>> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY: >> COMING UP ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," A BILL THAT WOULD BAN TRANSGIRLS FROM COMPETING IN GIRLS SPORTS HAS PASSED THE INDIANA HOUSE AND IS MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE SENATE.

>> LAWS MAKE THIS, JUST EVEN BEING PROPOSED CAUSE TRANS KIDS TO STAY IN THE CLOSET.

>> OPPONENTS OF THE BILL SAYS IT ADDRESSES AN ISSUE THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

>> WOOD STOVES AND FIREPLACES CAN BE USED TO HEAT HOMES AND PROVIDE A COZY ATMOSPHERE, BUT THE SMOKE AND ASH PRODUCED CAN BE DANGEROUS.

>> IT GOES STRAIGHT INTO YOUR LUNGS AND LODGES DEEP THERE.

AND SOMETIMES IT CAN ENTER INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM AND ENTERS PLACES YOU DON'T WANT IT.

>>> AND GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS AT I.U.

CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT TO UNIONIZE DESPITE ALREADY BEING DENIED A FORMAL VOTE TO DO SO BY THE UNIVERSITY.

THOSE STORIES, PLUS LATEST NEWS HEADLINES RIGHT NOW ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

♪ >> WELCOME TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

I'M JOE HREN.

SENATE LAWMAKERS APPROVED SWEEPING CHANGE TO A CONTROVERSIAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM BILL ON WEDNESDAY.

JEANIE LINDSAY REPORTS MANY LOOSERS TESTIFIEDHOOSIERS TESTIFY THEY STILL HAVE CONCERNED.

>> THE BILL NO LONGER REQUIRES THAT TEACHERS POST CLASSROOM MATERIALS ONLINE BEFORE AN ANNUAL DEADLINE OR THAT SCHOOLS CREATE PARENT-LED CURRICULUM COMMITTEES.

IT ALSO REWORKS A SECTION LIMITING THE PROMOTION OF DIVISIVE CONCEPTS ALONG THE LINES OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND RELIGION.

>> PARENTS WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL TO CREATE A PATH SOS CAN BE INVOLVED -- SO PARENTS CAN BE INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION.

>> IT REQUIRES PARENT CONSENT FOR ONGOING STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.

LINDSEY PACELY, A STUDENT IS ONE OF THEM.

>> THE VERY SAME PARENTS THAT NEED TO GIVE WRITTEN CONSENT COULD BE THE VERY ROOT OF THE ISSUE.

>> THE BILL ALSO NO LONGER INCLUDES AN AVENUE FOR PARENTS TO FILE LAWSUITS AGAINST SCHOOLS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LEGISLATION.

THE COMMITTEE PLANS TO VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK.

FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M JEANIE LINDSAY.

>>> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY STEVE HINNEFELD, WHO WRITES ABOUT INDIANA EDUCATION AT SCHOOL MATTERS.

WELCOME TO THE SHOW, STEVE.

ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOU.

SO THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE HAS REMOVED MANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL POINTS HOUSE BILL 1134.

THERE'S STILL CONCERNS.

WHAT ARE THOSE?

>> I THINK THAT THERE'S CONCERN THAT THE BILL IS SOMEWHAT RESTRICTIVE.

THEY MADE IT A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

THEY GOT RID OF A LOT OF OBJECTIONABLE MATERIAL IN IT, BUT THERE'S STILL SOME HOOPS THAT SCHOOLS HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH IN ORDER TO PROVIDE COUNSELING SERVICES TO STUDENTS.

THERE'S STILL A LIST OF DIVISIVE CONCEPTS THAT ARE -- THE SCHOOLS ARE DISCOURAGED FROM TALKING ABOUT.

IN CERTAIN INSTANCES THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO PROMOTE IT, BUT IT WILL SPILL OVER INTO SAYING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT IT, AND THEN FUNDAMENTALLY, I THINK IT SORT OF SENDS A MESSAGE THAT TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE ADVERSARIES RATHER THAN BEING ON THE SAME TEAM.

>> ANOTHER TOPIC OF CONCERN NOT ONLY FOR PARENTS IN INDIANA, BUT AROUND THE COUNTRY, IS TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, BUT THAT'S NOT BEING TAUGHT IN GRADES K THROUGH 12 HERE, RIGHT?

