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(02/07/06 7:05pm)
Four women have reported assaults by men on campus in the past four weekends, but police and administrators say it is difficult to determine if this represents an increase from the norm.\nOf the assaults on women reported to the IU Police Department this semester, three have been sex-related, according to the police reports. Of those three, two were reported rapes and the other was a reported attempted rape.\nDean of Students Dick McKaig said he doesn't believe the recent rate of reports necessarily equates to a rise in the number of assaults.\n"One of the things that I think is somewhat \nfrustrating about my job is that folks don't appreciate how frequently these things happen on a college campus," he said. "We do have a problem, as most campuses do, with sexual assault."\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the recent number of reports is unusually high, but assaults often go unreported.\n"I wouldn't say that it's actually a normal occurrence to have something like that go on with such frequency," Minger said. "But it's hard to tell whether or not these things have gone on in the past and have just gone under-reported."\nCarol McCord, assistant dean for women's affairs, said the reports may be a positive change.\n"Of course there's not really a way to know -- sexual assault has always been dramatically under-reported," she said. "When we see a spike in reporting, my assessment is that we're seeing an increase in reporting rather than assaults."\nThe increase in assault reports, McCord said, could partially be the product of an aggressive campaign from IU and the Office of Women's Affairs encouraging women to report sexual assaults.\nMcKaig pointed out one prominent factor that often makes reporting sexual assaults difficult.\n"Most people think of a sexual assault as a stranger attacking someone, but in reality most of the sexual batteries and assaults occur in students' rooms, involving people they have met at a party or have known for some time," he said.\nIn fact, all four victims reported they did know their assailants, according to the police reports. Three of the women referred to their assailants as "friends," while the other reported meeting the person at a party.\nSeeing other reports of sexual assault in the news often encourages women to report their own, McCord said.\n"If people see that other people have been reporting, they're more comfortable doing it themselves," McCord said. "You need to encourage people (to report) when it's someone they know, and seeing that other people have reported helps."\nMladen Djankovich, creator of www.Pepperface.com, a Web site that markets fashionable pepper spray for women and strives to promote sexual assault awareness, agreed with McCord and said the recent rate of reports is probably an indicator of positive change.\n"That's really a good thing, actually -- I know it doesn't sound like it," said Djankovich, who graduated from IU in 1999. "Part of the biggest problem is that people don't come forward with it."\nDjankovich said he is trying to help combat this epidemic by designing pepper spray that college-aged women will be more encouraged to carry. \n"This is a way to get the attention and keep the attention for a group who is the most sought-after and inundated group: the young woman," he said.\nProfits from www.Pepperface.com merchandise are donated to the National Center for Domestic Violence. The pepper spray is not available in stores because Djankovich wants women to visit the Web site and look through the information as well.\nAlthough Minger, McKaig and McCord said there is no real way to tell, McCord said she hopes the recent rate of reports of assault represents an increase in reports, not assaults.\n"It's hard for me when people just jump to conclusions instead of trying to figure it out," she said.
(02/07/06 5:42am)
Two Bloomington men reported they were robbed and attacked by four or five male intruders in their home early Sunday morning.\nThe victims reported that the perpetrators entered through the back door of their home on the 1200 block of North Washington Street at about 2 a.m. and assaulted them, said Bloomington Police Department Captain Joe Qualters, reading from the police report. Officers met with the victims at Bloomington Hospital. According to the report, one of the residents, 22, suffered dislocated shoulder, while the other resident, 23, had small lacerations, swelling to his face and a cut on his ankle.\nQualters said the victims reported that upon entry, the men immediately tackled the 22-year-old resident and demanded he hand over anything of value. The confrontation was quickly followed by one of the suspects taking out his knife and cutting the other resident's ankle, according to the victims' police statements.\nQualters said the 23-year-old resident gave the alleged burglars his jacket, which contained $40 in cash. After grabbing the jacket, the victims said both of the men fled from the scene.\nQualters said the two victims were unable to give detailed descriptions of the men, saying only that they were white, in their late 20s, "scraggly-looking" and wearing jeans and jackets.\nThe case is currently under investigation by BPD.
