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(11/20/08 7:08pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Bloomington teen has been arrested and faces preliminary charges of attempted murder.A 17-year-old boy was arrested after police say he shot James D. Finney, 19, in the chest and arm, according to a Bloomington Police Department press release.The 17-year-old boy and Finney had Bloomington addresses, said BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada.Officers were called at about 2 a.m. to the 1200 block of Arlington Park Drive after gunshots were heard in the area, according to the press release. After gathering information at the scene, the press release states the incident was a result of comments made by Finney about a female acquaintance of the boy. Finney was transported to the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Canada said. His condition is currently unknown.The case is still under investigation.
(11/20/08 4:51am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU professor Dawn Johnsen will have a say in the next presidential administration.Johnsen was selected Monday to be part of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team. The IU School of Law professor will be part of the Department of Justice Review Team, according to an IU press release. Johnsen also worked for President Bill Clinton’s transition team.Johnsen came to IU in 1998 after serving as the U.S. Department of Justice from 1993 to 1998, according to the IU School of Law’s Web site. During this time, she was acting assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration, the counsel to the president and general counsel to various executive branches. In 2007, she released “Faithfully Executing the Laws: Internal Legal Constraints on Executive Power,” according to the IU School of Law’s Web site. Johnsen will continue teaching at IU during the transition. IU College Democrats President Anna Strand said Johnsen’s joining Obama’s transition team only strengthens the image of IU and the IU School of Law. “I think it reflects very well on our law school that we have a faculty member of that caliber that was chosen,” Strand said. “We have a really strong law school, and I think we are going to see growth in these things.”
(11/19/08 2:51am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Bloomington Police Department is investigating a robbery of Peoples State Bank.BPD was dispatched at 10:57 a.m. Tuesday to the 525 S. Clarizz Blvd. branch of Peoples State Bank, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.A man walked into the bank displaying a handgun and jumped over the counter, Canada said.There were no customers in the building at the time of the robbery, according to a BPD press release. The suspect told three tellers to put large bills in a bag he had.The man was seen exiting the north door and leaving on foot, Canada said.The Indiana Department of Natural Resources searched the area with a K-9 for the man, Canada said. Nothing was found on the search.Canada said this bank robbery is different than others because the suspect showed the weapon. In other incidents, tellers have been given notes stating suspects had weapons.Anyone with information on the bank robbery can contact BPD at 339-4477.Man arrested for allegedly threatening bar employeesA 27-year-old Eminence, Ind., resident was arrested Tuesday morning after police say he threatened to shoot employees at the Bluebird Nightclub.Officers were dispatched at about 12:53 a.m. to the Bluebird Nightclub on the 200 block of North Walnut Street, Canada said, reading from a police report.A bartender at the nightclub had cut off Shane Lee Albertson from purchasing more drinks, and Albertson was asked to leave, Canada said.Albertson left the nightclub and was seen pacing back and forth on the sidewalk, Canada said. He then went back inside and confronted employees.Albertson punched an employee in the face and threatened to shoot the bartender and two other employees, Canada said. He then exited the nightclub but was caught while walking toward a parking garage at Seventh and Walnut streets.Albertson was arrested and faces preliminary charges of intimidation, battery and public intoxication.