>> YES, CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL THEORETICAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING RACE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE TAUGHT IN LAW SCHOOLS OR HIGH-LEVEL GRADUATE COURSES.

YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER IT, I SUPPOSE IN AN ADVANCED POLITICAL SCIENCE OR HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY COURSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S BECOME -- THE TERM HAS BECOME A SHORTHAND FOR DISCUSSIONS THAT MIGHT MAKE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, HAVING TO DO WITH RACE IN SOCIETY OR RACE IN AMERICAN HISTORY, THE IMPACT OF SLAVERY AND JIM CROW AND SO ON.

SO THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF AN ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN TO, YOU KNOW, CAST DOUBT ON THOSE TOPICS BY LABELING EVERYTHING AS CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

>> THERE WERE ALSO ATTEMPTS IN LEGISLATION TO MAKE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS PARTISAN.

ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE DEAD RIGHT NOW.

HOW DID WE GET TO THIS POINT OF HAVING POLITICAL AFFILIATION MATTERING IN SCHOOLS?

>> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION, I THINK.

I MEAN, I THINK WE SAW, YOU KNOW, SOME VERY HIGHLY PUBLICIZED, VERY VOCAL KIND OF OUTCRIES AT SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS WHERE PEOPLE WERE SHOWING UP OBJECTING TO MASK POLICIES, OBJECTING TO CURRICULUM, AND THAT KIND OF THING, AND IT BECAME IDENTIFIED WITH REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC POLITICS, AND I THINK REPUBLICANS, THE SUPER MAJORITY SAW THIS AS A WAY TO GAIN SUPPORT POLITICALLY BY POLITICIZING SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.

THOSE BILLS DIED.

THEY DID NOT GO ANYWHERE.

>> WE HAVE JUST UNDER 30 SECONDS.

ANY OTHER LEGISLATION THAT YOU ARE WATCHING?

>> YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON.

I MEAN, THERE'S A BILL THAT'S PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO ADVANCE IN THE SENATE THAT REQUIRES PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO SHARE REFERENDUM FUNDS WITH CHARTER SCHOOLS.

THAT'S A CONTROVERSIAL IDEA THAT HASN'T GOTTEN A LOT OF ATTENTION IN THIS SESSION BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON AND THE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN TRANS GIRLS FROM COMPETING IN GIRLS SPORTS.

>> STEVE WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, JOE.

>> THE INDIANA SENATE IS SET TO VOTE ON A BILL ABOUT TRANS GIRLS.

IT ENSURES BIOLOGICALLY FEMALE ATHLETES.

BUT SOME SAY IT ADDRESSES A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T EXIST.

MITCH LEGAN REPORTS.

>> THE GYM AT CHILD'S ELEMENTARY IN BLOOMINGTON IS FULL OF LIFE WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.

9 AND 10-YEAR-OLDS PACK THE GYM FOR THE SCHOOL'S VOLLEYBALL CAMP.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> SCHOOL SPORTS DON'T START UNTIL SEVENTH GRADE FOR MONROE COUNTY STUDENTS BUT THE CAMP PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO LEARN THE GAME AND PRACTICE THEIR SKILLS.

IT'S KIRIN CLAWSON'S FAVORITE TIME OF THE WEEK.

>> YOU CAN INTERACT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

IT'S LIKE SUPER DOOPER FUN!

>> KIRIN HAS DREAMS OF PLAYING FOR HER SCHOOL TEAM ONCE SHE'S OLD ENOUGH BUT RECENT DISCUSSIONS AT THE STATE HOUSE HAVE PUT THAT IN JEOPARDY.

>> AND WHEN TRANS KIDS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO?

>> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN DISCUSSING HOUSE BILL 10 # 1041, WHICH WOULD PREVENT TRANS GIRLS FROM PARTICIPATING.

THEY JOINED HER PARENTS AT THE STATE HOUSE TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BILL.

>> I MEAN, SHE EXISTS AS A GIRL ALL DAY LONG.

AND TO BE TOLD THAT SHE IS NOT A GIRL WHEN IT COMES TO SPORTS IS -- IT JUST -- IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.

