Man exposes himself to 2 women

An unidentified man exposed himself to two female Collins Living-Learning Center residents Tuesday night near the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue and 11th Street, IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said.\nThe two IU students, whose names are being witheld because the investigation is still going on, were studying in Collins' Edmondson Formal Lounge Tuesday night when they decided to take a walk at 11:30 p.m.\nDuring their walk, the two students noticed a lone man following them as they proceeded north on Forrest Avenue.\nThe two women then turned onto 11th Street where they encountered the same man masturbating in front of them. Both of the students ran to the Collins Center Desk and reported the incident to the Residential Assistant on duty, who called IUPD.\nWhile exposures may be common on college campuses, Minger said the results are seldom more than shock effect.\n"Unfortunately indecent exposure is a crime where perpetrators who are not members of the campus community, but come onto the campus," Minger said. "Violators know the environment has very accessible victims with females walking around at all times of the day. I don't want anyone to have a false sense of security, but exhibitionists are usually after the shock effect and don't typically assault their victim. But that's not to say these exhibitionists aren't just testing the water and may escalate in their severity."\nOfficers Ryan Corbett and Scott Dunning began searching the area and took the report.\nThe two victims gave police enough information to draft a composite sketch of the man.\nPolice said the perpetrator is a black male, approximately 5'11" and in his thirtys. He has a large build and weighs between 190 and 200 pounds. At the time of the incident he was wearing baggy jeans, a baggy khaki long sleeve button down shirt with a matching khaki colored skull cap and a light colored knit cap. The subject appeared to be 'out of place' among the other students.\nPolice, saying all tip can be helpful, are encouraging anyone who thinks they have seen the man matching the description to come forward.\n"We're really hoping the perpetrator has been seen by other people who can maybe say 'Hey, I saw this guy hanging out in the Union, or hey, I've seen this guy in my dorm,'" Minger said. "Even if they think their information is very small, that piece of information is golden."\nThe IUPD Investigations Section can be contacted at 855-4111.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Committee to discuss IU camp

A task force to investigate IU Alumni Associations' Camp Brosius meets for the first time at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Bryan Hall. The 12-person committee, appointed by IU President Adam Herbert and headed by IU Budget Director Steve Keucher, was appointed by the president two weeks ago to make a recommendation about the fate of the summer camp.\nThe IUAA and the IU Board of Trustees agreed to the one-year lease proposed by the IUAA that extends through October 2004.\nCarl Zacher has managed the camp for the last five years and sits on the committee as a representative of the IUAA.\n"I think (the mission of the task force) is to determine the long-term viability of the camp," Zacher said. "How does it fit into the IU community, and how do we justify it."\nZacher said he considers it a privilege to help determine the fate of the 85-year-old camp run by the IUAA since 1974. According to a statement released by the IUAA, about 900 people attend Camp Brosius, located at Lake Elkhart in Wisconsin, annually during its eight one-week sessions. According to IUAA Web site, Camp Brosius is staffed primarily by IU students, alumni and IUAA professional staff. It offers programming for children through teenagers, as well as tournaments, trips and other leisure activities for adults.\nZacher said he has great faith in Keucher's leadership abilities since Keucher has already been in contact with all the committee members. Zacher said he feels everyone will come to Friday's meeting "on the same page."\nThe IUAA also absorbed salaries and benefits of $51,000 in the last year for the portion of IUAA permanent staff involved in the camp's operation.\n"Without contributions from campers and friends, the camp would have operated with a negative cash flow six of the past seven years," IUAA President Ken Beckley said.\nThe IUAA recently decided to extend its involvement until 2004 to keep the camp afloat during the transition to a new manager. \n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

IUPD promotes safety program

Since the recent report of a blitz rape of an IU freshman Oct. 23 near Ballantine Hall, many students have personal safety on their minds.\nThe IU Police Department is putting on a program designed to alleviate fears.\nRape Aggression Defense is a program of realistic defensive tactics and techniques that teaches women to be aware of their surroundings and minimize the threat of assault. The school also teaches women hands-on physical tactics. \n"RAD provides women with knowledge concerning awareness, prevention, risk reduction and risk avoidance," IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said. "RAD also teaches hands-on self defense techniques for those women who decide to resist an attacker. These techniques are presented in both static and dynamic training sessions."\nRAD is taught in several sessions a year by IUPD instructors, including Sgt. David Rhodes, a martial arts expert.\nRhodes said the RAD self-defense techniques are based on martial arts, but emphasized the course is not a martial arts class out of "Karate Kid."\n"The techniques are simply blocks, strikes and kicks a woman with an average strength and size can perform," Rhodes said.\nThe first class is from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday. Class members will learn risk reduction and risk awareness. These techniques lower chances of a possible attack as the potential victim may be able to avoid the situation all together.\nThe second and third classes are from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 11 and 13. In these classes, members will learn the physical techniques.\nAn optional class period, called "Dynamic Simulation," runs from 6 to 9 p.m., Nov. 18. In this class students who are dressed in safety equipment will defend themselves against mock aggressors. \nRhodes said this is essentially using the techniques at full force, because most women have never hit or kicked someone as hard as they could. They also receive positive feedback on how well they work.\n"No one can tell a woman how she should respond in these types of situations," Rhodes said. "Instead we provide options to physically resist an attacker."\nThe course is an annual event sponsored by IUPD to aid potential victims on campus.\nRegistration is required. Any woman can register by calling IUPD at 855-4111. Class size is limited to 10 participants and is free for IU students. There is a $20 training fee for non-students.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Suspected drug dealer arrested

