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OLD DOMINION
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KENNESAW STATE
56-9
INDIANA STATE
73-0
ILLINOIS
63-10
IOWA
20-15
OREGON
30-20 UCLA
MICHIGAN STATE
38-13 MARYLAND
55-10 WISCONSIN
31-7 B1G CHAMPIONSHIP
56-6
Indiana football has won the last
PENN STATE
27-24 PURDUE
22
56-3 ROSE BOWL
games
13-10 PEACH BOWL
38-3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The Hoosiers haven't lost at home since 2023. They are 33-2 under Cignetti. Can they continue the impossible?
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56-22
27-21
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NORTH TEXAS
52-16
HOWARD
55-0
WESTERN KENTUCKY
38-0
NORTHWESTERN
29-23
RUTGERS
COURTESY OF XAVIER JONES, THE DAILY TARGUM
47-15
NEBRASKA
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FROM THE EDITORS
It’s been a year. The IDS remains editorially independent You may have heard this before. Last October, Indiana University fired Student Media Director Jim Rodenbush after he refused to tell the Indiana Daily Student staff what it could put in an upcoming newspaper — a directive from Media School administrators. Hours later, the university cut our print editions entirely.
After international news coverage, widespread backlash and donors withholding their dollars, IU reversed course two weeks later. That’s why today, a year on, the paper is in the stands. Still, we feel the ripple effects. To this day, we’ll hear skepticism from sources and readers alike, wondering if last year’s censorship meant the IDS lost its editorial inde-
pendence. Let us be clear: it didn’t. The IDS staff is still reporting, free from outside influence or meddling. In the spring, a task force comprising student media leaders, Media School faculty and other voices recommended actionable steps to ensure that editorial independence, as well as the financial sustainability of the
IDS, IUSTV and WIUX, is safeguarded. Central to implementing these recommendations is a new dedicated student media director, a role left vacant since last October. That person is to act as publisher and, as the task force’s report says, work with student media advisers to create “a cohesive strategy, operating plan, and budget” for presentation to a
broader advisory board. For that director position, The Media School hired Charlie Scudder, a former IDS editor-in-chief and current professor and student media adviser at Southern Methodist University. This is great progress toward the task force’s goals. We have full confidence in Charlie’s willingness to defend our foundational rights as a news
organization and work with student media leaders as the shape of a newsroom continues to evolve when he joins us in December. Because a central player in this vision for IU student media hasn’t yet arrived, we’re in a similar, in-between spot as in the spring.
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Colleges will have to prove they leave students better off. How could it affect IU? By Natalia Nelson nelsonnb@iu.edu
Under a new United States Department of Education rule, universities will have to prove their program graduates earn more than the typical high school diploma holder. If the programs fail the earnings test for two out
of three consecutive award years, they risk losing eligibility to participate in the Federal Direct Loan program. If a program fails three times in a row, it could lose Title IV Pell Grant eligibility. Earnings will be calculated using graduates’ median earnings four years after graduation. Those wages will be compared to the median
earnings for adults 25-34 with only a high school diploma in either the state where the college is located or nationwide, depending on the university’s enrollment makeup. At Indiana University, in-state students total more than 70% of the undergraduate population. According to the Department of Education Col-
lege Scorecard, high school graduates in Indiana earn a median annual salary of $36,492. The scorecard, which collects data from undergraduate students who received federal financial aid, puts those who graduated from IU with a bachelor’s degree in music at $28,727 in median annual earnings. Nationally, certificate pro-
grams in cosmetology and degrees in early childhood education, theater, music and studio art are at the greatest risk of failure. The earnings rule also applies to graduate degree programs, which must prove they earn more than bachelor’s degree holders. The median wage for students five years after earning a
bachelor’s degree at an Indiana public college is about $52,000, according to a 2024 report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. According to the College Scorecard, IU’s master’s degrees for fine and studio arts and for music earn under that threshold.
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How to find your Monroe County polling place By Mia Lehmkuhl mialehmk@iu.edu
With early voting already underway, Monroe County voters can now cast their votes for local, state and federal office in this year’s midterm general election. Contested local positions include the Monroe County clerk and assessor. Statewide offices on the ballot include the secretary of state and comptroller. Also up for election are seats for Indiana House Districts 46, 60 and 62, as well as in Indiana’s 9th U.S. Congressional District. Early voting in Monroe
County opened Oct. 6, and ballots can be cast at Election Central inside the Monroe County Government Center at 501 N. Morton St. until early voting ends at noon Nov. 2. Early voting hours on weekdays leading up to Oct. 31 are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. People voting on Election Day must go to a designated polling location based on their address, which they can check using the Monroe County Voter Information Map. Voters can also look up when and where to cast their ballot on Indiana’s voter portal or by entering their address into the Indiana Voting
Information Tool. Voters must bring a photo identification card issued by the state of Indiana or the federal government to the polls. Student IDs cannot be used as voter identification. In April 2025, Indiana Senate Bill 10 changed the state’s voter ID law to exclude student IDs. A federal judge blocked enforcement of the law in April 2026, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted a stay of a preliminary injunction six days later that reinforced the ban. The ban currently remains in effect. College students can register to vote either at the
address they live at while attending school or where they live while not in school. Those planning to cast their ballot by mail must apply to request a vote-by-mail ballot by 11:59 p.m. Oct. 22 and must include a copy of a photo ID or an identification number, such as the last four digits of their Social Security number. Voters who request a mail-in ballot must provide an eligible reason, including having a disability or working throughout Election Day. County election officials must receive an absenteeby-mail ballot no later than 6 p.m. Nov. 3.
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Two signs directing voters toward the polling center inside Alumni Hall are pictured Nov. 5, 2024, outside the Indiana Memorial Union in Bloomington. Voter registration in Indiana closed Oct. 5 for the November 2026 general election.
IU Black Lifting Association builds community By Lily Saylor saylorl@iu.edu
Indiana University junior Andru Wright was searching for community during his sophomore year, just a year ago. Coincidentally, so were then-freshmen Joshua Jones and Alijah Poston. The trio met at the Student Recreational Sports Center in January, where they began lifting together and sharing goals they had both in and outside of fitness. Then, the idea to form the Black Lifting Association was born. “We start a club that centers around lifting, but it’s so much more than just lifting,” Wright said. “Lifting is a double meaning. It means lifting weights, but also lifting each other up as a community.” A semester after the idea was formed, on Sept. 23, BLA became an official IU student organization. While BLA is still a new organization, its leaders are already planning a variety of future events, including group lifting at the Student Recreational Sports Center and a partnership with The
Pinnacle of Pursuit, a running club at IU. Aaralyn Mills, a junior sports media student and BLA’s social media manager, said as a leader, she wants to help hybrid athletes who are both lifters and runners, especially women. Mills said she wants to help inspire women to lift weights. She also wants to run a mock Army Fitness Test. Mills, who is a National Guard sergeant, plans to walk participants through each step of the test, which includes deadlifts, pushups and a 2-mile run. “Some people want to join the Army in college, and I’m like, ‘Hell yeah, do it,’” Mills said. “And then some people want to see how difficult it is and see if they could meet the standards, and I think that would be great.” Another BLA leader, senior neuroscience student Anesi Akpeokhai, is focused on fostering community outside of physical activities. Akpeokhai, Wright’s roommate, is also on the executive board for IU’s chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists. Akpeokhai said he is
planning a workshop event that would bridge the mental and physical aspects of lifting and break down the science behind mindmuscle connections, or how lifters are able to feel their muscles activated while doing certain lifts. For Akpeokhai, leading means setting the tone that the main goal of the organization is growth. “It’s helping to establish a community that builds upon each other, builds with each other,” Akpeokhai said. “Being a leader is being somebody that these people can turn to for not just lifting, but anything in life.” He said having an organization like BLA on campus is important for Black students because he believes they are already in a space where they don’t see each other that often in classes or at work. IU is a predominantly white campus, with Black students making up only 4.34% of the Bloomington campus in 2024. “Having a space and community where people can come and just hang out, lift and just be within our-
selves is very important to remind us of why we’re here, you know, why we’re pursuing higher education, so we can continue to create these spaces for us outside of college,” Akpeokhai said. Wright echoed this sentiment and said he plans to make BLA a space where people feel that their growth matters. He said every week the organization will shout out students who accomplished something, whether that be a lift or a test they passed in class. Wright said he wants everybody to feel seen and appreciated, especially within the Black community where, in many instances, students do not feel as seen. “We’re not put in the forefront, and it’s sad because like, you put so much work in every single day, that it’s like, a little bit of appreciation is all you need,” Wright said, adding that even small gestures like sending a kind text can go a long way. “We got to be happy in the small achievements, happy in the small steps, because small steps make big steps.” If there is one thing Wright wants students to
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Aaralyn Mills works out Sept. 16, 2026, at the Student Recreational Sports Center in Bloomington. The Black Lifting Association, which Mills is a member of, became an IU student organization Sept. 23.
know about BLA, it’s that the organization goes beyond lifting. It’s about empowerment. “Being so open to loving each other and helping each other will allow each other to
see it’s all strength in numbers,” Wright said. “We’re not put on this Earth to do so by ourselves. So believe in each other and support each other, and we’ll do so much more.”
Student groups call for end to IUPD Flock contracts By Benjamin LeGrand benlegra@iu.edu
Amid growing backlash to the use of Flock license plate reader cameras by law enforcement, student groups at Indiana University Bloomington are questioning the IU Police Department’s use of the technology on campus. IUPD wouldn’t say how many Flock cameras they use in response to inquiries from the Indiana Daily Student. However, documents released from a public records request and posted to BloomDocs — a records repository run by B Square Bulletin editor and publisher Dave Askins — in July appear to confirm IUPD purchased at least five cameras from February 2023 to May 2025. DeFlock, an open-source website where users can report Flock cameras to a nationwide map, counts six cameras on the Bloomington campus, with five of those in the parking lots and roadways of the IU Health Bloomington Hospital. The other camera is along 17th Street, near a Memorial Stadium lot. The IU chapter of Young Democratic Socialists of America and some IU Student Government officials are working to challenge the surveillance system’s presence on campus, aiming for
their eventual cancellation and refusal of future surveillance contracting. IU’s video and surveillance policy, last updated in October 2023, allows the “use of any device or system” in the investigation or prevention of crime. “The Indiana University Police Department uses a variety of investigative tools to support public safety,” IUPD Public Information Officer Julia Nowak wrote in an email to the IDS. “Access to license plate reading technology is limited to authorized personnel for investigative purposes only, and IUPD adheres to data stewardship standards as required by Indiana and federal law.” IUPD’s General Orders, a set of procedures and policies that guide the official conduct of the police department, say data captured on cameras may be stored by the camera vendor or in a “secure location” for no longer than 30 days unless pursuant to a written preservation request. IUPD will only access data from the plate readers’ servers for an active incident or investigation, according to the policy. Young Democratic Socialists’ petition IU’s YDSA chapter voted 29 to two at its Oct. 8 meeting to “establish” the “De-Flock” campaign. For its first action,
it plans to table by the 17th Street Flock camera near Memorial Stadium during tailgates for the Oct. 17 Indiana football game against Ohio State, IU YDSA Communications Officer and senior Jack Buinicki said. The organization has held multiple general body and committee meetings this semester to plan a campaign against the use of Flock cameras on campus. At its Sept. 24 meeting, the group discussed ideas to pressure university administration, raise awareness of the use of the cameras around campus and involve other campus organizations in the campaign. The campaign proposal, shared in the group’s messaging channel, demands full transparency on the parties and administrators involved with IUPD’s Flock contract, privacy measures and data use. It also requests IU administration to immediately move to cancel any contracts with Flock and avoid contracts with similar technology companies. IU YDSA aims to educate the campus and Bloomington on its concerns over Flock misuse, particularly the potential for misuse directed toward minority groups. Half of the 177 criminal citations issued by the Louisville Metro Police Department last year involving the
use of license plate reader technology were Black residents, according to Louisville Public Media. The outlet reported that Black residents make up almost a quarter of the city. In September 2026, five Indianapolis officers were criminally charged after alleged Flock misuse, including the surveillance of exspouses. IU YDSA launched a petition on social media Oct. 4 titled “Get the FLOCK off Campus!” The petition has 80 online signatures and 223 in-person signatures, according to YDSA co-chair and IU senior Diego Barron. Barron said he thinks the recent increase in anti-Flock sentiment felt around the state and country has helped with part of the spike in attendance. The average attendance at IU YDSA meetings surged from around 20 last semester to between 60 and 80, Barron said. At the Sept. 24 meeting, multiple members said the hate against Flock cameras is a bipartisan issue and invited others to think of how they could reach people with different political beliefs than them. Further Flock discussions College Democrats at IU held a discussion about Flock on Sept. 17. Around 15 members participated in an
“ethical dilemma game" created by the group organizers to promote discussion and critical thinking about the use of Flock cameras. Isaac Chapman-Whitehead, senior and president of College Democrats at IU, told the IDS that while the group focuses more on local elections than campus activism, it is opposed to the use of Flock on campus. ChapmanWhitehead is also a representative in IUSG Congress. He said these are issues that potential candidates wanting to work with College Democrats at IU will have to be prepared for. "If they're not talking about Flock, then that's just shortsighted,” ChapmanWhitehead said. IUSG Congress passed a joint resolution Sept. 28 in opposition to the use of Flock cameras on campus and asked the administration not to renew any contracts with Flock. Student Body President Alexa Avellaneda-Yonamine signed the resolution. Sophomore Austin Perny, an IUSG congress member who authored the bill, told the IDS he believes the rapid expansion of surveillance like Flock represents a threat to public privacy. “We don't just wake up one day and saying, ‘Hey, I would love, you know, Big Brother to have a camera
in my house.’ Like, no one, no one's going to say that, right?” Perny said. Perny said the bill asks IUPD and IU administration for a public notification of any future surveillance company contracts. The bill also asks for full disclosure of the capabilities of IUPD’s Flock cameras. IUSG operates in an advisory role and does not have a position in the university’s official policy-making process. Perny also brought up the city of Bloomington and Monroe County Sheriff’s Office’s ultimate cancellations of Flock contracts after public concern and protest. The city of Bloomington announced it would not renew its contract with Flock in April 2026, following a protest in January. The Monroe County Board of Commissioners voted in July 2026 to cancel its contract with Flock a year before it ended. Perny said he is asking for similar transparency and action from IUPD and IU administration. “I think we are a voice for the students, but they can see, ‘Hey, we have a good percentage of the student body that doesn't feel comfortable with the technology on campus, and this is something that a lot of people are passionate about,” Perny said.
