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The city still plans to dismantle the Seminary Park encampment.

Officials won't say when.

By Madi Smalstig msmalsti@iu.edu | @madi_smals

This is the most recent version of this story as of press time, 11 a.m. Jan. 13. Check idsnews.com for updates.

The people inhabiting Seminary Park and the items they have with them, including heaters, blankets, food and tents, remain in Seminary Park Tuesday morning, despite the City of Bloomington’s claim that they would be removed after 11 p.m.

Monday night.

The city ended a monthlong suspension of a rule requiring anyone staying in the park between 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to have a special use permit Monday night. The rule was initially suspended in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Beverly Calender-Anderson, director of Bloomington’s Community and Family Resources Department, said Tuesday morning the rule is no longer suspended, even though the U.S. had more than 300,000 cases in one day Jan. 8.

Mary Catherine Carmichael, Bloomington’s director of public engagement, said in an email Tuesday morning that the city is, “staying with our announced timeline of ‘on or about January 11.’” This means that the city will start regularly asking people to leave the park if they stay past 11 p.m.

But, as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the tents still stood in the park and close to the sidewalks along South College Avenue and South Walnut Street, which border the park.

Ryan Pedigo, Bloomington Police Department’s public information officer, said in an email that all questions regarding Seminary Park would need to be addressed by the Office of the

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Belongings of people experiencing homelessness lie in the grass on Monday at Seminary Park.

Mayor. He did not address questions relating to why BPD personnel did not evict those in the park and move their items to a parks and recreation facility, which was the initial plan.

Bloomington Homeless Coalition board members and volunteers, such as Molly Stewart, were at the park Monday night to provide support to people experiencing homelessness and help them if BPD personnel moved their items. Stewart said BHC and other organizations were working Monday on different efforts to stop the eviction.

BHC created an online petition to ask Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton to allow those living in the park to stay for the duration of the pandemic. Beacon, an orga-

nization that oversees programs to provide resources to people facing poverty in Monroe County, released a statement asking Hamilton to establish an immediate moratorium on evictions based on the alleged violations of the Eighth Amendment and the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends leaving encampments like Seminary Park’s alone.

Aries, a man who has been unhoused for about 12 years, moved to the park about two weeks ago. He said he is receiving more help, food and supplies this year in Seminary Park than he ever has. This is the first year he has ever celebrated Christmas and he attributed that to the community in the park and the volunteers who have

visited and donated items and food.

“This winter has been the winter for homeless. You know why? People give a fuck if they can see you,” Aries said. “If you’re asleep under their staircase, they just call the cops.”

He said because he’s been staying at Seminary Park, he was able to get a job moving large equipment for the owner of Japonee. Because he has a tent, he said he is able to have somewhere safe to sleep and a place to shave his face and get cleaned up for his job.

He said he had to leave early from his job Monday because he heard people were possibly going to take his tent away, which would have meant another night sleeping under a staircase on

Kirkwood Avenue.

Carmichael said the city is returning to enforcing the special use permit rule because they want to encourage people to seek shelter due to the recent cold temperatures.

Calender-Anderson said based on a recent census, there are fewer people in the park, indicating that at least some have found shelter.

Although the CDC recommends not moving these encampments, Carmichael said people possibly freezing to death is more of an issue than COVID-19. There have only been five recorded cases of COVID-19 in local shelters, and following a recent rapid test conducted by Beacon, none of the 23 people tested were positive, she said.

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Graduate Workers Coalition boycotts fees

By Emma Uber emmauber@iu.edu | @EmmaUber7

The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition announced a “fee strike” Monday in which its members will refuse to pay mandatory student fees. The group is encouraging other graduate students to join the boycott.

While certain courses and departments require additional fees, IGWC is primarily focused on the combined mandatory fee which includes a student health fee, technology fee, transportation fee, activity fee and repair and rehabilitation fee.

The combined mandatory fee for full-time students amounts to $703.19 for the spring 2021 semester, according to the IU Student Central webpage. This is an increase of 2.5% from the 2019-2020 academic year, in which the combined mandatory fee for full-time students amounted to $686.03. International students are required to pay an additional $350 per semester.

Coalition member and graduate student Pallavi Rao said the increase in fees was not accompanied by an increase in wages, leaving her to pay more in fees with a stagnant salary.

“Many students have just sort of come together and realized that we can't survive this,” Rao said. “I'm in my mid 30s, I'm going to be graduating hopefully this year, but I have no savings from being in grad school for the last 10 years.”

While IGWC has combatted these fees through numerous protests and petitions since 2019, the pandemic escalated the group’s outrage and limited its ability

IU reports 0.86% COVID-19 positivity rate

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

IU resumed COVID-19 mitigation the week of Jan. 3 and reported a 0.86% positivity rate — 58 positive results out of 6,745 mitigation tests. The dashboard update, the first of 2021, covers testing data from Jan. 3-9.

IU-Bloomington had a 28.95% symptomatic testing positivity rate.

Live-in greek-life students were not selected for mitigation testing last week. This is because few, if any, have returned to Bloomington as most houses are scheduled to have students arrive later in January.

Live-out greek-life students had a 0.9% positivity rate in 355 tests. All other off-campus students had a 1.2% positivity rate in 3,597 tests.

Dorm residents had a 0.5% positivity rate in 431 tests.

Staff and faculty across all campuses returned a 0.7% positivity rate out of 4,894 tests.

Voluntary asymptomatic testing of students, faculty and staff across all campuses had a 1.5% positivity rate out of 3,974 tests. Neither of those numbers is part of the overall mitigation testing data.

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IU to test all students weekly for COVID-19

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

All IU undergraduate students will be selected for COVID-19 mitigation testing at least once a week in effort to reach a goal of 50,000 total tests each week across all IU campuses, in an article posted to the school’s website Monday.

In the fall semester, IU conducted between 8,000 and 14,000 mitigation tests every week across all campuses.

To reach 50,000 tests per week, those in communal living settings such as dorms or greek houses will be tested twice a week. IU’s website said those students will be tested once on Monday or Tuesday and once on Thursday or Friday.

All other undergraduate students will be tested once every week, and 10,000 faculty and staff will be tested each week across all campuses.

The IU COVID-19 dashboard updated Wednesday and noted that increased testing will begin in February. The dashboard made it unclear if that increased testing will continue beyond February.

The increased testing plan will put IU closer to the testing numbers produced by the University of Illinois, which conducts among the largest university COVID-19 testing programs in the nation. Dr. Aaron Carroll, IU’s director of mitigation testing, consistently talked during the fall about working with Illinois and is hoping to have IU test SEE TESTING, PAGE 5

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A protester holds a sign with the message “Fees suck” during a protest Aug. 24 in Dunn Meadow. The Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition is calling for graduate students to boycott IU's mandatory fees.

to hold in-person demonstrations. Rao said she felt it is illogical to increase fees while decreasing access to university resources such as computer labs, access to academic buildings and activities.

Rao said the combined mandatory fee covers technology and activities that are no longer available to students in the same capacity as they have been in previous years.

“So why are we being asked to pay it?” Rao said.

IGWC released a state-

ment presenting its frustration with the fees and saying efforts to negotiate with IU’s administration were ineffective. In this statement, IGWC encouraged graduate workers to sign a pledge to withhold their payment of spring 2021 fees.

IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said the mandatory fees fund resources used by graduate students for both inperson and remote instruction. According to Carney, students with entirely online coursework are eligible for

reduced mandatory fees. A comprehensive list and explanation of fees is available on One.IU. According to IU Student Center, only students not residing in Bloomington are eligible for discounted fees.

Carney said fees account for additional training and equipment necessary for virtual instruction while also continuing to pay faculty and staff.

The fee strike is one of the coalition’s many initiatives to advocate for graduate stu-

dents. According to the IGWC website, other goals include instituting a minimum graduate worker salary that meets IU’s calculations for the cost of living in Bloomington and yearly raises that account for inflation.