The IU Police Department arrested the same student on two separate occasions last week, both on felony drug charges relating to an ecstacy lab the student volunteered to show police.\nFreshman Jacob Stoner was arrested last Wednesday on three felony charges, including intent to deliver, possession of narcotics and maintaining a common nuisance -- all Class-D felonies.\nStoner bonded out of the Monroe County Jail for $700, according to IUPD narcotics officer Dave Hannum.\nStoner was arrested again Friday after the discovery of a drug lab he allegedly ran in a Bloomington storage facility. He now faces two more Class-B felonies, including intent to deliver schedule one narcotics, defined as a higher classification of narcotics. He is currently out of jail on a $40,000 bond.\nAccording to police, a tip sent IUPD narcotics officer Dave Hannum to Teter Quad last Wednesday. The tipster indicated there was drug activity going on inside the dorm room.\nIn the room, Hannum said he saw "items that looked like paraphernalia which led me to believe there was drug activity going on in the room."\nHannum obtained a search warrant from Monroe County Judge David Welch and found drugs, paraphernalia, digital scales, over $1,000 in cash, Adderol pills, empty capsules and capsules filled with a white powder police said may have been ecstacy. Hannum said they won't know for sure until the results come back from the Indiana State Police lab.\nHannum said he also found two safes, in the room -- one too heavy to carry out -- and confiscated a Toshiba laptop with an estimated $2,700 retail value.\nHannum obtained a search warrant to examine the hard drive of the laptop. IUPD Spokesman and technical services director Lt. Jerry Minger looked over the computer's registry and found instant messenger logs Stoner had saved.\nMinger said some of the text in the messages indicated Stoner "was trying to set-up a market" for his narcotics business.\nHannum then asked Stoner to walk him through his rented storage facility.\nAfter going inside, Hannum said he saw large amounts of paraphernalia and what looked to be lab equipment. Hannum received another search warrant from Welch to investigate the storage facility and called the Indiana State Police's Clandestine Drug Lab team, a specially trained unit in examining possible drug labs.\nAfter the investigation, Hannum phoned Stoner Friday and asked him to meet so Hannum could return his storage locker key.\nHannum said Stoner made him promise he would not take Stoner to jail again. Hannum said he promised. But when Stoner showed up at the department police discovered three hits of ecstacy on him.\nIUPD Officer Shannon Bunger took Stoner to the Monroe County Jail. He is currently out on bond.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Student reports sexual assault on walk from Ballantine

The first blitz-rape on the IU-Bloomington campus in 30 years might have happened Thursday, according to the IU Police Department.\nAn 18-year-old freshman woman said she was raped in a report she made to IUPD Detective Gregory McClure. In the report, the victim said she was assaulted at approximately 9 p.m. in an area between Morrison and Goodbody Halls, north of Third Street.\nIUPD Spokesman Lt. Jerry Minger said the victim left Ballantine Hall Thursday night after studying. A male subject approached her from behind, covered her mouth with his hand and then forced her to a dark space where she was assaulted. The attacker then fled south toward Third Street. \nThe victim didn't struggle because she feared being harmed, Minger said.\nIUPD Officer Randy Frye and McClure transported the victim, who said she didn't know the attacker, to Bloomington Hospital for a medical examination.\nMcClure then returned and began the processing the scene for physical evidence. Minger would not comment on whether any evidence useful to the investigation was obtained.\nThe victim was able to give a brief description of her assailant, who she said smelled like he had been drinking.\nHe was described as a white male, around 5'4", who may have been wearing blue jeans, according to Minger.\nPolice ask anyone who may have witnessed the attack or who believes they may have any information regarding the assault to contact the Investigation Section of the IU Police Department at 855-4111.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

IUPD Bike Patrol helps keep campus safe with fast response

IU Parking Operations recently donated several mountain bikes to the IU Police Department to help further the department's bike patrol program.\nThe IUPD Bike Patrol began in the early 1990s and benefits the student body with a faster response time. Because of its ability to cut across all sorts of campus terrain, they often arrive at the scene of an incident before a patrol car.\n"On the bike, officers can more efficiently cover more area and can move quickly to a location if needed for emergencies," said Capt. Keith Cash, IUPD's operations commander. "In some instances, they can arrive more quickly than a motor vehicle due to not having to go through traffic on the streets. This type of patrol is also excellent in high areas of pedestrian traffic." \nIan Lovan is an IUPD officer in the department's Part Time Officer Program, which allows him to finish his degree and gain law enforcement experience at the same time. Lovan is a member of IUPD's bike patrol and said he considers it a privilege because of the program's physical requirements. Only the top 10 most physically fit officers are eligible for the program.\n"The bike patrol adds greatly to the idea of community policing," said Lovan, a senior majoring in criminal justice. "Bike officers bridge the gap between foot officers and squad cars. Being on a bicycle allows you to be very visible, talk to the people while you patrol and answer questions they may have. The foot officers have the same benefit, but when you are in a vehicle, you can't really have the same rapport with the people."\nThe IUPD has a total of six Trek 8000 Police Bicycles, which are ridden by the specially trained police officers of the IUPD Bicycle Patrol.\nCash said the program began when he and a former IUPD sergeant attended a Mountain Bike School put on by the "Law Enforcement Bicycle Association" through the Fort Wayne, Ind., police department.\nAnd all the hard work and training Lovan and the other Bike Patrol officers devote to the program seems to have paid off.\nIn late May 2003, the IUPD set up an undercover operation near the Arboretum to try and catch a flasher who had exposed himself to young women. Officer Jennifer Buttice was in plain clothes and worked to try and bait the suspect. When the flasher made his appearance, he began to flee the area. However, Lovan was on his radio near Ballantine Hall and sped on the bike to the area where he saw the suspect running. \n"He fled through the woods behind Woodburn Hall, and I finally got him stopped there," Lovan said. "Since it would be impossible to get a car in that area at that time, I feel the bicycle played a big role in catching him. I'm not saying if I weren't there we wouldn't have caught him, but the bike did play a big part in his arrest."\nOfficers Dave Heckman, Buttice and Lovan later all received commendations for the arrest.\nLovan said the best thing about the the program is it gets so much done at once.\n"I get a charge out of being a bike officer because it's fun, it's exercise and its work all in one."\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Coach discusses athletes' behavior

