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By Lyndsay Valadez lvaladez@iu.edu | @lynds_val

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IU men’s basketball head coach Archie Miller speaks Oct. 2 at Big Ten Media Day in Rosemont, Illinois. Miller said freshmen Trayce Jackson-Davis and Armaan Franklin have played well in practices so far.

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preseason press conference before the regular season begins.

ROSEMONT, Ill. — To start the Big Ten men’s basketball media day, each head coach took to the podium to briefly talk about the upcoming season.

Most coaches wore a basic black, blue or grey sports coat with a different colored tie.

But IU men’s basketball coach Archie Miller took a different approach.

For his third Big Ten media day appearance, Miller donned a red sports coat with a white button-down shirt lined with red stripes inside the collar and no tie. “’He said if I was to have seen what you guys were wearing, I wouldn’t have worn this,’” senior guard Devonte Green said about Miller’s jacket. “I didn’t even know about it until we got here.”

Here are four takeaways from the last

Miller is very confident in his front court At times last season, IU had issues putting capable rebounding bodies on the floor due to key injuries. For example, Juwan Morgan was a natural power forward but was asked to play the center position throughout the season.

Heading into this season, though, Miller doesn’t expect to have that sort of problem due to the sheer number of forwards on his roster this time around.

Players like junior forward Justin Smith, freshman forward Trayce Jackson-Davis, junior forward Joey Brunk and senior forward De’Ron Davis all can provide the Hoosiers with the size needed to compete deep in Big Ten play.

“I think the strength of our team and

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some of the experience level of our team and talents, it really starts on paper with the size and the ability to play an inside game,” Miller said.

Anderson and Hunter will need to provide consistent shooting from the small forward position In 2018-19, IU shot just over 31% from beyond the arc. The shooting woes proved to become a major problem for the Hoosiers throughout the entirety of the season.

With Anderson appearing in only 21 games and Hunter redshirting, IU didn’t have a reliable threat outside the guard position. Now as a sophomore, Miller foresees Anderson playing a bigger role on the wing stretching the defense.

“Right now, he’s as big and strong and as well-conditioned as he’s been,” Miller said. “He’s a 6’6”, 220-plus pound guy, can shoot the ball for us. He’s going to have to bring that to the table for our team.”

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Inside look of the IU Hoosierettes team

By Raegan Walsh ramwalsh@iu.edu

Securing a spot on the Hoosierettes dance team felt like fate to freshman Izzy Ruiz. During this time of transition, her passion for dance was not something she wanted to just let go of after being involved with it for most of her life.

This was her “last chance to dance,” she said, and she believed if she didn’t make the team, it just wasn’t meant to be.

But she did. She said it was refreshing to know she would be continuing to pursue dance in college. And now, she has been given a community where she feels she belongs after only a week of being on the team.

Even if it just means getting a ride to the off-campus practice from an upperclassman, Ruiz said it is reassuring to have people supporting her who have already experienced the normal freshman troubles she is facing at the moment, such as homesickness and difficulty in classes.

“I feel like I belong,” Ruiz said.

“There are upperclassmen I can lean on, and I enjoy being around like-minded individuals.”

Compared to other dance groups on campus, the Hoosierettes are a student-led group.

Taking the place of a coach, the three co-captains are responsible for choreographing the dances, managing finances, scheduling performances and running practices.

One of the captains, Maddie Tayler, said the work is hard, but is worth it.

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Sophomore Kathryn Morrissey joins in practicing fists and blades Sept. 30 for the Hoosierettes’ new routine Sept. 30 in Windfall Dance Studio. The Hoosierettes are a pom and jazz team at IU.

“Every time I go to practice, I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to continue dancing in college,” Tayler said. “Dancing with 25 of your friends is such a great stress reliever from school work and other responsibilities.”

The dancers practice twice a week, where they rehearse choreography and perfect their routines for their next performance.

They also focus on technique to make sure all dancers are maintaining their skill set and improv-

ing as a group and individually each week.

The group specializes in jazz, pom and hip-hop routines. Since most of the dancers took part in the activity in high school, they continue this trend by producing fast-paced and fun performances, Tayler said.

Since their beginnings in 2010, the group has performed at a multitude of events around Bloomington, including men’s soccer and women’s basketball

games, the Jill Behrman Color the Campus 5k, the Homecoming Parade and the Miss IU pageant.

The company’s first performance this school year will take place Oct. 9 at the men’s soccer game.

“I can be my crazy, silly self, but at the end of the day we are all there to do what we love, and that is dance,” Ruiz said. “We can bring our different personalities to the floor, and then they all combine to be one great performance.”

Former IU student Jill Behrman was shot and killed while riding her bike May 31, 2000. Now her alleged murderer, John Myers, may be released from prison.

Myers filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which allows him to go to the federal court to determine whether or not he was wrongfully imprisoned. District court judge James Sweeney said in the 147-page ruling issued Monday that Myers’s attorney, Patrick Baker, did a poor job representing him during the trial.

In November 2013, Myers was denied a post-conviction relief. The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld his conviction in 2015 and the Indiana Supreme Court did not consider his 2015 appeal.

The Indiana Supreme Court denied his ealier 2008 appeal as well.

Myers was serving a 65-year sentence since he was convicted in 2006.

According to the order granting petition, “Myers’s counsel made false statements to the jury during opening arguments,” which Baker admitted to, and he “failed to object to two significant categories of evidence that should not have been presented to the jury.”

Morgan County Prosecutor Steve Sonnega will have 120 days to appeal the ruling or not. After talking with lead investigator Rick Lang and Berhman’s family, Sonnega will determine how to move forward, according to a Morgan County, Indiana, Prosecutor’s Office press release.

“It is premature to discuss the next step in the case,” Sonnega said in the release. “We are all disappointed.”

IUSG reports on scooter survey results

By Madison Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

IU Student Government executive branch members met over the weekend to analyze data collected from a survey regarding the role of electric scooters at IU and write a report for the IU Board of Trustees.

IUSG members distributed the survey link over social media and through text and handed out physical surveys during two tabling sessions on campus. The responses were collected Sept. 19-21.

There were 529 recorded responses for the survey. Seventy-one respondents were faculty and staff and 458 were students.

In the report, which was finalized Monday, IUSG recommended the board not ban electric scooters and that they encourage IU campuses to adapt to the scooters.

The survey included five questions regarding scooters at IU. One of the questions asked if the person completing the survey believed scooters have increased college affordability or economic opportunity for students. 67% of students and 25% of faculty and staff surveyed indicated scooters in some way make college more affordable.

The students’ response to this question was one of the main reasons IUSG recommended the Board of Trustees not ban electric scooters, IUSG congressional secretary Madeline Garcia said.

“I believe that for students that are often times in a hurry and are financially strapped, they don’t have the opportunity to always get on an Uber or take a bus,” Garcia said.

“I think that scooters provide really easy transit for people in those emergency transit situations.”

While the input of the faculty and staff were taken into consideration when recommending new policies, more students responded to the survey and students are those primarily using the scooters, Student Body President Isabel Mishkin said.

“We are much more comfortable coming to some generalizations about what the students of Bloomington think than about the faculty and staff, since there were only nine faculty members and 62 staff members,” Mishkin said.

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A squirrel watches people Sept. 29 by Sample Gates. There have been fewer sightings of squirrels on campus so far this semester.

Lack of wildlife on campus may be part of natural cycle

By Mel Fronczek mfroncze@iu.edu | @MelissaFronczek

When IU sophomore Justin Duckett came back to campus in August, he became concerned.

Duckett is the head administrator of the @squirrels_at_iu Instagram page, which chronicles the lives of squirrels on the IU-Bloomington campus. He said last April and May, he saw about 20 squirrels per day throughout campus.

When he came back to Bloomington, he had trouble spotting them.

“I was trying to see who was around, and I couldn’t find any of them,” he said.

In August and September, Duckett said he only saw about one squirrel every few days. He and other group members have since been able to find some of the squirrels near Dunn’s Woods. Now he said he sees about five or six squirrels per day.

Duckett said he knows how to identify the different on-campus squirrels, so he knows which ones he’s seen and hasn’t seen. Many squirrels have distinctive features, such as color, patterns or the shape of some body parts.

The page, which has roughly 15,300 followers, has given some of the squirrels names, such as Bumpkin, Charlotte, Sampson, George and Huckleberry.

Duckett said it’s not just squirrels. He’s also noticed a decrease in rabbit, chipmunk and bird sightings.

foods, so more squirrels and chipmunks have flocked to the area. However, predators such as coyotes, foxes and birds of prey have moved into the area to follow the creatures.

Girvin said for the past two years, he’s seen more hawks on campus than he had in the previous 10 years.

He said raccoons and opossums will take young squirrels and chipmunks from their nests.

“They’re opportunists,” he said. “It’s survival of the fittest.”

