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Welcome back, Hoosiers!

Here are some of the top stories the IDS published this summer, along with a few recent stories to get you all caught up on what has been going on in Bloomington.

IU scales back COVID-19 response

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An IU at-home COVID-19 test is seen. Bloomington residents can now receive two free at-home COVID-19 tests per person from the Monroe County Health Department or the Monroe County Public Health Clinic, according to a press release from the health department.

By Marissa Meador

marnmead@iu.edu | @Marissa_Meador

IU transitioned to automated contact tracing for COVID-19 following an end to asymptomatic on-campus testing. Those who selfreport positive test results will receive an email with instructions on self-isolation and informing close contacts, according to Theresa Vernon, IU’s contact tracing program manager.

Vernon said IU made the change because of low COVID-19 levels in the community during the summer. She said the contact tracing team has been disassembled, but the university still has a COVID-19 response team that meets daily.

Vernon said IU doesn’t know if contact tracing will return to the way it was last academic year.

“We’re still monitoring trends — national trends, local trends — and we’ll make those decisions later in the summer once we know a little bit more of what’s going on in the pandemic,” Vernon said.

Vernon said COVID-19 positive IU community

members always received an automatic email, but now they will not be called by a contact tracing team. She said the purpose of the calls was to gather demographic information to report to the Indiana Department of Health.

IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said the change was due to a pause in large oncampus testing, but he said students, faculty and staff should still self-report a positive test.

IU has also stopped reporting case numbers on its COVID-19 dashboard as a result of the pause in testing.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, professor of pediatrics and Chief Health Officer at IU, said there is no longer a need for personal contact tracing and IU needed to scale back its team when people went back to their regular jobs.

Contact tracing will most likely remain automated, Carroll said, but testing and mask policy may change if a dangerous COVID-19 variant emerges.

“When we first did arrival testing, we almost felt like we needed trauma counselors available because when peo-

ple got COVID they lost their minds,” Carroll said.

Dr. Alka Khaitan, an associate professor in the IU School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, said she thinks it is highly unlikely COVID-19 will completely go away. She said vaccines are the key to dealing with the virus.

“If you’re vaccinated, you can feel safe in the context that maybe you’ll get COVID, but most likely you're protected against hospitalization and severe disease,” said Khaitan, who also works on creating algorithms for COVID-19 treatments at Riley Hospital.

She said vaccine hesitancy helped fuel the spread of COVID-19, which introduces the possibility of new variants.

“The virus is smart — it’ll keep mutating and try to stay in circulation, and it does that by creating these variants,” she said.

The Omicron variant is less severe for most but not all, Khaitan said.

“There were a lot more pediatric hospitalizations during Omicron than prior variants,” she said.

Additionally, Khaitan said there are still unanswered questions about why some people get severe symptoms despite not having a particular risk factor.

“There are still a number of people that are getting very sick with it, and some of those are children who don’t have the opportunity to get vaccinated yet,” Khaitan said.

Carroll said that in the midst of a surge, contact tracing loses its purpose — at that point, he said it’s too late.

“The Omicron surge was so bad we couldn’t possibly keep up with it,” Carroll said.

Carroll said people are more familiar with protocol now and no longer need personal guidance on what to do, compared to the return to campus in the fall of 2020.

“Most people in America have had COVID,” Carroll said. “Everyone knows someone that has had COVID, we get isolation, we get quarantine — people sort of know the ropes about how things go.”

This article was originally published June 8, 2022.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Welcome back Hoosiers!

Whether it’s your last semester at IU or your first time on campus, we at the Indiana Daily Student are overjoyed to see students back in Bloomington for the fall semester.

In this special edition, we wanted to catch our readers up on everything you missed last summer.

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We are your independent student newspaper, and you can expect to see fresh copies of our free paper every Thursday morning. You can find copies in newsstands in your

residence hall lobby, at the grocery store or along Kirkwood Avenue. We also publish digital content online seven days a week, including breaking news, sports coverage and deep-dive investigations. We also publish fun features, reviews and student perspectives.

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IU, Purdue to split IUPUI into 2 separate schools

By Marissa Meador

marnmead@iu.edu | @Marissa_Meador

The IU Board of Trustees and the executive committee of Purdue’s Board of Trustees agreed to split Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis into two separate schools Friday. The realignment will be completed and become official in the fall of 2024, ending the 52-year collaboration in Indianapolis.

IU will take over the School of Science at IUPUI, while Purdue will take over the Department of Computer Science. Purdue will combine IUPUI’s computer science, technology and engineering programs as part of an expansion of Purdue West Lafayette. This will allow Purdue students to

study in Indianapolis while pursuing internships in the area.

IU will continue providing some administrative services for both schools as well as managing the intercollegiate athletic program.

Despite becoming separate schools, IU announced joint research initiatives, including a biosciences engineering institute.

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb congratulated IU President Pamela Whitten and Purdue President Mitch Daniels, saying the decision will help the state be “a leader in the developing workforce of tomorrow”, as well as attracting more companies to the state.

This article was originally published Aug. 12, 2022.

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The Informatics and Communications Technology Complex, located on the current Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, is pictured. The IU Board of Trustees and the executive committee of Purdue’s Board of Trustees agreed to split IUPUI into two separate schools Friday, August 12.

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Tom Allen details future of the program at Big Ten Media Days Garrett Newman ganewman@iu.edu | @GarrettNewman20

Indiana head coach Tom Allen took the podium at Lucas Oil Stadium July 26 during the 50th annual Big Ten Media Days to address the future of the program entering the 2022 season. Coming off of a disappointing 2-10 record in 2021, Allen acknowledged the team’s performance early in the press conference and painted a road map for its current offseason preparation.

Allen wasted little time showing his excitement about the schedule for next season. He began by touching on Indiana’s season and home opener against Illinois on September 2.

“We’re very blessed to open our season, for the fourth time since I’ve been at Indiana, with a Big Ten opponent,” Allen said. “I just really feel like it’s become a new tradition for us to be able to start the season with a Big Ten opponent, and it has become a great, great

thing.”

The program went through a cluster of changes to the staff and players this summer. Allen mentioned how, even though Indiana set a standard in 2019 and broke out in 2020 with an impressive 6-2 season, the true test of a program is how it responds to adversity. That is exactly what he believes will happen this coming season.

Allen went on to highlight some of his standout players to watch this year. With the departure of fellow linebacker Micah McFadden to the NFL, senior Cam Jones will be relied upon as a leader in the middle of the Hoosier defense.

Allen also mentioned that junior tight end A.J. Barner will receive a much bigger role and replace AllBig Ten performer Peyton Hendershot. Finally, he spoke about first team AllAmerican senior cornerback Tiawan Mullen who returns to the Hoosier secondary as an essential playmaker, and

looks to improve his stock for the NFL this coming year.

As expected after a turbulent lineup last season, the quarterback position was the center of attention, and Allen addressed how the competition looks heading into fall camp.

“We came out of spring football and felt like there wasn’t a clear guy to name,” Allen said. “I love the competition, and obviously we’ll have a starter named before the opener, but once that person is named, he will be the starter.”

Allen made it clear that he hopes to avoid a dual situation but also acknowledged that injuries happen, and you need to have multiple viable options.

When it comes to what the staff is looking for at the quarterback position, Allen said he puts an emphasis on the turnover ratio.

“I think, as you come off this past year, it’s a great reminder of protecting the football,” Allen said. “It’s such a huge part of our

game, and the quarterback touches the ball every snap, so protecting that football is a huge priority.”

Allen says that whoever the starting quarterback is

needs to have a mastery of the offense, know where to distribute the football and lead the locker room.

The Hoosiers will begin practice and team training

camp on August 2 with sights set on their first game of the season exactly a month later.

This article was originally published July 31, 2022.

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Head coach Tom Allen and defensive coordinator Kane Wommack talk to junior defensive back Devon Matthews and junior linebacker Cam Jones on Oct. 24, 2020, in Memorial Stadium. Allen spoke at Lucas Oil Stadium on Tuesday during the 50th annual Big Ten Media Days to discuss the future of the program.

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IU graduate school dean steps down

IU increases graduate worker stipend

By Marissa Meador

marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador

James Wimbush, dean of the University Graduate School at IU, is stepping down from the position to focus on his role as vice president of Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs, according to an IU press release.

IU President Pamela Whitten announced the University Graduate school will be led by two separate deans representing IU Bloomington and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis, starting Aug. 15.

David Daleke, vice provost for Graduate Education and Health Sciences and associate dean of the University Graduate School, will serve as interim dean for IU Bloomington.

Janice Blum, vice chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and associate dean of the University Graduate School at IUPUI, will be the interim dean of the IUPUI Graduate School.

The announcement comes just after Wimbush’s meeting with the Indiana Graduate Worker Coalition on July 20, where IU’s graduate task force discussed their recommendations. The recommendations will be released by the end of the month.

Whitten said in the release that the change would increase service and support of graduate students on all campuses.

Provost Rahul Shrivastav will share information about a permanent dean for the school soon.

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Graduate student Natalie Beglin shows support for the graduate worker strike April 14, 2022, outside of Ballantine Hall. Provost Rahul Shrivastav announced IU increased the minimum stipend for graduate workers to $22,000 and eliminated mandatory fees.

By Marissa Meador

marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador

Provost Rahul Shrivastav announced IU increased the minimum stipend for IU graduate workers to $22,000 and eliminated mandatory fees in an email to faculty, staff and graduate workers on Aug. 2. The changes are effective immediately and will be ap-

plied retroactively to July 1.

Shrivastav’s email said the changes were part of initial recommendation from the Task Force on Graduate Education, a group of faculty members and one graduate student representative established in April.

The new stipend is a 46% increase from last academic year, which offered a

$15,000 minimum stipend.

Shrivastav said the changes moved IU from the bottom of Big Ten university stipends to the top half.

In addition to these changes, the Dean of the IU Bloomington Graduate School will be responsible for ensuring the minimum stipends stay in the top half of the Big Ten. Katie Shy, media

spokesperson for the Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Electrical Workers, said the response was an exciting result of their strike.

“The increase in SAA stipends shows what graduate workers can accomplish by coming together, and underscores that we will continue to fight for a union on campus so that responses

to our demands are permanent and created at the bargaining table, not in one-off promises,” Shy said.

She said the changes were a win for graduate students and would increase momentum for union recognition in the fall.

This article was originally published Aug. 2, 2022.

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Local coffee company criticised over alleged neo-Nazi branding

By Nadia Scharf

njscharf@iu.edu | @nadiaascharf

Above Time Coffee Roasters LLC, a Bloomingtonbased coffee business run by controversial Schooner Creek Farm co-owner Sarah Dye, is facing criticism over alleged use of neo-Nazi imagery and language.

After Dye announced Above Time’s launch on Instagram and posted the business’s first tweet on May 9, commenters began questioning the business’s logo, language and policies. Dye did not respond to the IDS’s request for comment.

Dye has previously been accused of having ties to the now-disbanded white supremacist group Identity Evropa and has admitted to posting white supremacist ideology in an online chatroom. Identity Evropa, rebranded as the American Identity Movement before it disbanded in November 2020, reportedly aims to offer a less obvious version of white supremacy that appeals to younger Americans, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

When the group was active, Dye was allegedly wellconnected with leaders, recruiters and extremists such as Nolan Brewer, who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime charge May 21, 2019, for vandalizing and bringing homemade destructive weapons to an Indianapolis synagogue with the intent to burn it down.

Dye was also the center of a controversy surrounding the Bloomington Farmer’s Market in 2019. After she was removed from the Nashville Farmer’s Market for belonging to Identity Evropa, protests began at the Bloomington

market to remove her, and the market was eventually shut down for two weeks out of fear of violence.

The business’s name, Above Time, has been accused of referring to the neoNazi book “The Lightning and the Sun,” which is dedicated to Adolf Hitler “as a tribute of unfailing love and loyalty.”

The business’s logo depicts four coffee beans forming a cross, each with a jagged line and section darkened to form an “x”.

The cross in the middle of the icon is described by Günther Jikeli, director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, as iconography between a swastika and an Iron Cross, which is a black “x” that has roots in Nazi Germany and Prussia. Both are commonly used by neoNazis and white supremacist groups in the U.S. Jikeli also said there was a resemblance between the jagged lines inside coffee beans in the logo and half of the SS bolts, which resemble an “s” shape or a lightning bolt and are another common white supremacist symbol. These three comparisons have been echoed by Internet commenters.

Mark Roseman, historian of modern Europe and professor of Jewish studies and Germanic studies, said he agreed with Jikeli’s interpretation.

This kind of imagery is reminiscent of post-WWII efforts to evoke Nazi imagery without reproducing it, Roseman said.

“Like a good deal of neoNazi content on the web, it is both in your face but also coy, ready to hide if accused,” Roseman said. “But that does not mean that a thoughtful observer can be in any doubt about what is happening here.”

Above Time’s slogan, “for our people, by our people,” has rung alarm bells for experts like Jikeli and Roseman, commenters and the Jewish community alike.

This kind of harmful language, Roseman said, suggests there are those who are not “our people.” Who isn’t welcome isn’t explicitly spelled out, but Roseman says it’s made clear that Jewish people are among those excluded due to the company’s policies towards kosher food.

In an Instagram post made June 13, Above Time said their coffee will not be kosher-certified. Kosher products are prepared according to traditional Jewish dietary restrictions, and a kosher-certified product promises the consumer that these considerations were followed throughout the preparation process, according to Rabbi Sue Silberberg, executive director of IU’s Helene G. Simon Hillel Center.

Keeping kosher is technically required in the Torah, the Jewish holy book. However, Jewish people follow it for many reasons, Silberberg said.

“A lot of people today keep it because it’s a way to keep a Jewish home,” Silberberg said.

“It’s a way to bring Judaism into your life.”

Above Time claims in the same post that kosher-certified food costs more, which Silberberg says is partially untrue. The cost to ensure an item is kosher is generally considered part of the production cost: however, the actual supervision and certification may cost a small fee.

Regardless, coffee beans are automatically kosher, according to Silberberg.

“I think she’s going out of her way to make a statement that’s anti-Semitic and anti-

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A cup of coffee sits on an office desk. Above Time Coffee Roasters LLC, a Bloomington-based coffee business run by controversial Schooner Creek Farm co-owner Sarah Dye, is facing criticism over alleged use of neoNazi imagery and language.

Jewish,” Silberberg said. “It’s not about cost. It wouldn’t cost her any more money.”

Above Time’s post cites the website the Kosher Question in regard to the extra cost of Kosher food. However, the site’s claims, as well as the app made by the same company, have been proven false.

The company claims their customers, who they refer to as “our people,” don’t need kosher-certified products and didn’t ask for it.

Jikeli describes this kind of language as a common strategy by white supremacists and neo-Nazis to mean that Jewish people aren’t welcome in an establishment. This language will be understood by antisemites but remains implicit enough to claim this isn’t the intention, Jikeli said.

This controversy comes during a difficult year for the

Bloomington Jewish community. Throughout December 2021, multiple swastikas were seen painted across the city.

In February, an antisemitic post surfaced on social media site Greek Rank.

Events like these remind people that hatred and bigotry are still present in the Bloomington community, according to Silberberg. She’s also grateful, though, for the outpouring of support after these events.