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Ciorciari appointed to Bloomington provost Ciorciari became interim provost in February By Natalia Nelson nelsonnb@iu.edu
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Then-IU Bloomington Provost Rahul Shrivastav addresses the crowd during the graduate commencement ceremony May 6, 2022, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Shrivastav will officially take on the role of vice president for student success, IU announced Oct. 8.
Shrivastav assumes student success VP role Shrivastav became interim vice president in February
By Natalia Nelson nelsonnb@iu.edu
Former Indiana University Bloomington Provost Rahul Shrivastav will officially take on the role of vice president for student success, IU announced Oct. 8. Shrivastav has served as the interim vice president for student success since he left his position as Bloomington provost in February. The responsibilities of the university-wide role include overseeing enrollment services, student support programs and academic and curricular processes, a press release stated. According to the press release, Shrivastav’s focus will include exploring how technology can help the university deliver more effective student support and preparing students for careers changed by artificial intelligence. Shrivastav became IUB’s
provost in 2022; under his leadership, IU Bloomington saw increased enrollment and applications. He is an IU alumnus and created 25 new academic programs and recruited dozens of new faculty, but his tenure was marked by a 2024 faculty noconfidence vote. A motion for no confidence in Shrivastav by IUB faculty members passed with 91.5% of the vote after multiple free-speech concerns on campus, including the suspension of Palestine Solidarity Committee adviser Abdulkader Sinno and the cancellation of a Palestinian painter’s art exhibition at IU. Shrivastav’s position in the hierarchy of the IU administration changed after the IU Board of Trustees reinstated the chancellor role at IU Bloomington. The former dean of the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, David Reingold,
assumed the chancellor position in June 2025. The chancellor’s role includes supervising the Office of the Provost. “Our responsibility now is to ensure that every student can fully benefit from these opportunities and graduate ready to create value wherever their lives and careers take them,” Shrivastav said in the press release announcing his appointment. “IU’s greatest contribution to Indiana and the world is the people we prepare, and I’m honored to lead this work to support student success.” According to the IU salary listing for the 2027 fiscal year, Shrivastav is making $585,156 in the new role, up from $568,113 in the previous fiscal year as provost. John Ciorciari was appointed Oct. 6 as the campus’s next provost after holding the position in an interim status, filling Shrivastav’s old role.
Indiana University’s current interim provost has been appointed to fill the position permanently, as well as the role of executive vice chancellor of IU Bloomington, the university announced Oct. 6 in a press release. John Ciorciari has served as interim provost since February. He succeeds previous provost Rahul Shrivastav, who left the position in February to assume a university-wide role he still serves in as interim vice president for student success. Ciorciari was announced as a finalist for the provost and executive vice chancellor role and attended an on-campus town hall Sept. 28, fielding questions from faculty, staff and students. As provost, Ciorciari will report to Chancellor David Reingold and oversee all academic units, faculty research and graduate and undergraduate education. Before assuming the interim provost role, Ciorciari was the dean of the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies for two years. Ciorciari was a professor and associate dean for research and policy engagement at the University of Michigan before coming to IU, according to his CV. He previously worked for the U.S. Department of the Treasury to create economic policy on Afghanistan and South and Southeast Asia, and he holds his law degree from Harvard Law School. During the town hall, Ciorciari said his main priorities include supporting research, adding experiential learning opportunities and demonstrating IU’s value to Indiana. While serving as interim provost, Ciorciari helped redesign IU’s general education curriculum and was the co-
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Former Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Dean John D. Ciorciari poses for portrait. IU announced Oct. 6 that Ciorciari, who has served as IU Bloomington’s interim provost since February, will move into the position permanently.
chair of a task force involved in implementing the Chicago Principles, a set of free-speech guidelines. Ciorciari will oversee searches for the next deans of the College of Arts and Sciences and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, the press release said. “I’m excited to help build on our positive momentum at IU Bloomington and advance
the academic priorities that make our flagship campus a leader among the nation’s public research universities,” Ciorciari said in the press release. Ciorciari was selected by a search team of 27 faculty, administrators and students for an internal search, meaning a search that solely includes candidates who are already employees of the university.
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Unimpeded by threats to our independence, our staff has been able to expand its social media presence, introduce another newsletter and further flesh out a robust opinion section, all while continuing our essential reporting on campus and in the wider Bloomington community. After that task force released its recommendations, our predecessors emphasized, “There must be no half-measures in their implementation.” We concur. Rest assured, the two of us — or any number of the student journalists who may lead this newsroom in the future — will make sure of that.
The rule is aimed at tackling the United States’ $1.7 trillion federal student loan portfolio. Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent said in a press release the framework would safeguard taxpayer dollars and “protect students from taking on unmanageable debt for programs that cannot demonstrate a reasonable return on investment.” Some IU graduates who took on student loans say the decision could limit students’ choices. Chelsea Kaminski graduated from IU in 2020 with her master’s in music education and music theory. She took out federal student loans to help pay for her education and said she thought there is a fundamental problem with how students fund their education and that “tuition is so unbelievably expensive.” “For people who really have a genuine interest in music, they may not be able
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to pursue that anymore because it’s totally unattainable, unaffordable,” Kaminski said. “And so I think even just like giving people who want to go to college less options, like less freedom to choose, you know, what they want to study, what they want to do in life, I think that’s a big problem.” Kaminski said she thought universities could stop accepting so many students instead and that low wages were reflective of the current job market. “I think it’s trying to fix something that is a legitimate problem,” Kaminski said. “But I think it’s ignoring like so many other factors.” Caroline Goodwin graduated from IU with a Bachelor of Science in voice with an outside field in history in 2021 and later her Master of Music in voice in 2023. Without taking out federal direct loans, she said she either would have had to switch careers, wait to go to master’s school or take out expensive private loans. She said one of her con-
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cerns with the new rule would be its potential impact on lowincome students. The arts as a whole are already inaccessible to low-income students and their families, Goodwin said, because it’s not always a lucrative career. “What I’m afraid we’re going to see is that only the wealthiest students are getting degrees in music and some of the other arts programs that might get their Title IV funding cut,” Goodwin said. “And we’re going to be losing a huge talent pool of students from lower-income families.” Goodwin said students take big financial decisions like taking out loans seriously. They know, she said, music careers may not be as high earning as other careers, but she felt it was up to each person to decide the financial risk they would be willing to take. Evan Bossenbroek earned his bachelor’s in music education from IU in 2021 and had to take out federal student loans to pay for his degree, which he is still paying off.
He said there are already barriers for students with lower socioeconomic statuses to study music due to the cost of lessons, instruments and travel to auditions. “It’s going to further restrict the already biased system towards the wealthy and the privileged even more,” Bossenbroek said. “And along those lines, like that’s going to reflect in diversity of the program, just because of the way that race and class are intertwined in American society.” The new rule is not the only measure that could change which fields students can enter. Indiana Senate Enrolled Act 199, which became law in March, requires universities to request approval from the state to continue offering low-earning degree programs whose graduates earn less than the average earnings of Hoosiers with only a high school diploma. If approval is not given, the university has to eliminate the degree program. The act went into effect in July, and the final
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OPINION
Oct. 15, 2026 idsnews.com
Editors Eric Cannon, Emma Howard opinion@idsnews.com
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ROBINSON WRITES
Indiana’s proposed bail reform misses the mark Spencer Robinson (he/him)
is a junior studying policy analysis and public policy.
In the United States, you are innocent until proven guilty — but that doesn’t mean you’re free. Today, roughly 70% of people held in local jails have not yet been convicted of the crime they have been charged with. Over the last 25 years, the growth of incarcerated populations has been almost entirely driven by an increase in pretrial detention — people who must remain in jail from their arrest until their trial. For the roughly 426,000 people detained without trial, bail requirements are the primary barrier to freedom. Bail is usually set during arraignment — the first time a defendant appears in court. At arraignment, defendants are read their charges and enter an initial plea. Under current Indiana law, judges can only deny bail to defendants charged with murder or treason. In all other cases, judges either release the defendant or set cash bail. Defendants who cannot afford to post bail must remain in pretrial detention until their court date. The median bail for a felony is $10,000, while the median income for a pretrial detainee is $15,000 a year. That’s eight months of income — and it leads to significant disadvantages for lowincome defendants — who
sometimes plead guilty just to avoid extended pretrial detention. Indiana’s Public Question One, a proposal to reform the state’s bail system, is on the ballot in November. The amendment would remove the right to bail in cases where: 1) the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and 2) the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community. Removing the right to bail in more cases would increase the pretrial detention population, since more defendants would be detained pretrial, regardless of their ability to pay. Indiana’s criminal justice system is already overcrowded and underfunded, and this amendment could only exacerbate that. Statewide, the Indiana Department of Corrections already operates at 95% capacity. Simultaneously, due to lapsing grants, state funding for community corrections is projected to fall 27% from 2025 to 2027 — from $72.5 million to $52.9 million. Locally, the Monroe County Jail has been repeatedly sued the last 20 years for unconstitutional overcrowding, hazardous conditions and deteriorating facilities. In other states, bail re-
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form usually takes the opposite approach to Public Question One. In New Mexico, Illinois, New Jersey and Washington D.C,. cash bail has been banned. In these states, if you are charged with a nonviolent crime, you will generally be released from pretrial detention without paying bail. Lowering or eliminating cash bail would help reduce overcrowding in Indiana prisons. When New York experimented with releasing nonviolent offenders without cash bail in 2020, it reduced pretrial detention by 40%. In the first three months of 2024, 18,600 people awaited trial in Indiana
jails. An equivalent 40% reduction would reduce that population by 7,500 people. That change would dramatically reduce overcrowding, bringing capacity from 95% to around 70%. The most common argument against eliminating cash bail is that reductions in pretrial detention increase the crime rate. This argument is unsupported by the evidence. A national study of cash bail reforms found no relationship between bail and crime rates — eliminating cash bail didn’t increase or decrease crime rates. These results also imply the opposite, that stricter bail policy would
also be ineffective in reducing the crime rate. The problems do not stop there, because what qualifies as “evident” proof or “clear and convincing evidence” is largely up to individual judges — decisions with life altering consequences for detainees. Detention is an indefinite punishment. Those in pretrial detention are isolated from their families, friends and daily life. They simultaneously experience higher rates of suicide, violence and illness — despite being innocent in the eyes of the law. For people in pretrial detention, denying bail often amounts to a sen-
tence without proof of guilt. If Indiana’s government wants to reform the criminal justice system, that requires increasing funding for community corrections programs, not increasing the pressure on an overcrowded prison system. Examples of successful community corrections programs include halfway houses, parole services and drug courts. The goal is to keep people out of the criminal justice system, not trap them in it. In November, vote against Public Question One. spenrobi@iu.edu
ERRANT ERIC
A case for earnings-based student loan eligibility Eric Cannon (he/him)
is a junior studying philosophy.
