October 6, 2022

President Whitten presents IU 2030 plan

By Carter DeJong cadejong@iu.edu | @ dejong_carter

IU President Pamela Whit ten presented IU’s strategic plan, IU 2030, during her first State of the University Address Sept. 29 at Hine Hall on the IUPUI campus.

IU 2030, focuses on stu

dent success and opportu nity, research and creativity and service to the state, na tion and beyond. Whitten first launched the plan on Sep. 21.

“This framework is only the beginning,” Whitten said. “Bringing it to life in unique ways for each campus will al low members of the IU com

munity to play a meaningful role in shaping the destiny of each part of our university.”

IU 2030 plans to increase external research funding from $520 million to $700 mil lion annually.

“The IU 2030 strategic plan framework calls for us to be ambitious in the coming years

Jordan Geronimo eager to jump to the next level

about expanding excellence in research, discovery, en trepreneurship and creative scholarship,” Whitten said.

IU 2030 also addresses ser vice to the state. Whitten plans to partner with government agencies to make IU the pre ferred resource for data and policy analysis in Indiana.

IU’s regional campuses, lo cated around Indiana, plan to partner with local businesses and industry to fill workforce needs, Whitten said.

“The value of a college degree lies in more than a sal ary,” Whiten said. “It can be measured in ways our gradu ates use the knowledge and

critical thinking skills they gained at IU to contribute in countless ways,”.

Whitten praised IU for being one of the most afford able options of the schools in the Big Ten Conference. Her administration created the

By Emma Pawlitz epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

Editor’s note: This is the second of a multi-part series featuring stories on Indiana men’s basketball players.

Welcome to the year of the big.

From the University of Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe to the University of North Carolina’s Armando Bacot, there’s no question that the majority of college basketball’s best returning players are centers and power forwards.

Of course, Indiana basketball is no stranger to

the All-American athlete.

Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis is arguably a top-five player entering the 2022-23 season amongst last year’s award-winners.

While Jackson-Davis will have the chance to square off against Bacot, Purdue’s Zach Edey and Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, Jackson-Davis' biggest competition and source of betterment right now is his own teammate: Jordan Geronimo.

Geronimo, a junior, recorded the best stretch of his collegiate career during the 2022 NCAA Tournament. He exploded for a career-high 15 points

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with three put-back jams against the University of Wyoming, followed by a nine-point, six-rebound performance in Indiana’s loss to Saint Mary’s College of California. He also had flashes of stardom over the beginning of his collegiate career, despite limited minutes. Geronimo dunked on Iowa’s then-Wooden Award winner Luka Garza in 2021 and attempted — but missed — a monster slam over former Illinois All-American Kofi Cockburn last year.

"I caught the ball, looked

By Will Foley wtfoley@iu.edu | @foles24

Just when there is a sliv er of hope — some poten tial of success within reach — it’s all gone within an in stant. That’s the epitome of Indiana football.

As Indiana’s 35-21 loss to Nebraska on Saturday developed, there was only one question I could ask myself: What in the world did I just watch?

For a good while, it did not look like a football game. Whatever you want to call it, Nebraska won, and Indiana did not.

There are several obvi

ous concerns about In diana that need to be ad dressed. The biggest is these problems have been apparent all season, yet nothing has changed.

The Hoosiers seem to have a lack of preparation and discipline. Indiana’s first play of the game was nearly a delay of game, which was bailed out by a timeout call. I understand road environments can be tough, but they should at least be able to snap the ball.

Also signaling a lack of discipline was Indiana’s 11 penalties for 92 total yards. While somehow less

than Nebraska’s 12 for 111 yards, the Hoosiers can’t expect to overcome more obstacles in a game when they can hardly stand their ground.

In previewing the matchup with Nebraska, I highlighted some key areas Indiana needed to excel in to get a win. Let’s visit those topics and see how they performed. I’m sure the results will shock you.

Come to play early

As previously men tioned, the Hoosiers didn’t even snap the ball on their

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Then-sophomore forward Jordan Geronimo celebrates a forced turnover March 17, 2022, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon.

first men's basketball game of the season will be an exhibition Oct. 29 against Marian University.

COLUMN: Indiana's season might be crumbling before its eyes

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Then-sophomore quarterback Jack Tuttle runs the ball Jan. 2, 2021, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

IU continues denial of IGWC-UE union

BPD recieves 4 reports of sexual assault

By Christina Avery averycm@iu.edu | @christym_avery

Editor’s Note: This story includes mention of sexual as sault.

A rape was reported to have occurred Sept. 26 on North Roosevelt Street.

Bloomington Police Department Captain Ryan Pedigo said the victim reported inappropriate sexual behavior.

The case is still active, Pedigo said.

Another rape was reported to have occurred Sept. 27 at South Walnut Street Pike.

The case involved a reported rape in the stairwell of an apartment complex, Pedigo said in an email. He said the individuals are known to BPD. The case is still active.

The BPD received another report of a rape that allegedly occurred Sept. 27 on South Lincoln Street.

By Natalie Fitzgibbons natfitzg@iu.edu | @NatalieFitz9

Indiana Graduate Work ers Coalition-United Elec trical Workers’ fight for union recognition is still an ongoing issue with the IU administration as they con tinue opposing the effort.

Anne Kavalerchik, a Ph.D. student in sociology and informatics and mem ber of the IGWC-UE work ers coordinating commit tee, said IU administration has not clearly stated why they are opposed to recog nizing IGWC-UE as a union.

A speculation could be misinformation being spread through the upper administration, Kavalerchik said.

Kavalerchik said the only reasoning given from the administration is that a union is not right for IU’s campus. There are already 80,000 to 120,000 gradu ate students that are union recognized at many insti tutions across the country

and the world, Kavalerchik said.

“It would be in their in terest to recognize us so that they can communicate with us without us having to do a strike every single time,” Kavalerchik said.

Unions are legal in In diana and there is nothing internal in IU’s policy that states graduate students cannot have a union, Ka valerchik said.

Kavalerchik said that there are already existing unions on campus such as American Federation of State County Municipal Employees and Communi cation Workers of America.

IGWC-UE has been ask ing to become unionized under the HR-12-20 policy, Kavalerchik said. The HR12-20 policy states that if at least 30% of the bargaining units submit union cards, that will trigger a union election, Kavalerchik said.

“They’re not even just refusing to recognize our union — they’re refusing

to allow us to hold an elec tion,” Kavalerchik said.

If the administration recognized IGWC-UE’s union, they would have to be compliant to having a bargaining relationship with IGWC-UE, Kavaler chik said. The administra tion having a bargaining relationship with IGWC-UE means they would be obli gated to negotiate with IG WC-UE, Kavalerchik said.

“They unfortunately do not communicate with us or follow our communica tions,” Kavalerchik said. “Our only way of communi cating with them has been by striking, which is disrup tive to the function of the university.”

Professor Benjamin Robinson, president of the Bloomington Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said that IGWC-UE needs to be recognized as a union.

“The number one issue is recognition,” Robinson said. “What that speaks to

is the actual role of students as agents in deciding their own terms of work, and to me that is a fundamental right.”

Robinson said one of the many speculations to why the administration has refused to recognize IGWCUE as a union is because there may be reluctance to share power.

Sharing power means IGWC-UE would be capable of deciding the conditions they work in which would be negotiated with the IU administration. The IU ad ministration would not have complete control over the graduate workers’ work conditions like they do now.

Legally, there is not a statutory obligation for the administration to share power with IGWC-UE, Rob inson said. Indiana does not have the labor rights that are protected at the federal law, which means union recognition is com pletely voluntary, Robinson said.

Crumble opens new Bloomington store

By Ruth Cronin rmcronin@iu.edu | @RuthCronin6

Crumble Coffee and Bakery has opened a third Bloomington location, sit ting at the corner of Atwater Avenue and Swain Avenue, behind Mother Bear’s Pizza.

There was a soft opening Sept. 22, where they quietly opened the doors, serving their full drink menu along with baked goods.

Opening the new store was a yearlong renovation process, which turned a dentistry office space into a brand-new space. It is now the bakery’s biggest location and has a large semi-private room that Crumble hopes to rent out to classes and small groups, general manager Abe Carney said.

The new location is simi lar to the others but has more natural light and feels more open.

“It’s very beautiful be cause they left a lot of the original architecture,” senior employee Alisha Nathani said. “The vibe is just very chill. There’s lots of outlets and different style seating that’s good for group work or individual work.”

The official grand open ing date has not yet been an nounced. Crumble is waiting to have enough fully-trained

staff to run three locations, and for owner Laura Edgar, who is on maternity leave, to attend.

The new shop is currently open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., serving their full drink menu along with baked goods. This location will be extending its hours soon, and unlike the other locations which close at 6 p.m., this store will be open until 8 p.m. Senior em ployee Olivia Wheatley be lieves this will encourage stu dents to hang out and study.

What makes this location stand apart from the others

is that they will be serving crepes as well following their grand opening.

Edgar used to work at a Philadelphia coffee shop while helping owner Scott Reynolds run Crumble in Bloomington. After seeing how easy and popular they were at the Philadelphia shop, she decided to see if the concept would work here.

The new Crumble loca tion does not yet have an oven, so the baked goods will be brought from their downtown location. The

crepes will be a focal point of the new shop. There will be sweet and savory options, made to order.

Wheatley worked the soft opening and saw that this location drew in a variety of people, including many Jacobs School of Music stu dents and people from the surrounding dentist and doc tors’ offices.

“It was really exciting,” Wheatley said. “There were a lot of regulars that I recog nized from the other shops because they keep up with us and wanted to see the place.”

“They’re afraid of a vol untary act of recognition might upset a power base on which they have to rely for our state appropria tions,” Robinson said.

IU spokesperson Chuck Carney dismissed an inter view about the topic of IG WC-UE’s union recognition and left an email statement regarding the issue.

Carney said in the email that the issue of union recognition remains un changed and there is not much to say about it.

“The IU Board of Trust ees must make that deci sion and the chair of the trustees has said the trust ees will not formally rec ognize the IGWC as an IU union because ‘the process to enhance the experience of graduate students is best accomplished through ex isting channels of shared governance and collabo ration.’ (a quote from the letter the trustees sent to faculty),” Carney said in the email.

The case involved two acquaintances that had consensual sex, Pedigo said in an email. Pedigo said the woman believed the man possibly removed the condom during sex, which she said was not consensual.

The information was provided to the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office for review. The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office determined they would not be pursuing criminal charges, Pedigo said, so the case was cleared.

The BPD also received a report of a rape Sept. 28 that reportedly occurred on East Third Street.

The report was delayed, meaning it was submitted weeks, months or years after the incident.

Pedigo said the rape reportedly occurred in 2018. The victim told officers Sept. 28 that she was having flashbacks to when the rape allegedly occurred and believed she knew who the suspect was.

The case is active.

How to help those in Florida affected by Hurricane Ian

By Helen Rummel hrummel@iu.edu | @helenrummel

Hurricane Ian hit the Florida southwest coast Sept. 28 with windspeeds upwards of 150 mph, leaving many residents helpless amid a constant downpour.

The hurricane, which is now the fifth most powerful storm to ever hit the United States, stranded more than a million Florida residents without power, according to NBC News. Below is a list of organizations people can do nate to in support of those in the hurricane’s path.

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross is seeking donations for its relief efforts in Florida. In addition to helping residents in the hurricane’s projected path, the nonprofit is serving thousands of people taking shelter at its evacuation cen ters.

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army is providing food, shelter and water to residents affected by the storm.

Save the Children Save the Children is helping Florida families and children through aid from its mobile team deployed to the area. The nonprofit group aims to protect chil dren in times of crisis.

American Humane

American Humane, a non-profit animal welfare organization, has deployed mobile units to assist with animal-related emergen cies caused by the storm. The organization is working with groups like The Florida Aquarium and Busch Gar dens Tampa, as well as local animal shelters.