Duckett said he was concerned about unleashed dogs threatening the squir-

rels. He said the Instagram page gets frequent messages reporting dogs being on the loose.

“As soon as squirrels sense any kind of danger, they’ll usually hightail it away,” he said. “Sometimes if that danger persists, they’ll just pack up and move away.”

Adam Fudickar is a research scientist at the IU Environmental Resilience Institute who studies animals in urban areas. He said in general, there’s less biodiversity and abundance of animals in areas that have high human influence.

“When you introduce us as a stressor in the environment, some species have shown they can cope with it, but some can’t,” Fudickar said.

Fudickar said human amenities such as artificial lights for public safety can disrupt animals, making it difficult for them to find dark areas of campus at night.

Duckett said new students coming back to campus for the fall semester could have disrupted the animals. The decline in squirrel sightings might also have to do with construction that happened over the summer.

“I feel like the noise and activity kind of chased them out of their normal areas,” Duckett said. “The time they were missing could have potentially been them getting acclimated to their new areas.”

Girvin said Facility Operations has a hands-off policy

when it comes to wildlife.

“Most people working the grounds have an affinity for nature,” he said. “It’s part of the calling. We try to be sensitive to the world around us.”

Girvin said the only traps the office sets up on campus are for rats, which don’t work on squirrels and chipmunks.

The animals are used to the maintenance workers, he said.

“Our machines tend to be loud, so most things are pretty good about getting out of the way when they’re coming,” Girvin said.

Girvin said his department is responsible for cleaning up dead animals on campus, and many animals get run over by cars or electric scooters.

“I don’t think anyone purposely goes out with that intent,” Girvin said. “We just have a lot of moving things on campus that could run the animals over.”

Fudickar said IU has done a good job of providing large patches of wild areas where there is less human activity, such as Dunn’s Woods.

“I think that could help serve as a refuge for some animals,” he said.

Girvin said he thinks it’s too early to be concerned about the small mammal population on campus.

“I think it’s a natural cycle,” he said.

Duckett said campus wildlife should be protected.

“Campus is an ecosystem in itself,” he said. “It’s important that we maintain that.”

and talk about how they can incorporate it into their companies.

“It’s a chance for people to walk through and get a headset on,” said Regatta VR brand director Jessica Gize.

The headsets used for the programs are leased by businesses from Regatta VR. President and Founder Bill West started Regatta VR about a year ago because he saw the potential VR had in revolutionizing e-learning.

He has worked in e-learning for around 20 years.

The open house featured several VR programs. One was a program with a conversational focus that dealt with sexual harassment in the workplace.

In the sexual harassment training, the person using the headset played the part of an HR manager whose employee wanted to disclose how a coworker’s words and actions made her

uncomfortable.

The headset provided visual and audio of the situation. The trainee used a remote control to point to the dialogue he or she wanted to choose to progress the conversation.

The sexual harassment program is one of Regatta VR’s major focuses.

West said the company is trying to use VR to help teach empathy that would be beneficial in situations like the sexual harassment program, because it allows a person to see the world from a different perspective.

“We started with sexual misconduct because it applies to every industry,” West said.

Zoe Peterson, a faculty member at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, attended the open house to learn more about how VR could apply to their re-

search about sexual misconduct.

“In sexual harassment and assault cases, one of the things researchers try to do is promote empathy,” Peterson said.

Peterson said she thought VR was an interesting strategy for training people.

Along with the sexual misconduct program, the company also provides business-oriented programs such as customer service and negotiation training.

Another course available at the open house was the 6-degrees-of-freedom activity.

This program is more interactive and has options such as training the user to make a cup of coffee by having them do it virtually.

West said he thinks 20% of companies will adopt VR within the next year.

Mike Girvin is the IU Facility Operations assistant director for landscape services.

Before being employed at IU, he worked as a park naturalist in Cincinnati. He said he’s noticed less animals on campus this year compared to previous years, but he thinks the decline is natural.

“It’s not uncommon for population levels to cycle in and out over a multi-year period,” Girvin said.

He said the past few years have produced bountiful crops of nuts and other

“It’s not uncommon for population levels to cycle in and out over a multi-year period.”

Mike Girvin, IU Facility Operations assistant director for landscape services

Twelve deaths, 805 cases – the number of people affected by vaping-related lung illness is growing every day.

Indiana has 30 to 49 cases reported and one death linked to vaping.

The latest findings suggest vaping products containing THC is a factor in this outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

However, some patients reported using only nicotine products.

Cathy Wyatt, IU Health Center Tobacco Cessation Program manager, said she’s seen more students coming to her wanting to quit after the reports came out.

The Health Center Tobacco Cessation Program works as an accountability program to help students quit. Wyatt said students come and visit her often and she provides them with nicotine patches and other products to help them quit.

She said she’s seen one student with a collapsed lung who only vaped nicotine.

“My numbers tripled after recent news reports,” Wyatt said. “Before that, only a very few individuals were taking advantage of our free cessation service.”

The CDC suspects the cause is chemical exposure, but the chemical causing lung injuries is still unknown.

“My personal view is that anything we inhale that is laced with any chemical is a risk,” Wyatt said. “When you combust it and inhale it, it’s not the same chemicals anymore.”

An IU student from California who uses THC cartridges believes if marijuana was legal, fewer people would die because fake cartridges wouldn’t be as common.

Fake cartridges are vape oil cartridges that dealers

can refill with different substances, like THC oil, which means the user doesn’t always know what he or she is inhaling.

“This stuff is super scary but it doesn’t scare me in particular because I’m super aware of what I’m buying and what I should look out for,” the student said.

The student said he found information online on what to look for in fakes of brands, and if he is offered a fake, he won’t buy it. He tries to get their cartridges from California when he can because those

“My numbers tripled after recent news reports. Before that, only a very few individuals were taking advantage of our free cessation service.”

Cathy Wyatt, IU Health Center Tobacco Cessation Program Manager

cartridges are regulated by the government.

The student only occasionally vapes nicotine and doesn’t own a nicotine vape himself, but agrees that it is bad for you.

“It’s an epidemic for sure,” he said. “There are so many people who do it, and we don’t know the consequences. We’re starting to see a few of them, but long-term we don’t know what is going to happen in 40 years.”

He said some people he knows are thinking about quitting vaping.

The student said he thinks the recent legislation to ban flavored e-cigarette products is a smart move because it will deter younger people from vaping, but the student worries a downside could be people turning toward cigarettes instead.

“I think only time will really tell,” he said.

School foundation to organize adult VR company offers interactive training spelling bee

By Sara Kress sekress@iu.edu | @sarakress4

A woman with a virtual reality headset over her eyes moved her hands to pick up a coffee cup only she could see.

She was one of around 20 people at the Bloomington virtual reality company, Regatta VR, but the only one wearing a headset at the moment. The rest talked to the employees about the company's technology.

Regatta VR invited members of local businesses and organizations to an open house from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday on South Gentry Street to showcase the benefits of its technology in a business setting.

Regatta VR is an e-learning company that uses virtual and augmented reality to teach beneficial skills in an innovative way.

The open house allowed attendees to experience VR

By Luke Christopher Norton lcnorton@iu.edu | @LCNorton31

It may not be the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but that doesn’t mean the competition is any less fierce.

The Monroe County Community School Foundation will organize the annual “Great Grown Up Spelling Bee” on Oct. 3 at Ivy Tech’s Shreve Hall.

The spelling bee itself will consist of multiple organizations competing as teams while dressed in a costume theme of the organization’s choice.

Each organization has a team of three spellers who will all work together. The competition is structured into rounds with one misspelling leading to an elimination.

“It’s a great opportunity to keep my spelling skills active and support our local schools,” Joel Pierson said.

Pierson is competing

with Solution Tree, an educational material publisher.

“It’s a little bit unconventional compared to the days of school spelling bees,” Pierson said. “But my teammates and I are ready to get up there and kick proverbial butt.”

Along with the three spellers on each organization’s team, there are “cheer sections.” These groups also wear costumes for spirit, and there are awards given out to groups with the best costumes and the most spirit.

“We just encourage everybody to come out and support our teams,” said Cyrilla Helm, executive director of the Foundation of Monroe County Community Schools.

The winner of the competition receives a traveling trophy to keep until the next year.

The event will run 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. Oct. 3 at Ivy Tech’s Shreve Hall and tickets for the event cost $20.

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HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH

Generations of Bloomington leaders gather

By Claudia Gonzalez-Diaz clabgonz@iu.edu | @clabgonz

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the City of Bloomington Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs played host to an awards ceremony Monday night. It recognized the achievements of business owners, Monroe County Community School Corporation educators and students and other community advocates.

"This awards ceremony acknowledges the contributions of Latino and nonLatino alike to the community" Josefa Luce, Latino Programs director for the City of Bloomington said.