Remember when President Donald Trump promised to tidy up the country’s finances by slashing wasteful spending, ending costly “forever wars” and spurring economic growth? Yeah, don’t worry. My memory of that’s kind of fuzzy too, after he turned into the tariff czar, barreled into war with Iran and pledged, if Republicans win the midterms, to mail every American adult a $5,000 check — which would cost American adults, uh… $1.3 trillion. But lo and behold — brushing aside a few misses, like taxing endowments to strip universities of their means to fund “woke insanity” and restricting international students’ ability to study and work here — waging a resentful culture war can, it turns out, yield a grand total of one fiscally savvy policy: Implementing an earnings test to determine which degree programs qualify for Federal Direct Loans and Pell Grants. Let’s get things straight. The Trump administration isn’t carrying out this policy because it’s sensible, but because most of the degrees affected — theater, music and art studio programs —
are liberal-coded, or “woke,” in the eyes of devout Trump supporters and therefore warrant complete and utter destruction. Indiana University alumni, specifically of the Jacobs School of Music, opposed the policy, which stipulates that graduates of a university program must earn more than high school diploma holders for future applicants to receive federal money. One alumna, who earned a master’s degree in music education and music theory, told the Indiana Daily Student the requirement would restrict college-bound students from choosing “what they want to study” or “what they want to do in life.” An alumnus with a bachelor’s in music education said the rule would gear the education “system” toward the wealthy. But the columnist doth protest. While barring federal grants and loans from certain studies will push a number of would-be scholars to other fields, this certainly isn’t the bad outcome it’s made out to be. As a matter of public policy, the United States isn’t in sore need of more academically-trained musicians, thespians or studio artists. If it were, the demand for these professions would see their
median earnings rise at least marginally above those of high school graduates — as do the earnings of nurses, data scientists and physical therapists. That point isn’t to insinuate that the arts are unimportant — far from it. Nor is it suggesting that a university education’s sole purpose is students’ return on investment. Rather, it contests the idea that something has gone horribly wrong if arts programs shrink or even disappear from some universities. If Columbus State University’s music program, whose alumni boast median earnings of $18,218, vanishes, Sonoma State University’s program, where graduates can expect $65,533, will survive. Yes, collectively, fewer people will be studying the fine arts, but the smallness of this field, as a professional venture, is in its nature. Any era permits only so many da Vincis, and Leonardo da Vinci himself took on fewer than a dozen notable apprentices in his lifetime. That sufficed for the Renaissance, and it will for our time. From the individual standpoint, on the other hand, some degree of restriction comes with the territory of being a human on this side of death.
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Had this columnist, for instance, reached adolescence with the ardent desire to be a traveling cigarette salesman, no matter how much he insisted on entering this business, he is, alas, a victim of circumstance. It’s an irrefutable fact that not every option is a live one to all people. In this case, cigarette consumption has dwindled since 1980, and no major manufacturer is interested in investing in a team of itinerant salespeople to grasp at what remains of their market. If he felt especially confident in his chances at
wild success in the cigarette sales industry, this columnist might bet on himself by studying under the Marlboro Man. But he certainly couldn’t expect taxpayers to allocate their hard-earned dollars to paying Marlboro University rather than, say, the state university so that he could instead become a nurse practitioner. Education is known to reduce poverty. If that’s truly the reason we want to offer prospective students taxpayer-funded grants and belowmarket rate loans — not to make ourselves feel good as a society or pursue some
utopic notion of unconditional career choice — the education that’s being subsidized should be in fields that actually have a fair shot at improving these students’ economic status. Otherwise, what we want is best called charity, not policy. Charity is, of course, admirable. When graduates have more money from studying in-demand degrees, if music turns out to be suffering as a discipline, they’ll have the means to create those charities. ericcann@iu.edu
SPENCER’S HYPOTHESIS
Leave that squirrel alone Steven Schaberg (he/him) is a junior studying microbiology.
As you stroll down a treelined sidewalk, a cinnamongrey blur bounds across your path. It freezes, bushy-tailed, at your side and turns to sniff the air in your direction. Its whiskers twitch with anticipation in the cool October breeze. As oak leaves tumble gently around you, the squirrel’s gleaming black eyes meet yours. You aren’t sure, but those eyes seem to plead, “Just one fry, I won’t tell anybody.” We’ve all been there. Bloomington’s resident treescaling maestros are impressively comfortable with human interaction, in large part thanks to a keen sense of smell and ability to associate us with food. But before you consider giving in to the hypnotic draw of their begging, beady eyes, realize that you might be doing more harm than good — and not just because it could be seriously bad for the critter’s health.
Squirrels, like all wild animals, have specialized diets and require specific nutrients to survive. Fox squirrels, like the ones that dominate Bloomington, have evolved over millions of years to become specialized foragers of nuts, berries, acorns and more. While they might find our food delicious, there’s no guarantee that a man-made snack provides the correct vitamins and amino acids squirrels need to function. Here’s another important fact to consider: chips and popcorn don’t turn into trees after you bury them. Squirrels might have a killer sniffer, but even the most elite stashers don’t find every acorn they entomb in the fall. The more squirrels fill up on junk food, the less they need to stash and inadvertently plant the acorns and seeds that sprout up in the spring. Even if you hand a squirrel one of its favorite wild foods — say, a walnut you found lying in the grass — you still wouldn’t be doing it
any favors. When an animal learns to approach humans for food, it can lose some of its natural foraging skills. Would you waste your time gnawing through nutshells when you know you could probably get an inter-species loan somewhere else? Animals that lose their ability to find food like they would in nature become dependent on human sources — and if humans aren’t around to feed them, they can starve. So, if you feed that squirrel today, you might set it up to go hungry in the future. If you care about the long-term health of our furry, tree-dwelling friends, it should be clear by now that feeding them yourself is not how to interact with them. Squirrels are more than capable of feeding themselves. They’ve been doing it since the dawn of their species, after all. And when we humans interfere with their natural behaviors, we strip them of something even more important than their
survival skills: their independence. Unlike us, squirrels come into the world with a purpose that doesn’t require a lifetime of searching. From the moment they’re born, a squirrel’s goal is always the same, as it is for any animal: to survive and reproduce. They’re unburdened by selfawareness and single-mindedly obsessed with performing their natural duties. Whenever we hand out a well-meaning snack, we allow them to shortcut an important and challenging part of their existence. Of course, the squirrel will take it — searching for food is hard work, after all — but that hard work is what they’re designed to do. That hard work is what makes a squirrel life worth living. Put yourself in the squirrel’s shoes — er, paws — for a minute. Which sounds like the more fulfilling life to you: one where you struggle, fail and face challenges again and again to discover and achieve your life’s purpose,
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or one where a giant you regularly approach hands you shortcuts from inside their backpack? Trust me, I get the appeal. Watching a squirrel eat trail mix out of your hand is a magical experience, and in the moment, it feels like you’re helping them out. But with thousands of students on campus to provide, even one fry is one too many if you truly care about the wellbeing and independence of these marvelous rodents. Instead, you might con-
sider watching them from afar, or at least without interfering in their natural lives. I find that squirrels are much more interesting to watch doing squirrelly things than begging for leftover carbs. No matter what they’re doing, I can promise you this: those beady black eyes will be just as captivating as the day you met on the sidewalk under the oak trees, even if you don’t give in to the pleading. sschaber@iu.edu
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Oct. 15, 2026 idsnews.com
Editors Lily Saylor, Natalia Nelson enterprise@idsnews.com
From club team to College Cup IU ARCHIVES
Angelo DiBernardo (left) plays during an Indiana men’s soccer match in 1976. DiBernardo played three seasons with the Hoosiers from 1976-78.
1976 men’s soccer team returns home, 50 years later By Sean McAvoy
semcavoy@iu.edu
Trailblazers. That’s what announcers at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington called members of the 1973-76 Indiana men’s soccer teams as they walked across the field Oct. 2. It was halftime. The 2026 squad had a 2-0 advantage over Maryland in the first 45 minutes. But some of the loudest cheers during the game went to these foundational players of the program. Emerging from the Jerry F. Tardy Center on the opposite side of the home stands, 19 members of those Indiana men’s soccer teams, wearing red hats and black scarves, lined up at midfield. Eight stars for each championship title adorned each hat. Yet when those players wore Cream and Crimson in Bloomington, the Hoosiers weren’t a household name and had zero titles. “I said, ‘Give them something to be really proud about,’” current Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley said pregame. “This group, there’s a lot of responsibility when you wear the jersey. But tonight, in particular, with those alums here that put us there, give them something to smile about tonight.” Indiana’s victory gave its alumni something to smile about, just as the 1976 team had 50 years before. … After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, Jerry Yeagley moved 400 miles west to become the Indiana men’s soccer head coach in 1963. The club soccer program had been around since 1947, but Yeagley — father of current Indiana coach Todd Yeagley — wanted to transform the team into a varsity sport. Throughout his decade as club soccer head coach, Yeagley treated his players as varsity athletes. Though the school wouldn’t provide any money to fund the program, Yeagley used his own teaching salary for expenses. The program sought varsity status throughout the late 1960s and into the 1970s, but IU officials repeatedly turned them away. Indiana finished the 1972 season 12-0 and was selected for the NCAA Tournament — even as a club team — but the university administration denied the Hoosiers’ request to travel to Miami. By 1973, pushes by former club players and the student body president swayed the administration to finally grant them varsity status. “In ‘73, we promised the athletic director we would not take any scholarships,” former Indiana club player Gary Fresen said. “And that
we’d run the program as we always did, on $8,000.” Indiana produced on the field despite the shoestring budget. The Hoosiers earned double-digit wins from 197375, made an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1974 and continued building a talented roster of talented players under Yeagley. Throughout his head coaching tenure at Indiana, Yeagley quizzed his players: Are you a piano player or a piano carrier? “You need both kinds,” former player Dave Shelton said. “The players are the fancy guys, and the carriers are the hard-nosed guys.” The 1976 Hoosiers had both. … Coming from Wilmet, Illinois, George Perry grew up playing soccer in men’s leagues around the Chicago area for a historically Ukrainian team. Perry first played a season with the University of Alabama in Huntsville but didn’t enjoy the its rigid system that his team played with. After entering the NCAA transfer portal, he traveled back to Chicago. “I spoke with Cary Feld, who had come in as a freshman in ‘74,” Perry said. “He encouraged me to look at IU and stuff like that, and I did. I had a visit, met Coach Yeagley and that was it.”
“We take a lot of pride in the way that we defend individually and collectively. Coach spent countless hours on us doing the same thing over and over again.” George Perry
Yet transfer portal regulations were different then, meaning Perry had to sit out the 1974 season. While still trying to gain game experience, Perry hitchhiked from Bloomington to Chicago for weekend games before flying back on Sundays. Perry’s time with his teammates was limited to Sunday practice sessions and a winter indoor league in the HPER Gym, now known as the Bill Garrett Fieldhouse. Perry’s determination, despite not playing, helped Yeagley decide to name him a team captain before the 1975 season, a designation he carried into the 1976 campaign. In Indiana’s backline, Perry was joined by Joe Andert, Jim Mercurio and Mike Freitag, along with Feld as goalkeeper. “Indiana was definitely known for our defense,”
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The 1975 Indiana men’s soccer team, which posted a winning record but failed to make the NCAA Tournament, is pictured. In 1976, the team went to the finals.
