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Bloomington plans for affordable housing

By Grace Franklin

orfrankl@iu.edu | @livvvvv_5

The Bloomington Housing and Neighborhood Development department announced plans to build new affordable housing units in northwest Bloomington on Aug. 24th.

HAND Director John Zody said the department takes three things into account when building affordable housing. This includes housing security, rental housing and home ownership.

“For this project, we are focused on making people’s housing secure,” Zody said.

Housing security focuses on making homes permanently affordable. According to an article in the HeraldTimes, permanently affordable is defined as 99 years.

Affordable and secure housing is one of several plans to help decrease Bloomington’s unhoused population.

“When it comes to homelessness, we are working to make it rare, brief and nonrepeating,” Zody said.

Although this project is

targeted toward underemployed residents, Zody does not want to exclude students from affordable housing.

“We try not to separate the population,” Zody said.

“We think about each renter as an individual and increasing their supply. We work with any developer that comes in and try to achieve some affordable housing with that development.”

IU junior Emily Anderson said the university lacks student parking and considering that most affordable housing is further off campus this is difficult for a lot of students, especially those paying their own rent.

“I think students should have more affordable housing options,” Anderson said.

“We pay a lot of money to go to school here already and when you add housing to the mix it can be expensive to get nice affordable housing that is close to campus.”

Zody said, when lowcost homes are built, people who want to become homeowners then leave their affordable units to buy these homes. When they leave their old units, it creates re-

placement housing for those looking to rent. This process is a continuum helping people become secure in their housing .

“Any additional affordable housing that we can add to the market is going to be a big boom for everyone across the board,” Dana Jones, a director at Wheeler Mission Homeless Shelter for Men, said. “We have a high population of underemployed individuals who stay here at Wheeler. Affordable housing will be very helpful for them.”

According to Jones, underemployed people in Bloomington are individuals who have a job and are not being paid enough. These people are experiencing episodic periods of being unhoused and typically make a wage of $15 an hour or less.

Zody said that the Bloomington HAND Department aimed this project to help those who are underemployed find affordable, secure and permanent housing, which in return will hopefully help decrease the amount of people who are unhoused in Bloomington.

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A view of downtown Bloomington is seen from the Seventh and Walnut Street Parking Garage. The Bloomington Housing and Neighborhood Development department announced plans to build new affordable housing units in northwest Bloomington.

Organizations offer support, services and mentoring

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A Safe Place sign is seen outside Bloomington Fire Station 4 on East Third Street Aug. 22. These signs are markers for buildings that are designated safe places for children in need of immediate help.

By Christina Avery

averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

Multiple organizations in the Monroe County area serve youth seeking support and enrichment. These

organizations offer shelter, mentoring and after-school activities.

Safe Place of Monroe County, a division of the national Safe Place organization, is a community-wide

outreach service for at-risk youth in crisis situations.

Program coordinator Brigitt Nasby said the program mainly focuses on helping those who are unhoused and those diagnosed with a mental illness offering youth-inneed shelter and counseling.

While the program primarily serves youth ages 10 – 17, Safe Place can also help people 18 – 22 years old with creating a safety plan and getting connected to longterm resources. The Monroe County program, run by the Youth Service Bureau, has been operating since 1987.

To utilize Safe Place services, those ages 10-22 can look for yellow and black Safe Place signs in windows of local businesses and community facilities, Nasby said.

When inside, they can go to a staff member and alert them they want to use Safe Place. That staff member will then call the Youth Services Bureau, who will send a program coordinator or

counselor to speak with the person.

Nasby said there are approximately 90 Safe Place locations throughout Monroe County.

After contacting Safe Place, Nasby said kids often choose to stay at the Youth Services Bureau’s Binkley House Emergency Youth Shelter, which provides emergency short-term programs for unhoused youth and youth in crisis situations.

However, Nasby said the program empowers youth to have a voice in how they get help. They can choose to only obtain counseling through Safe Place, or ask for help with contacting law enforcement. They’re also free to seek further support somewhere else entirely.

“We advocate with youth.

We advocate on their behalf, but in tandem with what they think as well,” Nasby said.

She said she encourages college students to volunteer with Safe Place and refer it to

those who might need it.

“It’s that community sense of looking out for one another,” Nasby said.

“Whether you think you’re going to use it or not, having that resource is always a good thing.”

Big Brothers Big Sisters is another organization available to youth in the Monroe County area. In Big Brothers Big Sisters, children and youth ages 6 - 18, called “Littles,” are matched with “Bigs,” adult mentors who volunteer to provide companionship and guidance through activities like playing games, visiting the library or talking and catching up with one another.

Elizabeth Mascharka is the fund development and marketing specialist at Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana. She said kids enter into the program for a variety of reasons — some may need a trusted adult in their life or a safe space to attend after school,

for example, or may be an only child seeking friendship.

“We just see that there’s such an array of adversity that individuals come in with, and we want to be that safe and accommodating space no matter what someone is experiencing or going through, if anything at all,” Mascharka said.

She said there are currently more than 250 children already matched or who are waiting to be matched into the program.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is also developing a “Big Futures” program, which provides mentorship to people up to age 24. An extension of the standard mentorship, Big Futures allows “Littles” who age beyond 18 while in the program to receive support with matters like education, financial literacy and career development as they transition into adulthood.

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Experts say debt cancellation Indiana defeats Illinois 23-20 plan provides relief, security FOOTBALL

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IU head coach Tom Allen celebrates as redshirt junior kicker Charles Campbell makes a field goal against Rutgers on Nov. 13, 2021, at Memorial Stadium. With redshirt junior and IU transfer Connor Bazelak at quarterback for the home opener, IU defeated Illinois 23-20 on Sept. 2.

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By Nadia Scharf

njscharf@iu.edu | @nadiaascharf

On Wednesday, Aug. 24, President Biden unveiled a three-part student loan forgiveness plan that will target debt relief, reform monthly repayment plans and forgive loan balances sooner.

Phil Schuman, executive director of financial wellness and education, said the plan will allow families struggling with economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic to put money away.

“The issue with a lot of families who have had student debt is they’ve just been

treading water at the very best as a result of their finances,” Schuman said.

Pell Grant recipients are eligible for $20,000 of student loan debt relief if they make under $125,000 annually or if they’re married and together make under $250,000 annually. Non-Pell Grant recipients are eligible for $10,000 of relief with the same requirements.

According to the White House, the plan should target low to middle-income borrowers of all ages. The Department of Education estimates nearly 90% of relief aid for borrowers no longer in

school will go to those earning under $75,000 per year.

Schuman said people underestimate how much the changes to repayment may affect their lives. Former repayment rates ranged from 10-15% of borrowers’ discretionary income while new rates cap at 5%, meaning the dollar amount paid could be cut in half.

Student debt repayment was paused during the early months of the pandemic, meaning borrowers wouldn’t accrue interest or be required to make payments during this SEE CANCELLATION, PAGE 4

By Garrett Newman

ganewman@iu.edu | @GarrettNewman20

Indiana football won its home opener and first Big Ten matchup of the season against Illinois on Sept. 2.

The Hoosiers, who came into the game without having a starting quarterback publicly announced, gave the reins to redshirt junior and Missouri transfer Connor Bazelak.

Indiana won 23-20 with the thrilling endingas the offense navigated down the field with no timeouts and just 2 minutes and 16 seconds left on the clock. Starting quarterback redshirt junior Connor Bazelak led the team effectively throughout

the game and managed a win in his first start as a Hoosier.

Head coach Tom Allen said he was proud of his team in the post-game press conference, especially when it came to the play of his defense. The Hoosiers’ defense made big plays in crucial moments when the team needed them most, including four takeaways and a pivotal turnover on downs near the goal line early in the fourth quarter.

“So proud of our grit on defense,” Allen said. “That goal line stand was special and Cam Jones, I can’t say enough things about that young man. He’s the heart and soul of this team.”

Jones, a senior linebacker, was a key contributor making play after play for the Hoosiers before leaving the game for a stint early in the second half. Allen briefly mentioned the team is not yet aware of the severity of the linebacker’s injury.

Allen also gave his thoughts on Bazelak’s first game under center.

“He’s extremely poised,” Allen said. “That’s one of the variables that stuck out to me since he’s been here, and it showed in that moment when you have to be under complete composure and find the open receivers and be accurate.”

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Indiana teachers face low pay, public criticism

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A sign for the Monroe County Community School Corporation Administration Offices is seen Sept. 2, 2021, during the afternoon dismissal at Bloomington High School South. The recent teacher shortage has caused problems for local schools.

Emma Uber

emmauber@iu.edu | @EmmaUber7

Indiana schools are facing a dire teacher shortage as the 2022-2023 school year begins.

There are 1,572 open teaching positions statewide as of Sept. 1, as well as an additional 1,174 vacant school leadership, office staff or student support staff positions, according to the Indiana Department of Education job bank.

The Monroe County Community School Corporation fares better than other districts — however, it is feeling the impact of the educator shortage as it continues to search for instructional aides, paraprofessionals and guest teachers.

MCCSC has managed to fill all teaching positions but had 15 unfilled teaching positions as late as July 25. Erin Stalbaum, assistant superintendent of Professional Learning and Certified Human Re-

sources, said the district hosted a summer employment fair to attract applicants.

“Our employment fair this July was successful in helping us identify individuals for certain positions, and we had people sign employment paperwork on site,” Stalbaum said.

MCCSC Superintendent Jeff Hauswald said the district’s proximity to IU and above-average pay helped MCCSC attract qualified teachers even as the applicant pool shrunk.

“MCCSC continues to see qualified candidates applying for most of our positions,” Hauswald said. “We credit the close partnership with Indiana University School of Education, as well as our competitive salaries.”

In the 2021-2022 school year, MCCSC teachers’ salaries ranged from $43,250 to $80,125, according to the Monroe County Education

Association 2021-2023 ratified collective bargaining agreement.

There will be an MCCSC referendum on Monroe County voters’ 2022 ballots, allowing citizens to vote on whether they want to increase property taxes to supplement school funding. If the November referendum passes, each teacher in MCCSC will receive a $4,500 annual raise. Additionally, support staff such as instructional aides will earn an additional $2.25 per hour.

Although MCCSC’s pay remains competitive within the state, Indiana pays teachers considerably less than neighboring states, according to the National Education Association. The average Indiana teacher salary in the 20202021 school year was $53,072.

Illinois paid teachers an average of $70,705 during the 2020-2021 school year, while Michigan paid teachers an average of $64,262.

Indiana’s average salary leaves the state ranked 41st in the nation for teacher pay.

Additionally, Indiana ranked 51st, or dead last, out of all 50 states and the District of Columbia in terms of teacher salary growth between 2002 and 2017, according to the Rockefeller Institute.

Sandi Cole, director of the IU Center on Education and Lifelong Learning and former public school teacher, said the COVID-19 pandemic made educator’s jobs more difficult and caused many to demand better pay.

“Educators have said in the past ‘I don’t work for the money. I love the kids. I love the profession,’” Cole said. “But the reality is, coming through the pandemic, more and more teachers are realizing they can’t make it on the current salary schedule.”

However, Cole said pay is not the only factor contributing to the teacher shortage.

Increased hostility toward teachers, both from parents and politicians, is driving teachers to quit, Cole said.

Indiana House Bill 1134, introduced in the state’s 2022 legislative session, failed to pass but would have required teachers to publish their lesson plans a year in advance, as well as banned educators from teaching “divisive concepts.” Indiana House Bill 1130, which did pass during the state’s 2022 legislative session, forces school boards to allow public comment during meetings.

Cole said she wants people to know teachers are not quitting because it is difficult to deal with kids, they are quitting because it is difficult to deal with parents.

“It’s not the kids. Teachers have a passion for kids and, historically, we’ve figured out how to teach all kinds of kids that come into the classroom,” Cole said. “It’s not about bad

kids. It’s about the lack of support that our legislature and parents are providing for teachers to really help kids learn.”

Paul Farmer, president of the Monroe County Education Association, said burnout, lack of legislative support and Indiana’s poor pay have been leading toward a teacher shortage for decades. Now that it’s happening, Farmer fears the problem will take even longer to solve.

“We’ve been predicting for two decades that we’re going to have a teacher shortage and now we’re actually starting to feel it,” Farmer said. “We didn’t get here overnight, and it’s not going to disappear overnight.”

Farmer said increased pay is critical, but burnout can only be solved by changing the public’s perception of the profession and encouraging community support.

“We have to find a way that the actual job itself is more sustainable, or at least survivable,” Farmer said. “We have to make the profession in the public’s eye more desirable to do. You go online and see people saying public school teachers are teaching racism, they’re teaching woke culture, they’re teaching our students who knows what. That rhetoric has to be stopped. This is absurd.”

But MCCSC has fared better than other districts throughout the teacher shortage, partially due to remarkable community support, Farmer said. Farmer, a lifelong Bloomington resident and MCCSC teacher of 34 years, said MCCSC attracts teachers even during a shortage because the county appreciates its educators.

“Our community is so phenomenally supportive of our public schools,” Farmer said.

“I just think our community is one of the best around, and if we are struggling getting teachers here in Bloomington with all of this tremendous support, imagine what it’s doing to those other communities that do not have the support that we have.”

Gables Bagels brings New York-style bagels to Bloomington Ruth Cronin

rmcronin@iu.edu | @RuthCronin6

Ed Schwartzman, the owner of BuffaLouie’s in Bloomington, just opened his second business, Gables Bagels. The new bagel store is located at 421 E. Third St. What started out as an idea to bring in extra revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, is now its own Bloomington store, selling authentic New York bagels.

Schwartzman was born and raised in New York City, his very first job being a bagel baker at a shop in Queens.

“Being Jewish and from New York, bagels are in my blood,” Schwartzman said. “It’s part of my culture and it’s part of who I am.”

When COVID-19 broke out, a trend in the restaurant industry was something called ghost kitchens, where people who already had a commercial kitchen would use it to make different food from what they were already doing, to generate more revenue.

This concept inspired Schwartzman to find out if it would be possible to sell New York bagels here in Bloomington, and it was.

This process consisted of

a New York company baking bagels to 95% completion and then shipping them to Schwartzman, who would bake them off.

“We didn’t make it easy for people to buy our bagels,” Schwartzman said. “You had to order them the night before and you had to order a minimum of a dozen. It was very confusing, yet people really responded. With the feedback I was getting from the community, I was able to convince my wife – because I need her blessing on everything I do – that there is merit in opening up a shop.”

Gables Bagels were sold in BuffaLouie’s beginning in January 2021. Schwartzman signed a lease for a separate shop about eight months ago, where he transformed a “vanilla box” travel agency into his New York-style bagel store that opened about three weeks ago.

They now offer 10 shmears, their own chicken, egg and tuna salads, imported New York sour pickles and even gluten-free options.

Schwartzman is especially proud of their own smoked whitefish.

Schwartzman’s friend James Douglas, who owns Boneyard Barbeque,

smokes salmon and pastrami for Gables Bagels. Schwartzman says they’ve now quadrupled their ordering on these items.

“We’re doing what I consider all legitimate east coast flavoring,” Schwartzman said.