>> I DO THIS THING CALLED THE HAPPY ME JOURNAL.

BUT, LIKE, WE DID WHAT IT SAID.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TODAY?

I SAID, SOMETIMES GROWNUPS CAN BE STUPID!

>> THE ACLU OF INDIANA HAS COME OUT AGAINST THE BILL.

SAYING IT TELLS TRANS KIDS THEY DON'T BELONG AND SHOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHERS.

THE GROUP INTENDS TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE IF IT BECOMES LAW.

>> IT IS FIRST ONE IN ALL OF THIS TIME THAT'S REALLY MANAGED TO MAKE IT THIS FAR.

WHICH SHOWS THE INCREASING APPETITE THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE TO ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF DISCRIMINATION.

>> THE BILL WOULD APPLY TO K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SOME PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND IT WOULD NOT PROHIBIT TRANS BOYS FROM PARTICIPATING IN BOY SPORTS.

SHE SAYS IT'S ABOUT MAINTAINING FAIRNESS IN GIRLS SPORTS.

>> WHEN YOU HAVE BIOLOGICAL MALES THAT ARE STRONGER, FASTER, QUICKER, BEGINNING TO PLAY AGAINST BIOLOGICAL FEMALES, THEN SOONER OR LATER, BIOLOGICAL FEMALES WILL NOT MAKE THE TEAM.

THEY WON'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.

>> DAVIS SAYS SHE'S BEEN CONTACTED BY MANY STUDENT ATHLETES AND PARENTS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING TO COMPETE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MALES.

THEY SAY IT'S UNFAIR AND COULD KEEP THEM FROM GETTING SCHOLARSHIPS.

>> CARRUTHERS WITH 21.

BECKY WITH 16.

THREE-POINTER GOOD.

>> BUT IF YOU ASK THE INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE DECADE PLUS THEY'VE HAD A TRANSGENDER PARTICIPATION POLICY.

>> THE ASSOCIATION HAS NOT RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR A BIOLOGICAL MALE TO PARTICIPATE AS A FEMALE, WHICH CERTAINLY COULD HAPPEN ANY DAY.

BUT AS OF NOW, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN APPLICATION THAT WOULD BE RULED UPON.

>> UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY, TRANSGENDER GIRLS CAN APPLY FOR I WAIVER TO PARTICIPATE IN GIRL SPORTS.

THIS HE HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN HORMONE TREATMENT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

KIRIN'S PARENTS WANT HER TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

NOT TO BE A CHAMPION VOLLEYBALL PLAYER, BUT TO GET THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING ON A TEAM AND BEING ACCEPTED FOR WHO SHE IS.

>> THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU BUILD WITH YOUR FRIENDS WHILE YOU ARE GOING FOR THAT COMMON GOAL, IS JUST SO IMPORTANT.

WHAT THAT DOES TO A KID AND TEACHES THEM HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND BALANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT MY DAUGHTER TO MISS OUT ON.

>> 1041 IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF BILLS THE LEGISLATURE IS DISCUSSING THAT DEALS WITH TRANSGENDER RIGHTS.

MALONE SAYS THAT FIXATION ON TRANSGENDER ISSUES TAKES A HUGE TOLL ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF TRANS PEOPLE AND PUSHES MANY TO STAY IN THE CLOSET.

MORE THAN HALF OF TRANS YOUTH CONSIDER KILLING THEMSELVES IN 2020.

>> 85% OF TRANS CHILDREN REPORT THAT THIS CONSTANT ATMOSPHERE OF POLITICAL THREAT IS HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A POPULATION OF KIDS THAT HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH SUICIDE RATE.

SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY TROUBLING.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M MITCH LEGAN.

>>> THE BILL PASSED THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND NOW HEADS TO THE FULL SENATE.

IF 1041 PASSES, INDIANA WOULD BECOME THE 11th STATE TO BAN TRANSES JENNERTRANSES GENDER GIRLS FOR GIRLS SPORTS.

WE ARE JOINED BY HOLDON ABSHIER FOR THE LATEST NEWS.

>> MONROE COUNTY HEALTH PLANS TO LET THE LATEST MASK ORDER EXPIRE ON MARCH 4th.