“It's sort of scary to go into the world claiming you have an advanced degree that makes you an expert in your field, but you have literally no savings to fall back upon,” Rao said. “You just feel completely sort of impoverished by the process.”

Wayne Radford dies at 64

By Caleb Coffman calcoffm@iu.edu

Former IU men’s basketball player Wayne Radford died over the weekend at 64. He was a member of the 1976 undefeated national championship team.

"The IU Athletics family is heartbroken about the passing of Wayne Radford,” IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson said in a press release. “Wayne was an outstanding student athlete and a key member of some of our basketball program's all-time SEE RADFORD, PAGE 5

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Neurodiverse students face new obstacles online

By Avraham Forrest ahforres@iu.edu | @Avraham_Forrest

Distractions can be numerous while learning online, whether they be noisy environments, long hours of screen time or constant tempting phone notifications. While these obstacles to attention are widespread for students in the pandemic, the neurodiverse community at IU has especially struggled to focus in their virtual classes.

“Neurodiverse” refers to individuals with neurological conditions such as autism, dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. An estimated 20% to 22% of the world population can be classified as neurodiverse, according to the Neurodiversity Coalition on IU’s website. The term neurodiversity is meant to reframe these medical conditions from problems that need to be fixed to characteristics that should be celebrated.

Abe Shapiro, a 2020 graduate, was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at a young age. Years later he came to IU, where he noticed how individuals on the autism spectrum struggled with communication and social situations.

“I wanted to leave campus with the belief that I had done something to make life better for people on the spectrum,” he said.

Shapiro said he started the Neurodiversity Coalition in 2019 to support and educate IU’s neurodiverse community and inform the

public on what neurodiversity means.

“I wanted to allow another voice to be heard,” he said. “And neurodiversity coalition was really how it started.”

The need to support people who are neurodiverse is especially important in the anxieties of the pandemic, as classes shift online and the number of positive cases rise.

“You think about the general population and what everyone’s going through, and you take people with neurodiversity and you times that by two,” Neurodiversity Coalition co-President Benjamin Foley said.

Neurodiverse students often face issues with prioritization and time management, and with in-person classes severely limited, these issues have been exacerbated, Foley said.

Online classes do not have the face-to-face accountability of in-person learning, Foley said. Prioritizing the work of online classes can become a challenge because many neurodiverse students have issues with executive functioning, which involves skills such as time management and organization.

When IU sent students home at the beginning of the pandemic, sophomore Jayda Payne moved back to her home in Indianapolis.

She was living with her five brothers and four sisters while completing her online classes.

She said this situation

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IU student Ben Foley, Bloomington resident Hunter Cullen and then-student Abe Shapiro meet with visiting lecturer Nejla Routsong to discuss goals for the Neurodiversity Coalition on Sept. 27, 2019.

was especially challenging as a neurodiverse student because her home life presented a gauntlet of distractions that pulled at her focus.

“I have ADHD, and that was also a big deal for me, especially with COVID-19 and everything because I do not work well online at all,” Payne said.

Payne faces similar challenges this fall despite living in her own apartment. She said it was more difficult to take finals online because it was hard to perform outside of a classroom, an environment her brain associated with focus.

“I was doing my test, but

my brain could not stay focused for three hours to finish the test,” she said.

Freshman Brenna Henning, who is on the autism spectrum, said she experiences issues with time management and prioritization during virtual classes.

“With classes online, you need to be able to be very organized,” Henning said.

“But it’s hard when you have issues with executive functions.”

IU Spokesperson Chuck Carney said IU provides academic support services to hundreds of neurodiverse students through the Office of Disability Services for Students, even if not specifically

under the term “neurodiversity.”

“Whether or not the term was here, we’ve all always been working with people who have particular needs,” Carney said.

The university works with each student on a caseby-case basis, providing assistive technology in the form of hardware, software, alternative format books and classroom materials, according to the Division of Student Affairs website.

Counseling, extensions to assignment deadlines, flexibility with class attendance and “distraction reduced or private” environments for tests are also available.

Hennings received additional time for testing and communicated with her professors, but still struggles to manage her time.

“When you’re stuck in your dorm or your home situations, hours can feel like just minutes,” she said.

For Payne, in person classes meant she was able to visit a professor during office hours. She said the environment and presence of the instructor helped her focus. However, the pandemic caused office visits to shift online and introduced new issues with learning.

“She no longer had the same office hours, and it would always be some type of issue with the internet so I couldn’t even have office hours sometimes,” she said.

The university cannot address issues with distracting environments, but does its best to provide academic extensions and exceptions when possible, Carney said.

“We can’t control where they are off campus,” Carney said. “But we can control how courses are delivered and when things are available.”

As the university works to coordinate classes and limit the spread of the coronavirus, there is no blanket solution to issues neurodiverse students face. Carney said professors were advised to work with individual students as necessary given the circumstances.

“Again, it goes down to the individual instructors and dealing with an individual student,” he said.

Political panel discusses Capitol insurrection Students must sign

up for COVID-19 test upon returning

By Haley Ryan haryan@iu.edu | @haley__ryan

IU presented a discussion panel Friday afternoon to discuss the breach of Capitol Hill. Four political science, law and history experts spoke about impeachment and the 25th Amendment, factors causing the insurrection and future political implications.

Congress met to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory Jan. 6 before the process was interrupted.

Congressmembers evacuated when the Capitol was breached by pro-Trump rioters.

Elizabeth Bennion, IUSouth Bend political science professor, said she thinks the Democractic leadership in the House has prioritized filing articles of impeachment rather than invoking the 25th Amendment.

“I think there is a sense that they want to go on record saying that this behavior is unacceptable and to let voters know that they did everything they could,” Bennion said.

Ray Haberski, history professor and director of American Studies at IUPurdue University Indianapolis, said the impeachment of former President Richard Nixon is an example of how bipartisan support of articles of impeachment in the House led to Nixon being advised to resign rather than facing conviction in the Senate. He said if there was an impeachment of President Trump, it would probably fail in the Senate due to a lack of bipartisan support.

Gerard Magliocca, IUPUI Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law, said the way the government could choose to respond

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to Trump is still unknown.

Magliocca said Congress could choose to act with articles of impeachment, though this action would likely fail in the Senate. He said other resolutions are also possible.

“I think Democrats are concerned about sending a message to future presidents, that you know the actions that we’ve seen are unacceptable,” said Steven Webster, IU-Bloomington assistant political science professor.

Webster said there is a low possibility President Donald Trump will be removed from office before his term ends Jan. 20 because the 25th Amendment requires a twothirds majority vote in the Senate to be upheld.

The panelists said there

is a symbolic nature of impeachment, as it could serve as a message against the actions of the president even if it didn’t remove him from office.

“It’s unlikely that you would get Senate Republicans to do this and their votes would be necessary to actually sustain the 25th Amendment,” Webster said.

The panelists continued to discuss the future of so-called Trumpism after he leaves office, the predicted future of the Republican Party and the ability of Republican leaders to appeal to Trump’s supporters. Webster said impeachment could force Republicans to reveal what they believe the future of the party is.

“Do they back Donald

Trump because they think Trump and his style of politics is likely to continue to dominate Republican politics,” Webster said. “Or do they feel sufficiently secure that the Republican Party will look different in the future and therefore might vote to convict him.”

Bennion said because of social psychology we know that when a person’s identity is exceedingly aligned with a political party, it can cause hostility against people with opposing beliefs.

The panel ended conversing about if Biden can reunite the country amid ongoing political turmoil.

“It could be a real challenge to bind the nation together and build up support for democracy,” Bennion said.

Students returning to Bloomington for the upcoming semester must be tested for COVID-19 once they arrive, with the exception of students who have tested positive within 90 days of their arrival.