“We’re also doing a phenomenal business in breakfast sandwiches. Sausage, ham, or bacon, egg and cheese on a bagel. We put a shmear on top to make it gooier and messier and better.”

Along with an authentic New York menu, Schwartzman puts equal effort into the atmosphere of his store.

Gables Bagels already has a crowd of regulars, and Schwartzman remembers everyone who comes in.

“To me, the more welcomed you make your guests feel, the better the experience,” Schwartzman said. “I don’t care how good your food is, if you don’t give your guests a positive, fun, upbeat experience they’re not going to come back.”

Gables Bagels has an option for delivery, and Schwartzman said the bagels will show up hot from the oven. They have a route, on which they deliver large orders on a regular basis to several

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A Gables Bagels neon sign is seen through the door of the restaurant Sept. 5, 2022, on East Third Street. The store is owned by Ed Schwartzman, who also owns BuffaLouie’s in Bloomington.

fraternities, the surgery center and the hospital.

Sophomore Griffin Wright is in Fiji fraternity, a frequent delivery spot for Gables Bagels.

“Gables have a distinct bagel texture that’s hard to find outside of New York,” Wright said. “Most of the bagels I’ve had in Indiana are an imitation of a bagel, but Gables taste authentic and have become

an integral part of Saturdays in Bloomington.”

Sophomore employee Aeriana Wiegand has seen Gables Bagels since its conception at BuffaLouie’s to the new store on Third Street. She works for Schwartzman at both places.

“Ed is the coolest boss I’ve ever had, and I’ve worked quite a few places for a lot of different people in the food

industry,” Wiegand said. “He’s constantly upbeat and energetic and really goes above and beyond for his employees. I’ve never worked in an environment where the owners themselves have facilitated that family-oriented staff.”

Gables Bagels now joins Bloomington Bagel Company as a popular destination for bagels in Bloomington.

IU named among most LGBTQ-friendly US colleges Grace Franklin grfrank@iu.edu

On Aug. 24, IU was recognized as one of the top 40 “Best of the Best” LGBTQ-friendly colleges in the country, according to Campus Pride. This ranking is based on the number of resources and opportunities a university provides to its LGBTQ students.

“It is an honor to be named on this list.” Bruce Smail, director of the IU LGBTQ+ Culture Center, said. “It is not the first time that we have been on this list. We have been listed every year for the past several years which is a good thing.”

IU currently has several resources for queer-identifying

students such as LGBTQ housing, a mentorship program, student groups and scholarships. LGBTQ students also have several leadership opportunities through the Queer Student Union, which was founded two years ago.

Although IU is well-known for being an LGBTQ-friendly campus, the LGBTQ+ Culture Center does not deny that homophobic incidents do happen on campus. The Center provides students with resources when these events do occur. “(Homophobia) can still happen at a (LGBTQ) friendly university,” Smail said. “But I think the important part is that if something did happen, there

are resources on this campus to support the students and to help advocate for the students.”

Through resources such as the Student Advocates program, queer-identifying students never have to feel alone if a situation occurs. This program is used as a resource for students to go talk to retired faculty about any challenges they are facing in their personal or academic life.

“I think this is an accurate ranking for IU,” IU Junior Scotty Vrablik said. “It’s always great to see LGBTQ+ resources throughout classrooms and academic buildings as someone who is a part of the community.”

IU Junior Willow Arenz said they did not expect a university in a small Midwest town to be LGBTQ friendly. However, IU has surpassed any stereotypes through the hard work the people here have put into accepting queer students on campus, they said.

"I’m gender fluid, so some days I’ll just be wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and other days I’ll be in a long, bright skirt and a full face of pink makeup," Arenz said. “All the faculty have been perfectly pleasant, and I’ve personally never felt discriminated against for being more expressive in my gender.”

The LGBTQ+ Culture Center offers a list of resources on its website.

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IU Cinema presents: ‘Home Is Where the Heart Is’ through Oct. 1 ByJay Upshaw

jnupshaw@iu.edu

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“Claudine” premiered March 30, 1974, at the USA Film Festival. In total, the series “Home Is Where the Heart Is” will show 10 films at the IU Cinema.

IU Cinema presented two films curated by the Black Film Archive creator Maya Cade on Sept. 1. These films are part of Cade’s complete series which will include various films exploring the theme: “Home Is Where the Heart Is: Black Cinemas Exploration of Home.” Running until Oct. 1, film topics explore various ideas of “home,” and how those relate to the African diaspora.

Thursday night’s showings included “Claudine” and “Your Children Come Back to You.” “Your Children Come Back to You” is a 1979 short film about a Black girl contemplating her racial origins as she struggles to find a place to call home in American society. The audience

follows her as new revelations shake the relationships in her life and change her understanding about her ancestor’s past.

Despite being the shorter film of the two, I enjoyed the racial queries proposed about Black people’s identities after colonization. The filmmaker’s choice of showing their loss of identity through a child’s eyes mirrors the rehabilitation of thoughts pertaining to “homeland” and “family.”

“Claudine” follows a Black woman in the 1970s of the same name who decides to start dating again. The audience then follows the highs and lows of her new relationship. Initially, Claudine believes her home is with her six children, but upon opening up her home and heart to new love, she comes to terms

with this change as her children get older.

I believe the film depicted the prevalent struggles of Black Americans resulting from environmental and financial racism at the time.

And, unlike other films of the decade, it went out of its way to show how the government gave more grief than relief to these marginalized communities.

On Sept. 8, IU Cinema will show “A Different Image” and “Alm’s Rainbow.” On Sept. 22, “Dreaming Rivers” and “Black Mother” will be presented. “African Women, U.S.A” and “My Brother’s Wedding” will premiere on Sept. 30 with a special guest appearance by Cade herself.

Finally, on Oct. 1, Cade will present the final films of the series, “Behind Every Good Man” and “Pariah.”

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The Black Alumni Book Fund offers discounted books to students

By Amani Gates

amagates@iu.edu | @amani_gates

In 2015, two University of Michigan graduates, after realizing there was no network for Black alumni to connect after graduation, founded ReliveTheBar with the goal of bringing their friends together for homecoming. RTB is a non-profit organization catering to Black students and their success at predominantly white institutions.

The organization sponsored campus student events, organizations and student entrepreneurs, then in 2017, they expanded to include the Black Alumni Book Fund.

Sennel Threlkeld II, ReliveTheBar co-founder and Kelley School of Business alumnus, said his focus was to figure out a way to give back to students of color.

The cost of books can be expensive, depending on the specific class and how many classes a student may be taking. It is easy to spend more than $50 on a single book,

which creates a financial burden and can ultimately put students behind on assignments.

“I recall, when I was in undergrad, how much of a financial hassle purchasing books could be every semester,” Threlkeld said.

Once it started, the Book Fund received positive feedback and interest from more alumni who wanted to help the students directly. While receiving his masters of administration at IU, Threlkeld continued the Book Fund in Michigan, yet he wanted to find a way to expand.

“What we were doing in Michigan can be easily replicated at schools across the country,” Threlkeld said.

“Students in Michigan are no different than the students in Indiana.”

The Book Fund has now expanded to five universities across the Midwest including Michigan State, Ohio State, University of Minnesota, University of Pittsburgh and Indi-

ana University. Within those five institutions, the Book Fund calls upon alumni to either sponsor a textbook for a student on campus or donate funds to the organization, which will be used to directly purchase the textbooks.

This is the first year the Book Fund has expanded across these five universities, and it plans on growing its fund to even more institutions. So far, the Book Fund has given over 700 books to students on campus.

Students who are in need of a textbook for class can sign up and will need to provide proof of enrollment for the fall 2022 semester at one of the universities mentioned.

Alumni who are looking to support a student can sign up to become a sponsor.

By doing so, individuals can make a tax-deductible donation to the RTB Foundation to help more students throughCOURTESY PHOTO out the Black Alumni Book The Black Alumni Book Fund encourages alumni to donate to its organization as the money will help buy textbooks for Black students. The Book Fund is present at IU, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Fund.

Minnesota, Ohio State, and Michigan State, where the Book Fund began in 2017.

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Police continue to bully in broad daylight

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Emmett Till biopic to focus on mother’s civil rights activism

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Students and community members march in protest of law enforcement stationed inside schools June 16, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. In response to the video circulating around Twitter, many users voiced their frustrations about the police.

By Sade Ajishegiri fosajish@iu.edu

In May 2020, as the video of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police spread like disease, countless enraged Americans took to the streets to demand that things in this country change.

On Aug. 21, 2022, another video began to circulate on Twitter depicting three policemen savagely beating a suspect who is pinned to the sidewalk. One officer holds him down while the other two knee and punch him, smashing his head into the concrete.

In the video, one of the officers looks up from the beating and makes eye contact with the camera before shouting something unintelligible.

The officer who was punching the suspect’s head into the ground looks up and points a finger toward the witness recording them. After that, the video ends.

The suspect being beaten is Randal Ray Worcester, a 27-year-old white man. He had allegedly threatened to cut off an employee’s face inside a convenience store the morning of his arrest.

On Twitter, the video has gone viral across multiple threads, with at least one of them gaining over 13 million views. Comments on the footage reveal the exhaustion people feel toward police corruption.

One Twitter user responded sarcastically to the video with “He’s getting served and protected.”

Another user brought up the suspect being white, implying his race will cause more people to side with him over the police.

The charges against Worcester are severe. According to a BBC article chronicling the subsequent suspension of the officers, police said Worcester became violent when confronted, pushing a deputy and punching him.

He was arrested on charges of terroristic threatening, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, criminal trespass, battery, assault and possessing an instrument of crime.

Still, the sheer viciousness exhibited as Worcester struggles underneath the officers seems hardly justifiable and way outside the realm of acceptable use of force. It is violent and unnecessarily prolonged.

Police felt comfortable enough to behave this way in broad daylight, not unlike how Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis kept his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost ten minutes despite there being witnesses.

Considering this, how long might Worcester’s beating have continued if no one had been recording?

Would it have ended with another murder?

Alinase Mzumara, IU se-

nior and member of the Black community on campus, cited the murder of Eric Garner as illustration of the lack of accountability within the police force, despite witnesses and even video evidence.

Garner, a 43-year-old Black man known to illegally sell loose cigarettes, was killed in Staten Island, New York, on July 17, 2014, after a policemen put him in a fatal chokehold. A video recording of his death circulated quickly. Pinned to the ground, Garner repeated “I can’t breathe” several times before falling unconscious.

“The original ‘I can’t breath’ guy, Eric Garner, that was on video.” Mzumara said.

“The dude jumped on his back and choked him to death. And then nothing happened.”

Indeed, Garner was killed over eight years ago. And it took five years for a judge to ultimately drop the charges against Daniel Panteleo, the officer who put on the chokehold. Meaning the officer was never held criminally responsible in a court of law.

Given the relatively minor allegations of crime that cause Black victims to be murdered without pause — Floyd with his counterfeit 20-dollar bill, Garner with his loose cigarettes — Worcester probably got off easy. But that only reiterates the racial disparity in how the police treat Black suspects — a fact well-established.

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By Sade Ajishegiri fosajish@iu.edu

A biographical film about Emmett Till, a Black boy lynched at the age of 14, and his mother’s struggle for justice following his murder will be released

by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in theaters nationwide on Oct. 28, after an initial limited release on Oct. 14.

“Till” is set in the 1950s, covering the events of Till’s kidnapping, torture and lynching — revenge for allegedly wolf-whistling at and flirting with the grocery store cashier Carolyn Bryant, a white woman.

Bryant exaggerated the encounter to her husband Roy, who — enraged — enlisted his half-brother, J.W. Milam, to help abduct the boy from his great-uncle’s house. The men then forced Till to drag a cotton gin fan to the Tallahatchie River.

They beat him savagely, gouging out one of his eyes before finally shooting him in the head and tossing him

into the river, tied to the cotton gin fan with barbed wire.

Till’s corpse was found rotting in the river a few days later, bloated and so mutilated beyond recognition he could only be identified by a ring he wore with his father’s initials carved into it.

Till’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, famously demanded an open casket funeral, so the attendees could see the extent of the brutality of his murder, a historical accuracy included in the trailer for the film.

The film’s trailer depicts the widespread horror and outraged reactions as the grotesque images of Till circulate globally. The trailer was released on July 25, which would have been Till’s 81st birthday.

Danielle Deadwyler stars as Mobley, with the film focusing on her activism within the growing civil rights movement. The movement was partly propelled by Mobley’s decision to have an open-casket

funeral and show the world what the racists had done to her only son.

Audiences took to social media to discuss the potential of the film and to weigh the emotional consequences of viewing such traumatic content.

Some Twitter users shared that they found the film’s depiction of racist violence disheartening.

“They depressed me but they also filled me with a rage that is not healthy. I endure these movies, not enjoy them.”

Other people agreed, but they admit there are those who need to see these films and television shows.

While some may avoid the film due to its brutal content, others are eager for its release, tweeting their excitement and hope for the truth to be brought to light.

The already divided attitude toward the film indicates that when it does release in October, it’s sure to spark and add to the essential conversation about Emmett Till.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While volunteering, “Bigs” are required to dedicate two to four hours per month to their “Little” for at least one year.

However, Mascharka said, many mentor relationships continue for years. She said one-on-one mentoring helps build trust and fosters closer relationships than are often possible in group settings.

“You’re able to have real conversations with your Big and with your Little and kind of create a space that feels like a tighter-knit relationship versus having a person speaking to a group as a whole and you feeling like you’re not necessarily being heard,” Mascharka said.

When they’re out of school, young children and youth grades K–12 can attend the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bloomington , which provides afterschool programming and fullday camps during breaks.

Courtney Payne-Taylor, operations director at BGC Bloomington, said the organization typically offers more than 70 different programs in a given year, including programs for music, sports, health and wellness,

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and leadership.

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic left many kids struggling with learning loss, Payne-Taylor said. The Boys & Girls Clubs also offers academic support, working with local school systems to align the subjects the organization teaches kids after school with the material they learn during school.

Leslie Abshier, resource development director, said participating in multiple extracurricular activities typically means families must take the time to drive around town and spend significant amounts of money. Many kids come to the Boys & Girls Clubs, she said, because it allows them to access several different programs each day in one location for a membership of $20 per year.

Some of the most impactful moments, Payne-Taylor said, are watching kids come out of their shell as they participate in the activities at BGC Bloomington.

“Finding their voice, feeling more comfortable with their peers in the club, developing better adult relationships,” she said. “We really see these moments on a regular basis.”

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time. The moratorium’s end date has been pushed back one final time to January 2023.

However, those eligible for loan forgiveness who continued making payments throughout the pandemic can apply to have those payments refunded, according to CNBC. “They’ve been doing, in theory, what they’re supposed to be doing,” Schuman said. “They were doing a really proactive thing in paying those loans, and the government said, ‘We hear you. We’re going to give you that money back if you request it,’ which is pretty cool.”

James Kennedy, IU’s associate vice president for University Student Services and Systems, has worked with financial aid throughout his career. IU students average $26,021 in student debt at graduation, Kennedy said, which is on the low end across Big Ten schools.

Kennedy said IU focuses on ensuring students understand their debt, and IU programs like student

notifications, student debt letters and advising with cost in mind help ensure students are aware of their debt and how they’ll repay it. He said debt cancellation likely won’t affect students now, as most students don’t start repaying loans until after graduation.