IU football coach Gerry DiNardo said Tuesday that three players are involved in an IU Police Department investigation into long-distance phone fraud, but he does not anticipate any student-athletes will be ineligible for Saturday's game against Ohio State.\nDiNardo said one of those players "involved to the highest degree (in the fraud case) was dismissed over the summer."\nAthletics Department Director of Media Relations Jeff Fanter said sophomore Damien Jones was the only football player to be dismissed since the beginning of the summer to date.\nReached at his dorm room late Tuesday, Jones declined to comment.\nAccording to the IUPD, the investigation was prompted by a confession by one of the players to police officers investigating a similar, but unrelated, case. The confession came from a player at Foster Quad who said he took part in making about $480 in unauthorized long-distance calls. The access code belonged to a football program staffer who has not yet been identified.\nPolice reports indicated at least nine players were involved. IUPD would not confirm DiNardo's statement citing a specific number of suspects because the matter is an ongoing investigation.\n"The case is still being actively investigated, and our detectives are currently working to determine who may be involved in the commission of any fraud with the unauthorized telephone calling number," IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said.\nMinger said he couldn't release other information about names of anyone involved with the investigation.\nNCAA bylaws prohibit the use of telephone, calling cards or credit cards for personal use without charge by student-athletes, calling it an extra benefit. The rules call for restitution or suspensions.\nAs of Oct. 20, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas had suspended at least 21 athletes -- including 11 football players -- for making a total of $5,617.62 in long-distance phone calls, according to the Associated Press. The first round of suspensions by UNLV came in late August.\nAt IU, students have to enter a seven-digit personal access code to make long-distance calls on campus. University Information Technology Services charges nine cents a minute for domestic phone calls.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Athletics aware of IUPD inquiry

The IU Athletics Department said in a brief statement Monday it is aware of the investigation involving misuse of University long-distance codes by IU football players, and it is cooperating with the IU Police Department.\nThe statement went on to say the Athletics Department will provide further comment should the police investigations warrant a response.\nIU Athletics Department Media Relations Director Jeff Fanter said the Athletics Department's statement is credited to both IU football coach Gerry DiNardo and IU Athletics Director Terry Clapacs. \nNCAA bylaws prohibit the use of telephone, calling cards or credit cards for personal use without charge by student athletes, calling it an extra benefit.\nWhen the total is less than $100, players must pay restitution. For larger sums, the guidelines mandate suspensions. In a similar case, the Villanova men's basketball team suspended 12 players in March after an internal investigation showed players had been making unauthorized phone calls.\nNCAA spokeswoman Gail Dent said the organization won't comment on an ongoing investigation. Dent said a university under investigation can comment on the investigation if it so chooses.\nIU spokeswoman Jane Jankowski could not be reached for comment late Monday.\nDent, who could not comment on whether IU self-reported these secondary infractions, said sanctions levied upon the team depend on the totality of all the parts and not how the NCAA became aware of the bylaw breaches.\nThe investigation was prompted last week during an IUPD investigation into a similar, but not related, phone fraud case at Foster Quad.\nA member of the football team approached police and confessed to using a stolen IU long-distance phone code, which he said he received from a teammate. The personal access code belongs to an unnamed IU football coach, police said.\nPolice said they think one player saw the number sitting on a coach's desk during a meeting, copied the number and then distributed it to at least nine other players.\nThree other teammates told the IDS they were aware of the unauthorized phone calls by their teammate but denied any involvement of their own.\nAt IU, campus residents, faculty and staff members can only make long distance calls using the University phone service after they enter a seven-digit personal access code, or PAC. The PAC acts as a billing number so UITS can bill the correct resident, staff or faculty member for long-distance calls.\nThe $480 worth of calls equals 5,333 minutes or 88 hours of calling time.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