Donate Blood

The Red Cross has said many centers in the coastal area have been disrupted by the hurricane. Because of this, the group is urging residents in unaffected areas to consider donating blood to their local donation cen ter. Blood can be transferred wherever it is needed in the country, the Red Cross has said, and need will continue to rise in Florida.

By Olivia Franklin orfrankl@iu.edu

A new Pizza X location will open at 312 E. Third St. and they are shooting for a De cember opening.

This will be the seventh location in the Bloomington and Ellettsville area.

Jeff Mease, founder and CEO of Pizza X, said they wanted another location close to campus. It will be a real advantage for the busi ness and delivery drivers to be closer to the customers so

they can give better service, he said.

Mease said adding this new location will give Pizza X a way to spread the business out, so the busiest times are not so big at the campus loca tion at 1791 E. 10th St.

“Things have quieted down some this year, but last year at the campus location it was balls to the wall,” Mease said. “Business was super strong so we could not keep up and we were maxing that store out.”

Mease said they have not

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Students hold strike signs and chant April 14, 2022, in front of the Chemistry Building. Graduate workers feel IU administration has been unclear on their reasoning behind the opposition surrounding union recognition.

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Crumble Coffee and Bakery’s third Bloomington location is located off of East Third Street behind Mother Bear’s Pizza. Its soft opening was Sept. 22, 2022, and its grand opening date is to be announced.

By Da’Nasia Pruitt pruittd@iu.edu | @danasialp

There have been sev eral predominantly Black and Brown cities across the country that are experienc ing issues with maintaining safe environments over the past decade. Most of this is due to environmental rac ism through declining infra structure. The situation only appears to be getting worse.

In 2014, in Flint, Michi gan, a water crisis startled the country. According to CNN, the water supply was switched from Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to the Karegnondi Water Au thority to reduce costs. This meant the water supplied to Flint was changed to the water from the Flint River. A few months later, fecal coli form bacterium was detect ed in the water.

By the beginning of 2015, the water was deemed safe, however, residents of Flint reported to be suffering from rashes and mysterious illnesses. Later on that year, elevated levels of lead were in over 40% of Flint homes. As the years went by, citi zens proceeded to die from unsafe conditions. Flint, Michigan’s water still has not been declared safe to drink even in 2022.

This isn’t the only Mid western city that has expe rienced failure of infrastruc ture due to government of ficials not doing their jobs properly.

In 2016, the mayor of East Chicago, Indiana, or dered the evacuation of the then West Calumet Housing complex building, because it was built on toxic ground according to the Chicago Tribune. The housing com plex had been built on the grounds of a lead smelter.

Almost a decade earlier, federal officials claimed to have assessed the potential health hazard in East Chica go and declared that young

children could safely play in neighborhoods built on or near former industrial cities contaminated with lead. The same government agency confirmed that it misled par ents and city officials.

Children living in the neighborhoods contami nated with lead were three times more likely to suffer from lead poisoning during the past decade than if they lived in other parts of the city.

Faulty and preventable issues in Black and Brown

communities and their en vironments don’t stop there.

In late August, Jackson, Mis sissippi’s public water sys tem crashed and left over 150,000 residents without safe drinking water. Some people didn’t even have run ning water in their homes.

It is important to note that Black people make up over 80% of the city’s popu lation.

The problems in Jackson, East Chicago and Flint are all examples of how poor infrastructure plays a role

in environmental racism, affecting marginalized and low-income individuals.

It is uncommon to hear stories about failing infra structure in wealthy neigh borhoods and communities.

When housing additions and buildings are made for wealthy individuals, they go through extensive planning, research and development to ensure that it is built on the best grounds possible.

Most of this inequal ity comes from a history of racism through redlining.

Whiteness kept Dahmer out of prison for too long

Redlining was a racist and discriminatory practice that prevented Black people from being able to purchase homes in neighborhoods with better infrastructure.

This usually left them to stay in neighborhoods that were deemed “dangerous or haz ardous.”

According to The Guard ian, if your neighbor hood was “redlined” it was “doomed to a future of still born investment and decay.”

This allowed for invest ments to be poured into

wealthy, usually white neighborhoods, while poor and marginalized neighbor hoods were slowly failing overtime.

It is extremely important people are aware that in frastructure plays a role in environmental racism. This country has a long way to go in ensuring that marginal ized people are treated and given the same opportuni ties as other individuals in this country. Ensuring that their infrastructure is up to date and built to last is key.

By Da’Nasia Pruitt pruittd@iu.edu | @danasialp

Netflix released “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” its new series about American serial killer, on Sept. 21. Dahmer was a notorious, vile serial killer whose victims were mostly young, Black, queer boys.

Dahmer’s committed these vile crimes over 30 years ago, so younger people — like Gen-Z — can get a glimpse of what happened during that time. However, some young people aren’t watching it due to the traumatic and gory scenes the series depicts.

While the series aims to tell the story from the victims’ perspectives, it unintentionally sheds a light on how Dahmer’s whiteness and homophobia, as well as the institutionalized racism within policing, allowed for him to get away with those heinous crimes for so long.

The Netflix series clearly depicts the police being

According to The New York Times, 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone was returned to Dahmer, his captor and soon-to-be murderer, even though he looked visibly distraught and was bleeding.

Witnesses called the police about a boy who was naked, harmed and disoriented. It was because he had been drugged by Dahmer. Dahmer was able to convince police officers he and Sinthasomphone were “quarreling lovers,” so they returned Sinthasomphone to Dahmer. Dahmer later murdered him.

The police officers were John Balcerzack and Joseph Gabbrish. The two officers were fired but later reinstated because the firings were “too severe a punishment.”

Both police officers were able to have long careers in law enforcement, despite being involved in one of Dahmer’s murders.

This event’s witness was Glenda Cleveland, Dahmer’s neighbor, along with her daughter and niece.

According to an USA Today article, the police could’ve caught Dahmer months earlier if they had only listened to Cleveland.

Cleveland, her daughter and niece tried to reason with the police about whether Sinthasomphone was a victim. The officers insisted he was not a victim and assured Cleveland with the lie that Dahmer and the victim were arguing lovers.

What makes this story even more heartbreaking is the fact that Sinthasomphone’s older brother Anouke Sinthasomphone had also been a victim of sexual exploitation by Dahmer a few years before his younger brother was murdered.

Cleveland not only was a witness to one of his crimes, but she called the police on numerous separate occasions and even contacted the FBI. No one

cared to listen to her. Five of the 17 murders Dahmer committed happened after Cleveland tried to warn the police.

Glenda Cleveland was a Black woman who could’ve been the key to catching Dahmer, if only the police had listened to her.

The police involved with returning Sinthasomphone to Dahmer actively participated in his murder. The two officers displayed a negligence that has been displayed within the policing system since its creation.

The police have a history of ignoring the cries for help whether directly or indirectly from marginalized people.

So, there have been several opportunities for the justice system to do its job, but it failed. However, it also succeeded. It succeeded in maintaining one its core values, preserving whiteness, by allowing Dahmer to roam the streets peacefully while preying on unsuspecting victims.

By Jay Upshaw jnupshaw@iu.edu

On Sept. 22, IU Cinema premiered its third showing in Maya Cade’s film series “Home is Where the Heart Is.” The series presented two more movies: “Dreaming Rivers” and “Black Mother.”

Before the film showing, Cade made a short speech as an introduction to the series’ third installment. She intro duced the two films and talk ed about their unique place in Black film history. The two films focused on Black an cestors and their call to Black people.

“Ancestry is a way to un derstand Black history and a possibility of Black futures,” Cade said at the screening.

The first shown film, “Dreaming Rivers,” was about a mother who moved to London from her home land in the Caribbean.

After the death of her husband and with her own demise loom ing, she feels a strong desire to return back to her home land, but she also feels regret for leaving.

The mother hears the voices of her ancestors call ing her back home and she is tormented with regret. The short film uses her three chil dren to recount her feelings and thoughts on the move.

The homesick mother

bodies Cade’s theme of a de sire to return home.

The second film of the night was “Black Mother,” an art film that takes the audi ence on a journey through Jamaica. The director, Khalik Allah, created a visual take on the documentary by showing the beautiful scenery of the country and interacting with the people living there.

The people share their land’s history, and even show the harsh workings of prostitution. Cade’s overall theme is told through the citizens of Jamaica telling the audience what makes their home unique.

At 7 p.m. on Sept. 30, Cade gave a Jorgensen lecture as part of Home is Where the Heart Is. She was joined by filmmaker Isabel Sandoval, a close friend. They engaged in conversation about the legacies and impact of Black film. Sandoval has been a guest lecturer at the IU Cinema previously.

After this conversation, the fourth installment of Cade’s series showed “African Woman, U.S.A.” and “My Brother’s Wedding.”

The final installment of the “Home is Where the Heart Is” series was shown at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1. The two films that final night were “Behind Every Good Man” and “Pariah.”

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Cinema screens

Rivers’ and ‘Black Mother’

participants in Dahmer’s crimes.

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The IU Cinema building is seen at 1213 E. Seventh St. The cinema will present “Dreaming Rivers” and “Black Mother” in its third screening of its Maya Cade series.

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Evan Peters stars as Jeffrey Dahmer in “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which premiered on Netflix on Sept. 21.

Academic Tuition and Fees Task Force to make the tu ition and fee setting process more transparent and to find ways to lower the cost to attend IU, Whitten said. The task force is expected to release a student-centered process to inform students of tuition and fee changes by June 2023.

“Further enhancing stu dent success at IU will mean not only increasing our re tention rates and ensuring that students graduate on time, but also improving the overall student experience in multiple ways,” Whitten said.

At the beginning of her speech, Whitten recognized three doctoral students:

Erin Hennessey, Donald Bradley and Meghan Para dis, who will continue their research with the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Award program.

Whitten also recognized Elvin Irihamye during her speech. Irihamye is now studying at the University of Oxford in England as IU’s 19th Rhodes Scholar, she said.

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at the baseline and saw (Cockburn) there, and I said, ‘I’ve got to go for this one,’” Geronimo said. “I jumped up, and I almost got it. I’ve got to get that back, though. Somebody’s about to be on the receiving end of that.”

Geronimo’s fearlessness and ambition are only a fraction of his basketball pedigree. His height, strength, speed and explosiveness — what his teammates call “freak” athleticism — are what drive Geronimo in battle with Jackson-Davis daily.

With the combination of extraordinary natural talent and ample self-confidence, Geronimo is ready to go head-to-head with college basketball’s best.

Future foes Bacot, Dickinson and Edey are traditional centers, spending most of their time operating low in the paint and feasting off of spin moves and modified hooks. Geronimo’s style of play, on the other hand, involves shifty cuts and quick drives. In fact, he

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spent the offseason working on his handles, mid and long-range shooting and decision-making to increase his offensive versatility.

Geronimo said going up against the likes of Garza and Cockburn early in his career led him to further embrace his athleticism, an advantage he possesses over his colossal counterparts.

“My freshman year, I played a lot of the four,” Geronimo said. “I was able to use my athleticism to help me get around them, even though I’m 6’6” going up against seven-foot guys.”

Geronimo has also worked on expanding his defensive portfolio, stretching his abilities out of the paint up to the guarddominated three-point line.

“In practice, sometimes I’m matching up with Jalen Hood-Schifino and (Xavier Johnson), so I take on that challenge of guarding the perimeter,” Geronimo said. “Each position has its tricks to it, so I have to work on getting over ball screens, knowing their tendencies, moving from the corner to

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the wing. I’m not saying it’s harder to guard the perimeter, but it’s just about knowing what to do in that situation.”

Despite his adaptability to play all over the court, not-so-sneaky athleticism and positional prowess, Geronimo knows where he belongs on a championshiplevel squad.