Luce said, "Latino visibility is achieved when all community members are active in helping to uplift the voices of marginalized groups."

“It is important to let our students know to be proud of their heritage,” Luce said.

The award ceremony drew a crowd of about 80 people, mostly from Latinx backgrounds.

One award recipient, Julian Luna, is a math and social studies teacher for first graders at Summit Elementary School. He was awarded for Outstanding Community Agency alongside other dual-language

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Senior Steffi Marvin from Bloomington High School South recognizes the assistant principal Mrs. Adduci Sept. 30 at the Commission on Hispanic and Latino Affairs 2019 Annual Awards Ceremony. Students recognized influential teachers and staff members during the ceremony.

instructors from Summit and Clear Creek elementary schools.

In a dual-language program, students spend half the day taking classes in Spanish, and the other half in English.

“It allows Spanishspeaking students to be leaders in their own classes,” Luna said.

He hopes to see the program implemented in more public elementary schools.

The Outstanding Busi-

ness Award was given to Goldleaf Hydroponics, received by co-owner Mónica Billman. She expressed her gratitude for the award, but also disappointment of city officials in regard to recent conflicts at the Bloomington

Community Farmers' Market.

“Take my acceptance of this award as proof that the city did not extend a hand to market vendors and minorities like me, which had countless opportunities to

show solidarity in creative ways within their power,” Billman said.

The Outstanding Latino Leader Award was given to Patricia Marvin, who works with the School for English Learners in association with MCCSC. She attended the event with her daughter Steffi Marvin, who was one recipient of the Outstanding Latino High School Students award.

Marvin said this weekend literacy school helps new Latinx students feel welcomed into the community. According to student speakers, classes like these led by some of their favorite teachers help them feel empowered and academically engaged.

Students spoke in appreciation of teachers who have been formative in their education process, especially during the transition of one education system to another. Learning a new language is part of the transition.

Ricardo Martins, a doctoral student at IU and a member of the commission, described the importance education can have in helping to understand, accept and celebrate cultural differences.

“We need to help each other to understand what it is that makes us human,” Martins said.

Volunteers needed for Monroe Lake cleanup Oct. 6

By Jess Prucha jprucha@iu.edu | @jess_prucha

As summer activities on the lake wind down, the season’s trash and fishing materials accumulate along the shoreline at Monroe Lake.

Plastic bags, abandoned fishing lines and discarded pool floats wash ashore after students and other visitors boat and fish at the lake.

“For our wildlife, they have to live in that,” interpretive naturalist Jill Vance said. “One of the biggest threats for our wildlife, as far as trash goes, is things like abandoned fishing lines and hooks.”

Vance works to interpret natural and cultural history at Monroe Lake for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Monroe Lake will or-

ganize its seventh annual shoreline cleanup from 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday. The initiative is seeking students and Bloomington community members to help in the clean-up process.

Vance said it is important to restore the shoreline’s clean habitat because the trash is harmful to both people and wildlife.

“We get broken glass in

the shoreline and accumulation of plastic materials that basically never disintegrate,” Vance said.

Boats will transport volunteers to reach different areas of the shoreline. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.

There will also be a free cookout afterwards for all volunteers.

The deadline to register is Oct. 4.

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A boat sits on the water Sept. 29 in Monroe Lake. The lake is a part of Hoosier National Forest.

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A crimson card is swiped at a kiosk for food Aug. 19, 2018, in the Indiana Memorial Union. Calculations show the I-Bucks meal plans sold by Residential Programs and Services offer little to no savings.

Deliberate or otherwise, IU meal plans appear harmful Tom Sweeny is a senior in economics and mathematics.

Calculations show the IBUCKS meal plans sold by Residential Programs and Services offer little to no savings, despite claims of large discounts by the organization, giving rise to ethical questions about how RPS markets and sells its meal plans.

Hanging on the wall in the food court of the Indiana Memorial Union is a large crimson poster. It displays the “core values” of IU Dining, the new food services arm of RPS. One of the core values is “transparency.” Another is “accountable.”

Misinformed students stand to lose potentially thousands of dollars before graduation, all the while thinking they got a good deal. Deliberate or not, RPS meal plans give the appearance of a scam.

RPS and IU Dining contend that their I-BUCKS meal plans offer large discounts. The I-BUCKS 60 plan is named for a supposed 60% discount, and the I-BUCKS 25 for a 25% discount. The language of “discounts” features prominently on the IU Dining website, printed informational materials, RPS emails, advertisements, tweets and signs at dining locations.

Consider the I-BUCKS contract for the 2019-2020 school year. According to the fifth clause, “I-BUCKS 60 plans provide a sixty percent (60%) discount off retail prices. I-BUCKS 25 plans provide a twenty-five percent (25%) discount off retail prices.”

Accordingly, the use of the word “discount” is pervasive among students. The belief circulates thanks to communications and publications from other IU groups, such as previous first-year orientation guides produced by the Indiana Daily Student, which regurgitate the message.

Naturally, students and parents may think every dollar spent on an I-BUCKS 60 plan equates to $2.50 in the food court. What a bargain!

Calculations reveal that the plans offer little or no effective discount.The I-BUCKS 60 “Standard” plan, which IU Dining calls the “most popular plan,” offers no savings at all. The plan costs $3,600, and in return students receive 1,440 I-BUCKS points.

To recover the dollar value of these meal points, divide the number by 40%, which is what remains after the 60% discount. The result is $3,600, exactly the same number of dollars spent on the plan. It’s a zero percent discount. Similarly, the “Mini” plan is dollar-for-dollar. A student might as well pay with a credit card.

Even the “Max” plan, which costs $4,600 up front and provides $6,100 in purchasing power, only equates

to a 24.6% savings. That’s less than half the rate of savings implied by the phrase “60% discount.”

It’s also less than the rate implied by the name of the I-BUCKS 25 plans targeted at off-campus students. The I-BUCKS 25 plan charges $500 at the outset and yields $533.33 at the cash register, offering a meager 6.3% savings.

Who does RPS think it’s fooling?

Last year, the IDS Editorial Board criticized the marketing of meal plans, as well as the “high markup” of food prices at RPS locations.

On one hand, the extensive use of the word “discount” in RPS informational and marketing materials is highly misleading. By another view, it may also be knowingly deceptive.

In an era of ballooning college debt and increased awareness of student food insecurity, the marketing scheme stands out as ethically indefensible.

The approach might be seen as less objectionable if all students had the freedom to opt out. Of course, students are usually locked into I-BUCKS plans and subsequently pushed to renew their contracts. In general, the university requires that all first-year undergraduates live in university housing, and, consequently, they are obligated by RPS to purchase meal plans.

According to the Living Wage Calculator from Massachusetts Institute of Technology , a Bloomington resident typically spends $255 a month on average on food expenses. That amounts to less than $2,000 total during the weeks classes are in session.

It’s a far cry from the minimum $3,600 price tag demanded from first-year students.

Many students can’t afford even the typical expenses for food. Recently, food insecurity in college has risen to be a major point of discussion among students. One survey by the Hope Center indicates that as many as 45% of college students are food insecure.

Considering that meal points can be added to the base plan at any time, the justification for buying a “Max” plan is paper-thin. “Max” and “Plus” plans cost more than double the typical food expenses in the MIT data tool.

Often, it’s simply more food than a student can eat.

As a result, hundreds of meal points can go unused, and hundreds of dollars can end up wasted.

Until the policy changed in 2018, all remaining IBUCKS 60 points at the end of the school year rolled over as I-BUCKS 25 points. Each dollar spent on a meal plan lost 46.7% of its value overnight.

Many current seniors may recall having lost hundreds of dollars from meal points

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devaluing at the start of May 2017. The current policy, according to the contract, is that unused I-BUCKS 60 points keep their previous value but roll over for just one semester after the contract before disappearing.

IU Dining bases its suspicious claim of a 60% discount on the idea of “operational costs.” According to its plan comparison webpage, all I-BUCKS 60 plans incur a $2,160 operational cost. Additional I-BUCKS 60 points purchased after that value carry the true discount.

In other words, the first $2,160 spent provide the student with no meal points whatsoever. Then, by the logic of IU Dining, additional dollars offer a major “discount” on actual food items.

The idea that operational costs wouldn’t be included in the sticker price of an item probably strikes anyone who’s ever purchased food as bewildering, if not entirely nonsensical. If it’s not an outright attempt to confuse customers, then at least it appears unnecessarily complicated.

Residential Programs and Services, the parent organization of IU Dining, is a type of business which the university calls an “auxiliary enterprise.”

Auxiliary enterprises have different accounting policies than other IU offices. By having their own budget and purchase accounts, auxiliary enterprises are in fact financially distinct from the rest of the campus.

The IU Bloomington budget for 2018-2019 shows that “student living,” which includes dining operations and RPS administration, accounted for nearly half of the auxiliary enterprise total budget.