IUPD investigates football team for phone fraud

The IU Police Department is investigating members of the IU football team for illegally charging $480 on a University long distance access code, IUPD officers said. The investigation was prompted when one player approached police and confessed.\nWhile police were investigating a similar, but not related, phone fraud case at Foster Quad, sophomore fullback Jason Sullivan approached a police officer and confessed to using the personal access code, police said. Sullivan told police he received the code from another teammate.\nThe other teammate was not identified by either police or Sullivan. But police said they think one player saw the number sitting on a coach's desk during a meeting, copied the number and then distributed it to at least nine other players.\nIU coach Gerry DiNardo was the main contact for police investigators, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger.\nAccording to NCAA bylaw 16.12.2.2.2, it is not permissible to allow a student-athlete to use a telephone or credit card for personal reasons without charge or at a reduced cost. When the total is less than $100, players must pay the bill. For larger sums, the guidelines mandate suspensions.\nIn a similar case, the Villanova men's basketball team suspended 12 players in March after an internal investigation showed players had been making unauthorized phone calls.\nAt IU, campus residents, faculty and staff members can only make long distance calls using the University phone service after they enter a seven-digit personal access code, or PAC, according to University Information Technology Services. The PAC acts as a billing number so UITS can bill the correct resident, staff or faculty member for long distance calls.\nSullivan refused to comment on the investigation, but three other players said they heard about players using the access codes fraudulently, and one said members of the team were confronted with the usage in a meeting.\nFreshman running back Lance Bennett said about four days to a week ago he heard about other teammates making long distance phone calls, but he said he didn't know who any of the players were.\nFreshmen offensive lineman Jonathan Clemente and running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis said they also heard about other teammates making long distance phone calls with the PACs.\nGreen-Ellis said that at one meeting with many other teammates, one of the coaches asked the players to give up names of people who were using the PACs illegally if they knew about it. \nBoth Clemente and Green-Ellis denied any involvement.\nPolice said they won't release the names of any other players involved because it is investigatory material.\nUITS charges nine cents a minute for domestic phone calls. The $480 charge works out to 5,333 minutes.\nNeither Athletics Director Terry Clapacs nor DiNardo could be reached for comment.\n -- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Victims won't be reimbursed

Students who are victims of the recent rash of thefts at the IU School of Music are not eligible for reimbursement for their loss from IU.\nLarry Stephens, director of risk management, said IU doesn't provide any coverage for personal property of students. Stephens said students are advised to get their own insurance coverage for personal possessions.\nThe School of Music reported Oct. 6, that its master keys had been missing for over a month. Recent thefts include a $20,000 violin, a $5,000 violin bow, nearly $2,000 of recording equipment, cash from the desk of the School of Music's dean, and a professor's $500 digital camera.\nIn the case of Tuesday's theft of the Canon digital camera from Music School faculty member Paul Elliott, risk management said they will provide coverage for an employee's personal property only if it is essential to their job. Stephens said employees must file their property with their own insurance and any amount not covered by their own personal polices, will be covered by risk management.\nSome students said the school isn't doing enough to protect property, since locks haven't been changed since a set of master keys was stolen last month.\nSue-Jean Lee, a first-year graduate student studying piano, said after the keys were stolen, the school should have had the locks changes immediately -- regardless of the cost.\n"Not even one student feels safe going to the restroom without packing up all their stuff," Lee said.\nSchool of Music budget director Royce Deckard said the locks haven't been replaced because of the $30-40,000 cost associated with replacing all of the jeopardized locks.\nFriday morning, a janitor foiled a robber's attempt to gain access to a room in the music school where a vault containing money was stored.\nIt may seem that theft at the music school is an epidemic, but according to statistics from IU Police Department Spokesman Lt. Jerry Minger, the cases seem to be in the average range.\nFrom Jan. 1 to Oct. 16, 2002, there were four cases of theft in the music school reported to officers. For the same time period this year, there have been five in the school.\nMusic School Dean Gwyn Richards didn't return calls and e-mails. \n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Health screenings offered

A local charity will hold a free health screening at its club Sunday for children with medical problems too expensive for their parents to afford. The Stonebelt Shrine Club will hold the screenings from 1 to 3 p.m. at the clubhouse at 7065 N. Stonebelt Drive.\nThe screening is open to the public and is designed to screen children with orthopedic, burn or neuro problems who may be eligible for free care, continual check-ups and transportation to and from the area Shrine Hospitals.\nDr. Kent Moseman is a Bloomington orthopedic Surgeon who volunteers annually at the screenings and refers children to the Shrine hospitals for treatment based on the results of the screenings.\nMoseman said the screenings are an attempt to make the Shrine Hospital services accessible to area families, and this is one of the ways local people can be made aware of their services.\n"The Shrine Hospitals have staffs with considerable experience dealing with orthopedics where the average orthopedic surgeon doesn't see similar cases maybe once a year," Moseman said.\nMoseman said typical ailments he sees are bowed legs, scoliosis and clubbed feet. He said if children have any unusual ailments, he would probably refer them to the Shriners.\nThe screenings may also be beneficial to the IU Community.\n"The student parents, usually graduate students, are far from home," said Shrine member Steve Fiscus. "Usually working part time to supplement their income and short of close support (they) can find relief in the fact that should their child suffer from one of the afflictions that the Shriner's Hospitals work on and can get the treatment needed for free. The Shrine also will pay for the gas to transport the child to the hospital. There are absolutely no charges for the treatment."\n-Contact staff reporter Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Camera stolen in latest theft