(02/07/06 5:36am)
IU Police Department officers arrested a student early Saturday morning who, according to the police report, was causing a disturbance, yelling obscenities and spitting on residents of Read Center.\nOfficers responded to the call Saturday at about 2 a.m., said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. He said the complainant gave them a description of the man, but officers ended up leaving the residence hall because they were unable to locate the suspect.\nAccording to the report, as the officers got to their vehicles, they heard a male screaming obscenities repeatedly about a hundred yards away in front of the University West Apartments. Minger said the man was standing with another subject.\nThe officers began to walk in that direction and approached the man who, according to the report, matched the description of the suspect who had been causing a disturbance in Read and spitting on residents. Minger said officers reported his eyes were bloodshot and he smelled of alcohol.\nAccording to the report, the officers asked the suspect to stop as he was walking away. Police said he told them "no" and kept walking before the officers told him to stop, and again, he told them "no" and continued walking. According to the report, they finally stopped him and instructed him to sit down on the ground.\nMinger said the man continued to actively resist them, so they handcuffed him and carried him back to the squad car, restraining his feet while he kicked them.\nThe officers then transported him to Bloomington Hospital. Officers identified the man as Fred Bosse. According to the report, the officers contacted his parents, who told them he is a student at Ivy Tech. Bosse could not be reached by press time for comment.
(02/06/06 3:16am)
Bloomington police officers arrested 26-year-old Royal Amos, a "person of interest" in the Marion County double homicide of Keyonia Dunn, 20, and Erika Thornton, 31, early Friday morning in the parking lot of the Jackson Creek Shopping Center.\nDunn, who was Amos' girlfriend, and Thornton were found shot to death in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Thornton's four children were also injured. Police have not called Amos a suspect, but have said they believe he might know something about the murders.\nDetective Sgt. David Drake said BPD received a call from the Marion County Sheriff's department, saying it had reason to believe Amos was in the reported parking lot.\nDrake said BPD officers arrived at the parking lot at about 3:15 a.m. and found Amos in the passenger side of a Ford Crown Victoria, driven by Howard Harris of Indianapolis.\n"When they arrived, the vehicle was sitting still, but it started to drive off as they got closer," Drake said. "They stopped it and conducted a high-risk vehicle stop."\nDrake said officers arrested Amos "without incident," and found a small bag of marijuana in his pocket. He said Amos was checked into the Monroe County Detention Center to wait for Marion County authorities, while locally he was charged with possession of marijuana.\nOfficers found crack cocaine in Harris' vehicle and charged him with possession of cocaine.\nDrake said Amos' misdemeanor drug charge is a violation of his parole, which could allow him to be held in jail longer than usual for this type of charge.
(02/02/06 6:15am)
Five-month-old Kamrye Retic died in Nutt Apartments Wednesday morning of causes unknown at this time.\nThe daughter of an IU student lived in the campus apartments near the Student Recreational Sports Center and Campus View Apartments with her mother and father.\nOfficers at the IU Police Department received a call at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning asking for medical assistance for Retic, who was unresponsive and not breathing, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. An officer performed CPR on her until an Emergency Medical Technician arrived and took over.\nMinger said EMTs then advised they were unsuccessful in their attempts to resuscitate the child.\nAccording to the report, the mother and father were present at the time. Officers then called for a coroner and investigators to document an interview. Minger said the death is being investigated, but officers have not found any evidence to suggest a death of unnatural causes.\n"People often make the first assumption (when we conduct an investigation) that something illegal happened," Minger said. "Just because it was a high-priority incident, we need to make sure everything was of a natural cause."\nMonroe County Coroner David Toumey said his office scheduled an autopsy for Wednesday.\n"There is an ongoing investigation with my office and IUPD concerning the death of a family member of a student," Toumey said.\nTim Stockton, associate director for apartment housing, said he and his department will do everything they can to help the family.\n"It's just tragic really that it had to happen, especially to someone in our community," he said. "What we'll do here is continue to offer support to the mother.\n"We'll do anything we can to help."\nDick McKaig, dean of students, said he sent notes to all the mother's instructors and notified the dean of her school.\n"Obviously, we're trying to offer what support we can to the family," McKaig said. "It's a terrible tragedy. We'll do anything we can to help the family and the mother"