At $156 million, its allocation was larger than the budgets for athletics, transportation and events combined.

Despite the status of RPS as an auxiliary business, the Board of Trustees must approve all rate increases for room and board. And, they have. According to IU data, the official cost of room and board is higher than tuition and fees. It has increased 11% in the last five years, more than any other category in the cost of attendance.

What if students knew the real value of RPS meal plans?

They might make smarter financial decisions and have more options for books, supplies and housing. Does this prospect frighten RPS? Put more favorably, does the profitability of the à la carte food business depend on misleading students?

I hope IU Dining lives up to its core values. With greater transparency and accountability, a more ethical approach to meal plans could make a positive difference in students’ lives. tpsweene@iu.edu

Like many of the American institutions we implicitly trust, our higher education system is widely assumed to be an engine of social good. Collectively, we get those squishy, feel-good reactions in reflecting upon such notable historical moments as the passage of the GI Bill (which conveniently omitted veterans of color) and the expansion of educational access (which was late coming and still excludes large numbers of talented students). Although the U.S. higher education system has never been a model of equity, making it such remains a worthy aspirational goal.

But a seemingly benign media outlet may pose perhaps one of the greatest threats to the development of an equity-based higher education system: U.S. News & World Report.

Over the past three decades, U.S. News & World Report has been remarkably successful in establishing itself as the preeminent authority on college rankings.

In doing so, the magazine has created a perverse incentive structure in which law schools and colleges are pushed to concentrate on improving short-term rankings at the expense of longterm visions of student success and engagement. This ranking system has allowed for the cementing, rather than the dismantling, of privilege under the guise of objectivity and fairness.

In fact, a 2018 study conducted by Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education found that many of the metrics relied upon

by U.S. News & World Report were arbitrarily weighted and did not accurately rep-

resent the quality of the institution or student outcomes. In contrast, the research suggests that college engagement in the form of meaningful opportunities for learning — including internships and mentorship — has a far greater correlation to positive student outcomes than the institution that a student attends.

The concern regarding the widespread adoption of U.S News & World Report in determining educational quality prompted six U.S. senators to publicly encourage the adoption of a fairer evaluation process. Even with calls from educators and politicians urging the reform of the rankings system, the changes have been negligible at best.

Among public institutions operating in resource constrained environments, the effects of the ever-escalating political pressure of the next rankings cycle has had especially disastrous effects on those students for whom academic institutions are intended to serve. Counter to the mission of public colleges, flagship universities have developed what can only be characterized as an obsession with climbing the U.S. News & World Report rankings.

The collegiate arms race will result in mutual destruction, beginning first with historically underrepresented students. During my tenure at a flagship public law school, I observed first-hand the precipitous decline in the concern for a student-centered education that accompanies a rise in national rankings. As resources were systematically shifted to artificially inflate

rankings metrics, the level of student support proportionally fell. Those students most harmed were also the most vulnerable and in need of resources. The ranking improvement of the institution shielded a dysfunctional administration from accountability, perpetrating dissatisfaction among students, staff and faculty, all of whom lacked the influence to rival the prestige of U.S. News & World Report.

I don’t suggest that data doesn’t matter or that information should not be made available for public consumption. But when data is selectively compiled, clandestinely massaged and then rereleased, lacking transparency or context, back into the public sphere, its value should be considered significantly diminished. Instead, U.S. News & World Report’s college rankings are embraced as infallible.

The concentration of power — whether in the political, legal or educational realm — is dangerous in any form. A single entity given unbridled and unquestioned authority should not be allowed to determine an institution’s worth. If those already awash in privilege simply chase after more markers of prestige, we will have squandered the communal possibilities of a just educational system. But, if we decide to demand more of ourselves, we must consciously dismantle all sources of concentrated power. Let’s start with rankings peddled by U.S. News & World Report.

By Erin M. Carr The Baltimore Sun

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EMMA GETZ | IDS

Books lay on a table in Book Corner in Bloomington.

College students should read more Emma Getz is a senior in English and history.

Reading for homework is the bane of many college students’ existences, and this is understandable. Often we are forced to read long texts and complicated theory that takes hours to understand, and the preferable alternative is answering questions or solving problems, some sort of task with a clear objective.

But there is a certain magic in the act of interpretation, and capturing that is something special and practical. Every text written by someone else is a new and glorious way of looking at the world. The Atlantic recently published an article about the common factors that make someone a reader, which included education and tendencies towardintroversion, for example, and, most importantly, the way parents presented books to their children growing up.

At IU, though, we have so much access to literature, whether it be from educators or the library, that it could be easy to change these patterns we adopted in childhood. With this in mind, college students should read more for pleasure instead of solely for homework assignments if for no other reason than it will make you happy.

The novel is the obvious place to start. There is an entire world of fascinating literature to choose from, but a comment I often hear from my peers is that in this in-

between stage of life where we are not teenagers but not quite real adults, either, it is hard to find literature to relate to. The young adult genre is full of stories about high school, while “adult” fiction is on boring subjects such as being bored with marriage and having an affair.

To that, I have three objections. The first is that there is no definitive genre classified as “adult.” The fiction section in any library or bookstore holds stories about people of any age, which is fantastic. We are not limited to stories about people just like us, and there is much to learn from the experiences of even children and senior citizens. The second objection is that stories about extramarital affairs can be fun, sometimes. The third is that there are actually lots of books that indeed explore the young adult collegiate experience.

In the case of contemporary novels, you can read about the dramatic exploits of Dublin literature students in Sally Rooney’s “Normal People.” There is the tale of first love and heartbreak at Harvard in the 1990s in Elif Batuman’s “The Idiot.”

You could even explore the whirlwind of a wartime college experience by a Palestinian medical student in 1918 France in Isabella Hammad’s “The Parisian.”

In fact, novelists have been writing about college students for generations. As far as the classics go, there’s the tale of love and inno-

cence lost at Oxford in Evelyn Waugh’s “Brideshead Revisited” or the story of post-World War I morality at Princeton in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise.”

Victor Hugo’s epic “Les Miserables” even features the doomed revolutionary exploits of university students.

This is all to say our current experience is incredibly special, and it is captured in literature in so many different beautiful ways.

There is no way to better sharpen the mind in analyzing and interpreting the world around us than by reading other people who have already done it in their own way. So, naturally, reading makes you a smarter person, but I would also argue that it makes you more observant and more sensitive.

You see something beautiful or experience something tragic: How would you put that into words? How would someone else? How can we fit our own experiences into the grand puzzle of the universe, and everything that has been recorded about it?

Perhaps I’m preaching to the choir, because as participants in an academic institution, there are probably an endless number of literaryminded folks, but to those who avoid reading for fun or never find the time, I implore you to carve out some reading time into your schedule.

The book you read just might change your life, or at the very least make you happy. emmagetz@iu.edu

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addressing any other scooter-related issue the person felt IUSG needed to know.

Around one half of students who completed the survey wrote a short-answer response, Mishkin said.

Of those responses, IUSG members created the report which collected the words most frequently used by students and faculty and staff.

Faculty and staff used more words like “injury,” “dangerous,” “helmet,” and “ban.” Students used more words such as “people,” “ride” and “campus.” One popular word the two lists shared was “sidewalk.”

Based on this response, and their personal experience with scooters on campus, IUSG members wrote in their plan that IU campuses should try to increase the amount of bike lanes.

This includes figuring out areas more prone to Bird or Lime accidents and building more lanes for the scooters. For IU-Bloomington specifically, this also includes working with the City of Bloomington to widen current bike lanes, which would allow space for bikers and scooter riders.

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Senior Devonte Green listens to questions from reporters Oct. 2 at Big Ten Media Day in Rosemont, Illinois. Green was named a captain for the upcoming basketball season.

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ending injury as a sophomore, Davis was relied on heavily as a junior to take most of the punishment in the paint.

In 2018-19, he averaged only 5.4 PPG and 2.5 RPG but played in 30 games.

Now with a full healthy offseason under his belt, Davis has changed his body for the better.

Around the beginning of the season last year, Davis was 275 pounds according to Miller. Heading into this season, he’s listed at 255 pounds on the official roster.

“Making that comeback last year for him to get to the floor was hard,” Miller said.

“That was trial and error with

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 most of his teammates, but Miller believes his shooting ability will provide him the opportunity to contribute right away.

“We’re pushing him hard right now, he’s pushing himself hard,” Miller said. “He’s got some things you can’t teach. He can score the ball a lot of different ways, he’s competitive, he’s got a toughness about him and he’s very hungry to play after being sat out.”

De’Ron Davis is in better shape After suffering a season-

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him coming off that injury.

We want De’Ron for the long haul.”

As the most post player, Davis will be leaned on for a leadership role with guys like Jackson-Davis and Brunk still getting used to IU’s system.