Another theft was reported from the IU School of Music Wednesday, less than two weeks after the theft of a $20,000 violin from a locked practice room at the school.\nFaculty member Paul Elliott reported the disappearance of his $500 Canon digital camera Wednesday.\nElliott, a voice teacher, said he needed the camera for a class, and brought it from his home Monday to leave in his studio overnight. When he came into his office Tuesday morning, he said the camera was missing. Elliott said he waited until Wednesday to file the theft report to verify he didn't leave it at home or somewhere else, but he checked the school's lost and found area and didn't find the camera there.\nThis latest break-in comes after the theft last month of master keys that allow access to music school facilities. The keys open rooms in the Music Annex, Simon Music Library, Merrill Hall and the Musical Arts Center, but the school has yet to change the locks.\nElliott said he told IU Police Department officer Brett Wellman he was sure the camera was stolen from his office. Wellman wrote in the police report access to the studio was made without visible signs of forced entry.\nBut this doesn't mean someone used a key to get in, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. He said it is still a possibility, though.\nMinger said it is important investigators don't develop tunnel vision in investigations and assume this theft was perpetrated by the same subject responsible for a break-in foiled by a janitor Friday morning.\nBut Minger said people still should be aware of safety concerns in the area after the recent theft reports.\n"People should be conscious their property is never completely safe without their presence," Minger said.\nSchool of Music Dean Gwyn Richards said in a previous IDS article the school is working with IUPD and the IU Risk Management office to address the situation. \nWhen Elliott reported the theft to Richards' office, Elliott said the office seemed sorry about the theft and said they thought the situation was under control and the thefts had died down.\nRichards did not return phone calls Wednesday.\nElliott said he has learned his lesson. This is the first thing taken from him in his 19 years at IU.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Shriners donate to school

Local Shriners presented a $1,000 check Tuesday to a middle school teacher, allowing more of his students to participate in a learning workshop.\nChapter President Turner Nolan and treasurer David Shafer presented the check to Batchelor Middle School teacher Jeff Rudkin during a 30 minute ceremony in his second floor classroom. Also representing Stonebelt Shrine Club, a county chapter of the Indianapolis based Murat Temple, were members Billy Combs, Bill Resch, Steve Fiscus and Tom Staley.\n"Having grown up in a financially challenged home, I find it extremely gratifying that our organization can help anyone, particularly children who are vulnerable and at such an impressionable stage in their lives," said Staley, chapter vice president. "I firmly believe in role models and support mentoring." \nRudkin runs B-TV, a hands-on broadcasting class where the students produce a regular newscast for Batchelor's student body. The class has won 10 national awards, allowing them to participate in the International Student Media Festival, held in Anaheim, Calif., this Oct. 22-26. \nBut four students eligible to go couldn't afford the trip.\nThe Shrine Club learned of the students' financial need when grandchildren of the local Shriners in the class let their grandfathers know about the situation. They made a donation after they found out the students' plight.\nWhile the Shrine Club's mission is primarily based on generating donations to fund the organization's 23 hospitals scattered across North America, one Shriner said if a chapter has the money, then it should be routed to other good causes.\n"If we are affluent enough, which we are right now, we like to support our kids and help them grow academically," said former chapter president and member Steve Fiscus.\nThe chapter learned of the four students' financial needs too late for the organization's monthly board meeting, where the business would normally have been proposed. So the chapter put it before the general membership of the local chapter in what it calls a "stated meeting." Staley said the proposal to donate the $1,000 passed unanimously.\n"I find (the donation) overwhelming," said Batchelor principal Peggy Chambers. "I think the Shriners are a respected organization and the work they do is so needed. I think for them to take the time to come here today and make this presentation, it says a lot about their commitment to our youth."\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Shrine Club members, from left: Turner Nolan, Steven Fiscus, Tom Staley, Bill Resch and Billy Combs have an impromptu meeting over coffee to plan the presentation of the check to Batchelor Middle School teacher Jeff Rudkin and his B-TV media team.

IUAA makes alumni feel welcome for Homecoming

The IU Alumni Association will sponsor several events as part of IU's Homecoming festivities this weekend including today's annual Homecoming Parade, pre-game party and a brunch for alumni on Saturday.\nEach Saturday beginning two hours before any home football game, an indoor party called a "Big Red Warm-up" is held at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center located on 17th Street across from Assembly Hall. The warm-up is sponsored by the IU Student Alumni Association.\nThe SAA is an off-shoot organization of the IUAA and is responsible for bringing students into the fold and encouraging them to benefit from the many services IUAA offers after graduation comes.\nThe pre-game party usually draws 200 or more people, and the number of attendees is gradually increasing, said junior Becky Junokas, SAA director of support for leadership.\nThese warm-ups are a way of bringing students into the Alumni Center as well as helping them get connected with other alumni.\n"It's definitely an important event for us," said Tara Sherwin, a graduate assistant for the IUAA, "because it's a two-prong attack on students and alumni. It brings students into the alumni center so they are exposed to the building, what we do and our table with our membership sign-ups. And students are also exposed to alumni who come in for the home football games, so they can talk with them and see what it is like to be an alumni and be in that other world."\nSherwin said "the other world" is life after college, which seems "awfully far off as a freshmen."\nSherwin said the warm-up benefits alumni who come because it connects them with the students, and she feels the SAA can accomplish its goals this way.\nAlso Saturday, the IUAA is welcoming alumni and friends at its 16th annual Homecoming Brunch. \n"Sweet Home Indiana" will be held at the John Mellencamp Pavilion located on Fee Lane next to Memorial Stadium.\nThe event, sponsored by the IUAA, IU Foundation, Hoosiers for Higher Education and IU Varsity Club, is expected to draw a crowd of at least 1,000 people, IUAA staffer Lori Pearson said in a statement.\nThe program will include entertainment from groups including the IU Singing Hoosiers, the IU Cheerleaders and Craig Brenner and the Crawdads. Speakers will include IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm, Athletic Director Terry Clapacs and IUAA CEO Ken Beckley.\nTickets cost $12 for adults and $6 for children 12 and under. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