(01/31/06 5:35am)
When the stress of college becomes too much to bear, the IU Health Center offers a chemical-free way to relax, even if it is just for fifteen minutes. The Health Center employs licensed masseuses available on appointment.\n"For most people, it improves mood and promotes relaxation, which is good for stress management," said Anne Reese, director of Health and Wellness Education at the Health Center. "Massage is a chemical-free way to relax -- it's not drinking, it's not smoking, it's not doing other drugs."\nBesides relaxation and mood improvement, Reese said massage increases circulation, decreases muscle tension and can improve flexibility. And on top of that, Morgan Patten, teacher and supervisor at Associates of Integrative Health, a Bloomington school that teaches massage, said massage can improve all aspects of a person's health.\n"You can help people in many different ways with massage; physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally," she said. "If you help a body on the outside, you're going to help it on the inside."\nBarbara Lis, government relations chair for the Indiana chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association, said in an article she wrote that massage has also been shown to reduce heart rate, lower blood pressure, improve range of motion and increase \nendorphins.\nReese started the Health Center massage program eight years ago after seeing the positive reactions from an outreach program in residence halls. The program was called "Massage for Stress Management," and its employees taught the residents how to do simple massages and let them practice on each other.\n"I really understood that there was a need for a place on campus, and I thought the Health Center was perfect because it provides a safe and comfortable environment," Reese said.\nStudents who have paid the health fee can choose between a 45-minute full body massage for $33 or a 15-minute chair massage for $11. The Health Center staffs five licensed masseuses, and students can request them by name, gender, type of massage or times available.\nFor the full body massage, students undress to "the level of their comfort" and lie on a sheet under a blanket on a special massage table for 45 minutes. Massage oils are used. For 15-minute chair massages, students sit fully clothed in a special chair that allows the therapist to work on their backs, necks and \nshoulders. \nMassages can be charged to students' bursar bills, and Reese said the bill won't specify what services were charged, other than that they come from the Health Center.\nThe Associates of Integrative Health offers a program for people who want to obtain a massage license themselves. Patten said that while some people earn the license so they can practice in a salon, others just want to learn to practice on their friends and family. The program takes 500 hours to complete: 250 in class and 250 in clinic and research. The classes meet one day a week from 9-5, and Patten said the whole process usually takes about a year to complete. \n"There's many opportunities right now," Patten said. "The massage practice is growing, and more and more places are looking for therapists."\nWhile this may be too large of a commitment for some people who just want to learn for fun, Reese said six week classes are often offered in the Indiana Memorial Union. Students can't actually earn a license through these, but they will teach the basics so students can practice on their friends.\n"When we teach, we're not really doing professional massage," Reese said. "We talk a lot about the importance of touch. If you're going to be giving a massage to a good friend or relative, you need to talk to them and ask them what feels good and what doesn't feel good. Get feedback from that person as to what they like because everyone is different."\nAll masseuses at the Health Center are licensed, but Lis said massage licensure is becoming an increasingly important issue. Because Indiana does not legally require a license to practice massage, anyone with any level of education, can practice. For this reason, the Indiana chapter of the AMTA is working to push House Bill 1098 through the legislature, which would require a license to practice.\n"There are 36 states that require licenses for massage therapy - Indiana is not one of them," Lis said. "We have been working for licensing for the past eight years. We're trying to get it passed so there is a standard of education in our state that will help protect the public and help the profession."\nThe AMTA provides a national locator service, 888-THE-AMTA, to help people find licensed professionals.\nReese said semiannual satisfaction surveys at the Health Center regularly yield positive results.\n"Besides (the surveys), people will walk out from their massage, and they're just very relaxed, and they're glowing from their increased circulation," she said. "They have rosy cheeks, and they have definitely reduced their stress"