“It makes people sad, fearful, angry, hurt,” Silberberg said. “But I would say the silver lining is how many people have come forward to support our community this year.”

Local Bloomington residents have rallied against Above Time’s online presence. The business’s first tweet has 133 replies. Nearly all of them comment on the imagery behind the business’s

branding or they mock white supremacy.

One Indiana-based company has taken action in response to Above Time’s launch. Indianapolis Coffee Guide, a coffee blog dedicated to highlighting Indianapolis coffee shops, has partnered with Gravesco Pottery to create an “Anti Fascist Coffee Club” mug. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana and a matching donation will be made to the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council.

These donations help, but Silberberg said the most important way to combat bigotry is by speaking out against it and denying it support.

This article was originally published June 22, 2022.

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Organizations that support IU students of color

By Sade Ajishegiri fosajish@iu.edu

As a freshman, navigating a new college campus can be daunting to say the least. Being a Black student introduces yet another set of obstacles to the mix. So if you’re feeling a little lost, here is a non-exhaustive list of groups supporting Black students at IU. IU’s NAACP chapter is unsurprisingly one of the top groups for BIPOC students on campus. According to the BeInvolved website, the organization’s goal is to provide education on and spread awareness of minority issues in order to “create a sense of equality and inclusiveness across Indiana University’s campus.”

The African Student Association is another useful organization, supporting African-descended students on campus through education on African issues.

According to its website, the organization aims “to create a welcoming environment for everyone from every race, creed and religion.”

The ASA also organizes African Night, an opportunity for students to dress in traditional African clothing and experience the culture through food, music and fashion.

The Women of Color Leadership Institute focuses more on BIPOC women and their success, encouraging members with Instagram takeovers, spotlighting each woman’s educational goals.

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IU run by Black students for Black students, including Kappa Alpha Fraternity, which was the first Black fraternity to be founded at a predominantly white university in 1911, according to BeInvolved.

There are several sorori-

ties supporting Black students, too. A popular choice is the Tau Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the “oldest Greek-letter organization established by AfricanAmerican college-educated women,” according to its website.

If you’re looking for groups more relevant to your major, there are organizations like the National Association of Black Accountants, the National Society of Black Engineers, or the Black Law Student Association at the Maurer

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Police reform includes 911 dispatchers

School of Law, all of which aim to help Black students navigate and reach success in their chosen field.

A more comprehensive list of Black organizations on campus can be found on the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center’s website. If

you’d like to connect with other BIPOC students, need help navigating the college experience or are just curious, check out one of these groups.

This article was originally published July 12, 2022.

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Chadwick Boseman’s work continues to be nominated posthumously

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Marvel’s “What if...?” is an anthology series that follows the events of other timelines in the multiverse.

By Sade Ajishegiri fosajish@iu.edu

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Imagine you’re in a lifeor-death situation, and you call 911. You get a hold of a dispatcher, and instead of helping you, the dispatcher doesn’t take your call seriously. The dispatcher has an attitude or hangs up. You’d think this would be less heard of, but this situation is common.

For Latisha Rogers, a survivor of the Buffalo Tops Friendly Market shooting, this was reality. She reported she called 911, got in contact with the dispatcher and whispered to her, “Miss, please send help to 1275 Jefferson — there is a shooter in the store.”

According to Rogers, the dispatcher said, “I can’t hear you, why are you whispering? You don’t have to whisper, they can’t hear you.”

Rogers continued to whisper, saying, “Ma’am, he’s still in the store. He’s still shooting! I’m scared for my life. Please send help!” The dispatcher hung up.

In 2019, 911 dispatcher Donna Reneau mocked and

told Debbie Stevens, who was trapped in her car and drowning from floodwaters, to “shut up.” Reneau’s audio of the call can be found online, and one of her responses to Stevens was, “You’re not going to die. I don’t know why you’re freaking out.”

Debbie Stevens wasn’t found in time and died. Reneau was not charged and was cleared of any wrongdoing.

In 2021, a federal lawsuit brought alarming allegations of racism and blackmail to silence employees at an emergency call center in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. According to the lawsuit, in 2020, Heriberto Santiago Jr. called 911 to report — in Spanish — that his home was on fire, but the dispatcher hung up on him because she couldn’t understand him.

When a civilian called the police on Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy who was later shot and killed by officer Timothy Loehmann, they told the 911 dispatcher there was a Black male in the park with a gun, but he was, “probably a juvenile and the

weapon was probably fake.”

Yet this information was not passed on to the responding officers. All that Loehmann and his partner knew was, “We have a Code 1,” which is the department’s highest level of urgency.

This is not to say Loehmann is cleared of any wrongdoing. Tamir Rice was 12 and playing with a toy pellet gun, which typically has a colored tip to indicate it is a toy. Even without the colored tip, cops are supposed to be trained to deescalate before shooting and to harm, not kill without any questions asked — especially when there is a child involved.

The questions remain. If the dispatcher told Loehmann what the civilian had said, would Tamir Rice be alive? If Latisha Rogers hadn’t had time to call her boyfriend how many more people would have died because of the dispatcher’s actions? If Donna Reneau had done her job and helped Debbie Stevens, or even tried to show her compassion in her final moments, would she still be alive?

Ignoring people and letting biases affect emergency response is dangerous to everyone. When we talk about police reform, we have to make sure it’s the entire system and every position. The whole system needs to be gutted. There needs to be less funding, better training, an actual checks and balance system and monetary punishments, like pay cuts and pension payouts, when “accidents” happen.

If the police and justice system aren’t protecting those they’re sworn to protect, then the only part of their job is to be a militant force. If they’re not protecting, they’re standing in opposition.

The entire system will continue to be corrupt unless we change something.

Until we dismantle this system and punish those who allow their biases and indifference to human lives get in the way of actual correction, reform and justice, damn the whole system. Until reform it’s ACAB. This article was originally published June 22, 2022.

Chadwick Boseman has once again been posthumously nominated for an award, this time at the 74th Emmy awards for his voice acting work in the Marvel animated series “What If…?”

He voices King T’Challa, the Black Panther, in the series.

His iconic character appears in four episodes, with Boseman starring as the King of Wakanda in episode two. He was nominated for Outstanding Voiceover Performance for this episode, which was the last time he was able to voice the character before he died in 2020.

His work continues to be recognized years later.

The nominations were released in early July and the awards ceremony will take place in September.

The late actor was also nominated posthumously for an Academy Award in 2021 for his role as Levee in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

He did not win the controversial award for best actor.

Boseman still won quite a few awards for his leading performance in the film, earning a posthumous Critics Choice Award for best actor, a Screen Actors Guild Award for lead actor and a Golden Globe for “best actor

in a drama.”

If these nominations and awards indicate anything at all, they point to the inspiration Boseman was and continues to be, especially for Black audience members.

Looking back on his contributions to film and television, his impact on audiences and those he worked with alike stands out.

Many of his fellow cast members and directors remember him as a brilliant light, enthusiastic and joyful in his work. In a 2020 Guardian interview following Boseman’s death, actor Viola Davis said the late actor would live in memory as a hero, though not just because of his role as the Black Panther.

“I associate that with his authenticity, especially in the midst of a profession that sometimes can suck that out of you,” she said.

As representation for people of color increases in all areas of filmmaking, his work illustrates Black excellence and refuses to be ignored or forgotten.

As the 2022 Emmy Awards approach this fall, both Marvel fans and fans of the actor himself wait to see if his performance will once again be met with the praise it deserves.

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You can’t ban abortion, only safe abortions

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Protestors lead chants behind Women’s Care Center on June 27, 2022, on College Avenue. The Party for Socialism and Liberation organized the protest and claims the center is set up to dissuade people from having abortions.

Olivia Franklin (she/her) is a senior studying journalism with a minor in political science.

On June 24, the Supreme Court overturned the ruling in Roe v. Wade.

Roe v. Wade being overturned means there are going to be a many more unsafe abortions and pregnancies.

With abortion bans in place, carrying a child to term may result in a greater risk of death for the pregnant person because they do not have access to an abortion, according to an article from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Many expecting mothers are already at risk of cardiovascular conditions, infections and hemorrhage

caused or worsened by being pregnant or giving birth.

Denying people the option of abortion can increase the amount of deaths during labor with 0.44 deaths per 100,000 procedures from 2013 to 2017 opposed to 20.1 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2019.

Almost immediately after I found out the news, my Instagram and Twitter were filled with angry tweets and posts. One tweet said “Guns have more freedom in America than women,” a sentence I never thought I would see.

A lot of posts I have seen on social media have said “You cannot ban abortion, only safe abortions,” which is completely true. Accord-

ing to the National Library of Medicine, unsafe abortion can cause hemorrhage, infection, sepsis, genital trauma and necrotic bowel. Although they don’t have a lot of knowledge on nonfatal long-term health complications, the ones they have documented are poor wound healing, infertility, consequences of internal organ injury and bowel resections, not including loss of productivity and psychological damage.

I am a woman. If I was sexually assaulted, the thought that I would be forced to give birth to that child and have to be constantly reminded of the rape which caused the pregnancy makes me sick to my stomach. Or the fact

that I could possibly become injured or die during labor, and there would be little to nothing I could do to prevent this, makes me terrified of the country I live in.

If a woman wants an abortion but can’t get one in her own state, she faces limited alternatives. According to the New York Times, some companies such as Disney, Google, Starbucks and many others will cover travel expenses for employees to go to a state that allows abortions.

Biden made a statement saying that his administration will protect a woman’s access to medications that are approved by the FDA like mifepristone, which helps chemically induce abortions. The

same article referred to Attorney General Merrick Garland’s statement that “states may not ban mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA’s expert judgment about its safety and efficacy.”

Accidents do happen. Just because a woman becomes pregnant does not mean her and her partner were not practicing safe sex. Many families don’t have the resources to provide for a new child. Why bring a child into this world if they are not going to be taken care of? There are already too many children in the foster system as it is. In 2017, there were 31,042 in Indiana alone. So the argument “just give them up for adoption” makes no sense in

this scenario.

The Court’s decision makes me afraid to be a woman. I was already afraid of getting pregnant by accident, but now knowing I couldn’t even get an abortion terrifies me.

I know a lot of other women feel the same way. If you don’t agree with the Court’s decision, let it be known. Post on social media, donate if you can or share links to places to donate. Contact your legislators about how you feel and ask questions if you have any.

This situation is far from over. orfrankl@iu.edu This article was originally published July 6, 2022.

SEAN’S SYNOPSIS

Computer programming should be mandatory for K-12 education Sean Gilley (he/him) is a senior studying political science and economics with a certificate in informatics.

Computer programming classes need to be included in the core curriculum for K-12 education.

The world is becoming ever more digital, and coding languages are becoming more complex and prevalent in today’s world. For the same reasons students are required to take math, science and English, students need to be learning these digital skills to prepare themselves for the new state of the world.

I’m not saying every student who walks across the stage to receive their high school diploma should, at that point, be ready to work at Google or Microsoft. It takes time to master even the most basic programming languages. However, students should be able to transition into whatever they plan to do next with a fundamental understanding of the logic behind some of the more common languages used today.

Currently, the numbers are looking up, with 51% of U.S. high schools offer-

ing foundational computer science courses as of 2021, according to Code.org. But there are still bugs to work out — rural schools, urban schools and schools with higher percentages of economically disadvantaged students are still less likely to offer any computer science courses. Additionally, across 37 states, only 4.7% of high school students are enrolled in these courses.

“Given the significance of computing in today’s society, it is inadequate that half of schools lack even a single course,” the report said.

I agree, this is a great start, but we can always improve.

The rates at which I see each incoming generation progress academically always astounds me. I recently learned my childhood middle school is now teaching geometry to 8th graders ­— a class usually offered to our high school sophomores and juniors. We have the capacity and ability to do this with computer programming as well.

Our newer generations can handle the curriculum, especially given the fact that many new generations start far more technologically lit-

erate than their parents or grandparents. Even if our schools had to start off with very lightweight, more conceptually oriented classes to focus on the logic behind coding, so be it.

These courses could be offered earlier on in middle and even elementary school to prepare students for more rigorous courses down the road. High schools could then start to offer far more advanced courses for students who excel or those who want to pursue coding after graduation.

Every day, I see more and more advertisements for coding bootcamps and online certification programs.

Why couldn’t we simply include this into the public education system? At the very least, we could give our students a leg up if they want to pursue this kind of career.

Even if your student doesn’t wish to code for their career, these skills are valuable in their own right and help students become better learners overall. I was required to take a foreign language in high school, so I chose German, expecting to use it on the rarest of occasions. But I still learned valu-

A woman works on an HTML coding project.

able historical, linguistic and cultural knowledge from this course.

Offering computer science courses early on in public schooling would not

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only teach our new students the skills and knowledge to succeed in this new digital world, but also bolster their understanding of logic, mathematics and engineer-

ing as well. spgilley@iu.edu This article was originally published July 3, 2022.

OLIVIA’S OUTLOOK

Preparing for college doesn’t need to be stressful Olivia Franklin (she/her) is a senior studying journalism with a minor in political science.

As summer comes to a close for college students, many are moving back to Bloomington, some preparing to step onto campus for the first time.

When it comes to preparing for a new semester, many students tend to overthink. Whether it’s wondering if they bought the correct school supplies, not knowing what room or building their classes are in or even just stressing out about the syllabuses for their classes, it can be hard to manage the stress.

To be fair, when a professor waits until the last minute to send out the syllabus or create the Canvas page for the class, I get stressed too. I like knowing what to expect when I walk into a classroom, especially if I

have never had that professor before. Sometimes uploading the Canvas page the morning of the first day of class is not enough notice.

It can be even more stressful when it’s your freshman year and you don’t know what to expect.

College is pretty similar to high school in the aspect of what you need to do to be ready for a new year.

Walk through your schedule on campus before classes start if you don’t know where a building or class room is located.

This will save you time on the first day of classes and hopefully prevent you from being late. My freshman year, I walked around campus a few days prior to the start of classes because I wanted to know where all of them would be. At the very least, you could leave early on the first day so you have time to find your classes be-

forehand.

Looking over your syllabuses before classes start is also helpful. Some teachers lecture on the first day of classes, and some just walk students through the syllabus. It is better knowing what to expect from a professor and their class than going in blind.

As far as school supplies go, having a backpack, writing utensils and something to write on for the first day is a good starting point. I don’t think I have ever bought a textbook before the first day of school except for my freshman year and most of them I didn’t really need.

Now, I usually wait to see if I actually need the book because sometimes a certain book is recommended but the professor says not to buy it or that it won’t be used very much.

The most important thing to bring is a positive

A woman stress out while working on her laptop.

mindset. Just remember it is still summer until the first day of classes, so there is still plenty of time to start preparing. Many students are moving back to Bloomington currently which can

take a while, but remember that you need to make time for yourself as well. Maybe go shopping for new clothes to wear this semester or grab some ice cream with friends you haven’t seen all

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summer.

Everything can be stressful but preparation and exploring campus is the key to a great start for the semester. orfrankl@iu.edu

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‘It’s absolutely gouging the poor’: People face high prices as pandemic aid expires

the poor,” Pemberton said. is happening again today.