Still, any loan dispensed before July 1 is affected for those eligible, meaning current IU sophomore, junior and senior borrowers should contact their loan servicers to see if they qualify.

“Students who have already had loans here will see cancellations,” Kennedy said. “If that helps students, I think that’s a real positive.”

However, some people don’t agree that cancellation is for the better. After the announcement, the IDS asked for student and parent opinions on Facebook.

People said it wasn’t fair their tax dollars went to repayment when they had no say.

Kendra Bartlett, an IU alumna and parent to a current IU freshman, said she’s completely against forgiving student loan debt.

“I do not think I have the

'right' to send my child (to) any school. I have the right to send them to a school I can afford," Bartlett said in an email. “If you choose to ask for help (loan) then you must pay it back! It's that simple.”

She said the plan falls on those who didn't go to school or who have already paid their loans and said the government should slow the rise in college cost or offer interest-free loans instead of canceling them.

“I am not against those who need to take out a loan — I am against taking out a loan and not paying it back," Bartlett said in the email. “You are responsible for your own actions and must honor your commitments.”

Schuman acknowledged the plan’s taxpayer expense but said the money would have to come from somewhere. He said he sees the change the cancellation made in the faculty and staff he works with.

“With so much debt, there’s a tendency to not see that light at the end of the tunnel,” Schuman said.

“If nothing else, I see a lot more hope.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Bazelak finished the night with 330 yards and one touchdown while completing 54% of his passes. He also threw one interception, but the pass hit the hands of the intended receiver before bouncing off into the defender’s hands. The line struggled to protect the quarterback, but in the end, it didn’t affect the team's result.

When the game was on the line, Bazelak marched the offense down the field. The running game was held in check most of the night by the Illinois defense, but when it mattered most, graduate transfer running back Shaun Shivers found a way to get into the endzone to win the game.

Allen spoke about the importance of this win for the program, and what it meant to him personally.

“This teams been through so much, and they have continued to fight and battle and battle and battle and battle and they did it tonight,” Allen said. “I couldn’t be more proud. It’s a huge win for us.”

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KEEGAN’S VIEW

Masks need to become a facet of American culture

ILLUSTRATION BY JACK DONNELLY

Keegan Shoemaker (he/him) is a junior studying English.

The height of the COVID-19 pandemic may have ended, but many of us are still licking the wounds it left behind.

Just as we began to stop the bleeding, monkeypox began its crawl across the globe.

Deemed a national health emergency by the United States government and an international threat by the World Health Organization, this viral disease calls into question what precautions may be necessary to minimize its impact.

Among these precautions

is one that is known universally and intimately: masks.

I can't begin to imagine the sheer number of disposable masks I ran through during the pandemic's darkest hours. Wearing masks lowered the risk of contracting COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet the idea of having to wear one again, even for my health, leaves me feeling strangely — and ironically — ill.

This uncomfortable sentiment is not one that I hold alone. According to the public policy organization Brookings Institution, up to 20% of Americans have refused

to wear masks in public, despite government influence and data proving it’s safer to do so.

When this same group was asked why they chose to forgo masks, a staggering 40% responded it was their right as American citizens to do so.

In an ironic twist, masks — the devices designed to keep both the individual and the public safe — have become viewed by a hefty portion of Americans as directly opposing their ideals and culture, rather than protecting them.

This perspective is troubling due to the dangers not wearing a mask poses for both the maskless and those

around them. Diseases such as monkeypox can run more rampantly. In other words, the more people refuse to wear masks, the more people die.

Masks should become commonplace, not intrusive, in American society. While this may at first seem strange, we can examine Japanese culture as an example of society integrating masks into its lives not only during the pandemic, but for all sorts of illnesses.

According to Web Japan, a collective of information about Japanese culture cultivated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, mask-

wearing first became commonplace during the 1918 and 1934 influenza epidemics. Since then, mask-wearing by people suffering from mainstay and more minor illnesses, such as the common cold, has become a part of Japanese culture, rather than something temporarily tacked onto it.

With both American adversity and Japanese acceptance toward masks in mind, I'd like to encourage integrating mask-wearing into American culture, particularly for sick individuals in public.

It's very common in America for people ill with diseases like the common

cold to go to places like school, work, and the grocery store, despite the threat of transmitting their illness to others around them.

Making masks mainstream for Americans who are sick provides the benefit of reducing the spread of lesser illnesses. By normalizing mask-wearing in day-today life, more people will be willing to wear masks when it's vital to do so, like when we need to come together to combat COVID-level threats.

Masks in American culture must be viewed as lifesaving tools, rather than a threat. kjshoema@iu.edu

JARED’S JOURNAL

My kingdom for a Pizza Hut: The dissolution of the USSR Jared Quigg (he/him)

is a junior studying journalism and political science.

Of the late president of the Soviet Union, Margaret Thatcher once said, “I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business together.”

That should pretty much tell you all you need to know about him.

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, died Aug. 30. The liberal media wrote glowing obituaries, hailing Gorbachev as a great reformer who brought “democracy” and “freedom” to Eastern Europe. Ha! When discussing the USSR., the West will often use words like “totalitarian,” “police state,” and evoke images of the gulag and anything else they can throw at the world’s first socialist experiment in order to discredit it. Never mind many of these words and phrases can be used against the United States – the U.S. has the most incarcerated population in the world.

And never mind the incredible achievements of this socialist experiment, whether that be the vast advancement of women’s rights, the transformation of a destitute, tsarist backwater into an industrial power capable of beating back the Nazi beasts or putting human beings into space.

This column is about neither the faults of the U.S., nor the accomplishments of the USSR. It is simply about what happened afterward.

Afterward, of course, refers to after 1991, when the USSR. was dissolved, in large part due to Gorbachev’s reforms.

To ask the western media talking heads, the people of the Soviet republics were trading authoritarianism and economic planning for democracy and Pizza Hut. Well, they did get Pizza Hut. They also got a GDP decline in the 1990s worse than the Great Depression in the U.S., hyperinflation, a plunge of several years in life expectancy, and hundreds of thou-

Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev answers questions from the Chicago Tribune editorial board March 4, 1999.

sands of women sold into sexual slavery.

The post-Soviet 1990s saw mass unemployment, gross wealth inequality, rampant crime and what the Guardian called, “the most cataclysmic peacetime economic collapse of an industrial country in history.”

How did this happen? This devastation was the result of what’s called economic “shock therapy,” which is the idea of rapid liberalization of a statecontrolled economy into a market economy.

Imagine a country that guarantees employment, housing, healthcare and education almost overnight be-

coming a country that does none of those things. The Soviet constitution did all of this.

When that all ended? “Shock,” seems to be an adequate word.

And it wasn’t just eastern Europe who experienced the calamitous shock. Following the dissolution of the USSR, Cuba lost its biggest trade partner, causing the country to enter what was called the “Special Period,” a time of overwhelming economic insecurity exacerbated by the U.S. trade embargo.

Similarly, North Korea, a country once economically on par with South Korea, saw a marked decline after the end

of the Soviet Union, while it’s neighbor to the south began to grow wealthy.

The Russian people perhaps faced the greatest decline economically in the 1990s, but other former-Soviet republics didn’t fare much better.

Ukraine, for example, was the poorest country in Europe even before Putin’s destructive war. Moldova, another former Soviet republic, is the second poorest.

For all this economic hardship, did the former republics at least get the “democracy” that was promised?

Russia certainly did not.

Boris Yeltsin became the first president of the Russian Fed-

eration, and his tenure included the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis, in which he sent troops to abolish the Russian parliament, and the 1996 elections of which he’s been credibly accused of stealing. We can also thank Yeltsin for Vladimir Putin, his chosen successor.

But perhaps you think I’m just an ignorant socialist glorifying a defunct country. Well, don’t take it from me – ask the Russian people. A 2021 Levada Center survey of Russians found 63% of respondents regretted the dissolution of the USSR A majority of those regretful citizens were above the age of 40 and lived through it.

Was the Soviet Union per-

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fect? By no means. Its leaders made grave economic errors, particularly after the 1960s, and it limited civil liberties to a far too unreasonable degree. It was never the society Marx, or even Lenin, envisioned. But in many ways, as outlined in this column, it improved the lives of millions of people, and its fall was a complete disaster.

Gorbachev is largely responsible for all of this. His reforms accelerated the decline of the Soviet economy. He shouldn’t be praised in death.

He should be remembered for the suffering he caused his people. jaquigg@iu.edu

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SPORTS

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Editors Emma Pawlitz, Matt Sebree sports@idsnews.com

FOOTBALL

IU football offense was explosive, one dimensional

By Jacob Spudich

jaspudi@iu.edu | @spudichjacob

Indiana football possessed an offense desperately in need of a revival after 2021, a season in which it ranked last place offensively in the Big Ten Conference.

With that in mind, head coach Tom Allen brought in former University of Massachusetts head coach Walt Bell to serve as Indiana’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Throughout the offseason, Indiana’s offense was essentially kept a secret to the public. After all, the player starting at quarterback for Indiana was unknown until the Hoosiers took the field Friday night against the University of Illinois. Redshirt junior Connor Bazelak was eventually named the starter, confirming Indiana would use its University of Missouri transfer quarterback in the new offensive system.

Bazelak quickly gained trust from the Indiana fanbase. On just his second pass attempt as a Hoosier, the quarterback completed a 40-yard pass to junior wide receiver Cam Camper.

Bazelak and Indiana wasted no time while on offense, going no-huddle on multiple occasions. The Hoosiers played an offensive game pace that draws a familial resemblance to former Indiana men’s basketball head coach Branch McCracken’s “Hurryin’ Hoosiers”: a nickname given to his team’s common fastbreak style of basketball.

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New Indiana football offensive coordinator Walt Bell speaks at his introductory press conference on Dec. 12, 2021. IU won the first game of the season at home against Illinois on Friday in Memorial Stadium.

After the huge completion, Bazelak wasn’t done.

The Hoosier quarterback threw for 36 yards, going 4-11 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Bazelak let it loose and found graduate student wide receiver D.J. Matthews Jr. for 52 yards and a touchdown. Within the next

seven passing attempts, Bazelak found Camper for 39 yards and senior wide receiver Emery Simmons for 24 yards.

By the end of the first half, Bazelak had more passing plays above 10 yards — six — than below — five. The big play activity certainly fell to the

Hoosiers’ advantage, but a mere 12 rushing yards only allowed the Hoosiers a one-score lead of 16-10 going into halftime. Bazelak finished the first half 11-24 with 205 yards and a touchdown, undoubtedly one of the better quarterback stat lines Hoosiers fans have seen in recent games.

COLUMN: Indiana somehow pulls off improbable comeback thanks to Connor Bazelak’s heroics

By Will Foley

wtfoley@iu.edu | @foles24

With 2 minutes and 16 seconds remaining in the game and in need of the touchdown, there were few people in the stadium who thought Indiana would score. They were 75 yards away, and having missed several opportunities already, the outlook wasn’t good.

Connor Bazelak, though, had other plans. The junior transfer from University of Missouri — who had not been announced as the starting quarterback until game time — stepped up when it mattered.

Bazelak went seven of ten in the final march down the field, making up 70 of the 75 yards through the air.

He then used his legs to pick up four more yards to get Indiana to the 1-yard line, where senior running back Shaun Shivers punched it in with 23 seconds on the clock, sealing a victory over Illinois.

This wasn’t Bazelak’s first time coming up clutch.

On Dec. 5, 2020, as the starting Missouri quarterback, the Tigers were tied with the University of Arkansas at 40 apiece in the fourth quarter. Bazelak took over, commanding the Tigers to an

80-yard touchdown drive in just 86 seconds to take the lead.

After Arkansas responded and took a lead of its own, Bazelak proved himself again by taking the Tigers 60 yards in 40 seconds to set up the game-winning field goal.

Coincidentally, the same day Bazelak led the comeback for Missouri, Indiana defeated Wisconsin 14-6 in what was its last Big Ten victory prior to tonight.

If this can be expected of Bazelak in the future, the Hoosiers will be happy with their starting quarterback selection.

However, that isn’t to say all went perfectly with the game. While the win is a nice morale boost, if said concerns aren’t addressed Bazelak’s stellar play may not matter.

For a large portion of the game, the offensive line looked like swiss cheese.

Although they only allowed one sack, Bazelak faced pressure all night which gave him little time to create any offense. The run game was practically nonexistent all night, largely in part to a lack of blocking.

Before Bazelak led the comeback, Indiana’s second-half offense was hardly present. The Hoosiers col-

Indiana women’s soccer head coach Erwin van Bennekom let out a sigh of relief in the 56th minute of play.

When Indiana senior forward Paige Webber saw her shot against Indiana State University junior goalkeeper Maddie Alexander reach the back of the net, she gave the Hoosiers their first lead of the game, season and first point since Oct. 7, 2021.

Indiana defeated Indiana State 3-0 on the Hoosiers’ senior night, boosting the team’s record to 1-0-3 and extending its all-time winning streak against the Sycamores to five.

“I am so proud of the team after three games going 0-0,” van Bennekom said. “I’d like to say that I

knew the goal was going to come deep down, but full credit to the team for staying patient and not just getting too frantic.”

After playing a full half with plenty of offensive production but no goals to prove it on paper, it would’ve been easy for the Hoosiers to panic. Instead, they came out early in the second half with cleaner passes, sharper shots and a passionate mentality that yielded results almost immediately.

“At halftime, we decided that the plan was to move the ball and be patient,” van Bennekom said. “Once the first one went in, we knew things would come.”

Senior midfielder Alaina Kalin was a playmaking catalyst in the second 45 minutes. She dished out two assists on the first two Hoosier

IU women’s soccer wins 3-0 against Indiana State auplatt@iu.edu | @AustinPlatter

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Then-junior defensive back Marcelino Ball hugs then-sophomore linebacker Cam Jones on Aug. 31 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

lected just 70 yards in the second half, only crossing midfield once before the final drive.

Defensively, Indiana played extremely inconsistently. The Hoosiers allowed 448 yards, including 199 on the ground from Illinois junior running back Chase Brown. There were several big-chunk plays allowed and many missed tackles, as Brown and the Illini often slipped right through the arms of Indiana defenders.

The bright spot of the defense was forcing turnovers.

Indiana forced four fumbles, recovered three and made a crucial interception in the fourth quarter.

Most importantly, there was a fourth quarter goal-line stand at the 1-yard line to keep the deficit at one possession.

When it comes down to it, a win is a win. Indiana was lucky to have escaped with that outcome, especially in a Big Ten game. The Hoosiers have a long way to go, but as for now only one thing can be said: Indiana football is undefeated and atop the Big Ten.

Active offense propels Indiana women’s soccer past Indiana State epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

WOMEN’S SOCCER

By Austin Platt

WOMEN’S SOCCER

By Emma Pawlitz

Bazelak continued to rack up incompletions throughout the game, but the inability to hit his receivers was not the problem. Much like Indiana’s lack of rushing yards, the fault was with Indiana’s offensive line.

In the second half, it appeared Bazelak’s luck ran

goals — the first to Webber for a header and the second to junior forward Jen Blitchok, who weaved her way through defenders for a crafty goal in the 61st minute.