(01/31/06 5:28am)
A man robbed the Bloomington Speedway convenience store, 2700 N. Walnut St., early Saturday morning.\nBloomington Police Department Sgt. David Drake said the female clerk reported that a black male in his late-30s to mid-40s entered the store and told her he had a gun. According to the police report, she said he then patted his waist to show her where it was. The gun was never actually seen.\nThe clerk reported that the man then told her to give him the money, so she gave him all the bills. According to the report, she said he then took off running southeast into the woods.\nDrake said the suspect had dark hair, possibly graying, and a mustache. He was wearing a blue "Chicago" sweatshirt and a dark hat.\nPolice equipment stolen\nBloomington police officers are looking for a person who broke into the personal vehicle of an off-duty officer and stole a 9 mm loaded handgun, a BPD detective badge, a portable radio, a pair of handcuffs and a digital camera.\nDrake said the vehicle was parked overnight in the officer's driveway in The Highlands Subdivision in southwest Bloomington. According to the report, the vehicle had been entered, but officers are unsure how.\n"There has been a large number of vehicle break-ins in the last few weeks in basically all Bloomington areas," Drake said.\nPlease contact BPD at 339-4477 with any information regarding the stolen items.
(01/31/06 5:10am)
A female reported to the IU Police Department that she was sexually assaulted by a nonstudent in a "party-like atmosphere" in the Delta Kappa Epsilon house early Sunday morning, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nAt about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, officers met with the victim at Bloomington Hospital after she had submitted to a sexual assault evidence collection.\nAccording to the report, she said at about 2 a.m. she and an 18-year-old male whom she had met at the party had gone into one of the resident's rooms. She reported that he then sexually assaulted her.\nMinger said she reported she was not able to leave until somebody knocked on the door, at which time she told her friends what had happened. She said that under the advice of a family member who was present, she went to the hospital.\nAccording to the report, the suspect is not a college student and was visiting a member of the house.\nMinger said the victim reported that alcohol was involved in the encounter.\nA female reported to the IUPD that she was assaulted in the Phi Kappa Psi house early Saturday morning.\nAccording to the police report, the victim said she was dancing with a friend at a party in the house at about 1 a.m. when a man that she knew and considered a friend reached around her, grabbed her breasts and walked away.\nMinger said the victim reported she became upset and instructed him not to do that anymore, and a verbal altercation ensued. She said after he walked away she approached him again and began to question him a second time. According to the report, the victim said they then began throwing beer on each other.\nMinger said she reported that he continued to argue, becoming increasingly verbally abusive. She said he then grabbed her around the neck, started to choke her and banged her head against the wall. She said he then threw her into the wall.\nMinger said the victim reported that she couldn't remember everything, but that her necklace broke as he was choking her.\nAccording to the report, the victim had bruises and scratches around her neck and upper chest and a substantial bump on the left side of the back of her head.
(01/30/06 4:55am)
Sophomore Joel Dinin suffered fractures to his head and left knee as well as head lacerations after an accidental 20-foot jump into a maintenance well at Collins Living Learning Center.\nDinin said he and a friend were walking back to Collins Edmonson at about 1 a.m. Friday. They walked up the stairs to the main entrance, and he playfully jumped over the side railing, thinking he would land a few feet below.\n"I jumped over the railing, thinking that when I got over the other side my feet would land on something," Dinin said. "They didn't, and I lost my grip and I fell.\n"I didn't know the stairs were really high up."\nInstead of landing just beneath the railing, he fell 20 feet onto the concrete floor.\n"He was out there and they were joking around, and he went to jump over this railing thinking he would land on the same level he had left from, when in fact he dropped 20 feet onto a concrete surface," said IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger. \nDinin said he blacked out, and when he woke up he was in the well and people were holding his head up.\n"I got to normal levels of consciousness pretty darn quickly, and I started screaming."\nMinger said officers concluded that no drugs or alcohol were involved in the accident.\nAn ambulance transported Dinin to Bloomington Hospital.