“Every team has role players — shooters, scorers and a defensive hustle guy,” Geronimo said. “Every team needs that kind of player to do the dirty work. I want to be the best at my role: play defense, rebound, bring energy.”

Geronimo said head coach Mike Woodson has given him even more confidence heading into the 2022-23 season, and he’s ready to take on both the highly-anticipated team and individual campaign.

“(Woodson) keeps me in that mindset to just keep working hard and keep doing what I’m doing,” Geronimo said. “Because when I’m on, I’m hard to stop.”

first play. They trailed 7-0 at the end of the first quarter and trailed 21-7 late into the second quarter. Not an ideal start to say the least.

Establish the run game

Nebraska entered the contest allowing 233.5 rushing yards per game, which is fifth-to-last in Di vision I. Indiana finished with a total of 67 rushing yards on 23 attempts, a measly 2.9 yards per at tempt. If anything else needs to be said, Indiana’s lead rusher of the night, freshman Jaylin Lucas, did not touch the ball in the second half.

Prevent the deep ball

The Hoosiers allowed four passing plays of 20 or more yards, two of them resulting in touchdowns. One of those touchdowns was a 71-yard bomb, con verted on a third-and-nine by Nebraska. It was a bet ter performance than last week at Cincinnati, but that isn’t saying much.

Capitalize in the red zone

Indiana scored 100% of the time in the red zone — that’s good. What wasn’t so good was that it reached the red zone just twice.

Overall, losing to Ne braska is not a good sign for Indiana’s 2022 season. It might not be time to sound the alarm just yet, but boy is it close.

Perspectives can change so easily, and that rings true about Indiana football. A couple days ago, a win over Nebraska was expected and a bowl game was the primary goal.

Now, there’s a good chance the Hoosiers are underdogs in their final seven contests. Getting more than one win during the rest of the year could be considered a success.

There is still hope for Indiana to cling onto, but that would require some major changes on the field. Head coach Tom Al len’s biggest test is ahead of him in preventing a sea son collapse, and it may determine his favorability with the fan base.

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How capitalism is driving the climate crisis

Is this midterm’s polling accurate?

“I can’t understand how life goes on the way it does… Don’t they know it’s the end of the world?”

As I was collecting my sources for this column, see ing devastating hurricanes wreck Puerto Rico, Cuba and Florida, massive flood ing destroy Pakistan and ter rible typhoons upend Viet nam, I thought of Skeeter Davis’ song “The End of the World.” How strange it is to fret over next week’s exams when millions of people are being displaced, or worse, because of extreme weather.

Call me an alarmist if you like – I am alarmed. Now is the time to be alarmed. But while it may feel like the world is ending, it would be incorrect to declare a cli mate change apocalypse is upon us. That would imply nothing can be done.

Before discussing what to do about climate change, it is first necessary to deter mine how climate change is happening, who is respon sible and what effect climate change is having upon the world.

According to the United

Nations, climate change “refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.” The overwhelm ing scientific consensus sees human activity since the Industrial Revolution as the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels.

That final point is crucial. Individual actions like recy cling or using reusable water bottles aren’t going to cut it when faced with climate ca tastrophe. The scientific fact is the climate is changing and climate change is a sys temic issue.

A 2017 CDP report found that 71% of all greenhouse gas emissions since 1988 can be traced to just 100 fossil fuel producers. You should definitely recycle your Coke cans. But, don’t get any illusions about sav ing the planet through your own individual actions, not when you’re up against Shell and Chevron.

So, the climate is chang ing, and the fossil fuel com panies are largely respon sible – what does this have to do with hurricanes, ty phoons and monsoons?

Because of climate change, air temperatures have risen. Because of ris

ing air temperatures, air can hold more moisture. This has the seemingly paradoxi cal effect of climate change causing longer and more severe droughts around the world, and at the same time producing intensified rain storms.

Human-generated cli mate change is real, mainly perpetuated by fossil fuel companies and has dev astating effects for people across the globe. We know this now. ExxonMobil knew about this in 1977.

Long before climate change became a public is sue, the company formerly called Exxon-employed top scientists to study how car bon emissions were affect ing the planet. Upon learn ing the truth about what their business was doing to the planet, what did they do? They spent the next several decades trying to cover it up and sow doubt about cli mate science. Naturally!

“Après moi le dé luge! is the watchword of every capitalist and of every capitalist nation,” Karl Marx wrote in 1867. “Hence Capi tal is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.”

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For those like myself who don’t speak French, that quote begins with “After me, the flood.” The capitalist is not worried about the health of their fellow man, or the damage they do to the plan et. That is a future problem. The worst of climate change, after all, is still to come.

Formulated in this quote from Marx’s “Capital” is the problem and solution to the climate crisis. The endless greed of the capitalists, and the exorbitant profits from fossil fuels, is the problem. “Compulsion from society” is the solution.

The fossil fuel industries must be taken out of private hands. Nationalization and the phasing out of fossil fuel production is the answer. In government hands, fos sil fuel production levels and prices can be planned according to public needs while we transition to clean er energy production. It is profitable in the short term to destroy the planet – na tionalization can eliminate this motive.

It has become increas ingly clear: we must choose people over profits, and the Earth over capitalism.

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Gen Z has the best and worst body image

Gentry Keener (she/her) is a sophomore studying journalism and political science.

To say Generation Z has the worst body dysmorphia and body image issues of any other generation prior is a controversial statement. After all, our parents, Generation X, grew up in the rise of diet culture. They grew up with the ideology that being thin and conventionally attractive was more important than their wellbeing.

The number of times I have heard a Gen X parent say, “Nothing tastes better than skinny feels,” should be a crime.

Gen Z was raised by these parents who are obsessed with dieting and being skinny. Many of them fought to not pass this on to their children, but in their efforts, they cre ated the exact opposite result.

As children, hearing “I’m so fat,” or “I have put on so much weight” makes any child more aware of their body. Suddenly, they are aware there are things to be insecure about. They begin

to notice these insecurities all on their own.

In a study done by Com mon Sense media, 80% of girls have been on a diet by age 10.

We can’t place all the blame on our parents, though. In fact, they were trying their best to shelter us from this part of the world. Al though our parents may have stemmed the initial aware ness of our bodies, there was a much larger factor at play.

The biggest culprit for our generation is social media.

Gen Z grew up in a social media-filled world. From the moment we were conscious of the world, we had technol ogy and some form of social media presented in front of us. Celebrities became idol ized for their small frames and flat stomachs. With plat forms such as Instagram coming into the mainstream, it opened a door for others to post unrealistic or even pho toshopped images of their bodies, creating a toxic envi ronment open to people of all ages.

Social media created plat forms that allowed people to

share only the positive and unrealistic aspects of life. For young children, consuming that media all day can be real ly detrimental. Seeing models in size 00 or photoshopped images of Kim Kardashian be ing praised for their body size and shape creates the idea that every girl must look like that to be considered pretty.

The toxic environment created on social media should be considered the root cause of body dysmorphia in young children.

Yet, social media has pro vided another aspect to our generation’s view on body image.

The new “body positivity” movement has taken rise in the last 10 years. Women of all shapes and sizes have taken to social media to dismantle toxic body image beliefs and fatphobia. They show how to be confident, despite what we have been taught as children. It has opened the door to a new appreciation of beauty in body size.

Growing up being able to watch role models such as Drew Afualo, Spencer Bar bosa and Zach Miko breaks

down the stigma surrounding body image and society’s defi nition of “beauty.”

Drew Afualo makes videos fighting back against misogy nistic comments and teach ing girls about their worth. Spencer Barbosa has created a page revolving around lov ing your body and being con fident in your own skin. Zach Miko focuses on loving your body right now. Not later, not after a diet, not after work ing out, but exactly as you are now.

This has created a new healthy environment for those struggling with body image, body dysmorphia and disordered eating.

The contradiction of our generation has created a con troversial discussion. Every aspect of our world revolves around body image. Whether it is positive or negative, it is shoved down our throats in all aspects of life. So, although it might be hard to say that Gen Z has the worst body im age issues, it isn’t a stretch to claim that our generation is the most body-conscious.

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Andrew Miller (he/him) is a freshman studying journalism and history.

Due to economic anxi ety created in former Presi dent George W. Bush’s administration and the aftermath of the Great Recession, the 2008 elec tion was a landslide for the Democratic Party. Two years later, however, the Democrat’s majority in the presidency and legislative chambers were thoroughly shaken.

Consequently, Demo crats lost six seats in the Senate and 63 in the House of Representatives. In large, this was due to little tangible change in the economy during the first two years of the Obama administration. Evidently, there is precedent for the incumbent party to lose seats in their midterms and an even larger prece dent for them to lose pow er during economically trying midterms.

Currently, the 2022 midterms are gearing up to be either one of the odd est national elections in recent memory, or one of the least correctly polled. Despite the Biden admin istration’s relative unpop ularity and rising inflation, current polling models that both the Senate and House of Representatives could go either way in par ty control.

Statistician Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight model for the midterms currently predicts a 70% chance that Democrats retain the Sen ate and a 28% chance they retain the House of Repre sentatives. To help visual ize these odds, the chances of flipping a coin and land ing tails twice in a row are just a bit lower than the Republican Party’s odds of taking the Senate, or the Democratic Party’s odds of holding the House.

Polling favored Demo crats in previous elections, and it could in this election as well. The 2016 and 2020 elections exemplified the polling industry’s issues with over-favoring Demo crats in their surveys. In 2016, Republican presi dential candidate Donald Trump overperformed polling averages by as much as 7.2% in Wisconsin and by considerable mar gins in other swing states. In 2020, Republicans over

No, you don’t need to join greek life

John Hultquist (he/him) is a senior studying community health.

When I transferred to IU as a sophomore, I had male fam ily friends naming different fraternities. I went to a Catho lic college before getting to IU, and greek life did not have a presence on that campus. Due to the murmurs of those male figures in my life, I had no reason not to go through rush.

I consider myself an in trovert. I am intimidated by introductions. I dislike mak ing professional sports the topic of discussion as I am not knowledgeable in the subject, and I do not like trying to fit in when all physical signs point toward my discomfort in these situations.

Anyways, there I was, in the first couple of weeks of

school, surrounded by un familiar faces and what ap peared to be hundreds of male students that all seemed to share similar interests in sports and girls.

Reflecting on the experi ence now, I can confidently say that feeling unfit for the fraternity scene on IU’s cam pus was one of the best things that happened when transfer ring schools.

I have plenty of friends who are involved with greek life, and I hold nothing against those who choose to partake.

I do not like the idea that joining a fraternity for men remains a popularity contest developed by surface-level in teraction about sports largely available to those who have parents or guardians who can afford the hefty price.

Let me disclose certain behaviors I saw during my

rushing experience. First, haz ing. Yes, IU tries to stop the perspective fraternity hazing events, yet it still happens. Secondly, academic struggles. I knew several people who struggled completing course work due to the long hours they spent at the house on weeknights. Finally, costs. I know some families would happily provide the money for their child to be involved, but the prices are ridiculous.

College is what you make of it. Sometimes people say these are the best years, while others say they are just trying to get by. Many students have this preconceived idea that you must get involved and find your friends immediately arriving on campus.

At what price are you really willing to buy your friends? I gained mine for free through common interests by joining

activities I found meaningful.

Greek life can also be ex tremely taxing on your emo tional well-being. According to the National Institute of Jus tice, nearly 25% of women in sororities were sexual assault victims in contrast to the 14% of non-sorority affiliated vic tims. Keep in mind, from my own experience, many of the men who party with sororities are associated with greek life. That means that males in fra ternities are liable for many of these assaults.

Many claim that joining a sorority or fraternity is great because you meet friends for a lifetime or gain leader ship skills that can carry over into your future workforce. Remember that skills needed for the working world can be learned through other aspects of your undergraduate expe rience. Every organization

on campus offers leadership development in one form or another.