In April of this year, the Although he thinks there are downsides to the Fed’s Guardian analyzed the fidecision, Audretsch said it nancials of top companies to will be successful at reducing find profit growth that ranged from 5% for Kroger to 809% inflation.

In the meantime, many for Steel Dynamics. In earnfederal programs that pro- ings calls, executives admitvided aid during the pan- ted to passing inflation off demic are now expiring, such to consumers and growing as a provision that allowed their profits. Kroger, which more people to be eligible has five locations in Bloomfor Medicaid. The provision ington, said small amounts of is set to expire in mid-July. If inflation are “always good for not extended, many people business.”

“It is unsurprising that in will have to submit appeals to a moment following major maintain eligibility.

Another form of pan- individual, physical struggle demic aid gave extra money we’re seeing this unquesto low-income Hoosiers in tioned inflation that is really the Supplemental Nutritional just profiteering,” Betz said.

When corporations have Assistance Program. These benefits expired at the end too much power, they can of May, bringing allotment keep prices high even as deamounts to pre-pandemic mand falls, Audretsch said. levels with a 20% increase in However, the government budget for cost-of-living ad- doesn’t have the proper injustments and other reevalu- struments to solve the probTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE lem at the root, he said, so ations.

Guy Benhamou pumps gas at an Exxon Mobil gas station on June 9, 2022, in Houston, Texas. High demand and low global supply have driven up they use the power of the Fed “Some calls I’ve gotten are gasoline prices, which after a small decrease from earlier weeks, averages about $4.90 a gallon in Indiana. like ‘How often can I shop instead.

Audretsch said inflation demic aid programs ending, and CEO of community re- than what we’ve seen in pre- there? Because my SNAP

By Marissa Meador marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador budget is going down and I has unequal effects. people on the margins are in source center Mother Hub- vious years.”

“Not everybody suffers the In an effort to combat in- just can’t purchase enough crisis, even as others benefit bard’s Cupboard, has seen Sky Pemberton drives from rapid spending in the strain among patrons as a re- flation, the Federal Reserve food to make our household same,” he said. “It’s the poor and the people on fixed inhiked interest rates by three- work,’” Betz said. sult of increasing prices. his father from Bedford to economy.

MHC launched a direct comes like the retired people The organization, which quarters of a percentage point For the top 1% of earners, a a kidney dialysis center in Paoli four times a week. The good financial market led to a provides food and runs advo- June 15, its largest increase assistance program this year, and the elderly who are the center was the closest option $6.5 trillion growth in wealth, cacy and education programs since 1994. The goal is to dis- which provides $200 dollar ones that get hit the most.”

Sky Pemberton said he that was accepting patients at and top companies have had to members of Bloomington courage spending, but some VISA cards to cover things like the time, but he said he still their most profitable year and surrounding communi- economists, including IU car repairs or minor medi- was frustrated that even spends $40 a week on gas just since the 1950s. The unem- ties, serves the most vulnera- economic policy expert Da- cal expenses. The program though his dad spent time in ployment rate sits at 3.6% and ble populations, according to vid Audretsch, worry it may has $3,300 set aside for each the Navy and worked to the for the trips. quarter, but Betz said applica- top of every job he had, he The two live off of a $1,300 in 2021, wage growth reached Betz. In MHC’s 2021 survey, cause a recession.

“We chose to defer the tion volume was so high that still runs the risk of not receiv42% of respondents identia month disability check and an all-time high of 15.6%.

But the cost of food — for fied as people with disabili- pain,” he said. “Not that that funds were depleted in less ing essential care because of other forms of aid, Pemberhigh prices. both grocery stores and res- ties, and many others have was a bad policy, but now it’s than a month. ton said.

“I’m worried about how Pemberton said the extra “And if you start doing taurants — has increased by experienced job loss or hours coming home to roost.”

MATT COHEN | IDS much money inwe have behecompeting received in from SNAP from Audretsch King saidis among inflation medical outpacing any reduction, numbersLilly on that, electric King with talks to the media9%, afterultimately winning the 200-yard breaststroke on the final night ofexpenses the 2019 NCAA Tournament. the IU $100 athletes the Olympics July-August Tokyo, Japan. and bills, you run out of mon- lasting wage growth. High or COVID-19-related illness today reminds him of what wasn’t enough to adjust to the cause I don’t know if I can get he experienced in the 1970s. high prices. Those on the bot- him to dialysis to keep him ey pretty quick,” Pemberton demand and low global sup- in their families.

“Eight to ninety percent Even during the inflation and tom are feeling pushed to the alive,” Pemberton said. “Besaid. “Everybody in my neigh- ply have driven up gasoline borhood is in the process of prices, which after a small of patrons live well below unemployment of the ‘70s, edge, Pemberton said, while cause without that, you die. being behind on their house decrease from earlier weeks, the poverty line,” Betz said. companies were profiting. those above a certain income That’s it.” averages about $4.90 a gallon “They’re seeing more job loss According to Audretsch, this level can deal with higher payments.” and broke the Israeli na- graduate, will swim in the in the 100-meter breast- 100-meter freestyle event. night by 120.57 points.

By Ara Cowper This article was originally and are choosing which bills same paradox occurred dur- prices. in Indiana.

With prices climbing acowper@iu.edu | @aracowper5 Capobianco will also in- tional record while making 200-meter individual medstroke while placing 12th in Apple will also swim in the published June 27, 2022.

“It’s absolutely gouging Megan Betz, the president to cover each month, more ing the Great Depression and across the board and panthe 200-meter at the Olym- 400-meter freestyle relay dividually compete in the it under the Olympic A stan- ley. Andison is a first-time Olympian and will represent dard.

This story was originally pic Games Rio 2016. She with 2018 graduate Blake 3-meter springboard event.

Vini Lanza will swim the Team Canada.

Redshirt junior Michael received her second gold Pieroni. Pieroni has a gold published June 23, 2021.

IU head coach Ray Looze The IU men’s and wom- medal in the women’s 4 x medal in the 400-meter Brinegar qualified in two 200-meter individual meden’s swimming and diving 100-meter medley relay in freestyle relay from the 2016 events, the 800-meter free- ley while representing Bra- and head diving coach Drew style and the 1,500-meter zil. Lanza graduated from IU Johansen will also join Team programs will send 12 cur- 2016, where she swam the games.

USA. Looze was selected as Redshirt senior Andrew freestyle. Marwan Elka- in 2019. rent and former collegiate breastroke leg of the relay. executive director for the January 2023. A principal served on the Bloomington 1997 to 2017. She has served change the unified developBy Marissa Meador Jessica Parratto qualified the assistant coach on SunAnnie Lazor will also Capobianco will compete mash, who is a 2017 graduathletes to the| @marissa_meador 2020 Olymmarnmead@iu.edu on the Indiana Habitat for ment ordinance to allow for IU Center for Rural Engage- committee is different from Plan Commission. pics. This is the second con- swim the 200-meter breast- with partner and 2018 ate and native of Egypt, for the synchronized 10-me- day, while it was announced Sandberg’s priorities on Humanity board, Habitat further study. The proposed ment, filed paperwork to an exploratory committee, secutive Olympics with at stroke, qualifying with a graduate Mike Hixon in the joins him in the 800-meter ter platform event with part- on Monday that Johansen Two candidates, Susan form a principal committee which requires candidates to the council include afford- for Humanity International’s changes involved allowing least eleven Hoosiers quali- second-place finish at the men’s 3-meter springboard freestyle while representing ner Delaney Schnell. Par- would be the head diving Sandberg and Kerry Thomp- to run for mayor shortly af- file paperwork to convert to able housing, neighbor- U.S. council and the IU Cred- multi-family housing in placratto placed seventh in the coach. Both Looze and Jofying for swimming and div- Olympic trials behind King. synchronized diving event. Egypt. es previously zoned for single son, each filed to run for ter Sandberg on June 8. Both a principal committee if they hood stabilization economic it Union Board of Directors.

Tomer Frankel, a sopho- event at the 2016 Olympics hansen were on the U.S. Lazor graduated from Au- This is Capobianco’s first ing events.

Thomson received a family homes. development through arts mayor of Bloomington this candidates are running as do decide to run.

Two-time gold medalist burn in 2016, but became time as an Olympian, while more, will represent Israel at with Amy Cozad and tenth Olympic coaching staff at The primary for the maySandberg has served on and public safety. She also bachelor’s degree in sociolsummer for the 2023 elec- Democrats.

Lilly King will swim in both King’s training partner in Hixon has a silver medal in the games in the 100-meter in the individual 10-meter the 2016 Olympics.

An exploratory commit- the city council since 2007. worked with councilmem- ogy, anthropology and wom- oral race is May of next year, tion. Mayor John Hamilton The 2020 Olympic Games the event from 2016. The butterfly event. His time of platform dive. She graduthe 100-meter and 200-me- April of 2018. has not made a formal an- tee allows potential can- She is also the chair of the bers Dave Rollo and Ron en’s studies from Randolph- and the general election will begin July 23 in Tokyo, JaZach Apple, a 2019 pair won the competition at 51.81 at the Israel Olympic ated from IU in 2019. ter breaststroke events. be in November. The mayor didates to accept financial Jack Hopkins social services Smith to increase police pay Macon College. nouncement about running.

Bailey Andison, a 2018 pan.

King received a gold medal graduate, qualified for the the Olympic trials on Friday Trials was a lifetime best In spring 2021, Thomson oversees public services and Sandberg, who currently contributions but does not funding committee and a to which the council voted serves as the city council require an official declara- member of the citizens ad- for a 13% pay increase earlier was a member of the “Go works with the city council president, filed paperwork tion of candidacy. Candi- visory committee for com- this year. Thomson worked as Farther Together” group, to fund projects such as job June 1 to form an explor- dates cannot declare they munity development block CEO of Habitat for Human- which called for a pause in growth, affordable housing atory committee. Thomson, are running for mayor until grant funding. She also has ity of Monroe County from Mayor Hamilton’s attempt to and public safety.

Twelve IU athletes qualify for Olympics in swimming, diving events

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The Village Deli is seen Sept. 26, 2021, on Kirkwood Avenue. The current location of the Village Deli will be temporarily closed for construction of a four-story apartment complex beginning next summer.

2700 square feet of restaurant space, so the Village Deli will return to the same spot when construction is complete.

Some residents compared the temporary closing of the deli with old favorites like Ladyman’s Cafe. Ladyman’s, which served fried chicken and fresh-baked pies from its spot on Kirkwood Avenue since 1957, closed when Heartland Development Group bought the restaurant in 2006.

Although Village Deli’s temporary relocation is uncertain, internet commentators expressed relief that the restaurant is here to stay.

This article was originally published July 21, 2022.

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The current Village Deli location will be temporarily closed for construction of a four-story apartment complex beginning next summer.

The restaurant, known for its pancakes and home fries, has been a staple breakfast joint of Bloomington’s downtown since 1980. IU alumni, locals and current students alike expressed disappointment at the news.

Approved by the Bloomington Plan Commission July 11, Strauser Construction’s proposal includes mostly studio and one-bedroom apartments, with a total of 29 bedrooms split between 25

apartments. The space will include a parking garage on the ground floor.

In order to achieve the four-story height not usually allowed for the downtown area, the complex had to meet one of the city’s incentives.

One of these incentives is sustainability, which Strauser Construction plans on satisfying with light exterior colors, a roof that reflects light, covered parking and solar photovoltaic panels.

Village Deli owner Bob Costello said in an email that he plans to relocate the Village Deli during construction and will announce the new location shortly before construction begins in the summer of 2023. The complex includes

Indiana University Health announced a $16 million gift to the Indiana University School of Nursing at IUPUI made on May 3, according to IU News. The gift is the first allocation of IU Health’s $416 million gift to IU in December 2021.

The IU School of Nursing is a renowned institution ranked in the top 30 nursing schools in the U.S. News and World Report.

With these funds, the nursing school can expand classrooms and lab spaces as well

as student services and staff recruitment.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a statewide shortage of nursing faculty. Robin Newhouse, the dean of the IU School of Nursing, said the school is actively working towards expanding the program by 50% in order to address the scarcity and serve the needs of the community, according to the press release.

She appointed nine groups of IU Nursing staff, faculty and students at the start of the spring semester, and they are currently planning projects to implement in the program us-

ing the new funds.

In addition, IU Health is allotting positions to qualified nursing students. The students will take on clinical rotations at its facilities.

The CEO and president of IU Health, Dennis Murphy, said in a press release that nurse recruitment and retention are important for caring for more patients.

IU Health will continue to contribute to Indiana University through more research initiatives and clinician recruitment.

This article was originally published May 10, 2022.

Vivian Winston wins Board of Trustee election

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The Sample Gates are seen June 14, 2021. Vivian Winston, a former IU Kelley School of Business professor, won the Board of Trustee election June 30.

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Vivian Winston, a former IU Kelley School of Business professor, won the Board of Trustee election June 30 with 8,196 out of 16,302 total votes. She will occupy one of three trustee seats elected

by IU alumni, taking former trustee MaryEllen Bishop’s spot.

The other candidates, Josh Kornberg and Sandford

Kunkel, received 4,351 and 3,755 votes, respectively.

Winston’s campaign centered around her desire to be a voice for students, according to her website. Her campaign platform involves improving student services, including mental health care, increasing affordability and maintaining IU’s “inclusive excellence.”

Winston told the HeraldTimes the graduate worker strike should be a top prior-

ity. She said in the article she is neither pro-union nor opposed to graduate worker unionization and would like to meet directly with Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition’s bargaining committee.

President Pamela Whitten congratulated Winston July 2, saying she was grateful Winston shared a commitment to prioritizing student success.

This article was originally published July 3, 2022.

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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade decision

Local protestors respond to the Court’s decision

Indiana abortion ban signed by governor

By Marissa Meador

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Protestors gather in front of Women’s Care Center on June 27, 2022, on College Avenue. The Party for Socialism and Liberation organized the protest and claims the center, which is located next door to Bloomington’s Planned Parenthood, is set up to dissuade people from having abortions. Protestors surrounded the building, waiting for it’s employees to leave work for the day.

By Nadia Scharf

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“Two, four, six, eight. Separate the church and state.”

“I’m a person, not a womb.”

“My body, my choice.”

Hundreds chanted along to a drumbeat at 3 p.m.

June 27 outside the Monroe County Courthouse during a protest in support of access to abortion. The protest was organized by the Indianapolis chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation and was promoted on social media by local activist groups, including IU Students Against Reproductive Restraints and the Monroe County National Organization for Women.

This is PSL’s first protest in Bloomington since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade’s precedent. The organization has held multiple protests in Indianapolis since the decision was released June 24.

Speakers at the protest criticized the Democratic

party and President Biden’s response to the decision, calling out inequality in access to abortion alternatives and emphasized the importance of both abortion access and the role of the federal government in supporting abortion rights.

“Biden is putting out statements saying that most women in this country are going to be fine after this decision. Most women, because they live in blue states,” one speaker said. “That’s none of us here.”

Drivers routinely honked in support of protestors standing along the edge of the courthouse square. Alternatively, some drivers visibly disagreed with the crowd’s message as they shouted out their windows or raised their middle fingers. One white truck circled the block several times as its occupants shouted “abortion is murder” through a speaker.