(11/18/08 5:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Madeline Krause spent her life doing what she loved to do the most – acting.Krause was an actress who was able to “recite Dickens and Shakespeare with ease, and yet added just enough spunk to make it interesting and lively,” said Hannah Moss, a former actor and producer of the Monroe County Civic Theater’s production of a “Christmas Carol,” in an e-mail.Krause died Saturday morning after falling from the top of the Seventh and Walnut streets garage building, according to a Bloomington Police Department report. The death was ruled a suicide.Krause’s death came as a surprise to close friends of the 20-year-old.Her father, Jim Krause, a professor in the IU Department of Telecommunications, said he spoke with his daughter just a few hours before the incident, and everything seemed to be fine with her, he said.“She was doing well in school and was glowing just a day before,” Jim Krause said.He said his daughter was autistic.IU graduate student Daniel Youngren knew Madeline Krause through the Mystery Action Players a group that comes together to act out stories and games, Youngren said in an e-mail.“I want people to remember Madeline as the beautiful, creative young lady she was,” Youngren said. “I knew her for merely a year, and she left an indelible mark on my life.”The group was just one way she pursued her love of acting.She participated in the Monroe County Civic Theater and the Bloomington Playwrights Project.Breshaun Joyner, education director for the BPP, said Krause had been involved in its plays since she was 14 years old.Krause participated in the BPP “mini play” program where youths wrote and performed plays, Joyner said. She also took a poetry class the BPP offered.A poem she wrote took her to a statewide poetry competition.“I was always proud of what she was doing or what she was attempting to do,” Joyner said. “Theater is hard. It’s a hard thing to get out there and put yourself out there and be confident in doing that. She was one of the few people that could get out there.”Joyner said Krause always fully committed herself to every project with which she was involved.Jim Krause said his daughter was thinking of transferring to Vincennes University in Vincennes, Ind., for theater productions.Krause was a student at IU through the Hoosier Link between IU and Ivy Tech Community College.Jim Krause said his daughter’s interest varied from playing the piano to religious studies.“She loved music, culture and traveling,” Jim Krause said. “For her high school graduation, her and her mother traveled to Ireland.”Her father said she had planned on going to Paris for spring break.Although she aspired to travel, Jim Krause said his daughter’s dream was to return to Bloomington and teach at Harmony High School.“Harmony School meant so much to her,” he said. “I think they have a very unique community (and) family atmosphere.”Krause’s legacy will leave a mark on Harmony High School in other ways. The family is asking people to make donations in Madeline Krause’s memory for the Harmony School Scholarship Fund.“If Bloomington itself were an artist, Maddie was like a rich shade of purple,” Moss said in an e-mail. “Maddie, you will be missed, but you will not be forgotten.”
(11/17/08 5:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 20-year-old woman died Saturday morning after a fall from a parking garage on Seventh and Walnut streets.Bloomington Police Department officers were dispatched at about 1:10 a.m. and arrived to find the woman on the sidewalk on the southeast corner of the garage, said Bloomington Police Department Lt. Daniel Carnes, reading from a police report.Emergency medical services arrived and transported her to the Bloomington Hospital. The woman was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.Witnesses told officers the woman had jumped from the top of the parking garage, Carnes said. The woman’s purse was located on the top floor of the garage building. Carnes said police are investigating the woman’s death as a suicide.The woman’s family has been contacted, but the police are waiting to release her name to the public.BPD is still investigating the incident.IU Dean of Students Dick McKaig would not say whether the woman was an IU student.Students who feel depressed or suicidal can schedule an appointment with IU’s Counseling and Psychological Services at the Health Center, 600 N. Jordan Ave., said CAPS Director Nancy Stockton. CAPS also accepts walk-in appointments Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. After hours, Stockton urged students to call their 24/7 hot line at 855-5711.Stockton said students should “look after each other” and look for hints that their friends or roommates are depressed. If someone is sad, isolated or continues to turn down requests to do certain activities, they might be in need of help, Stockton said.
(11/15/08 10:54pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 20-year-old Bloomington resident died Saturday morning after jumping off a parking garage.Officers were dispatched at about 1:10 a.m. to the Seventh and Walnut Streets parking garage, said Bloomington Police Department Lt. Daniel Carnes, reading from a police report.Officer Ian Lovan arrived on the scene and saw the female on the sidewalk of the southeast corner of the parking garage, Carnes said.The Bloomington Emergency Medical Service arrived and transported her to the Bloomington Hospital.The woman was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m.Witnesses told police the woman had jumped from the top of the parking garage and that they heard a loud impact, Carnes said.The woman's purse was located on the top floor of the garage building, Carnes said. No foul play is suspect. Carnes said police are ruling the woman's death as a suicide.The woman's name will not be released until family is notified.