Students living in oncampus housing who arrive before Jan. 30 will take a saliva test and are asked to quarantine in their residence hall rooms until they receive their results.

If a student tests positive, they will be required to isolate for ten days and until symptoms improve either at their home or in the Ashton Residence Center, according to IU’s website.

IU will administer rapid tests for students arriving between Jan. 30 and Feb. 7. Rapid tests return results within an hour but are more likely to return a false positive than the saliva test, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A positive result from the rapid test will require the student to immediately take a saliva test.

If a student receives a positive test result from a rapid test, they are expected to isolate either at their homes or in Ashton for 48 hours while awaiting their second results. Students who receive a negative result from the second test will be able to move into their residence halls as normal.

Students living in oncampus housing arriving after Feb. 7 will take the saliva test and are expect-

ed to isolate for the next 48 hours while waiting for their results, according to IU COVID-19 guidelines.

Students who arrive after Jan. 29 cannot move into their residence halls unless they have a negative test result, and they are expected to wait for their test results either at their home or in Ashton. Students who arrive before Jan. 29 must move out of their residence hall if they receive a positive test and must quarantine at their home or in Ashton.

If a student tests positive, they cannot move into their residence hall until 10 days have passed and they are experiencing no symptoms.

Students living in greek housing or in Student Organization Housing must obtain a negative test result before moving into their house and must await their test results at home or at a local hotel. If a student tests positive, they must consult with their chapter to determine capacity for isolating in their house.

Students living in offcampus housing may be selected for mitigation testing. Emails containing information about mitigation testing are sent to off-campus students every Friday.

Students may request an exemption if they are not in Bloomington. IU encourages off-campus students to schedule a test as soon as they arrive in Bloomington.

Students are encouraged to isolate while waiting for their test results, and if they test positive, they must isolate for 10 days and until symptoms improve.

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Race for the Senate: How Georgia flipped and saved the nation

By Tiera Howleit thowleit@iu.edu

Only a full week into the new year, the U.S. has already seen its fair share of division, political polarization and attempted governmental upheaval. An attempted coup d’état took place at the U.S. Capitol just after Georgia’s runoff election results projected the two Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, would win their senate races Jan. 6.

A runoff election is held if the winning candidate in a primary or general election does not reach the minimum threshold of votes required to win that state.

According to Georgia law, if no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote, the top two candidates advance to a runoff election in order to determine a winner.

Exit polls from the Jan. 6 Georgia runoffs show both Democratic candidates were exceedingly more favorable to their incumbent candidates, Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, among Black women and men. The Democrats, however, were significantly less popular among white men and women with only 27% and 28% of white men and 31% of white women voting for Ossoff and Warnock respectively. Overall, more than 7.7 million Georgians cast their vote in Georgia’s runoff election.

IU political science professor Sean Byrne explained the importance of this win.

“The only reason the Democrats have a majority is because of the two Senatorial positions in Georgia,” he said.

These races were crucial in determining who controlled the Senate, and ultimately cast the tie-breaking vote in the event of a 50/50 split, according to Byrne.

Over the past 32 years, the senate has been split between both Republicans and Democrats. But, Democrats

held a majority all but one time for 50 years after Franklin Roosevelt’s presidency, according to Byrne.

Even though Democrats have a majority in the senate, their efforts and legislation will not necessarily be easily agreed upon and passed through Congress.

Professor Vanessa Cruz Nichols of the IU Political Science Department explained the need of a supermajority for Democrats to ensure legislation will pass.

Cruz Nichols said there is a filibuster rule that made it hard for former President Obama to work past. She said the 60/40 threshold of the existing filibuster rule is something that is still going to be a problem for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris because they have to gain a supermajority.

This Democratic win comes as a result of the hard work of grassroots organizations such as The New Georgia Project and individual powerhouses such as former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, according to Cruz Nichols and Byrne.

In 2014, the New Georgia Project launched as a voter registration program with a goal of registering all eligible, unregistered citizens of color in Georgia by the end of the decade. As of September 2019, the project had registered almost half a million Georgians in all 159 Georgia counties.

In a decadelong fight, Stacey Abrams has proven the Black and Brown vote could very well determine the outcome of an election for an entire state while also setting the trajectory for the nation.

Abrams helped register more than 800,000 new voters in the state of Georgia.

Her efforts were spurred from her claim that Georgia’s Republican Gov. Brian Kemp had been involved in acts of widespread voter

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President-elect Joe Biden, along with Senator-elects Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock, greet supporters on Jan. 4, during a campaign rally in the parking lot of Centerparc Stadium in Atlanta.

suppression in 2018 when Abrams ran against him for the seat.

Since then, Abrams has been determined to ensure all Black and Brown people who are eligible to vote in the state not only register but show up at the polls.

What happened in Georgia not only helped the Democrats gain control of the federal government, but also gave way to the fact that votes matter.

A majority of Georgia’s Democratic voters are Black — they make up roughly 30% of the overall electorate — and it was these voters who drove the strong Democratic turnout.

Overall, turnout reached 93% of 2020 levels in precincts where Black voters represented at least 80 percent of the electorate. When Black and Brown people come together, we are a

force to be reckoned with.

Black and Brown people are at the forefront of the list of individuals to thank and appreciate for this big win for the Democratic party The favor should be returned through legislation.

Black and Brown people have fought for equality and the same opportunities for hundreds of years, and a Democratic Senate could help address some of their needs.

“The disproportionate rates at which the pandemic has affected Black and Brown communities is huge,” Cruz Nichols said.

She said issues of police brutality and immigration will potentially be what the administration should address.

As the coronavirus pandemic surges and new strains are popping up within the U.S., Black and Brown

communities remain the populations with the highest reported COVID-19 death rates Black people are 2.3 times more likely to die from the virus than white people.

Black and Brown people account for a large portion of frontline workers, constantly placing themselves at risk of contracting the virus.

Biden plans to introduce a plan to increase stimulus checks and COVID-19 relief funds for U.S. citizens from the $600 proposed by Congress to $2,000. With Democrats in control of the Senate, Biden has an advantage to seeing this legislation passed within Congress.

This relief will help to create a financial cushion and support working class individuals living in low income areas.

Another issue that is pressing within Black and

Brown communities is student loans and the aftermath of obtaining a degree in higher education.

The average Black borrower owes close to $34,000.

With Biden’s proposed plan to forgive $10,000 of student loan debt for all borrowers, Black and Brown people will benefit financially.

While recent events such as the attack on the U.S. Capitol have shocked the nation, it is important to understand good can prevail.

Even though it may not happen suddenly, the efforts of unity found in Georgia and the entire nation have proven there is a shift occurring in this society and people are displaying which side of history they want to be on.

With this in mind, one must never forget the power that exists within. Use your voice. Use your power for good.

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How IU students can adapt for our second online semester

By RJ Crawford rjcrawfo@iu.edu | @rjsofamous

College teaches students valuable lessons both inside and outside the classroom. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, our campus has looked much different from what we are used to. We have had to learn to adapt to online learning and events while the world around us irreparably changes.

Last semester came with online classes, a difficult election, protests and figuring out how to live our lives as normally as possible.

These distractions can cause students to lose focus on important responsibilities such as school. However, that was last semester and we don’t talk about 2020 anymore.

Spring semester is here and it is time to redeem our grades, our social lives and our plans.

Remote learning can be stressful at times, so it’s best to prepare yourself. According to a report from University Business, 75% of college students reported feeling more anxious or stressed due to online learning. Online courses have affected students’ abilities to put their best foot forward because of a lack of learning in a physical classroom. Additionally, Education Data found that 63% of students indicated online instruction is worse, compared to in-person instruction. Here are some tips to help you navigate the spring semester.

Manage your Time In college, it is important to make sure you are using your time wisely. It is vital to get assignments done on time — the earlier the better.

