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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR The IDS’ almost $1 million debt has been cleared. What’s next?
On July 3, the Indiana Daily Student received an email from Media School Dean David Tolchinsky, informing us that as of the new fiscal year, our nearly $1 million deficit was “covered by campus” with a transfer of $926,779.01. Tolchinsky also credited the “provost's office, who made this investment as part of their strong commitment to student media,” and brought up a five-year plan which will outline a structure for IU student media. “We expect to share a fiveyear plan by fall semester, one that outlines a strategic, contemporary structure for IU student media,” Tolchinsky
wrote. To note, in 2021, the Media School issued a news release which states, “As we work together to secure the long-term future of the IDS, and with agreement from the Office of the Provost, the IDS will be permitted to operate at a deficit for three years beginning in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Any remaining deficit after that time will be covered by The Media School.” Since 2021, there’s been change in Media School deans and provosts, and since 2021, it wasn’t communicated to us that this plan would be followed through. After following up on the
July 3 email to request more information on the details of the five-year plan, Tolchinsky informed the IDS via email that he has no more information to share on the matter and provided a statement. “The elimination of the deficit is a relief to everyone, and I am grateful to the provost for supporting student media in this way. Right now, our staff is working on a fiveyear business plan that will ensure the IDS and other student media outlets maintain solid financial footing, foreground mental health for our student journalists, and model the best industry practices. We expect to have a plan
to share in fall semester,” the statement reads. Since the start of the summer session, Tolchinsky has declined meeting requests with me and shared no financial updates regarding the IDS, besides the July 3 email. As we don’t yet know what the “five-year plan” entails, we also don’t know if the IU Student Media Commitee report that advocates for the consolidation of IU student media — the IDS, IU Student Television and WIUX — under one umbrella and financial investment from the university while maintaining editorial independence has been considered in this “five-year
Inside Yogi Ferrell’s return to Indiana basketball danflick@iu.edu | @ByDanielFlick
INDIANAPOLIS — At 4:35 p.m. July 19, two fans walked next to each other through the tunnel toward the north concourse in Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse. One wore Yogi Ferrell’s purple Sacramento Kings No. 3 jersey, which he last put on in 2020, while the other wore Ferrell’s white No. 11 Indiana men’s basketball jersey, eight years after his final collegiate contest. Two sections behind them, a child wearing Ferrell’s red No. 11 jersey leaned against a railing, preparing to follow suit out of the tunnel. The catch? Ferrell, one of the most decorated players in Indiana men’s basketball history and the program’s all-time assist leader, wasn’t in either of the two games that had been played in the three-and-ahalf-hour session the fans attended. He wasn’t in the next game, either. Instead, Ferrell was a part of the nightcap, playing at 8 p.m. for Indiana’s alum team Assembly Ball in The Basketball Tournament, a singleelimination, winner-take-all event that gives $1 million to the champions. Fans filed back into Hin-
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Assembly Ball guard Yogi Ferrell celebrates an 89-79 victory over The Cru in the Basketball Tournament on July 19, 2024, at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Ferrell played for Indiana men's basketball from 2012-16.
kle Fieldhouse as early as 5 p.m. in advance of the game before Assembly Ball’s — but as Julian Gamble, one of Ferrell’s new teammates, said afterwards, the crowd was a sea of red out to support the former Hoosiers. Ferrell and Assembly Ball arrived at Hinkle Fieldhouse shortly after 6 p.m., and after passing through security checkpoints, they moved to an upper section to watch part of the game taking place. Half an hour later, the group was all business. Ferrell followed a line of teammates spearheaded by general manager Christian Watford through the north concourse into Assembly Ball’s locker room at 6:35 p.m.
Ferrell’s locker sat two chairs out of the only occupied corner in the room. Former University of Oklahoma guard Kristian Doolittle’s locker was on the right, while he had a vacant spot to his left. After changing from street clothes to warmup apparel, Ferrell departed the locker room at 7 p.m., taking a trio of left turns to enter the west concourse. He donned a red Assembly Ball shirt with white shorts and black Adidas socks. He stopped for a photo with a fan before continuing his journey to Efroymson Family Gym, the shootaround facility located inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. For 25
minutes, Ferrell, with white AirPods in his ears, put up jump shots as players from both Assembly Ball and The Cru, the opposition made of Valparaiso University alums, loosened before tipoff. At 7:26 p.m., Ferrell left the practice gym with Watford on his right shoulder. Immediately upon his exit, Ferrell stopped for selfies and autographs. As he walked back to Assembly Ball’s locker room, Ferrell’s celebrity status became eminent, dishing out fist bumps to a lengthy line of fans waiting at a concession stand. “There goes Yogi,” one fan said as Ferrell passed by. Two minutes after he first stepped foot out of Efroymson Family Gym, Ferrell arrived at the door to enter the locker room — but not before taking one more picture. Ferrell and Assembly Ball listened to one final pregame speech from head coach Adam Ross at 7:45 p.m. and gathered at the exit of their tunnel right before storming onto the court. The team huddled and shouted, “Together.” Ferrell broke free and the rest of Assembly Ball’s roster and staff followed suit. Many of the 4,000 fans in the crowd stood up and cheered.