(11/14/08 2:58am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>An IU student was arrested Thursday morning and faces preliminary charges of attempted burglary.Alexander Maurer, 23, was arrested after trying to break into a woman’s apartment at 3:31 a.m. on the 200 block of North Lincoln Street, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.Maurer and the woman ran into each other near a restaurant downtown, Canada said. The woman told police they knew each other but hadn’t seen each other in five years.The woman began walking toward her apartment, Canada said. Maurer began to follow her and was asking her questions that didn’t make sense.Once the woman and Maurer arrived at the apartment complex, Maurer sat down on a swing. The woman got into her apartment and locked both the exterior door and the door immediately connected to her apartment.Maurer began to kick the first door and was able to get in, Canada said. Once inside of the apartment complex, Maurer tried to kick in the door to the woman’s apartment.When Sgt. Mick Williams arrived at the scene, he heard Maurer pounding on the door and screaming incoherent things.Williams talked to the woman who was still on the phone with the police dispatcher, Canada said. The woman told Williams about how Maurer followed her home.Maurer was transported to the hospital, Canada said.Maurer told officers he had not talked to the woman, Canada said. He said he was walking around and had been drinking.Four arrested in heroin dealFour Bloomington residents were arrested Wednesday for dealing heroin.The three-month BPD investigation came to an end at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Sgt. David Drake said in an e-mail.Luis Fernando Cuevas Caldera, 26, Jennifer L. Dillon, 22, Michael Luke Favor, 25, and Randy D. Butcher, 29, were all arrested and face charges for dealing heroin.The four were involved in controlled BPD buys during the investigation, Drake said in an e-mail.On Wednesday officers were doing surveillance on Dillon on the 2900 block of South Walnut Street Pike, Drake said in an e-mail. Officers stopped Dillon and Caldera in Dillon’s car.Caldera swallowed 40 balloons of heroin when officers stopped the car.Officers arrested Dillon and took her to the Monroe County Jail, Drake said in an e-mail. Caldera was transported to the hospital and given medication to make him pass the heroine safely.Caldera safely passed the heroine at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Drake said in an e-mail. Officers obtained a search warrant for Caldera and Dillon’s apartment where they found more heroin and about $3,300 in cash.Favor was arrested on East 10th Street and Smith Road after he was pulled over while police were doing surveillance, Drake said in an e-mail. Butcher was arrested at his home on the 600 block of West Howe Street.Caldera faces preliminary charges for possession of heroin with intent to deal and for obstruction of justice, Drake said. Dillon faces preliminary charges for dealing heroin and possession of heroin.Favor and Butcher face preliminary charges of dealing heroin, Drake said.“Five years ago heroin was kind of scarce in Bloomington, but it has become a bigger problem in Bloomington in the last two years,” Drake said. “Over the last couple of years we have had numerous overdoses on heroin, or synthetic opiates such as Oxycontin, morphine or methadone, and those drugs represent the majority of our recent overdose deaths.”
(11/13/08 4:17am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Delilah’s Pet Shop is open for business at a temporary location after a fire destroyed the building last week.The former College Avenue location was destroyed Nov. 3 after the Bloomington Fire Department worked for three hours to extinguish the fire. About 20 animals were killed in the fire. The business has set up shop in a commercial space under construction at 1040 W. 17th St., said pet shop owner Karene Kidwell. This location is only temporary. The new pet shop will be located at West 11th Street and College Avenue in a former walk-in health clinic.The temporary location was provided for free by Kelly Slinkard, Kidwell’s friend and customer for 20 years. Slinkard’s family owns the empty commercial space.“I don’t know how long she is going to stay – it doesn’t matter,” Slinkard said. “(They) need all the help and support they can get to get back on their feet.”Slinkard said Kidwell stands out because of how much she cares about the animals, not just the business aspect of Delilah’s Pet Shop.Kidwell said her top priority was getting nutritional supplements ordered so her customers would be taken care of. Kidwell also said she has food to sell at the 17th Street location, but there are no animals.Bloomington resident Julie Routon went into the temporary shop Wednesday to buy the food for her miniature schnauzer that has few teeth.“I had just gotten down to a little bit,” Routon said. “Them bringing the food back was perfect.”Routon has been a customer since 1999 and said it is the only place where she can find the right food for her dog.All of the animals rescued from the fire were taken to Arlington Heights Veterinary Hospital to be checked out and then were taken to the Howl ’N Dog Inn in Nashville, Ind.Karen Tice, owner of the Inn and a friend of Kidwell, offered to care for the animals so that Kidwell could get back on her feet.Of the animals that were rescued, only three remain. The rest were sold. Tice has 2 beagles, 1 black cat and 1 Pekingese.Kidwell said she wants to be moved into the new location within three weeks.“We’re doing a lot better since we’ve got something to do,” Kidwell said. “As long as we were busy, it keeps your mind off things. I think it’s very important in the healing process.”
