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Monday Rundown: Professor Eleanor Leach remembered, IU alumna, teacher at Parkland recounts experience, IU swimming and diving wins back-to-back Big Ten titles, Bloomington Black Lives Matter to host documentary screening

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Professor Eleanor Leach remembered for love of classics

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Eleanor Leach, a professor in IU's Department of Classical Studies, stands in Rome in 2011 on one of her many trips with students. Leach was found dead last Monday in her home. She was 80 years old. Courtesy Photo

Professor Eleanor Leach is remembered by her students and colleagues as a quirky, grandmotherly Rome fanatic with a soft spot for Horace and Cicero. She was found dead in her home at age 80 on Feb. 19. Read more here. 


IU alumna, teacher at Parkland school recounts her experience 

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IU alumna Katherine Posada, a 10th grade English teacher from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, speaks one-on-one about her experience during the shooting. Posada also spoke during a talk at the IU School of Education on Friday. Ty Vinson

Katherine Posada said the first thing her class saw when responders entered her classroom was the barrel of a gun. Read more here.


IU wins back-to-back Big Ten titles 

Then-freshman butterfly swimmer Vinicius Lanza, now a senior, competes during the 200-yard butterfly in 2016 at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center.
Then-freshman butterfly swimmer Vinicius Lanza, now a senior, competes during the 200-yard butterfly in 2016 at the Boilermaker Aquatic Center. Noble Guyon

It was the first time IU won back-to-back championships in 32 years. For the 36th time in school history, IU swimming and diving brought the Big Ten Championship back to Bloomington. Read more here.


Bloomington Black Lives Matter hosting free documentary screening

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A local Black Lives Matter organization is holding a free screening of the documentary film “Do Not Resist” at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The film, released in 2016, is an investigation into the rapid militarization of American police forces, and the effects of this on marginalized and minority communities. Yulin Yu

In response to the purchase of an armored vehicle for the Bloomington Police Department, a local Black Lives Matter organization will screen “Do Not Resist” tonight.  Read more here.

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