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(10/24/23 7:38pm)
Former IU Police Department cadets Brad Begeske and Amanda Stahl wait for 911 emergency calls for dispatch. The IU Police Department planned a collaboration with Temple University to conduct a peer review study on their community policing strategies.
(01/18/23 8:49pm)
Former IU Police Department cadets Brad Begeske and Amanda Stahl wait for 911 emergency calls for dispatch. Monroe County Central Emergency Dispatch Center workers voted in favor to unionize on Jan. 17, 2023.
(12/15/19 7:28pm)
Then-juniors Matthew Sullivan and Nick Ready say their vows as Doug Bauder, director of the LGBTQ+ Culture Center,
officiates on Nov. 5, 2009, in the Whittenberger Auditorium during a demonstration wedding.
(08/12/14 6:06pm)
A sign is held on Bloomington’s Courthouse Square during a New Year’s Day 2019 memorial for assistant professor Don Belton. Belton, 54, was killed in his home by Michael Griffin, then 25, on Dec. 27, 2009.
(12/05/12 5:01am)
A sign is held on Bloomington's Courthouse Square during a memorial for assistant professor Don Belton, New Year's Day. Belton, 54, was killed in his home by Michael James Griffin, 26, on Dec. 27, 2009.
(12/05/12 4:56am)
A sign is held on Bloomington's Courthouse Square during a memorial for assistant professor Don Belton, New Year's Day. Belton, 54, was killed in his home by Michael James Griffin, 26, on Dec. 27, 2009.
(06/13/11 3:07pm)
Members of the the campus safety commission walk through campus to look for poorly lit areas that are safety concerns. The newly constructed area behind Swaine Hall was not one of them.
(04/19/11 2:44am)
Don Belton did not respond to emails or phone calls. He was supposed to
be in Honolulu with his friend, Mara Miller. Don bought a plane ticket
to depart from Indianapolis International Airport at 8 a.m. Dec. 28,
2009.
(04/14/11 2:41am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Closing arguments will be heard today in the trial of Michael J. Griffin for the murder of former IU professor Don Belton.Griffin, 26, testified in court Wednesday that he did not enter Belton’s home with the intent to kill him.Griffin said he drove to Belton’s home at 904 S. Madison St. to discuss what happened two days prior on Dec. 25, 2009, when he said Belton sexually assaulted him.When Griffin stood in Belton’s kitchen on Dec. 27, he said he raised the issue.“You must’ve enjoyed it because you weren’t resisting,” Belton said to Griffin, according to Griffin’s Wednesday testimony in court.Then Griffin grabbed Belton and said, “No, you’re wrong.”Belton, with two hands, pushed Griffin backward. Griffin unsheathed a knife he often carries with him and held it out and sideways.Belton lunged at Griffin and grabbed the sharp end of the knife and cut his hand. The two men fought and Griffin stabbed Belton 22 times in the chest and abdomen, according to a forensic report. Four of the stabs were considered to be fatal. Griffin said after he ran back to his car and changed into clothes that were in his car from hiking earlier that day. When Griffin arrived home he told his girlfriend, Jessa Greiwe, what he did. The next day Greiwe drove to her parents’ house in Batesville, Ind., and told them what happened. They drove to the Batesville Police Department where she wrote a statement.
(04/12/11 2:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A jury was selected Monday for the murder trial of former IU professor Don Belton.Twelve jurors and two alternates were sworn in. This week they will decide if Michael J. Griffin, 26, should be charged with murder or with voluntary manslaughter — a lesser offense for which Griffin and his counsel will argue. In December 2009, Griffin was arrested and confessed to murdering IU professor Don C. Belton. According to a Bloomington Police Department affidavit, Griffin said he stabbed Belton to death two days after Belton sexually assaulted him. Defense attorney David Collins and prosecuting attorney Darcie Winkle questioned the potential jurors until they agreed upon a fair and impartial group. The jury selection process concluded at about 4:30 p.m., and the trial will continue at about 8:45 a.m. today.Potential jurors were weeded out based on how they responded to issues that surround the trial. They were asked questions such as, “What would you do if your own children were homosexual?” and “How would you respond if you were hit on by someone of the same sex?” They were also asked about their feelings toward the Iraq War and — as Griffin served with the Marine Corps in Iraq — their feelings toward war veterans. Winkle also told potential jurors of the burden that falls on the state, in this case Winkle, to prove Griffin murdered Belton. Collins later stated that if evidence exists that proves it was not murder, it is Winkle’s job to disprove that evidence as well. Finally, Collins asked the potential jurors, “Do you think every time somebody kills somebody, is it considered murder?”After different responses, Collins informed the jurors, who knew little or nothing about the trial.“What if I told you we are disputing that Michael Griffin stabbed Don Belton to death?” Collins said.Silence.“Now you want to know why. Even though the prosecutor said they don’t need to prove why,” Collins said. “If the evidence presents itself, you can consider something less than murder.”