“She’s good,” van Bennekom said about Kalin’s lead in the Hoosiers’ offensive breakthrough. “Luckily, we have her coming back next year for one more year.”

In addition to Kalin, Blitchok has established herself as a strong offensive leader for Indiana during the young season. It wasn’t until this matchup against the Sycamores, though, that Blitchok’s prowess came to fruition.

The junior accounted for 25% of the Hoosiers’ shots of the night, recording six out of 24, the 2022 team best. Indiana has increased its shot total from game to

game across all four contests, doubling the 12 it took against Ball State University on Aug. 25. Eight of the team’s 24 shots against Indiana State were on goal.

Junior forward Anna Bennett was the third and final Hoosier to score, which came on her first and only shot attempt of the night.

The Hoosiers were so dominant in their attacking half of the field that sophomore standout goalie Jamie Gerstenberg barely partook in any action. The Sycamores’ offense was consistently stagnant, and no serious scoring threats came towards Indiana for the majority of the game.

Gerstenberg recorded one save before graduate student Bethany Kopel took her place in the 60th minute for the remainder of the game.

out when on the second play he notched another first in a Hoosier uniform, an interception. An 11-24 first half turned into 18-37 through three quarters, and he was unable to produce a passing play eclipsing 10 yards.

While the Illinois defense was able to get to Bazelak on numerous occasions, his awareness to get out of the pocket and throw towards the sideline came to the quarterback’s aid. It wasn’t until the last play of the third quarter the Illinois defense finally got Bazelak down behind the line of scrimmage.

Entering the fourth quarter, it seemed as if there was not much more to tell about Indiana’s offense. With a couple of huge takeaways and stops from Indiana’s defense, the Hoosiers’ offense looked dead in the water.

After a Camper fumble with 4:36 left to play, it seemed to have stayed that way.

Bazelak and the ‘Hurryin’ Hoosiers’ were put to the test on a potential game-winning drive with 2 minutes and 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Despite only having 32 total rushing yards leading up to that moment, a string of big plays landed the Hoosiers in the endzone and gave them the win Friday night over Illinois.

Despite a few kinks that still need to be worked out, Indiana has seen immense improvement on the offensive end thanks to the new additions of Bell and Bazelak.

Indiana women’s soccer returned to Bill Armstrong Stadium for the first time in 315 days and welcomed back the home crowd with a 3-0 win September 1 against Indiana State University. The Hoosiers scored their first goals of 2022 while honoring their three seniors with pregame festivities.

“I am so proud of the team,” head coach Erwin van Bennekom said after the match.

Van Bennekom said the team was starting to feel the pressure after failing to score in the first three matches, but he credits his team’s patience.

It took Indiana over 55 minutes to score in this game, meaning over 750 minutes passed between Indiana last goal dating back to the previous season. It appeared after the first half Indiana was destined for another scoreless draw after only recording one shot on goal in the first 45 minutes.

“Obviously at halftime it being 0-0 was not a great feeling,” van Bennekom said.

Going into the second half van Bennekom stated that, tactically, he didn’t want to change anything from the first 45 minutes, but “maybe move the ball a little bit faster.” He said the only real change he made was moving his wingers wider and higher up to pitch to create more of an offensive attack.

The second half saw a flurry of Hoosier goals, but the best chance of the match for the Sycamores came in the 53rd minute with the game still knotted up at zero.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg came off her line in an attempt to punch out a cross, leaving Sycamore sophomore forward Mackenzie Kent with an open net, but her shot couldn’t beat the scampering Hoosier goalkeeper, who made her first and only save of the match.

With just over 55 minutes on the clock, Indiana got its long-awaited breakthrough. Senior forward Paige Webber got her head

on a cross from fellow senior midfielder Alaina Kalin’s header to break the deadlock. Webber led the team with five goals in 2021 and gets credit for Indiana’s first goal in 2022.

Less than five minutes later, Indiana doubled its lead courtesy of junior forward Jen Blitchok, who blasted a shot off her right foot to get on the scoresheet for the first time this season. Kalin also assisted on that goal, giving her two on the night.

The third and final goal came from junior forward Anna Bennett in the 76th minute following a great sequence to put the icing on the cake.

“Once the first one went in, the openings would come,” van Bennekom said.

Indiana ended up with 24 shots compared to Indiana State’s three, with a third of those coming on goal. It was by far Indiana’s best offensive performance in the four matches this season.

All three seniors who were honored before the game got playing time.

Defender Megan Wampler started the game as usual, but defender Karlee Luker and graduate goalkeeper Bethany Kopel both were subbed on once Indiana took the lead.

“Our goal was to win today but also to make it a little bit of a celebration for our three seniors who have been tremendous for our program,” head coach Erwin van Bennekom said after the match. “It was everything we wanted.”

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Then-junior midfielder Paige Webber chases after the ball on Sept. 9, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Webber scored this season’s first goal after three noscore games.

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Local artist explores pressure in new song

Michael Bruner lays on a mattress in Lake Michigan for his “all the pressure” music video. The song was released July 27.

By Taylor Satoski tsatoski@iu.edu

Michael Bruner, local musician and IU graduate, released his song “all the pressure” on July 27. In the song, he discusses the immense pressure society puts on individuals to perform over their capacity.

Bruner said he created the initial idea for “all the pressure” two years ago when he wrote the guitar chords.

“I usually don’t consider what the story is until I have some sounds going,” Bruner said.

While listening to the guitar riff, Bruner said the

expression “mind over matter” came to mind when he heard it. Eventually, he thought of the toxic pride some people have when they push their bodies to overperform, such as pulling an all-nighter to complete homework.

Bruner said he likes to find the meaning of his

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songs off a line, creating a conversation around an expression. He often ends up questioning and commenting on a societal or cultural construct, he said.

“All the pressure” was titled after the intrinsic and extrinsic pressure of society and one’s self. Bruner said he was thinking of pressure

from family, friends and media but also life experiences and the ways people pressure themselves.

Bruner compared it to a seesaw, going back and forth between what the world wants you to do and what you want to do. Especially in Western society, Bruner said there is a culture that promotes hyper-productivity, which cultivates toxic tendencies.

“High pressure is the pressure that we create out of nothing or by misinterpreting a situation,” Bruner said. “We overextend ourselves from that pressure and then we get burnt out and we get tired — get exhausted — from that pressure, and then we crash and feel like a failure.”

With his lyrics “Mind over matter / Dripping in data / aren’t we made of what we make of/Our limited time / Here as a human,” Bruner said people build realities out of what they believe.

Bruner said his lyrics, “Why refuse to do what you know is best for you,” comments on the people’s tendency to scroll on their phones while sitting on a couch instead of taking care of their physical needs.

Bruner said “all the pressure” is his favorite track on the six-song EP he will release on Sept. 24.

Elias McDermott Sipe, local musician, producer and long-time friend of Bruner, said he relates to the mean-

ing behind “all the pressure” in the line, “limited time here as a human” and feeling like society is rushing people.

The music video for “all the pressure” shows Bruner floating on a mattress in Lake Michigan, wearing a onesie and playing the song on a small guitar with a stuffed dinosaur next to him.

“It encapsulates how it might feel to have no pressure,” Bruner said. “It’s like this idealistic state or scenario in which you’re just freely floating on the sea in a bed. You’re in a onesie.

It’s like you’re kind of a kid again.”

Andrew Torbenson, IU graduate and LA-based freelance cinematographer, directed the music video.

He and Bruner have been friends since high school and Torbenson has directed two unreleased music videos with him.

“We just kind of floated him out on the air mattress,” Torbenson said. “Some takes we had him tethered, but in one we actually used no tether, and we just followed him along.”

While he relates to the pressure this song talks about during the creative processes in his work, Torbenson said it also relates to pressure in relationships.

“The pressure is him being surrounded by this vast ocean, but kind of still keeping intact with your inner child,” Torbenson said.

COLUMN: Season 1 of ‘The Rehearsal’ takes us deep into Nathan Fielder’s psyche

By Chloe Fulk cdfulk@iu.edu

The next step in beloved weirdo Nathan Fielder’s cringe-comedy evolution is his new show “The Rehearsal.” Its wild season finale premiered on Aug. 19.

In the show, Fielder adopts the same socially awkward, semi-fictional persona he had in “Nathan For You.” The show follows Fielder, playing this persona, as he gives ordinary people the chance to rehearse major life events and confrontations by building lifesize sets and hiring actors to run through every possible outcome.

In the first episode, Fielder helps a man who is lying to his friend about having an advanced degree.

Fielder hires an actress to play the friend and builds an exact replica of the bar where the man plans to confess his lie. With a heightened budget and complete creative freedom, the scale of the matter is nothing short of extravagant.

This episode establishes the overall theme of the series. Before they begin the rehearsal process, the man compares Fielder to Willy Wonka and himself to Charlie Bucket. Even though Fielder makes a joke out of this, the metaphor perfectly describes his role in the show.

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Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal” debuted on HBO on July 15, 2022.

Like Willy Wonka, Fielder helps people with his unlimited resources. But, it can be argued that he’s doing so for selfish reasons. He’s committed to the bit, even if that means the jokes are at the expense of the show’s subjects. The show exists in a morally-gray area that isn’t fully explored until the final two episodes.

As the first episode ends accompanied by Gene Wilder’s “Pure Imagina-

tion,” the show effectively transitions from an absurd yet straightforward study in human behavior to a haunting examination of empathy, manipulation, responsibility and reality itself.

In the second episode we meet Angela, the subject of the next rehearsal. In Angela’s rehearsal, she will raise a child from the age of zero to 18 in the span of three months in order to prepare for motherhood.

Angela’s rehearsal ends up being the focus of the rest of the season, with Fielder becoming more personally involved as things progress.

At the end of the second episode, he moves into the Washington farmhouse that has been rented for her and begins co-parenting with Angela. He assumes the role of “pretend daddy,” and the rest of the season deals with the effects of this decision.

The latter half of the sea-

son gives viewers a more intimate look into Fielder’s mind. Eventually, he begins to have rehearsals within the rehearsal. Anytime something happens that he didn’t account for, he gathers actors to go through the event again, trying to spot what he did wrong.

This process repeats itself until the actual reality of the show becomes so warped and convoluted that neither the audience nor Fielder

know what’s real anymore.

Even within the rehearsal, Fielder has an innate inability to live in the present. This comes to a head in what is arguably the best and most surreal episode of the season, “The Fielder Method.”

The season finale is particularly resonant, as Fielder must confront the effects that his experiment has had on both the rehearsal subjects and the actors involved. One of the child actors, Remy, refuses to leave the set because he believes that Fielder is his real dad.

This makes Fielder spiral, because he can’t figure out what led this to happen.

Somehow, the show is a multitude of things at once.

It’s philosophical, heartfelt, cringe-worthy and insightful. But, at its core, it’s still a comedy. Fielder balances all these things that would typically make for a tonal mess because of his selfawareness and ability to turn the ordinary into the absurd.

In the finale’s final moments, as Fielder gives an emotional speech to a child actor playing Remy, he’s in his most vulnerable and empathetic state. He realizes that the entire experiment was misguided, and that spontaneity isn’t such a bad thing. Is this moment of clarity real? Not really, but that leaves something to be explored in season 2.

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COLUMN: Five films premiering at the major fall film festivals to keep on your radar

By Chloe Fulk cdfulk@iu.edu

As the seasons begin to change, the year’s most celebrated film festivals are quickly approaching. This fall line-up includes the Venice International Film Festival (Aug. 31– Sept. 10), the Telluride Film Festival (Sept. 2 – Sept. 5), the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 8 – Sept. 18) and the New York Film Festival (Sept. 30 – Oct. 16).

These festivals are some of the most exciting and star-studded film events of the year. Many films premiering at these festivals go on to be Academy Awards contenders and box-office hits.

Olivia Wilde’s highly anticipated film “Don’t Worry Darling” will premiere at Venice, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical family drama “The Fabelmans” will premiere at Toronto and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the followup to Rian Johnson’s 2019 smash-hit “Knives Out,” will premiere at Toronto before being released on Netflix in December.

Here are five more films

premiering at these festivals that are sure to conjure both awards-season buzz and critical acclaim.

“White Noise” dir. Noah Baumbach (Venice and NYFF) With a rumored budget of anywhere between $90 million and $140 million and a production window of around nine months, Baumbach’s follow-up to 2019’s “Marriage Story” is his biggest film yet. The film is based on the novel of the same name and stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.

It’s being described as a “black comedy apocalyptic disaster film,” which is different from the family melodramas for which he is known. Both Venice and NYFF chose it as the opening night film.

“The Whale” dir. Darren Aronofsky (Venice and TIFF) Based on the play of the same name, “The Whale” stars Brendan Fraser and Sadie Sink. Fraser plays Charlie, an English teacher who abandons his family for his male lover. After he dies, Charlie turns to binge

eating to combat his grief.

Sink plays his daughter, Ellie, who Charlie attempts to reconnect with. There’s already major awards buzz for both Fraser and Sink, as they apparently deliver very profound and moving performances. Fraser will be honored with the TIFF Tribute Award at the festival’s gala fundraiser.

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Active in the music scene since 2006, Ezra Furman has a wealth of recorded music and has established themself solidly in the punk rock genre, particularly in the queer community. Their breakout work, “Day of the Dog,” released in 2013, and they have released five critically acclaimed albums since then, including the soundtrack for Netflix’s 2019 show, “Sex Education.”

As their first work since the “Sex Education” soundtrack, “All of Us Flames” was released to a growing audience and a positive critical reception.

This newest album retains Furman’s folk-punk sound while depicting a number of their struggles as a transgender person in intimate detail.

The opening track, “Train Comes Through,” features little harmonic movement and a driving but light backbeat with a consistent shaker giving it a train-like sound. Each verse ends with a warning of what will happen “when the train comes through.”

This train appears to represent monumental change that will shake apart the antiquated structure plaguing the city described in the song. Furman illustrates a great machine whose end is spelled by the thundering train of change. It’s a deeply powerful image and a bold beginning to “All of Us Flames.”

Furman continues exploring the theme of change on “Throne.” The verses are accompanied by a bassline

reminiscent of a pounding heart with a single, unchanging note played on every beat. Although the bass stays stagnant, the acoustic guitar chords change over the top of it, joined by low brass.

This makes the bass occasionally clash with the guitar harmony, creating a feeling of unease in the verse. During the chorus, it plays along with the guitar, creating a much clearer texture and a satisfying contrast.

“Point Me Toward The Real” takes the tone down a notch, opening with sparse drums layered with delay and swelling horns to create an ethereal, floaty soundscape persisting throughout the track. The drums become busier and the horn harmonies more prominent, but the intensity is unaffected, remaining serene and laid-back.

The lyrics describe the narrator’s first day out of a psychiatric institute, being picked up by a friend and driven around town. Furman illuminates the loneliness of an extended stay in one of these institutions, being abandoned and forgotten by friends and family.

It’s a bleak but somewhat hopeful scene, with the musical texture complementing the peaceful moonlit drive.