The best way to track your assignments is to write them

down. A planner allows you to break up assignments and due dates in order to get tasks done in a timely manner while not overloading yourself and prioritize what is important.

You can color code to separate the big and small tasks of your week. Writing in color instantly creates an immediate relationship between the student and their work, according to How Color Coding Formulaic Writing Enhances Organization.

Timezy, an appointment scheduling website, stated if you spend 10-12 minutes planning your day, you’ll save up to two hours of time that would have otherwise gone to waste. Checklists and planners go hand in hand.

Cutting out distractions, such as your cell phone, can also help you stay focused. You never realize

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just how much time passes while you’re on your phone either. Research has shown that college-age students in the U.S. spend an average of 8–10 hours per day on a smartphone.

the first thirty minutes helps a lot. During this break you can check your phone, get a snack, do a quick workout or take a nap. This will create more endorphins, resulting in the feeling of more energy.

Take a Break Taking breaks is important when you’re dealing with stress and anxiety. According to Open Colleges, an education blog for editors, students who are overloaded with school work experience higher levels of stress and more physical problems such as sweating, headaches, exhaustion, stomach problems or sleeping difficulties.

Overloading yourself with school work and studying could take a negative toll on your body.

If I am dedicating an hour to studying, I find that taking a fifteen minute break after

Set Goals During your academic journey, you should set goals for yourself that highlight things you want to accomplish. Goals can range from getting an A on an exam to getting to class on time every day.

Writing down your goals can motivate you to be more persistent in achieving them.

According to an article from Mary Morrissey in the Huffpost, you become 42% more likely to achieve your goals and dreams by simply writing them down on a regular basis. When setting goals, ask yourself: What do I want to achieve? Why do I want

this? How can I go about this? How will this benefit me? When do I want to achieve this goal?

No matter what, school should be one of your top priorities and you should do whatever it takes to prepare yourself for excellence. An education can take you far and open many doors for you. Regardless of how you got here, you are in school for a reason.

Some other aspects that I find are important to a great semester are eating regularly, being active and finding something outside of school that interests you. That could be getting involved in an organization, a hobby or something else you do in your free time. Try not to overwhelm yourself by only focusing on school or you’ll stress yourself out and have no motivation to get anything done.

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The American flag at the U.S. Capitol is lowered to half-staff in remembrance of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick on Jan. 8 in Washington D.C. Sicknick died from injuries caused by Pro-Trump supporters storming the Capitol.

The attempted coup is grounds for students’ changing faith in democracy Curren Gauss is a sophomore in theatre and English.

Thousands of flag-wielding Americans stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C. to protest the results of the presidential election on Jan. 6. Entering the Capitol maskfree and arms bared, the group of alt-right protestors showed its support for President Donald Trump, chanting “Trump 2020,” despite it being 2021.

Republicans and Democrats alike agreed that the violence and disregard for democracy Jan. 6 was the absolute rock bottom for the United States as a whole.

However, the youth of our country know this is not true.

As these events unfolded, one thing became clear.

These “rock bottom” politicians agree America has fallen to is not new. From performative activism and police brutality this past summer, to ignoring late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wish not to be replaced prior to the presidential election, to anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers during a pandemic, to becoming a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention certified Level Four country; the U.S. is not just reaching a low point. We have been unacceptable since the start of the Trump administration.

The terrorism on our Capitol and the disregard for American democracy has left students to wonder if this so-called democracy is even worth putting their faith in.

“America is so much bet-

ter than what we’re seeing today,” Biden said in a tweet Jan. 6.

However, as a nation, we have not been better for far longer than just Jan. 6. It’s time to acknowledge that.

The violence we witnessed Jan.6 is what the U.S. is and has been. Young people know better, and we know we can change it.

The U.S. is, at its core, a melting pot of cultures, races, ethnicities and belief systems. However, after former President Barack Obama came and went, there was sure to be an uprising of those who see America as it was in the 1950s. The destruction of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was ordained when Trump was elected in 2016.

Citizens, especially young ones, have been feeling the

effects ever since.

With the current state of America, students have lost faith in democracy — plain and simple. The youth of our country have felt the betrayal of their parents and grandparents, who have been supporting the outgoing president or allowed the bigoted mindsets that led to his election to go unchecked.

The effects of these narrowminded beliefs have been felt stronger than ever as the U.S. dug itself further into the hole that is the Trump administration.

It would be easier to pretend like the issues in our country don’t exist. It feels safe to turn off a cell phone, to delete social media and to “unplug” from the real world, but the reality is that it’s not safe to unplug. It’s

selfish. It is a privilege to be able to ignore the news and the riots and the homegrown terrorism at the Capitol last week.

However, many students have not done this, with youth engagement actually increasing.

Tufts University’s Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement reported that between 52-55% of young people, aged 18 to 29, voted in last year’s presidential election. This is a sharp increase from 2016, when voter turnout for the same age group was 42%.

Terrified as they may be, young people refused to let the Trump administration repeat the past four years.

America’s youth have been abandoned by their guard-

ians again and again, left to face multiple “once in a lifetime” crises, and yet they still turn out to vote.

Stranded and rejected by American democracy, students have chosen to reinvent what the word stands for. Turning out in large numbers to vote in 2020, leading the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement this past summer and even wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that young people — abandoned as they may be — still care. The reality of the U.S. may have stolen their faith in national government, but it reinstilled the youth with a faith that they could change it in themselves. curgauss@iu.edu

LIKE IT IS

Here’s what Indiana Democrats can learn from Georgia’s recent wins Alessia Modjarrad is a junior in economic consulting and law and public policy.

With hard work and applying key action steps from Georgia, Indiana can become a battleground state for Democrats.

Despite President Donald Trump’s strong 16-point win in 2020, Indiana hasn’t always been a deeply Republican state. In 2008, Indiana flipped blue for former President Obama, and in 2012, Indiana elected Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly. Georgia hadn’t done either since 1992 and 1996 respectively.

Yet, Georgia flipped for the Democrats during the presidential election and won them two Senate seats this year.

It wasn’t magic.

These major wins for Georgia Democrats materialized after decades of perseverance, a clear strategy and leadership from Black women. Indiana can and must replicate their efforts here in order to build a sustainable future for Democrats across the state.

While organizations such as Fair Fight and The New Georgia Project registered large numbers of voters, the path to exponentially expanding the Democratic electorate was implementing automatic voter registration, AVR, in Georgia — something Stacey Abrams fought for as Georgia House Minority Leader.

In the two-year period between Georgia’s AVR im-

plementation and the 2018 general election, 702,635 residents registered as new voters and nearly 2.4 million voters updated their registrations. After Abrams lost by a mere 55,000 votes during Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial election, organizers looked to newly registered voters as a source of untapped potential for the 2020 election.

In Indiana, nearly half a million Hoosiers are eligible to vote but unregistered. Although not all unregistered voters are Democrats, targeted voter registration in communities of color can expand the pool of eligible voters to turnout during elections.

Furthermore, if Indiana Democratic elected officials make a concerted effort to pass automatic voter registration, we can capitalize on young voters. It’s a difficult feat with a Republican supermajority in the statehouse but nonetheless crucial to long-term Democratic success.

In 2019, Abrams released “The Abrams Playbook,” an online guide outlining the steps taken before, during and after her 2018 bid for governor. A common theme is the focus on voters of color, specifically by building on Georgia’s large Black electorate.

Abrams defied false beliefs of a voter participation ceiling when she “tripled AAPI turnout, tripled Latinx turnout, increased African American turnout by 40%, and increased turnout among young voters by

139%.”

Sens.-elect Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff used Abrams’ knowledge from 2018 to lead them to success in their runoff races. Both heavily prioritized voters of color to close their general election margins. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee invested in extensive polling on Black infrequent voters, Asian voters and Latino voters to create winning campaign strategies. Georgia grassroots organizations organized Black, Indigenous and other people of color (BIPOC) communities through direct voter contact and tailored outreach campaigns.

