IU senior dies from overdose

Ross Greathouse, a 21-year-old IU student, was found dead at 7400 N. Shilo Road Tuesday morning, Monroe County Coroner David Toumey said. Greathouse was pronounced dead at 9:37 a.m. \nCapt. Steven Chambers of the Monroe County Sheriff's Department told The Herald Times that Greathouse had consumed 1 gram of cocaine and a sixth of a gram of heroin. Toumey confirmed that drugs were involved. \n"I saw no evidence of foul play," Toumey said. \nOfficer David Hannum of the IUPD is currently working on a series of drug investigations as a part of the department's efforts to actively prosecute narcotics cases. He did not work on this case but admits that he has had several narcotics cases in the last few months. \n"I know heroin and cocaine are around (campus) and being sold," Hannum said. \nWhile people can use alcohol repeatedly and survive, more dangerous drugs can be deadly, said Dee Owens, director of IU's Alcohol Drug Information Center. \n"It can be a deadly game to play," Owens said. "It just makes me sick to hear (that a student has overdosed). It just shouldn't happen. I just hope that some good comes from what we can learn from this." \nGreathouse, originally from North Vernon, Ind., was a senior majoring in geography and specializing in geographic information science. \nTwo professors who taught him this semester took the day off and said Greathouse was well-liked in the Department of Geography. \n"This comes as a shock to all of us," Department of Geography Chair Dan Knudsen said. "He was a relatively quiet, likeable, good student"