Perry said. “We take a lot of pride in the way that we defend individually and collectively. Coach spent countless hours on us doing the same thing over and over again.” The defenders helped the Hoosiers compile 11 clean sheets throughout the 20-match season. And in its first five games of the 1976 season, the Hoosiers didn’t give up a single goal. It wasn’t until October that the Hoosiers conceded a goal. Then, a second. The University of Akron presented Indiana its first challenge. Yet the Hoosiers scored two goals to match Akron’s before the final whistle of regulation. With four minutes to go in the second and final overtime period, Perry’s co-captain — senior Rick Spray — passed to freshman Mark Simanton for the game-winning goal. Indiana couldn’t celebrate its game-winner for too long. The Hoosiers still had to face off against their toughest competition of the season: Saint Louis University. … Angelo DiBernardo moved to Chicago from Argentina when he was 16. While working at a television factory, DiBernardo played for Chicago Sparta — a historic soccer club founded in 1917. There, DiBernardo’s goal-scoring abilities caught Yeagley’s eye. “Coach Yeagley recruited me to go to Indiana through a teammate of mine, Charlie Fajkus,” DiBernardo said. “I think his father, who was my club coach, was very instrumental in informing coach Yeagley that he knew someone that might be interested in going to Indiana.”
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Indiana men’s soccer players Hudson Fortune, John Putna, Tim Walters, Angelo DiBernardo and Charlie Fajkus sit on a bench Dec. 5, 1976, after the national championship game against the University of San Francisco in Philadelphia. Fajkus missed a penalty that would have tied the score.
Throughout his freshman season, DiBernardo scored 20 goals and assisted five others. He knew about the Hoosiers’ rivalry with Saint Louis. The Billikens were the most successful, dominant and revered program at the time, winning 10 of 17 national championships by the 1976 season, appearing in three others. Saint Louis had also humbled the Hoosiers in 1975. With Yeagley priding himself on the defensive end, the Saint Louis offense walloped the Hoosiers for 90 minutes in a 4-1 victory— the first time Indiana gave up more than two goals in a varsity match. By Oct. 10, 1976, the Hoosiers were ready for the Billikens. Before the season, Indiana defeated Saint Louis 3-1 in an exhibition match. However, without it counting toward either team’s season records, the Billikens came into the matchup as the No. 2 team in the country.
The Hoosiers’ 5-0-1 record helped them carry momentum into the matchup. DiBernardo scored three goals in the first half and helped the Hoosiers control ball possession. Indiana created chances on the counterattack, and DiBernardo added two additional goals in the second half. His five goals gave Indiana a 5-1 victory, its most consequential of the season. “We were not lacking any confidence. We knew that we could play with anybody,” DiBernardo said. “We were very confident as individuals and as a group right off the gates. It’s just that we needed to convince people.” And the collegiate soccer world was convinced. … Most of the players Yeagley added to his team were from two soccer hotbeds in the Midwest: Chicago and St. Louis. “St. Louis kids were more the defenders and midfield-
ers,” Freitag said. “And the Chicago kids ... were more attacking-minded and more creative. And the combination of the two, Jerry looked like a genius.” One such combination came in the midfield with Dave Shelton and Rick Spray. Shelton became a dangerous goal-scorer from the midfield and a well-known high school recruit in Chicago by 1973 after playing for a Ukrainian neighborhood soccer club. When the men’s soccer team transitioned from club to varsity, Yeagley initially accepted the condition that no scholarships would be given to players. But by 1974, Shelton and three others received scholarships to help recruiting efforts. Though he only scored three goals during the 1976 season, Shelton became a key cog in Yeagley’s system. The junior’s expertise helped transition the team from defensive stops to offensive attacks.
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Indiana kept rolling as the season progressed and finished the regular season 15-0-1, earning the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA Tournament. The Cream and Crimson then took down Akron in a rematch of the regularseason game and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in an icy game inside Memorial Stadium to close November. “We never played on ice because we never played that late before, and it had snowed,” Shelton said. “It was colder now. I remember that well. I think I wore gloves, but we wore shorts, and it was cold. I mean, bitter cold.” Yet a 1-0 final score propelled the Hoosiers to their first College Cup in program history. As Indiana traveled to Philadelphia, some of the nation’s best awaited the Hoosiers. … No. 3 Hartwick College was Indiana’s first competitor in the College Cup.
“Coach Yeagley says, ‘If you’re ready to go, let’s go.’ And it just happened,” Angelo DiBernardo ARBUTUS FILE PHOTO BY J.D. SCHWALM
However, a pulled groin DiBernardo developed a few weeks before the tournament threatened Indiana’s “Cinderella” story. It got worse depending on the day, the weather and the game. He wouldn’t start against Hartwick. The Hoosiers produced only three shots in the first 45 minutes. Shelton stepped up in his teammate’s absence, controlling possession in the midfield and defending Hartwick attacks, but Indiana couldn’t get on the scoreboard. Enter DiBernardo. “Coach Yeagley says, ‘If you’re ready to go, let’s go.’ And it just happened,” DiBernardo said. Coming off the bench at halftime, it took just eight minutes for DiBernardo to put the Hoosiers on the scoreboard. Tim Walters’ pass found DiBernardo, who ran by two Hartwick defenders before knocking the ball into the right-hand corner of the net. But Hartwick wasn’t finished yet. Just 92 seconds after DiBernardo’s goal, the opponent got a shot past Feld’s fingertips. Now, in a 1-1 scoreline, Indiana had to dig in. Only 56 seconds after the game-tying goal, DiBernardo received a pass from Spray, barely maneuvered around two defenders and struck the ball past the Hartwick goalkeeper. Indiana 2. Hartwick 1. With under 19 minutes left, Indiana had to fend off any attack. Freitag provided two crucial clearances after Feld was drawn from the net. Hartwick outshot Indiana 11-5 throughout the game, but the Hoosiers held on. For the first time, they were heading to the national championship. … DiBernardo’s Sparta teammate Charlie Fajkus headed the three-man midfield with Spray and Shelton. Fajkus was named a high school All-American in his junior and senior seasons. With schools from across
Players look on as the University of San Francisco goalie deflects an almost point-blank shot late in the game Dec. 5, 1976, in Philadelphia. The game ended 1-0, with San Francisco taking the title.
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The 1976 Indiana University men’s soccer team and coaching staff are pictured. The team went to the 1976 College Cup but fell in the final.
the nation trying to recruit Fajkus, Coach Yeagley turned to Indiana’s other nationally dominant sport for help: Bob Knight-coached, nationally renowned men’s basketball.
“Coach has done so much for me as a player. At IU, you take all different courses. I took ‘Yeagley 101,’ in my opinion. I studied him for four years.” Charlie Fajkus
“When I went on my recruiting trip to IU for a weekend, I mean, it was great,” Fajkus said. “Got to go to a basketball game and got to meet some of the players. So, that probably was the biggest determining factor in why I chose Indiana.” By December 1976, Fajkus dominated opposing defenders and controlled the game for the Hoosiers. That season, Fajkus contributed nine goals and nine assists and was perfect on penalty kick opportunities. The University of San Francisco greeted Fajkus
and the Hoosiers when they stepped onto Franklin Field in Philadelphia for the national championship game. The Dons won the 1975 national championship and returned nine of their starters, including star forward Andy Atuegbu. After the opening whistle, Indiana had to shut down star forward Andy Atuegbu to win its first national championship in program history. In the 36th minute, Atuegbu made a move past the Hoosiers’ backline and unleashed a shot from 18 yards away into the back of the net. “I gave one of those little turns,” Freitag said. “I kind of turned, and he hit a bomb that went into the corner. And to this day, I wish I would have made myself bigger because maybe the ball would have hit me.” But the Hoosiers didn’t let the lead become insurmountable. They attacked San Francisco’s backline and created a chance with two minutes remaining until halftime. Freshman forward Rudy Glenn made a move down the left side but was tripped in front of the goal. The whistle blew, and
Indiana was awarded the a penalty. Fajkus, whose 12-yard kick was nearly automatic, walked up to the penalty spot. The midfielder usually went to the low-left corner of the net but decided to switch it up for the national championship match. When Fajkus struck the penalty, San Francisco’s goalkeeper moved toward the usual side. It was a chance Indiana needed against the Dons. A shot that would’ve leveled the score. Instead, the ball caromed off the crossbar and out of play. “It’s still something that haunts me to this day,” Fajkus said. Indiana had more chances on goal throughout the second half, but none as advantageous as Fajkus’ penalty. When the final whistle blew, all that mattered was the 1-0 loss on the scoreboard and a missed chance at the title. … Indiana men’s soccer would go on to make national championship appearances in 1978 and 1980 before winning its first ring
in 1982. After finally breaking through, the Hoosiers became a nationally recognizable brand in collegiate men’s soccer. When Jerry Yeagley retired in 2003, the Hoosiers had won six national championships, including one in his final season. “Coach has done so much for me as a player,” Freitag said. “At IU, you take all different courses. I took ‘Yeagley 101,’ in my opinion. I studied him for four years.”
“Those years that I spent at IU were unforgettable. The teams that I had the opportunity to play with, I always keep them in my mind. They don’t go away.” Angelo DiBernardo
Yeagley turned the program over to Freitag, who won another national championship in 2004, before Yeagley’s son, Todd, took the reins in 2010. Indiana’s most recent title came in 2012.
“Coach has done so much for me as a player,” Freitag said. “At IU, you take all different courses. I took ‘Yeagley 101,’ in my opinion. I studied him for four years.” DiBernardo went on to become Indiana’s first twotime All-American, winning the honor in 1977 and 1978. He also became the Hoosiers’ first Hermann Trophy winner in 1978. After finishing his career in Bloomington, DiBernardo wound up in the NASL’s New York Cosmos, playing with legendary soccer star Pelé. “Those years that I spent at IU were unforgettable,” DiBernardo said. “The teams that I had the opportunity to play with, I always keep them in my mind. They don’t go away.” Those memories haven’t been forgotten by Indiana fans. As the 19 former players walked off Jerry Yeagley Field — named after the coach in 2004 — this October, fans stood and applauded the group. Though the 1976 Indiana men’s soccer team didn’t win a national championship, it laid a foundation for the program that still holds 50 years later.
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Editors Lexi Bunting, Ursula Stickelmaier, Abby Whited arts@idsnews.com
TRINITY MACKENZIE | IDS
Glass pumpkins sit in the grass at the 16th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 11, 2025, at the Monroe County Courthouse lawn in Bloomington. The glass center had 48 volunteers to help blow the glass pumpkins throughout the year for the 17th annual event in 2026.
Where fall meets fire
Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch returns for 17th year By Gracie Johnson
grrjohns@iu.edu
While most pumpkin patches are filled with decorative gourds and hay bales, the 17th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch offered a different kind of harvest this autumn. A sea of vibrant handblown glass pumpkins in a wide variety of colors lined the courtyard at the Monroe County Courthouse on Oct. 10, offering families, friends and neighbors an opportunity to embrace local artistry. Behind the colorful glass pumpkins is a deep-rooted tradition at the Bloomington Creative Glass Center. Abby Gitlitz, executive director of the center, brought the event to Bloomington in 2010 after learning about glassblowing while working at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000. “Originally, it was our major fundraiser, just in order to be able to open a glassblow-
ing studio, because it is not cheap to open,” Gitlitz said. “But now, we offer so many different types of things, and this helps to support some of our missions. So, this helps us provide cost for classes. It also allows us to do programming in elementary schools and offer free classes for folks.” The Bloomington Creative Glass Center, located at 229 W. Grimes Lane, is a nonprofit organization that offers affordable education in glassblowing for local residents. Anyone aged 13-79 can come together and take a class to learn how to make custom glass pieces, such as stained glass or glassblowing. “All the pumpkins are made by people who are part of the glassblowing apprenticeship program,” Gitlitz said. “So, instead of taking classes and paying for classes with us, they are assisting us to make the pumpkins, and in exchange, getting to learn how to blow glass for free.”
The pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes, and on Oct. 10, hay bales were used to showcase ones ranging in a variety of colors. Some bales highlighted larger pumpkins with different designs, with Others steering away from the traditional look with polka dots, rainbows and spikey textures.
“Once you’ve done it, it kind of gets in your blood. You want to keep doing it.” Abby Gitlitz, executive director
Since the Bloomington Creative Glass Center welcomes everyone regardless of experience, every pumpkin has a unique look. Gitlitz said they embrace the differences in each pumpkin by giving misfits an area of their own at the event.
“There’s a sign that is the ‘Island of Misfit Pumpkins,’” because not all pumpkins are quite as fabulous looking as they might want to be,” Gitlitz said. “So, we have a space set aside, specifically for those. A lot of people make a beeline right to the ‘Island of Misfit Pumpkins.’ It’s really fun.” Situated on Kirkwood Avenue outside the courthouse, the patch provided a gathering place where community members could easily stop by and explore the display. As crowds gathered throughout the day, the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch served as more than an art sale, bringing community members together to support local artists while celebrating the fall season. For Bloomington local Tracy Luther, the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch offered more than artwork to admire. He said the event allowed them to connect with their community and grow a collection of glass pumpkins.
“We’ve been coming to this for about four years now, and a couple of our friends help together the festival, and I also help make the pumpkins too,” Luther said. “So, it’s always fun to support them and see the work that they’re doing. Now, we’ve got a collection of glass pumpkins.” Another Bloomington resident, Julianne Graper, said the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch stood out not only for its artistry but also for the sense of connection it created among community members. “I’ve been a couple times before, and I’ve taken a couple classes at the glass center,” Graper said. “I think it’s just a really cool interpretation of a typical fall festival. So rather than a regular pumpkin patch, they have one that’s more permanent.” Luther shared a similar sentiment to Graper’s, mentioning how the one-of-a-kind event really adds to the sense of community in Bloomington
and referring to it as a “staple to the city.” Luther added that Bloomington hosts multiple activities and programs that help bring the community together, and the Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch is a unique example of that. The Glass Pumpkin Patch isn’t just having an impact on locals; it’s been praised nationally. Gitlitz said she had witnessed the event’s impact firsthand and understood why attendees continued to return year after year. “Last year, we had people from 67 counties and 13 states, who came in just for this event,” Gitlitz said. “So, it’s not the sort of thing you go to once and think, ‘Oh, that’s really pretty.’ Once you’ve done it, it kind of gets in your blood. You want to keep doing it.” The Bloomington Creative Glass Center will start working on the next round of pumpkins Oct. 24 and will continue until June 2027.
COLUMN: 5 songs to add to your fall playlist this season romance to your playlist this harvest season? Well, “we fell in love in october” by girl in red encapsulates every feeling of being in love during the fall. With lyrics like “That’s why I love fall / Looking at the stars / Admiring from afar,” the song tells a story of young love and the excitement of starting something new. Just as relationships change, so do the seasons, and “we fell in love in october” flawlessly explains that rush. If you are feeling that spark, add this track to your autumn playlist.
By Gracie Johnson
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Temperatures are dropping and pumpkin spice lattes are making their comeback. Fall has officially begun, and as with any new season, I like to get started with a new playlist. This playlist focuses on music perfect to help set the fall mood on the way to class, running errands or just hanging out with friends. Here are some fallinspired tracks you can add to make your playlist more festive. “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” by Mazzy Star is a slow, dreamy track that adds a favorable, mellow contrast to your playlist. The song doesn’t rely on a heavy beat to draw listeners in. Instead, it tells a story of deep love through its light production and heart-wrenching lyrics. This is the perfect autumn listen due to its simple yet beautiful sound and lyrics that give you that coming-ofage feeling. It’s good for those moments when you’re walking around Bloomington, seeing the leaves drop and reminiscing about last fall. “Amoeba” by Clairo Every time I hear a Clairo track, I immediately think of fall and the warm feeling it brings. Clairo has multiple songs I would throw on a fall playlist, but for people
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new to her indie-jazz style, I would recommend adding “Amoeba.” Unlike “Fade Into You,” Clairo uses guitars, keyboards and drums to create a vintage-style jazzy soundtrack. This adds a nice, upbeat kick to your playlist. Lyrics such as “That I’ll be here forever-while / The photos keep the sentiment / Got close to some
epiphany” help play on the sense of nostalgia that the changing of seasons can bring. “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood The name of the song says it all. This early 2010s classic has been an autumn anthem for me every year. Telling a story of tortured romance,
“Sweater Weather” includes guitar riffs and hypnotic drumbeats. There’s a reason this song appears on everyone’s fall playlist. The lyrics and beats never go out of style, which keeps it relatable every fall. With lyrics like “Cause it’s too cold for you here and now / So let me hold both your hands in the holes of
my sweater / Inside, this place is warm / Outside, it starts to pour” the track describes a brisk fall vibe, and is the perfect song if you have that special someone to carve pumpkins with this season. “we fell in love in october” by girl in red Wanting to add a bit of
“Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac For a more witchy and dark vibe this fall, try the classic 1975 song “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac. This song follows the story of an otherworldly, mystical woman which fits perfectly into the eeriness of the season. The band uses lyrics like “She is like a cat in the dark / And then she is to darkness,” to add to the spooky vibe. The unsettling musical structure of slow strums and heavy drums is what makes it a perfect fit for any fall or Halloween mix. This is a great song to add to your fall getting ready playlist, or even to play during a chill night with the girls. Now, with the perfect base for a fall playlist, mix these suggestions with your own autumn favorites for the next time you feel a slight breeze in the air.
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Inde Navarrette is pictured on the set of "Obsession." The film was theatrically released in the United States on May 15, 2026.
COLUMN: 5 recent horror movies worth watching By Hope Bernard hbernar@iu.edu
If you have watched the classic Halloween films like “Hocus Pocus” and “Casper” or your favorite horror movies too many times to count, you might want to switch it up this spooky season. With the holiday creeping up, there are plenty of new and more relevant films to expand your horizons with. Here are five recently released horror movies that might interest you: “Obsession” My favorite horror movie to come out recently, “Obsession,” takes the cake for its highly effective jump scares and psychologically compelling premise. The true horror was the film’s allegory for patriarchal oppression of women through the character Nikki (Inde Navarrette) being forced under Bear’s (Michael Johnston) One Wish Willow spell that he unknowingly cast while crushing on her. This movie contains one of the most bone-chilling jump scares I’ve ever seen that had me physically shifting in my
seat after an endearing talk between two characters shifted to horrendous murders. In my opinion, “Obsession” is a must-see for every moviegoer for its fascinating premise and amazing execution. “Backrooms” “Backrooms” is a solid horror film with a somewhat odd premise. The concept, with unknown internet origins, was popularized by YouTuber and “Backrooms” director Kane Parsons, who created the found-footage web series of the random, disorienting rooms, creating an endless liminal space. Although it doesn’t have as much depth as “Obsession,” this film is more of a psychological horror than one might expect. Rather than showcasing the variety of monstrous entities avid fans of the series know live within the Backrooms’ many levels, the film focuses on a failed architect named Clark (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who eventually discovers the labyrinth. The film’s journey from the internet to becoming a feature-length film and its
Starting right after the last film, “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” 12-year-old Spike (Alfie Williams) washes ashore and gets rescued by a cruel gang of Satan worshippers called The Jimmies. While he must win a battle with member Jimmy Shite (Connor Newall), we see Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) continues to take care of the Bone Temple ossuary, a room where human bones are placed. Instead of hopelessly surviving the seemingly incurable zombie outbreak, this film hints at a potential cure. I enjoyed that this fourth film added more dark humor within its satirical outlook on how people fill their societal void with harmful beliefs that justify cruelty. Not only is this movie a great addition to the franchise, but it’s also an interesting take on a zombie movie as it introduces social commentary on the persistence of human violence and Spike’s younger perspective to the often-formulaic genre, feeding any horror lover’s cravings.
uniquely compelling premise is enough to make it stand out as a decent watch. However, I felt like it suffered from a weaker second half and occasional wonky dialogue. Anyone interested in watching horror that explores mental depravity and nihilism will likely find a deeper meaning within this film. From an outsider’s perspective, I found it enjoyable despite my small gripes with the plot, as it struck a chord of nostalgia and isolation, a feeling only present when dissociating momentarily. “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” This franchise, starting with its debut 2002 film, “28 Days Later,” has had a serious tone. In this original film, Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from his medical bed to discover that the world around him is desolate, later finding out that a zombie outbreak has plagued Great Britain. In the 2025 film “28 Years Later,” we see how the “Rage Virus” affecting the zombies mutated, now following a group of survivors instead.
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final girl, so I might be biased in saying that I found this 2026 sequel to the 2019 film, “Ready or Not,” very entertaining. Samara Weaving as Grace MacCaulley just works so well as a representative of the true woman spirit as she is unapologetic having to fight back her fiancé's murderous family, not giving up without a fight and actively changing the power dynamics. In the first film, Grace marries Alex Le Domas (Mark O’Brien) and finds out she is a part of a sick tradition where the family must hunt her down before sunrise. In the second film, Grace is reunited with her estranged sister Faith (Kathryn Newton) where they are forced into another hunting game by rival elite families that now want the High Seat, the top leadership role across the families. This High Seat was left vacant after the Le Domas family died after not killing Grace in the first film. If you prefer comedy sprinkled into your horror, then seeing these two women get back at their oppressors mixed with slapstick comedy is worth a watch.
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1. Fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry attacks the ball during a match against USC on Oct. 11, 2026, at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Granberry recorded six kills on 11 attacks in the match.
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3. Sophomore defensive specialist Hannah Leftridge sets the ball during a match against USC on Oct. 11, 2026, at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Leftridge recorded 10 digs in the match. 4. Sophomore outside hitter/defensive specialist Audrey Jackson dives for the ball during a match against USC on Oct. 11, 2026, at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Jackson recorded one assist in the match. 5. The Indiana volleyball team celebrates a point during a match against USC on Oct. 11, 2026, at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. The Hoosiers recorded eight team blocks in the match.
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Indiana remains composed in tough win over Nebraska By Conor Banks
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LINCOLN, Neb. — Indiana football remained poised in its toughest moments last season. Despite a historic undefeated year, there was consistent adversity on the road. It took Fernando Mendoza’s 49-yard connection with Elijah Sarratt within the final two minutes to defeat Iowa in Kinnick Stadium last September. Indiana would have lost to Penn State last November if it weren’t for Mendoza’s touchdown throw and a miraculous catch by Omar Cooper Jr., who toe-tapped in the back of the endzone with just over 30 seconds remaining. One constant remained in these memorable moments of the Hoosiers’ national championship run — an ability to stay composed. Indiana faced another rambunctious road environment at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, which recorded its 415th consecutive sellout Oct. 10 — the largest streak in college football history. But the Hoosiers’ composure down the stretch was why it defeated Nebraska 20-17. The Hoosiers entered halftime in unfamiliar territory. They trailed for the first time this season. Postgame, head coach Curt Cignetti said he wanted to “look them all in the eye” at
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the break. “He usually tells us to stand up,” fifth-year defensive lineman Stephen Daley said postgame. “He told us to take a knee.” Nebraska ran 43 plays in the opening two quarters; Indiana had just 16. The Cornhuskers outgained the Hoosiers 216-115 in the first half, while also dominating with over 22 minutes of total possession. “I think the biggest thing is we just settled down,” Cignetti said postgame. “We got them settled down at halftime. And took a deep breath.” Indiana, which had a 329yard rushing performance against Rutgers the weekend before, struggled to run the ball against the Cornhuskers in the first half. Nebraska’s stout defensive front surrendered just 12 rushing yards to open the game. “You know, this is our first time trailing and first time being down at halftime,” junior wide receiver Nick Marsh said. “And he (Cignetti) wanted to see how everybody composure was, what type of team we had.” After its first half offensive struggles and Cignetti’s halftime message, Indiana strung together a 10-play, 58-yard drive, which ended in a field goal. Redshirt senior quarterback Josh Hoover, who was 5 of 9 passing through two quarters, completed his first
three attempts of the second half. But Indiana’s offense returned to its first half form. With Nebraska less than two quarters away from upsetting the No. 7 team in the country, its fanbase was energized with clumps of scarlet and cream projecting noise. The Hoosiers punted on two straight possessions. “It was tough at times,” Hoover said about the away crowd. “They were loud, gotta give Nebraska credit and their fans — they made it a tough environment.” Entering the fourth quarter, Indiana still trailed 10-6. Nebraska senior quarterback Anthony Colandrea made a play with his legs, weaving his way through the Hoosier defense for a 39-yard touchdown run. Fireworks lit the sky above the big screen on the north end of Memorial Stadium. Nebraska, now holding an 11-point lead, was close to remaining unbeaten. Meanwhile, Indiana’s 21-game win streak was in jeopardy. Facing an unexpected deficit, the spirits along the Indiana sideline remained positive. “The talk on the sideline was just belief,” Marsh said. “You know that was one of the biggest things we talked about. And I was just going up to guys like, ‘We gotta believe, we gotta believe.’”