IT'S ALREADY SET TO EXPIRE IN THE COUNTY REACHES A BLUE ADVISORY LEVEL ON THE STATE'S COVID-19 DASHBOARD.

IT'S ALSO SET TO EXPIRE IF THERE'S NO STATEWIDE EMERGENCY ORDER.

BOARD MEMBER MARK NORELL SAYS THE HIGH TRANSMISSIBILITY OF THE OMICRON VARIANT HAS THROWN OFF THE STATE'S METRICS.

>> I CAN ENVISION THAT UNDER THE OMICRON THAT MAYBE WE WOULD NEVER ACHIEVE AND NEVER SEE A BLUE AGAIN.

>> THE BOARD'S NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULE FOR MARCH 3rd, ONE DAY BEFORE THE GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY ORDER IS SET TO EXPIRE.

>>> INDIANA GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO UNIONIZE, DESPITE UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION REJECTING A REQUEST TO HOLD A FORMAL ELECTION.

BENTE BOUTHIER REPORTS.

>> ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LABOR STUDIES AT IUPUI JOSEPH VARGA SAYS EFFORTS BY I. U.

GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS ARE HAPPENING AT THE RIGHT TIME.

>> THE GRADUATE WORKERS ARE DOING THIS AT A TIME WHEN THERE IS A KIND OF HEIGHTENED SENSE OF WORKERS AND THEIR RIGHTS WITHIN THE WORKPLACE.

>> I.U.

POLICY CURRENTLY RECOGNIZES SOME STAFF UNIONS BUT SAYS GRADUATE WORKERS ARE PRIMARILY STUDENTS AND GET BENEFITS BEYOND STIPENDS, SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, TUITION REMISSION, AND GRANTS.

VARGA DISAGREES.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANY OTHER DEFINITION OF A WORKER COULD BE WHEN YOU PRODUCE FOR ANOTHER ENTITY OR INSTITUTION AND THEY REWARD YOU WITH REMUNERATION, YOU ARE A WORKER.

>> ON TUESDAY, GRADUATE WORKERS STAGED A WORK-IN AT FRANKLIN HALL THAT WAS MEANT TO SHOW THE TYPES OF WORK THAT GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS DO.

>> WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING JUST THE VERY FACT THAT GRADUATE WORKERS WORK.

THEY PERFORM LABOR FOR THE UNIVERSITY, AND THAT IS ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY STATUSES HERE AT I. U.

>> VARGA SAYS IF I.U.

GRADUATE WORKERS WERE RECOGNIZED AS A UNION, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST WITHIN A PUBLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF INDIANA.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M BENTE BOUTHIER.

>> MONROE COUNTY'S DEMOCRATIC BLACK CAUCUS IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF REPARATIONS.

CAUCUS HELD THE ANNUAL STATE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY ADDRESS THIS WEEK.

MEMBERSOF THE CAUCUSES REPARATIONS COMMITTEE HAS SHOWN HOW THEY IMPACTED THE COUNTY'S BLACK COMMUNITY, AND HOW THEY HAVE INSTITUTED THEIR OTHER REPARATION PROGRAMS.

>> THEY STARTED OUT JUST HAVING THE CONVERSATION, LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND THEY EVENTUALLY WERE ABLE TO PERSUADE THE CITY GOVERNMENT.

>> THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC IN HOPES OF BRINGING THEIR FINDINGS TO CITY OFFICIALS.

>>> A STRAIN OF AVIAN FLU HAS BEEN FOUND AT A TURKEY FARM IN GREEN COUNTY.

IT IS THE THIRD CASE OF AN OUTBREAK AT A TURKEY FARM IN SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS MONTH.

THE OTHER TWO FARMS ARE IN NEIGHBORING DUBOISE COUNTY WHERE MORE THAN 55,000 TURKEYS HAVE BEEN EUTHANIZED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

THEY ARE FEARING A REPEAT OF A BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN 2015 THAT KILLED 15 MILLION BIRDS IN 15 STATES.

>>> A NEW EXHIBIT IS ON DISPLAY AT THE MONROE COUNTY HISTORY CENTER DETAILING THE LIVES OF BILL AND GAYLE COOK AND THEIR WORK TO RESTORE MANY THE COUNTY'S ICONIC BUILDINGS.