IUPD works football tailgating

With the Homecoming game Saturday, more football fans than normal will gather to support IU in its battle against Northwestern. \nThis also means more tailgating will go on in the Red Lot across the street from Memorial Stadium. \nBut police say Homecoming events don't necessarily mean there will be more drinking.\n"It's going to depend on the weather, the crowd size and amount of officers we have available in that area," IU Police Department Sgt. Don Schmuhl said. "But just because it's Homecoming doesn't mean we'll encounter more alcohol. If the weather is nice and warm we have people out and doing things, if it's cold and rainy we tend to have more people at home."\nIUPD Officer Martin East is a 20-year veteran and has worked the Red Lot during several games. He said there is a reason a large quantity of police circulate during the partying.\n"There was a time when everybody just turned their heads, and nobody bothered with it," East said. "But we are proactively now trying to combat underage drinking. Now we check IDs. In the past, it was a safe haven because underage drinkers felt like no one would bother them."\nEast said he feels people going to the Red Lot are just looking to have a good time, but problems still arise from inexperienced drinkers.\n"You get kids who have never drank before and they drink too much. Alcohol affects their judgement, and then we have a problem. I think that's the whole problem," he said.\nBut the police presence generates mixed reactions from tailgaters who frequent the Red Lot on game day.\nJunior Quinton Weisberg said he feels the police aren't out "to get anybody." \n"They don't give us a problem about underage drinking, which is good," Weisberg said. "I think they're just here in case there's a big problem. They walk by; they don't hassle us. I'm glad they're here in case there's a problem."\nOther tailgaters don't think the police presence is warranted. \nNon-student Greg Rankin was at IU's last home game against Kentucky for only his second tailgating experience. He said he didn't like the cops being there.\n"They're trying to break up my party," Rankin said. "I just had a confrontation with the cops five minutes ago with about nine cops surrounding the keg. But we were all 21, so everything was straight."\nRankin said the police are there for no reason.\n"I don't see any crowds," he said. "I just see people by their automobiles drinking some beer." \nRankin said he has tailgated at other universities, including the University of Michigan and Ohio State University, and he doesn't feel there's any danger at IU. \nHe said the police are more of a nuisance than a service.\nSchmul said the officers are doing their jobs to keep tailgaters in line.\n"If you are under 21, I would not consume alcohol in that area, and if you are 21 or older you should not violate state law, such as public intoxication, furnishing alcohol to minors and operating a vehicle while intoxicated," Schmuhl said.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Police prepare for weekend Homecoming festivities

Homecoming Week 2003 begins today as alumni return to the campus and students prepare for this weekend's festivities, including Friday's parade and Saturday's football game against Northwestern.\nBut the IU Police Department is also preparing.\nBecause of the expected influx of crowds, IUPD is expecting to deal with more alcohol-related offenses, including drunk driving.\n"Because it's Homecoming week, I think officers on the street will certainly be more conscious of watching for drunk drivers," said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger.\nMinger said the department isn't increasing its patrols or enforcement, though. \nLast year, the IUPD made 46 arrests during Homecoming Week, including eight for drunk driving and public intoxication.\nOne of the third shift's main duties during its 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. run is to stop drunk drivers, Minger said. \nFormer IUPD Officer Nick Ojeda, who now works for the Scottsdale, Ariz., police department, said in July during his patrol on the third shift that officers can spot intoxicated people pretty easily.\n"When someone is extremely intoxicated, it's not hard to spot them, meaning their driving behavior is so erratic that it's hard not to notice them," Ojeda said. "What takes more skill and experience in an officer is spotting the person who is intoxicated above the legal limit but not blatantly so to the untrained eye." \nHe said officers are trained to look for certain driving behaviors such as swerving, inconsistent speeds and any movements that are out of the norm for a sober driver. \nThese movements include rolling stops, illegal lane changes, stopping for a green light, swerving, driving at night without head lights, driving abnormally slow, excessive breaking and running a red light, IUPD Sgt. Shannon Ramey said.\nOjeda said a typical stop during the third shift requires officers to look for signs the driver might be under the influence.\nAfter an officer pulls a suspected driver over, one of the signs is the smell of the alcohol on the breath, he said. \nIf an officer feels there is a chance the driver may be intoxicated, the officer might then start what is known as the Standardized Field Sobriety Test.\nDepending on the test's outcome, an officer might ask the potential drunk driver for consent to do further testing with what police call a "Certified Breath Test Machine," which is an instrument designed to measure alcohol content in breath. Essentially, the machine is more sophisticated than the normal Breathalyzer.\n"Once a subject has provided an adequate breath sample to the certified instrument and that sample has returned at a .08 percent BrAC or above, the officer has a statutory obligation to arrest the subject for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating with a BrAC of .08 percent or above," IUPD Lt. Tom Lee said.\nDuring a traffic stop, officers typically can use their own discretion to issue a ticket, Lee said.\nDepending on the circumstances, someone going 30 mph over the limit could potentially wind up getting a ticket or just a written warning. \nBut "Officer's Discretion" almost never exists when it comes to drunk drivers, Lee said.\n"OWI's do not offer too much but there is some," Ojeda said. "An officer only has discretion here if the driver is impaired between the levels of .05 to .08. The decision in this area can be made either way based on the other evidence and factors involved in the call."\nOjeda recalled one of his most memorable drunk-driving stops.\nHe said the driver was stopped on the 45/46 bypass driving at roughly 50 mph, swerving almost in the ditch on his side. Ojeda pulled the driver over, and he said the driver was so intoxicated he was hanging onto the steering wheel, laying between the seats. \n"A lot of people drive drunk and a lot of them make it home without incident," Ojeda said. "But all it takes is one time of seeing a serious injury or fatal crash to know all our saturated patrols are worth it. One of our many jobs is to protect people from drunk drivers and drunk drivers from themselves."\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Undercover operations: uncovered