Protestor Julie Finn attended the protest with her daughter, Sydney Shoemaker.

Finn said that she wanted Shoemaker to have the same

rights she did when she was younger.

“I actually love being here and seeing the solidarity of all the other people here on the courthouse,” Finn said. “And I like seeing pro-lifers waste gas. Gas is so expensive right now — that’s a choice.”

After around 30 minutes at the courthouse, protestors marched down College Avenue toward the Women’s Care Center, a crisis pregnancy center that PSL claims is set up to dissuade people from having abortions. Protest leaders passed out flyers that said this type of center is set up next to abortion clinics like Planned Parenthood to confuse people seeking abortions.

PSL also claimed the center is not licensed as a medical provider and therefore are not bound by HIPAA, meaning they don’t have to maintain confidentiality.

Protestor Alessandro Morosin played a snare drum to back chants throughout the march. He said he believes abortion-rights organizations need to get more people out,

on both a local and state level.

“I think we need to become ungovernable,” Morosin said, “because it’s not just Roe v. Wade that they’re coming for. They’re coming for so many human rights, voting rights.”

Protestors ranging from grandparents waving signs to children held by their parents surrounded the center.

IU student and protest leader Luke Kubehl climbed onto a post outside the center and raised his voice above the chants of the crowd.

“Do you know what this place is?” Kubehl asked. A voice rose from the crowd in response: “A fucking fraud!”

Kubehl said that PSL plans to return to the center and pass out flyers throughout the summer. He announced the protest plan — to surround the Women’s Care Center until the employees got off work at 4:30 p.m. — then passed the floor to anyone that wanted to share a message or a personal story.

Protestors shared their reasons for supporting access to abortion. One woman said

she had gotten an abortion to better care for her then-twoyear-old. That same child, now in her early teens, held up a neon-green sign reading “Hands off my rights.”

Protestors blocked off the parking lot and surrounded the front and back doors, raising picket signs and chanting together.

At 4:30 p.m., when protest leaders said Women’s Care Center employees would get off work and leave the building, private security officers pulled up to the back of the center. Police soon arrived.

Kubehl and other protest leaders redirected the crowd to march back to the courthouse and promised they’d be back the next day. People began to leave the square, but many stayed behind, lined up along the side of the road. Between honks and jeers from the street, they chanted one line, over and over.

“We won’t go back. We won’t go back.”

This article was originally published June 27, 2022.

Only hours after the Indiana House of Representatives passed abortion ban Senate Bill 1 on Aug. 5, the Senate approved changes to the bill and voted 28-19 to pass it.

The bill was signed by Governor Eric Holcomb shortly after and will become law September 15.

The passage of the bill makes Indiana the first state in the country to pass an abortion ban in a special session following the Dobbs v.

Jackson Women’s Health Organization case.

The bill bans abortions with few exceptions. In the case of rape or incest, abortions are banned after 10 weeks and require an affidavit. For fatal fetal anomalies, a pregnant person can get an abortion before 20 weeks.

There is also an exception for cases where pregnancy poses a risk to the life and physical health of the pregnant person.

If a doctor preforms an unlawful abortion, they would face a loss of license and be charged with a Level 5 felony, which carries a sentence of one to six years in prison. The pregnant person would not be charged.

Although Indiana’s final bill includes exceptions outlined in the initial draft, many Republicans said they hoped to pass further restrictions in the regular legislative session in January. Other Republicans said they wanted more provisions to help pregnant people included in Senate Bill 2, which they indicated they would like to work on in the regular session as well.

This article was originally published Aug. 5, 2022.

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Researchers identify microbe that supports honey bees

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IU researchers concluded that a microbe supplemented to honey bee larvae plays a large role in the health of a colony. The microbe compensated for a poor diet and could potentially be added to colonies as a probiotic and protective measure.

By Meghana Rachamadugu megracha@iu.edu

IU researchers concluded that Bombella apis, a microbe supplemented to honey bee larvae, plays a large role in the health of a colony.

Honey bee larvae get food and nutrients from sister bees who provide nectar, pollen and a substance called royal jelly. This is a nutrient-rich secretion that honey bees raised to be queens consume their whole lives. Other bees eat nectar and pollen within a few days.

Bombella apis is the only known bacterium able to survive in the royal jelly and provides much more nutrition through amino acids.

It chemically produces all essential amino acids including lysine in the larvae’s

diet, the researchers said in their published work.

Bombella apis supports the honey bees’ development and transition into functioning worker bees.

This positively impacts the honey bee colony’s health and hive strength.

Irene Newton, one of the researchers, said to IU News that when they added the microbe to the bees, the bees grew to the same mass compared to control bees with full nutrition. In their experiments, B. apis compensated for the poorer diet and could potentially be added to the colonies as a probiotic and protective measure.

“It’s really important that we discover that the symbiont bolsters nutrition under stress,” Newton said. “Nutrition impacts bees and their

ability to keep the numbers up and have populations increase.”

Because honey bees play a large role in the pollination process of several crops, when farmers grow monoculture crops like corn and soybeans, they’re reducing the diversity of flowers that honey bees and other pollinators can visit, Newton said.

She said nutrient loss leads to a decline in the honey bee population, but that it can derive from a combination of different stressors.

These can include pests and parasites, pathogens like viruses and exposure to toxic chemicals from pesticides and herbicides.

Ethan Mitchell, a member of the Beekeepers of Indiana, said mites were prob-

lematic on his honey bee farm.

“They transmit viruses and stuff to the bees that weaken the hive and eventually make the queen sick,” Mitchell said. “Once the queen is sick, the colony fails.”

He also said when farmers use insecticides, the bees bring the chemicals back to the hive. Farmers can potentially lose 30 pounds of honey.

Ellie Symes, CEO of the Bee Corp and IU alumni since 2018, said unstable bee populations can prevent bees from being able to pollinate the same crop yield repeatedly.

The Bee Corp is an Indianapolis-based startup that uses technology to maximize pollination levels.

“I think innovations like what the lab is working on are excellent because we don’t have a lot of natural forage out there for honey bees anymore,” Symes said.

She said she agrees that the research Newton and others were doing could be used in nutrition products.

Eventually beekeepers could use it in order to combat problems like the varroa mite.

“By improving the gut health of the honey bee, it should make a more disease-resistant population,” Symes said.

While at IU, Symes founded and led the Beekeeping Club, a group of students who wanted to manage beehives. They started a university program using university funds to manage

the land around the hilltop gardens for pollinator gardens and similar projects.

It helped serve as the basis of The Bee Corp, she said.

Here, with a grading system called Verifli, they assess hive strengths and population levels for beekeepers.

Symes explained it’s a non-invasive method to inspect hives and count bees needed for crop pollination. ​​ She said she looks forward to other research the IU labs are doing concerning Bombella apis. In the published research, Newton and others said they would be looking into other strains that can also provide the larvae with nutrients and development.

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Former provost files complaint against Attorney General

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Lauren Robel, former IU provost, filed a complaint with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission in July where she accused Attorney General Todd Rokita of recklessly making claims without evidence.

Her letter refers to Rokita’s statements on Fox News and in a letter to the governor, where he said he would look into Dr. Caitlin Bernard’s licensure and whether or not she reported a 10-year-old rape victim’s abortion procedure in time.

Robel, who left IU in 2021 after serving as provost, IU law school dean and executive vice president, wrote in her complaint that Rokita violated the rule of law by targeting a private citizen with “factually baseless assaults against them.”

This is the first time Robel

has sent a complaint to the disciplinary commission in her 40 years of being a lawyer, she told the Indianapolis Star. Although she supports abortion access, Robel said she was motivated by what she saw as a breach of ethics.

A spokeswoman for Rokita told the Indianapolis Star that the attorney general is allowed to file anything he wants and that the office is continuing its investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard.

It’s uncommon for the disciplinary commission to investigate complaints, with only 9% of complaints receiving investigations from July 1, 2020, to June 20, 2021.

If the commission agrees with Robel’s complaint, Rokita could have his law license suspended, although punishments range from a private admonition to disbarment.

This article was originally published July 21, 2022.

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A COVID-19 testing site is seen Feb. 8, 2022, in Gym 171 at the School of Public Health. Dr. Aaron Carroll, the chief health officer at IU and head of the university’s COVID-19 policy, said he is “concerned, but not worried” about the BA.5 strain of the virus.

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As the beginning of the fall semester at IU quickly approaches, a more contagious version of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the BA.5 lineage, has led to increasing cases worldwide for weeks.

In the United States, cases have been increasing slowly

since March, but during the last several weeks, the number of positive cases has risen significantly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. reported a seven-day moving average of more than 100,000 cases throughout July. In mid-April, three months prior, the seven-day moving average ranged from about 20,000-50,000 cases.

The last major surge in coronavirus cases came in January 2022 after the Omicron variant first appeared in the U.S. in November 2021.

Since then, multiple lineages of the Omicron variant have developed, including BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.3, and BA.4. The newest lineage, BA.5, is currently the predominant strain of the virus, making up approximately 80% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to the CDC. The low rate of hospitalizations and deaths continues to be an encouraging sign. After rising during the past couple of weeks, the current seven-day average number of hospitalizations sits at 6,181, a 2.7% decrease from the previous week and about a 70% decrease from the peak seven-day average of 21,526 hospitalizations during the January 2022 surge. U.S. deaths are relatively low compared to other points in the pandemic despite a tiny uptick in the past

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As of August 1, the CDC’s COVID-19 Community Level identifies Monroe County as having a medium community transmission. Indiana cases are also rising in accordance with national trends.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, the chief health officer at IU and head of the university’s COVID-19 policy, said that spike protein mutations are making BA.5 easier to get around antibodies compared to past Omicron lineages.

Dr. Carroll said he is “concerned, but not worried” about the BA.5 strain.

He stressed the continued importance of vaccination, boosting and staying home when sick to protect the IU community during the busy fall semester.

“IU is where it needs to be with its COVID policy,” he said.

This article was originally published Aug. 3, 2022.

Walorski, two staffers killed in car crash

By Marissa Meador

marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador

Representative Jackie Warloski, a U.S. Congresswoman representing Indiana’s 2nd district, was killed in a car crash Aug. 3.

Two of Warloski’s staffers, District Director Zachery Potts, 27, and Communications Director Emma Thompson, 28, were also killed in the crash, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office.

The office said the crash occurred when the vehicle with Walorski, driven

by Potts, crossed into the other lane and struck a car going south at the intersection of State Road 19 and State Road 119.

The driver of the car that was hit, Edith Schmucker, 56, was also killed in the

collision.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gave his condolences in a Tweet Aug. 3.

“This news is absolutely devastating,” McCarthy said. “Jackie was a dear friend, trusted advisor, and the embodiment of integrity who achieved the admiration and respect of all her colleagues in the House.”

Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown half-staff due to Warloski’s passing.

Warloski’s district encompasses ten counties in northern Indiana, including the cities of South Bend and Elkhart.

This article was originally published Aug. 3, 2022.

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Restorative justice used in 2020 Lake Monroe Case

Kelley School partners with Kinsey Institute

By Marissa Meador

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A protester holds up a sign July 6, 2020, in front of the Charlotte Zietlow Justice Center. All charges have been dismissed in the case of a 2020 incident at Lake Monroe after all individuals agreed to resolve the case using restorative justice.

Restorative justice focuses on accountability and healing rather than punishment, the case file said. For the process to be successful, participants must take responsibility for harm done and create a plan to make things right.

Typically, those involved participate in face-to-face conferences led by a neutral facilitator to discuss the issue.

A group meeting did not happen in Booker’s case, Leerkamp said, because one individual resisted the idea. She did not share who resisted, but she said Purdy and Cox expressed that they learned and took responsibility.

Leerkamp said jail time and other traditional forms of punishment aren’t always conducive to true learning, and that jury trials can be more destructive than constructive. She said Booker, Purdy and Cox were seeking a resolution other than going to court.

“A lot of it has to do with learning how to communi-

By Christina Avery

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All charges have been dismissed in the case of a racist incident at Lake Monroe in 2020 involving Vauhxx Booker, Sean Purdy and Jerry Cox, according to a case file released May 18. Special prosecuting attorney Sonia Leerkamp dropped the charges after all individuals agreed to resolve the case using restorative justice.

Restorative justice is a process of acknowledging and repairing harm done by creating a dialogue and taking steps toward a resolution, the Center for Community Justice wrote in the case file. This is the first time a criminal case has used restorative justice in Indiana.

Leerkamp told the Indiana Daily Student that Purdy and Cox’s attorneys suggested restorative justice as a way to resolve the case.

Neither Purdy, Cox nor Booker could be reached by the IDS for comment.

cate without getting angry, without having to be macho about something,” she said. “It’s not a win-or-lose environment. It’s more of a learning environment.”

Restorative justice has risen in popularity as an alternative to prosecution and incarceration. While this is the first time restorative justice has been used for a criminal case in Indiana, it has previously been used as a form of mediation in schools and juvenile cases across the country.

To complete the restorative justice process, each person was required to write a summary of their experience, included in the case file.

Sean Purdy wrote that while he’d previously viewed the Confederate flag — which was printed on a hat he was wearing at the time of the confrontation — as a symbol of the American south, he now understands the flag is a racially charged symbol.

Cox wrote in his summary that, although he

initially had doubts about restorative justice, it helped him better understand himself and others. He said he lashed out at Booker due to anger but has since learned to be more aware of his words and actions.

Booker wrote that shame and punishment are not the most effective tools for changing behaviors, and that restorative justice helps to address wrongdoings in a corrective way. He said restorative justice is about preserving the dignity and sanctity of life.

Cymone Fuller, director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, said that restorative justice focuses on telling the truth about what happened. Restorative justice, she said, offers the harmed person more agency.

“For a person harmed, they are in the driver’s seat of dictating what it is that happened to them, and what they need as a result of that,” Fuller said. “And it doesn’t bring in the thirdparty interests of the pros-

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People who have been harmed in a situation often have questions about why they were targeted, she said, which aren’t easily answered in the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, restorative justice provides a safe space to ask and answer questions.

Fuller said society often confuses punishment and accountability. While punishment comes from feelings of shame and blame, she said, accountability is an opportunity to identify where an action is misaligned with someone’s true values.

“I think accountability is actually an invitation to own something you’ve done and to make it right,” Fuller said. “There’s no shame in an opportunity for a reassertion of who you are or who you want to be.”

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The partnership will work to address gender equity, sexual misconduct and sexual harassment to create a more equitable and safe work environment. Led by April Sellers, a clinical professor of business law and ethics, the center will train and provide guidance to organizations dealing with equity issues, as well as educating future business leaders.

The center’s creation was funded by a donation from Pam Meyer Yttri, an IU alumna and member of IU’s Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Council.

The new center is part of IU’s celebration of 75 years of the Kinsey Institute. Other new developments include a human sexuality and health concentration through the Kinsey Institute for School of Medicine students, a research and intervention program aimed at promoting health relationships in rural Indiana and intensive courses about sex, sexuality, gender and relationships that provide professional certification.

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Recent results from the 2022 Indiana Youth Survey show some of the most significant decreases in substance use among Indiana youth in over 30 years, IU News reported.