Rob Phinisee has found his voice Before a concussion in the middle of the season kept him out of three games, Phinisee was seen as a bright spot at the point guard position as a freshman.

He was soft spoken but made his presence felt with his defensive intensity and smart decision making. After spending his second off-

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season with the Hoosiers, Miller believes Phinisee has become more vocal than he was before.

“He’s no longer that silent assassin,” Miller said. “He’s got to be thinking about other people, thinking about the group. Rob is one of those guys that to me, an added skill to his game is not just the basketball but is the leadership capabilities.”

Phinisee will be asked to lead the offense from day one once again after averaging 6.8 points per game and 2.9 assists per game. IU is hopeful he’ll be the player he was before the concussion slowed down his progression.

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“I think if we could really work on establishing safer bike lanes and more bike lanes, then we won’t have as much of a safety concern when it comes to scooters,” IUSG Chief of Staff Drew Ficociello said.

One recommendation in the report is prohibiting scooter operation around areas such as the athletic complex on game days and Fee Lane, which is a steep hill. Another is creating an education campaign that informs students how to properly use the scooters at intersections, navigate areas with heavy foot traffic and seek medical care if injured.

Ever since the first Birds were dropped off Sept. 13, 2018, people have been attempting to use them properly and figure out their role on campus, Garcia said.

With the help of education and better infrastructure, IU can help students to operate the scooters more safely and create a better environment for staff, faculty and students as they navigate campus.

“I think it’s important that we keep the resource around for students that need it,” Garcia said.

“They’re available for everyone. Use them if you want.

Ignore them if you don’t.”

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Hoosier Classic gets IU back onto the court

By Joshua Manes jamanes@iu.edu

Love was in the air over the weekend – along with 15, 30, 40 and deuce – when IU women’s tennis opened its fall season with the Hoosier Classic.

The three-day tournament ran Friday through Sunday at the IU Varsity Tennis Courts. It saw singles and doubles action from the Hoosiers and eight other schools including Xavier University, University of Louisville and Middle Tennessee State University.

IU head coach Ramiro Azcui debuted a team with five new faces, including four freshmen and senior Annabelle Andrinopoulos, a graduate transfer from the University of Colorado.

“This tournament gives us the opportunity to see where we are, to kind of give the players a better feel,” Azcui said. “Five of the eight players are new, so it just gives us the opportunity to get a feel for where this freshman class and the senior transfer are going to fit in.”

The Hoosiers ended the weekend 10-12 in singles and 7-7 in doubles competition. The freshmen and Andrinopoulos provided six of those singles wins, and the group had at least one member on all six doubles squads.

Leading the way for the freshman class was Lexi Kubas, going 2-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles alongside partner junior Michelle McKamey.

“We’ve never played with each other before, but it was awesome,” Kubas said. “It was so much fun, the teams were all really competitive.

There was no easy matches.

So it was really awesome getting to play different kinds of people, getting to play at the collegiate level.”

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Freshman Lexi Kubas prepares to strike the ball Sept. 29 at IU Varsity Tennis Courts. Kubas played during the IU Hoosier Classic from Sept. 27-29.

And playing at the collegiate level allows Kubas to do something she said she has always loved and didn’t get to do while competing in under-18 tournaments: be part of a team.

“Usually in junior tournaments you’re just by yourself,” Kubas said. “You’re not with anyone. You’re not

cheering anyone besides some of your friends. But everyone’s cheering for you, and it’s just so encouraging.”

Returning to the team are redshirt senior Caitlin Bernard and juniors Jelly Bozovic and McKamey.

Bernard went 2-1 in singles action and 2-2 in doubles while partnering

with both Andrinopoulos and McKamey. Last season,Bernard was 11-20 in singles and 28-8 as a doubles competitor.

“I feel like I have a lot of experience to bring, especially being the oldest one,” Bernard said. “I feel like just my actions off the court and on the court can help every-

one.”

Azcui said the Hoosiers head into the fall season looking to improve and prepare for the spring.

“My emphasis in practice has always been try to get better 1% every day,” Azcui said. “And in this tournament I wanted to do that. I wanted to try to get better

1% every match, and I feel like some of the players have definitely done that.”

The next time the Hoosiers take the court will be when Bernard and Andrinopoulos compete in doubles at the Oct. 5-13 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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FOOTBALL

Three IU Media Monday takeaways Freshmen propel IU to 3-1 victory over Northwestern

By William Coleman

wicolema@iu.edu | @WColeman08

Following its devastating road loss at No. 25 Michigan State, IU football will have a break in its schedule. The Hoosiers enter their first of two bye weeks with a 3-2 record but zero wins in Big Ten play.

Monday afternoon, IU head coach Tom Allen met with the media to reflect on Saturday’s loss and look ahead to how he’ll approach this time off.

Here are three takeaways.

The freshman class is making a difference early Redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. put up riveting numbers in his return from injury and earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the second time this season. A number of true freshmen joined Penix in earning significant play time for the Hoosiers this weekend.

With senior offensive lineman and captain Coy Cronk out for the season with an ankle injury, Allen turned to freshman Matthew Bedford to fill the void in the trenches.

Bedford was expected to be one of several offensive linemen to come in and out of Saturday’s game, but nobody could have foreseen his initial production “Ended up starting (Bedford), and he played every snap,” Allen said. “We really weren’t, going into it, 100% sure he would be able to handle that type of workload in that environment for the first time ever, but he did a great job.”

It was no short order for Bedford either. It was his first start in his first true road game against a consensus top-10 defense, but the freshman persevered. The offensive line played as one despite its lack of Cronk, giving Penix plenty of time in the pocket and IU’s running backs the chance to break off big plays.

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Redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Penix Jr. looks before passing the ball Sept. 28 in Spartan Stadium. IU battled against Michigan State and lost, 40-31.

Tiawan Mullen played like a veteran on the defensive side of the ball. The Hoosier secondary struggled in coverage Saturday, but Mullen was in a rhythm. Lining up against some of the Spartans’ best receivers, Mullen broke up four passes without allowing a completion all game.

Allen was critical of defense, especially when closing out halves Plenty of positive thoughts have seemed to resonate with Allen after Saturday, but his biggest frustration is clearly with the defense. Things even got chippy on IU’s sideline against MSU when the head coach briefly went after defensive coordinator Kane Wommack with anger.

Allen, a former defensive coordinator, said he doesn’t need to apologize to Wommack for his actions and that the bigger task at hand is working to-

gether to clean up the Hoosier defense.

“Have to communicate better, have to do a better job defensively,” Allen said. “As we elevate our level of play and move into conference opponents, the margin for error becomes smaller and smaller in those areas.”

The fiery interaction between Allen and Wommack came at the end of the second quarter when IU had allowed a quick score to Michigan State before halftime. The Hoosiers needed to end the half with a stop but instead began the third quarter trailing by a touchdown.

At the end of the game, when IU’s chances rode on the defense’s ability to make clutch stops, it folded and allowed 19 points, the most in any quarter Saturday. Allen said it’s “unacceptable” for the defense to close like that in those scenarios.

The team is close to full health, and rehabbing was emphasized for bye week Aside from Cronk and his season-ending surgery, the Hoosiers are looking to come out of the bye week at full health. No IU players sustained any injuries against Michigan State despite the game’s brutal pace and tempo.

“We came out of the game healthy, which is good,” Allen said. “It’s a physical game against those guys, it always is. They play that style.”

One of Allen’s three goals this week is to progress with recovery and rehab of injured players, including sophomore defensive lineman Juan Harris and sophomore defensive back Reese Taylor.

Allen had no updates on freshman receiver Da’Shaun Brown and his timetable for return but expects Harris and Taylor to be active for the homecoming game against Rutgers at noon Oct. 12 at Memorial Stadium.

IU’s heralded freshman class shined bright under the lights of Martin Stadium on Thursday night as IU topped Northwestern 3-1.

A week after suffering its first defeat on the road to Butler , No. 8 IU has since responded with a pair of dominant victories.

Just as it did in its 1-0 win over California State University, Sacramento last Friday, the Hoosiers rode their No. 2-ranked recruiting class once again as they traveled north to Evanston, Illinois, for their second Big Ten match of the season.

Northwestern, who entered the contest on a fivematch unbeaten streak, looked to parlay its momentum into a fast start and an early advantage over IU. Following a slow start by both teams in the opening 10 minutes, the Wildcats went on the offensive in the 16th minute with a quality shot on goal that was corralled by IU freshman goalkeeper Roman Celentano.

Making his debut for the Hoosiers, Celentano got the starting nod as IU head coach Todd Yeagley opted not to go with senior goalkeeper Sean Caulfield, who had previously started every match this season.

Celentano made good on Yeagley’s decision, finishing the night with eight saves while allowing just one goal and earning his first career win.