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Redshirt senior quarterback Josh Hoover throws the ball in a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hoover threw for 263 yards in the win over the Cornhuskers.
With the home crowd still buzzing when Indiana’s offense took the field after Colandrea’s rushing score, the Hoosiers looked to their signal-caller for a response. “Never once did I ever feel any kind of panic, like on the sideline, the locker room, at all,” Hoover said. On Indiana’s first play down 17-6, Hoover dropped back. He stood in the pocket confidently and delivered a strike over the middle to
Marsh. The receiver reeled in the catch between two defenders and outran the Cornhuskers’ secondary 75 yards for a touchdown. Hoover had another chance to showcase his poise in the fourth quarter, facing a fourth-and-one from Nebraska’s 44-yard line. The Hoosiers went for it. Expecting a run, Nebraska stacked the box. But Hoover pulled the ball on a play action fake and connected with
a wide-open Marsh for a 44yard touchdown. Hoover’s two fourth quarter touchdown passes would be the final scoring plays of the game. Like Fernando Mendoza throughout his 2025 Heisman Trophy campaign, Hoover wasn’t fazed in big moments against Nebraska. “And when number one option wasn’t open, he had great poise, presence, calm and delivered a strike,” Cignetti said.
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Society of Friends (Quaker) Bloomington Friends Meeting 3820 E. Moores Pike bloomingtonfriendsmeeting.org Sunday (in person & by Zoom): 9:45 a.m., Hymn singing 10:30 a.m., Meeting for Worship Children’s program available We practice traditional Quaker worship, gathering in silence with occasional Spirit-led vocal ministry by fellow worshipers. We are an inclusive community with a rich variety of belief and no prescribed creed. We are actively involved in peace action, social justice causes, and environmental concerns. All are welcome. Rex Sprouse, Clerk rsprouse@iu.edu
Bahá'í Faith Bloomington Bahá'í Community and Bahá’í IU Association 424 S. College Mall Rd. 812-331-1863 bloomingtoninbahais.org facebook.com/Baháí-Community-ofBloomington-Indiana-146343332130574 Instagram: @bloomingtonbahai Sunday: 10:40 a.m., Regular Services, Devotional Meetings. Please call or contact through our website for other meetings/activities The Bahá'í Association of IU works to share the Teachings and Principles of the Founder, Bahá'u'lláh, that promote the "Oneness of Mankind" and the Peace and Harmony of the Planet through advancing the "security, prosperity, wealth and tranquility of all peoples." Karen Pollock Dan Enslow
Independent Baptist Lifeway Baptist Church 7821 W. State Road 46 812-876-6072 lifewaybaptistchurch.org facebook.com/lifewayellettsville Sunday: 9 a.m., Bible Study Classes 10 a.m., Morning Service 5 p.m., Evening Service *Free transportation provided. Please call if you need a ride to church. Student Ministry: Meeting for Bible study throughout the month. Contact Rosh Dhanawade at bluhenrosh@gmail.com for more information. Steven VonBokern - Senior Pastor Rosh Dhanawade - IU Coordinator 302-561-0108 bluhenrosh@gmail.com
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First United Church 2420 E. Third St. 812-332-4439 firstuc.org facebook.com/firstuc instagram.com/firstuc2420 youtube.com/@FirstUCBtown Sunday: 10:30 a.m., Worship Monday: 10 a.m. via Zoom, Bible Study We are an Open, Welcoming, and Affirming community of love and acceptance dedicated to welcoming the diversity of God’s beloved. We exist to empower, challenge, and encourage one another to live out Jesus’ ways (compassion, truth, and justice) authentically as human beings in community to create a better world. Rev. Jessica Petersen-Mutai Senior Minister Rev. Shelli Yoder, Associate Minister
Unitarian Universalist Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington 2120 N. Fee Ln. 812-332-3695 uubloomington.org facebook.com/uubloomington Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. via in person or livestream We’re a multi dynamic congregation actively working towards a more just and loving world. We draw inspiration from world religions and diverse spiritual traditions. Our vision is “Seeking the Spirit, Building Community, Changing the World.” A LGBTQA+, Dementia Friendly, Welcoming Congregation to all ages and groups and a Certified Green Sanctuary.
Lutheran (LCMS) University Lutheran Church 607 E. Seventh St. 812-336-5387 indianalutheran.com Sundays: 10 a.m. University Lutheran Church (LCMS) serves students and the Bloomington community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Word and Sacrament. We are located at 7th and Fess, across from Dunn Meadow. We have weekly Divine Services, meals, and other activities. The Student Center is open from 9 a.m. 9 p.m. during the school year. You can study, take a break, cook a meal, or do laundry. For more information, find us at indianalutheran.com, on Instagram (@uluindiana) and on Facebook (ULutheranIU). You have a place here! Timothy Winterstein - Pastor
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Baptist Emmanuel Church 1503 W. That Rd. 812-824-2768 Emmanuelbloom.com Instagram & Facebook: @EmmanuelBloomington Sunday: 9:15 a.m., Fellowship Sunday: 10 a.m., Worship Groups: Various times Emmanuel is a multigenerational church of all types of people. Whether you are questioning faith or have followed Jesus for years, we exist to help fuel a passion for following Jesus as we gather together, grow in community, and go make disciples. John Winders - Lead Pastor
Second Baptist Church 321 N. Rogers St. 812-336-5827 sbcbloomington.org facebook.com/2ndbaptistbloomington youtube.com/@secondbaptist churchbloomington Sunday: 10 a.m., Service (In house and on Facebook/YouTube) Sunday School: 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Bible Study: Available In House and on Zoom Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m., Thursdays, Noon Please come and worship with us. We are in training for reigning with Christ! Need a ride? Call our Church bus at 812-3271467 before 8 a.m. on Sunday Rev. Dr. Bruce R. Rose - Pastor David Swayze - Associate Pastor Rev. Dr. William Vance - Associate Pastor Tallie Schroeder - Secretary
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FOOTBALL
No. 7 Indiana surges late, takes down Nebraska By Nathan Shriberg
naashri@iu.edu | @nshriberg
LINCOLN, Neb. — No. 7 Indiana football looked beat. With the Hoosiers’ 21game winning streak on the line, Nebraska senior quarterback Anthony Colandrea broke a 39-yard touchdown run to put the Cornhuskers ahead by 11 points with 12 minutes remaining in the game. Nebraska didn’t score again. The Cream and Crimson stormed back with consecutive touchdown drives to seize a 20-17 win over the Cornhuskers on Oct.10 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Two weeks after Northwestern senior quarterback Aidan Chiles routinely eluded the Hoosiers’ defense, Nebraska used the same approach with its own shifty quarterback. While Indiana was 1-120 when trailing by double digits in the fourth quarter since 2004, head coach Curt Cignetti had a history of negating big performances from Colandrea. Colandrea torched Cignetti’s James Madison University for 377 passing yards with the University of Virginia in September 2023. However, the Dukes scored back-to-back touchdowns to erase an 11-point fourth quarter lead. Two years later, it was déjà vu for Colandrea. Through 45 minutes of action, Indiana was outgained by 75 yards and had half of Nebraska’s time of possession. None of that mattered when the final whistle blew. “You gotta have an indomitable will,” Cignetti said
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Freshman linebacker Jacob Savage tackles Nebraska senior quarterback Anthony Colandrea on October 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Savage and Indiana's defense held Colandrea to 125 passing yards in the second half.
postgame. “A will that cannot be defeated or subdued, and you gotta be resilient.” On the Hoosiers’ first play after Colandrea’s explosive touchdown, their will to win was evident. Redshirt senior quarterback Josh Hoover found junior wide receiver Nick Marsh for a 75-yard catch-and-run touchdown. The quick strike silenced the Lincoln crowd and breathed new life into the Indiana sideline. From then on, the momentum was with the Cream and Crimson.
“The talk on the sideline was just belief,” Marsh said. “We’ve got a lot of guys that can mentally fight, physically fight. I think today was more of the mental challenge, and we came out on top.” Under Cignetti, the Hoosiers have trailed in just 11 out of 35 games. When Nebraska took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, it was the first time Indiana fell behind in 308 days — its last deficit was in the Big Ten Championship game against Ohio State on Dec. 6, 2025.
It’s a situation the players aren’t accustomed to. But that didn’t change their mentality. “Those are the games you want to be in,” redshirt senior linebacker Isaiah Jones said. “You want to win these big games. You want to be down. You want to feel what it’s like when you touch the stove, feel when the pressure’s on.” The Hoosiers forced a punt on Nebraska’s next drive and faced a fourthand-1 on the Nebraska 44yard line with under eight
minutes to play. Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan crowded the line of scrimmage, making Nebraska anticipate a run. Instead, three Hoosiers sprinted downfield. The Cornhuskers covered redshirt freshman tight end Brock Schott on the sideline. However, that left Marsh and junior wide receiver Charlie Becker wide open. Hoover chose the former, and the result was a 44-yard touchdown that gave Indiana the lead.
And it wasn’t just the offense that took over late in the game. After Marsh’s second touchdown, Indiana’s defense forced back-to-back turnovers on downs to maintain the lead. When the pressure was on, the Hoosiers had tighter coverage, a quicker pass rush and more efficient tackling. They didn’t give Colandrea the space he excels at exploiting. With 1:15 remaining, redshirt senior defensive lineman Tobi Osunsanmi sacked Colandrea on fourth down to win the ball back. “Indomitable will, like coach Cig said,” Jones said. “No matter what happens, we’re gonna get the win. And it might not be pretty, but that’s what we’re out here to do.” The victory improved the Hoosiers’ record to 6-0 in 2026 and 33-2 under Cignetti. Indiana is now bowl eligible for the third straight year. It’s only the second such streak in program history, and the first since 1986-88 under head coach Bill Mallory. The Cream and Crimson were outgained. They didn’t run nearly as many plays, had fewer first downs and trailed for 46:44. Cignetti admitted his team “never quite got the run game going.” Instead of filling up the box score, the Hoosiers focused on the scoreboard. After 60 minutes, it read 2017 in favor of Indiana. The three-point victory is a testament to its willpower, belief and poise. “Never once did I ever feel any kind of panic on the sideline, in the locker room, at all,” Hoover said. “Great response by our team. Never panic, just keep playing.”