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Over 100 laws take effect July 1
By Chloe Oden chloden@iu.edu
Over 100 new laws were enacted July 1 in Indiana. Following the 2024 General Assembly, where over 700 bills were introduced, 172 bills were passed. Some of these went into effect July 1, having been signed by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, and others are still pending. Here are some of the new laws affecting topics like education, environmental protections, alcoholic beverage sales and adult website access that went into effect July 1. Senate Bill 202 One of the several bills pertaining to education systems is Senate Bill 202, which specifically affects public universities in the state. According to the bill, at
each public university, the board of trustees must create diversity committees to review faculty, administration and policies concerning “cultural and intellectual diversity issues.” Professors are to be reviewed every five years, and the trustees must put a procedure in place to accept complaints from students or other employees if the professor is “not meeting certain criteria related to free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity.” The “certain criteria” is not detailed. Along with this, professors’ tenure and promotion are at risk if they are determined to be unlikely to give students perspectives from “scholarly works” that are of a variety of viewpoints, or if they “subject students to political or ideological views and opinions that are un-
related to the faculty member's academic discipline or assigned course of instruction,” according to the bill. Professors and university faculty are concerned about what this specifically will mean for higher education in the state and how their speech will be restricted due to their positions being on the line, according to the IndyStar. Some of the pushback claims SB202 encourages conformity and may discourage professors from engaging in topics that run the risk of violating the vague “criteria.” IU President Pamela Whitten warned against the bill in February, stating “we are deeply concerned about language regarding faculty tenure that would put academic freedom at risk,” as well as stunt the preparation of students' critical thinking.
Know that we will continue our fight for the IDS’ future to provide the news for readers like you.
Natalie Fitzgibbons
Summer 2024 editor-in-chief
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IU and Purdue Indianapolis part ways
‘An amazing feeling’:
By Daniel Flick
plan,” or at all. Though our deficit was cleared, we still run on a deficit, and we are projected to be back in debt. Our nearly $1 million being covered is good news and a start, but it is not a solution. We will continue to collect debt if the university does not support us. As one deficit is covered, a new one will occur, and we currently don’t know what’s next. As always, we are very thankful for readers like you that pick up our papers and read our stories on idsnews. com. We are grateful for the impact you make in keeping the spirit of local media and student journalism alive.
Whitten also said that SB202 would threaten the “economic and cultural vitality of the state.” IU professors have also criticized the bill, claiming it will limit academic freedom. Senate Bill 17 Senate Bill 17 would have instated new requirements for access to an “adult oriented website operator that displays harmful material to minors.” However, on June 28, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Young blocked this requirement for websites in the name of preserving the First Amendment rights of Hoosiers. “Indiana’s age verification requirements are likely unconstitutional,” Young said in a preliminary injunction he issued June 28.
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By Jonathan Frey
jonafrey@iu.edu | @byjonathanfrey
IU-Purdue University Indianapolis officially split in two July 1 following an official agreement made June 12. IU-Indianapolis and Purdue University Indianapolis will become two independent campuses in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, separated for the first time since IUPUI’s inception. IUPUI formed in 1969 as a merger of the two most prominent higher education institutions in Indiana, Purdue University and IU-Bloomington. Then-Indianapolis mayor Richard Lugar called for “a great state university in Indianapolis” the year prior, according to IUPUI’s website. Since then, it was considered “Indiana’s premier urban research university.” According to the most recent IUPUI statistics, it enrolled more than 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students for the 2023-24 academic year. The separation was agreed upon in August 2022 by the Board of Trustees of both Purdue and IU, the IDS reported. “The creation of independent campuses will enable the two higher education powerhouses to build upon their incredible legacies of excellence and impact to meet the needs of Indiana and its capital city for decades to come,” according to a June 14 IU press release. IU-Indianapolis will absorb almost all of IUPUI’s more than 500 academic programs. It will supplement its existing repertoire of programs with IU’s applied computer sciences program and expand the Luddy School of Engineering in Indianapolis. IU-Indianapolis will also construct SciTech Corridor, a new building on campus intended to “advance STEM education and curriculum for Hoosiers,” according to a 2022 IU press release. Indianapolis mayor Joe Hogsett officially designated July 1 as “IU Indianapolis Day," according to an IU press release July 1. IU-Indianapolis will retain the “Jaguars” as the school’s mascot. Purdue University Indianapolis will incorporate the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology and Computer Science in the Science School from IUPUI, as
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The IU trident sits above IUPUI's Campus Center bell tower March 11, 2024. IU-Purdue University Indianapolis officially split in two July 1, 2024.
well as implementing some schools from its West Lafayette branch, including the Mitchell E. Daniels School of Business. Indiana state lawmakers adopted a budget in April 2023 allocating $60 million to each school to build new facilities on their respective campuses. The IU Board of Trustees approved plans for a new IU-Indianapolis athletics center to complement existing facilities in a June 14 board meeting. Capital Planning and Facilities Vice President Thomas Morrison described it as “one of the true needs of the Indianapolis campus.” The new facility will seat 4,500 and serve primarily as an NCAA Division I basketball and volleyball court. The separation of the two universities is intended to bolster the capabilities and capacity of both campuses, with the hope of attracting new students and creating jobs within the city and Central Indiana. Central Indiana community leaders and business owners are hopeful the separation will help fill jobs in engineering, sciences, technological and health care careers, according to the press release. “IUPUI’s realignment will create a transformational change across Indiana’s landscape and far beyond,” Indiana governor Eric Holcomb said in the June 14 press release. “As Purdue and Indiana University — two of our state’s globally competitive universities – continue to focus on their individual strengths, they will also now create an epicenter for research and a training ground for future focused innovative fields to ensure students are ready for the modern-day economy.” This story was originally published July 1, 2024.
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