IU NewsNet weekly newscasts
This clip contains content generated for IU News Net, a student run news organization from Indiana University. The tape features students reporting on COVID-19, sports, and events happening in Bloomington, Indiana.
0:46 Preshow Teases
0:47 Student anchor Meredith Struewing tosses the story to her co-anchor
0:59 Student Gage Griffin reads the lead-in for a story about an out-of-state shooting of an IU
Student
*1:17 Student Noelle Friel tells the story about the shooting IU Media School student Ethan
Williams who was shot during a trip to New York
*3:27 Noelle switches to another story about an IU Student, Skylar Bradley, who was shot in
Alabama while breaking up a fight
3:52 Meredith reads the lead-in for a package on mental health (IU Care Referral)
6:31 Gage Griffin reads a lead-in for a package about IU Health Center
6:46 Student reporter Tamar Sher talks about virtual counseling sessions at the IU Health Center
7:46 Meredith reads a voiceover about IU 2000th positive mitigation test
8:57 Meredith reads a voiceover about IU’s testing stations.
9:21 Gage Griffin reads a voiceover about the amount of people who have voted early in the
2020 election
10:42 Meredith reads the teases about Halloween costumes and the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch
11:00 The tease wipe plays
11:08 Gage Griffin tells the story of how the pandemic has taken its toll of costume sales
13:06 Meredith reads a voiceover about Bloomington’s trick-or-treat hours
14:00 Meredith tosses a package about the Great Glass Pumpkin patch to student reporter Holden
Abshire
14:23 Holden Abshire tells the story about the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, an art sale on
Kirkwood Avenue
15:58 Gage Griffin teases the upcoming stories from the sports news
16:23 Sports wipe runs
16:31 Meredith introduces the sports news after the break
16:43 Student reporter Connor Hines talks about Indiana Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. in a
game against Penn State
18:18 Connor Hines tells how IU Football won against Penn State 36 to 35 after a legendary
touchdown from Penix Jr.
18:55 Student reporter Griffin Gonzalez is on the Kirkwood Avenue interviewing fans right after
the victory at the football game
20:45 Connor Hines tells the audience about the upcoming IU Football game against Rutgers
20:53 Meredith ends the newscast by encouraging the audience to follow them on Facebook
21:14 Credits roll with the names Noelle Friel, Gage Griffin, Alex Harrison, Connor Hines,
Meredith Struweing, Lexi Vennetti, Jordan Gould, Tamar Sher, Holden Abshire, Griffin
Gonzalez, Drew Frey, and Andrew Lamparski
[AI-Generated Summary] This IU NewsNet broadcast covers a somber yet eventful week at Indiana University, beginning with the tragic shooting deaths of two students, Ethan Williams and Skyler Bradley, while they were visiting New York and Alabama respectively. In response to these tragedies and the ongoing stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program highlights student support resources such as the IU Care Referral Program and the WellTrack mental health app. Public health remains a central focus as the university reports its 2,000th positive mitigation test and announces the opening of three new labs capable of processing 15,000 tests per day with a 24-hour turnaround. The segment also touches on the 2020 election's high early voter turnout in Monroe County and the pandemic's impact on local Halloween traditions, including declining costume sales and a socially distanced Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. Finally, the broadcast celebrates the IU football team's historic upset victory over Penn State, though officials expressed concern regarding the lack of masks during subsequent student celebrations.
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