A significant difference between Georgia and Indiana is their respective demographic breakdowns — 52% vs. 78% white, 32.6% vs. 9.9% Black, 9.9% vs. 7.3% Hispanic or Latino and 4.4% vs. 2.6% Asian.

This difference inadvertently requires Indiana Democrats to rely on white Republican voters more so than Georgia Democrats have to.

Still, Indiana Democrats can broaden their electorate in meaningful ways by engaging communities of color.

“While Georgia isn’t the same as Indiana demographics-wise, we still have pockets of urban areas where we can do (similar work). We just have to do it,” said Jennifer Crossley, chairwoman of the Monroe County Democratic Party.

2020 general election turnout results paint a simi-

lar picture of missed opportunities for Democrats. Indiana’s three most Democratic counties — Lake, Marion and Monroe — yielded turnout percentages between the upper 50s and low 60s, lagging behind the statewide average of 65%. Boosting turnout with year-round community organizing could help close the Democratic vote margins statewide and significantly tip the scales in local and state elections.

If Indiana Democrats want to be competitive over the next decade, they must make a coordinated effort in local communities — specifically communities of color — to win offices back seat by seat. As seen in Georgia, prioritizing voting accessibility in Indiana is a must, especially as it pertains to automatic voter registration.

Heavily investing in communities of color is not the path to victory, but it is a necessary investment for Indiana Democrats to build a sustainable and competitive electorate over the next decade.

It took Stacey Abrams, LaTosha Brown, Nse Ufot and other Black women leaders years and millions of dollars to change the game in Georgia. This can also be done in Indiana. Once you step aside and pay attention to the important work being done by Democratic activists, “you would see that our Stacey Abrams are really here,” as Crossley said.

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A statement released by the Office of the Mayor Monday on its Facebook page said a census taken Sunday night in Seminary Park indicated about 15-20 people were staying in the area. The same statement said more than 60 beds were available to those experiencing homelessness in the area shelters, including more than 30 at the Wheeler Mission men’s shelter and 35 at the Winter Contingency Shelter for Women.

“While availability varies from night to night, our shelters consistently report ample vacancies at their facilities,” the state-

with the other people at Seminary Park.

“Here we have community,” he said. “We have safety in numbers. We have people that got our backs.”

Stewart said BHC has worked hard to get people supplies to keep them warm for the winter, such as tents and heaters, and she feels the city should leave the homeless encampment in the park alone for now.

“We’re trying to make this winter livable, and it’s like the city could just leave us alone and we could all survive it and then try to fix it for next year,” she said.

Aries said he believes the city should wait until it starts to get warmer to make people leave the park because it is easier to survive without a tent in the spring.

“But, in winter, it’s death,” he said. “It’s death.”

ment said.

However, the statement released by Beacon said a survey conducted by its outreach team found 38 were sleeping in the park and estimated about 20-25 people are sleeping in other camps. It also said there are many people who are sleeping in vehicles.

“With Friend's Place at capacity and Wheeler Mission near capacity, forcing people to vacate Seminary Park will cause them to retreat to more distant, hidden, and unsafe locations, further away from the services they need,” Beacon’s Facebook post said.

Aries said some people in the park do not want to go to local shelters because of personal reasons such as religious differences with the shelter management or issues with people working at the facilities. He said he doesn’t want to go to a shelter because he shares a sense of community

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The testing data reported in this dashboard update brought the Bloomington campus to a calculated prevalence rate — the percentage of people currently infected with a disease — to 0.8%.

Ashton Center is currently empty. Since IU began reporting Ashton’s capacity data in September, this is the first time the dorm has been empty after a week of mitigation testing.

There are fewer students in town because of winter break, but Ashton had some students living there over Thanksgiving break, as well as early in winter break.

Much of the data from this update and the next month will be from on-arrival testing, which began on Jan. 3. But it does not appear IU will have a separate tally for on-arrival data like it did in the fall. IU listed results for on-arrival testing in its own category on the testing dashboard in August.

on the same scale.

Throughout the fall, Illinois would often conduct more tests in a day than IU did in a week.

Illinois has already conducted over one million COVID-19 tests compared to IU’s roughly 175,000 mitigation tests.

IU completed its own labs this winter, and those labs have lowered IU’s overall testing expenses for each test compared to the fall. That allows the school to increase its own testing capacity.

In the fall — before the labs were completed — IU spent far more money as it sent all of its tests to Vault labs in New Jersey.

The IU Auditorium and Cramer Marching Hundred Hall — which are being used as sites for on-arrival testing — will continue to be used as mitigation testing sites this spring. The school also is trialing a drivethrough mitigation testing option which will be trialed this week in Bloomington. That will be conducted at the East Parking Garage on the lower level.

great teams in the 1970s."

Radford played for IU from 1975-78, averaging 8.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in his career. As a senior, he averaged 15.6 points per game and led the Hoosiers in field goal percentage while shooting 57.9%. He was named team MVP. Radford was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 and was a member of the 1999 Silver Anniversary team.

In 1978, he was the No. 27 pick in the NBA draft by the Indianapolis Pacers.

Radford was a member of the IU Varsity Club and a member of IU’s Varsity Club National Board of Directors.

“Wayne did all of that because he loved IU and IU Athletics,” Dolson said. “He was committed to making a difference on behalf of our student athletes."

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

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Lutheran (LCMS) University Lutheran Church & Student Center 607 E. 7th St. 812-336-5387

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Divine Service 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday & Friday: Morning Prayer 8 a.m.

Wednesday: Midweek Service 7 p.m.

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University Lutheran is the home LCMSU at Indiana. Our on-campus location creates a hub for genuine Christ-centered community that receives God's gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ.

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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

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

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HISTORICAL DESTRUCTION

Capitol art damage shows rioters’ poor morals Ellie Albin is a freshman majoring in Journalism.

The world is familiar with the events that occurred in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

When pro-Trump rioters broke into the building, they didn’t just deepen the scars of an emotionally damaged nation – they left behind physical damage, too.

Just days after the riot, art curators have already begun to survey the Capitol to search for any damage done to the works of art that grace the rooms and hallways of the building.

To be blunt – the people who invaded the Capitol are despicable. One of the most heartbreaking and horrifying ideas about the whole event, though, is that these people thought they were doing the right thing. They thought that they had a cause to fight for.

They genuinely thought that they were dutiful Americans that are knowledgeable and respectful when it comes to this nation’s history.

But they aren’t. They never were. And they never will be. And that’s further symbolized in the damage they left in the Capitol.

After all, if they love this country so much and have so much respect for its history, why would they march into the Capitol, one of the foremost symbols of this country, and put old, expensive works of art at risk of being ruined?

Barbara A. Wolanin used to be the curator of the Architect of the Capitol, which

takes care of the art and architecture of the Capitol.

Paintings and sculptures she looked after for 30 years were suddenly put at risk.

And not everything fared so well.

Former President Zachary Taylor’s bust was stained with blood. A frame was found on the floor with the piece of artwork itself gone.

Someone ripped up Chinese scrolls. Someone else stole a photo of the Dalai Lama.

The sad part? Wolanin said it could’ve been worse.

Worse. It could’ve been worse.

Wolanin witnessed live on national television 30 years of her life – the time she spent as curator at the Capitol – becoming subjected to destruction.

And the fact that not a single person in the riots thought of the people who put in the work behind these pieces is simply symbolic of the carelessness of these rioters.

They don’t care that someone made those works of art. They don’t care that someone carefully selected them to be in the Capitol.

They don’t care that someone looks after them every day.

They don’t care that centuries of historical figures have graced those halls.

They don’t care that this singular building is symbolic of this genuinely precious and fragile American democracy.

All they cared about was making a statement. And, I just want to ask – what exactly was your statement, rioters? And did you get your point across?