Stings, pigeons and moles. \nThe work of undercover police officers is typically a secret within the halls of a police department, but at noon today, Paul Marcus, Haynes Professor of Law at Virginia's College of William and Mary, will uncover the myths in his lecture, "Undercover Law Enforcement Operations: Word from the street, the police station and the courthouse."\nMarcus will present the lecture in the law school's Moot Court Room, where he'll discuss the legal issues surrounding covert police activity.\nHis lecture is sponsored by the IU chapter of the American Constitution Society.\nLaw student Drew Yoder, IU ACS chapter president, said the legal implications of undercover operations can cause a lot of problems. Yoder said one of the topics Marcus will cover in his lecture will include what legal activities undercover cops engage in, as well as some things they do that tend to be illegal.\nThe lecture is especially important to IU, said law student David Stevens, ACS member.\n"Undercover police operations involve many interesting civil rights and legal issues," Stevens said. "Perhaps more important to the non-law students (at IU) are the questions that are raised by movie depictions of undercover police work."\nStevens said with films like "Reservoir Dogs" and "Donnie Brasco," undercover police work has a wide interest, and he hopes everyone who attends will enjoy learning more about the topic -- a topic one police investigator said he feels has been falsified by television and film.\n"It's almost embarrassing to me," said detective Richard Seiffers, a 33-year veteran of the IU Police Department. "The things people portray in TV and the movies is not reality, and people get the idea that's the way things are normally done and they're not. The glitz and the glamour and the total disregard for following the law, like Miami Vice -- it's not accurate."\nMarcus will give an overview of operations such as stings and buybacks and the legal restrictions covering an area of law enforcement that seems so popular in the pop culture of cop shows both old and new.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.

Students unhappy after peeping cases

Two IU students who have reported a rash of peeping tom incidents are upset their landlord won't let them out of their lease after police advised they leave their off-campus apartment.\nJuniors Jami Bennett and Maria Long are living at Lincoln Hill Apartments, 544 S. Lincoln Ave. The two said they have reported a "peeping tom" outside of their living room window seven times since last September.\nBennett said she was really scared for her personal safety. The Bloomington Police Department advised she move out of the apartment complex after the repeated incidents.\nBut Bennett said Grant Properties, which owns Lincoln Hill, has not been cooperative to ensure tenant safety.\nBennett said she tried repeatedly to move out of the complex, but Grant Properties wouldn't let her out of the lease unless she paid $5,000.\n"I felt like that's how much my life was worth -- $5,000," Bennett said.\nRecently Grant Properties installed vertical blinds in only Bennett and Long's apartment. They also paid for an advertisement to help Bennett and Long find a subleaser to get out of the apartment.\nBut the outdoor lighting, which Bennett said she requested in July, wasn't installed until Sept. 19.\nGrant Properties did not return phone calls to the IDS.\nThe property managers are not required to take any measures for safety in this case, according to Ft. Wayne attorney Marc Lansky, who ran his own property management business in the mid-90s.\n"The landlord isn't criminally responsible. The real question is civil liability," Lansky said. "The landlord would be responsible if he'd been warned and didn't take measures to ensure the problem would be solved. A peeping tom isn't really serious enough for a civil suit. But something more serious like a rape or assault would make him liable." \nLansky said Grant Properties isn't responsible for something like a peeper since the amount of damage caused is relatively low.\n"The landlord isn't legally obligated to do anything," Lansky said. "But can the landlord trim the bushes and put up better lighting? Sure."\nCrime Prevention through Environmental Design is a concept utilizing lighting, landscaping and other similar design factors to prevent crime.\nIU Police Department Sgt. Leslie Slone, a certified CPTED expert, inspected Lincoln Hill Friday morning. She said there are design flaws in the landscaping of the complex, particularly in the outdoor lighting.\nSlone pointed out only two lights on the back of the building where Bennett's apartment is located. She said the lights are placed too high, which would allow someone to only see the top of the peeper's head because of how far away it is from the source of the lights. Ideally, lights should be placed at face level to ensure a good look at someone's face, Slone said.\nSlone also said the complex's entrance areas provide easy access. The fence around the property is waist-high and sagging in some areas. Slone said that calls into question the whole idea of having a fence.\nThe overgrown shrubs and trees around the entire complex don't help either, Slone said. According to the CPTED, no shrubs should be higher than three feet and tree branches should hang no lower than seven feet.\nAll along the back of Bennett's particular building, the branches and shrubs prevent any visibility from off the property.\n"When a building is really obscured by vegetation, it limits the ability of passersby or people living in surrounding houses to call the police if they saw some illegal activity because they can't see onto the property," Slone said.\nBPD Capt. Joe Qualters said the department now conducts an extra patrol of the apartment every hour to track down the peeper. He said it might be very difficult to catch the man because of his unpredictability.