The Indiana Youth Survey is a biennial assessment conducted every two years by Prevention Insights, a project from the Department of Applied Health Science at the Indiana University School of Public Health.

The data is based on more than 90,000 Hoosier student responses in 323 schools, according to IU News.

The data figures with the lowest prevalence rates in thirty years were cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. In 1991, 59.7% of 12th-graders recorded alcohol use in 30 days leading up to the survey.

This year, the reported figure was 19.9%, which is also 8.6% lower than the percentage of 12th-graders who reported alcohol consumption in the last 30 days in 2020.

The survey showed alcohol was the most common substance used by Indiana

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A man smokes a cigarette. Recent results from the 2022 Indiana Youth Survey show some of the most significant decreases in substance use among Indiana youth in more than 30 years.

past 30 days decreased from 23% in 2020 to 14.8% in 2022.

"These declines are positive news, but it's unclear whether these trends will continue," Jon Agley, an associate professor at the School of Public Health-Bloomington and deputy director of research at Prevention Insights, told IU News. "Since youth often use substances with peers and outside the home, it will be important to learn whether these are long-term shifts or more of a 'blip' on the radar."

Agley said that the FDA recently banned vaping products made by Juul and the ef-

youth, and most students got it from parents or social events.

Based on the survey, cigarette usage among 11thgraders declined 37.3 percentage points since its peak of 40.1% in 1996. That same year, marijuana use among 10th-graders was also at an all time high at 24.9%. This year’s results show a 16.5 percentage point decrease, IU News reported.

Electronic vapor products are the second most used substance by Indiana teens.

The results show that 12thgraders who reported using vaping products during the

fects of this decision “warrant continued observation.” It’s difficult to know what youth vaping will look like in 2024, he said.

According to the survey, electronic vapor products hit a peak in 2018 and declined in 2020 and 2022 results, even though vaping is much more common than any other form of tobacco consumption.

Along with questions about substance usage, the survey asks students about their mental health, IU News said. Compared to 2020, the survey reported slight increases across grade levels in feelings of depression and other mental health indicators.

“We have never seen such substantial decreases since I began leading the survey, and we suspect these data reflect unexpected consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic," Ruth Gassman, a senior scientist at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington and the executive director of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center, said to IU News. "The pandemic has disrupted adolescents' daily lives and may have prevented youth from accessing substances."

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Scientists have discovered new species at the Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve, a Bloomington wetland owned by the conservation nonprofit Sycamore Land Trust, while surveying the land to learn more about its biodiversity, according to a press release.

Each year, the Indiana Academy of Science selects one protected property in Indiana where they conduct an intensive biological survey to identify and preserve important species of plants, animals and insects.

This year, 70 scientists affiliated with the academy worked with the Sycamore Land Trust to study Beanblossom. Volunteers discovered the zigzag iris, which had not been previously documented at the preserve, and the endangered Kirtland’s snake, which occupies moist meadows and prairies.

John Lawrence, executive director of the Syca-

more Land Trust, said in the release that finding the snake at the preserve opened the door for further study on what habitats can best protect the creature.

Paul Doss, former president of the Indiana Academy of Science, said in the release that biodiversity is declining locally and nationwide. Biodiversity loss can lead to species extinction, interrupted food production, increased cropeating pests and less CO2 absorption.

Additionally, the likelihood of future pandemics increases as biodiversity decreases. Research suggests animals such as bats and rats, which are more likely to host pathogens that can jump to humans, tend to survive more often.

The Indiana Academy of Science plans to return to Beanblossom Bottoms Nature Preserve in 10 years to see how results have changed over time.

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‘I’ll do another rep because of him’:

A bond that motivates IU baseball’s Bobby Whalen

By Matthew Byrne

matbyrne@iu.edu | @MatthewByrne1

Sophomore outfielder Bobby Whalen dashed full speed toward the ball during a game in March, getting closer and closer to the outfield wall. Whalen’s head tilted up, searching for the ball before it sailed out of the park. He barreled into the wall.

Four players and Indiana’s head coach Jeff Mercer surrounded Whalen, who was sitting on one knee and grabbing his chest.

However, it only took a few minutes for Whalen to slowly bounce back up and stay in the game.

A week after crashing into the wall, Whalen collided with an opposing first baseman running to first base and laid on the ground, grimacing. Again, he got up and remained in the game.

“If I would have taken him out, he probably would have put me in a headlock,” Mercer said. “He just needed a second to catch his breath. He’ll have a good bruise.”

Indiana baseball has posted 52 starting lineups this season. Whalen’s name has appeared all 52 times.

He ensures it — his competitive nature and toughness outlast the bruises he’s sustained on the field.

Whalen’s resilience and motivation stem from Tom ​​ Kirchhoff, his best friend’s father, who was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The pair had a strong bond before Kirchhoff passed away during Whalen’s freshman year of high school.

Whalen refers to Kirchhoff as his uncle and said he thinks of Kirchhoff during challenging periods in his life, like the start of his collegiate career.

* * * Whalen initially committed to play baseball at the University of Louisville in high school. He was a multisport athlete but stood out on the baseball diamond,

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Redshirt sophomore Bobby Whalen prepares to swing his bat April 24, 2022, at Bart Kaufman Field. Indiana baseball has posted 52 starting lineups this season, and Whalen’s name has appeared each time.

becoming the first Cedar Cliff High School player to reach the 100-mark in career hits and career runs scored.

“He’s one of the ones that had one of the biggest effects on our program,” Scott Lackey, Whalen’s former high school baseball coach, said. “Not just because of the player he was but because of all of the things he did. Practice, play, and on and off the field.”

One of Whalen’s off-thefield efforts was helping raise over $300,000 for ALS research in honor of Kirchhoff with his best friend Tommy, Kirchhoff’s son, through their neighboring high school football teams.

“Both high schools knew each other (and) everyone knew him,” Whalen said.

“He coached us when we were little, so everyone came together for him.”

Whalen said the trau-

matic loss of someone so special has helped him put life in perspective. ​​ From Lackey’s mentoring and coaching point of view, he agreed.

“When you’re 14, and you’re an athlete like Bobby was at that point, you feel pretty invincible,” Lackey said. “There’s not much that you’re worried about. When an event like that happens, it sets a perspective.”

Whalen also wasn’t physically invincible upon reaching Louisville. He broke his thumb in the fall of his freshman year, which required surgery. After healing, he did not make the roster later that year.

“It was one of the worst times of my life,” Whalen said. “I was committed there for four years, finally got there with all the expectations for myself, and I didn’t meet them.”

But Whalen’s initial

struggle fueled him to work even harder. He sought to find the right-fitting team and transferred to Indiana for the 2021 season as a redshirt freshman.

Whalen was one of seven freshmen outfielders listed on the roster and was competing with experienced returning players. Playing time was scarce. He played in eight games, struck out in half of his trips to the plate and had only one hit in 14 at-bats.

“He got an at-bat and looked awful,” Lackey said about Whalen’s collegiate debut during the seasonopening weekend. “He said he was so nervous.”

Amid his struggles, Whalen turned to the memory of Kirchhoff and the way he fought.

“Every day you wake up, and you’re like ‘this is hard,’” Whalen said. “But it’s not really hard. He taught

me that nothing I’ve gone through is hard compared to what it could be. Every time I go to lift, (if ) I don’t know if I want to do another rep, I’ll do another rep because of him.”

Whalen adopted Kirchhoff’s resilient mentality. He said he took inspiration from seeing his uncle choose to freely live his life while battling ALS — especially when Kirchhoff displayed strength at Whalen’s sporting events.

“He was going through the worst thing you could ever imagine,” Whalen said.

“Every time we had a football game or a basketball game or baseball game, he was walking in when everyone said he wasn’t going to be able to walk at that time.”

* * * While Whalen said he thought of his family and

Kirchhoff during the summer of 2021, he achieved better results on the diamond. In June, he earned Player of the Week honors across the Appalachian League, hitting .667 with six extra-base hits and six stolen bases.

Mercer said one of Whalen’s first improvements came after recognizing that he needed to adjust his swing during the offseason.

He worked on hitting drills to improve and fully invested in the process.

“You talk about the drill work we do — the drill work only works if the guy working it works,” Mercer said.

“Whether he has a good day or a bad day, he’s in there working every day.”

Whalen started the first series for Indiana in 2022.

In the final game, he robbed a home run and had four hits. Indiana lost, but Whalen showed his improvement. He hasn’t left the starting lineup since.

The sophomore has fluctuated between the top third of the batting order so far this season while slashing .305/.373/.426. Not only have Whalen’s batting numbers spiked, but his excellent speed has contributed to his team-leading 22 stolen bases and four triples.

As he’s flying around the base paths, Whalen said he’s overjoyed to have the opportunity to play the game he loves. His loved ones, especially Kirchhoff, and his previous failures have shaped him into the star he currently is.

“I didn’t play as a freshman; I went through a lot,” Whalen said. “Every time I hear my name called, it’s like I’m living a dream.”

And, as Whalen jogs out to center field before every game, Kirchhoff is always in the back of his mind.

“It’s something that sticks with me,” Whalen said. “I think about it just about every minute of the day.”

This article was originally published May 18, 2022.

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An early look at the Indiana men’s soccer 2022 schedule Big Ten awards 103 Indiana athletes with awards

By Amanda Foster

amakfost@iu.edu | @amandafoster_15

Indiana men’s soccer will enter the 2022 season with high expectations, excitement and plenty of anticipation for what’s to come in the program’s 50th season.

The Hoosiers, who finished their 2021 campaign in a 2-3 loss to the University of Washington in the third round of the NCAA Tournament, will have many eyes on them expecting a similar — or better — showing.

The team will look different this year after losing goalkeeper Roman Celentano and forward Victor Bezerra to Major League Soccer and gaining transfers, such as junior forward Karsen Henderlong and junior defender Jansen Miller.

While it’s too early to solidify what the team will look like, the schedule is set and is full of opportunities for the Hoosiers to once again put themselves on the national stage.

“We have once again put together a very challenging schedule, making each match an important building block to help this team compete for championships,” head coach Todd Yeagley said in a release from IU Athletics.

The Hoosiers begin their season with a trio of exhibition matches against DePaul University Aug. 12, Bowling Green State University Aug. 16 and the University of Louisville Aug. 19. During the regular season, they are set to face eight teams who reached the 2021 NCAA Tournament, two of whom played in the College Cup: Notre Dame University and Clemson University.

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Then-junior forward Ryan Wittenbrink goes to kick the ball against Northwestern on Nov. 10, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The team played an exhibition game against DePaul University on Aug. 12.

lar season play on Aug. 26 against 2021 national champion Clemson in South Carolina, where the two teams will play each other for the first time since 2012. The Hoosiers are 6-4-1 all-time against the Tigers, but both teams make regular appearances in the NCAA Tournament and have multiple titles to boast.

By beginning their season in an environment such as Clemson’s, which averaged 2,275 fans per home match, the Hoosiers will immediately be able to start tough competition, preparing them for the rest of the season and giving them a chance to see how they measure up against one of the country’s best programs.

Indiana’s home opener comes on Aug. 30 against the University of Portland.

The Pilots finished the 2021 season with a record of 117-1, making it to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Washington. While the matchup will likely not be as competitive as that against Clemson, it will be just as important for Indiana to win in order

to start off on the right foot at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

The matchup against Portland will start a fourmatch homestand for Indiana, as the team will play the University of Notre Dame, St. John’s University and Akron University before leaving Bloomington.

The Hoosiers’ first five matches are all against 2021 tournament teams. Playing at their own field for four of those matchups will give them the advantage of a home crowd, something that is highly valued by the program and athletes.

“Our loyal fans and electric student section, the Hoosier Army, help make Bill Armstrong Stadium a special college soccer venue,” Yeagley said.

The Hoosiers will also play the University of Kentucky at home on Oct. 5. The Wildcats finished their 2021 season with a record of 152-4 and lost to Clemson in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

Indiana will begin Big Ten play Sept. 18. Notable conference matchups are, as per usual, Maryland and

Penn State. Indiana lost 0-2 to Maryland at College Park, Maryland in the final regular season match of the 2021 season.

The Hoosiers beat the Nittany Lions 1-0 in their regular season matchup before falling 0-3 in the Big Ten Championship. Both of those matches were played at University Park, Pennsylvania.

Indiana will play Penn State Oct. 14 and will once again close out its regular season against Maryland Oct 30.

There is no doubt the Hoosiers have a challenging schedule ahead of them.

Almost every match is likely to be competitive, and the Hoosiers have new faces in some key spots on their roster that will require some shuffling and adapting as the season progresses.

But one thing is certain — Indiana wants to make it to the NCAA Tournament.

Every game in the schedule is important in helping the team reach that goal.

This article was originally published July 15, 2022.

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The Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall crowd is seen during Hoosier Hysteria. The Big Ten awarded 103 Indiana athletes with Distinguished Scholar Awards.

By Emma Pawlitz

epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

The Big Ten Conference announced the winners of the Distinguished Scholar Award on Thursday, July 14, including 103 Indiana scholar-athletes. The award is given to students who are in at least their second year at their university and have recorded a minimum 3.7 GPA during the 2021-2022 school year.

“These students have shown the ability to not only manage the type of demands on their time that very few other students have, but to perform at the highest level academically while doing so,” IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson said in a release. “This marks the second straight year that we have had at least 100 of our students earn this special honor, which is a great source of pride for our department.”

The list of honorees fea-

tures athletes from 16 different programs. Women’s track and field led the way with 19 award winners. The men’s track and field, men’s and women’s soccer, rowing, and swimming and diving teams each had eight or more athletes honored.

Earlier in the summer, 145 spring sport athletes received Academic All-Big Ten honors, bringing Indiana’s yearly total to 349 honorees — a school record.

The minimum required GPA for academic all-conference honors is a 3.0.

Seven Hoosier athletes earned an unblemished 4.0 GPA. Those athletes included men’s tennis junior Jagger Saylor, track and field graduates Benjamin Veatch, Kelly Mindak and Maddy Pollard, and rowing athletes junior Sofia Sperduto and graduates Jayna Dolfi and Kalynn Scher.

This article was originally published July 20, 2022.

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Indiana men’s basketball announces roster updates

By Emma Pawlitz

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Indiana men’s basketball officially announced its incoming freshman class on June 9 in a new number reveal video. The roster includes four scholarship players — five-star recruit Malik Reneau and four-star recruits Jalen Hood-Schifino, Kaleb Banks and CJ Gunn.

Reneau, Hood-Schifino and Banks ended the year in the 2022 ESPN 100 with rankings of 22, 24 and 78, respectively. Reneau is the No. 5 center, Hood-Schifino the No. 4 point guard and Banks the No. 11 power forward in the 2022 class.

Reneau and Hood-Schifino were high school teammates at Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida.

Hood-Schifino signed with the Hoosiers in August 2021, but Reneau was committed to the University of Florida for the majority of the school year. Reneau later decommitted from the Gators, took an official visit to Blooming-

ton and announced his commitment to the Hoosiers on April 18.