This event has already become so cemented in our history that Capitol preservationists are actually considering leaving some of the damage to represent the tragedy that was Jan. 6. Obviously, that’s a risk – there’s a line between preservation and glorification. I’m still debating it myself, but I lean toward leaving one or two items damaged. Certainly not all of it.

But what we do know for sure is that it was so scarring – so damning – that preservationists are arguing that future generations need to be able to witness for themselves even just a small sampling of how horrific it was.

Blood smeared on the bust of Zachary Taylor is forever ingrained in my brain.

It’s an image so symbolic and genuinely haunting it makes me sick to my stomach. But it’s an image that will never leave me.

You know what, rioters?

None of this made you brave.

You didn’t make the positive impact you thought you were making – you wreaked havoc on a nation already in crisis in more ways than one.

The works of art that have lined the walls of the Capitol for years are not only products of someone’s hard work, but they’re relics of American history. Not only do they preserve and record history, but they remind us of the good and bad moments of our past.

They’re vital puzzle pieces in this country’s history.

And losing them would be devastating.

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REAL HORROR

Using murder victims in entertainment is dehumanizing Rachel Choi is a sophomore majoring in Psychology.

From true crime podcasts to movies on kidnapping and torture, we’ve all been guilty of falling down a rabbit hole of watching or listening to various stories on murder victims.

Recently on TikTok, the movie “Megan is Missing” made rounds as people relished in the jokes and shock horror of the tragedy of a girl who was kidnapped. The movie was loosely based on a true story, but that didn’t stop people from making jokes about Megan for entertainment. It dehumanized the victim and was a delegitimization of the events as real stories that should be feared.

True crime is one of our favorite entertainment genres. It’s not a bad thing to be intrigued by shocking stories, I’m guilty of it myself, but is it ethical to profit off of the stories of murder victims? “Crime” is its own genre on Netflix, podcasts and YouTube videos, though we know not all of these creators make money off of these stories to donate to the victims’ families.

It isn’t normal or ethical to have zero reaction to gory stories or to make jokes

about someone’s death.

Empathy is one aspect of humanity that sets us apart from other animals. When a story that should be met with empathy or horror is met with excitement or indifference, we are making real tragedies into only viewers’ entertainment.

A prime example of this is a podcast named “My Favorite Murder.” It covers murder in a desensitized way, and in turn, it makes the victims and murderers of these events seem like storybook characters rather than real people.

I first started wondering if movies or some documentaries that were created from the deaths of murder victims were exploitative when I watched “American Murder: The Family Next Door” on Netflix. The documentary follows Chris Watts and the circumstances leading up to him murdering his wife, Shanann Watts and their two daughters.

The documentary was interesting, and it applied eerie music and graphics which added to the entertainment value, but the documentary was met with criticism detailing how the producers simply brushed over one of the accessories to the crime, Watts’ mistress. There is evi-

dence that she was the leading motivator to the murder, but the documentary left out a lot of crucial parts of the story, maybe to create a certain narrative for more entertainment value. This is immoral and exploitative. It did not do the victims justice.

Tragedies aren’t limited to our television screens or handheld devices. Even Bloomington has lost people who had their own families and dreams. Three IU students, Jill Behrman, Lauren Spierer and Hannah Wilson, were the victims of separate attacks at different points in time. With all of the documentaries and news coverage relating to their stories, they are no longer small town tragedies.

The isolation of victims’ stories to create something entertaining for people to watch or listen to is detrimental to a person’s empathy and the way they view the world. It doesn’t make us bad people for enjoying a good scary story to listen to from time to time. It’s the companies which profit off tragedies to make money and reduce human beings to “just another story” that is the real tragedy.

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All but one of IU’s 18 presidents have been white, and all have been male. According to IU’s website, its presidential search committee is prioritizing minority and female candidates, but the committee itself lacks diversity, raising concerns among students and faculty.

IU’s presidential search is supposed to prioritize diversity.

But the search committee isn’t diverse.

By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

IU President Michael McRobbie plans to step down in June. This spring, IU will conclude its search and name McRobbie’s successor.

The next president will be selected by an 18-member committee in charge of conducting a nationwide search, screening and interviewing candidates.

The committee is composed of five IU Board of Trustee members, one student government member and a former Eli Lilly company CEO, among others. The majority of committee members do not interact directly with students on a day-to-day basis. Melanie Walker, an IU Board of Trustee member and white woman, is the chair of the committee.

The committee will name three to five finalists in early 2021, and a new president will be selected and ready to step in by the time McRobbie retires.

According to IU’s website, it is prioritizing minority and female candidates. McRobbie is IU’s 18th president, and all of IU’s presidents except Adam Herbert — IU’s 17th president — have been white men.

None have been women.

The committee is evenly split with nine men and nine women, but of the 18 total members, roughly 75% are white.

The committee is tasked with picking a diverse slate of candidates to replace McRobbie, but it isn’t diverse itself.

Underrepresentation on the search committee IU’s student body is roughly 66% white across all campuses, according to IU’s fall 2020 diversity statistics. Students and professors alike have voiced complaints over the committee being significantly more white than the student body.

Many minority IU community members feel their voices are not being heard enough in selecting the highest ranking administrator in the university. Minority students and faculty said they want to feel represented, but do not feel they are.

Carmund White, the Kelley School of Business Director of Diversity, said he expected nothing less as he scrolled through the committee website page for the first time.

Upper levels of administration — McRobbie, vice presidents and deans — are overwhelmingly white and may not necessarily have the same interests in mind as those of

minority backgrounds.

IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said the committee wanted to represent a cross-section of IU where people who will be directly affected by the new president are heavily involved in the search. He said the even split of men and women on the committee will be influential and considering candidates from a variety of backgrounds is a top priority.

“If we didn’t meet the other numbers in diversity, we certainly feel that the committee that we have are made up of people who have this at the top of their charge,” Carney said.

“Why does it seem like ‘one is enough’ when it comes to including ‘diverse’ voices? One is not enough.”

AJ Boyd, IU senior, African American and African Diaspora studies major

White said he knows and trusts some committee members, but that doesn’t alleviate White’s concerns.

White has seen IU make efforts to increase student diversity, but he doesn’t believe he’s seen increases in diversity in the administration.

And not seeing a diverse committee leads him to think his low expectations will not be changing soon, he said.

The advising committee There is a 26-person advising committee in addition to the search committee. Its task is garnering input from various student groups, departments inside IU and groups outside of the IU community on qualities and goals an ideal candidate for president should have.

Some of the outside representatives on this committee come from local law firms, the Indiana Business Journal and the Indiana Dental Association.

Rachel Aranyi, IU’s student body president, is the only undergraduate on the main search committee.

All other student input was relegated to the advisory committee. There are only two students on the advisory committee, and only one is an undergraduate — Victor Creed, a political science major in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI and a Black man.

Carolyn Calloway Thomas, the

chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, is the only advisory committee member whose expertise clearly lends itself to studies in diversity.

But there is no way for IU community members to directly reach the search committee. Carney said there have been town halls held to receive input on what the IU community wants in a new president, but those have been held with the advisory committee, not the search committee. The advisory committee is the supposed bridge.

That concerns White, too.

Even on the advisory committee, meant to bring more diverse backgrounds to the discussion of the next president, white men and women are again largely overrepresented. Of those 26 advisory committee members, 20 are white.

AJ Boyd, a senior African American and African Diaspora studies major, said she rolled her eyes when she first looked at the committee members. Boyd said she hopes some minority faculty members or students may have turned down spots on the committee due to other projects or roles pulling them in other directions.

“I hope that’s what happened,” Boyd said. “It did stop me from judging harshly, but I still think if that was the case, then there should have been an even harder push to find available POC candidates. It shouldn’t be, ‘Oh well, we tried.’ No, I want them to try harder.”