CALI LICHTER HAS THIS REPORT.

>> TOGETHER GAYLE AND BILL COOK RESTORED SEVERAL BUILDINGS.

THE EXHIBIT PRESERVING HISTORY, THE LEGACY OF GAYLE AND BILL COOKE EXPLORE SITES AROUND MONROE COUNTY AND BIGGER RESTORATION SUCH AS THE RESORTS IN WEST BADEN.

THE PURPOSE OF THE EXHIBIT IS TO EXPOSE MORE THE BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY TO THE COOK'S EXTENSIVE PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

>> THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS PEOPLE TO GO, OH, I KNEW THE COOKS DID THAT.

I DIDN'T REALIZE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY HELPED TO SAVE OR PRESERVE STUFF.

>> EVEN THE HISTORY CENTER WAS ONE OF THE COOK'S RESTORATION.

IT USED TO BE THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY UNTIL IT WAS RETIRED IN THE 19 1970s.

SCHLEGEL WANTS THE EXHIBITS TO SHOW THE COOKS HOW MUCH THEIR EFFORTS MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> UNFORTUNATELY SINCE BILL HAS PASSED ON AND GAYLE IS GETTING UP THERE IN AGE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE KNEW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE HOW MUCH THEY HAVE DONE.

THEY HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND ACROSS INDIANA.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M CALI LICHTER.

>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME FOR WE HAVE FOR HEADLINES.

BACK TO YOU, JOE.

>> I WILL HAVE TO CHECK THAT OUT.

THANK YOU, HOLDEN.

COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK," WOOD BURNING STOVES AND FIREPLACES ARE GOOD FOR HEATING HOMES AND CREATING A COZY ATMOSPHERE, BUT CAN HAVE DANGEROUS SIDE EFFECTS.

AND EFFORTS TO FINISH RENOVATIONS IN VINCENNES ARE BEING HAMPERED BY NATIONWIDE SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

>> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA NEWSDESK."

A PURDUE POLICE OFFICER IS ON LEAVE AFTER A CELL PHONE VIDEO SHOWS HIM FORCEFULLY RESTRAINING A STUDENT.

THE VIDEO SHOW OFFICER JON SELKE PUTTING HIS ELBOW OVER TUGGLE'S THROAT.

THE GIRLFRIEND CAN SAY GET YOUR ELBOW OFF MY BOYFRIEND'S NET.

PURDUE POLICE SAID THAT SELKE WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL ABOUT A WOMAN BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL.

NOW WE ARE JOINED BY INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING'S BEN THORPE WHO HAS BEEN COVERING THIS STORY.

BEN, WELCOME TO THE SHOW.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> SO HOW WAS PURDUE RESPONDING TO THENCE DENT?

-- THE INCIDENT.

THEY OPENED AN INVESTIGATION.

WHAT IS NEW?

>> SO, INITIALLY THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION.

THEY SAY THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD ANY TIME THERE'S A POLICE USE OF FORCE.

ON THURSDAY, PURDUE PRESIDENT, MITCH DANIELS SAID THERE WOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION AFTER THE STATE POLICE.

THE TIPPECANOE COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAVE CALLED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION.

OFFICER SELKE HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE BUT PURDUE SAYS THAT'S BECAUSE OF DEATH THREATS THAT THEY RECEIVED IN RELATION TO THE VIDEO SURFACING.

>> WHAT ARE WE HEARING NOW FROM ADONIS' ATTORNEY?

>> ATTORNEYS FOR ADONIS SAY THIS IS A PRETTY CLEAR CASE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE.

THEY ARE CALLING FOR CHARGES AGAINST ADONIS TO BE DROPPED.

THEY WANT TO SIT DOWN WITH PURDUE PRESIDENT MITCH DANIELS AND TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS LIKE THIS CAN BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE.

THEY DIDN'T SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO FILE SUIT, HOWEVER.

THEY SAY THEY WANT TO SEE THAT BODY CAM FOOTAGE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED.

>> AND ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE MOOD THERE ON CAMPUS?

