#5 IUWBB defeats Purdue in front of 7,891 at Assembly Hall
5th Ranked Indiana Hoosiers Women’s Basketball (16-3, 8-1) held off archrivals Purdue 64-57 Sunday afternoon before the 5th largest crowd in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall History, 7,891. Indiana has won 7 straight in the series dating back to 2019. Sophomore Guard Chloe Moore-McNeil was on fire, scoring 11 points and pulling down 10 rebounds for her first career double/double. Moore=McNeil played 28 minutes off the bench to give the Hoosiers the needed spark on both sides of the ball. Nicole Cardano-Hillary led the Hoosiers with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 steals; Grace Berger added 17 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals; Aleska Gulbe, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks; and, although Ali Patberg only scored one basket, she added much required defense, shutting down Purdue’s star shooting Guard Madison Leydon, who averages 13 ppg and took IU for 15 during their last meeting, keeping her from scoring the entire game.
Next up, Indiana takes to the road to play Illinois this Wednesday night at 8pm, a reschedule of a previously postponed match-up. Following, IU has rescheduled another postponement for this coming Saturday, as the Hoosiers will face Michigan State at Assembly Hall, starting at 3pm.
Indiana AG Rokita works to help health care workers
Attorney General Todd Rokita today continued his fight against President Joe Biden’s unlawful vaccine mandates with an amended complaint challenging a federal rule that all health care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to work at facilities treating Medicare or Medicaid patients.
16 states joined together in the legal action, to file a second amended lawsuit challenging the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) mandate. AG Rokita and other Attorneys General already have won court victories against three other Biden vaccine mandates.
Forcing nearly everyone who works in any capacity in the health care setting to choose between their jobs and personal liberty has contributed to a labor shortage in health care, the lawsuit notes. As amended, the lawsuit also now addresses recent CMS guidance making clear that the states themselves, not the federal government, are expected to bear responsibility for implementing the misguided mandate.
According to AG Rokita, bsides infringing on individual liberties and burdening states, the CMS rule directly contravenes Indiana state law by requiring certain state employees be vaccinated as a condition for their state employment. Indiana law expressly prohibits state or local units of government from issuing or requiring proof of immunization status.
Former Bloomington Hospital Site Designated as “Hopewell” Neighborhood
The City of Bloomington has announced that “Hopewell” will be the name for the new neighborhood to be created following the decommissioning and demolition of the former IU Health Bloomington campus on West 2nd Street. The Hopewell name has a long history of association with the site.
Shrewsberry & Associates, LLC submitted a Primary Plat with the Hopewell name for the City Plan Commission’s review and approval at their February 7th public hearing on behalf of the City of Bloomington Redevelopment Commission. The plat refers to this area as the “Hopewell Subdivision”, names the streets, and identifies the proposed new parcels for future development. This plat is focused on the block bound by 2nd Street, Rogers Street, 1st Street, and the B-Line Trail.
In 1905, Bloomington’s Local Council of Women bought a 10-room red brick house that would become our community’s first hospital. The house, located on a portion of the acreage that became Bloomington Hospital and later IU Health Bloomington Hospital, once belonged to Isaac Hopewell. Serving as part of Bloomington’s hospital for nearly six decades, Hopewell House was eventually razed in the summer of 1963.
More information about the history of the former hospital site, now known as Hopewell, can be found here.
This Week in Hoosier History
1837 – The Indiana Geological Survey was established by the General Assembly. The state’s first geologist, David Dale Owen, was appointed by Governor Noah Noble. The survey would enable the state to better develop its vast reserve of mineral resources.
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