(01/26/06 6:02am)
A man robbed the Monroe Bank and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash Wednesday at noon.\nA white male handed a teller a threatening note after announcing the robbery, but never displayed a weapon, said Bloomington Police Department Captain Joe Qualters, reading from the police report. No one was injured.\nWitnesses described the suspect as a white male in his mid- to late-20s wearing a light-colored jacket with a stocking cap. A scarf and sunglasses covered his face. They said he was about 5-feet-7 inches or 5-feet-8 inches tall and of thin build.\nQualters said another individual drove the suspect away in a gray mid-80s Buick or Oldsmobile.\nThe case is currently under investigation, but Qualters said BPD found no reason to believe the robbery was connected to any of the bank robberies that occurred in Bloomington this summer.\nAnyone with information should contact Detective Rick Crussen at 349-3374.
(01/24/06 5:15am)
A female told the IU Police Department Friday that she believed she had been sexually assaulted in her Willkie Quad room the night before, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nAccording to the report, she said she went to several bars with friends Thursday night and went back to her room with a male friend. Minger said she reported that when she woke up at about 9 a.m., she was disrobed, and her male friend was in the room.\nAccording to the report, the female said she waited about a half hour for him to leave, and then went to Bloomington Hospital to obtain a sexual assault evidence kit.\nThe evidence has not been processed yet, and the female has not said whether she intends to press charges, Minger said.
(01/20/06 4:55am)
IU Police Department officers responded to two separate nonforcible sex-related offenses Thursday in the shower areas of the men's locker rooms at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation within two hours of each other.\nA man reported that while he was showering in the pool locker room at about 5:20 p.m., he looked up to see a fully clothed man masturbating while watching several men shower, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. Witnesses described the subject as a white male of average build with a dark goatee wearing blue jeans, a red knit IU cap and a red sweatshirt or jacket.\nMinger said officers checked the area but were unable to locate the subject.\nAccording to the police report, about an hour and a half later officers received another report from a locker room in the same building that said someone had been peeping in the men's showers in the locker room from the bathroom area on the north side. According to the report, the complainant said the subject was blowing his nose while he watched.\nMinger said the complainant reported seeing the same man in the south bathroom area, again blowing his nose while watching men shower, and then once more in the north area. The complainant said the subject then walked out into the hall and into the pool locker room.\nAccording to the report, the complainant described the subject as a white male with a slightly athletic build and black spiked hair, wearing a black jacket with a red collar and a jeweled stud earring in his right ear.\n"The two descriptions aren't so similar that they would be considered exactly the same person, but sometimes different people see the same things and give different descriptions," Minger said. "While it is unusual to have two incidents occur in such a short amount of time, (IUPD will) be trying to check on both instances separately but not discounting that they may be related"
(01/19/06 5:35am)
The Bloomington Police Department responded to a call Wednesday morning in which the caller reported seeing an unknown man on the roof of the Islamic Center of Bloomington, the same mosque that was firebombed in July, said Sgt. David Drake, reading from the \npolice report. \nThe man who contacted the police said he saw a gray Jeep in the parking lot when visiting the mosque and heard someone running across the roof, according to the police report. The informant said he later saw a white male in his early-to-mid-20s climbing down a rope that was hanging from the roof.\nHe also said he spotted two other white men in their early-to-mid-20s, Drake said. \nOfficers could not find any signs of trespassing on the roof, such as hook marks or footprints, but said they found a hacksaw lying on the ground.\nThe case is currently under \ninvestigation.