I am so much happier ex pressing myself through my actual values and interests. To those of you that feel you just might not fit in, know there are hundreds of other clubs welcoming new members at any time of the semester.

My best advice if you are

performed polls again, notably in the House elec tions where they gained 12 seats. Given the current economy, polling does seem like it could be over estimate Democrats once again.

On the contrary, the 2018 midterm elections represented a relative suc cess for pollsters, with re sults not straying far from their aggregates. Like this year, the 2018 cycle was a midterm year, so perhaps polling becomes less mud died without presidential candidates in the mix. In addition, the GOP has se lected electorally weak candidates in key swing states, notably Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania and Blake Masters in Arizona, giv ing Democrats an edge in those races.

This makes it difficult to decide exactly what prec edent for polling accuracy should be used. I’d argue that economic precedent trumps any other in this scenario. The economy is currently the electorate’s number one issue, and the economy is doing poorly.

Price increases in grocer ies, gas and rent will be is sues that people take to the ballot box this November.

I believe polling un derestimates the power of economic populism. This is an economic platform driven by the working class and can include restrictive international trade poli cies. It was in economi cally populist states such as Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan that pollsters were the most incorrect in 2016 and 2020. Unless

drastic change takes place in the economy before No vember, the Democratic Party will likely have a worse night than forecast ed.

Just for fun, I’m going to guess that the Senate stays 50-50, with Pennsylvania flipping blue and Georgia flipping red after a runoff, and Republicans will win 225 seats in the House.

This election could go anywhere, and each party’s momentum could change considerably be tween now and November. Every scenario will pres ent a drastic change in our government, and yet there is still a chance things will stay the same.

looking for an extracurricular, search IU’s beINvolved web site or start browsing social media for IU clubs (nearly all of them appear to have an online presence). There is a place for everyone. Don’t feel the need to make greek life your forced home away from home.

Jared Quigg (he/him) is a junior studying journalism and political science.

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By Evan Gerike egerike@iu.edu | @EvanGerike

Editor’s note: This is the first of a multipart series featur ing stories on Indiana men’s basketball players.

Trayce Jackson-Davis could have stayed in the NBA Draft last year, left Indiana men’s basketball and gone on to a professional career. No one would have blamed him.

But the junior forward is back in Simon Skjodt Assem bly Hall. As the best player on a good Indiana team, he knows what’s expected of him. He’s grown as a leader in the locker room and as a player on the court. If he has his way, he’ll leave when another ban ner is raised.

“I have kind of set the stone of my individual legacy, being an All-American and doing all those things, but those don't really matter if you don't win something here,” Jackson-Da vis said at Indiana basketball media day Sept. 22. “Winning is a big thing here... if I do that, I know everything else will take care of itself.”

Indiana is entering this season as one of the favorites in the Big Ten and is returning most of its production from last season. Jackson-Davis is the biggest piece of that puz zle, and when he withdrew from the draft, Indiana imme diately launched up the pre season rankings.

“The fact that he made the commitment to come back is huge for our program,” head coach Mike Woodson said. “He’s like the piece to the pro gram.”

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Jackson-Davis has under stood more about the impor tance of Indiana basketball each year he’s been here. He’s grasped a better knowledge of the program’s history and said he knows college basketball is better when Indiana is good.

Amid questions of whether he’d leave for the draft, Jack son-Davis has returned to Indiana for two straight years under Woodson in hopes of bringing Indiana basketball back to national relevance.

Alongside Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, JacksonDavis is now the premiere forward in the Big Ten. After years of battling with Illinois big man Kofi Cockburn, it’s the Indiana big man’s time to push around the rest of the conference.

In the Big Ten Tournament last season, Jackson-Davis got the better of Dickinson, scor ing 24 points and helping the Hoosiers knock off the Wol verines. In Indiana’s next game against Illinois, with Woodson reminding Jackson-Davis that Cockburn had his number, Jackson-Davis said he entered the game as confident as ever.

Cockburn outscored Jack son-Davis by two, but Indiana beat Illinois, 65-63.

“He’s a terrific player, but I’m glad he’s gone,” JacksonDavis said.

Jackson-Davis, who was projected to go around No. 45 in the 2022 NBA Draft before he withdrew, spent part of last year learning what he needs to do to make it in the pros. While working draft prep on the West Coast, Jackson-Davis said he spent nearly all his time work ing on his shooting, including

jumpers, 3-pointers and free throws.

A key part of his game that will need to expand is his pe rimeter shooting. He’s taken three career 3-pointers, all coming last season and all misses. Over the summer, vid eos emerged of Jackson-Davis working out and hitting 3s.

Woodson said Jackson-Da vis has the green light to shoot 3s in games this season. In practices, he’s hit some of his shots, but Woodson knows the

bigger test is if he can make them during games.

“Coach is not telling him not to — put it that way,” Woodson said.

Jackson-Davis’ ability to open up his range could re ceive help from his forward teammates this season. Last year, Jackson-Davis said he felt his presence was needed on the inside, but with the development of sophomore Logan Duncomb and the ad dition of freshman Malik Re

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neau at the center position, Jackson-Davis said he will likely play more power for ward and expand the floor.

But beyond making 3-pointers and getting drafted into the NBA, Jackson-Davis is well aware of the legacy he could leave behind at Indiana. Another season in Blooming ton will help him continue to climb the program’s leader boards.

He’s already in the top 10 in rebounds, blocked shots

and shooting percentage. In points, he currently stands at No. 15 and could crack the top 5 if he produces at the same level he did in his first three seasons.

But his legacy will forever be cemented if he wins a Big Ten title or a national title. His name would sit in the same sentence as Hoosier greats like Isiah Thomas, Scott May, Steve Alford and Calbert Che aney.

That’s his goal.

Indiana receiving core can’t answer the call

By Jacob Spudich jaspudi@iu.edu | @spudichjacob

Prior to Indiana football’s 35-21 loss against the Univer sity of Nebraska on Saturday night, concerns arose about who redshirt junior quarter back Connor Bazelak’s weap ons on the offensive end were going to be. While many Indiana receivers caught passes, they weren’t enough

to fill the shoes of a few Hoo sier teammates.

After an injury in last week’s game, there were questions surrounding whether or not Indiana grad uate student wide receiver DJ Matthews Jr. would be ready to go ahead of the game against the Cornhuskers.

When it was announced that not only Matthews would be out, but also junior

receiver Cam Camper with a non-COVID-19-related ill ness, it meant Indiana would be without its two primary weapons against Nebraska.

“They’re huge parts of our offense,” Bazelak said after the game. “It’s tough not hav ing them.”

Camper and Matthews were first and second in all of Indiana’s receiving statistics. With a total of 616 receiv

ing yards between the two, the remaining 12 Hoosier receivers had just 555 yards through the first four games of the season.

With the combination of Bazelak coming into the Ne braska matchup throwing over 200 passes throughout the first four games of the season and Nebraska’s sub optimal passing defense, it was apparent that Indiana would look to focus its of fense through the air.

A quiet first quarter from the Hoosiers’ passing offense affirmed the gravity of Camp er’s and Matthews’ absence. Bazelak had just 11 passing yards on two completions.

Bazelak had a stronger second quarter, though, fin ishing the half with 11 com pletions for 148 yards.

The second quarter start ed with a 24-yard completion to Indiana senior running back Josh Henderson. On the same drive, senior wide receiver Emory Simmons reeled in a 13-yard reception, notching the third down con

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The best sequence came with six minutes left in the quarter. Bazelak had a series of eight-straight completions, finding five different receiv ers for a total of 117 yards and a touchdown reception by Simmons.

Bazelak’s ninth comple tion went to the Cornhuskers for an interception.

The passing attack fell flat and led to the Hoosiers’ de mise against the Cornhusk ers. In the first half, Bazelak had seven completions for more than 10 yards, but in the second half, he had just three.

“We had some guys step up and made some plays,” Bazelak said. “We just have to find more ways to make more. I’ve got to be more ac curate on some balls.”

Bazelak finished the game 22-44 with 223 yards and one touchdown. Saturday’s game marked his second to worst performance in terms of completion and yardage, and it came against the worst

passing defense in the Big Ten.

For reference, Bazelak had 330 yards against Illinois, a team that had just 589 total passing yards given up enter ing week five, ranked third in the Big Ten.

“This whole offense is not good enough,” Indiana head coach Tom Allen said after the loss.

Last week, Camper had 126 yards on 10 receptions in Indiana’s loss to the Univer sity of Cincinnati. This week, the Hoosiers' two leading receivers — Simmons and junior Andison Coby — had just 111 total yards on 11 re ceptions between the two.

Without his primary weapons, Bazelak couldn’t produce, and the depth of Indiana’s receiving core couldn’t answer the call Sat urday night against the Corn huskers.

Indiana’s record fell to 3-2 on the season, and the Hoo siers will return home to take on No. 4 Michigan riding a two-game losing streak.

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Then-sophomore forward Trayce Jackson-Davis watches from the free throw line March 17, 2022, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. “I have kind of set the stone of my individual legacy, being an All-American and doing all those things, but those don't really matter if you don't win something here,” Jackson-Davis said of the upcoming men's basketball season at Indiana basketball media day.

IDS FILE PHOTO BY COLIN KULPA IU football head coach Tom Allen pumps his players up before a game Nov. 16, 2019, at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. Indiana lost to the University of Nebraska 35-21 on Oct. 1.

VOTER GUIDE

By Nadia Scharf njscharf@iu.edu | @nadiaascharf

In preparation for Election Day on Nov. 8, the Indiana Daily Student reached out to 30 candidates running for Bloomington, Monroe County or executive state of Indiana office to allow them to introduce themselves.

The Secretary of State is the third-highest ranking official in state government. Duties have historically included maintenance of state records and preservation of the state seal but have expanded to include business chartering, regulation of the securities industry and oversight of state elections.

Out of those 30 candidates, 13 responded to our outreach. Information for those who did not was compiled from official or candidate-affiliated sources. Responses were edited for length, clarity and style.

Destiny Wells is on the ballot for the Indiana Secre tary of State — Hoosiers’ chief election officer. She grew up in a blue-collar family in Morgan County and came to Bloomington to attend IU as a first-generation college stu dent. In the aftermath of 9/11, Wells enlisted in the Army National Guard at the age of 19.

Today, she continues to serve as a U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel. Outside of the military, Wells works as an attorney and entrepre neur. She’s served as counsel for the City of Indianapolis and as Deputy Attorney Gen eral for the State of Indiana, and currently lives in India napolis with husband Oliver and their two sons, Owen and Harrison. Wells said she pledges to uphold democracy

and defend access to the bal lot box.

Diego Morales, a Repub lican, is running for Indiana Secretary of State. He served as a top aide to Mike Pence when Pence was governor of Indiana and as an aide in the Secretary of State and Lieu tenant Governor’s offices, according to his campaign website. Morales also served in the U.S. military.

Morales, who immi grated from Guatemala in high school, is using his own citizenship and immigra tion statuses to push for re quirements that voters prove citizenship, according to the News and Tribune. He’s also made claims denouncing 2020 election results and call ing to halve the number of early voting days but has since retracted those statements.

Jeff Maurer is an entre preneur whose career spans technology, transportation, and budget and finance. He serves as a development of ficer for Students For Liberty, the largest pro-liberty student organization, which cham pions free markets and free speech around the world.

In 2013, Maurer said he chose to move to Indiana for a better quality of life, after be ing exhausted by the corrupt politics, big government, and high taxes of New York.

Maurer joined his local volunteer fire department at the age of 16. He served for more than 12 years as a fire fighter and officer. He cur rently participates on several local associations and devel opment boards, and is cur rently enlisted in the Indiana Air National Guard.

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The Auditor of State’s office is responsible for the Indiana state government’s accounting. The Auditor him or herself is responsible for accounting for all state funds, overseeing and disbursing tax distributions, paying state bills and employees and administering Indiana’s Deferred Compensation Plan.