“Ally Sheedy In The Breakfast Club” retains this uncomplicated structure, with a low-fidelity, skipping harmony reminiscent of the VHS tapes Furman references. The song discusses a specific piece of Furman’s journey with her gender, specifically her jealousy of Ally Sheedy’s character in

“Bardo (or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths)” dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu (Venice and Telluride) While there isn’t a teaser trailer yet for Iñárritu’s latest film, excitement is growing for the nearly three hour-long epic. The film

stars Daniel Giménez Cacho as a Mexican journalist and filmmaker who returns home to work through an existential crisis. The film is already being praised for its intricate production design and surreal atmosphere. It will be released on Netflix later this year.

“Bones & All” dir. Luca Guadagnino (Venice, Telluride and NYFF) This film reunites Timothee Chalamet with Luca Guadagnino for their first collaboration since 2017’s “Call Me by Your Name.”

It’s also a book adaptation, and Chalamet serves as one of the film’s producers. Set in the 1980s, the film stars Taylor Russell and Chalamet as a pair of cannibalistic lovers that go on a road trip across America.

“TÁR” dir. Todd Field (Venice, Telluride and NYFF) Todd Field’s first film since 2006 stars Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, a fictional German composer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest liv-

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ing conductors of her time.

Blanchett says the film shows her character’s “fall from grace” and is about power and the creative process. The music-oriented film will be composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir, who won the Best Original Score Oscar in 2020 for “Joker.”

“White Noise” is slated to premiere Sept. 30 at the New York Film Festival.

COLUMN: ‘Midnights:’ What we know (and still want to know) about Taylor Swift’s new album

By Charlotte Jones cmj35@iu.edu

Taylor Swift announced on Aug. 28 at the VMAs she has a new album coming out Oct. 21, and fans have been speculating about her tenth album — which we now know is called “Midnights” — for quite some time.

With a beautiful blue color palette, the album cover potentially hints at things to come, but there were hints long before the album announcement came that new music was on the horizon.

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Ezra Furman’s album “All Of Us Flames” was released on Aug. 26, 2022.

“The Breakfast Club.”

They describe an intense relation to the character, calling her “the teenage girl I never got to be,” and feeling a deep connection to her aesthetic and demeanor.

Despite the specificity of this experience, the song offers a vulnerable and raw look into Furman’s journey as a transgender person, and one that is deeply relatable to members of that community.

Furman doesn’t do much experimenting on “All Of Us Flames.” Sonically, it remains largely reminiscent of her previous work and the thematic elements at play will be familiar to fans, but they don’t feel the need to reinvent the wheel.

They embrace their gritty sound while providing heart-wrenching insights into their own life, poetic enough to affect the listener.

“All Of Us Flames” is just another step in that direction.

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Hints may have come from merchandise Swift has been anything but subtle regarding this new album release. While selling merchandise for “evermore,” Swift hinted at a new album with several blue and grey limited-edition items, including a grey cardigan.

Fans speculated this meant a new album was coming, a fun surprise after several re-recordings.

Another item causing a lot of speculation was the scrunchie set, boasting a blue color palette among the distinct colors associated with previous albums “folklore” and “evermore.”

It may seem like silly fan speculation, but it does make sense — Swift is notorious for giving fans nuggets of information around new album releases, and with the looming release of “Midnights,” it would make sense these were clues.

Mood and aesthetic prediction If we assume that a blue-and-grey color palette

is supposed to be associated with “Midnights,” then we can infer that it will be a somber album speckled with acoustic guitar and country-inspired drums.

However, I don’t want to think of “Midnights” as a sibling to the confirmed sister albums “folklore” and “evermore.” That story has already been told. I think “Midnights” will be a sister album to “Red,” the poprock album, as we’re currently in an indie sleaze revival.

With its candid flash photography and American Apparel clothes, this late 2000s, early 2010s fashion movement focused on comfort and spontaneity. The resemblance between old American Apparel ads and Swift’s new album cover is uncanny. The fonts and image cropping are almost identical.

Additionally, I don’t think this will be an upbeat album. Most music associated with indie sleaze is vaguely pop inspired with driving beats and a pinch of synth. I do think this will be a more somber album, given that it’s comprised of songs that are written about that complex hour of midnight.

Sonic and lyrical predictions I really do want this to be an indie sleaze-inspired somber album. I’m hoping for a lean toward rock music, as I always am, but more specifically light electric guitar and meandering lyrics.

Swift has already showed us her lyrical range, my favorites being “All Too Well (10 Minute Version)” from her “Red” re-recording and “mirrorball” from “folklore,” and I desperately want her to delve into Dallon Weekesesque songwriting.

I think her biggest influence will be Bleachers for this album. She has been working with Jack Antonoff — mastermind of — for years now, proving their amazing musical partnership. I want her to create something like “I Wanna Get Better” since some of her promotional pictures seem to be more somber in tone.

My final prediction? A mix of Sky Ferriera’s album “Night Time, My Time” and Lorde’s album “Melodrama.”

In the spirit of anticipation, I created a playlist of tunes that I’d love to see serve as musical and lyrical influences for this album.

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FOOTBALL

IDS reporters make predictions for 2022 season

IDS FILE PHOTO BY KAMARON FARVER

Then-junior quarterback Jack Tuttle evades the sack Nov. 13, 2021, at Memorial Stadium.

By Garrett Newman, Will Foley, Jacob Spudich sports@idsnews.com

The Indiana football program is in an interesting position this season. After having a combined record of 14-7, they found themselves in a bowl game in both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. With lofty expectations going into the 2021 season, the Hoosiers took a nosedive going 2-10, not winning a single conference game.

Ahead of the 2022 season, the Indiana Daily Student football reporters gave their predictions for the 2022 Indiana football season.

Most Valuable Player GARRETT NEWMAN: In years past, the most valuable player on the Hoosier roster could have been quarterback Michael Penix Jr. or linebacker Micah Mcfadden.

This season neither of those players will be suiting up for Indiana. While I believe cornerback Tiawan Mullen will be an impactful player for the back end of the Hoosier defense, my most valuable player this season is transfer running back from Auburn Shaun Shivers. Primarily used as a third-down back for the Tigers, he looks to be more involved as a member of the Hoosiers’ offense this year.

In the Big Ten Conference, many teams make their identity running the football, and with an uncertain future at the quarterback position the importance of maintaining possession and moving the football on the ground is paramount. With a stout defense, which has become part of the Indiana football identity, a running game led by Shivers will be crucial to a successful season.

WILL FOLEY: This is the first time in a couple of seasons there isn’t an obvious answer as to who Indiana’s most valuable player could be. There are a lot of question marks and uncertainties with this 2022 squad, especially on the offensive side.

That narrows it down to the defense, and it’s very tempting to say Tiawan Mullen, but the secondary is so strong as a collective he isn’t necessarily the most valuable, rather he’s the best. Instead, I think senior linebacker Cam Jones steps up in a big way this season, not to say that he is or will be what Micah McFadden was, but he has the ability and leadership to take McFadden’s role. If Jones can come close to taking on McFadden’s role and the rest of the defense steps up, seeing more success in games is in the realm of possibilities.

JACOB SPUDICH: So far, we’ve all wanted to put Tiawan Mullen down, but we’ve found other players to pick in this preseason pre-

diction category. Why not go the obvious answer? For me, Tiawan Mullen is the most talented player on this team, and he will be a big leader in the locker room and on the field. Mullen will be talked about as an all-time great Hoosier after this season, and we should get ready to see him on our TV screens on Sundays.

Breakout player of the year NEWMAN: Indiana has had great weapons on the outside of the offense for the last three seasons. Peyton Hendershot and Ty Fryfogle headlined that group, but neither of these guys will be options for the Hoosiers’ quarterback this season.

I expect Donaven McCulley to take a huge leap as a weapon following his switch from quarterback to receiver.

His tall frame for the position will give the Hoosier offense a great jump-ball threat, and his overall athleticism will be intriguing to watch on the outside. If the Indiana offense can move the ball through the air, keep your eyes on McCulley to make some huge plays for the Hoosiers this year.

FOLEY: This one seems obvious to me. After losing three-time All-Big Ten selection tight end Peyton Hendershot, junior tight end A.J. Barner is primed to fill Hendershot’s role. Barner showed a glimpse of success in the last three games of the 2021 season, catching 10 balls for 65 yards in the final three contests. Barner has great size, standing at 6’6", and as long as there is consistency from the quarterback position, his size can make for a dangerous redzone target.

SPUDICH: I agree with Garrett on this one. Donaven McCulley has tremendous athleticism and has a great understanding of the game.

It’ll be a competitive wide receiver room, but I anticipate he will separate himself from the pack and becomes a valuable asset to Indiana’s receiving core for this year and years to come.

Newcomer of the year NEWMAN: Last year, the Indiana football team got a spark from freshman quarterback Donaven McCulley.

This season McCulley will be heading to the perimeter of the offense as a wide receiver.

This year, my newcomer of the year will be Dasan McCullough. The 6'5” freshman edge rusher and secondary hybrid player comes into the program as the 75th-ranked prospect in the country by 247sports. McCullough played his senior season in high school for local Bloomington South and was known as a playmaker during his high school career. Following a season where the Hoosiers struggled to generate much

of a pass rush, be on the lookout for McCullough to make splash plays for the defense this season.

FOLEY: I really wanted to go with freshman Dasan McCullough here, as the ubertalented linebacker is Indiana’s highest-ranked recruit in the modern era, but I’m not quite sure he’ll get the minutes to show stardom quite yet. Instead, I’ll opt for junior wide receiver Cam Camper, a transfer from junior college Trinity Valley Community College. In what will be a crowded receiver room, Camper was the only one listed as an outright starter in the initial depth chart released, which is very telling about his successful fall camp. His JUCO numbers are terrific, putting up 50 catches for 858 yards and four touchdowns in two seasons. That comes out to a monstrous 17.3 yards per catch, and while a significant level up, he could pose as a major deep threat if he can match his previous production.

SPUDICH: This year Indiana finds itself with a completely different running back room than the year prior. The Hoosiers’ three main running backs, Carr, Ervin-Poindexter and Childers, also lost running back coach Deland McCullough during the offseason. Indiana needs an exceptional run game and with former Auburn transfer Shaun Shivers and North Carolina transfer Josh Henderson that will be obtainable. My newcomer of the year prediction will go to both Henderson and Shivers. The Big Ten is made up of teams that pack a “one-two punch” at the running back position. This year Indiana will do that.

Defensive player of the year NEWMAN: While the previously mentioned Dasan McCullough will have a significant impact on the Hoosier defense in 2022, and linebacker Cam Jones will be the heart of the defense following McFadden’s departure, neither was my pick for defensive player of the year.

My pick for defensive player of the year will come from the Indiana secondary. Even though I love a big safety in the backline like Devon Matthews, my prediction is that Tiawan Mullen will be taking the ball away from opposing offenses a lot this season. A decorated player in his time here in Bloomington, the former All-American looks to right the ship following last season and help the Hoosier’s secondary finish business this year.

FOLEY: I agree with Garrett on Mullen here. While Jones is my pick for MVP, that’s more so for his leadership rather than production.

After an outstanding 2020 season, we never really got

to see Mullen completely healthy in 2021. If he can avoid injury all season, I expect the senior to return to form and get close to those 2020 numbers. The secondary is the most experienced position group heading into the season, and Mullen can lead them in locking down the Big Ten. SPUDICH: Linebacker Alfred Bryant has had a great offseason, he’s gotten tremendous recognition from the coaching staff. For me, it’s hard to put together a story where Alfred Bryant is not a key part of this defense. Last year, he scratched the service of full potential, and this year he’s got a new defensive system to work with where he is a focal point. On top of him being defensive player of the year for Indiana, look for him to get some All-Big Ten nods as well.

Game to watch NEWMAN: As a kid from Indiana, the biggest game of the college football season is the Old Oaken Bucket game between Indiana and Purdue.

The bitter rivalry between the two teams is magnified by the fairly equal matchup that can be expected. I believe Indiana will improve quite a bit from last season, and I also predict Purdue’s success from last year will not carry over. The Boilermakers lost star players to the NFL in defensive end George Karlaftis and wide receiver David Bell, having little depth to cover for it. Indiana will bring in a veteran group of players and Purdue returns their quarterback which should make for an amazing rivalry matchup to end the season.

FOLEY: Even when having poor or mediocre seasons in recent years, there’s one top program Indiana always gives a good fight to: Michigan. I’m not sure how or why, but the Hoosiers seemingly always put up a scrappy fight against the Wolverines. Michigan heads into the season ranked No. 8 in the AP Poll and is fresh off its first College Football Playoff appearance, but I think the Hoosiers have a chance to catch them off guard. It should be a rowdy environment in Bloomington, and if Indiana can contain Blake Corum and the run game, the Hoosiers have a real chance to pull off the upset.

SPUDICH: The Wolverines coming to Bloomington October 8 will be a must-see game.

The last time Indiana played Michigan at home, the Hoosiers snapped their 19-game losing streak against Michigan. In 2017, Michigan barely squeaked by with a gamewinning touchdown in overtime. In 2015, one of the most memorable college football games in my life, Michigan and Indiana put up a total of 89 points in a double thriller.

Record prediction NEWMAN: Last season was a disappointing one for the Indiana football program.

There is no need to continue beating that drum. This season, the schedule looks to be a bit easier, and the Hoosiers should find a moderate level of success. To start the year, Indiana has four highly competitive opportunities to get wins as it will play Illinois, Idaho and Western Kentucky at home before heading to Cincinnati. My overall prediction for the Hoosiers' record is 6-6, but they have the ability to possibly win seven or eight games if they can pull off one or two upsets. A 6-6 record will be seen as a nice upgrade from last year and will allow Hoosiers fans to watch them play in a bowl game.

FOLEY: Taking a look at the Hoosiers’ schedule, you first say to yourself, ‘Wait, this isn’t all that bad.’ Then you get to the midway point and it starts to get tricky. Weeks 9 through 11 seem impossible, hosting Penn State then taking on Ohio State and Michigan State on the road. There’s a lot we don’t know about this Indiana team, making it difficult to really gauge some of the toss-up games on the schedule, like at Nebraska or hosting Maryland. That being said, there’s still a really good chance the Hoosiers can start the season 3-0 and eventually 4-1. But I think from there it’s just too difficult and the wear and tear will add up. I predict a 5-7 season, one shy of a bowl game berth and immense agony for Hoosier fans who just want a chance at a bowl win.

SPUDICH: There’s no point sugarcoating it. Indiana plays a hard schedule, one of the many consequences of playing in the Big Ten. While this year looks to be a big improvement from last season, we can simply say that Indiana will win the games they’re supposed to win but lose the games they aren’t supposed to win. Toward the tail end of the season, Indiana finds themselves playing Penn State at home, Ohio State on the road and Michigan State on the road in consecutive weeks.

Indiana will go 6-6 on the season granting them a bowl appearance. The most important game on the schedule, as mentioned earlier, is Michigan at Indiana. Whenever Michigan takes on Indiana on the road, it never disappoints.

