This letter is in response to the article on the front page of the paper dated March 8, showing a picture and storyline of the IUS men’s basketball team winning the KIAC tournament. It is a great article and well deserved recognition for the men’s team, but in the same paper, there is an article about the IUS Women’s basketball team winning the conference tournament on the third page without a pictur

In 1992, Bernie Merkel, women’s basketball assistant coach, an IUS alumnus and former IUS basketball player, had been laid off from his employer. He was looking for a job to keep him busy and make some extra money while looking for his next career opportunity. Merkel returned to his former coach at IU Southeast, Jim Morris, to see if there were any openings at the school.