(11/12/08 4:59am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>More than 1,000 people packed into the IU Auditorium on Tuesday night to hear former Sen. John Edwards speak – despite the controversy surrounding his personal life.The lecture was the first time the former Democratic vice-presidential nominee spoke out since admitting in August to having an extramarital affair. At 1,072 people, the lecture was one of the largest recent turnouts for the Union Board, said Nathan Click, Union Board public relations director.Sophomore Mariela Colindres said she thought Edwards had some good points but also disagreed with Edwards’ ideas to raise the standard of living.Colindres said she recently learned in her economics class that raising the minimum wage would only increase the number of laborers.Colindres said she doesn’t identify herself as either Democrat or Republican. But she said Edwards did the right thing by not addressing personal problems.“I don’t think he should have addressed (the affair),” Colindres said. “Nothing he could have said to make it better.” Colindres said the information about Edwards’ personal life discredits him as a person, but it did not affect how she felt about the speech.Graduate student Kortnee Warner said she thought the speech was “inspirational.”Warner said the speech provided her with information on Edwards’ stance on health care, which is something she wished would have come out more during his campaign.Warner said she was glad Edwards did not address any of his personal problems.“I heard about some of those issues,” Warner said. “It happens more than you realize it. I didn’t make any character judgments.”Andrew Dahlen, lectures director for the Union Board, said the speech was “terrific.”Dahlen said he and a political science professor selected the questions for the question-and-answer session. Audience members wrote down questions before Edwards spoke, and Dahlen read selected questions aloud. He did not ask Edwards any questions about his extramarital affair.“We really went off the majority of the questions that were submitted and tried to gauge what the audiences concerns were,” Dahlen said. “The audience was more concerned about the political and economic future of America.”Junior Pat Buschman, new external vice-chair of IU’s College Republicans, said the speech was interesting.Buschman said the lecture offered a unique experience for students. He said he knew he would not agree with Edwards on issues but was willing to listen.Buschman said he would have liked Edwards to address the three Supreme Court justices that are on the verge of retiring.Overall, he said he thought the selection of speaker was inappropriate because of Edwards’ personal life and wants to see a conservative speaker for the next Union Board lecture to balance out opinions.“I think that for $35,000 you could have gotten a better speaker with all the stuff coming out of him,” Buschman said. “During the question-and-answer session, I think Edwards might have been a little nervous.”
(11/12/08 4:28am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU Police Department is investigating the theft of missing artwork from Ballantine Hall. Police received a call at 7:20 a.m. on Monday regarding the missing artwork, according to an IUPD press release. The artwork was last reported seen in the building on Friday, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger. The artwork is a lithograph by Stanley Boxer, according to the press release. It is 12 inches by 61 inches. The lithograph is valued at about $2,000 to $4,000, Minger said. Minger said artwork theft does not occur on campus regularly, but it does occasionally occur. Due to the size of the artwork, Minger said someone might have seen when the artwork was taken out of Ballantine Hall. Anyone with information about the missing artwork can contact IUPD at 855-4111.