Roughly 75% of the IU presidential search committee is white

Nine out of 18 search committee members are male, the other half are female

20 out of 26 members of the advising committee are white

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Problems with search committees Israel Herrera, a senior lecturer in the Spanish and Portuguese department, was on the search committee to select Rick Van Kooten as the executive dean of the College of Arts and Sciences in 2019.

He said that white deans of di-

At least two-thirds of the faculty and staff of every school in IU-Bloomington is white White Black/African American Asian Hispanic/Latino Two or more races Nonresident alien Other College of Arts & Sciences Kelley School of Business Education Informatics Law The Media School Jacobs School of Music Optometry Global & Int’l Studies Eskenazi School of Art SPEA IU School of Public Health 0%

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verse programs don’t necessarily represent diverse staff in their schools. For example, Lee Feinstein, the dean of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies is on the advisory committee, but Herrera isn’t sure he can fully speak for international professors.

“I was able to see that there isn’t a strong representation of diversity and including representation from international faculty,” Herrera said.

White wishes the search committee was larger. He is happy with the committee’s gender parity, but he, like Boyd, wants more representation for other marginalized groups, like Black, Hispanic and international members of the IU community, among others.

“Some people would say, ‘Well, when is it enough?’ And my response is: It will never be enough,” White said. “I would like to believe that there’s not a concern that the voices of the majority won’t be represented. I would imagine that we all can agree that having more minorities, more women, more very hugely diverse people on such a committee would not all of a sudden tamp down on the voice of the majority — our white faculty, staff, students and administration.”

Bigger than the presidency White is less concerned with picking a candidate from a minority group and more focused on the fact that those minority voices are not

part of the discussion in choosing the next president.

He said Herman B Wells, a white man, certainly promoted and advanced the interests of Black students. Among his accomplishments, Wells desegregated parts of campus like the Indiana Memorial Union and helped recruit Bill Garrett — who would become the first Black basketball player in the Big Ten — to IU. White said there could be white allies on the committee, but those voices don’t replace minority ones.

Without more diverse perspectives on the committee, committee members are unaware of their blind spots, he said. A more diverse committee would help ensure no matter who is chosen as the next president, no matter what race, they have the interests of minorities at the core of their agenda.

“If it’s somebody who is a superstar ally and is going to uphold and consider all the voices that exist in this community, then so much the better,” White said.

The timing of this presidential search coincides with a year of Black Lives Matter protests and a national racial reckoning. White sees this timing as significant for IU and no matter who is chosen as the next president, people should not sit back and assume all diversity issues will be taken care of. White says there is still a lot of work to do at IU. He wants to change his expectations.

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TAKE IT LIKE A FAN

IU men’s basketball needs to rethink how it does laundry Bradley Hohulin is a sophomore in marketing.

Have you ever removed a load of clean clothes from the dryer and decided to power through without a laundry basket?

Unless you’re dealing with a particularly sparse bundle, you’re liable to drop something. A pair of underwear flops on the floor, you reach to pick it up and suddenly a sock comes loose and takes its place.

Throughout the second half of IU’s 84-76 victory over Nebraska, I couldn’t shake the mental image of head coach Archie Miller desperately trying to corral an oversized mass of linens to no avail.

The Hoosiers came out swinging, rocketing to a 46-34 halftime lead thanks largely to junior guard Rob Phinisee’s 16 points.

The Cornhuskers didn’t clamp down on defense as much as they politely asked the Hoosiers not to score.

IU distributed the ball accurately and shot 7-13 from beyond the arc.

That being said, the Hoosiers were far from a brick wall when trying to stop the Cornhuskers. With Nebraska 4% better from the field than its season average, defense was more of a suggestion throughout the contest.

While IU enjoyed success from the perimeter, sophomore forward Trayce JacksonDavis struggled early on.

Seeing Jackson-Davis held to only two points in the first half was sort of like watching your dad throw out his back while sneezing, a sobering reminder that even the strongest among us

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are not invincible.

Although Jackson-Davis is easily the Hoosiers’ most valuable asset, a stubborn reliance on him to score has repeatedly hamstrung their offense. This time around, IU cut its parachute off and trusted Jackson-Davis’ supporting cast to make plays.

That strategy worked wonders when Phinisee and senior guard Al Durham were sending rainbows through the net, but became untenable once Nebraska started tightening up on defense.

A pair of scoring runs propelled the Cornhuskers to a late lead, while the Hoosiers’ seemingly vast shooting range shrank like cotton in a hot dryer. It took Jackson-

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Above Freshman guard Khristian Lander shoots during the game against the Nebraska Huskies on Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lander finished with 3 points.

Right Freshman guard Trey Galloway drives during the Hoosiers’ game against the Nebraska Huskies on Jan. 10 at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. Galloway finished with 8 points.

Davis and junior forward Race Thompson’s combined efforts to secure an expected victory for IU. The Hoosiers have had plenty of flaws this year, from poor shooting to turnovers to simply getting pushed around by more aggressive groups.

At its worst, IU completely combusts on offense and gets blown out. At its best, there is still usually one glaring defect that hamstrings the Hoosiers — the proverbial sock falling to the ground.

Against Nebraska, IU controlled the glass and passed

the ball with confidence. Unfortunately, the Hoosiers also allowed the Cornhuskers to shoot nearly 40% from 3-point range and seriously eased off the gas in the second half.

This was supposed to be a matchup between totally disparate teams. IU is

a school obsessed with past memories, while Nebraska wants to forget its basketball program ever existed.

However, both squads blurred together like freshly dyed T-shirts in the washer, an indiscriminate blur of unnecessarily specific shades of red and white.

It’s a bit silly to complain about a road win, but I don’t think I’m alone in believing IU’s potential is so much more than what it regularly displays.

I doubt Miller and his athletes relish in moral victories or sloppy triumphs. Besides, I can only write so many words describing how awesome it is to see Jackson-Davis attack the rim with slam dunks or Phinisee drain a 3-pointer.

Tonight, the Hoosiers made it out of the laundry room with a win, but occasionally appeared weighed down by questionable play.

Needless to say, there are plenty of future Big Ten opponents capable of throwing far more dirty laundry at IU than Nebraska did.

For the Hoosiers to be the team I’m still somewhat hopeful they can be, they’ll have to iron out some wrinkles and neatly fold their roster together. Above all, IU needs consistency, a way of keeping their meticulously cleaned stack of clothing from tumbling apart.

Both on the court and in the laundry room, most of the time you just need a basket. bhohulin@iu.edu

THAT’S WATT’S UP

Effort on defense the key to earn increased minutes for IU’s reserves Doug Wattley is a senior in sports media.

Up 24 points late in the fourth quarter, the game was all but over for IU against Wisconsin Sunday afternoon. Both teams’ second units were in, and the clock was inching toward zero.

But by the way IU was playing defense, you would have no idea it was the last two minutes.

Junior guard Nicole Cardaño-Hillary deflected a Badger pass right at freshman Chloe Moore-McNeil, who then lobbed it ahead to Cardaño-Hillary for the easy deuce.

That play gave the Hoosiers the 73-47 lead, but at that point it wasn’t about the scoreboard. It was about hustling while guarding the ball for 40 minutes – a theme the coaching staff has drilled into their players’ heads.

Hitting open jumpers is ‘the cherry on top,’ as head coach Teri Moren put it, but the fastest way players, specifically the reserves, can earn more minutes is by playing meaningful defense.

“The impact I’m particularly talking about is on the defensive end,” Moren said.

“Where they’ll talk, where

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Above Senior guard Keyanna Warthen attempts a layup Jan. 10 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

No. 19 IU defeated Wisconsin 7449 to move to 5-1 in the Big Ten and 7-3 on the season.

Right Junior guard Grace Berger works around a Wisconsin defender Jan. 10 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. No. 19 IU defeated Wisconsin 74-49 to move to 5-1 in the Big Ten and 7-3 on the season.

they’ll hustle, where they’ll focus will be on the defensive end.”