Elsewhere, IU freshmen forwards Maouloune Goumballe, Josh Penn and Aidan Morris were instrumental in IU’s offensive attack.

After earning his first start last Friday against Sacramento State, Goumballe found himself back on the

bench to start the match against Northwestern. That didn’t deter him from making his presence felt, however, as he would go on to record a goal and an assist, both his second of the season.

Goumballe’s talent showed late in the first half as he used some crafty dribbling to get in front of Northwestern’s net and cause enough chaos to deflect a shot off his defender that found its way across the goal line.

For Morris and Penn’s part, the front-line duo remained aggressive all night and allowed IU to play the high-tempo offense that has been so effective for it this season.

After Northwestern’s Ugo Achara Jr. tied the game at one going into halftime, Penn responded in the 57th minute by finding a crease in the Northwestern defense and intentionally ricocheting a shot off his defender into the back of the net.

The shot put IU ahead for good.

The Hoosiers put the match out of reach in the 65th minute as Goumballe connected with Morris from five feet out. Morris tucked just inside the right goal post for his first collegiate goal and the final blow to the Wildcats.

Though frustrations have come and gone for a largely inexperienced squad, a strong showing against Northwestern and a 6-1-2 record midway through season have IU trending in the right direction.

With the Big Ten climate very much uncertain right now, the Hoosiers have a chance to pull away from the pack, but it’ll be up to their underclassmen to see just how far they can take them.

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Devonte Green named Indiana team captain

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Devonte Green voted for everyone.

On his anonymous ballot for team captain, Green didn’t want to vote for himself, and he trusted his teammates equally as leaders. He couldn’t pick just one person.

But everyone voted for him.

The senior was announced as a captain in a team meeting Monday, nine months after he was suspended from the team.

That didn’t matter to Green’s teammates. He had earned back their trust. He was happy his teammates saw him as a leader.

“I think just working hard, leading by example. Every day in practice just giving it all I’ve got,” Green said of earning respect from his teammates.

In the midst of the low point of his season, Green talked out to his brother, two-time NBA champion Danny Green.

“He would just tell me to stay with it, stick it through,” Green said. “Everybody’s journey and path is different, and he’s a prime example of that.”

Green’s head coach, Archie Miller, saw the suspension instead as a chance for him to mature as a player and as a leader. When he came back, Green was one of IU’s most prolific offensive players, nearly carrying IU back to NCAA Tournament contention.

“Sometimes opportunities hit you in the face to grow up,” Miller said. “Hopefully he’s grown up.”

Miller, wearing a red suit jacket and a white shirt with red candy stripes inside the collar, has seen a different Green since the suspension. It’s a Green who’s been more committed to his team than ever before. Miller saw it through the summer and

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Senior guard Devonte Green answers questions Oct. 2 in Rosemont, Illinois. Green said it was an honor to be picked as a team captain for the 2019-20 men’s basketball season.

into the fall.

For Miller, Green has never had an issue with his drive to play, Green practices for as long as Miller lets him.

Green’s new task is to learn how to be a leader.

“I think now more so than anything he’s got to find a way to give back to his teammates,” Miller said. “He’s got to find a way. I think his teammates have shown their respect for his game and the way that he’s done things and his talent. Now he’s got to give back to them with giving a little bit more of himself.”

Green is looking to the example set by his former

teammates, the leaders he looked to like forward Juwan Morgan in years past. He’s giving his teammates small lessons throughout the offseason and into the fall as Green tries to lead the team back to the NCAA Tournament, which the senior has never played in.

But he’s still learning how to lead.

That’s why Green still looks to former upperclassmen like Morgan to teach him how to be a leader, while immediately putting that into action. He knows the young players are going to look up to him as the captain.

He plans to lead by exam-

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ple, an example he’s implemented after his suspension provided the change Miller hoped it would.

“It’s been a rough couple of years, I’ve been unsure of myself at times,” Green said.

“I think recently I’ve come to be at peace with my game and myself and the work.”

“It’s easy to lose confidence, especially in your early years, if you have bad games or bad stretches or games where you don’t play as much, it’s easy to lose confidence,” He said “I think I’ve just matured recently and realized the position I’m in and just found peace with that.”

Green learned to keep

moving on, taking losses as lessons. He feels that’s made him a better person. By the end of last sesaon, he learned how he can best utilize his abilities.

The desire to lead by example extends beyond Green’s work ethic in practice to in the games themselves. Miller dubbed Green as IU’s most talented offensive player. It’s no surprise someone of that ability simultaneously being regarded as a leader will be the one his teammates consistently look for on the court.

There is no clear top scoring option for IU the way Morgan or Romeo Langford

were at the onset of last season, and that’s a role Green finds himself possibly stepping into.

“I learned if I stay aggressive and let the game come to me, I don’t need to force anything,” Green said. “It’s easier to make reads that way. I’m not trying to make any home run plays or anything. I’m just playing the game.”

Green’s run of success at the end of last season and the work he put in this summer gave him confidence heading into the upcoming season.

The trust and respect he’s earned from his teammates has does the same.

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100 N. State Rd. 46 Bypass 812-332-5788

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Contemporary: 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Being in Bloomington, we love our college students, and think they are a great addition to the Sherwood Oaks Family. Whether an undergraduate or graduate student... from in-state, out of state, to our international community... Come join us as we strive to love God and love others better.

Sunday Morning Schedule 9:00: Breakfast 9:15: Adult Sunday School Classes 10:30: Sanctuary Worship 10:30: Children & Youth Sunday School Classes An inclusive community bringing Christ-like love, healing and hope to all.

Jimmy Moore, Pastor Mary Beth Morgan, Pastor

First Methodist

503 S. High St. 812-332-0502

eccbloomington.org • cnxn.life Facebook: Connexion ECC Instagram: cnxn.life Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Connexion: Sundays, 6 p.m.

Connexion is the university ministry of ECC. We’re all about connecting students to the church in order to grow together in our faith. We meet weekly for worship, teaching, and fellowship as well as periodically for service projects, social events and more. College is hard, don't do it alone!

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor Dan Waugh, Pastor of Adult Ministries

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Scott Joseph, Lead Pastor

Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Robert Tibbs, Institute Director

Fall Hours: 8:45 a.m. & 10 a.m. @ Fourth St. Sanctuary (Classic), 11:15 a.m. The Open Door @ Buskirk (Contemporary) Summer Hours: 9:30 a.m. @ Fourth St. Sanctuary (Classic), 11:15 The Open Door @ Buskirk (Contemporary) Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., Jubilee @ First Methodist Jubilee is a supportive and accepting community for college students and young adults from all backgrounds looking to grow in their faith and do life together.

Meet every Wednesday night and also have small groups, hangouts, mission trips, events, service projects and more. Many attend the contemporary Open Door service on Sunday mornings.

Lisa Schubert Nowling, Lead Pastor Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Cooperative Baptist University Baptist Church ubcbloomington.org facebook.com/ubc.bloomington #ITSYOURCHURCHTOO 3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404

Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m.

Meals & Other Activities: see our social media Come visit the most refreshing church in town.

We love all students but especially reach out to LGBTQ+ students and allies longing for a college church where you are loved, welcomed and affirmed without fear of judgment or discrimination. You love the Lord already — now come love us too. Free coffee and wifi.

Episcopal (Anglican)

Rev. Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Music Minister

Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry at IU 719 E. Seventh St. 812-334-7971 • 812-361-7954

indiana.edu/~canterby canterby@indiana.edu • facebook.com/ecmatiu 812-361-7954

Sacramental Schedule: Weekly services Sundays: 4 p.m. Holy Eucharist with hymns followed by dinner at Canterbury House

Tuesdays: 6 p.m. Bible Study at Canterbury House 1st & 3rd Wednesdays: 7 p.m. Music & Prayers at Canterbury House Episcopal (Anglican) Campus Ministry is a safe and welcoming home for all people. We are a blend of young and old, women and men, gay and straight, ethnicities from different cultures and countries, students, faculty, staff and friends.

The worshipping congregation is the Canterbury Fellowship. The mission of the Fellowship is to restore all people to unity with God and each other in Christ. 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.

Mennonite

Inter-Denominational Redeemer Community Church 111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975

redeemerbloomington.org facebook.com/RedeemerBtown @RedeemerBtown on Instagram 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.

Chris Jones, Lead Pastor

Nazarene First Church of the Nazarene 700 W. Howe St. (across from the Building Trades Park) 812-332-2461 • www.b1naz.org

Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Small Groups : 9:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. & 6 p.m.

We are Wesleyan in our beliefs, and welcome all to worship with us. We are dedicated to training others through discipleship as well as ministering through small groups. We welcome all races and cultures and would love to get to know you.

Dr James Hicks, Lead 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

Disciples of Christ First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 205 E. Kirkwood Ave. (corner of Kirkwood and Washington) 812-332-4459 • fccbloomington.org

Sunday Worship: 10 a.m.