ZeNai Brooks is a cer tified public accountant, author, pastor’s wife and millennial leader. She said she’s combined her pas sion for community advo cacy and her professional career as controller of the corporate responsibility function of Cummins — a Fortune 200 company — and treasurer of the Cum mins Foundation — which provides funding to grass roots initiatives and stra tegic programs around the world.

Brooks also serves as a board member with the Indiana CPA Society and as the Central Region presi dent and national director with the National Associa tion of Black Accountants, amongst others. She said she believes by engaging

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in the community by giving back, empowering others and “lifting as we climb,” everyone can make a differ ence.

Tera Klutz is the 57th Indiana Auditor of State and the first certified pub lic accountant to serve as the state’s Chief Financial Officer. As auditor, Klutz fo cuses on providing accurate information, enhancing transparency and deliver ing great customer service to Hoosiers. She manages the Indiana Transparency Portal to provide an eas ily accessible look into In diana’s finances and most recently helped deliver automatic taxpayer refund checks to over 1.5 million Hoosiers.

She previously served as Allen County Auditor and

was named Auditor of the Year by the Indiana Audi tor’s Association. Before serving in the public sector, Klutz worked as an accoun tant at Crowe and PwC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

John Schick is the Liber tarian candidate for Auditor of State. He’s previously run for the position and lost in 2014 and 2018, according to Ballotpedia. Schick also ran unsuccessfully as the Libertarian candidate for Indiana House of Repre sentatives District 3 in 2010.

The Treasurer of State is one of five constitutional offices and is the fifth-highest ranking statewide government official. The Treasurer serves as trustee for the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, chair of the Indiana Education Savings Authority and manager for local government investment pool TrustINdiana.

Daniel Elliot is running as the Republican nomi nee for Indiana Treasurer of State. Elliot is chairman of the Morgan County Republican Party, president of the Mor gan County Redevelopment Commission and a former Morgan County councilman, according to his campaign website. He also owns his own software company.

Elliot’s platform, stated on

his campaign website, rests on promoting economic de velopment, defending against cyberattacks and ensuring government transparency. With this, he aims to expand broadband access, secure sensitive data, streamline service operations and raise awareness about financial services and investment strat egies.

Jessica McClellan was

Monroe County Elections

Bloomington Township Trustee

The Bloomington Township Trustee is responsible for managing township property, receiving and paying out township funds, administering assistance and filing annual financial and personnel reports, among others.

Efrat Feferman is a 22year resident of Monroe County. She completed her undergraduate studies at IU and received a master’s degree in public adminis tration at the University of Arizona. She said her career has been centered around

local government, nonprof its and giving back to the community. She spent nine years at City of Blooming ton Utilities and has spent the past five years as execu tive director of United Way of Monroe County.

As Township Trustee,

Feferman said she looks forward to continuing to work on our community’s safety net and will strive to be responsive, collab orative, and effective in administering assistance to Bloomington Township residents.

Monroe County Assessor

The Monroe County Assessor maintains property records, consisting of characteristics and the assessed value of the property, for all townships, according to Monroe County government’s website. The office also maintains property sales information.

Judith Sharp, the current Monroe County Assessor, has been the county assessor since 1991. She is responsible for placing a market value on all properties for taxation and does this each year based on property sold.

She said the department has around 58,000 parcels of land that it touches each year, and its gross assessment is over $15 billion.

The county assessor must own property in the county and must be

a State Certified Level III Assessor/Appraiser, which is a state certification that is comparable to an advanced degree in a profession. Sharp stated she is not term limited, meaning there are no limits on how long she can hold the position.

elected Monroe County Treasurer in 2017 and serves as the chief investment of ficer and tax collector for the 12th largest county in Indiana. She also sits on the Monroe County Internal Controls Committee and serves as secretary of the Monroe County Board of Fi nance, vice president of the Indiana County Treasurer’s Association and treasurer of

the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. McClellan is committed to increasing Hoosier fami lies’ access to the College Choice 529 Savings Plan, serving unbanked Hoosiers through community part nerships with local banks, increasing investment in come for local governments and protecting state tax col lections with prudent over sight and security.

Monroe County Recorder

The first local office created by the Indiana Constitution, the Recorder is responsible for processing and recording documents submitted for record and for maintaining those records.

Swain said she’s run ning for recorder because the accurate legal recording

of property documents is important in all real estate transactions, whether resi dential or commercial. She said her priorities are acces sibility, professionalism and a smooth transition.

Paul White is running as a Republican for Monroe County Recorder. He cur rently works as a bus driver, according to his LinkedIn.

Amy Swain is an IU grad uate with a degree in busi ness who said she chose to have a positive impact in Monroe County by running for office. She was twice elected and served eight years on the Indian Creek Township Board.

Diego Morales Republican

Daniel Elliot Republican

Jessica McClellan Democrat

Tera Klutz Republican

Destiny Wells Democrat

ZeNai Brooks Democrat

Amy Swain Democrat

Jeffrey Maurer Libertarian

John Schick Libertarian

Paul White Republican

Efrat Feferman Democrat

Judith Sharp Democrat

Monroe County

Bloomington Township Board Member

Township Board members approve the township budget, tax rate, Trustee report, appropriations and borrowing of money. Board members also advise the Township Trustee on general matters.

Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe County, 10th Judicial Circuit

Erika Oliphant is run ning for her second term as Prosecuting Attorney of Monroe County. According to her campaign website, she’s served for over 12 years in Monroe County and attended Maurer School of Law. She is currently running unop posed.

According to her web

site, Oliphant supports al ternatives to incarceration, such as risk-based treatment programs and alternative sentencing, when possible, and she believes incarcera tion should be reserved for offenders who pose secu rity threats. She also said she intends to focus on violent crime prevention.

Running for reelection, Dorothy Granger currently works as the development director for Beacon, Inc., according to her LinkedIn. She formerly served as city council president and representative for Bloomington City Council District 2.

According to the City of Bloomington’s website, Granger is active around issues of citizen participation and social justice.

Barbara McKinney ran

unsuccessfully for the posi tion in 2018 and has previ ously worked as assistant city attorney and director of the Bloomington Human Rights Commission, according to the Herald-Times.

Bloomington Chamber of Commerce to help businesses work towards accessibility and created a registry for emergency responders to provide information about disabled and special needs people.

Monroe County Circuit Court Clerk

The clerk prepares, records and maintains documents for Circuit Court judges. The Clerk’s office manages the court’s docket and traffic court.

In 2018, McKinney recieved the Indiana Municipal ADA/Title VI Coordinator of the Year for her work helping Bloomington’s disabled community, according to Bloom Magazine.

McKinney worked with the Greater

Elizabeth Sensenstein is running to become a Bloomington Township Board Member. Sensenstein has previously served Monroe County as its chief deputy treasurer and assessor, according to LinkedIn.

Judge of the Monroe Circuit Court

The Monroe Circuit Court has jurisdiction over every category of case that can be filed, from traffic violations and small claims to felonies.

10th Judicial Circuit, No. 7

Emily Salzmann is the Democratic candidate for Monroe County Circuit Court Judge, No. 7. Emily has recent judicial experience, having served as judge pro tempore 47 times. She has been a part of the local court system since 2012 and is managing partner at Salzmann Law, LLC. Emily brings not only her years of civil and criminal practice but also her fluency in Spanish to the courtroom, she said. She has served as president of the local bar association.

Carl Lamb has been in Monroe County for the past 44 years after four years in the Marine Corps and is married

to wife Angie. He’s a graduate of Indiana University, B.A., 1981, and J.D., 1984. Lamb said he has 38 years of trial law experience in criminal, civil and juvenile law. He’s worked with the IU community over the years to host multiple in ternship opportunities to cre ate and promote “Drop the Puck on Cancer,” a Greek phi lanthropy event at IU. Lamb is the former Mon roe County attorney, and said his family attends Westside Community Church. He said he brings a wealth of experi ence from all walks of life in his pursuit of Monroe County Circuit Court Judge.

10th Judicial Circuit, No. 4

Mary Ellen Diekhoff is on the ballot for Monroe County Circuit Court Judge, No. 4. Diekhoff currently serves as a circuit court judge for District 5 and works as an

Mary Ellen Diekhoff Democrat

adjunct instructor in criminal justice at IU, according to the department’s website. Diekhoff previously served as a deputy prosecutor for Monroe County.

10th Judicial Circuit, No. 1

Holly Harvey is a Democrat running unopposed for Monroe County Circuit Court Judge,

No. 1. Harvey now serves as a circuit court judge, Division 6, according to the Circuit Court’s website.

Monroe County Council

The County Council approves and appropriates funding, adopts the county budget and sets tax rates.

District 1

Jim Allen is running as a Republican for Monroe County Council, District 1. He worked as a Bloomington Township firefighter and re tired as a lieutenant in 2017 after over 20 years of service, according to the Monroe County GOP’s website. Allen ran for a County Council atlarge seat in 2020 and lost.

As a County Council member, Allen said he would prioritize public safety and increase the sheriff’s depart ment’s budget, according to his website. He is against forced annexation and sal ary increases for elected offi cials and supports reopening council meetings to a Zoom

and in-person mix. He is also anti-abortion.

Peter Iversen is run ning to maintain a seat on the Monroe County Council, where he has served District 1 for the past three years. He received a master’s degree in public affairs from the IU O’Neill School, and he and his wife are raising their two daughters in Bloomington.

The three key challenges he said can be addressed by the Monroe County Council are lack of diversity, equity and inclusion, insufficient in vestment in fighting climate change and resiliency and continuing to invest in mean ingful ways in public health.

Nicole Browne is running for re-election as Monroe County Clerk. She said her priorities are to continue fighting for “common sense” legislation for all 92 Indiana clerks, “set the table” for her successor and showcase Monroe County as Indiana’s

gold standard for quality elections in the state.

She’s not afraid to look Monroe County commissioners and council members in the eye and fight for the needs of the office, she said. She said she’s running to make a difference.

Monroe County Sheriff

Ruben Marté, the Democratic candidate running for Monroe County Sheriff, is a captain with the Indiana State Police, where he has worked for 31 years, according to his campaign website. He has served multiple assignments and developed the ISP Security Threat Group Unit, which monitors gang activity.

According to his campaign website, Marté’s platform is based on four tenets: increasing public safety, reducing reoffence rates, increasing employee training surrounding cultural and mental health awareness and bias and expanding public outreach and community engagement.

Nathan Williamson is running for Monroe County Sheriff as a Republican.

He’s an 11-year veteran of the sheriff’s office and works as a coordinator for the office’s Field Training Unit, where he is involved in the hiring and training of new deputies, according to his campaign website. He is a member of the Fraternal Order of the Police.

For his priorities, Williamson gives “a safe and civil Monroe County” top importance. He’s also concerned with mental health, lowering reoffence through jail release programs, diversity and inclusion, community engagement and transparency.

Monroe County Commissioner

District 1

Elizabeth (Lee) Jones is the incumbent County Com missioner for District 1. Before becoming commissioner, she said she served on the County Council for six years. She was also on the Plan Commission for 10 years and the Board of Zoning Appeals for four years, among other positions. She said she knows about county government and how to get things done.

Jones grew up in Bloom ington, attending local schools and IU. When she got married, Jones and her husband moved to the west ern part of the county and founded Stranger’s Hill Farm & Greenhouses, which is now

District 4

Jennifer Crossley is run ning unopposed for Monroe County Council, District 4. She’s an incumbent and be came the first Black woman to serve as a Monroe County Council member after be

District 2

Kate Wiltz is running un opposed for Monroe Coun ty Council, District 2. She is the incumbent and works with IU’s Indiana Institute on Disability and Commu nity as a research associ ate, according to the IIDC’s website.

District 3

Marty Hawk is running unopposed as the Republi can candidate for Monroe County Council, District 3.