WHAT ARE STUDENTS THERE SAYING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

>> I ATTENDED A UP TO HALL LAST THURSDAY, PUT ON BY PURDUE'S BLACK STUDENT UNION AND STUDENTS SAY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS WHEN THEY SEE A VIDEO LIKE THAT.

THEY ARE IN THE MIDST OF DEMANDS THAT THEY PLAN TO SUBMIT TO THE UNIVERSITY.

A HEARD A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE SOCIAL WORKERS RESPOND TO CALLS LIKE THIS ONE, OR MORE TRAINING FOR PURDUE POLICE.

>> ALL RIGHT, BEN.

SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO COUNT ON YOUR COVERAGE FOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> MANY PEOPLE USE WOOD STOVES OR FIREPLACES TO HEAT THEIR HOME.

SOME BECAUSE THEY ENJOY THE ATMOSPHERE FIRE CREATES, SOME TO SAVE ON HEATING COSTS BUT THERE ARE POTENTIAL HEALTH IMPACTS FROM BREATHING WOOD SMOKE.

SARAH VAUGHAN HAS THE STORY.

>> SO YOU CAN SEE IT'S DRIED ALL SEASON, FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

AND IN IT GOES.

>> BRIAN GARVEY HAS BEEN USING A WOOD STOVE TO HEAT HIS PRECIVIL WAR HOME IN MONROE COUNTY FOR 40 YEARS.

HIS FUEL COMES FROM HIS OWN 185 ACRES OF FORESTED LAND.

>> MOST OF THIS WOOD IS ASH.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ASH TREES DIE BECAUSE OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER.

AND SO THE MAJORITY YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS ASH THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DOWN OR I TOOK DOWN, STANDING DEAD.

>> GARVEY SEASONS THE WOOD HIMSELF, DRYING IT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR BECAUSE WOOD BURNS MORE EFFICIENT.

LOOKING AT AND FEEDING A FIRE ALL WINTER LONG HAS A CONNECTEDNESS.

THE SAME WAY AS GROWING YOUR FOOD CONNECTS YOU TO A MEAL.

>> YOU CLOSE IT DOWN TO SLOW THE OXIDIZATION, TO KEEP IT FROM BURNING TOO HOT.

>> BUT IT CREATES PARTICULATE.

>> IT CAN GO THROUGH AND ENTER INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM AND ENTER INTO PLACES THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT.

>> ITS AI COMBINATION COM -- IT'S A COMBINATION OF PARTICULATES AND GASES THAT MAKE UP THE THREAT.

>> YOU CAN HAVE SOME OF THE PARTICLES LIKE LODGING TOGETHER TO BECOME ANOTHER PARTICLE BECAUSE THEY JUST HAPPEN TO REACT TOGETHER AND FORM SOMETHING NEW THAT COME OUT FROM THAT.

>> SUCH AS VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, V.O.C.s AND BENZENE.

HE SAYS REPEATED EXPOSURE CREATES WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS INSULTS TO THE CELLS AND EVENTUALLY THE BODY CAN'T REPAIR THE DAMAGE ANYMORE.

>> CONSIDER MEILAN HAN SUGGESTS THAT THERE EASEFUL POSURE'S EXPOSURE TO WOOD BURNING STOVES CAN BE RELATED TO COPD.

>> AS PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT RELATED TO TOBACCO SMOKE, IN ACTUALLY, ABOUT A QUARTER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COPD NEVER SMOKED.

AND SO WE THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THERE'S PROBABLY A HUGE COMBINATION OF FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE, BUT OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AND NOXIOUS EXPOSURES ARE LIKELY A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTOR.

>> AND EXPOSURE WHEN YOUNG, LEADS TO UNHEALTHY OUTCOMES.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF DATA THAT JUST POLLUTION IS BAD.

POLLUTION JUST STRAIGHT UP, YOU KNOW, POLLUTION IN PREGNANCY IS BAD.

IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE INFANT OUTCOMES.

>> HAN POINTS TO RESEARCH INDICATING CHILDREN EXPOSED TO ULTRA FINE PARTICULATE MATTER NOT ONLY ARE AT INCREASED RISK FOR BRONCHITIS AND PNEUMONIA BUT CAN DEVELOP DEFECTS.