(01/17/06 6:02am)
With the introduction and popularization of iPods, "earbud" headphones are being used more and more. IU hearing experts say that although earbuds may not have a direct impact on hearing loss, students should take extra caution when listening with them.\nEarbud headphones are small and inserted into the ear, rather than placed over them. Nancy Barlow, clinical assistant professor for the IU Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and director of the IU hearing clinic, said these headphones sometimes indirectly cause more hearing damage because they allow outside noise to enter the ear, causing listeners to turn their music up louder.\n"It seems as if one of the issues is that the standard-size headphones that come with iPods don't typically fit a person's ear," she said. "When they don't fit well, one way to counter that is to turn the volume up."\nEarbud headphones are also closer to the more sensitive parts of the inner ear, which Matt Burk, assistant scientist for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, said might cause more hearing problems.\n"There's also the issue that they're just farther in your ear," Burk said, "It's a combination of just playing them louder because they don't seal as well, and the fact that they're closer, so it's just more dangerous to the ear."\nNick Hipskind, a former professor for the speech and hearing sciences department who researched hearing conservation, agreed that the closeness to the ear canal might make a difference, but said hearing damage mainly depends on the volume.\n"The sound certainly gets to the canal and to the inner ear with the earbuds a little more efficiently," he said. "It's really just how much you turn the volume control up."\nAlong with volume, though, Burk said the amount of time spent listening makes just as much of a difference.\n"Generally, damage to your hearing is a combination of your overall volume and how long you're listening," Burk said. "Even if you're listening softly, but for a longer period of time, it can still cause damage."\nHipskind said regardless of the type of headphones. most students just listen to their music too loudly.\n"You're allowed to be in 90 decibels for eight hours per day without causing a hearing loss," he said. "Anything 115 decibels and above, we really shouldn't be in it at all. They have measured it where kids have had their headphones at 120, 125 and 130 decibels."\nHipskind said hearing loss occurs immediately and accumulates over time when listening to headphones too loudly.\nTo make safer, better-fitting earbud headphones, the IU hearing clinic sells custom-fit earbud headphones for $110 a pair. Burk said these headphones block out more background noise.\n"The benefit (to the custom-fit headphones) is that it blocks out more of the background noise so you don't have to listen as loudly," he said. "The downside is that even though they block out the background noise, they still can be played loudly."\nBurk recommended the earphone brands Etymotic, Shure and Westone. \nStudents can make appointments to have themselves fitted for custom earphones at the hearing clinic Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. by calling 855-7439.
(01/17/06 5:43am)
A female reported an attempted rape by two male friends in her room in Teter Quad early Saturday morning, said IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger, citing a police report.\nAccording to the report, the subject said she and her two male friends had been out drinking at a house party and returned to her Teter-Boisen room at about 3 a.m. The subject said she had been friends with the two males since grade school and that they were visiting from out of town. She reported she had never dated either of them.\nMinger said the subject reported that she changed her clothes and got into bed and that the males changed into only their boxer shorts and got into bed with her, fondling her and trying to stop her from struggling. According to the report, she said they acted as if they were going to have sex with her and even stated they were going to.\nThe subject reported she told the two males she needed to go to the restroom and that they let her. According to the report, she said she used this opportunity to find help and call the police.\nAccording to the report, officers advised her not to communicate with the two males and ensured that the room was vacant when she returned. Minger said the officers contacted the two males and told them not to have any contact with her and they stated that they understood.
(01/17/06 5:39am)
A male subject was checked into Bloomington Hospital's emergency room after reportedly being chased and assaulted by four males in the Teter Quad courtyard early Sunday morning, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nThe subject reported that at about 4:30 a.m., he and a friend were walking toward Teter past Ashton Quad when he knocked on the window of a dorm room that he believed was his friend's. Minger said the subject reported that people in the room began yelling and that the subject and his friend began running toward Teter. According to the report, the subject said he heard breaking glass and turned back to see four males chasing him and his friend. The subject reported that they caught up to him and struck him in the head, causing him to fall, and began punching and kicking him, while his friend and other people began yelling at the four males.\nMinger said the subject told police the four males fled, and his friend took him to the emergency room to have his injuries treated. According to the report, the subject sustained injuries to his head, left hand and stomach. \nLater Sunday, an officer responded to a call at Ashton-Hershey in reference to vandalism in which a window had been knocked out. According to the report, the occupant of the room said he and three other people had been sitting in the room when an unknown object crashed through the window and hit the occupant in the head. Minger said the occupant reported that the occupants of the room then left and started chasing after two subjects who were running away. He reported that his friends caught up to one of the subjects and began hitting and striking him.\nAccording to the report, the occupant said the subject admitted to breaking the window, and when asked why, he said he had mistaken the window for that of a friend of his.\nAccording to the report, the subject said he did nothing to provoke the attack, and the occupant said he was never able to find the unknown object that reportedly struck him in the head.
