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Mold still in rooms after being cleaned By Lilly St. Angelo lstangel@iu.edu | @lilly_st_ang
Bleeding Blue
Since September, IU students living in residence halls have been dealing with widespread mold problems. There has been visible mold found in 467 rooms in Foster and McNutt quads, which equates to 35 percent of the residence halls’ rooms, according to an email sent to students Nov. 7 from Provost Lauren Robel. The University has pinned the mold on extended summer weather, students leaving windows open while running their air conditioning and having furniture against air units. Some rooms still have mold growing back after being remediated more than once and having high-efficiency particulate air filters installed. The University has not been able to identify why the mold keeps coming back. “We’re still looking at any and all possibilities right now,” IU spokesman Chuck Carney said. “Right now we’re not ruling anything out.” Of the 867 rooms that have published results, 83 percent have acceptable mold levels, 13 percent have moderate levels of mold and 4 percent have unacceptable mold levels. Students with moderate levels will be offered relocation, but if they do not have pre-existing conditions such as asthma or allergies, the University said it is safe for them to remain in the rooms. Those with unacceptable mold levels will be relocated to on- or select off-campus locations. There are more than 20,000 species of mold in the world, according SEE MOLD, PAGE 6
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Jim McDonald, 1958 and 2018
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Tom Kendrick, 1956 and 2018 By Hannah Reed hanreed@iu.edu | @hannahreed13
New coach, jerseys helped 1958 team to Big Ten success By Stefan Krajisnik stefkraj@iu.edu | @skrajisnik3
Members of the 1958 IU football team stood on the field of Memorial Stadium on Sept. 15. On their heads sat powder blue hats that mirrored the jerseys former IU Coach Phil Dickens had his 1958 team wear in hopes of turning the program’s fortunes around. Coming off an 18-0 loss at Notre Dame to start the season, the Hoosiers ran out to face West Virginia wearing those blue jerseys rather than the usual cream and crimson. Players were confused after the jersey box was opened, but they went ahead with the concept. “I think it was a boost,” former player Tom Kendrick said. “My impression was, we’re a different team. We were whoever we wanted to be.” Fans were surprised as well, but after years of struggles the "Dickens Boys" closed out the season with an overall record of 5-3-1
and 3-2-1 in the Big Ten. The style of play was different then, so many of the final scores were in the single digits with IU barely sneaking by. That small advantage could have came from the spirit of the jerseys. “It made a difference,” Kendrick said. “Who knows by how much, but we were winning games by one point, so maybe it made enough of a difference to put us over the edge.”
“It made a difference. Who knows by how much, but we were winning games by one point, so maybe it made enough of a difference to put us over the edge.” Tom Kendrick, 1958 football player
Sixty years later, those hats resembled the blue-collar nature of many of the players. It resembled
the confidence and personality of Dickens. It resembled the bond that kept the team together even after 60 years passed — years that included wars, marriage, grandchildren and funerals of former teammates and coaches. “One of our teammates, in his final months of suffering various ailments before turning fatal, wore his blue hat every day, all day long,” Kendrick said in a letter to the Indiana Daily Student. “So, you see, the hats and what they symbolize, are still important to us.” The bond is something even fans and members of the Indiana University Alumni Association who were not around for the Dickens era still notice. “It’s a good implication of what makes these guys special, because they were able to do something so unique like that,” Director of the I Association Brian Brase said. Dickens came to IU in 1957 after spending time at the University of Wyoming, but he could not
coach IU until 1958 due to recruiting violations. He was forced to coach in an era that had rules limiting how many substitutions could be made in a game. As a result, players were forced to play all three aspects. Kendrick often found himself playing quarterback, tailback, kicker and various positions on defense. Freshmen were not allowed to play in their first season, but they spent most of their time at practice playing against the regular starters. That did not stop Dickens from being tough on his team. In 1959, members of the team approached captain Ted Smith asking him to convince an assistant coach to take it easier on the them. Smith approached Dickens about the issues, in which Dickens said he would take care of the issue himself. SEE BLUE, PAGE 6
John Mellencamp will give an acoustic performance as part of the 40th Anniversary of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center benefit celebration in December. Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American musician and singersongwriter who lives in Bloomington known for hits like "Jack & Diane" and "Hurts So Good." The event will also feature a conversation with Arjia Rinpoche, the director of the cultural center. Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of the father of Lama Tsong Khapa, the 13th century Buddhist reformer, when he was only 2 years old. He established the Tibetan Center for Compassion and Wisdom in California. He moved to Bloomington in 2006 when the Dalai Lama asked him to become the director of the TMBCC, according to the TMBCC website. The benefit will be on Dec. 14 at Auer Hall, a 400-seat auditorium in the Simon Music Center. Tickets go on sale Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. on the IU Auditorium website.
IU students mentor children at Bloomington schools By Ellen Hine emhine@indiana.edu | @ellenmhine
For some IU students, it may be shocking to walk into a lecture hall and see elementary school students filling the seats. But for members of College Mentors for Kids, it’s exciting to see children getting interested in a college education. The IU chapter for College Mentors for Kids is a service-group designed to get local elementary school students interested in and familiarized with college. College students are paired with first-throughsixth graders from Fairview, Tem-
pleton and Arlington Heights elementary schools in Bloomington. The children meet with their mentors once a week and participate in activities designed to introduce them to a college campus, such as watching chemistry experiments or meeting the IU track team. The activities are designed to show the children that they can do whatever they want as an adult, College Mentors President Deena Elsheikh said. “It’s really important that kids are able to see that they can accomplish whatever they want,” Elsheikh said. “Having this program and having a
consistent mentor every week, that kind of shows them that college can be good for them.” College Mentors was founded in 1995 by two IU students to help underserved elementary school students in Bloomington and Indianapolis. lt has 34 college chapters and 2,800 college student members across the United States, according to the group's website. Elsheikh, a senior, said she joined College Mentors her freshman year after hearing girls from her residence hall talk about the program. She was paired with a second grader student named Maren as
her first “little buddy,” the term the group uses to refer to children in the program. “It basically gives them their own personal cheerleader, someone who is there to support them and show them that you can be successful in college,” Elsheikh said. While College Mentors tries to familiarize children with the IU campus, Elsheikh said getting them to go to college isn’t the strict goal of the group. Instead, it exists to encourage students to pursue their passions, even if those passions don’t require a college education. “Basically, we’re just a constant
support system because a lot of them don’t have that,” Elsheikh said. Vice President Claire Malkovich said she joined the group her sophomore year after seeing a sidewalk chalk message about the group. “I guess I was always really drawn to being able to work with kids in different ways,” Malkovich said. Malkovich was a mentor to two students, a third grade girl and a sixth grade boy, before becoming a part of the executive board. Although executive board members SEE MENTORS, PAGE 6