Reneau and Hood-Schifino were both named to the 2022 Jordan Brand Classic team, where they competed against and alongside the nation’s top recruits in a game in mid-April. They join former Hoosier Romeo Langford, current senior Trayce Jackson-Davis and sophomore Tamar Bates as recent IU Jordan Brand Classic honorees.

Banks attended Fayette County High School in Fayetteville, Georgia, and received offers from many southern schools. He was a 2,000-point scorer in high school and was named the Georgia Class 4A Player of the Year. He signed with the Hoosiers in July before his senior year.

Gunn is an Indiananative, attending Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis. He was a finalist for Indiana Mr. Basketball and was recently named MVP of the Indiana-Kentucky All-

Stars Series. He was the first in his class to commit to Indiana, signing with the Hoosiers on Feb. 7, 2021.

Hood-Schifino is a strong candidate to start during the upcoming season and might help senior Xavier Johnson handle some of the point guard responsibilities. His shooting will likely be able to make up for the loss of former starter Parker Stewart, who transferred to the University of Tennessee at Martin after the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. Hood-Schifino has experience playing the primary 2-guard and secondary ball-handler positions and possesses the ability to take on a large offensive role in Indiana’s backcourt.

Reneau will likely be the first big man off the bench for seniors Race Thompson or Jackson-Davis. His 6-foot8-inch, 215-pound figure adds a valuable asset to Indiana’s lineup in a centerdominated conference and gives the Hoosiers the ability to go big whenever they need to.

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The Indiana men’s basketball team runs onto the court ahead of its game against No. 4 Purdue on Jan. 20, 2022. Indiana announced its incoming freshman class on June 9, which four scholarship players — five-star recruit Malik Reneau and four-star recruits Jalen Hood-Schifino, Kaleb Banks and CJ Gunn.

Reneau will add some much-needed depth to the 4 and 5 positions on the court and can keep Indiana in a strong offensive position if Jackson-Davis gets into foul

trouble.

Indiana possesses the No. 8 recruiting class in the nation, according to 247 Sports.

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and hold 33-1 odds to win the 2023 national title, according to BetOnline.

This article was originally published June 15, 2022.

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Former Indiana star Jordan Hulls joins coaching staff

By Patrick Felts

patfelts@iu.edu | @patrickjfelts

Former Indiana men’s basketball star Jordan Hulls is headed back to Bloomington as the program’s new team and recruiting coordinator, the team announced Monday afternoon. He will take over the position for Brian Walsh, who was promoted to assistant coach following the departure of Dane Fife in March.

The team also announced former operations analyst Steven Surface’s promotion to director of basketball operations.

Following a standout career at Bloomington High School South, where he led

the school to its first IHSAA boy’s basketball championship and was named Indiana Mr. Basketball, Hulls committed to Indiana. He was a part of the 2009 recruiting class, the first full cycle under former head coach Tom Crean.

The point guard played for Indiana from 2009-2013 and was a part of two Sweet 16 runs in 2012 and 2013. Hulls also helped the team capture its first Big Ten championship since 2002 during his senior season. He set a Big Ten record across the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons by making 58 consecutive free throws and notched appearances in 135 games: the second-most in Indiana basketball history.

Hulls began his profes-

sional career in Europe in 2013 and spent the 2021-22 season with Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga. He is now set to return to his hometown and alma mater after nearly a decade overseas.

“Indiana University has been a part of me my whole life and I couldn’t be more excited to come home and work with Coach Woodson, the entire staff, and our players in the program,” Hulls said in a statement. “The relationships built during my time at IU with my teammates, coaches, and community helped shape me into the person I am today. I’m looking forward to building those same type of relationships as I enter into this new and exciting

chapter of life in a different role at IU.” Surface has been with the program for six years and graduated from Indiana in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in sport marketing and management and in 2019 with a master’s degree in sport administration.

“Steven has shown that he is an invaluable member of our staff and his transition in taking on new responsibilities should be seamless,” head coach Mike Woodson said in a release. “His familiarity with the inner workings of our program and the University is extremely beneficial.”

This article was originally published May 9, 2022.

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Indiana head coach Mike Woodson exchanges words with a referee Mar. 17, 2022, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. IU men’s basketball made two new hires Monday: Jordan Hulls as team and recruiting coordinator and Steven Surface as director of basketball operations.

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COLUMN: Business knowledge has never been more important in the college sports industry

By Emma Pawlitz

epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

On June 7, Duke University men’s basketball head coach Jon Scheyer did something nearly unheard of in the world of college sports: he announced the hire of a general manager for the program.

Rachel Baker, a former Nike, NBA and WNBA marketing executive, is slated to help players “enhance their personal and professional skill sets, capitalize on strategic partnerships, including NIL opportunities and work to support players in navigating the opportunities and challenges that come with being a student-athlete at the highest level,” according to a release from Duke.

Outside of a handful of college football programs that have offered long-standing general manager positions to handle recruiting, such as the University of Mississippi and Louisiana State University, Baker’s unique job role is the first of its kind in college sports. With the addition of a general manager to the program, Scheyer and the Blue Devils took the first step into a new era, embracing the newfound professional side of college athletics.

Beyond being a groundbreaking move for college athletics, why was Baker’s hire so important? Simply put, the current state of the recruiting process does not fall into a head coach’s job description. Even for the assistant coaches that handle most of the scouting, the money talk that is now necessary might stem beyond their academic pedigree.

It can be easy to disappoint and miss out on top recruits if NIL opportunities are not communicated properly.

A general manager who can handle all of the name, image and likeness affairs between athletes and outsiders will take a lot of pressure off the coaching staff.

Let’s back up, though.

Why was Baker the right person for this position?

Take a look at her working background. She was a strategic initiatives manager at Nike, working for the company’s Elite Youth Basketball League and alongside NBA All-Star Kevin Durant.

Baker also worked in the NBA league office, leading rebranding initiatives for the

WNBA, NBA All-Star Game and NBA Combine.

Her education includes an executive education certificate in business of entertainment, media and sport from Harvard University and a communications degree from LaSalle University, where she was a four-year lacrosse player.

Baker is clearly qualified to navigate the ups and downs of marketing and partnerships in college sports, and Scheyer is almost definitely not the only coach that will make these businessoriented adjustments to his or her athletic program. The general manager position is one of many additions in the recent NIL era that is likely to catch on and might even become a necessity at some point.

Take the Hoosiers, for example. Men’s basketball head coach Mike Woodson has been clear about where he thinks NIL stands when it comes to playing college sports, stating multiple times that it should not be a priority over academics when choosing a school.

Still, the Hoosiers have provided their athletes with many opportunities to capitalize on their NIL. Basketball seniors Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson signed deals with the Hoosiers For Good charity as recently as June 15.

In June, Indiana announced an initiative in partnership with NIL Store to help athletes market and sell personalized apparel.

Although Indiana is only the second school to hop on this train after Illinois, the NIL merchandising initiative is likely to continue to expand throughout the Big Ten Conference as business between athletes and outside companies becomes increasingly normalized.

While Duke basketball has always been one of the most progressive and cutting-edge athletic programs in the country, even the traditions and conventions of Indiana basketball are making room for new programs and opportunities for its athletes. If the first year of the NIL era has taught us anything, it’s that the business aspect of college sports will always be an ever-developing priority.

Hoosier Hysteria scheduled for Friday of homecoming weekend

By Emma Pawlitz

epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

IU Athletics announced on June 27 that Hoosier Hysteria, the tip-off for the Indiana men’s and women’s basketball programs, is scheduled for Friday, October 7 — the day before the homecoming football game versus Michigan.

A release clarified that Hoosier Hysteria will not conflict with the annual Homecoming Parade on the same day.

Men’s basketball head coach Mike Woodson and women’s basketball head coach Teri Moren will unveil their respective squads in the event that, last year, featured 3-point, skills and dunk contests.

“I know I was overwhelmed by the love shown to me by Hoosier Nation last year, and I can assure you we will have

a fun evening,” Woodson said. “Our players and staff are excited about what’s ahead, and we can’t wait to spend time with the

best fanbase in the country for the first time with our group.”

Hoosier Hysteria will have free admission and

open seating in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall.

This article was originally published June 29, 2022.

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Indiana cheerleaders pump up the crowd before Hoosier Hysteria on Oct. 2, 2021, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. IU Athletics announced on June 27 that this year’s Hoosier Hysteria is scheduled for Friday, October 7 — the day before the homecoming football game versus Michigan.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

University of Mississippi transfer Shea O’Malley joins Indiana

By Emma Pawlitz

epawlitz@iu.edu | @emmapawlitz

Indiana women’s soccer head coach Erwin van Bennekom announced the addition of Shea O’Malley to the Indiana women’s soccer team May 31. O’Malley played her freshman season at the University of Mississippi and has three years of eligibility remaining.

O’Malley was ranked the No. 25 recruit in the nation for the high school graduating class of 2021. She made six starts with the United States U17 Women’s National Team in exhibition games and tour-

naments during her high school career.

O’Malley recorded 56 minutes of action at Ole Miss and played both the defender and midfielder positions.

“We are very excited to welcome Shea to our program,” van Bennekom said in an IU release. “She will add technical quality and a high understanding of the game that falls in line with how we want to play. Shea is versatile and will be able to play a variety of positions for us.”

This article was originally published June 2, 2022.

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Indiana women’s soccer players celebrate Sept. 2, 2021, in Bill Armstrong Stadium after scoring. Shea O’Malley, University of Mississippi transfer, will join the Indiana women’s soccer team next season.

This article was originally published June 22, 2022.

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‘One last dance’:

Sessock brings leadership to Indiana heading into 5th year

By Tristan Jackson @trist_jackson

Nyk Sessock was tense in the days leading up to the spring 2021 College Cup. He started 17 matches for the University of Pittsburgh men’s soccer the season before and played all 103 minutes in the team’s season opener against Indiana, a 3-2 overtime loss.

In that season-opening loss, Indiana’s Herbert Endeley dashed into the 18-yard box to reach a through ball from A.J. Palazzolo as Sessock trailed behind. Helpless to stop the attack, Sessock watched Endeley dodge the diving goalkeeper and drill the golden goal.

Pitt made an NCAA Tournament appearance that season in 2019, but Sessock needed a change of scenery following his sophomore year.

He loved Pitt and his teammates there, but issues between him and the coaching staff led him to transfer.

After logging 3,316 minutes and 32 starts for Pitt in his two years, it was time to move on. He decided on a team with history, both with him and in the grander scheme of college soccer: the eight-time national champion Indiana.

* * *

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Fifth-year senior defender Nyk Sessock stands ready Sept. 17, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Sessock transferred to Indiana after two years with the University of Pittsburgh.

You can’t see them most of the time he’s on the soccer pitch — once summer turns into fall, Sessock switches his short-sleeve jersey for long sleeves — but his arms are covered in tattoos.

Sessock’s backstory regarding his tattoos is fairly typical. Getting tattoos was looked down upon when he was growing up, but self-expression takes many forms.

In Sessock’s case, having what he cares about etched into his skin serves as a reminder and makes them more a part of him.

“It’s a conversation starter,

but it’s also a part of me, and I want to have that on me forever,” Sessock said.

None tell his story more so than the one on his right shoulder — a portrait of Rocky Balboa in front of Mighty Mick’s Gym. It’s a homage to his hometown of Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love.

Sessock screams Philly even without the Rocky tattoo; you can hear it in his voice and see it in the way he carries himself.

The tattoo of Rocky also represents the underdog mentality he carries, even when he takes the field for one of the most prolific college soccer programs in the country. Sessock said he fears complacency and reminds himself people are coming to take his spot.

“When you’re at the top, you’re just like ‘I’m sitting pretty,’” Sessock said. “There’s nothing really you’re trying to get to, you know what I mean?”

Sessock’s roots in soccer start in Philadelphia as well.

His father served as a driving force in his pursuit of a career in the game, and he was a soccer player himself. Sessock’s father served five seasons as an assistant coach at St. Joseph’s University, a private Jesuit university in Philadelphia.

His father went to Catholic school his whole life and wanted Nyk to as well. He did until the eighth grade but moved on to YSC Academy, a prep school which is an affiliate of the MLS club Philadelphia Union.

Sessock’s drive for soccer took him out of Catholic school, but it never took away his faith. God is a big part of Sessock’s life to this day. He wears a cross necklace and misses attending Sunday mass with his dad back home.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 with his teammates in Bloomington. He could, but getting dressed up and going to church every Sunday was a bonding moment he shared with his father. It’s tough not being able to do that, and it wouldn’t be the same without him.

Even though he’s away from his hometown and his parents, who Sessock says are his biggest supporters, Bloomington has become a second home for Sessock. He appreciates the differences between the small college town he found himself playing soccer in and the big city where he grew up.

“I think what I needed in life, when I talk about change, it’s not only from a different perspective with people but with the place as well,” Sessock said. “I think I’ve adapted way better than I thought I would.”

Even an 11-hour drive from home, Sessock’s roots in Philadelphia help him on and off the soccer pitch in Bloomington, according to his head coach, Todd Yeagley. Sometimes he needs a push, but Yeagley said Sessock brought “Philly toughness” with him when he transferred. It’s helped him become a leader on the team.

“He immediately earned the respect of his teammates,” Yeagley said. “I just can’t say enough about how quickly he assimilated himself in the group and how much he’s so well liked.”

Yeagley said despite being the “cool kid with tattoos,” Sessock is soft-spoken and humble — a great player and friend to his teammates who responds to adversity. His talents and personality helped him earn the respect of his teammates quickly once he arrived at Indiana, especially Spencer Glass, who was a fifth-year senior when Sessock arrived at IU and who played two seasons with him.

Glass connected with Sessock as soon as he arrived in Bloomington. Both played in the defensive fullback positions at Indiana on the pitch.

They have similar values off of it as well. Glass was drawn to Sessock’s family-oriented nature and his ability as a leader.

“Nyk’s just the guy that, I think, if I ever need anything, he’s the first one to offer it up and try to help out,” Glass said.

* * * Sam Sarver burst onto the scene as a freshman during the fall 2021 season. The speedy forward brought swagger to Indiana’s squad and, more importantly, scoring talent. Sarver netted seven goals in 22 appearances during his first year in Bloomington, second on the team only to former MAC Hermann Trophy runner-up Victor Bezerra.

He became a fan favorite. The game came naturally for Sarver — but life in college didn’t. In a since-edited Instagram post from him on March 13, Sarver revealed he had been battling depression for years, and his cousin, who he’d grown up with, had died in a motorcycle accident the summer before his freshman year. He said the loss of his cousin took a toll on him, mentally and physically.

Sarver recalls staying up until 3 a.m. most nights, waking up for training then going straight back to sleep and skipping class. He said he couldn’t go to sleep until his body had completely shut down.

Later in the post, he singled out one teammate. The only one who “knew his inner struggles.” A teammate he could break down in front of and cry into his arms.

That teammate was Nyk Sessock.

“I felt safe with him,” Sarver said in the post. “I knew no matter what I told him he’d look at me the same, like an older brother I never had.”

* * * Four hundred and fourteen days after he committed to Indiana, Sessock was set to make his College Cup debut with the Hoosiers. The venue? WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. The opponent? His former team, Pitt.