Jazz Vespers: 6:30 p.m. on first Friday of each month As God has welcomed us, we welcome you.

With all our differences – in age, ability and physical condition, in race, cultural background and economic status, in sexual orientation, gender identity and family structure – God has received each one with loving kindness, patience and joy. All that we are together and all that we hope to be is made more perfect as the richness of varied lives meets the mystery of God’s unifying Spirit, and we become the Body of Christ.

Helen Hempfling, Pastor

Wesleyan (Nazarene, Free Methodist) Central Wesleyan Church 518 W. Fourth St. 812-336-4041

4thstwesleyanchurch.org Facebook: Central Wesleyan Church of Bloomington, Indiana Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Evening Worship: 6 p.m.

Wednesday Worship: 6 p.m.

First Friday: 6 p.m. (Celebrate Knowing Jesus, open mic service)

Email: bloomingtonfirst@icloud.com Mother Linda C. Johnson+, University Chaplain Josefina Carcamo, Program Coordinator Ricardo Bello Gomez, Communications Coordinator Corrine Miller, Ben Kelly, Student Interns Rex Hinkle, Luiz Lopes, Nathan Stang, Music Ministers Jody Hays, Senior Sacristan Crystal DeCell, Webmaster

Facebook: Bloomington Institute and YSA Society

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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.

333 S. Highland Ave. 812-334-3432 studentview.lds.org/ Home.aspx/Home/60431 lds.org

219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396

High Rock Church 3124 Canterbury Ct. 812-323-3333

We have an Institute of Religion adjacent to campus at 333 S. Highland Ave. (behind T.I.S. bookstore). We offer a variety of religious classes and activities.

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Connexion / Evangelical Community Church

Latter-day Saint Student Association (L.D.S.S.A)

You've ended your search for a friendly and loving church. We are a bible believing holiness group similar to Nazarene and Free Methodist, and welcome all races and cultures. We would love for you to share your talents and abilities with us. Come fellowship and worship with us.

Michael Magruder, Pastor Joe Shelton, Church Secretary

Quaker Bloomington Religious Society of Friends 3820 Moores Pike (West of Smith Rd.) 812-336-4581

bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.

Hymn Singing: 9:50 to 10:20 a.m.

Our unprogrammed religious services consist of silent, centering worship interspersed with spoken messages that arise from deeply felt inspiration. We are an inclusive community, a result of avoiding creeds, so we enjoy a rich diversity of belief. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns. *Child Care and First Day School provided Christine Carver, Meeting Clerk

Lutheran (LCMS)

We strive to create an atmosphere where college students and local young single adults can come to play games, relax, study, and associate with others who value spirituality. Sunday worship services for young single students are held at 2411 E. Second St. at 11:30 a.m.

We invite all to discover more about Jesus Christ from both ancient scripture and from modern prophets of God. During the week join us at the institute, and on Sunday at the Young Single Adult Church.

Catholic St. Paul Catholic Center 1413 E. 17th St. 812-339-5561 • hoosiercatholic.org

Facebook: Hoosiercatholic Twitter: @hoosiercatholic Weekend Mass Times Saturday Vigil: 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. (Spanish), 5:30 p.m., 9 p.m. (During Academic Year) Korean Mass 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 6 p.m.

Weekday Mass Times Monday - Saturday: 12:15 p.m.

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

Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Lane 812-332-3695

www.uublomington.org www.facebook.com/uubloomington Sundays: 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m.

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.

Reverend Mary Ann Macklin, Senior Minister Reverend Scott McNeill, Associate Minister

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Latter-day Saint Student Association (L.D.S.S.A) 333 S. Highland Ave. 812-334-3432

studentview.Ids.org/Home. aspx/Home/60431 Facebook: Bloomington Institute and YSA Society lds.org Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

We have an Institute of Religion adjacent to campus at 333 S. Highland Ave. (behind T.I.S. bookstore). We offer a variety of religious classes and activities. We strive to create an atmosphere where college students and local young single adults can come to play games, relax, study, and associate with others who value spirituality. Sunday worship services for young single students are held at 2411 E. Second St. a 11:30 a.m. We invite all to discover more about Jesus Christ from both ancient scripture and from modern prophets of God. During the week join us at the institute, and on Sunday at the Young Single Adult Church.

Independent Baptist

University Lutheran Church & Student Center

Robert Tibbs, Institute Director

Lifeway Baptist Church

607 E. Seventh St. (Corner of 7th & Fess) 812-336-5387 • indianalutheran.com

Southern Baptist

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Bloomington Korean Baptist Church

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

College & Career Sunday Meeting: 9 a.m.

Sunday

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.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108, barnabas@indiana.edu barnabas.so.indiana.edu * Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

Sunday: Bible Class, 9:15 a.m.

Divine Service, 10:30 a.m.

The Best Meal You'll Have All Week, 6 p.m.

Tuesday & Friday: Service of Morning Prayer, 8 a.m.

Wednesday: Second Best Meal, 6 p.m.

Midweek Service, 7 p.m.

LCMS U Student Fellowship, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday: Graduate/Career Study & Fellowship, 7 p.m.

University Lutheran Church is the home of LCMS U at Indiana. Students, on-campus location, and our Student Center create a hub for genuine Christ-centered community that receives God's gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.

Sola Cafe is open 9-5 every weekday for coffee and a place to study. "We Witness, We Serve, We Love."

Rev. Richard Woelmer, Campus Pastor

5019 N. Lakeview Dr. 812-327-7428

mybkbc.org facebook.com/mybkbc/ Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

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.

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Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 idsnews.com

Editors Ally Melnik and Greer Ramsey-White arts@idsnews.com

‘Big Gay Debutante Ball’ film debuts

MUSIC COLUMN

Swae Lee: The King Midas of features Kevin Chrisco is a junior in journalism.

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The Bloomington Academy of Film and Theater is located at 411 E. 7th St. The “Big Gay Debutante Ball” will debut Oct. 11.

By Raegan Walsh ramwalsh@iu.edu

The Bloomington Academy of Film and Theatre will be covered in a sea of rainbows during the debut of “Big Gay Debutante Ball" Oct. 11.

With the show’s onenight-only performance landing on National Coming Out Day, audience members will be invited onstage to come out loud and proud in front of a welcoming crowd and celebrate themselves with a dance party, drinks and food afterward.

Instead of black-tie, attendees are encouraged to sport rainbow attire in spirit of the celebration.

The show spotlights the story of a young, midwestern preacher’s daughter who is nervous as she comes to the realization that she is gay but eventually reaches a level of comfort in the end with knowing how she truly identifies herself.

“Big Gay Debutante Ball” is one of the twelve productions writer Meg Anderson has worked on with her production company, Kinetic Dust. After premiering at the 2019 Queer Solo Fest in San

Francisco, the show will allow Anderson to come back to Bloomington, where she first got her start in theater.

“I have no interest in making fun of the traditional debutante ball — well, maybe a little — which was originally reserved for high society daughters to be presented as eligible brides but rather claiming the coming out part of ‘debutante’ — to debut, to come out — and be visible,” Anderson said in a press release.

Producer Rachael Himsel will be taking on live theater for the first time in partnership with Women with

Guts, a forum focused on celebrating women who put themselves out in the world with confidence.

In the event’s press release, she said she is hopeful about telling more stories of bold women on stage, as well as those who are quiet and not often talked about.

Sponsorship levels for the show are also available.

Benefits vary depending on amount donated.

Some perks include VIP tickets, front row seats for the group or a DVD of the show.

Tickets cost $20 online or at the door for $25.

Dennis James at IU for Halloween

By Greer Ramsey-White gramseyw@iu.edu

As the spooky season stirs throughout Bloomington, IU alumnus and organist Dennis James will return to the IU Auditorium to host another familyfriendly Halloween evening at 7 p.m. Oct. 24.

Tickets are on sale now ranging from $7-$28. Student tickets start at $7, and non-IU student tickets begin at $14.

Upon early arrival, audience members will get the chance to cross the auditorium stage for the annual costume contest.

James will then accompany the classic silent film “The Lost World” on the organ. This 1925 film tells the tale of dinosaurs roaming

the earth and their interaction with modern humans.

It is the first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name and features film star Wallace Berry as the protagonist professor Challenger.

Following the accompaniment, James will host a post-show Q&A session with the audience.

James attended IU for church and organ performance in the Jacobs School of Music.

He began playing alongside silent films in 1969 to "The Phantom of the Opera." His hopes were to relieve campus-wide tension amidst the height of the Vietnam War protest era, according to a News at IU Bloomington article.

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Swae Lee has an interesting portfolio, lending his autotuned voice to multiple different artists.

He was a part of two of the biggest songs last year: Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” and Post Malone’s “Sunflower.”