B10 Champ Prediction NEWMAN: The reality is that Ohio State has had a strangle hold over the Big Ten for the better part of the last decade. Michigan won the conference last season, but my belief is it will take a small step backward this year. So, if Ohio State is the prediction to come out of the East, there is a mosh pit of candidates bat-

tling to get the bid from the Big Ten West. My prediction for the West is a familiar face to the Big Ten Championship game. The Wisconsin Badgers enter this season coming off a somewhat disappointing 2021 campaign. They are led by sophomore running back Braelon Allen who made a name for himself last season rushing for 1,268 yards and 12 touchdowns at 17 years of age. Allen has garnered some Derrick Henry comparisons and comes in alongside a veteran running back group. The Badgers look to play to their strengths as a defensive team that runs the ball consistently to get results. On top of this, the Wisconsin schedule does not look to be the most difficult in the conference, as they play Ohio State and Michigan State on the road, but aside from those games, the Badgers should handle business most weeks.

FOLEY: In my recent column, one of my four bold takes about the college football season is that Ohio State has the best quarterback, running back and wide receiver in the country on its way to a national championship. This offense is a juggernaut, and pair that with what could be a well-above average defense?

This team gives me shades of 2019 Louisiana State University, now considered one of the greatest teams ever. So, that’s my pick from the Big Ten East.

The Big Ten West looks rather bland, per usual. I believe Wisconsin is the best team in the division, led by star sophomore running back Braelon Allen, but the Badgers have a tough road slate. Instead, I’m with Jacob and think the Minnesota Golden Gophers take advantage of a rather easier schedule and secure a berth to the Big Ten championship.

Then, well, Ohio State may win by more than 50 points in the championship game.

SPUDICH: We can try and act like the 2022 Big Ten Champion won’t be the winner of Michigan vs.

Ohio State, but we’d be fooling ourselves. Both teams have seemingly separated themselves from the rest of a strong Big Ten conference.

While the East is decided, what about the team that the Big Ten West sends to Lucas Oil Stadium. Watch for the Minnesota Golden Gophers led by PJ Fleck to finally get to the Big Ten title game. The Gophers have one of the best running back duos in the Big Ten, if not the nation, with Mohamed Ibrahim and Trey Potts. With Tanner Morgan in his fifth year in a Gophers’ uniform and his 27-12 career as a Minnesota starting quarterback, look for reminisces of the Gophers’ 2019 season when they won the Outback Bowl. The official prediction: Michigan over Minnesota in the Big Ten Championship.

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VOLLEYBALL

An early look at the 2022 volleyball season

IDS FILE PHOTO BY ETHAN LEVY

Then-junior Kaley Rammelsberg prepares to serve during the IU volleyball’s Cream and Crimson Scrimmage on Aug. 21, 2021, at Wilkinson Hall. Indiana will compete in three matches as part of the Islanders Classic this weekend in Corpus Christi, Texas.

By Marnie Sara mbsara@iu.edu

This year, Indiana volleyball began its 48th season and its fifth season with head coach Steve Aird. The team has high aspirations for the 2022 season and is ready to display its adjustments and improvements made in the offseason.

The team is scheduled to play 32 regular season matches with 12 of those games being played at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Its Big Ten competition includes home-andhome matches with Maryland, Penn State, Michigan State, Ohio State, Purdue, Iowa and Wisconsin.

The team returns with a sig-

nificant amount of familiar faces and veterans on the squad. Senior defensive specialist Paula Cerame and senior setter Emily Fitzner were named the 2022 captains, alongside sophomore Camyrn Haworth. Fourteen players return for the Hoosiers, while the other two new teammates are from overseas. Freshman outside hitter Candela Alosno-Corcelles joins the team from Madrid, Spain while freshman right side hitter Melisa Ilter is from Bursa, Turkey.

Indiana volleyball hosted its Cream and Crimson Scrimmage Aug. 21 in front of a home crowd at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosier players and managers were split into two teams and played three sets — the first two to 25 points

and the final set to 15. The gym was filled with high energy as the student section cheered on the athletes while upbeat music blasted in the background.

Aird spoke at the scrimmage about the team’s summer training and how excited he was for the new season to start.

“I thought we had a great spring, capped off with the foreign trip, so we had extra time to train,” Aird said. “We’re returning a much more mature group than a year ago. I just think volleyball IQ and physicality have improved. Excited to get the season going.”

In May, the Indiana Daily Student published an investigation regarding Indiana volleyball head coach Steve Aird. The

investigation’s allegations stem from interviews with six women who used to play for Aird — four of which at Indiana. They alleged the IU program under Aird is built around punishment and dismissiveness of mental abuse.

Aird addressed questions on the program Aug. 27th for the first time since the article ran.

In two separate statements to the IDS, Indiana Athletics has stated new changes to the program were implemented with Aird’s cooperation. Aird said the changes have been slight in staffing and training.

Associate head coach Spencer McLachlin, a new member of the Indiana staff, said he has equally high hopes for the team.

“They are eager,” McLachlin said. “They want to be good so bad, and that is the first step.

Coach Steve is always saying the best players want to be coached, and our girls really wanna be coached.”

Indiana opened up the season at home with a four-team tournament in Wilkinson Hall.

The team went 2-1 in Bloomington beating Indiana State University and Chicago State University in straight sets. With 33 assists and 22 digs against ISU, Haworth earned Indiana’s first double double of the season.

One year later, the Hoosiers got their revenge, beating CSU after coming up short against the Cougars a year before. Junior middle blocker Savannah

Kjolhede was efficient at the net, collecting eight kills while hitting .727 across the three sets.

The following weekend, Indiana traveled to Christi Corpus, Texas, and competed in the Islanders Classic. The Hoosiers had a clean sweep of games Saturday, beating Sam Houston State University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. Indiana dominated and won both matches in a straight series.

Indiana will travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, for the third week of the season to face North Carolina State University, Western Carolina University and Texas Christian University. The Big Ten regular season will begin for Indiana Sept. 23 against Penn State at University Park.

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WOMEN'S SOCCER

Jamie Gerstenberg is making the most of life in America

IDS FILE PHOTO BY WILLOW THOMPSON

Then-freshman goalkeeper Jamie Gerstenberg kicks the ball to the other side of the field Sept. 23, 2021, in Bill Armstrong Stadium. Gerstenberg was selected as the Big Ten Co-Goalkeeper of the Week.

By Kamil Gut kgut@iu.edu

Jamie Gerstenberg can’t predict what’s coming. But what does that matter?

She’s in an unfamiliar position, but she won’t allow doubt to creep in. She fixes her eyes on the threat resting on the penalty spot, 12 yards away. Soon, it’ll scorch across that space, expecting a smooth landing in the nylon mesh behind the freshman German goalkeeper.

The wind at Jerry Yeagley Field has been unforgiving up to this point. It’s ripping through the branches of the cherry blossom tree past the track, slapping across players’ faces and finding every way to make those not bundled up in the stands uncomfortable.

Gerstenberg, IU’s freshman goalkeeper, has spent the last 90 minutes staying alert, barking instructions to her backline to avoid any unnecessary miscues. New faces constantly come in and out, but she handles the responsi-

bility all the same. Now, she’s the only one standing between disappointment and exhilaration.

Finally, the breeze carries over the ominous tune of the referee’s whistle and breaks the tension. Instinct takes control. Gerstenberg makes her move.

The ball meets the latex of the gloves instead of the nylon of the net. The impact and weight shorten Gerstenberg’s descent from her sprawling leap, but cheers erupt before she can reach the ground.

This isn’t a November match with Big Ten standings in the balance. It’s April, a few months into the offseason, and Indiana women’s soccer is playing exhibition matches to work out kinks with the incoming class of players.

Gerstenberg approaches this match no differently. The opponent, Butler University, won’t have it easy.

In the penalty shootout, Gerstenberg denies two strikes looking to sneak into the far corners. Her frame pressures

another Bulldog into a mind game, and the goalkeeper wins it when the shot clangs off the post.

You wouldn’t know the Hoosiers had just drawn the Bulldogs 0-0 in regulation and 2-2 in penalty kicks. The result is irrelevant, but Gerstenberg’s individual performance can’t be ignored.

She sprints over toward the small crowd gathered in the south bleachers of Bill Armstrong Stadium, primarily made up of parents and dedicated supporters, and pumps her fists. She’s overjoyed. She’s quickly grown comfortable and confident in this onceforeign place, making the most of the opportunity she always dreamed of. * * * Sofia Black won't forget the look.

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ing Thanksgiving break, a different passenger hops onto the platform alongside her. Once the escalator reaches daylight, Black hurries to take on the first task on their itinerary: shopping.

But Gerstenberg’s eyes haven’t moved.

Those eyes, usually tracking a rising shot or floating cross, are locked in on the towering New York City skyline. Growing up, Gerstenberg could only see these sights through a TV screen. She’s comparing the bits and pieces she’d filled in with her imagination, so the fitting rooms can wait. Times Square and Central Park are next on the agenda.

Reserved for a later date: Los Angeles, Chicago and anywhere else she finds the time to visit.

“You could tell her love for seeing America and all these things she pictured,” Black said. “It made me feel so happy for her.”

In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, Gerstenberg stayed with Black’s family and

celebrated the holiday for the first time. The freshman and sophomore built trust with one another after just a few months of being teammates, and Gerstenberg found it easy to be herself and fit in despite the circumstances.

Gerstenberg said she’s always been inspired by America and knew from a young age she wanted to experience living in the States — alone. She said she’d feel trapped and less likely to branch out socially if a relative from her hometown in Birkenwerder, Germany, tagged along to babysit.

She sped up the process at 16 years old, when she broke into the senior squad of 1.

FFC Turbine Potsdam in the Frauen-Bundesliga, German women’s soccer’s top flight.

The roster was littered with players in their mid-to-late 20s whose personalities were far too unrelatable.

Soon enough, it was time.

She could start a soccer career in an environment she had dreamed about, should any college be interested. Head coach Erwin van Bennekom’s Hoosiers were.

“If I stay in a place too long, I know I’ll get bored,” Gerstenberg says. “I needed that change.” * * * The soccer pitches in Germany symbolize a past life.

Gerstenberg visits from time to time — not to reminisce, but to work. Under-20 national team duty briefly called her back home in late October of her freshman year during the final stretch of IU’s regular season schedule.

Only a handful of months had passed since Gerstenberg first arrived on campus in Bloomington in the summer of 2021. Soon after, she shifted her focus toward the place she’d call home for the next four years. Adjusting to the English language and American game often isn’t simple, but goalkeeper coach Kevin Schenk said Gerstenberg picked the language up quickly and had no trouble easing into IU’s tactical system.

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the process and revert to the language with which she had grown up. Anna Aehling and Oliwia Wos, a pair of defenders who played their last matches for IU in the fall, also came from Europe. Gerstenberg says the group spoke German on the pitch on rare occasions, primarily to clarify minor misunderstandings but mostly communicated in English.

The freshman kept a calm and confident demeanor as her relationship with the language grew stronger.

“She’s very sure of herself, and that projects onto her teammates,” Schenk said.

“They trusted her right away.” * * * The energy bomb should walk through those locker room doors anytime now.

That’s when the party can really get started. Everyone’s waiting.

It’s match day. Emotions are high, the atmosphere is perfect and kickoff is inching closer. The opponent, location and start time are irrelevant — Gerstenberg gets her nap in all the same.

Only then can she wake everyone else up with the contagious energy that leads the locker room through its collective dancing and yelling. “I need that moment of rest, taking in the silence,” Gerstenberg said. “It’s about really calming down. I just have more energy and am ready to go.”

This pregame ritual is deceiving. Gerstenberg said her teammates often refer to her as “awake,” radiating with positive energy and happiness whether it be 7 a.m. or midnight. She hasn’t been shy about revealing her outgoing personality to the rest of the team.

Gerstenberg will often stroll in, unannounced, to the team house where Black lives, hoping to watch a movie or catch up.

On the first night of a spring break vacation in Florida with a group of seven of her teammates, Black recalled Gerstenberg bombarding her with questions while she drifted off late at night.

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No. 13 Indiana men’s soccer comes up short in 3-2 MEN'S SOCCER

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Then-freshman forward Tommy Mihalic possesses the ball in a game against Northwestern on Nov. 10, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Indiana fell just short of defeating Clemson in a 2-3 match Aug. 26.

By Kamil Gut kgut@iu.edu

In an exhilarating potential College Cup preview between two men’s college soccer powerhouses, No. 13-ranked Indiana men’s soccer came up short in a 3-2 loss against No. 1-ranked Clemson University on Aug. 26 at Historic Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina.

The Hoosiers began yet another journey for an elusive ninth star on their crest in one of the most hostile environments in the nation.

Those in cream-colored jerseys waited a few extra minutes for the opening whistle, as the Tigers, the most recent kings of men’s Division I soccer, gathered for a championship ceremony with their fans to welcome in the 2022 season.

“There are very few environments you’ll find that tough,” Indiana head

coach Todd Yeagley said.

“That was a very loud and proud student section. If we’re in a situation as the season advances where we’re in big games, there won’t be an environment we’re not used too.”

Sophomore forward Samuel Sarver didn’t waste any time spoiling the party.

In the sixth minute, Sarver responded to the Tigers’ predictably high energy and hustled toward a pass which was poorly controlled by junior goalkeeper Trevor Manion. After an alert slide tackle, Sarver slotted home his eighth career goal from a few yards out to put the Hoosiers ahead 1-0.

High spirits quickly returned among those packed inside the stadium, though, as Clemson found an equalizer in the 12th minute. Junior midfielder Ousmane Sylla received a pass near the top of the 18-yard box,

cut to his right foot and beat both Indiana junior defender Joey Maher and junior goalkeeper JT Harms with a strike into the bottom left corner.

The Tigers once again showcased their individual attacking quality just a few minutes later as senior forward Mohamed Seye gave his team a 2-1 lead in the 16th minute.

Seye shrugged a pair of Hoosier midfielders off the ball and completed his run toward the top of the box with a perfectly placed outside of the foot shot into the lower right corner.

A shift in formation from a four-player backline to 3-4-3 formation generated a greater flow and created consistent attacking chances for the Hoosiers in the second half.

The pressure led to a penalty for the Hoosiers after sophomore forward Tommy Mihalic was taken down in the 18-yard

box. Senior forward Ryan Wittenbrink stepped up for the spot kick and fired it into the upper right corner to knot the score at 2-2.

“Tommy was able to find the seams pretty well, and Sammy (Sarver) continued to stretch and cause a lot of problems,” Yeagley said. “They were dangerous all night.”

After a back-and-forth final half-hour which saw quality chances denied by last ditch defending and stout goalkeeping, the Tigers found the breakthrough. Sylla found his way on the scoresheet once again in the 79th minute with a rocket that carved a path above Harms’ gloves and into the top netting.

“That’s as good of an attacking team we’ll face,” Yeagley said. “We defended well for most of the game. Individually, they’re just very talented.”

Despite the three

goals he conceded, Harms showed potential and built a case for keeping the starting role in net for the Hoosiers.

The Duke transfer helped prevent a blowout, making six saves on the night, including a point-blank stop in the 63rd minute when the teams were still level.

Yeagley said Indiana did enough in its attacking buildup to ultimately win the game and acknowledged the long stretches of play in which the squad played as a collective against such a challenging opponent as Clemson.

“The goal this year is to leave the field every game trying to be on the front foot and trying to push the game, whatever the other team provides and whatever players are asked to be on the field,” Yeagley said. “We did that tonight.”