(11/11/08 10:17pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU Police Department is investigating the theft of missing artwork from Ballantine Hall. Police received a call at 7:20 a.m. on Monday regarding the missing artwork, according to an IUPD press release. The artwork was last reported seen in the building on Friday, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger. The artwork is a lithograph by Stanley Boxer, according to the press release. It is 12 inches by 61 inches. The lithograph is valued at about $2,000 to $4,000, Minger said. Minger said artwork theft does not occur on campus regularly, but it does occasionally occur. Due to the size of the artwork, Minger said someone might have seen when the artwork was taken out of Ballantine Hall. Anyone with information about the missing artwork can contact IUPD at 855-4111.
(11/11/08 5:25am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>One year ago, sophomore Nicholas Bielinski was in the U.S. Air Force. Today he is studying at IU. Bielinski is one of more than 300 IU students who have served or are serving in the U.S. military. The number also includes dependents of disabled or deceased veterans.These students will have the opportunity to not only commemorate veterans, but also themselves.In celebration of Veterans Day, the Union Board will hold a reception from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union.The event will highlight current students who are veterans, as well as historical figures throughout IU’s history who served in the military. It will also allow students to write letters of support to men and women who currently serve in Iraq or Afghanistan, said Margaret Baechtold, director of IU’s Veterans Support Services.Bielinski, president of IU’s Military Veterans Club, said the organization acts as a social link between students who are serving and have served in the military. For Bielinski, who served four years in the U.S. Air Force, being a veteran is important, but he doesn’t let that define who he is today. “Being a veteran doesn’t change who you are,” Bielinski said. “(It) just gives you a better insight into what we’re fighting for.”IU alumnus Jeff Memmer started the Military Veterans Club in 2003 after coming to orientation as a freshman. He asked for information on students who were in the military, but he didn’t find the support group he was looking for. Memmer said students who are serving in some form of military service or have served have different experiences than most students. “There is an emotional experience that they have gone through,” Memmer said. “Some of them carry the weight of that experience.”Baechtold said there is a lot of paperwork involved in being a student while serving in the military. Students who are in the National Guard might often experience instability between their military and civilian lifestyles. These students often have to leave school during the semester for training or for deployment, Baechtold said. The Veterans Support Services helps students withdraw from classes without penalty. Memmer said as an undergraduate student, he would fill out paperwork every month to get the money to pay for college through the GI Bill. The GI Bill provides financial aid toward education for veterans, service members and dependents of disabled or deceased veterans, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Web site. Bielinski said he does not plan to continue his military career in the future, but he said he will always have his military experience. “There is always that pride,” Bielinski said. “You can always go back and share stories, but it isn’t quite who you are anymore.”
(11/10/08 2:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Bloomington woman faces preliminary charges of neglect and driving while intoxicated after leaving her two children at home Saturday morning.The Bloomington Police Department received a call about a possible drunk driver at 5:55 a.m. near the 1800 block of North Walnut Street, said BPD Sgt. Pam Gladish, reading from a police report.Police were able to identify the driver as Jessica Mcartor, 27. Officers said Mcartor had signs of being impaired.Mcartor told officers she had left her two children at home, Gladish said. She said one of her children was 12 years old and the other was 2 years old.An officer went to the apartment and found the two children alone but safe, Gladish said. The 12-year-old child – who was actually found to be 9 years old – was unaware that Mcartor had left the apartment, according to the report.The children’s grandmother was able to go to the apartment and take care of them.Gladish said Mcartor has had an OWI within the last five years.