Moren has built the program based on a defensecomes-first mentality, and

victories have come as a result.

This season, the Hoosiers rank second in the Big Ten in scoring defense, giving up only 58 points per game.

Their offense is statistically in the middle of the pack, but their intensity guarding the ball has boosted them to a 5-1 record in conference play.

For the bench players to see more minutes on the floor, they need to follow that trend.

The second group was successful in that regard against the Badgers, especially senior guard Keyanna Warthen. Warthen and senior Ali Patberg were tasked with guarding offensivelygifted sophomore Sydney Hilliard.

“Key is an experienced guard,” Moren said. “She’s been asked to guard some of those opposing team’s best perimeter players because we trust her.”

Warthen played solid defense and also contributed with 6 points on 3-3 shooting.

Sophomore Grace Waggoner and freshman Kiandra Browne have also been rewarded with more playing time because of their defensive efforts. Waggoner is best at ending defensive possessions with her rebounding ability, while Browne’s ability to be vocal on the floor is impressive.

“For a freshman, she communicates at a high, high level that gives her teammates energy and that gives herself energy,” Moren said.

If you combine those players with Cardaño-Hillary who continues to start

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“They’re huge for our team and our future success,” Patberg said. “Everyone matters for our team, and that’s the truth.”

Realistically, the bench doesn’t have to produce much offense to help the Hoosiers win. Sure, it would help, but IU’s starters provided 62 of the 74 total points on Sunday, and Moren was still impressed with the effort of her reserves.

It was plays like the Moore-McNeil steal and breakaway layup for Cardaño-Hillary that made her proud.

“What we’re asking from those guys off the bench is not any less or any more that we ask from our starters,” Moren said, “but it will always start on the defensive end.”

IU will look to improve to 6-1 in conference play against in-state rival Purdue on Thursday. dwattley@iu.edu

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IU’s Tom Allen earns coach of the year award

IU drops opener 39-3 against Illinois

By Tristan Jackson tripjack@iu.edu | @tristan_jackso

IU wrestling’s young roster brought a lot of excitement heading into its shortened season, but that excitement didn’t translate into success in its season opener Sunday against Illinois.

The Hoosiers fell 39-3 at Wilkinson Hall against the Fighting Illini, with sophomore DJ Washington being the lone winner for IU in the 174-pound weight class.

“Just to get that first win and that first match off my back feels good,” Washington said. “I know for the team it didn’t go very well, but I know we have a really bright future here at Indiana.”

Washington got off to a quick start in the match, going up 4-1 in the first period, and then picked up two more points on a reversal in the second period to go up 6-1. His opponent, sophomore Trey Sizemore, was able to pick up two points from escapes late in the second and third periods, but Washington was able to hang on for a 6-3 win.

Washington and Sizemore were on the ground grappling and trying to get position on each other when, with 24 seconds left in the match, Washington appeared to be injured. After a short stoppage, Washington was able to finish the match, slamming Sizemore to the mat to secure the win.

Washington said he felt a pop with Sizemore’s knee on his ankle, but once he got up it felt fine.

“He really cares about

Allen was named the AFCA’s Coach of the Year, IU’s first since 1967.

By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

IU football head coach Tom Allen was named the 2020 American Football Tom Allen Coaches Association National Coach of the Year on Tuesday.

He is the third IU coach to win the award, joining Bo McMillin and John Pont, who won in 1945 and 1967 respectively.

Active AFCA members at Football Bowl Subdivision schools vote on the award. Allen was honored at a virtual AFCA awards ceremony.

Allen was named the Region 3 Coach of the Year

by AFCA in December.

Each region’s coach of the year becomes a finalist for the national award.

The four other finalists were the University of Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell, Marshall University’s Doc Holliday, Coastal Carolina University’s Jamey Chadwell and San Jose State University’s Brent Brennan.

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Despite Washington’s win, Escobedo said Washington may have let his emotions get the best of him during his strong start, which wore him down toward the end of the match.

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“It doesn’t get easier — it gets harder in the Big Ten,” Escobedo said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to prove we belong here.”

IU’s top-ranked wrestler No. 8 Brock Hudkins wasn’t able to pick up a win in his first match of the season, returning after a season-ending knee injury last year and sporting a large brace on his left leg. Hudkins fell 3-1 to redshirt sophomore Justin Cardani, who is ranked No. 22 in the 125-pound weight class.

Hudkins and Cardani entered the third and final

period tied 1-1, but Cardani was able to get two points in the last seconds against Hudkins. Escobedo said he felt like Hudkins played into his opponent’s game too much during the match.

“The guy kept backing up and Brock was just being slow and methodical with him,” Escobedo said. “He was kind of waiting around too much.”

Escobedo said while they need to make technical improvements, the underclassmen who wrestled brought a lot of energy.

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“It’s kind of hard to find positives through this, but I would say where we are now, this would be our rock bottom,” Escobedo said. “We could only go up. We have a lot of film to improve on and that’s what we need to do.”

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9 — It’s easier to grow shared financial accounts with Uranus direct. Collaboration grows more lucrative. Motivate each other to move fast, when conditions permit.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8 — Connect and share. Barriers to your work and health fade with Uranus direct in Taurus. Renewed passion energizes.

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Crossword

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Publish your comic on this page.

The IDS is accepting applications for student comic strips for the spring 2021 semester. Email five samples and a brief description of your idea to adviser@indiana.edu.

Submissions will be reviewed and selections will be made by the editor-in-chief.

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

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ACROSS

Difficulty Rating: How to play: Fill in the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9, without repeating a number in any one row, column or 3x3 grid.

1 6 11 14 15 16 17 19 20

Answer to previous puzzle

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BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY!

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Bobbleheads, e.g.

Jury decision Pair of Grammys?

"It's __ time!"

Old photo tint Dwarf who mixes up his words Angry reaction "This American Life" host Glass Meeting goal often not achieved Nuclear energy device Lip Firefighter's tool Indian noble Surly Soft palate projection Not what one would expect It went down in history Connects with Mexican bread Single-master Stable cleaner Tolkien tree creatures Palm tree superfood Ancient home Predator with a heart-shaped face

59 Card game with trumps 64 Hurricane season mo.

65 "The Shawshank Redemption" event, and what's hidden in four puzzle rows 68 Cravat or ascot 69 Like Caspar Milquetoast 70 Give a false idea of 71 Low 72 Deposit in the attic, say 73 Cheerleaders' assortment

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Private laugh Golfing mishaps Camera type, briefly Rural road feature Prefix with fauna Stick (out) 2019 Mena Massoud title role Free of commissions, as a mutual fund Young Darth Cookie containers Indigo plant Having four sharps Absalom, to David "PAW Patrol" fan Special ___ Caviar Clogs Thorny shrub Made a sudden move Rounded hammer part Lumpy, as a knit fabric Comes down on one side of something Court order Ride to the prom Algonquin language Severe criticism Fence crosspiece Manages to get, with "out" Military address "To Autumn," for one

DOWN 1 "James and the Giant Peach" author 2 Wind heard in Dion's "Abraham, Martin and John" 3 Desolate 4 Organ in a chest 5 Decides to leave alone 6 Biblical mount 7 Harmless cyst 8 Imitator 9 Slope 10 It may be crunched 11 Spell-checker, say 12 Lacking in joy 13 Rustled (up) 18 Bangkok native

Answer to previous puzzle

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Electronics

2020 Macbook Pro w/ Apple Warranty. Like new.

10th gen i5. $1350. mzubi@indiana.edu

Instruments

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Calculus textbook for Calc I & II honors. $30.

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2006 Ford Focus Zx4, 145k miles, clean Carfax, good cond. $2,750. hvtavern@iu.edu

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

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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.

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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.

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