The interesting thing is that I can’t imagine these songs without Swae Lee. Oftentimes I’ll hear a feature on a pop or rap track and immediately spitball names of others that could have done it just as well or better.

I don’t do that with Swae Lee. He managed to make saying “someone said” over and over on "Sicko Mode" more compelling than Drake’s verse about falling asleep on a plane or whatever.

I could listen to a sprawling, four-minute track of Swae Lee just saying those two words. He ate that.

I can’t even begin to imagine “Sunflower” without him. He takes that chorus for a ride, letting the “oohs” fly, making the song entirely his own. Half the time I forget it’s a Post Malone song until Post shows up midway through.

So, how come Swae Lee can’t replicate these types of hits on his own? His own group, Rae Sremmurd, with Slim Jxmmi, doesn’t have near the popularity that Swae Lee does on his own.

I can’t think of anyone I know that actually listens to Rae Sremmurd. The last time I heard the band was when its 2016 song “Black Beatles” soundtracked all those godawful mannequin challenge videos.

“That girl is a real crowd pleaser,” Swae Lee sang as my

religion teacher stood frozen at the front of the room.

Why was that a thing? And what made that song a part of it? Why did writing this column unlock the cellar of my brain, allowing my teenaged demons to rise to the surface?

Why are all of my demons singing Rae Sremmurd?

These are all valid questions.

Honestly, Swae Lee performing better on features probably has a logical explanation.

He’s collaborating with strong, established artists with weathered teams of creatives. The production is sleek and polished. The songs are treated with care.

“Sicko Mode” has surgical beat changes. “Sunflower” has perfectly programmed percussion. Metro Boomin’s “Dreamcatcher” features haunting synths.

Rae Sremmurd has songs.

But Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi are just saying things over generic beats.

Rae Sremmurd doesn’t have anything unique or interesting to draw people in.

Listening to Rae Sremmurd is like eating a bread sandwich.

Listening to Swae Lee on another artist’s song is like eating Gordon Ramsay’s beef wellington.

Swae Lee should end Rae Sremmurd and just go solo.

In August he released “Won’t Be Late” with Drake. It’s not as exciting as other songs he’s worked on, but it’s a step in the right direction.

But I’m not sure if there really is a logical explanation to Swae Lee. It could just be magic.

I think he could make anything a hit as long as his name isn’t the first one on it. kmchrisc@iu.edu

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Dennis James at the keyboard of the Mighty Wurlitzer at the Coleman Theater in Miami, Oklahoma, in September 2007. James will be returning to the IU Auditorium to perform this month.

visit the IU Auditorium website or visitbloominngton.com.

Tickets are available online through the IU Auditorium box office or in person.

Eskenazi School offers free studios

By Ally Melnik amelnik@ iu.edu | @allylm1

The Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design will offer open studios 5:309:30 p.m. Oct. 11 in Kirkwood Hall, the Fine Arts Building and the Studio Arts Annex. The studios are

free and open to anyone.

The purpose of the studios is to ask questions about different arts programs.

It is also to test out firsthand activities such as ceramics, fashion and graphic design.

From 5:30-7:30 p.m in

Kirkwood Hall, open studios will feature programs such as apparel merchandising, architecture and interior design .

From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., open studios in the Fine Arts Building will span topics including digital art, jewelry, metalsmithing de-

sign and photography.

Finally, visitors can discuss and observe printmaking, painting and sculpture from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the Studio Arts Annex.

For more information visit the event website at go.iu.edu/openstudios19.

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee performs on the Sahara stage April 15, 2016, at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.

LAW DAY at IUB! Friday, Oct. 4

Interested in law school?

Consider these events mandatory!

Law School Admissions Dean Panel: 9:00 - 10:45 AM in Whittenberger Auditorium – IMU This program is designed to cover all elements of the admissions process from the perspectives of admissions professionals who read applications and make admissions decisions. Find out what is actually valued, what doesn’t matter, and what may be downright annoying.

Law School Fair – 100 Law Schools: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Alumni Hall – IMU Talk one-on-one with law school representatives from across the nation; obtain fee waivers, financial aid and employment information.

Questions? Contact the Health Professions and Prelaw Center at 855-1873 or hpplc@indiana.edu.

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Communications Specialist. Bachelor’s degree or professional certification. Part time – 20-30 hrs./wk. Starting pay - $15 an hour. The Communications Specialist will manage project team members to inspire congregation and community through a marketing strategy including: Designing Church-wide Graphics, Creative writing, Traditional print, Web design & maintenance.

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EMPLOYMENT General Employment

Call 812-333-9579 leasinginfo@grantprops.com grantprops.com 310

reference store 1991.

See you soon!

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1-5 BR. Close to campus.

812-333-4748 No pets please.

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Brand new Columbia size 8.5 medium hiking boots.

Never worn. 2 styles, $45 each. 812-322-0808

Fitbit Charge 3 with charging cable, purple and black wristband. $100. yiju@iu.edu

1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Bedroom Outstanding locations near campus at great prices Leasing now 2020-21

Beat Studio 3 headphones. Like new, $200, obo. slmedley@iu.edu

Beats Studio 3 wireless Skyline collection. Desert Sand, great cond. $300, obo. olsmolin@iu.edu

3 BR, 2 BA, A/C, a mile from Law School.

Unfurn., w/stainless steel kitchen. Avail. now.

Call/text: 812-325-0848.

Grant Properties

Misc. for Sale 12 pc. dinnerware set w/ 4 dinner & salad plates, bowls, & silverware. $15. yafwang@hotmail.com

Beats Solo 3 Wireless by Dr. Dre. Barely used, carrying case. $150. apclanto@iu.edu

HOUSING

Instruments Intermediate Yamaha YOB-441 oboe.

Great cond. $1,900. grhess@indiana.edu

Bicycles Electric bicycle in great cond. - Like new. $800.

812-349-8730

ELKINS APARTMENTS

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LOST ORANGE TABBY, answers to Zuko.

Lost North Bloomington near All American Storage. Microchipped.

Substantial reward.

703-303-1756

Used 20” Paiste Giant Beat Multi-Function (ride/ crash) cymbal. $210, obo. tedkunkel@yahoo.com

Apple Magic trackpad, white, perfect cond., like new. $65. pw7@indiana.edu

leasinginfo@grantprops.com

Lost

21.5’’ IPS Full HD (1920x1080) Monitor.

Good cond. $70. addunton@iu.edu

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ONLINE POSTING: All classified line ads are posted online at idsnews.com/classifieds at no additional charge.

General Employment

Welcome back students, Check us out!

We are looking for highly engaged applicants who are available for part time or full time positions.

We have everything from cashiers to management roles. Benefits include paid time off accumulated every hour worked, health and educational benefits and more! Starting wage is $11 and up! Apply at:

Used 18” Sabian HH Medium Thin Crash Cymbal: $160, obo. tedkunkel@yahoo.com

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Instruments

2018 Macbook Pro 15” (Warranty until 2022!).

Great cond. $1,650. scottlo@iu.edu

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REFUNDS: If you cancel your ad before the final run date, the IDS will refund the difference in price.

A minimum of one day will be charged.

PAYMENT: All advertising is done on a cash in advance basis unless credit has been established. The IDS accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, check or money order.

COPY ERRORS: The IDS must be notified of errors before noon the date of the first publication of your ad. The IDS is only responsible for errors published on the first insertion date. The IDS will rerun your ad 1 day when notified before noon of the first insertion date.

Electronics

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HOUSING ADS: All advertised housing is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act. Refer to idsnews.com for more info.

COPY CHANGES: Ad copy can be changed at no additional charge when the same number of lines are maintained. If the total number of lines changes, a new ad will be started at the first day rate.

Houses

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AD ACCEPTANCE: All advertising is subject to approval by the IDS.

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CLASSIFIEDS ADVERTISING POLICIES

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CLASSIFIEDS

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To place an ad: go online, call 812-855-0763 or stop by Franklin Hall 130 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday.

Full advertising policies are available online. idsnews.com/classifieds

Houses

2014 MacBook Air, 13’’, 1.4Ghz, 4GB, works great. $550 neg. aincast@iu.edu

!!NOW LEASING!!

August ‘20 - ‘21.

Omega Properties 812-333-0995 omegabloomington.com

2015 MacBook Pro, great condition. $550. rnswain@indiana.edu

1-5 BR. Close to Campus.

Call: 812-339-2859. elkinsapartments.com

2018 gold MacBook Air. 8 GB RAM and 256 GB memory. $1,050. kjharshb@iu.edu

NOW LEASING

FOR 2020 - 21 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 BR Houses, Townhouses and Apartments Quality campus locations

ELKINS APARTMENTS

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Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 Tuesday, Oct. 22 IMU Alumni Hall 10 A.M. - 4 P.M For more information, visit idsnews.com/housingfair

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