(11/07/08 3:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Bloomington residents chewed on the economy over lunch Thursday.The lunch was part of the IU Kelley School of Business’ “Business Outlook Panel” at 11:30 a.m. inside Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. The lunch provided Bloomington residents and local businesses insight into how 2009’s economy will look as predicted by four Kelley School of Business faculty members.The four panelists spoke about how the economy would look for different regions. Overall, panelists said the economy would still look bad all year, but will begin to look better during the second half of 2009.Jerry Conover, the director of the Indiana Business Research Center, said these are “tough times all around” for Bloomington’s economy.Conover said Bloomington’s population increase will continue to grow in 2009. He said an increase in the population will encourage growth in the city and county. New residents will also become new consumers who will help the local economy.Bloomington lost 49 establishments over the last year but is projected to gain about 500 jobs next year, Conover said.Industries that are growing in Bloomington include restaurants, taverns and the medical field, Conover said. Retail, construction and housing industries are losing business.Conover said residents should remain optimistic about next year’s economy.“The outlook is partly cloudy next year,” Conover said. “We’ll do reasonably well (and) might as well enjoy what we got.”The other panelists focused on the state and national economy.Willard Witte, an associate professor emeritus of economics, said things will look grim for a while nationally.“This is going to be a long period of contraction,” Witte said. “There is a lot of risk and uncertainty.”Witte said a loss of 2 million jobs is projected for next year. Witte also said exports are one of the strongest parts of the U.S. economy. He said it would be interesting to see how the world will react to the reduction in our productivity.Witte said a second stimulus package will be sent out sometime in early 2009.John Boquist, the Edward E. Edwards professor of finance, called the current economic crisis “the perfect storm.”Boquist said people can expect a bad economy for a long time. He also said the government throwing money at the problem is not resolving anything.Boquist commented on other problems the economy is facing such as corporate earnings and the mortgage crisis.Morton Marcus, director emeritus of the Indiana Business Research Center in the IU Kelley School of Business, said Indiana’s economy will suffer from a decrease in demand from the manufacturing industry. He pointed out how this is already evident in the automobile industry.Marcus remained optimistic and said the economy would look better next year.He offered everyone simple advice to survive next year’s economy.“Don’t do today what you can put off tomorrow,” Marcus said.
(11/07/08 3:05am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Bloomington man was arrested Thursday morning after a vehicle pursuit with the Indiana State Police came to an end.Indiana State Police Trooper Jason Cobb first spotted Joshua W. North, 23, of Bloomington driving southbound on State Road 37, according to an ISP press release. At about 10:15 a.m., Cobb said North’s vehicle speed registered at 79 mph in a 60 mph driving zone.Cobb followed North in a red 2004 Chevrolet Impala. North turned in “The Woods” housing edition and then headed northbound on State Road 37, according to the press release.Cobb turned on his emergency lights, but North did not stop his vehicle, according to the press release.Indiana State Trooper Doug Hutchinson threw stop sticks at the vehicle near Zikes Road. The sticks hit the vehicle, but North continued toward Bloomington.The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department told the troopers the vehicle North was driving was reported stolen earlier Thursday morning, said ISP Sgt. Curt Durnil.As the vehicle traveled on Old State Road 37, Bloomington Police Officer Lucas Tate threw stop sticks on Walnut Street near Pinewood Drive, according to the press release.Durnil said by this time, two of the vehicle’s tires were completely gone. The other two tires were starting to deflate.The vehicle finally stopped between Rogers Road and Country Club Drive, according to the press release.Police tested North’s blood alcohol level and found he was driving above the legal limit, Durnil said.Police arrested North on preliminary charges of resisting law enforcement, operating while intoxicated, a class D felony for possession of stolen property and an infraction for driving while suspended, according to the press release.North was transported to the Monroe County Jail.
(11/05/08 6:51am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As local Republicans ate h’ordeurves and refreshments on election night, one thing was on everyone’s mind: straight-ticket voters.Local politicians such as Don Francis, who ran for county council at large, were worried the large number of IU students who support Barack Obama didn’t do enough research on the local race and voted a straight Democratic ticket. “I hope all the students (had) the opportunity to do their homework and didn’t do straight ticket (voting),” Francis said.Francis was one of the local Republicans who gathered inside of KRC Banquet & Catering on South College Avenue to watch the results unfold.Republican candidate for county auditor Vivien Bridges said she hesitated about running in this year’s election because of the big names on the presidential tickets that could affect the political parities all together.“I feel like I had to work very hard because I’m running on the Republican ticket, and it’s a little more of an uphill climb for us in this county,” Bridges said. “I do know that I talked to a lot of students who didn’t feel comfortable voting in the local elections, which was good because I really think that they can affect our local elections without knowing if they just pull a straight party.”At around 9:26 p.m. feelings started to change as the crowd of about 40 began to cheer when Gov. Mitch Daniels gave his speech after his victory was declared.“It is giving me more hope than I expected at 6 p.m. – it really changed my expectations for the state and local races,” Francis said. “Maybe the students didn’t vote straight tickets after all.”For others such as Monroe County Republican Chair Gene Moncel, Daniels’ victory was not a surprise. However, Moncel said he was not sure how the win would play into local races.In the 9th District Congressional race, Democrat Baron Hill was declared the winner, but Moncel and others said it was not much of a surprise.“The numbers were in Congressman Hill’s favor,” Moncel said.Republican treasurer candidate Barbara Clark said neither the results of Daniels’ nor Hill’s victory was an indication of who would win the local races. Clark, who was ahead in her race around 9 p.m., said the Obama campaign in Bloomington was more organized than John McCain’s local organization. Like others, Clark said students who straight-ticket voted without knowledge of the local candidates might impact the entire local elections.Christine Talley Haseman said she didn’t want to count all the Republican chickens before they were hatched, despite what Indiana race results were.Like most of the local Republican Party, Haseman said she would have to wait until all of the local Monroe County election results were in.
