmart Vision Center! Most insurances accepted. Call 812-335-1788 to schedule!

Appliances

Outstanding locations near campus at great prices Now Leasing Fall 2021

Required books for German 300. All good cond. $65 neg. hejeon@iu.edu

Designer statement mirror: like-new, 42 ‘’, round. $299, obo. rkoryan@iu.edu

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Call Lisa’s Green Cleaning for your commercial cleaning needs. One time deep cleaning or on a regular schedule to help kill germs. Find us on FaceBook, Twitter, & InstaGram. 812-340-1552

Medicology Sociology 14th Edition. Good cond. $50. maljheff@iu.edu

Black iron bed frame almost new. Easy to assemble. $499, obo. rkoryan@iu.edu

Grant Properties 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Bedroom

K201 “Computers in Business” textbook. $25. efus@iu.edu

2 in 1 Arm’s Reach Co-Sleeper. Excellent cond. $75. meh3@iu.edu

HOUSING

2007 Kawasaki Vulcan custom 900 motorcycle.

Blue. $4,000. hussalqa@indiana.edu

Bicycles Diamondback Bicycle: A U-lock and a bicycle pump are incl. Best offer! mmehfooz@iu.edu

TRANSPORTATION Automobiles 2000 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition.

82,000 mi. $11,000. jscallon@indiana.edu

Womens Schwinn SR sun tour bike. Brand new.

Aluminum frame. $249.

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Quality campus locations

Red shag rug. 3’X4’. Good for under desk or in front of bed. $60. dejbush@iu.edu Yeezy Slides Desert Sand. Size 9. $350. Price slightly negotiable. howed@iu.edu

Motorcycles

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Misc. for Sale

Jedi The fallen Order PS4.

Good cond. $30.

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Gender & Sexuality in Popular Culture textbook.

Like new condition. $50. rimharp@iu.edu

Furniture

Automobiles 2014 Toyota Prius C Two white, hatchback hybrid, 67K miles. $10,000. dwuli@indiana.edu

EAS E-105: “Introduction to the Earth/Life System.” tabismit@iu.edu

Xbox One **47 Game Bundle, 3 controllers, HDMI/Power Cord. $395. willijod@indiana.edu

Subletting east side studio near campus.

Animal allowed for fee.

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Textbooks Biology textbook for BIOL-L111 and 112.

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White Noise and Nature Sounds Generator - like new. $15.ngeelhoo@iu.edu

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