HAN SAYS OUR LUNGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP UNTIL ABOUT AGE 25.

SO DEPENDING ON WHEN AND HOW LONG THE CELLULAR INSULTS OCCUR, THEY MIGHT IMPEDE LUNG DEVELOPMENT.

OR IN ADULTS, SPEED LUNG DECLINE.

>> AS HE ENJOYS THE WARMTH OF HIS HOME GROWN FIRE, GARVEY SAYS TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, HIS FAMILY'S HEALTH HASN'T BEEN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY WOOD SMOKE BUT HE TOOK STEPS TO GUARD AGAINST INDOOR AIR POLLUTION.

TO START, HE MADE SURE IT HAD A BAFFLE.

>> AND WHAT THAT DOES IS HELPS TO OXIDIZE VOLATILE GASES.

ANOTHER WAY IS TO HAVE OBVIOUSLY CLEAN CHIMNEYS, TILE LINED AND/OR STAINLESS PIPING.

ANOTHER IS TO HAVE A GOOD DRAW ON YOUR CHIMNEY.

SO YOU ARE PULLING AIR, GOOD, STRONG PULL OF AIR.

YOU DON'T WANT SMOKE ROLLING BACK WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR.

>> FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M SARAH VAUGHAN.

>> THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY'S MANDATORY SMOKE EMISSION LIMIT FOR WOOD STOVES IS 2 GRAMS OF SMOKE PER HOUR.

YOU CAN FIND AN EXPLANATION OF THE EMISSION LIMIT AND GUIDANCE FOR CHOOSING AN EPA CERTIFIED WOOD HEATER AT EPA.GOV.

>>> WELL, IN THE 1950s AND '60s, THE PANTHEON THEATER IN VINCENNES HOSTED A NUMBER OF STAGE LEGENDS AND NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO RESTORE THE THEATER TO THE FORMER GLORY BUT HAS RUN INTO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

CALI LICHTER REPORTS.

>> IN OCTOBER OF 2020, THE PANTHEON RECEIVED A $30,000 GRANT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO RESTORE THE EXTERIOR.

THE 101-YEAR-OLD BUILDING FEEDED A LOT OF WORK AFTER SITTING VACANT FOR DECADES.

PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF PANTHEON, NICOLE LIKE HAS BEEN SPEARHEADING THE RENOVATIONS.

>> THAT'S AN ONGOING EXTERIOR RENOVATION, EVERYTHING FROM TUCKPOINTING, AND NEW WINDOWS AND DOORS.

>> BUT DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, THE FINISHING TOUCHES HAVE BEEN PUSHED BACK.

>> WHAT WE ARE WATTING ON RIGHT NOW ARE SOME OF THE -- WAITING ON RIGHT NOW ARE THE WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY OF THE BUILDING THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND ALSO OUR MARQUEE.

>> THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE GRANTED AN EXTENSION FROM MARCH UNTIL JUNE TO FINISH THE RESTORATIONS.

>> AS OF NOW, I WILL HOLD OUT HOPE THAT WE WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF JUNE.

I HAVEN'T HEARD OTHERWISE ON THAT.

>> THE PANTHEON IS WHERE RED SKELTON GOT HIS START AND HOSTED BIG NAMES SUCH AS DUKE ELLINGTON, HANK WILLIAMS AND THE MARXS BROTHER.

THE NEW MARQUEE WILL BE THE FINAL INSTALLATION, BUT SHORTAGES ON L.E.D.

LIGHTS AND OTHER MATERIALS WILL PUSH THE DELIVERY INTO LATER THIS SPRING.

>> AND THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE ICING ON THE CAKE.

EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT WILL MAKE THIS BUILDING LOOK LEEK A THEATER AGAIN.

>> LIKE IS OPTIMISTIC THE SUPPLIES WILL BE DELIVERED ON TIME.

UNTIL IT REMAINS OPEN INSIDE FOR BUSINESSES AS A BUSINESS INCUBATOR.

FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M CALI LICHTER.

>> THAT'S THE END OF THIS PROGRAM BUT OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AS WE COVER THE NEWS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK AT WTIUNEWS.ORG.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

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