a piece of history

Sitting at 519 N. College Ave. is a red brick house believed to be the second oldest house in Monroe County.\nThe home, which was first constructed in 1829, has always been residence to well-to-do Bloomington families and IU notables, including former President William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells during the first 25 years of his presidency.\nIt is this history that led the IU Alumni Association to begin the process of placing the Woodburn House on the National Register of Historic Places.\nDottie Warmbier, IUAA's director of merchandising, spearheads the care of the Woodburn House.\nShe said the registry appraised the house and rated it "O" for "outstanding."\nThe importance of the house has been recognized by many officials.\nAt a 1983 reception hosted by then-IU President John W. Ryan, Chancellor Emeritus Wells spoke lovingly of the structure.\n"Sustained by modernized innards, resplendent in its new decor, amplified by the south garden, may the Woodburn House go from event to event, proud of its mission and certain of the usefulness of its role in the life of an ancient and distinguished University," Wells said.\nThe original 1829 structure was two rooms, each heated by a fireplace. The one-story house had the two rooms in the middle of the lower half of the present-day structure. Behind the two rooms was a kitchen. Northwest of the main rooms was a whitewashed three-sided "lean-to" serving as a bedroom which, in keeping with the time of the pioneer days, was unheated.\n"I myself remember, after the house was enlarged, leaving the warm fireside and going upstairs to bed in a cold room, undress and getting into bed between cold sheets," said Dr. James A. Woodburn in a 1934 letter to Wells recounting the architectural history of the house. "In the morning I would have to break the ice in the pitcher to get water for the bowl to bath my face."\nThe house was bought by the Woodburn family in 1855 for what Woodburn remembered as being $1,200. And the purchase didn't buy just the house -- but the entire city block surrounded by Ninth and Tenth Streets, College Avenue and Morton Street. The Woodburn family made some renovations while living there for three generations and 70 years.\nIn 1858-59, when William Mitchel Daily was IU president, the Woodburns built a front and a back porch and raised the house making it two stories. The front addition contained the parlor and a front hall with a large bedroom over the parlor and small bedroom over the hall, said Woodburn in his letter to Wells.\nIn 1938, when Wells became president, he remained in the house telling outgoing president Bryan to stay in the traditional president's house -- now called Bryan House, which sits in a grassy knoll near Ballantine and Morrison Halls -- as a courtesy. Wells remained in the house until 1957, five years before his 1962 retirement as president.\nWells said he "did all the social things a president does (in the Woodburn house)." The place underwent a few changes during the Wells era.\nIn an additional wing, two rooms and a bath were added and the two previous open porches were closed. \nThe house, managed by the IUAA since 1976, has undergone renovations designed to maintain its historic richness while making it a useful part of the University culture. Recently the University Architect and Physical Plant made some renovations and restorations where some bricks of the house were repaired.\nMembers of the physics department took some of the soft mortar and analyzed it. They created a formula to duplicate the more-than-century old mortar to hold together remade clay bricks, a common building material of the era. Around Bloomington at the time there was so much clay, it was cheaper to make bricks on-site than use timber.\nThe house contains furnishings from the time period coming from many sources including the Bryan estate, donors, and in several cases, Wells himself. In an upstairs bedroom over the parlor is the bed of "Mother Wells" who lived with the late chancellor. Also off the bedroom is a study used by Wells including his desk and cameras used on Wells' international travels. All sorts of books and journals are there too, taken from the Tenth Street residence Wells lived in during the last years of his life now occupied by IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm. Warmbier said Wells was a lover of all things old and antique. He also never seems to have thrown much away, she said. \nIn a closet in the bedroom once occupied by his mother are some pieces of clothing including a tuxedo, a charcoal gray tweed suit, a hat and cane, and the Santa suit Wells wore at Christmas when he visited staff and students of the Bloomington campus. \nA straw hat found in the closet is still in immaculate condition and still has the $5 price tag from Sullivan's on Washington Street. Found in the jacket of the gray and black-specked suit is a little note written by one of Wells aides. The note said where the jacket was too tight in the waist and that the suit fit best when "HBW's weight is 224." The note was dated 1993. \nThat's the kind of detail the IUAA uses to ensure the historic truthfulness of the house the Woodburns built -- a house that has seen so much of the passing times that IU has endured.\nWarmbier said the IUAA was inspired to apply for historic registry because of the recent registry of another historic campus home. The Legg House, located at 324 S. Henderson St., is a house constructed in the 1850s and is one of the oldest homes in Bloomington.\nThe property history for the house began in 1820 as Seminary Lot #74. Later, IU President William Lowe Bryan visited his grandparents at Legg House when he was a boy. Bryan later returned to the house for meals around 1890, when the structure was a boarding house. The building, owned by IU, has been used over the years for student housing. It was vacated and boarded up in 1993 because of a lack of funds for repairs and renovation, according to a University-issued statement.\n-- Contact staff writer Brandon Morley at bmorley@indiana.edu.