(01/12/06 5:37am)
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus gathered at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center Wednesday to publicly declare its support for IU President Adam Herbert, calling the push for a midterm review a "slap in the face for the African-American people and the University."\n"We are concerned with the fairness of the treatment of this current president," said Greg Porter, chairman of the IBLC and state representative for District 96 in Indianapolis. "We want to show our respect for this great African-American who is leading one of the best universities in the country."\nThe caucus is made up of 13 state legislative representatives who have organized to make an effort to pass state laws that will have a positive effect on minorities. Five of these representatives were not present, but Porter said the sentiments expressed in the meeting were unanimous among the IBLC.\nThe representatives said they were concerned that the recent push to submit Herbert to a midterm performance review is motivated by racial tension and not representative of all eight IU campuses. In November, Bloomington faculty members voted in favor of a resolution asking the board of trustees to review Herbert's performance, with two-thirds of faculty members participating in the vote. This resolution arose about a month after Herbert abandoned the final three candidates for next year's vacant chancellor position.\n"Two-thirds of Bloomington (faculty) is only 20 percent of the faculty in the system," said Vernon Smith, state representative for District 14 in Gary. "President Herbert does not deserve the treatment he has been receiving from a small portion of this faculty."\nHerbert's performance has recently received specific criticism from faculty on his accessibility to students and faculty and his follow-ups with donors. The members called these accusations unfair, citing recent private donations received and defending Herbert's visibility.\n"I can say without equivocation that Adam Herbert is one of the most visible and accessible presidents of a university that I have seen in a long time," said Bill Crawford, state representative for District 98 in Indianapolis. "The best interest of the University would be to deny this unprecedented midterm \nreview."\nThe members also said these criticisms were trivial when pitted against his \naccomplishments.\n"We suggest to (the trustees) that they need to look at the entire record of President Herbert," Porter said. "We've had a number of presidents we've interacted with, and we did not observe the disrespect that has been shown to him."\nPorter also added that he feels Herbert is a pivotal leader for blacks and that a threat to his leadership position should be cause for concern.\n"President Herbert is a role model for the black community of the state of Indiana," Porter said. "I think that's the problem in the African-American community: We let our heroes be torn down."\nBillie Breaux, senate representative for District 34 in Indianapolis, serves on the State Senate Education Committee and echoed the sentiments of the other IBLC representatives.\n"It pains us all to see that an organization that we believe so strongly in might not be treating some of us fairly," Breaux said. "Adam Herbert deserves justice, and we hope the trustees will give it to him."\nThe board of trustees is scheduled to meet Saturday at IU-Bloomington to decide whether or not to review Herbert.
(01/10/06 6:11am)
A man who ignored an IU Police Department officer's attempts to stop him for about a mile and then escaped on foot might also be out on bail for armed robbery, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.\nAt about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Officer David Winburn began following a maroon 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo which, according to his radar, was driving at 46 mph in a 30 mph zone, Minger said. According to the police report, the officer turned on his siren and lights, signaling the driver to pull over.\nThe driver did not pull over, but instead turned east onto Eastgate Lane, headed south on Hillsdale Drive and east on 7th Street, according to the police report. Minger said the vehicle did not speed up or slow down significantly. By the time it finally stopped at the 2500 block of E. 7th St., near College Mall, other officers were en route.\nAccording to the report, the suspect exited the vehicle and looked as if he were going to run, because of the way he was fidgeting and looking around for an escape route. When Winburn told the suspect to get down on his knees, he said "I don't think so," and ran away on foot.\nWinburn stayed with the vehicle instead of pursuing the suspect, Minger said. Other officers arrived shortly and searched, according to the police report. Minger said the officers informed College Mall security, and after 30 minutes, abandoned the search.\nMinger said the officers located the vehicle's registration and went to the address of the person who had actually insured the vehicle. People at the address informed them that the suspect might work at the College Mall. After proceeding to the mall, they determined that the person they were looking for could be Robert Lewellen, who was out on bond for armed robbery, according to the police report.\nMinger said the officers confirmed Lewellen's address Monday morning, but since the event, he has not shown up at his place of employment at the College Mall, and officers have not been able to find him at his address.