COLUMN: Indiana escaped with a win over Nebraska. It showed it’s still a contender By Elakai Anela
eanela@iu.edu | @elakai_anela
LINCOLN, Neb. — They don’t ask how, they ask how many. Indiana football took that saying to heart Oct. 10 in a thrilling 20-17 victory over Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. After Nebraska senior quarterback Anthony Colandrea ran in for a 39-yard touchdown at the 12:01 mark of the fourth quarter, the Hoosiers trailed 17-6. The 85,000 Cornhusker fans inside the stadium were jumping up and down with such authority that the press box was literally shaking. It felt like an earthquake had hit Lincoln. Following the Colandrea touchdown, ESPN’s win probability had Indiana with just an 11.8% chance to win. Yet, the Hoosiers rallied to score 14 unanswered points and stun Nebraska. Junior wide receiver Nick Marsh scored both a 75-yard touchdown and a 44-yard touchdown within less than five minutes of game time. Last year before the Hoosiers’ run in the College Football Playoff, they earned tough wins at Iowa and Penn State, and even against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship, which molded them into a championship-caliber group. They were challenging on the hearts of fans, but they
were necessary for the team’s success. The win Oct. 10 was that type of win for this year’s squad. And it proves Indiana is still a championship-caliber team. To put Indiana's win into perspective, let me throw some statistics at you. For the first time since 2004, and only the second time in its history, Indiana won a game when trailing double digits in the fourth quarter, per ESPN Insights. Nebraska had 39:33 in time of possession of the ball on offense compared to Indiana’s 20:27. The Cornhuskers ran 83 total plays compared to the Hoosiers’ 44. Indiana's win was ugly. It was tough. It was gritty. Yet, in some twisted way, it was somehow beautiful. “You’ve got to have an indomitable will, man” Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti said postgame. “A will that cannot be defeated or subdued.” Before I continue, I think it's easy to look at Nebraska’s lack of success over the last decade and say they aren’t a good group. Heading into the week, Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule held an overall 2-25 record against ranked opponents throughout his coaching career. However, I think this year’s iteration of the Cornhuskers is their best team in long time — and
more importantly, a group that showed it can belong with Indiana. Heading into halftime, Indiana trailed 10-3. Quite frankly, the Hoosiers were lucky to not be down by more. Nebraska converted eight third down opportunities in the first half. The Cornhuskers ran 43 plays to Indiana’s 16. After a near touchdown toward the end of the second quarter, Nebraska missed a 40-yard field goal that kept it a one-score game. In the five prior contests, Indiana averaged 252.6 rushing yards per game — the ninth-most nationally. In the first two Big Ten games against Northwestern and Rutgers, the Hoosiers combined to outgain both opponents 600 to 91 in total rushing yards. Redshirt senior running back Lee Beebe Jr. and junior running back Turbo Richard both eclipsed 200 rushing yards in back-to-back weeks. But in the first two quarters, the Hoosiers had only 12 total rushing yards on seven carries. In offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan’s system, which thrives on wearing down opponents with its rushing attack, redshirt senior quarterback Josh Hoover had to carry the load. Hoover finished the first half 5 for 9 with 103 passing yards, including a 37-yard pass to Marsh and a 43-yard strike to
junior wide receiver Charlie Becker. Cignetti said his message at halftime in the locker room was telling his team to “settle down.” “I told them, I said, ‘Good teams find a way to win games like this,’” Cignetti said. In the second half, Indiana played complementary football. The offense began to string together far more productive drives, and aside from the rushing touchdown, the defense began to get to the quarterback and make things difficult for Nebraska’s Colandrea. The win could be the game we look back on in three months as the moment that catapulted this team from good to great. “This is a great building block,” Jones said. “You want to win these big games. You want to be down. You want to feel what it’s like to touch the stove and feel when the pressure is on. It builds character and relentless trust in your team.” No matter how pretty it was, a win is still a win. Looking ahead, Indiana can’t play the way it did Oct. 10, especially against Ohio State on Oct. 17 in Bloomington. For now, however, a hard-fought road win in a hostile environment is something the Hoosiers can build on, just as they did last season.
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Junior wide receiver Nick Marsh runs towards the end zone in a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Marsh had 187 receiving yards in the win.
VOLLEYBALL
No. 15 Indiana ‘outplayed in every facet’ in loss to USC By Savannah Slone
srslone@iu.edu | @savrivers06
After No. 15 Indiana volleyball was swept by No. 1 Nebraska on Oct. 8, the Hoosiers looked to rebound against USC on Oct. 11. However, instead of putting the three-set loss behind it, the same result occurred that day, as Indiana was swept by USC (26-24, 25-19, 25-22) at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. The Trojans outperformed the Hoosiers in nearly every statistic, while three USC players had double-digit kills. “Today, we got outplayed in every facet by a good volleyball team,” Indiana head coach Steve Aird said after the match. “We just didn’t do any phase that I was pleased with.” Despite the sweep, all three sets were competitive. In the first set, neither
squad held more than a twopoint advantage, and the teams tied 15 times with 11 lead changes. Indiana owned the advantage late in the set, when a kill from freshman outside hitter Sara Snowbarger put the Hoosiers ahead 2422, setting up a set point. USC redshirt senior outside hitter Adonia Faumuina responded with a kill to quiet the home crowd, prompting an Indiana timeout. After the break, the Trojans were relentless, scoring three straight points to complete the comeback and win the set. The second set started close again, but a 7-1 run midway through granted USC a 16-10 advantage. Indiana tried to cut into the lead, including a 3-0 run, but USC shut down the comeback bid, taking the second set by six points. Indiana gained a threepoint lead over USC early in
the third set, but a 6-0 run gave the Trojans the advantage. The two squads went back and forth before USC outscored Indiana 8-2 to take a five-point lead and set up a set point. Indiana scored three straight points to fight off USC’s imminent win, but it wasn’t enough to avoid the sweep. The Trojans had more kills, a higher hitting percentage and fewer errors than the Hoosiers. But one of Indiana’s biggest struggles was slowing USC’s blocking attack. The Trojans average 2.91 blocks per set after Oct. 11, which ranks first in the Big Ten and among the top 10 nationally. Junior middle blocker Mia Tvrdy leads that attack for USC, averaging 1.35 blocks per set. Against Indiana, the 6-foot-1 Tvrdy totaled four blocks — three assists and one solo. The four blocks helped
Tvrdy to her 12.5 points Sunday. While Tvrdy has led the Trojan’s blocking throughout the season, redshirt junior middle blocker Leah Ford led all players with six total blocks against Indiana. Ford recorded 13 points and a .727 hitting percentage. “Their middles were phenomenal,” Aird said. “We had a really, really hard time getting in front of their middles... They had one error in the whole match.” While Indiana recorded eight total blocks, some of its middle blockers struggled against USC. Junior middle blocker Ella Boersema had four kills on a .083 hitting percentage, but Aird acknowledged that players and teams have “off nights.” Oct. 11 was one of those games. “You don’t beat up the
group for having an off night,” Aird said. “The season’s not over. It's not one and done. You just have to be resilient enough to get back on the horse.” Indiana is also still trying to figure out its rotations, a process that typically occurs during the preseason or nonconference. However, in the last two and a half weeks, the Hoosiers have added two players to their rotation. Oppositive hitter Avry Tatum was granted a preliminary injunction, which gave her a fifth season of eligibility. She first returned to the court against Maryland on Sept. 26. Against USC, junior outside hitter Izzy Clark made her season debut after dealing with a lower body injury throughout the beginning of the season. Clark, who transferred to Indiana from the University of San Diego, re-
corded one kill in her one set played Sunday. “The blessing of having new players coming in is you have more depth and you got more players,” Aird said. “But the curse a little bit is you’re going to try to find it again. Almost like we're in a little blip, a preseason blip, where we’re trying to find it.” After two consecutive sweeps, Aird knows there are areas where his squad needs to improve. While the Hoosiers’ record dropped to 10-5 overall and 3-3 in the Big Ten, Aird said this week is “valuable” for his team as they head into the rest of their conference schedule, which continues on the West Coast against Oregon at 9 p.m. Oct. 16. “It shows we got a long way to go in some areas,” Aird said. “But there were glimpses of what I think I think we’re capable of.”
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MEN'S SOCCER
No. 2 Indiana cruises past Hanover College on senior night By Sean McAvoy
semcavoy@iu.edu | @sean_mc07
With No. 2 Indiana men’s soccer taking a break from Big Ten play on Oct. 9, the Hoosiers welcomed Division III Hanover College to Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Against the step-down in competition, Indiana cruised past the Panthers 7-0 on senior night. Fifth-year players Alex Matthews, Wes Carnevale and Breckin Minzey, plus seniors Alex Barger, EJ Dreher, Jacopo Fedrizzi, Oliver Moller-Jensen, Clay Murador, Collins Oduro, Bennett Painter, Luke Reidell and Justin Shreffler were all honored at halftime. Indiana head coach Todd Yeagley used the matchup to rotate his starting lineup, benching his usual starters. Junior forward Stephane Njike, junior defender Josh Maher and junior midfielder Charlie Heuer all did not see any game action. Yeagley fully rotated his midfielder and backline options. Yeagley also used the game to rotate his starting goalkeeper. Junior goalkeeper Michal Mroz traded his usual starting position in net for freshman goalkeeper Ryan Hunsucker. Hunsucker didn’t face a shot throughout his 75 minutes in net. Yeagley then turned to redshirt sophomore goalkeeper AJ Piela to see out the rest of the match. “What you want out of the game is a lot of players to get important minutes to see where your depth is,” Yeagley said postgame. “It's also just a reward for hard work, and these are fun to play in, no matter who you're playing against.” However, Indiana’s offense provided early fireworks. The Hoosiers received a corner kick 22 seconds into the match before gaining another one in the second minute. An in-swinging corner from junior midfielder Grant Paskus found the foot of Painter, who put the ball past Hanover sophomore goalkeeper Dugan Webster for the early 1-0 advantage. With momentum on its
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Senior forward Collins Oduro sends the ball toward the goal during a game against Hanover College on Oct. 9, 2026, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Oduro scored three times in the first half and added his fourth goal in the 82nd minute.
side, Indiana took less than five minutes to find the back of the net again. Moller-Jensen started the chance by unleashing his speed down the left side of Jerry Yeagley Field on the counterattack. After a few passes, Moller-Jensen received the ball again and played a perfectly timed through ball to Murador. From the left side, Murador smashed the ball into the top corner of the net. Paskus then continued Indiana’s offensive pressure with an off-target shot in the 10th minute, but Oduro lit up the scoreboard in the 14th minute. Moller-Jensen moved to the middle of the field before passing to Oduro, with open space on the left side of the at-
tacking third. Oduro then put the ball on his right foot before unleashing a strike into the right side of the net. “Coach always talked about it, just being composure in front of the goalpost, and just it's a term we kind of use for me every time,” Oduro said postgame. Coming off a four-goal, sixassist season in 2025, Oduro finally found his first score of the 2026 season. Oduro had an undisclosed injury entering the season but has been a dangerous option off the bench for Yeagley in his 10 appearances. As Indiana’s lead blossomed to 3-0, Hanover didn’t have time to read and react to the Hoosiers’ potent offensive chances.
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Moller-Jensen generated his first goal of the night and 10th of the season in the 15th minute. After gaining a free kick outside the penalty box, Moller-Jensen sent a shot on goal and off Webster’s fingertips into the back of the net. Indiana’s clinical abilities in the final third cooled off with the Hoosiers’ 4-0 lead, but they still controlled possession. Oduro provided two goals in the 36th minute to polish off a hat-trick performance. His second goal of the game came off a through ball from Fedrizzi, which Oduro finished by chipping his shot over Webster. Indiana regained possession, and Oduro’s right foot scored the Hoosiers’ sixth goal of the match.
Indiana compiled 19 shots in the first half before adding eight more in the second 45 minutes. The 27 total shots tied the Hoosiers’ second-highest total of the season behind a 33-shot performance against the University of Denver on Aug. 27. Oduro added his fourth and Indiana’s seventh goal in the 82nd minute. The Ghana native scored from a one-onone opportunity at the net, which he chipped into the right side of the net. “Collins needed to get a goal tonight,” Yeagley said. “I mean, if I was to say, let's get a player to get a goal, it'd be Collins because he's been close.” By the end of the 90 minutes, Indiana compiled a
season-high 14 corners. With rotation in the Hoosiers’ backline, they finally gave up their first shot on the game in the 84th minute. The shot from outside the penalty box rolled into Piela’s hands, stopping the only Hanover chance in the 7-0 Hoosier victory. Indiana will take a week of rest before traveling to Piscataway, New Jersey, to play Rutgers on Oct. 16. With a 4-0-1 Big Ten record, the Hoosiers will look to keep their place at No. 1 in the conference standings. “We know what we want this season,” Oduro said. “We have a great team. We want to win everything, Big Ten tournament, Big Ten regular season, the Natty.”