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Perry Robinson is run ning as a Republican for Mon roe County Commissioner. He’s worked as a union elec trician for over 20 years, ac cording to his campaign web site. In that job, has served as general foreman, which he said would prepare him to oversee infrastructure, zoning and the county health depart ment as commissioner.

Robinson’s platform fo cuses on transparency in tax dollar spending, representa tion for rural Monroe County and finding long-term, costefficient solutions to county problems.

ing appointed to the posi tion Dec. 19, 2021, according to a past IDS article. She’s a Democrat and served as chair of the Monroe County Demo cratic Party for the two years prior to County Council.

Wiltz said she’s passion ate about amplifying mar ginalized voices and that the best way to do so is to meet people where they are to provide them support, according to a personal statement on the IIDC’s website.

She’s the current incum bent and works as a real es tate broker.

Ruben Marté Democrat Nathan Williamson Republican

The Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney represents the state of Indiana in criminal cases.

Nicole Browne Democrat

Erika Oliphant Democrat

Holly Harvey Democrat

Jim Allen Republican Peter Iversen Democrat

Carl Lamb Republican

Emily Salzmann Democrat

Perry Robinson Republican

Elizabeth Jones Democrat

Dorothy Granger Democrat Barbara McKinney Democrat Elizabeth Sensenstein Democrat

Jennifer Crossley Democrat

Marty Hawk Republican

Kate Wiltz Democrat

COLUMN: Behind the pink print: Nothing is funnier than @iubarbz

By Charlotte Jones cmj35@iu.edu

I get wildly excited every time I see a photoshopped image of Nicki Minaj around IU. Captioned with sly remarks about issues on campus, IUBarbz provides a lighthearted escape from an otherwise mundane school day. Instagram would not be the same without the cheeky humor of IUBarbz.

“It’s as if there is this alternate universe where Nicki Minaj attends Indi ana University and is just an everyday student like us,” IUBarbz said. “Some one who studies for big ex ams, hangs out with friends and complains about things she doesn’t like about this severely overpriced institu tion.”

The account is run by a single IU student who “knew it was (their) pur pose to serve Queen Nicki Minaj.” If you scroll through their account, their early posts seem to follow Minaj around campus like pa parazzi, finding her at rec ognizable locations since August 2021. Over the past year, the account has gained over a thousand loyal fol lowers. Their posts are usu ally not meant to be taken seriously, though.

“Many of my posts are part of an alternate universe I created, with things like Nicki’s lesbian lover being

Pamela Whitten, or Nicki being a serial arsonist who burns down mansions as sociated with greek life,” the Nicki stan said. “Those things can have meanings, or they cannot — it depends on how the reader feels.”

Don’t worry about the account being run unfaith fully — the owner of the ac count is truly a Nicki Minaj stan. They, like most Gener ation Z kids, have been a fan since 2012 but transferred into a true stan in 2017.

Their top songs are truly deep cuts, with “I Lied,” “Hard White” and “Changed It” being some of their favorites. They do hope that those who casual ly peruse their account are at least slightly inspired to check out Minaj’s extensive discography.

Although IUBarbz does love Minaj, they do not stand by everything she has said or done.

“I don’t always agree with her, but I think she is often misunderstood when ever she voices her thoughts as a public figure,” IUBarbz said. “She is a confident, strong and outspoken Black woman in the music indus try, and I think that is a turn off for a lot of people.”

If you are unaware of their account, check out their post calling out greek life, as it is one of the own er’s favorite posts. They do not have any least favorites,

remarking that they truly enjoy making all their posts.

“I liked the idea of start ing a conversation,” they said. “Particularly one many students had not ever wan dered into before.”

Thankfully, there is no real beef between the IU meme accounts. IUBarbz

recommends @iumilk lovers in particular, even though IUBarbz is lactose intolerant. They also love @iutwihards, a similar ac count that is focused on dif ferent “Twilight” characters visiting campus.

The idea of campus meme accounts isn’t very

new, and they acknowledge this:

“I am excited to see these new IU accounts flourish and do their own thing.”

While the true iden tity behind IUBarbz is un known, the fact remains that they are one of the

funniest meme accounts focused on IU. I will be lis tening to solely Nicki Minaj for the rest of the day, put ting myself in the IUBarbz mindset.

As Minaj once said, “I don’t even know why you girls bother at this point, like... I win, you lose!”

COLUMN: Andrew Dominik wants Marilyn Monroe to suffer in ‘Blonde’

By Chloe Fulk cdfulk@iu.edu

SPOILER ALERT: This col umn contains potential spoil ers about "Blonde.”

Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde,” a nearly three-hour long drama about Marilyn Monroe’s career and person al life, was released Sept. 28 on Netflix.

Visually, it’s a beautiful

film. The cinematography and surreal, hazy atmo sphere are mesmerizing. The score, done by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, is haunt ing. Ana De Armas embodies Monroe with empathy.

That’s why the film’s writ ing and treatment of Monroe is so frustrating. The shell of a great film is there.

Defenders of “Blonde” have been quick to tell those

of us who found the film re pulsive that it’s not a Marilyn Monroe biopic; it’s fiction. It’s a deeply feminist work about one of the most mysti cal figures in Hollywood his tory. They justify its portrayal of Monroe because “this film is not a safe space.”

It’s no surprise that most of the film’s supporters are men. The portrayal of Mon roe allows them to dabble

in the experience of female trauma and exploitation without having to carry the weight of it with them.

“Blonde” shows — and fabricates — some of the worst moments of Mon roe’s life, never letting her be happy for more than five minutes. The camera objec tifies her every time she’s in the frame — a deliberate but unsettling choice. In the film, she’s constantly grap pling with her identity. She’s never allowed to simply exist as Norma Jean.

Even though Monroe had a difficult life, Dominik relentlessly torments her on screen. The alarming thing is that he undoubtedly wanted to do this from the begin ning.

Overall, Dominik doesn’t shy away from the fact he seems to loathe Monroe. In an interview with Sight and Sound magazine when asked about his choice to omit some of Monroe’s accom plishments like starting her own production company and uplifting the career of Ella Fitzgerald, Dominik had this to say: “That stuff is not really what the film is about. It’s about a person who is go ing to be killing themself.”

The film also disgustingly

portrays Monroe’s pregnan cies. In one particularly hor rendous scene, an aborted CGI fetus guilts Monroe about her current pregnan cy. It’s shameful that such an insensitive scene was left in the final cut of the film, espe cially considering Monroe’s illegal abortions are entirely fictitious.

In a statement following the film’s release, Planned Parenthood said the orga nization “respects artistic li cense and freedom, however, false images only serve to re inforce misinformation and perpetuate stigma around sexual and reproductive health care.”

This complete disregard for the story of Monroe’s actual life proves Dominik only ever wanted to make her suffer. I’m not saying he shouldn’t have made a film about an artist’s self-destruc tion. Many directors have made beautifully complex films about tormented artists and public figures.

Take the films of Pablo Larraín. He directed “Spen cer,” a harrowing drama about Princess Diana. In the film, we see Diana suf fer. She’s tormented by so ciety’s expectations of her and struggles to maintain

her sense of self. The film has the same surreal, some what nightmarish style as “Blonde,” but “Spencer” doesn’t treat Diana like a helpless punching bag. She fights back against her op pressors and retains her au tonomy.

"Spencer” is difficult to watch and even resembles a psychological horror film at times, but Larraín’s sym pathy and care for Diana ensures that her trauma never becomes a spectacle. The same can be said about the way he portrays Jackie Kennedy in his 2016 drama “Jackie,” which chronicles her grief in the aftermath of John F. Kennedy’s assassina tion.

Dominik shouldn’t have touched Monroe’s legacy in the first place. If he was really so adamant about making a film that showcases a Hol lywood starlet’s destruction, he should’ve committed to making a fictional film. Mon roe was exploited enough while she was alive — she doesn’t need to be haunted after death too.

In “Blonde,” Dominik achieves what he set out to do. That doesn’t mean his in tentions weren’t rotten in the first place.

‘Spellbound’ immersive theater to kick off Oct. 7

By Tory Basile vlbasile@iu.edu | @torybasilee

The Drima Events Com pany will welcome guests to “Spellbound,” an im mersive theater experience and drag performance, be ginning at 8:30 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Bonne Fête gift shop on West Sixth Street.

“Spellbound” will fea ture a drag performance, potion making, costume contest and other activi ties. The show takes place at the fictional Bonne Fête Museum of the Occult – a collection of witchy attrac

tions and oddities. After business hours, the muse um houses the Spellbound Society, an exclusive club of the practicing occultists.

Audience members can attempt to be initiated into the society, and a select few can participate in the Sanderson Sisters project, based on the film Hocus Pocus. The cast will con sist of local drag perform ers Santana Sword, Walter Bucket, Beelzebabe and Luna Magick.

Tickets for the event are $45 and are available for purchase on Drima’s website. There are mul tiple event times from Oct. 7 to 9 and 14 to 16. For younger crowds, there are family-friendly showtimes available at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 9 and 16. While those showtimes will be free of explicit language, children are welcome at any of the showtimes at their parents’ discretion, according to Drima’s website.

The production compa ny, which opened in Janu ary 2022, is run by three sisters — Kate, Holland and Kenzie Colvin — who call themselves the “Drima Team.” The Bloomingtonbased siblings look to create immersive reality

events to make audience members feel as though they’re part of the perfor mance.

“Attending a Drima event means getting trans ported to a different time, another dimension, or the edges of your wild est dreams,” according to the company’s Facebook page. “These intricately designed experiences are unique and interactive — meaning no one will have an experience exactly like yours.”

Growing up, Kate Col vin frequently organized immersive games or birth day parties for her sisters and friends. On their web site, the Colvin sisters re call Kate creating a murder mystery birthday dinner, a Harry Potter cocktail po tion-brewing event and a The Man from U.N.C.L.E. themed celebration. Now, the sisters are finally able to bring their talents to life with Drima events.

“She has always shared her immersive event knowledge with us so self lessly,” Holland and Kenzie Colvin said on their web site. “We are so excited to be able to share it with the Bloomington community too.”

BCT to hold Amethyst House fundraiser on Oct. 12

By Taylor Satoski tsatoski@iu.edu | @taylorsatoski

Amethyst House, an ad diction treatment center, will host its ninth annual fundraising concert 7 p.m. Oct. 12 at the BuskirkChumley Theater. Indie folk artist Kevin Morby will headline the event, and folk pop artist Cassandra Jenkins will open. Tickets are available on the the Buskirk-Chumley Theater’s website. VIP tick ets are $50, orchestra and

lower balcony tickets are $25 and bench and upper balcony tickets are $20. All proceeds will benefit Am ethyst House.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater’s website said Kevin Morby brings hu mor and charisma onto the stage and performs mean ingful songs.

Morby has been a mem ber of the bands Woods and The Babies and has re leased seven solo albums. He writes lyrics about love, longing and life struggles.

New York City-based Cassandra Jenkins will open the show. Her lat est album, “An Overview on Phenomenal Nature,” explores Jenkins’ observa tions of nature, humanity and attempting to be pres ent through pain.

Amethyst House, a Bloomington not-for-prof it agency, helps people recover from addiction through residential and outpatient services. More information is available on its website.

COURTESY PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

Nicki Minaj is seen edited onto a photo of IU’s campus. Edited photos of Minaj have become a niche favorite for followers of the @iubarbz Instagram account.

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Ana de Armas is seen playing the role of Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film “Blonde.”

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The one-sided history between Indiana and Michigan

By Jacob Spudich jaspudi@iu.edu | @spudichjacob

This Saturday, Indiana football faces off against Michigan for the 71st time in program history. While both teams come into this game with winning records, the history between the two programs pits a college football juggernaut against a college football jester.