Sessock and the Hoosier backline put together a nearperfect season to this point, giving up just five goals in 14 contests during the team’s postponed, COVID-19-ravaged season in the spring of

2021. The pandemic forced the Hoosier faithful to watch from home while the team played in an empty Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Sessock’s coaches told his teammates not to mess with him before the match against Pitt. Normally personable and outgoing, it wasn’t like Sessock to shut them out. But this match meant more to him than a trip to the national championship game.

“I wanted to prove my worth to not only IU, but show what Pitt was missing,” Sessock said.

After a season full of empty stadiums, Indiana and Pitt faced off in front of 2,667 fans in Cary. A big stage became bigger with fans in the stands, and Sessock would have to face the Pitt faithful who made the trip.

“I thought that added some pressure,” Sessock said.

“Good teams love that, love that pressure.”

Heading into the College Cup, Pitt forward Alexander Dexter had contributed seven goals and five assists to his team’s high-powered offense, which scored 49 goals in 20 matches during the spring 2021 season. Pitt won 16 matches, three of which were the result of game-winning goals from Dexter.

In the national semifinal, Sessock drew Dexter’s assignment. He’d have to shut down a prolific scorer and former teammate, who had scored two goals in the tournament already, to help his team advance to the final. That’s just what he did.

Dexter didn’t get a single shot off in 56 minutes on the pitch, lined up against his former teammate, and Sessock led Indiana to a 90-minute shutout in regulation. In addition to the defensive prowess he showed against Pitt, Sessock’s ability to press forward and get the opposing defense out of position eventually led to the Hoosiers’ game-winner.

In 2019, Sessock could only watch as Herbert Endeley sped past him to score the game-winning golden goal in Indiana’s season-opening win. This time, he sent the decisive pass to Endeley before he split two defenders and slotted the ball above Pitt’s goalkeeper, giving Indiana a 1-0 lead it would hold to ad-

vance to the final.

“He had to be mentally strong to be present in that moment, and also obviously it was a huge moment for us to then catapult ourselves into the final,” Yeagley said. “I don’t think we do that without Nyk’s performance in that particular game.”

* * * As he walked onto Yeagley Field, flanked by his parents, Sessock recalled advice his dad gave to him to always cherish times like this, because they go by fast. His parents were in town for his Senior Night celebration, and he still had a decision to make.

Sessock couldn’t believe the time had finally come. He remembered when he was a freshman, watching the seniors at Pitt take the field for the last time and thinking he never wanted to be in their shoes. He never wanted it to end. He wanted to be there forever.

Even though he’d already played four seasons of college soccer, this didn’t have to be the last time he played at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

The Hoosiers advanced to the national championship match his junior year, but this was the end of his first

true season of Indiana soccer.

He played in front of empty stands his junior year, but as a senior he got the full experience: thousands of candystripe-clad Hoosiers packed into Armstrong Stadium to cheer him and his teammates on.

“They’re a great support system,” Sessock said. “Rain or shine, whether it’s cold, they’re still out there banging on the boards and they’re cheering us on and that’s more than what we could ask for.”

He didn’t get to go to classes his junior year either.

He only truly experienced Indiana for one year. The feeling of missing out, paired with Indiana failing to pick up the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, helped solidify his decision.

After a discussion with his coaches, Sessock announced through Twitter on Dec. 10, 2021, he would return to Indiana for a fifth season. COVID-19 took away a normal first season for him at his new home, but the NCAA granted all college athletes who were on rosters that season an extra year of eligibility, which he decided to take advantage of.

In his words, it came down to this — he wanted to “chase trophies.”

In the beginning of his announcement video, Sessock points to the sky as “In The Air Tonight” by Phil Collins begins, or so it seems. “Philly, champions of the United States,” Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill begins. The intro to Meek Mill’s “Champions” album samples Collins, and the song seems to signify two things: Sessock’s roots in Philadelphia and his desire to come back and win championships.

Sessock said he was 50-50 on returning after the fall 2021 regular season, but when Indiana fell to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament final, his decision was made. He spoke with Glass before making his final decision, which Sessock said pointed him in the right direction.

Glass was a fifth-year senior when Sessock arrived at Indiana. Now, Sessock has to fill the shoes of his teammate and friend. The same freshmen he mentored last season have grown into sophomores, and a new crop of incoming youngsters will need guidance.

One last dance awaits Sessock in the fall, and he’s ready to make the most of it.

This article was originally published May 24, 2022.

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Fifth-year senior defender Nyk Sessock passes the ball Sept. 17, 2021, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Sessock transferred to Indiana after two years with the University of Pittsburgh.

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IU celebrates the anniversary of Title IX

By Amanda Foster

amakfost@iu.edu | @amandafoster_15

Title IX, while largely synonymous with equal opportunity for female athletes, was not created just for sex discrimination in sports. When the legislation was signed into law in 1972, along with the education amendments, the goal of the authors — one of whom was IU alumnus Birch Bayh — was to provide equal access and opportunities for women at publicly-funded universities.

Athletics was one of many aspects of life impacted by Title IX, but it was one that had some of the most profound effects on women and the world of sports as we know it today.

“For today’s generation, it’s largely unimaginable to think of a time when women did not and could not compete in intercollegiate athletics,” IU Vice President and Athletic Director Scott Dolson said in a release from IU Athletics. “That was the reality prior to Title IX. This anniversary is a great time for everyone to reflect on not only the strides we have made during these last 50 years, but also the work that we still have ahead.”

Women still played sports in some capacity before 1972. Indiana women’s basketball has existed since 1890, when basketball became a part of the curriculum in the Department of Physical Training for Women. The basement of Wylie Hall, a chemistry building at the time, was home to the first interclass basketball games.

Women’s basketball continued to thrive to the extent it could in a time when women playing sports was largely not taken seriously by the general public and when IU provided little funding. In

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The IU Women’s Recreational Association poses for a group photo in 1949. The organization The organization worked to expand the recreational athletic opportunities for women on campus before Title IX was enacted in 1972.

1962, the team started traveling throughout Indiana to play opponents, and its first varsity season came in 1971 when Bea Gorton became the first head coach for the Indiana women’s basketball team.

In 2022, there are 13 varsity women’s sports teams and more than 300 female student-athletes at IU. Indiana women’s basketball is one of the school’s most successful programs in recent years. Without the passing of Title IX, there’s a chance that none of that would be possible.

To honor the current athletes and those who came before them, IU Ath-

letics announced its schedule for a year-long celebration of Title IX. Two days before the anniversary, IU Athletics held a reception for current and former student-athletes, coaches and staff. On June 23 and 24, two members of the Indiana women’s basketball team, senior Mackenzie Holmes and junior Kiandra Browne, and one member of the Indiana rowing team, sophomore Ara Cowper, attended the Big Ten Women’s Leadership Summit at Big Ten Headquarters.

The athletes were accompanied by IU’s Deputy Director of Athletics Mattie

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White, assistant field hockey coach Dani Castro and Faculty Athletics Representative Marietta Simpson, where a variety of panels and speakers presented on topics related to Title IX. IU Athletics also announced plans for a “microsite” highlighting biographies of pioneers in Indiana women’s sports and important moments in its history. There will also be a video series and other social media posts rolling out during the year to share historic and present-day stories of and from former Hoosiers.

An inaugural IU Athletics Women’s Excellence

Symposium is planned for Saturday, August 13 for fans, alumni, donors, athletes, coaches and staff.

The symposium will give attendees the opportunity to be informed, engaged and inspired, according to the release from IU Athletics.

The Women’s Excellence program launched in 2021 as a way to raise money to provide IU’s female student-athletes with tools and opportunities for personal and career development, including foreign training trips and improved facilities.

Thanks to the Women’s Excellence program, Indiana women’s basketball

recently announced its plans for a renovation of its team center in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The renovation is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of the 2022-23 season.

“What we’ve already done is just the beginning,” Dolson said. “As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, there is no better time for the Hoosiers to step forward and support our efforts to take women’s intercollegiate athletics at Indiana University to a new level.”

This article was originally published July 7, 2022.

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IU Auditorium lineup includes ‘Annie,’ Conan Gray and more

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Rows of vacant seats fill the IU Auditorium on Aug. 30, 2021. Tickets for the 2022-23 season are available on the IU Auditorium website.

By Lexi Lindenmayer

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From performances from Conan Gray and Straight No Chaser to “Chicago” and “The Book of Mormon,” IU Auditorium has a full lineup of theater, music and fun for the 2022-23 season. All tickets are available on the IU Auditorium website.

Bill Burr (Slight Return) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Live Nation will present Bill Burr (Slight Return) live at 8 p.m. Sept. 30 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Burr is a Grammy-nominated comedian and his animated Netflix series “F Is For Family” stars himself, Laura Dern, Justin Long and Sam Rockwell. Student tickets will cost $35.50 and general tickets will start at $55.

Conan Gray Superache Tour Conan Gray will make a stop in Bloomington as part of his “Superache” tour at 8 p.m. on Oct. 1. This tour follows the release of Gray’s sophomore album “Superache,” which was released on June 24. Tickets prices will start at $29.50.

Ron White Comedian Ron White will perform a new stand-up show at 8 p.m. on Oct. 15. All four of White’s comedy albums charted #1 on the Billboard

Comedy Charts and he has sold over 14 million albums (solo and with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour), according to the IU Auditorium website.

Ticket prices start at $41.50.

Soweto Gospel Choir The Soweto Gospel Choir will perform a concert at 7 p.m. on Oct. 18. Their concert, “HOPE: It’s Been a Long Time Coming,” commemorates South Africa’s freedom movement and the civil rights movement in the United States, according to the IU Auditorium website. Student tickets start at $14 and general tickets start at $21.

“My Fair Lady” “My Fair Lady” will return to Bloomington for the first time in 20 years at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25-26. The musical features classic songs such as “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “The Rain in Spain,” “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” and “On the Street Where You Live.” Student tickets start at $17 and general tickets start at $27.

Dennis James Hosts Halloween This Halloween season, Dennis James will put a new spin on his annual family friendly spooky speculator at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28. James will provide the soundtrack on IU Auditorium’s 4,543 pipe organ

behind a live reenactment of the original 1940 radio drama “Inner Sanctum” featuring Bach’s “Fugue in C Minor.”

Students from IU’s Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance will take the stage to act out the suspenseful radio drama.

Student tickets start at $8 and general tickets start at $17.

Chimes of Christmas The Singing Hoosiers will perform their annual Christmas show at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3. They will present a mix of well-known carols, contemporary hits and classical choral arrangements, and the performances will also feature special guests from various Jacobs School of Music ensembles. Student tickets start at $11 and general tickets start at $16.

Straight No Chaser Straight No Chaser will perform as part of their 25th Anniversary Celebration tour at 8 p.m. on Dec. 16. Since their start at IU, Straight No Chaser has gained a fanbase and a long list of accomplishments, including two RIAA Gold Certified albums, and over 1.5 million concert tickets sold, one billion streams and two million albums sold worldwide, according to the IU Auditorium website. Student tickets start at $29 and

general tickets start at $39.

“The Book of Mormon” Kicking off the new year, musical “The Book of Mormon” will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 17-19. This nine-time Tony Awardwinning musical, follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries who are sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Tickets start at $29.

“Fiddler on the Roof” The new production of “Fiddler on the Roof” will stop in Bloomington at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 8-9. “Fiddler on the Roof” is the heartwarming story of fathers and daughters, husbands and wives and life, love and laughter, according to the IU Auditorium website. Tickets start at $27.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents “Songs We Love” Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) will present “Songs We Love” live at 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 20. Under the musical direction of Riley Mulherkar, the performance will be a journey through the first 50 years of jazz with three vocalists and a band made up of New York’s rising stars, according to the IU Auditorium website. Student tickets start at $14 and general tickets start at $12.

Black Violin Black Violin will perform at 8 p.m. Feb. 25. Led by classically trained string players Wil B. (viola) and Kev Marcus (violin) and joined by DJ SPS and drummer Nat Stokes, the band plays blends of classical and hip-hop music to overcome stereotypes and encourage everyone to break down cultural barriers, according to the IU Auditorium website. Student tickets start at $16 and general tickets start at $26.

Ballet Hispánico Latinx dance organization Ballet Hispánico will perform its first full-length narrative ballet “Doña Perón” at 7:30 p.m. March 3. Doña Perón is choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and is a portrait of Eva “Evita” Perón, one of the most controversial women in Argentinian history, according to the IU Auditorium website. Student tickets start at $14 and general tickets start at $21.

“Chicago” “Chicago” will bring all that jazz to Bloomington at 7:30 p.m. March 7-8. Featuring songs like “All that Jazz” and “Cell Block Tango,” the musical has won six Tony awards, two Oliver awards and a Grammy award. Student tickets start at $17 and general tickets start at $27.

“Jagged Little Pill” “Jagged Little Pill” will commence at 7:30 p.m. April 3-4. Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus, the musical is based on Alanis Morissette's iconic album of the same title. Student tickets start at $17 and general tickets start at $27.

“Annie” “Annie” will be IU Auditorium’s final musical of the season at 7 p.m. April 11-12.

“Annie” is directed by Jenn Thompson and features the book and score, written by Tony Award-winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin. Student tickets start at $17 and general tickets start at $27.

Emanuel Ax Ending the 2022-23 season, pianist Emmanuel Ax will perform at 7:30 p.m. on April 25. He received Grammy Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas.

He has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, according to the IU Auditorium. Student tickets start at $14 and general tickets start at $21.

This article was originally published July 12, 2022.

IU graduate Grace Leckey releases satirical album

By Taylor Satoski tsatoski@iu.edu | @taylorsatoski

IU 2022 graduate Grace Leckey, half of the local band GraceKellie, debuted as a solo artist on June 25 with the

release of “Best Supporting Actress.” The album parodies women receiving praise for following the script men have given them.

Leckey said each word of the title has meaning. “Best”

is the name of the Oscar awards. “Supporting” represents the realization that women are never the main character and how they often play second to men. She chose “Actress” to symbolize

women acting in the role that was handed to them and only being praised for doing what they are told. The song “Best Supporting Actress” conveys this meaning as well.

“It's a coming of age song,

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Grace Leckey released “Best Supporting Actress” on June 25. The cover of the album, which is Leckey’s first solo project, represents women accepting awards for the work they were told to do.

and it's also a coming out song. It's both a metaphor for women anywhere who feel like the script they've been handed is not for them,” Leckey said. “More specifically, it's about heteronormativity and what that means to grow up in a world that's like, ‘Here's your really specific script that involves you wearing this dress, and you're going to kiss a man.’”

Leckey said the best part of the creative process was inviting other musicians, including Emma Walsh, Maya Toffler and Chuck Roldan, to help develop and elevate her music.

Leckey said her favorite song from the album is “Like I Have Lived A Thousand Lives.” The song is Leckey remembering her love for someone in her youth and watching things change as she grows older.

“It's simple, and it also kind of breaks my heart to sing in a beautiful way,” Leckey said. “It's all about shifting childhood relationships and watching things change and watching people change.”

The album cover is inspired by different time periods in history. It’s meant to be a glamor shot of a woman accepting an award for following the script a man handed to her, Leckey said.

For the album cover, Leckey and her stylist, IU graduate Caitlin Pate, looked at photographs from past Oscar and Country Music Awards ceremonies and people from Dolly Parton to Audrey Hepburn.