(11/05/08 6:45am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>All that could be heard in the streets of Bloomington on Tuesday night was “Yes, we did.”The crowd of more than 100 students marched down the streets shortly after Barack Obama was elected as the first black president in U.S. history.The crowd of screaming and teary-eyed students formed in the courtyard of the Collins Living -Learning Center. Three students – one with a drum – started a march to the IU Auditorium’s circle drive.Freshman Ben Wahle said he and his two friends Kelsey West and Paolo Cribari started the march but never really had a plan of where it was going to go.“Most people don’t feel like we can make a difference, but we proved that we did it tonight,” Wahle said.Along the way, people such as senior Sarah Wilson joined the crowd of screaming Obama supporters.Wilson said she drove to the IU Art Museum and found the group marching. Wilson and her friend started to follow the crowd that went to Dunn Meadow and down Kirkwood Avenue. The crowd grew as it continued down Kirkwood.“It’s like completely fascinating,” Wilson said. “He is the first politician that embodies my ideals as a young American and has captured what America means.”The march stopped in front of Pitaya clothing store.After briefly stopping, the crowd continued up Kirkwood and turned right on Walnut Street. The crowd stopped outside Opie Taylor’s to chant “No more Bush” and “Yes, we did.” The crowd stopped for a few minutes to hear Obama’s speech before continuing to march with a life-size Obama puppet up Walnut Street toward Obama’s local headquarters.Shareese Johnson, an IU graduate student, said the moment was much more than just a chance to walk down the streets of Bloomington.“My grandma called me. She is so excited,” Johnson said. “I have no words, (this is) probably one of the most powerful moments in my life.”Bloomington Police Department officer Amy Romoser said there were no arrests of the crowd as of midnight.Romoser said BPD was already downtown because they expected some sort of crowd to show up. She said the crowd would not be broken up as long as there were no injuries.
(11/03/08 5:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As the country anxiously awaits election results Tuesday, NBC
correspondent Luke Russert will interview IU students in and around the
Indiana Memorial Union.
Russert is the son of Tim Russert, the Washington bureau chief for NBC
and moderator of “Meet the Press” who died of a heart attack in June.
Luke Russert has covered youth issues during the 2008 election cycle
for shows such as NBC Nightly News, TODAY, MSNBC and msnbc.com,
according to the MSNBC Web site.
In response to Russert’s appearance on Tuesday, the Union Board will
host an election coverage party starting at 6 p.m. in the Frangipani
Room inside the IMU. The event is free and open to the public.
The event will include free food and coverage of the presidential race,
said Meghan Krueger, Union Board director of seminars and events.
Students who attend the event could end up on national TV. Russert will
broadcast live from the event as well as from the IMU, said Nathan
Click, junior and Union Board public relations director.
“It’s a great opportunity for IU students, and once again the Union Board is bringing the world to IU,” Click said.
Click also said the event is a great way for IU students to come together and watch the results of the presidential election.
Russert first contacted IU about interviewing students for the program,
Krueger said. IU turned the event over to the Union Board. Click said
one of the reasons IU was chosen is because Indiana has recently become
a swing state.