Michigan leads all of college football — regard less of level — in all-time wins with 980 wins. Indiana is on the other end of the spectrum with 698 losses, the most of any program all-time. Indiana is also last in the Big Ten with 502 alltime wins. The Wolverines have 11 national champi onships to the Hoosiers’ zero and 43 conference championships to Indiana’s two.

Of the two teams’ previ ous 70 meetings, 60 of them concluded with Michigan on the winning end, with their first meeting coming over 100 years ago.

To set the scene, the year is 1900. President Wil liam McKinley is up for a reelection bid that he will eventually win, Hawaii has just become a U.S. territory,

the Wright Brothers just started experimenting with manned glider flights and on Nov. 3, Indiana officially faced off against Michigan for the first time in football program history.

Michigan won the first matchup, 12-0 and would go on to win the next three matchups in the next three years without allowing Indiana to score a single point. All four of those games would also be host ed by the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The two teams wouldn’t play each other for 22 years before meeting again in Ann Arbor in 1925. Michi gan’s win over Indiana in 1925 would end up sticking as the largest margin of vic tory for either team, 63-0.

Through five matchups between the teams, the Wolverines had outscored the Hoosiers, 219-0.

In 1928, behind Indiana head coach Harlan Page, the Hoosiers captured their first win against Michigan with a resounding 6-0 vic tory.

For the next 24 match ups — spanning 37 years— Michigan rolled over In diana. Although the Hoo siers got a couple jabs in

throughout the years, they were only able to win eight out of 24 matchups from 1931to 1968. 29 games into the series, Michigan led in wins, 21-8 .

In terms of this match up, the 1970s and 1980s be longed to the Wolverines,

matches between the two and Michigan head coach Bo Schembechler was 14-0 against the Hoosiers. Enter Bill Mallory.

The Indiana head coach would go on to be the win ningest coach in program history, but going into 1987 he was 0-3 against Schem bechler and the Wolverines.

The 1987 season’s start was promising for the Hoo siers as prior to the match up with No. 20 Michigan, No. 15 Indiana had already gone to Columbus and dis mantled No. 9 Ohio State, 31-10.

The conditions for the game were ferocious, not only was it raining but the Hoosier’s fans were sought to make it tough for the op posing Michigan team.

“Our crowd was so loud,'' Indiana broadcaster Don Fischer said in a 2005 Indiana athletics interview. “The official never made a loud-speaker announce ment. He just stood back there waiting for the crowd to quiet. Our crowd didn't shut up.”

while the Hoosiers had just 190 total yards — Indi ana was able to make stops when it needed to

“Every big play the de fense had to make, they made,” Fischer said.

With the crowd cheering them on, Indiana prevailed and took down Michigan 14-10, beating Ohio State and Michigan in the same year for the first and only time in school history.

“Bo Schembechler, after this game, criticized our crowd for being too loud,” Fischer said. “He was ran kled because they got beat. He criticized our crowd for being too loud in a 50,000seat stadium and he has had a 104,000 stadium in Ann Arbor.”

That ended up being as good as it got for Indiana’s luck against Michigan. It was their own win against Michigan from 1968 to2019.

For the next 32 years the Wolverines had the Hoo siers’ number winning 24 consecutive games against the Hoosiers, spanning seven Indiana head football coaches.

Going into the 1987 matchup, the Wolverines had won 15 consecutive

Although Michigan out gaining Indiana in terms of total yardage — the Wol verines had 300 total yards with 152 rushing yards

The Hoosiers got close a couple times, including a double overtime loss in 2015 where Indiana run ning back Jordan Howard ran for 238 yards and two touchdowns. As well in 2017, when Indiana suf fered another overtime loss, losing 27-20, both games happening in Bloomington.

The streak inevitably ended in 2019, to the relief of Hoosier fans, when Indi ana cruised past Michigan 38-21 behind 342 yards and three touchdown passes from then-Indiana quarter back Michael Penix Jr.

Since then, Michigan re turned to form, winning last year’s contest 29-7 in Ann Arbor. Although just like the previous three meetings in Bloomington, The Hoo siers looks to challenge the Wolverines no matter the record of both teams nor the trajectory they’re on.

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This image scanned from page 6 of the Oct. 19, 1968, IU vs. Michigan football program.

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1. This image scanned from the scrapbook of Hugh Shanahan shows a scene from the 1928 footbal game between IU and Michigan. IU won 6-0.

2. IU's Terry Cole carries the ball during the 1967 match against Michigan in Ann Arbor. IU won the game 27-20.

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3. Legendary Hoosier football player George Taliaferro stems off tackle for five yards against the Wolverines in 1945. IU won the game 13-7. During his freshman year in 1945, Taliaferro was the leading rusher, an All-American and led the Hoosiers team to its only undefeated Big Ten Conference championship. He was the first Black player drafted by an NFL team

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6. Redshirt senior defensive back Marcelino Mccrary-Ball tackles Michigan senior running back Hassan Haskins Nov. 6, 2021 at Michigan Stadium. Indiana's defense allowed Haskins to run for 168 yards and a touchdown.

IU welcomes Michigan for homecoming weekend faceoff

By Garrett Newman ganewman@iu.edu | @GarrettNew man20

Indiana football will host No. 4 Michigan on Saturday for the second time in the last five years for homecom ing. In their last homecom ing meeting in 2017, Michi gan was able to sneak out of Bloomington with a 27-20 overtime victory.

Last season, Michigan seemed to break through for the first time under head coach Jim Harbaugh, finish

ing the Big Ten schedule un defeated and booking them selves a trip to the College Football Playoff. It was the first playoff appearance in Michigan’s program history.

The early part of this year has been steady for the Wol verines, as they have glided to an undefeated record fol lowing a preseason quarter back battle that dragged into the regular season. Led by sophomore quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who beat out vet eran graduate student Cade McNamara for the starting

spot this fall, Michigan will rely heavily on its rushing at tack.

While Indiana has had issues with missed tackles throughout the early portion of this season, it has seem ingly tightened up the run defense of late. The Hoosiers have allowed just 155 rush ing yards combined in their last two matchups against the University of Cincinnati and Nebraska.

“Excited about this week end,” Indiana head coach Tom Allen said. “It is a great

opportunity for our program with the Michigan Wolver ines coming for Homecom ing, and Big Noon Kickoff being here, there are a lot of guys excited about that as well.”

If Indiana hopes to pull off the upset, it will likely have to rely heavily on the health of their receiving corps. Last week, Indiana was without its leading receivers: junior Cam Camper and senior DJ Matthews Jr.

“This is a big week for us to be able to get healthy, get

better and press on," Allen said. "Hopefully we will get both of those guys back, if at all possible,” Allen said.

As for the Indiana run game, it has been hit or miss so far. Senior running back Shaun Shivers has shared the backfield with fellow senior Josh Henderson, and neither has been able to find consis tent yards to this point. Look for freshman running back and return specialist Jaylin Lucas to possibly get more opportunities this week after breaking off a 34-yard run

last week against Nebraska.

Junior quarterback Con nor Bazelak and the Hoosier offense have struggled to start the game strong in the first few weeks, and against a team like Michigan, it will be necessary not to fall behind early.

Indiana will look to halt its losing skid this homecom ing weekend against a No. 4 Michigan team who hopes to be back in the College Foot ball Playoff this January. Find the game on FOX at noon, Saturday.

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1. Representatives of the Groups Scholars Program ride on a truck during the IU Homecoming parade on Oct. 15, 2021. The parade started and ended at the intersection of 17th Street and Woodlawn Avenue.

2. Graduate student Anesat Leon and freshman Juana Munguia-Paz practice a traditional Latin dance during the Homecoming Parade in 2017 outside the Indiana Memorial Union as the sun sets on Bloomington.

IDS FILE PHOTO 3. IU footbal players ride on a classic fire truck during the 2009 homecoming parade.

IU ARCHIVES 4. Sigma Nu's float was one of many in the parade and pep rally for the 1959 IU Homecoming celebrations.

What previous games tell IU fans about their 2022 matchup

coming games.

By Garrett Newman ganewman@iu.edu | @GarrettNew man20

The Hoosiers are 3-2 on the year and coming off back-to-back road losses to the University of Cincinnati and Nebraska. With a highly ranked opponent coming to town in No. 4 Michigan, things are not getting any easier.

It will be a difficult game for the Hoosiers but given how they tend to play on homecoming weekend, don’t be shocked if it ends up being a close one.

Now that homecoming is on the mind of the stu dents and alumni coming to Bloomington, let’s look back at the last five Indiana home

2021 vs. Michigan State

When Indiana played Michigan State last year for homecoming, it was a tight one. The Spartans entered the game ranked No. 10 in the nation with an unde feated record. They sported a new look offense with trans fer running back Kenneth Walker III and quarterback Payton Thorne.

Indiana’s defense played incredibly and held Michi gan State to just one score, heading into the locker room ahead 9-7. A strong third quarter propelled the Spar tans to the win, as the Hoo siers couldn’t mount a late game drive, losing 20-15. In what was a disappointing

season for Indiana, the team put up a good fight.

2020 No homecoming game due to COVID-19.

2019 vs. Rutgers

This Indiana football sea son was one filled with opti mism. It was the university's bicentennial year, and there was plenty to celebrate both on and off the field for home coming.

Indiana hosted a 1-4 Rut gers program on a sunny fall day and came out with the shutout victory, 35-0. The Hoosier’s scored 21 points in the first quarter and never turned back for Tom Allen’s first homecoming win. Thenredshirt freshman quarter

back Michael Penix Jr. went 20-29 for 282 yards, three touchdowns and one inter ception. Then sophomore running back Stevie Scott ran the ball 12 times for an enormous 164 yards rushing. Indiana went on to finish the season with an 8-5 record.

2018 vs. Iowa Facing the Iowa Hawk eyes who came into the game sporting a 4-1 record, 2018 was a rough game for Indi ana. The Hawkeyes crushed the Hoosiers by a score of 42-16 in a one-sided game. It was Tom Allen’s second homecoming at the helm, and after the game he said he felt he had let Hoosier’s fans down. Iowa junior quarter back Nate Stanley threw for

six touchdowns and a 199.0 passer rating to put Indiana away.

2017 vs. Michigan In 2017, Indiana faced the same opponent they face this Saturday — the Michigan Wolverines. Led by Jim Har baugh in what was his sec ond season as head coach, the Wolverines came to Bloomington having lost just one game that season. Indi ana fell behind 13-3 heading into halftime but were able to tie the game in the second half to force overtime. Un fortunately for the Hoosiers, they were unable to come out on top, falling 27-20.

2016 vs. Nebraska

The homecoming game

in the 2016 season was In diana head coach Kevin Wilson’s last appearance on homecoming; he parted ways with the university at the end of the regular season. The Indiana team was 3-2 heading into the game — the same as this season’s team — and was hosting the No. 10-ranked team in the coun try, Nebraska. Also keeping with the trend from the cur rent Hoosier football season, Indiana fell behind early in the first quarter of the game before storming back to make it close. The Hoosiers would erase a 17-point defi cit but eventually fall to Ne braska 27-22, missing out on its opportunity to hand the Cornhuskers their first loss of the season.

through the years

IDS FILE PHOTO BY KYLIE CISNEY Cheerleaders rally in front of the Sample Gates during the Oct. 17, 2014, homecoming parade. The homecoming game was against Michigan.

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Jane Pauley was the honorary Parade Marshall for the October 1978 homecoming parade.

Tau Alpha members decorate for

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Sophomore Ricci Kohlmeyer leads

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COLUMN: The case for IU to bring back the bison mascot

By Will Foley wtfoley@iu.edu | @foles24

It’s been over 43 years since IU has had a recogniz able face to go along with its name. Ever since, all there is to look at are the IU letters that make up the pitchfork and the “Hoosiers” nickname — which hardly anyone un derstands.

A brief history of Indiana’s mascot attempts and sugges tions seem necessary. Most attempts have been utterly stupid, explaining their short tenures.

