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Friday rundown: Jordan Hall namesake controversy, theater Ph.D. in flux, search for new School of Education dean, women's basketball tonight

Morning rundown

Flyers spark conversation over Jordan Hall's controversial namesake

Slips of papers marked with the words #renameJordan and #decolonizeIU were scattered in classrooms and doors in Jordan Hall on Monday night. The anonymous flyers represent a movement to remove the name of David Starr Jordan from Jordan Hall.
Slips of papers marked with the words #renameJordan and #decolonizeIU were scattered in classrooms and doors in Jordan Hall on Monday night. The anonymous flyers represent a movement to remove the name of David Starr Jordan from Jordan Hall. Courtesy Photo

After students and faculty members found slips of papers with #renameJordan and #decolonizeIU, the biology department started talking. David Starr Jordan, a former president of IU from 1884 to 1891, was a supporter of eugenics and sterilizing those who he said were unworthy in the gene pool. Now, some IU students and faculty want to change the building's name. Read more here.


Theater department chair says Ph.D. elimination won't be immediate

Theatre history, theory and literature Ph.D. students and candidates discuss the future of the graduate theater program after the decision to cut the program was announced Nov. 9. More than 50 Ph.D. graduate students and candidates attended the awareness and dialogue meeting on Wednesday night in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center.
Theatre history, theory and literature Ph.D. students and candidates discuss the future of the graduate theater program after the decision to cut the program was announced Nov. 9. More than 50 Ph.D. graduate students and candidates attended the awareness and dialogue meeting on Wednesday night in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center. Steven Lin

Although the Ph.D. program in theater will be discontinued, the College of Arts and Science’s decision to eliminate the Ph.D. program in theatre history, theory and literature will not happen immediately, according to a Nov. 15 announcement by Jonathan Michaelsen, Chair of the Department of Theatre, Drama and Contemporary Dance. Read more here.


School of Education begins search for dean

The School of Education is looking for a new dean, and Lee Feinstein, dean of the School of Global and International Studies, is the chair of the search committee. Provost Lauren Robel has emphasized the importance of the search. Read more here.


Women's basketball plays tonight with perfect record

The IU women's basketball team huddles with Coach Teri Moren before facing Southern University. The Hoosiers play at Michigan State on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The IU women's basketball team huddles with Coach Teri Moren before facing Southern University. The Hoosiers play at Michigan State on Saturday at 4 p.m. Ty Vinson

The IU women’s basketball team looks to keep its perfect record tonight when the Hoosiers play Western Kentucky at 7 p.m. in Assembly Hall. Read more here.

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