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VOLLEYBALL
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The Indiana volleyball student section shouts at Eastern Illinois University on Sept. 11, 2026, at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington. Indiana University senior Ryan Grieser has been part of the Indiana volleyball program for three years.
Grieser persists as backbone of student section By Savannah Slone
srslone@iu.edu | @savrivers06
The front row of Indiana volleyball’s student section, which stood on the first row of bleachers rather than the floor, was mostly filled with fans wearing candy striped pants and red shirts the night of Oct. 8. Most of them held clipboards in their hands along with red and white pompoms for the No. 15-ranked Hoosiers’ contest against No. 1 Nebraska. Ryan Grieser was in the middle of the front row most of the night. When he wasn’t, the Indiana University senior was running around the arena, throwing out T-shirts to fans, trying to pump up the crowd or, at the end of the front row, chirping at Nebraska servers. That is what Grieser — an Indiana volleyball manager and member of the IU Student Athletic Board — does almost every Indiana volleyball gameday with the same level of intensity. He’s there for mid-week nonconference matchups and contests against the No. 1 team in the country, which the Hoosiers were swept by Oct. 8. Last season, after Indiana fell 3-0 to Nebraska on Nov. 22 in Bloomington, Grieser faced backlash on social media for his endline antics, which are just normal routine for him and the Hoosiers. A post once again scolding the students for the 2025 match even circulated social media two days
before this year’s match. People posted images of the Big Ten+ stream on social media, saying Grieser and other students were too close to the opponent's servers. They said it was embarrassing for the program; they called Grieser names; they wanted the program to “reprimand” the students. The cheering and chirping are things Grieser does at every match. He said he brings the same energy to a preseason exhibition that he would to a postseason contest. Grieser has friends who play volleyball at other Big Ten schools, and he traveled to other arenas to watch them play even before coming to IU. He noticed the advantage that rowdy environments gave home teams and wanted to bring that to Wilkinson Hall. When Grieser was a freshman at IU, he reached out to former Indiana volleyball Director of Operations Hallie Enderle about becoming a manager. She told him to circle back in January, and that’s exactly what Grieser did. In January, he went to the volleyball facility for an interview and explained why he wanted the job and what it would mean to him. The team offered him the position, and he’s been working with them ever since. As one of the managers, Grieser attends every practice, helps with drills, assists coaches with whatever they need and creates a fun environment
for the team. “The Big Ten’s very good,” Grieser said in an interview with the Indiana Daily Student on Sept. 30. “We go through hard seasons and its long practices, long days and the girls sometimes can get in their heads or get a little down. I feel like in practice my job is just to bring the energy up, focus on the positive stuff and try to just get over that hump.” Indiana associate head coach Rachel Morris said Grieser’s energy has stayed the same since he started. Early on in his time with the program, Grieser would scream and yell during warmups, pacing beside the players as they did their dynamic stretches. "Whether it was in match or in practice, and I had to be like, ‘Hey, Ryan, like, you can do all these things, but like, can you sit on the sideline?’” Morris said in an interview with the IDS on Oct. 6. “He's always been that person with big energy that anytime we have flat energy in the gym, he would come in and absolutely raise the level, which was really, really nice.” Grieser is in his third year as an Indiana volleyball manager and SAB member. He’s involved with the student section as part of his SAB role, and being a member of the program strengthens his relationship with the team. During his first two years with SAB, Grieser was the chair of the volleyball committee, organizing and setting up
tailgates before matches and throwing merchandise to the crowd. Now, he’s a director for volleyball, and oversees the chairs and ensures the best student turnout at matches. Morris, who is in her fifth year with the program, has seen how Grieser transformed the environment inside Wilkinson Hall. She said when Grieser became involved with the program, not only did the student section grow, but so did their awareness of the game and intention behind their cheering. “He's brought people over here and really shown them what volleyball is about and what we're building, and he's been an integral part of what our fan space looks like now,” Morris said. “He's like kind of crazy sometimes, but we love it because he's so invested in what he's doing on a daily basis.” Grieser sees bringing energy to practices and matches as his duty to the program. He thinks it's a “disservice” to the team if they play in loud, chaotic arenas as visitors, but don’t get the same advantage in their home gym. Before game days, Grieser and SAB President Jada Brooks do their own scouting report on the opposing team. But rather than look at the players’ performances, the two look up “random things.” “We're just looking for things that we could say to them that would just kind of get them out of the space of,
like, ‘I'm serving. It’s just me and the ball,’” Grieser said. “It's not even like necessarily negative things or bad things.” Grieser said he and Brooks look up random Instagram accounts of players from years ago, finding the names of their pets or high school homecoming dates and favorite foods. Then, they yell those things at the opposing players. The intention isn’t to be aggressive; it’s just to distract players when serving. It’s been Grieser’s strategy since he became involved with the program, so he was confused when he got backlash after last year’s Nebraska match. “I was just like shocked because I had done it for two years so far and never had gotten any backlash like that,” Grieser said. “But it was like, I was getting DMs on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, literally everywhere. "It was so crazy. I was getting death threats. I was getting like names I had never even heard, I was getting called.” The team was just as confused. They were used to Ryan’s chirps. It made them laugh. It made opponents laugh. “I don't know why it was such a big deal for Nebraska,” sophomore middle blocker Victoria Gray said in an interview with the IDS on Oct. 6. “But I was just like, ‘Y'all never had a Ryan before.’” Grieser took the negative
comments as a sign he was doing what he was supposed to do. His goal was to make an impact on the game, and if opposing fans were upset on social media, then he was achieving it. “I never doubted that the people here had my back,” Grieser said. “So, it never really affected me personally that much. It definitely was a crazy time. I would prefer not to go through that again. But it really showed me how much support IU has, and it really just proves the decision I made to just throw my whole heart into this team, like really does pay off.” Grieser hasn’t backed off since the pushback. He’s been at every match this season — dressed in a gaudy outfit, like the USA jersey and other patriotic attire he wore when Indiana defeated Eastern Illinois on Sept. 11, or with a clipboard in hand — standing on the endline or in the bleachers and going about his normal antics. He knows the people who matter have his back. His cheering may have caused controversy and received backlash, but the support and high energy are what other people love. “We look for his energy every single day,” Gray said. “I don't think I'd get through a game without laughing at him. He doesn't care what anyone thinks, he's just trying to make us smile and give us the best atmosphere.”
MEN'S BASKETBALL
‘Physical, tough, gritty’: Indiana embraces new identity By Elakai Anela
eanela@iu.edu | @elakai_anela
After his first year at the helm of Indiana men’s basketball, head coach Darian DeVries knew he had to bring in more size, length and versatility. Last season, the Cream and Crimson averaged 32.4 rebounds per game — the sixthlowest mark in the Big Ten. Despite a lack of offensive depth, Indiana remained competitive in games last year with its high-volume, perimeter-shooting style of play. Fifth-year senior guard Lamar Wilkerson averaged 20.9 points per game on 46.3% shooting and 37.8% from three-point range. Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries averaged 13.7 points across 32 games played. Wilkerson and DeVries were the only Hoosiers to average double-digit points. Darian DeVries knew his team struggled shooting-wise last season, especially when Wilkerson or Tucker DeVries had an off night. “If we weren’t making threes, there weren’t a whole lot of places we could get to offensively,” DeVries said during Big Ten Media Days on Oct. 8 in Rosemont, Illinois. The Hoosiers were also routinely beat on the glass.
Indiana’s leading rebounder was Tucker DeVries, who pulled in only 5.3 rebounds per game. Senior forward Sam Alexis’ 4.8 boards per contest ranked second. Freshman center Andrej Acimovic and senior forward Reed Bailey, both 6-foot-10, were Indiana’s tallest players, but Acimovic didn’t appear in a game, and Bailey averaged only 3.4 rebounds. Indiana had its lapses defensively as well. The Hoosiers allowed 72.2 points per game — the 129th-highest mark in the nation. During the offseason, Indiana overhauled its roster through the transfer portal to solve those discrepancies. The Hoosiers brought in seven new transfers — including three players 7-foot or taller — who all fit in DeVries’ highscoring system. As a result, the Hoosiers’ identity changed. “Physical, tough, gritty,” DeVries said. “That’s what we have to be.” For DeVries, the emphasis on physicality stems partly from navigating the Big Ten’s grueling schedule. Competing against some of the tallest and strongest teams in the nation exposed flaws in Indiana’s roster last year, especially around the basket. “The Big Ten from a physicality standpoint is as physical
of a league as there is in the country,” DeVries said. “You have to be able to match that.” Indiana’s approach in the portal reflected that. The additions of junior center Samet Yigitoglu and junior forward Aiden Sherrell bring greater flexibility in the frontcourt, leading to stronger interior defense. For Sherrell, practicing against taller players like Yigitoglu, and even freshman center Clemens Sokolov, has given him a glimpse of the physicality needed in Big Ten play after transferring from the University of Alabama. “Just competing against those guys every day has helped,” Sherrell said. “Like, in the Big Ten, I’ll definitely see a lot of solid guys. So, just getting a lot of reps, that helps a lot.” In practice, DeVries has preached the importance of offensive rebounding, which creates second and third opportunities that are more likely to be converted off a missed shot. Even with the size upgrade, the Hoosiers still have plenty of sharpshooters, like last season. DeVries called former University of Notre Dame point guard and senior Markus Burton’s midrange game his “superpower.” DeVries also
BEN HARPER | IDS
Junior center Samet Yigitoglu guards junior forward Aiden Sherrell during the Cream and Crimson Scrimmage on Oct. 2, 2026, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Sherrell transferred to Indiana after two years at the University of Alabama.
said former Duke University guard and junior Darren Harris has the “green light from anywhere.” Across his three seasons at Texas A&M University, James Madison University and Villanova University, senior guard Bryce Lindsay shot 37.7% from three. Last season with
Villanova, the Baltimore native averaged 12.3 points on 35.6% from deep. Even Sherrell can space the floor. The 7-foot big man shot 33.8% from beyond the arc last season with the Crimson Tide. DeVries called Sherrell the “perfect fit” for his system.
Still, the Hoosiers have a new identity they lacked last year — a physically imposing frontcourt that can be a threelevel threat. “Now we have more postup opportunities, ways to get to the free throw line, dribble drives, just those types of things,” DeVries said.
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1. Redshirt junior defender Luke Reidell dribbles toward a Hanover College defender during a game Oct. 9, 2026, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Reidell played 75 minutes and recorded two shots in Indiana’s victory. 2. Senior forward Oliver MollerJensen prepares to shoot the ball during a game against Hanover College on Oct. 9, 2026, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Indiana outshot its opponents 27-1 and put 15 shots on goal. 3. Freshman defender Vincent Uglow challenges a Hanover College player during a game on Oct. 9, 2026, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Uglow played 20 minutes as Indiana held Hanover to one shot. 4. Junior midfielder Grant Paskus takes a corner kick during a game against Hanover College on Oct. 9, 2026, at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington. Paskus recorded an assist in the Indiana win.
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1. Junior wide receiver Charlie Becker prays before a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Becker had three catches in the contest. KATIE NEWETT | IDS
2. Redshirt senior kicker Paddy McAteer readies to kick a ball in a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Indiana secured its 22nd consecutive win, the longest active streak in the nation. KATIE NEWETT | IDS
3. Junior running back Turbo Richard dives forward to advance the ball in a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Richard recorded eight rushing attempts. KENNEDY HANNAH | IDS
4. Junior wide receiver Nick Marsh (left) and graduate student wide receiver Tyler Morris (right) chest bump during a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Marsh had 187 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the game. KATIE NEWETT | IDS
5. Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti talks to his team before a game against Nebraska on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Hoosiers defeated the Cornhuskers 20-17. KATIE NEWETT | IDS
6. Redshirt senior defensive lineman Tobi Osunsanmi leaps to tackle Nebraska senior quarterback Anthony Colandrea on Oct. 10, 2026, at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Hoosiers recorded five sacks against the Cornhuskers.