Between 1908 and 1965, IU attempted mascots includ ing an owl, a real-life toddler, a golden eagle named Jim Watson and a fraternity bull dog named Ox.

In 1965, the student senate unanimously voted on a new mascot to represent Indiana: the bison.

The main inspiration for the choice is the state seal of Indiana, which features a bi son. Already, it has more con nection to the state than any previous mascot.

At first, students advo cated for a live bison to run out on the field. Due to finan cial constraints, that idea was turned down. So, they turned to a costume.

The original draft was rough to say the least. There were no arm holes inside or hind legs on the costume. It also had terrible posture.

According to a 1969 IDS article, the school reached out to Walt Disney for help in a new design. Disney redirect ed the school to a Los Angeles firm, who introduced a new design.

It was not so improved. The inside of the costume swelled with heat, and there were no eyeholes, requiring a

cheerleader to pull the bison around by rope.

Unable to ever get the right design, the bison was discon tinued in 1969 after four years as the mascot.

Indiana tried its hand at a mascot once more in 1979 with Mr. Hoosier Pride. The reception was terrible, and he was booted after one year.

Since then, the ever-so familiar pitchfork has been Indiana’s identity. While it isn’t necessarily bad, it’s time to bring back the bison, and here’s why:

Uniqueness

In all of Division I, there are currently three schools with a bison mascot, none of them at the Football Bowl Subdivision level Indiana is. Indiana is the biggest brand of those schools by far, so adopt ing the bison has the potential to become one of the more recognizable college mascots due to IU’s already big brand and a distinctive icon.

What is a Hoosier?

Those associated with Indiana are all too familiar with this question. The bison would not only be an image for the nickname, but it could further tie together the state identity due to its roots.

Branding and marketing

This is, by far, the greatest argument for reinstating the bison. The branding and mar keting opportunities would be endless with a new logo to plaster everywhere.

Adidas would eat it up. A whole new clothesline featur ing the bison could be intro duced, and I can assure you that merchandise would fly off the shelves.

In terms of school use, there are several directions to go. First to mind is a new set of

alternate uniforms, likely ap pearing on a football helmet or as subtle as on the waist band of basketball uniforms. At its biggest, it could be a temporary or permanent logo on courts and fields across all sports.

Something new

Since Indiana has aban doned mascots all together, we’ve seen the “IU” pitchfork have multiple evolutions. Like the thicker pitchfork from 1976-1981, the drop shadow form used from 1982-2002 and now its cur rent solid pitchfork.

While continuing the same logo can be identified as history and tradition, it can also be boring. Introduc ing something new to see and identify with is refresh ing, and it’s ten times better when it’s a bison.

If you’re unsure of your stance on the bison, just imagine an Old Oaken Buck et game with Purdue Pete and Indiana’s bison mascot facing off. Two magnificent figures facing off as the pride of their respective universi ties.

The university itself seems dead set on keeping the tri dent, which makes sense. The pitchfork has become the school’s entire brand, so it would be hard to make that transition.

That doesn’t mean it can’t, or shouldn’t, be done. What would it take to get things in motion? Maybe a petition, a push from the student government or even from an alumni group.

Whether or not this will happen in the future is un known, but one thing is cer tain. If Indiana ever decides to bring back a mascot, it should be the bison.

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Rose House LuMin- Lutheran Campus Ministry at IU 314 S. Rose Ave. 812-333-2474

lcmiu.net

Instagram: @hoosierlumin facebook.com/LCMIU

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. @ St.

Thomas Lutheran Church 3800 E. 3rd St.

Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. Dinner & Devotions @ Rose House LuMin 314 S. Rose Ave.

Rose House is an inclusive Christian community that offers a safe space for students to gather, explore faith questions, show love to our neighbors through service and work towards a more just world. Rose House walks with students to help them discern where God is calling them in life.

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Trinity Reformed Church

2401 S. Endwright Rd. 812-825-2684 trinityreformed.org

facebook.com/trinitychurchbloom

Email us at office@trinityreformed.org

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

Wednesday: College Bible Study, 8 p.m., Read Dormitory Landes Lounge

"Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.'" Proclaiming freedom from slavery since 1996. Only sinners welcome.

Jody Killingsworth, Senior Pastor Lucas Weeks, College Pastor

Bahá'í Faith

Lifeway Baptist Church

St. Thomas Luthern Church 3800 E. Third St. 812-332-5252 stlconline.org

facebook.com/StThomasBloomington

Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 11 a.m.

We are the worshipping home of Rose House Luthern Campus Ministries. As disciples of Christ who value the faith, gifts and ministry of all God's people and seek justice and reconciliation, we welcome all God's children* to an inclusive and accessible community. *No strings attached or expectations that you'll change.

Rev. Adrianne Meier Rev. Lecia Beck

Independent Baptist

Lifeway Baptist Church 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville

Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service

Barnabas College Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108 bluhenrosh@gmail.com

*Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

Episcopal (Anglican)

Rev. Amanda Ghaffarian, Campus Pastor Canterbury Mission 719 E. Seventh St. 812-822-1335 IUCanterbury.org facebook.com/ECMatIU Instagram & Twitter: @ECMatIU Sun.: 3 p.m. - 7 p.m. Mon., Wed., Thu.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Tue.: Noon - 8 p.m.

Fri., Sat.: By Appointment

Canterbury: Assertively open & affirming; unapologetically Christian, we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ by promoting justice, equality, peace, love and striving to be the change God wants to see in our world Ed Bird, Chaplain/Priest Jacob Oliver & Lily Dolliff student workers

Unitarian Universalist

Unitarian Universalist

Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695 uubloomington.org facebook.com/uubloomington

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

We are a dynamic congregation working for a more just world through social justice. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is "Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World." A LGBTQA+ Welcoming Congregation and a certified Green Sanctuary.

Rev. Connie Grant, Interim Minister

Rev. Emily Manvel Leite, Minister of Story and Ritual

Church of God (Anderson Affiliated)

Stoneybrook Community Church of God

3701 N. Stoneybrook Blvd. stoneybrookccog.org facebook.com/StoneyBrookCCOG

Sunday: 10:30 a.m.

10:00 a.m. Coffee & Treats

Stoneybrook Community Church of God is a gathering of imperfect people learning to follow Jesus. We invite you to join us on the journey.

Mitch Ripley, Interim Pastor

Bahá'í Association of IU 424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/BaháíCommunity-of-BloomingtonIndiana-146343332130574 Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai Regular Services/Devotional Meetings: Sunday: 10:40 a.m. @ Bloomington Bahá'í Center Please call or contact through our website for other meetings/activities

The Bahá'í Association of IU works to share the Teachings and Principles of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh, that promote the "Oneness of Mankind" and the Peace and Harmony of the Planet through advancing the "security, prosperity, wealth and tranquility of all peoples."

Karen Pollock & Dan Enslow

Inter-Denominational

Redeemer Community Church 111 S. Kimble Dr. 812-269-8975 redeemerbloomington.org facebook.com/RedeemerBtown Instagram & Twitter: @RedeemerBtown Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

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

Chris Jones, Lead Pastor

Baptist

University Baptist Church

3740 E. Third St. 812-339-1404 ubcbloomington.org facebook.com/ubc.bloomington

YouTube: UBC Boomington IN

Sunday: 10:45 a.m., Worship in person & live streamed on YouTube

A welcoming and affirming congregation excited to be a church home to students in Bloomington. Trans and other LGBTQ+ friends and allies most especially welcome!

Annette Hill Briggs, Pastor Rob Drummond, Worship & Music Minister

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

University Lutheran Church and Student Center

607 E. Seventh St 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com facebook.com/ULutheranIU instagram.com/uluindiana

Sunday: 9:15 a.m.: Sunday Bible Class 10:30 a.m.: Sunday Worship Wednesday: 7 p.m.: Wednesday Evening Service 7:45 p.m.: College Bible Study Student Center open daily, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. We are the home of the LCMS campus ministry at Indiana. Our mission is to serve all college students with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ. Located on Campus, we offer Christ-centered worship, Bible study and a community of friends gathered around God’s gifts of life, salvation and the forgiveness of sins through our Senior Jesus Christ.

Richard Woelmer, Pastor

Barnabas College Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information.

Steven VonBokern, Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade, IU Coordinator 302-561-0108 bluhenrosh@gmail.com

Society of Friends (Quaker)

Bloomington Friends Meeting 3820 E. Moores Pike 812-336-4581

bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org

Facebook: Bloomington Friends Meeting

Sunday (in person and by Zoom): 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship 10:45 a.m., Sunday School (Children join in worship from 10:30-10:45) 11:30 a.m., Light Refreshments and Fellowship 12:45 p.m., Often there is a second hour activity (see website)

Wednesday (by Zoom only): 9 a.m., Midweek Meeting for worship 9:30 a.m., Fellowship

We practice traditional Quaker worship, gathering in silence with occasional Spirit-led vocal ministry by fellow worshippers. We are an inclusive community with a rich variety of belief and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns.

Peter Burkholder, Clerk burkhold@indiana.edu

United Methodist

Jubilee 219 E. Fourth St. 812-332-6396 jubileebloomington.org jubilee@fumcb.org facebook.com/jubileebloomington Instagram: @jubileebloomington

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Classic Worship & 11:45 a.m., Contemporary Worship Wednesday: 7:30 p.m., College & Young Adult Dinner

Jubilee is a Christ-centered community open and affirming to all people. We gather on Wednesdays at First Methodist (219 E. Fourth St.) for a free meal, discussion, worship and hanging out. Small groups, service projects, events (scavenger hunts, bonfires, etc.), mission trips and opportunities for student leadership are all a significant part of our rhythm of doing life together.

Markus Dickinson, Campus Director

Mennonite

Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington

2420 E. Third St. 812-646-2441 bloomingtonmenno.org facebook.com/MennoniteFellowship-ofBloomington-131518650277524 Sunday: 5 p.m.

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

John Sauder mfbjohn@gmail.com

7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville

Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service

*Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church.

Non-Denominational

Calvary Chapel of Bloomington 3625 W State Road 46 812-369-8459 calvarychapelbloomington.org facebook.com/calvarychapelbloomington

YouTube: Calvary Chapel Bloomington IN

Sunday: 10 a.m.

Tuesday: 7 p.m., Prayer Wednesday: 6:30 p.m.

Hungry for God's word and fellowship with other believers? Come as you are and worship with us as we grow in the knowledge of His love, mercy, and grace through the study of the scriptures, and serving those in need. May the Lord richly bless you!

Frank Peacock, Pastor Alissa Peacock, Children's Ministry

Christ Community Church 503 S. High St. 812-332-0502 cccbloomington.org

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Instagram: @christcommunitybtown

Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Educational Hour 10:30 a.m., Worship Service

We are a diverse community of Christ-followers, including many IU students, faculty and staff. Together we are committed to sharing the redeeming grace and transforming truth of Jesus Christ in this college town.

Bob Whitaker, Senior Pastor

Adam deWeber, Worship Pastor

Dan Waugh, Adult Ministry Pastor

Church of Christ

825 W. Second St. 812-332-0501 facebook.com/w2coc

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., Bible Study 10:30 a.m. & 5 p.m., Worship Wednesday: 7 p.m., Bible Study

We use no book, but the Bible. We have no creed but His Word within its sacred pages. God is love and as such we wish to share this joy with you. The comprehensive teaching of God's Word can change you forever.

John Myers, Preacher

City Church For All Nations 1200 N. Russell Rd. 812-336-5958 citychurchbloomington.org facebook.com/citychurchbtown Instagram: @citychurchbtown

Sunday Service: 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

*Always check website for possible changes to service times.

City Church is a non-denominational multicultural, multigenerational church on Bloomington's east side. 1Life, our college ministry meets on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.

David Norris, Pastor Sumer Norris, Pastor

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America