Leckey’s hair is done in an old Hollywood style, but she said she wanted something about the photo to be off.

With her purple dyed hair, she thought it was a queer addi-

tion to the photo that pulled from the current generation.

Other style details include the jewelry worn over the gloves, imitating Marilyn Monroe. The earrings, necklace and most of the rings are vintage, and Pate took a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to obtain some of them.

Leckey is half of the band GraceKellie, which has a released album, “Like the Princess.” Kellie McGrew, the other half of GraceKellie, tracked and mixed the song “Love From Chicago” on this album.

“We definitely think about music the same way and appreciate it in the same way,” McGrew said. “We both wanted to be in a band really badly and realized that we could be in a band, just the two of us.”

McGrew said Leckey’s bravery is shown in her songwriting and they found the album emotional.

IU 2022 graduate Garrett Spoelhof has known Leckey through the Bloomington music scene for many years.

He produced, mixed, mastered and tracked the album as well as played some of the keyboard parts.

Spoelhof said he has enjoyed working with this album as his first full-length folk project, as he grew up listening to folk and country music.

“She has a very calming honesty about her that she's able to communicate through her music, and she's an incredible storyteller,” Spoelhof said. “I think she's really great at writing emotionally and thematically complex music and conveying that in a way that is not too much to digest for our listener.”

This article was originally published June 29, 2022.

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WFIU classical music host retires after over 45 years

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WFIU classical music host George Walker will retire on July 29 after 45 years on the radio. Walker has become a fixture at the station during his tenure and interviewed several artists, from local performers to internationally renowned figures.

By Tory Basile

vlbasile@iu.edu | @torybasilee

WFIU classical music host George Walker will retire on July 29, just four days after his 45th anniversary at the station.

Walker decided to retire after being diagnosed with progressive frontotemporal dementia, which impacts his speaking ability.

Walker came to IU in 1966 to pursue a master’s degree in teaching English. During his first year, someone visited one of his classes to inform them that WFIU was hiring news announcers. Walker auditioned and wound up as a part-time classical music

announcer.

At the time, Walker didn’t expect to spend the next 45 years at WFIU in a full-time position, according to WFIU’s press release.

Walker’s position eventually expanded to covering the arts throughout south central Indiana, including stage productions, concerts and interviewing performers.

During his distinguished career, Walker interviewed several creative talents including Yo-Yo Ma, Maya Angelou, Bill T. Jones, Twyla Tharp, Buckminster Fuller, Yefim Bronfma and the Canadian Brass. In the press release, Walker noted he’s glad to have known musician Dave Baker, violinist

Josef Gingold and pianist Menahem Pressler.

WFIU station operations director John Bailey said Walker’s tenure is a testament to his professionalism, consistency, optimism and steady hand at WFIU. For Bailey, Walker’s presence has been a staple at the station.

“Years of daily work is a real feat,” Bailey said. “It's not something that just anybody is built for. You know, not everyone is cut out to show up and just quietly do a good job every day like this for 45 years.”

Because Walker stayed with WFIU through years of changes, Bailey said Walker’s institutional knowledge

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Bailey said Walker’s experience has been an incredible aid to his colleagues at the station.

Walker’s attitude — his ability to be present with those he interviewed — is what makes him such a talented radio host, Bailey said.

“He didn't shine a bright light on himself,” Bailey said. “He was sharing his passion for music, and for theater and for the arts. Letting the guests in interviews, letting the performers of the music he was playing shine their own lights the brightest.”

WFIU marketing director Laura Baich said Walker’s warmth shone through in his arts reviews, which were incredibly fair and kind. She said he always tried to find the good in whatever stage production or performance he covered.

Baich said she fondly remembers listening to Walker’s weather reports in the early 2000s during bad storms.

“In the days before smartphones, anytime there was bad weather, I would turn on WFIU because it was the local radio station and I knew there would be a report,” Baich said. “George was like my companion during bad storms. It used

to be like he was my calming soothing voice, telling me ‘OK, it's time to take shelter now.’”

For Baich, Walker’s decision to be so open with his colleagues and listeners about his diagnosis was courageous. She said his long tenure is proof of his dedication.

“I don't know if people stick around very long anymore in jobs like George did,” Baich said. “There's something to say for perseverance. There's a lot of opportunities within a place to grow and change. And I think he did.”

This article was originally published June 23, 2022.

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By Chloe Fulk cdfulk@iu.edu

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The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art is seen on Sept. 9, 2021. The museum announced the launch of “A Space of their Own,” a virtual database cataloging the efforts of women artists June 13. The collection features essays about artists, research records, timelines and artworks from a variety of European and American female artists.

By Tory Basile

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The IU Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art announced the launch of “A Space of Their Own,” an online research database celebrating the contributions of female artists, on June 13.

“A Space of Their Own” catalogs work by various female artists, particularly those represented in the museums’ collections. The launch includes artwork, essays, individual records and timelines accounting the work of several European and American women artists between the 16th and 19th centuries, according to the database’s webpage.

Adelheid Gealt, director emerita of the Eskenazi Museum of Art, began work on “A Space of Their Own” in 2015 and has since led a team of graduate and undergraduate students in compiling research to build the database. Gealt’s speciality in European painting and women artists influenced the scope of the project.

Jane Fortune, an Indiana-based philanthropist, advocated for the conservation and study of work

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by female artists throughout her professional career.

Fortune founded Advancing Women Artists, an organization that financed the conservation of thousands of artworks by women artists in Florence, Italy. While the organization closed in 2021, its digital archive is still available on the website.

In 2019, the Eskenazi museum was granted a $4 million gift from Fortune which included 61 artworks and funds to establish the Dr. Jane Fortune Endowment for Women Artists and the Dr. Jane Fortune Fund for Virtual Advancement of Women Artists — which directly supported “A Space of Their Own.” The Samuel H. Kress Foundation — which aims to promote the study of European artwork from ancient times to the early 19th century — also supported the database’s funding.

Galina Olmsted, managing editor of the database, said she hopes “A Space of Their Own” serves a variety of audiences, whether it's used for art history students’ research projects, or anyone interested in learning more about art.

The database will expand over time to include

a wider variety of artists across centuries and continents. According to the museum’s press release, Eskenazi is particularly committed to acquiring artwork from women and people of color to diversify and broaden visitors’ historical understanding. “A Space of Their Own” project also includes plans to expand Eskenazi’s educational and exhibition programs on women artists.

Olmsted said female artists are underrepresented at the Eskenazi museum, as well as at museums across the U.S. and internationally.

This lack of emphasis on work by women is reflective of a larger devaluing of women’s contributions to art and history, Olmsted said.

“This is a really terrific opportunity to better highlight those contributions and to familiarize our audiences with women artists who fall a bit outside of the canon,” Olmsted said.

“We're hoping to continue to amplify and drive research on prominent women artists, and also to recover women about whom less is known.”

This article was originally published June 22, 2022.

On June 10, the latest legacy sequel, “Jurassic World: Dominion,” hit theaters. The film brings together the franchise’s current cast (Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard) with the cast from the original “Jurassic Park” film (Sam Neil, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum).

This formula is a hot commodity in Hollywood.

Every major studio is jumping at the opportunity to make their own legacy sequels with the intellectual property they own.

From “Star Wars” to “Scream,” how do we differentiate between nostalgia bait and true homage?

To answer this question, we can examine two movies currently conquering the box office: “Jurassic World: Dominion” and “Top Gun: Maverick.”

“Jurassic World: Dominion” is a film that doesn’t know what it wants to be.

For most of the run time, the film feels like the latest “Indiana Jones” installment. The two main characters, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing, travel across the world to Malta, where they search for their kidnapped daughter.

The second storyline follows the legacy characters Ellie Sattler, Alan Grant and Ian Malcolm as they attempt to infiltrate the biogenetics corporation Biosyn. Sattler believes they

are breeding a previously extinct species of locusts to destroy any crops that aren’t Biosyn’s. Together, these two stories are far removed from the contained story told in the original “Jurassic Park”.

What makes “Jurassic World: Dominion” a cheap attempt at a legacy sequel is that it ignores everything that made the original film such a phenomenon. The film is bloated with various subplots and edited rather poorly because of it. The central antagonist, a generic Bezos/Zuckerberg type, is laughably unintimidating.

Even the dinosaurs, the very things that make the Jurassic series stand out from other action franchises, are almost completely irrelevant to the plot.

Instead of honoring the original film's legacy, “Jurassic World: Dominion” is a misguided attempt at nostalgia bait. If the weak plot wasn’t enough to prove that the inclusion of the legacy characters is nothing more than a marketing ploy, the legacy characters are put in outfits that almost perfectly resemble their original costumes. These characters aren’t even allowed to grow over time. They’re only in the film so viewers can get a little bit of gratification from their presence.

Overall, “Top Gun: Maverick” succeeded where “Jurassic World: Dominion” failed. Instead of rushing to capitalize on the success of legacy sequels, Joseph Ko-

“Jurassic World: Dominion” was released in the U.S. on June 10, 2022.

sinski and Tom Cruise took the time to make a film with a real beating heart.

Rather than attempt to freeze time, the film acknowledges that Tom Cruise’s Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell is aging. In fact, the very notion of what a legacy is and how we can get lost in the past are the two ideas at the film’s thematic core.

Kosinski and Cruise approached this film with immense care. From the way they included Val Kilmer’s iconic “Iceman” to the way they honored beloved character Goose, originally played by Anthony Edwards, you can tell their main goal was never to create the showiest spectacle.

Apart from the careful approach to honoring the original film, “Top Gun: Maverick” is one of the finest examples of blockbuster filmmaking in recent years.

It is edited with razor-sharp precision and has one of the most thrilling third acts of any action film. It isn’t flooded with unnecessary visual effects and convoluted plotlines. It’s self-referential but never crosses the line into nostalgia bait.

All in all, the legacy sequel is a cinematic phenomenon that isn’t going away any time soon. So why should we settle for sequels and franchise reboots that don’t seem to care about their original legacy?

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Exhibit highlights Monroe County zine culture

By Grant Wheeler grawheel@iu.edu

The Monroe County History Center is composed of one visually demanding exhibit after another. From a stuffed bear named Monroe to vehicles documenting the local history of transportation, it’s easy to be swept up in the spectacle.

But in the smaller Hill Gallery, which has historically exhibited artworks, museum attendees can explore a niche community of artists and the subculture surrounding their work.

“Zines: A Culture in Focus,” which opened June 28 and will continue through Oct. 22, showcases a number of locally-made zines that offer a glimpse into the personal lives of Monroe County residents.

Zines don’t share a formal set of characteristics.

The exhibit’s abstract opens with “ZINES HAVE NO RULES” in bold lettering and encourages viewers to make zines of their own on any subject they can think of.

Hilary Fleck, the exhibit’s curator, emphasized the art form’s lack of boundaries.

She said the connection to magazines can be misleading, as “magazine” connotes a large-scale publication and a specific medium, whereas a zine is self-published and isn’t tied to a specific manner of presentation.

“I’ve seen zines that are literal trash that has been set on fire with words printed on it,” Fleck said. “It can literally be anything and it’s really hard to define some-

“Zines: A Culture in Focus,” is pictured June 30 at the Monroe County History Center. The exhibit opened June 28 and will continue through Oct. 22.

thing that can be anything.”

While the definition of a zine isn’t concrete, they’re generally self-published, short-form magazine-like works. The museum received some of the zines in a donated collection, and some are on loan, and Fleck said the zines on display represent a little less than half of the total number the museum has due to space considerations.

Fleck said zines began

as a form of amateur journalism written mostly by members of marginalized groups as a way of making their voices heard and were particularly important in the punk music scene. They were important in disseminating information among these groups, but the subject and gravity of this information could vary wildly, from news to film reviews.

A number of the zines on display at the History Center

simply tell personal stories of the area. One documents a summer bike trip. Another, a series of the author’s boyfriends, good and bad. Fleck described these zines as an important documentation of their creators’ lives and stories.

“They’re traces of these communities that are tangible,” Fleck said. “Not every culture has tangible artifacts that represent that community, and I see the zines to be

a tangible remnant of them that we can share.”

Since they can be anything and anyone can create them, zines don’t bar any particular perspective from being shown, making the field of zines incredibly varied in subject matter. Their history of counterculture and locality means they are some of the most meaningful relics we have to show the intimacies of life in a particular community at a specific

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time, Fleck said.

“I want people to come to the history center and feel seen in some way,” Fleck said. “I’m hoping that this showcases that these people are people just like you and me, and this is how they choose to express themselves, and I’m hoping that everyone sees a little bit of themselves somewhere.”

This article was originally published July 5, 2022.

‘Order Up! Restaurants of Monroe County’ open through Nov. 5

By Tory Basile vlbasile@iu.edu | @torybasilee

The Monroe County History Center opened the “Order up! Restaurants of Monroe County” exhibit on Aug. 2 at its location on East Sixth Street. Exhibit curator Hilary Fleck said the exhibition

catalogs years of history and memories from nearly 60 restaurants throughout Monroe County. The exhibit includes special historical features on Nick’s English Hut, Pancho’s Villa, Boxman’s Restaurant, Ladyman’s Cafe, the Chocolate Moose, Groves Restaurant, Bruce’s Cafe, Book Nook, Tao and The Hole, as well as a

special feature on the eclectic ethnic restaurants that line Fourth Street, Fleck said.

Collections of historical photographs, former menus and T-shirts are displayed throughout the exhibit. Fleck said her favorite features are the various vintage seating elements that they’ve received — a Nick’s booth from the

1920s, the 10-foot-long “Liars Bench” from the Village Inn in Ellettsville, Indiana, as well as other antique, interactive seating for guests.

Fleck said the history center wanted to create the project because restaurants are so integral to the Bloomington community. There are several diverse, local restaurants that

have been a part of Monroe County for years, Fleck said.

“Our community has such a passion for restaurants,” Fleck said. “I think that it’s such a wide variety because we have such a rich and diverse community. It’s so special. Everybody has a favorite restaurant that they love.”

When restaurants become

so ingrained in the community, patrons associate memories with those favorite restaurants over time — Fleck said she remembers eating ice cream from the Chocolate Moose to celebrate the end of college finals. “(Restaurants) can have SEE RESTAURANTS, PAGE 23

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these really deeply personal connections to people through good food and good company,” Fleck said.

Fleck said the exhibition was a true community effort, and that she’s glad to have been loaned items by so many businesses. While it was nearly impossible to feature every restaurant that’s been a part of Monroe County history, Fleck said she hopes guests learn about new favorites.

“I hope that (visitors) learn about the rich history that we have of restaurants in the community, and are encouraged to visit somewhere new, somewhere that they haven’t tried yet,” Fleck said.

The exhibition is open during business hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Nov. 5.

Admission to the exhibit is $2 for adults, $1 for children ages 6-17, free for children 5 and younger and free for history center members.

This article was originally published July 28, 2022.

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Guests visit Waffle House on its opening day Oct. 10, 1967. The Monroe County History Center will present the “Order Up! Restaurants of Monroe County” exhibit through Nov. 5. The collection highlights the integral part restaurants have in Bloomington history and throughout the community.

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