(01/06/06 3:41am)
A woman reported that an unknown male snatched her purse and ran away with it in Eigenmann Hall Dec. 28, according to IU Police Department reports.\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said the woman had been waiting for the elevator when the man grabbed the bag and ran down the stairs toward the basement area. Two men reportedly ran downstairs after him but were unsuccessful in their pursuit. \nAccording to the report, witnesses described the man as about 5 feet 8 inches tall and thin with dark skin, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark glasses. Resident assistants from the building who spoke to the officers reported that they believed the same subject had been hanging around the building, but was not a resident at the time of the incident.\nMinger said the original suspect detectives were looking for had once lived in Eigenmann, but is no longer a student at IU. However, detective Greg McClure said they no longer believe that particular man was responsible. \n"We did have a suspect, but we're about 90 percent sure now that he wasn't there at that time," McClure said. "Of course, we're always looking for a suspect, but we don't have one right now"
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The Goldman Sachs Foundation and the Asia Society selected IU to receive this year's Goldman Sachs Foundation Prize for Excellence in International Education.\nPatrick O'Meara, dean of the Office of International Programs, will accept the award on behalf of the University in Washington, D.C., tonight. The award, which was granted to IU because of its Center for the Study of Global Change, East Asian Studies Center and School of Education's Overseas Student Teaching Project, includes a $25,000 prize.\n"From every perspective, IU is committed to international teaching, research and outreach," O'Meara said.\nThe three departments had applied separately, but the committee chose IU because of the culmination of the three. The panel of 17 judges included government and military officials, ambassadors and current and former governors. In five categories, the panel considered almost 500 applicants.\nO'Meara said IU's dedication to international studies began with Herman B Wells.\n"We received the award because of a mixture of things," O'Meara said. "It's the long history of international studies at IU, the rich resources for international studies at IU and the interest of reaching out to the state."\nThe panel cited IU's dedication to K-12 outreach programs as evidence of IU's excellence in international studies. Roxana Newman, assistant dean of the Office of International Programs, said IU participates in a number of outreach activities. \nThe International Studies in Schools program creates activities for social studies and foreign language teachers to use with their students. These often include interactive videos, sometimes \nhosted by international IU students.\n"It's become very popular throughout the region," Newman said. "We're reaching out to education below the university level. We want to enable teachers and students, particularly (in) the state of Indiana, to have a little more firsthand knowledge."\nChris Williams, press officer for the Goldman Sachs Foundation, said it is recognizing IU not just for its strengths in international studies, but for its efforts in international education. \n"The Goldman Sachs Foundation has a firm commitment to helping the development (of) a new generation of leaders," Williams said.\nThe idea of international education includes introducing future educators to knowledge of international studies, like the School of Education's Overseas Student Teaching Project. This project allows education majors to fulfill their student teaching requirements in English-speaking foreign countries.\n"Students want to study abroad, even as teachers," Newman said. "If you think about it, there are many more English-speaking countries besides Scotland and Wales."\nThe East Asian Studies Center is also known for its efforts in international education. It often provides workshops in the summer for social studies teachers.\nIU's dedication to international relations enhances the classroom experience, O'Meara said.\n"I love to teach the graduate international courses because of the kinds of students in those classes," O'Meara said. "Think of all the thousands of international students who have studied at IU."\nO'Meara said the school has not yet decided what specifically the $25,000 will be used for, but he said the three units will share it, using it for activities or specific parts of the missions of these departments.