Indiana will return to Bill Armstrong Stadi-

um for its home opener against the University of Portland at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Questions were raised about the readiness of the playing conditions at Jerry Yeagley Field after the Indiana women’s soccer team was forced to move its home opener to the nearby practice field Thursday, but Yeagley assured the pitch will be ready.

As for the Hoosiers’ mindset ahead of the rest of the nonconference schedule, Yeagley said the players won’t hang their heads due to the quality of Friday’s performance. He reiterated the importance of crafting an unforgiving schedule for a program used to facing the best.

“We’re still a young team trying to figure out the best combinations,” Yeagley said. “The great news is we have unbelievable opponents every game. Bring on the next one.”

Indiana men’s soccer sophomore duo thrives off competition

By Matt Press mtpress@iu.edu

Sophomore forward Sam Sarver vividly recalls the heartbreak he felt last year on a cold November night.

Indiana men’s soccer suffered a crushing overtime defeat to No. 2 University of Washington in the NCAA Sweet 16. The team was left motionless as the Husky faithful rushed the pitch in jubilation.

Sarver, a freshman at the time, remembers his shock after Washington’s golden goal but said that moment now serves as motivation.

“When the ball hits the back of the net and your season’s done, you just sit there and you can’t say anything,” Sarver said. “One thing my coach told me when we walked off the field was ‘Remember this feeling.’ I don’t want that feeling to happen again.”

Sarver is an Ohio native who spent his youth playing in Cleveland. At 14 years old, he, along with five teammates, was recruited to play for Columbus Crew Academy.

The organization maintains a strong pipeline to Indiana, having selected current Hoosier

head coach Todd Yeagley in Major League Soccer’s inaugural draft, and multiple current and former Indiana assistants have spent time with the Crew.

“There’s just a really good connection, and that’s why IU felt like home,” Sarver said. “To be the best player you want to be, you have to surround yourself with the best players, and that’s what brought me here too.”

In 2021, Sarver led Big Ten freshmen in scoring and tallied seven goals and 18 points — both second on the team — en route to All-Big Ten Freshman honors. Yeagley said he knew Sarver’s personality would mesh with his Hoosier teammates. “(Sarver) is constantly bantering a bit with the guys. He’s a funny kid, and he wants to be in the middle of all things, but sometimes a little bit too much,” Yeagley said with a smile. “He’s learning just as he’s maturing as a kid, how to pick and choose moments of jumping into a conversation.” * * *

Sophomore forward Tommy Mihalic’s journey to collegiate soccer parallels Sarver’s.

Mihalic is another player in a long list of Midwest youth soccer stars turned Hoosiers.

He hails from Skokie, Illinois, and learned the fundamentals of the game from his father and coach, Mario.

Unlike Sarver, whose family had little experience with soccer, Mihalic said he was born into the sport. Though he is of Croatian descent where soccer reigns supreme, Mihalic is prideful of the region he grew up playing in.

“You hear that a lot, especially around high school and that higher level,” Mihalic said, regarding the negative reputation of soccer in the Midwest. “I mean you see here at Indiana, a lot of our guys are from the Midwest, and we’ve brought in some good players, so I think that’s a little misconception.”

For academy play, Mihalic started with the Chicago Magic, who were bought out by FC United. After leading FC United in goals in 2018, Mihalic joined the U19’s of German club FC Augs-

burg.

He never quite found his footing in Germany, but Mihalic made a handful of appearances with the Croatian youth national teams. However, just a few hours south of his hometown is where he would shine.

Mihalic’s decision to attend IU was simple.

“I think it’s a pretty easy option coming to a school like this with so much history soccer wise,” Mihalic said. “It’s a family-oriented program, and like Sammy said, it feels like home.”

Mihalic went on to earn an All-Big Ten Freshman Team nod last season. Ranking third on the team in goals and points, his numbers indicate a promising trajectory. Still, Mihalic wants to take things a day at a time before facing what awaits him in the future.

“Obviously you want to be remembered for something when you come here, but it’s not something you can just plan and say that’s it,” Mihalic said. “Each game you have to do what it takes and all that will come after.” * * *

Sarver and Mihalic’s bond is unsurprising.

Both are confident, outgoing personalities who carry aspirations of making it to professional leagues.

With these ambitions comes relentless work ethics. Both said they are competitive in virtually every aspect of their relationship. In fact, Sarver fondly remembers a few instances last season that epitomized their fiery nature.

“One fitness test, my legs were just dead, and I couldn’t do it any longer,” Sarver said, “But I told myself I’m just going to beat Tommy by one level, and I beat him. In the next fitness test over the summer, I was just about to finish, and (Mihalic) sprinted at the end just to get in front of me.”

For years, every position on the team has had competition, but the attacking room specifically has had exceptional depth in recent seasons.

In 2021, forward Victor Bezerra, now with Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire, led the team in goals after three historic seasons. With other skilled attackers like redshirt senior Ryan Wittenbrink and senior

Herbert Endeley, Yeagley said the team’s drive to push each other is contagious.

With Sarver and Mihalic, Yeagley said their successful individual performances are a byproduct of competition.

“It’s not about a contest of goals and assists. They just want to continue to elevate and help the team,” Yeagley said. “They’re driven, and goals and assists will come with that. Just being a good college player is not their end goal.

They want to win and have a chance at the next level.”

This season, Mihalic and Sarver’s approach has stayed the same. For Mihalic, he said this season is about “showing what you can do,” and Sarver assumed a “ruthless mentality.”

“We hate losing to each other,” Sarver said.

“That’s our main thing.”

In a program with so much historical success on an individual and team level, forging a legacy requires daily competition. For the sophomore standouts, their healthy rivalry may help them reach that point.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Hobie Billingsley led a life like no other

By Nick Rodecap nrodecap@iu.edu

Hobart “Hobie” Billingsley, one of the most distinguished diving coaches in NCAA history, passed away on July 16, 2022, in Bloomington at the age of 95.

Some Hoosier fans may be unfamiliar with Billingsley, though his name should be just as synonymous with success as some of the great Indiana coaches.

Hoosier diving teams coached by Billingsley won all six of the program’s national titles during his tenure which ran from 1959 through 1989. He coached numerous Olympic teams, individual Olympic and national champions, and revolutionized the sport like no one else before him.

Hailing from Erie, Pennsylvania, Billingsley was a diving champion who exhibited competitive excellence from his high school days. As a senior, he became the first high school diver to medal in an American Amateur Athletic Union national championship, claiming a bronze medal.

After high school, Billingsley attended Ohio State University, earning an athletic scholarship and taking home national collegiate titles under the guidance of 11-time national champion coach Mike Peppe.

Following two years of service in the Army after his freshman campaign, Billingsley finished his physical education degree as a Buckeye in 1951. He received his master’s from the University of Washington two years later.

His competitive diving career had ended, but his coaching career was just beginning.

Billingsley got his start as a coach working at various high schools in California and Michigan from 1953 to 1957, all for a teaching salary of just $3,900 ($37,000 today) and a coaching salary of $500 ($5,500 today).

Billingsley’s first big break came in 1957 when he became the second-ever, full-time diving coach in the country, leading the Ohio University Bobcats. Two years later, he left the Buckeye state to become the head coach of the IU Hoosiers.

Billingsley quickly earned a reputation as a revolutionary coach. In a Sports Illustrated interview, Olympic diving gold medalist and collegiate diving coach Bob Clotworthy called Billingsley a “renegade, a crusader who will try anything.”

Billingsley coached using terms such as double-axis displacement as well as linear and transitory motion, meticulously applying laws of motion to the world of diving despite scoring a 22% on his college physics final.

Billingsley’s “renegade” coaching philosophy paid off — divers coached by the Pennsylvania native and his right-hand man, head swimming coach James “Doc” Councilman, won a total of 115 national titles, including six consecutive NCAA championships from 1968 through 1973, according an article published by the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

Standouts who trained under Billingsley include Ken Sitzberger and Lesley Bush, both of whom were gold medalists at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games. He

also coached Cynthia Potter, who holds the nationwide lead for women’s national titles with 28.

In addition to his collegiate accomplishments, Billingsley also coached United States Olympic teams in 1968, 1972 and 1976.

Billingsley not only got results, he also earned the respect of his divers.

“Hobie sold me on Indiana University, what he planned to do and, most of all, on Hobie Billingsley,” Rick Gilbert, the first national champion in Billingsley’s program, said in 1962.

For his numerous achievements, Billingsley was voted as American diving coach of the year for seven consecutive years from 1964 through 1970 and elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1983.

The leader of one of the greatest dynasties in college sports ended his coaching career in 1989, following 31 years of unparalleled success.

After retiring from coaching, Billingsley remained in

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Hobie Billingsley poses poolside in 1963. The legendary coach worked with divers at IU from 1959 to 1989.

Bloomington as a teacher, recruiter and fundraiser. He judged Olympic diving in 1992 and 1996, reciting the Olympic Oath at the1996 games in Atlanta. He also ran a summer diving camp, mentoring coaches at home

and abroad.

Billingsley’s legacy is immortalized in the national championship and Olympic banners that hang in the Councilman Billingsley Aquatics Center, bearing his name on campus today.

MEN'S GOLF

Indiana prepares for the 2022 men's golf season

By Ben Kim

benskim@iu.edu

Coming off a disappointing end to their 2021 season, morale is high for Indiana head coach Mike Mayer as the men’s golf team gets ready to begin its 2022 season.

“We’re not afraid of anybody, we’re not going to be afraid of anybody, inside the Big Ten or outside the Big Ten,” Mayer said. “We’re going to face the best and be ready for the challenge.”

The Hoosiers will kick off their season at the Fighting Irish Classic in Notre Dame,

Indiana, on Sept. 4-5. After a lackluster 12th place finish at last year's NCAA Regionals tournament, the Hoosiers are working hard to turn things around and earn an NCAA Finals appearance.

“We’re trying to eliminate those major mistakes and emphasize that if we get in trouble — which will happen — let’s get out of trouble and go for it,” Mayer said.

Getting out of those tricky spots will be a key point of emphasis this season, Mayer said. The athletes know mistakes will happen, and must be prepared to get

out of those difficult spots.

“You’re going to hit bad shots and get into trouble,” Mayer said. “There’s no reason to beat yourself up, it’s about embracing that next shot.”

This mentality will be key for the Hoosiers, whose competitive schedule will involve some of the best teams in the nation.

Mayer said the schedule this season could be the strongest it’s been in his 25 years at Indiana. This tough schedule should help prepare and acclimate the Hoosiers for the difficult competition they will face in

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the Big Ten and NCAA tournaments in April and May, respectively.

The Olympia Fields Invitational will be one of the toughest golf tournaments of the season for the Hoosiers. The three-day tournament will be Sept. 16-18, and will be an early opportunity for the Hoosiers to start the year strong.

A key to a strong season will be the additions of freshman Cal Hoskins and senior Ferris State University transfer Thomas Hursey.

Hoskins was one of Indiana’s 2022 recruits and has been working diligently to

get prepared for the season.

Mayer said Hoskins has had a “really solid summer” of training and practicing.

Hoskins missed the cut for the first weekend of competition, but is only using this to motivate him further.

“He sent me a text that he wants to be the best player to ever play here for me at Indiana University,” Mayer said.

Hursey, Indiana’s other big offseason addition, was the 72nd ranked Division II golfer in the nation last year.

So far, he has impressed coaches and his fellow players and has made an im-

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mediate impact at practice, Mayer said.

Mayer said Hursey “fits the program well,” and will be a good addition to the squad. Hursey is set to be in the lineup and compete in the Fighting Irish Classic for the Hoosiers.

As the 2022 season gets underway, the Hoosiers will be put to the test early, but are prepared to face the challenges head-on.

“Sometimes you get beat up and knocked down by this game,” Mayer said “Now you’ve got to learn how to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back at it.”

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2. IU women's soccer players celebrate during their game against Rutgers on Feb. 25, 2021.

3. Then-graduate student Brooke Westbeld sets up a play to return the ball during IU volleyball’s game against Bowling Green State University on Aug. 29, 2021, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

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4, 2021, at the IU Championship Course.

5. Indiana University and University of Cincinnati swimmers dive into the water during a duel meet on Dec. 3, 2021, at the Consilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center.

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COLUMN: The Big Ten can do a lot of good with its $7 billion media rights deal. Will it, though?

By Bradley Hohulin

bhohulin@iu.edu | @BradleyHohulin

You love watching sports.

You love the Big Ten. I’m willing to bet you also love money, or at least begrudgingly accept the crushing weight of its importance in society.

Well, great news — those three cornerstones of your personality are now at center stage thanks to the seven-year, $7 billion media rights deal the Big Ten announced Aug. 18 in association with Fox, CBS and NBC. By the time the contract expires in 2030, each member school is expected to net between $80 and $100 million annually. That will include the University of Southern California and UCLA, which plan to join the conference in 2024.

If you think that sounds like an absurd amount of money, it’s because it is.

How do you even conceptualize $7 billion? Is that good? It sure seems like a good deal to me, but any 10-figure contract is going to sound pretty sweet to someone who spends full minutes in the yogurt aisle debating whether he should buy the single-serving cups or the full tub to save on a price-per-ounce basis.

But let’s assume it’s a good deal. Congratulations, Big Ten — way to get your bread up. Now what?

For casual viewers of collegiate sports, this basically means more football and

men’s basketball games on network television. Other sports will appear primarily on FS1 or the Big Ten Network, meaning your grandparents will still need to purchase a cable package if they want to catch a swim meet in between four-hour binges of Fox News.

Of course, the deal isn’t all about football. OK, I guess it’s mostly about football — my god, that is so much money — but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about the other sports.

Not only will CBS continue to air select men’s basketball games throughout the regular season and conference tournament, but for the first time, it will air the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament championship game.

I’m definitely not saying we should applaud the multibillion-dollar media conglomerate for doing the bare minimum in advancing women’s sports, but it would be cool to see a replay of Indiana graduate student guard Grace Berger draining a midrange shot in slow motion as the CBS NCAA basketball theme plays before cutting to a commercial.

The remaining non-revenue sports should get more exposure on cable channels as football and basketball partially migrate to network TV. They also get to exist, which wouldn’t necessarily be the case without the new media rights deal.

Indiana has been fortu-

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nate to navigate the past few years without having to cut any of its athletic programs.

The contract’s annual payouts should afford that same luxury to schools that haven’t been as lucky.

Obviously, the thought of nearly 20 sports’ survival hinging on the performance of two or three is not particularly pleasant. Welcome to college athletics. If you want a hobby mostly devoid of moral quandaries or existential dread, can I suggest

knitting?

However, the implications of the media rights deal aren’t all quite so murky.

You may have noticed thus far there has been no mention of ESPN. That’s fairly uncommon in college sports media considering ESPN currently has broadcasting rights to nine major NCAA conferences.

Pulling power from ESPN creates more competition among networks, theoretically leading to a better

product for viewers. As you may have learned in U.S. history class, monopolies generally aren’t great. Luckily, this is America, where such an abuse of capitalism would never be allowed.

Instead, we’re blessed with a good, old-fashioned oligopoly, just like God or George Washington or whoever intended.