(04/11/11 3:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The trial of Michael James Griffin, who allegedly murdered English professor Don Belton in December 2009, begins today with jury selection.Belton, 53, taught creative writing for IU’s English department during the 2008-09 school year. He worked and lived in Philadelphia before coming to Indiana.Griffin, now 26, graduated from Bloomington High School South before serving in the Marine Corps, where he fought in the battle of Fallujah and earned a purple heart. Bloomington Police Department arrested Griffin, and he confessed to murdering Belton, according to the police affidavit.Monroe Circuit Judge Teresa Harper will oversee the trial, which is scheduled to take place every day this week in the Monroe County Justice Building.Continue checking idsnews.com and the print edition of the Indiana Daily Student for further coverage of the trial.
(03/21/11 1:19am)
The sunset over Blue Creek Canyon on the Outer Mountain Loop trail in Big Bend National Park, Texas. This photo was taken on day two of a 30 mile desert hike.
(03/11/11 5:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU policy doesn’t allow the release of full records detailing where mandatory student fees are being spent. This includes the ledgers of the IU Student Association or any other student organization, so it is not clear if IUSA executives have given money to their own companies this year.Last year, however, the Indiana Daily Student obtained a non-redacted 2009-10 IUSA ledger, which revealed that two companies owned by members of the executive branch received IUSA funds.LiveArrive LLC, owned by then-Transportation Chief Ilya Rekhter, received $15,000 and Neil Kelty’s Thrive44 Strategy Group received two checks totaling more than $700.The document was used in an impeachment petition against Kelty, IUSA’s chief of staff, that recently went before the IUSA Congress and the Supreme Court.In October, when the IDS requested the ledger for the first time, Assistant Dean of Students Steve Veldkamp said, “All student government records are open to the public.”But when the IDS requested the 2010-11 ledger last month, IUSA Treasurer Sierra Hsieh said she must work with IU Legal, which concluded that some parts of the documents couldn’t be disclosed due to restrictions in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.FERPA is a federal law that sets requirements and guidelines for releasing student records and information. If a university is found to have routinely violated FERPA, it could lose federal funding.The full ledgers list recipients of money, how it’s distributed, its amount and when it’s mailed.The 2010-11 ledger did not list which students were reimbursed, nor which companies received checks. IUSA budgets show what category of money is being spent, but not where the money ends up.Beth Cate, IU’s associate general counsel, said IU can’t release records it believes could be used to identify a student.According to the state’s Access to Public Records Act, documents like these should be open record, but the statute also states releases can’t violate federal law such as FERPA.The IUSA documents not being released include some related to the GPS bus tracking debate, such as disclosures of conflict of interest or commitment.This means any student organization, including IUSA, could be using money without disclosing the details to the public.
(03/09/11 4:00am)
Congress member Alex Groysman talks to IUSA members at a conduct hearing Feb. 22. Committee members cleared executives of any wrong-doing with the DoubleMap system unanimously 4-0.
(03/08/11 5:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>This story originally ran in two parts. See Congress investigates below for the beginning of the second part.
(01/11/11 3:36am)
Delta Gamma sorority greet new their new members Monday night during Bid Day.
(01/11/11 3:35am)
Alpha Epsilon Phi members dance and scream on top of a car outside their sorority house during bid day on Jordan Avenue.
(01/11/11 3:35am)
Sorority hopefuls wait for a bus on Bid Day on Jordan Avenue.
(01/11/11 3:34am)
Gamma Phi Beta sorority members greet a new recruit getting off a campus bus during bid day, Monday night on Jordan Avenue.
(01/11/11 3:34am)
Gamma Phi Beta sorority members hug during Bid Day, Monday night on Jordan Avenue.