National coverage of the election, which might include IU students,
will begin on the “Today Show” and will continue throughout the day,
according to a press release.
Krueger said the event does not have an ending time but students are free to leave whenever they want.
“It’s kind of like handing a megaphone to IU students,” Krueger said.
(10/31/08 2:35am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A Bloomington man was rushed to the hospital after he was stabbed in the stomach Wednesday night.Bloomington resident Russell H. Hart, 50, was arrested Wednesday night after police say he stabbed a 40-year-old Bloomington man, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.The altercation began at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday when both of the males were at a female’s apartment on the 1200 block of W. Allen St., Canada said.The female kicked Hart out of her apartment for unknown reasons, Canada said. Hart and the man both left the apartment and began walking outside.The two were seen by witnesses and the female talking near the parking lot of the apartment complex, Canada said. Hart stabbed the man in the stomach with a steak knife and twisted it sideways, causing the handle to break off.Witnesses saw Hart leave the scene in a maroon two-door Buick, according to the report.After being stabbed, the Bloomington man tried to walk back to the apartment and was shouting that he had been stabbed, Canada said. He laid down on the sidewalk and took the knife out of his stomach.The man was taken to the Bloomington Hospital where he underwent emergency surgery, Canada said. The status of his condition is not known.Officer Dana Cole was able to locate Hart with the car description on the 700 block of W. Dixie St., Canada said.Hart was taken into custody, Canada said. Hart denied having anything to do with the stabbing, but officers located the handle of the steak knife when searching him.Hart was arrested and faces a preliminary charge of aggravated battery, a Class B felony.
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____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Sixty-nine Monroe County residents have not received their stimulus checks, totaling up to $35,497, because of wrong mailing addresses.The 69 residents are a few of 3,896 Hoosiers whose stimulus payments were sent back to the IRS office because the post office deemed them “undeliverable.” The total amount of checks in Indiana adds up to about $2.2 million.IRS spokesperson Jodie Reynolds said the stimulus checks were sent out to the taxpayers during the summer but were sent back by the post office because most were undeliverable due to invalid and outdated mailing addresses.The list of people who haven’t received their stimulus or rebate checks was made earlier in October, Reynolds said.Residents who have not received their checks have until Nov. 28 to change their mailing address, Reynolds said. People can do this by going online to the IRS Web site, going into their local IRS office or by calling the IRS.“People across the country are missing tax refunds and stimulus checks,” said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman in a press release. “We are committed to making the process as easy as possible for taxpayers to update their addresses with the IRS and get their checks.”Bloomington resident Barbara Starnes, 27, expects to receive her stimulus check within a couple days or weeks.Starnes said the IRS sent her a letter on Oct. 16 saying her stimulus check was sent back to the IRS office because she had listed on her taxes the address of someone who handles her finances. The letter said the stimulus check would arrive in 30 days.“If I get it now it will help me better than it would have then,” Starnes said. “I’ll probably get Christmas stuff for the kids.”Starnes said she also plans to use her delayed stimulus payment to pay off bills and to buy her two children warmer clothing.By law, the IRS has to send all of the stimulus checks by Dec. 31, Reynolds said.Besides wrong addresses, residents might have missed out on their entire stimulus check because of small errors such as an invalid Social Security number, Reynolds said.The IRS is working with the Social Security offices to correct the problem, Reynolds said. People facing this problem will receive a second stimulus check with the rest of their payment.In addition to stimulus checks, 41 Monroe County residents have yet to receive their annual rebate checks from the IRS.Invalid mailing addresses among other things are why these rebate checks haven’t gotten to the wallets of Hoosiers.The sum of undelivered refund checks is $31,531, Reynolds said in an e-mail.Hoosiers who do not get their refund or stimulus payment by the end of the year will be able to get the payment next year if they fill out the “recovering rebate credit” in next year’s tax form, Reynolds said.Reynolds recommends filing taxes online and having refund checks directly deposited into checking accounts to avoid the confusion involved with “undelivered checks.”