At this point, there’s one question that may still be rattling around in your head: does this mean schools are

finally going to start paying players?

Look, I see why you might look at an industry that leverages the skills of student athletes to generate ludicrous amounts of revenue and think it’s a little gross to not pay those student athletes. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I mean, just think of the poor, underserved university administrators. This is only $7 billion we’re talking about after all.

FOOTBALL

COLUMN: Long-term takeaways from Indiana's comeback victory

By Will Foley wtfoley@iu.edu | @foles24

Indiana finally lifted the weight of the world off its shoulders. Having won its first football game in 342 days, and its first Big Ten win in 636 days, the Hoosiers finally have a sense of relief.

Not so fast. While the win provided a muchneeded momentum boost for the program, the Hoosiers are not out of the woods just because they got the win. While there were some really good signs for the rest of the season, there were also plenty of concerns. Here’s what I picked up from the game:

Indiana found its quarterback in Connor Bazelak Redshirt junior and Missouri transfer quarterback Connor Bazelak put on quite a show in his Indiana debut. He threw for 330 yards and a touchdown and looked good doing so.

His lone touchdown was a beautiful 52-yard throw to senior D.J. Matthews, and he spread the ball all over the field.

And then there’s the obvious: a near-perfect twominute drill on Indiana’s last drive to give the Hoosiers the lead with 23 seconds remaining. After struggling with injuries and poor play in 2020, quarterback play was not a concern in week one.

The offensive line consistently missed blocks As great as Bazelak was, he cannot play consistently at that high of a level if he doesn’t have time to throw.

That’s what happened during the second half before the 75-yard touchdown drive. The Hoosier offense had only 70 yards.

Along with Bazelak facing constant pressure, all Indiana could muster in the run game was 32 yards on 26 attempts. You won’t win many football games with those numbers, especially in the Big Ten. Worst of all, the most consistent offensive lineman, senior tackle Matthew Bedford, left with an injury in the third quarter. The line has a long way

Fans celebrate an IU touchdown during a football game at Memorial Stadium.

to go if Indiana is going to continue on a winning trend.

Indiana’s defense looks talented, but unpolished It was an up-and-down night for the defense. The Hoosiers allowed 448 yards of offense, but they forced five turnovers. They missed several tackles, allowing big plays to break open for Illinois, but they got stops whenever they needed it most — the highlight being a momentum-shifting, goal-line stand in the fourth quarter.

For being Indiana’s first game of the season, facing an excellent run game from a team who had already won in week zero, the Hoosiers

looked relatively strong and really good down the stretch.

Polish up the little things like finishing tackles, and the defense should return to its 2020 form.

Cam Jones will be a star this season Jones, the senior linebacker, was all over the field last night. He totaled 12 tackles, a game-high, and broke through for a sack. Along with his efforts on the field, Indiana head coach Tom Allen described Jones as “the heart and soul” of the team.

Not trying to load him up with expectations, but one game in and he seems very capable of filling that role of NFL draftee Micah McFadden. If that’s so, the defense

is in good hands.

Indiana’s ‘no-huddle’ offense is its best I was curious to see how Indiana would look under new offensive coordinator Walt Bell, and this was an unexpected wrinkle. The Hoosiers went no-huddle early, and it was working, until they couldn’t convert a third down. Uncoincidentally, Indiana’s scoring drives were achieved through the up-tempo offense.

While it may be unrealistic to run the whole game, it should be implemented as much as possible. The 75yard game-winning drive was run in this fashion, and the offense was absolutely rolling.

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First year head coach Brian May looks to turn the Indiana women’s golf program around

By Zeke Shapiro zeshapir@iu.edu

Indiana women’s golf head coach Brian May is no stranger to turning a program around. The newly appointed coach helped the University of Kentucky reach the NCAA Championships for the first time in 29 years as an assistant coach in 2021.

Now, he is looking to translate the success he had in the Southeastern Conference to the Big Ten. “Being at the power five level is exactly where I want to be,” May said.

Along with the championship appearance, May helped the Wildcats reach four NCAA postseason appearances and two individual NCAA qualifiers. For May, the 2022 season will be his first head coaching job, but he said he is ready for the transition.

“It was a long time coming,” May said. “Kentucky did a great job of giving me the tools to be successful.”

The Hoosiers are led by three seniors: Hanna Tanaka, Valerie Clancey, and transfer Alexis Florio.

Despite being an individual sport, May believes the seniors play an integral part in the team’s performance.

“I think golf is a sport where leadership sounds

different,” May said. “They take care of their business.

Some are vocal, some lead by experience.”

May said he wants everyone on the team to be prepared and to treat golf as a priority. This season, there will be no freshmen on the roster, which May said will be a benefit to the team.

One of the key additions to the Hoosiers is redshirt senior Alexis Florio. Florio, a transfer from Columbia University, set the school record for scoring average, scoring average vs. par, par or better rounds, rounds played, birdies, par-3 scoring and par-4 scoring. In August, Florio, Clancey and junior Dominika Burdová, a transfer from GardnerWebb University, were named to the pre-season Big Ten watchlist.

Despite being ranked 151st in the country coming into the fall, May believes the Hoosiers will be well prepared when the season begins.

“I expect to be competitive,” May said. “I understand where the program has been. I expect to show up and be prepared.”

The Hoosiers will open their fall season Sept. 18 in Madison, Wisconsin at the Badger Invitational.

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HOCKEY

Indiana Club Ice Hockey aims to defend title

By Owen McDonough ojmcdono@iu.edu

After ending last season with three straight losses at the American Collegiate Hockey Association Nationals immediately following a 15-game win streak and Tri-State Collegiate Hockey League Championship, Club Ice Hockey at Indiana enters the 2022-2023 season looking to repeat and build on its success from a year ago.

Andrew Weiss assumed head coaching duties for the club in the middle of last season on Nov. 10, 2021. The team had a somewhat shaky 6-5 start, but once he took over, the team went 21-3-1 to close out the year.

“I told them, ‘Hey, this is going to be hard, but anything you tackle in life is going to be hard,’” Weiss.

“We had practice intensity, an overall buy-in and all 30 players were in a team atmosphere. All the players canceled spring break plans to come out and practice.

Last season was the first time since 2008 the Hoosiers qualified for a trip to nationals. After going on a monstrous run to end the season, Indiana beat back-to-back regular season champions Miami University to win the TSCHL Championship.

Weiss said the team desperately wanted to win the championship to top off its historic streak, and they were ecstatic after hoisting the banner. It’s a feeling they won’t forget, he said.

“To beat the eighthranked team in the conference, after not scoring in the first two games against them — to go out there, knowing how to play and playing how we played, it was a testament to the guys buying in,” Weiss said.

Even though losses to Northeastern University, University of Mary and Wis-

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Junior forward Carter Bonecutter controls the puck during Indiana's club ice hockey game against the University of Kentucky on Nov. 20, 2021, at Frank Southern Ice Arena in Bloomington.

consin at nationals erased the hopes of winning the ACHA D2 National Championship and ended Indiana’s season, there were many bright spots along the way.

Last season, starting goalie Sammy Bilis accumulated a .919 save percentage, averaging just over 30 saves a game and recording three shutouts with a starting record of 18-6.

Jack Null, Indiana senior forward, emphasized this team was built on chemistry and a true bond, not just the talent the players possess.

“Sammy’s one of the best kids I’ve met here at IU, and

he’s definitely one of the best players on the team,” Null said. “Sammy influenced all the kids to not care about any hockey that was played before or after IU — staying focused on the here and now.”

Among all ACHA Division II hockey teams, Indiana ranked 16th in total points, despite playing less games than all teams ranked above them. They had no issue shooting the puck either, scoring 140 goals with only 83 allowed. The team’s top returning goal scorers are senior Jack Kissell, along with sophomores Will Gerami, Ithan DeLorenzo and Tom-

FIELD HOCKEY

Indiana field hockey wins all three games over weekend in California

my MacDonald.

“Delo, MacDonald and Gerami have been unbelievable additions to the team,” Null said. “Not only helping in this significant rebuild but coming in with a super positive attitude all throughout the season.”

The season kicks off on a three-game home stretch where Indiana will face Concordia University Wisconsin in back-to-back games, then will take on Miami in a home/road game split.

The Miami games may mean more than any other this season, with it being a rematch of a heated rivalry

from last season that began when Indiana was shutout in the first two regular season matchups and ended with Indiana beating Miami for the TSCHL championship.

“Beating Miami was definitely the most unreal experience of my college career. There were pictures of everyone, including myself going absolutely crazy,” Indiana senior forward Adam Offenbach said. “We proved people wrong after thinking we had no chance of winning the league.”

Many eyes are on the team this season as they continue to make a name for

themselves and take this program to the next level. After having arguably its best season yet, the club is focused on continuing to build and making a run at this year’s national championship.

“With Frank Southern being the arena it is, when the fans come out, it’s truly felt and appreciated, so we hope they show up and support us on another run,” Weiss said.

Indiana Club Ice Hockey will open its season at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Frank Southern Ice Arena against Concordia University Wisconsin.

CROSS COUNTRY

Women's cross country place second, men place third to open season

By Hunter Harrison huhharri@iu.edu

IDS FILE PHOTO BY JENNY BUTLER

Then-freshman defender Yip van Wonderen dribbles the ball during a match against Michigan State University on Oct. 15, 2021, at the IU Field Hockey Complex.

By Charlie Huiras

cehuiras@iu.edu | @Charlie_Huiras

When Indiana field hockey left for its West Coast road trip last week, they had yet to win a game this season after two games. However, Indiana left the weekend adding three wins to its season tally.

After battling to two overtime victories against Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley on Friday and Saturday, respectively, Indiana shut out the University of California, Davis to return home a perfect 3-0 on the weekend.

Coming into its Friday night matchup at Stanford, Indiana was winless — having lost to Kent State University and No. 6-ranked Liberty University to start the season. Even more, they had yet to score a goal.

After ending regulation tied 2-2 against Stanford, Indiana went into overtime potentially looking at a third straight loss to begin its season.

That was until the 68th minute, when sophomore midfielder Maggie Carter found the back of the net for the 3-2 win. Before Carter’s heroic shot, it was freshman midfielder Jule Hufer who

scored the first two goals of her career to send the Hoosiers to overtime.

After Friday night's nailbiter, Indiana was only getting started. The next day, Indiana traveled to Berkeley, California, to play California for the first meeting between the programs since 2015 where the Hoosiers lost 2-1.

Both teams ended the first half scoreless, with great defense being shown on both sides. Despite an uneventful first half, the offense picked up drastically in the second half. California's senior backfielder and midfielder Hanna Winn and junior forward Sara Stone both scored within five minutes out of the break.

Things started looking bleak for Indiana as they entered the final quarter down 0-2. However, as the final quarter started, junior forward Jemima Cookson scored to bring the Hoosiers within one goal. Six minutes later in the 54th minute, she scored again to tie it up 2-2.

For the second consecutive day, Indiana had fought back from behind, but this time was led by Cookson.

With under 60 seconds on the clock in overtime, freshman midfielder and

forward Anna Mozeleski had a chance to win it for Indiana. Mozeleski stepped up and rifled a shot left of the keeper for the game winner for the Hoosiers second 3-2 overtime win in a row.

After the back-to-back overtime wins against Stanford and Cal, Indiana finished its West Coast road trip against UC Davis on Labor Day. The Hoosiers took control early on by going up 1-0 just seven minutes into the match thanks to Mozelski.

In the second half, it was sophomore forward Kayla Kiwak who sealed the Hoosier win with a goal off of an assist from Cookson in the 54th minute.

Despite the shutout win, the Hoosiers took just 11 shots — with four of them on goal — compared to the Aggies' 21. However, only 7 of those 21 shots were on the goal.

Indiana takes on Ball State University at home at 3 p.m. this Friday, and Bellarmine University at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11. After the two-game weekend spurt in Bloomington, the Hoosiers will open up Big Ten play at Iowa on Sept. 16.

Indiana cross country started its season with promising results as two Indiana runners finished in the top three at the Redhawk Rumble on Sept. 3 in Oxford, Ohio. Fourteen Indiana runners competed in the competition that included host Miami University and the University of Cincinnati.

The Hoosiers placed third overall in the men’s 8K race with a standout performance from junior Gabriel Sanchez. He finished first in the event with a time of 24:53.2.

In the women’s 5K race, Indiana placed second overall with a third-place finish from junior Phoebe Bates. Bates ran a time of 17:47.1 with senior Alyssa Skorge finishing in fifth with a time of 17:56.5.

The Redhawk Rumble served as a warm-up for the new season, so Indiana chose not to have their best possible squad compete, Sanchez said.

“It’s a meet of not necessarily 100% importance, but one where we can go out there and figure things out early on in the season,” Sanchez said. “I think for the guys that went and raced out there, it was a good indicator to see where we’re at in the season.”

After the merging of two seasons into one year in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Hoosiers return to a normal schedule for the 2022 season. The pandemic caused many athletes who were in their final season to have one more year of eligibility, but after last season concluded, the older athletes reached the end of their eligibility and can no longer compete.

This is something that Sanchez feels will help younger athletes this season.

“I think it’ll even out the playing field,” he said.

“Definitely it’s a confidence booster for us younger guys because we don’t have to compete with guys who should already be pro or have qualified for the Olympics.”

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IU then-senior Arjun Jha runs during NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 12, 2021, in Evansville, Indiana.

Last season, the Hoosiers finished fourth in men’s and fifth in women’s in the Big Ten Cross Country Championships. They enter the 2022 season with many new faces making their debuts for the team, as well as some familiar faces leading the team.

Freshmen Claire Overfelt, Abe Eckman and Cole Raymond joined sophomores Brenner Hanna, Audrey Mendrys and Jaylen Castillo in making their collegiate debuts at the Redhawk Rumble.

Returning runners such as Sanchez, last year’s Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and graduate student Sarah Schmitt will help lead this year’s men’s and women’s teams respectively into the new season. The two competed in the Big Ten Championships last season with Sanchez finishing 45th in the men’s event and Schmitt finishing 14th in the women’s event.

The 2022 season will be a new start for some, but the last season for head coach Ron Helmer as he plans on retiring after this year.

Helmer began his tenure as head coach for Indiana in 2007, when he led his first team to an NCAA appearance where they finished 28th overall. Since then,

he has coached 52 Big Ten champions and six NCAA champions for Indiana.

The emotions surrounding his departure after 53 years of experience in the sport have not made this year different from any other, Helmer said. He is still committed to getting the most out of his athletes and coaching them to be the best they can be, he said.

“Right now, coming to practice is a lot of fun,” he said. “Because they all show up ready to work and ready to do their job, and they’re having a good time with it.”

Helmer retiring has not distracted the athletes either, as the Hoosiers are just as focused on the work ahead as before. If anything, it serves as more motivation for athletes such as Sanchez to do their best.

“I think you can see it a little bit in the training that we’re putting in,” he said. “Out of respect for this man who’s been out here forever, we’re all doing it.

We’re all here mostly because of him. We came out and wanted to be coached by him.”

The Hoosiers will continue their season at 10 a.m. on Sept. 16 at the Coaching Tree Invitational on the IU Cross Country Course.

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