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(09/18/08 1:48am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A three-car accident involving a Monroe County Sheriff’s employee left two cars totaled Tuesday evening. The incident happened at 7:40 p.m. when Sgt. Troy Thomas was on duty but not responding to an emergency, Monroe County Administrative Sgt. Chuck Wilson said. The matter is still being investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, but Wilson said he thinks Thomas might have been adjusting the temperature in his car when he was heading toward State Road 45/46 Bypass near Fee Lane and following the traffic when he went left of the center lane and hit a Ford Mustang in the right rear. The Mustang did a 180 degree circle and suffered minor damages. Thomas’s vehicle then crossed the center lane and hit a Ford Contour, leaving both cars totaled.Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Captain Kenny Barnes said there was one person in the Mustang, two people in the Contour and Thomas was the only person in his vehicle. The people inside of the Contour were taken to Bloomington Hospital and their status is not known, Wilson said. Thomas and the person in the Mustang were checked on the scene and were not taken to the hospital, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office press release.Wilson said the accident is being investigated by two certified accident recreationists and is being treated like any other motor vehicle accident. Barnes said the investigation should be completed in a couple of days. Wilson said the status of Thomas’s job will be determined after the investigation is completed.
(09/17/08 5:31pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A three-car accident involving a Monroe County Sheriff’s employee left two cars totaled Tuesday evening. The accident left both Sgt. Troy Thomas’s vehicle and a Ford Contour totaled. The incident happened at 7:40 p.m. when Thomas was on duty but not responding to an emergency, Monroe County Administrative Sgt. Chuck Wilson said. The matter is still being investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, but Wilson said he thinks Thomas may have been adjusting the temperature in his car when he was heading towards State Road 45/46 Bypass near Fee Lane and following the traffic when he went left of the center lane and hit a Ford Mustang in the right rear. The Mustang did a 180 degree circle and suffered minor damages. Thomas’s vehicle then went into the centerline and hit a Ford Contour in the left front. This left both cars totaled. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective Captain Kenneth Barnes said there was one person in the Mustang, two people in the Contour and Thomas was the only person in his vehicle. The people inside of the Contour were taken to Bloomington Hospital and their status there is not known, Wilson said. Thomas and the person in the Mustang were checked on the scene and were not taken to the hospital, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office press release about the event.Wilson said the accident is being investigated by 2 certified accident recreationists and is being treated like any other motor vehicle accident. Barnes said the investigation should be completed in a couple days. Wilson said the status of Thomas’s job will be determined after the investigation is completed.
(09/17/08 4:17am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Students who rely on their e-mail for emergency updates from IU-Notify might want to consider signing up for text message alerts after authorities decided Tuesday that text alerts will be the primary notification tool.Representatives in charge of the IU-Notify system met Tuesday morning to evaluate the results of the emergency test held on Sept. 5 and to discuss possible changes. Kirk White, coordinator for the Critical Incidents Communications Team, said the group, which included IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger and others, decided text messages will be the primary way to contact students because of its time efficiency.But that leaves the majority of current subscribers out of the loop.In total, about 6,700 students are signed up for text messages, while 67,000 people are signed up for e-mail alerts, White said. The change also comes more than one week after the system was used to notify students that an attack occurred just south of Memorial Stadium. That alert was sent several hours after the incident because officials weren’t initially going to send out a notification.In some instances, e-mail alerts would do little to make students safer, White said.“We decided, for example, in a tornado warning we would use only text messaging if the tornado is issued for the campus area,” White said.The reasoning behind this is if an event such as a tornado warning were to occur it would only last about 20 to 30 minutes, White said. During the IU-Notify test, it took about two hours to get all of the e-mails out to students in comparison with the minutes it took to get text messages out. However, there might be instances where the sirens will go off on campus but there will be no text messages, e-mails or voice mails. White said when things occur in Monroe County and not necessarily on the campus area, the sirens are required to go off. Thus, when an emergency occurs on campus, students will first be notified by text messages, then by e-mail and eventually by voice mail, White said. Minger said there is no way to determine ahead of time which situations are more severe than others. Instead, he said the kinds of alerts that will be sent out to students will depend on each case. White said with the help of University Information Technology Services, the time it takes to get all of the e-mails out might go down to 30 minutes, but text messages are still faster. Minger said they might also change the content of messages during tests, because some people were not immediately informed that it was a test and not a real emergency.Lauren VanCleve, a sophomore who only signed up for the e-mail notifications, said she does not know how she even signed up for the notifications but would like to see emergency e-mails that indicate the severity of the event.Freshman Jordan West said she first learned about the IU-Notify system during orientation. “I thought it was efficient and helpful,” West said. “I think they do a good way of informing people.”Like White and Minger, West agrees phones are the best way to contact students because “everyone relies on their phone.”Minger said students, faculty and staff will get used to the system as time goes on and as future tests such as the upcoming one in January occur. “I think it’s something that everyone will get comfortable with as time goes on,” Minger said. “You know it affects so many people; there is a certain amount of people that have the wrong expectations of what it’s for and what it does.”Students can change their information for the IU-Notify system by going online to OneStart. They can also go to www.indianauniversity.info to check the status of safety on campus.
(09/17/08 2:51am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____> A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized in intensive care Sunday afternoon after he was kicked in the head by a group of youths, according to Bloomington Police Department reports. The alleged beating occurred Saturday, said BPD Sgt. Pam Galdish, reading from a police report.The events started Saturday morning when a 14-year-old boy was confronted by the suspect as he was walking home from the skating rink. He said he then went home and told a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old boy about the event that occurred on his walk home, according to the report.The 16-year-old and 14-year-old boys then went to confront the suspect about the earlier incident. The 16-year-old hit the suspect, which turned into a fight that was broken up, Galdish said.Later Saturday evening, the three boys went to a grocery store where they saw a group of boys that included the suspect who allegedly confronted the 14-year-old boy. A fight occurred after the suspect whistled, and more boys appeared at the scene, according to the report.During the fight, the 17-year-old boy was allegedly kicked in the head by the suspect. The fight was broken up, and the 14-year-old and the 16-year-old took the 17-year-old home, Galdish said. On Sunday, the 17-year-old boy complained to his parents of headaches and told them about the fight. The parents took him to Bloomington Hospital at 11:43 p.m. on Sunday, where BPD officer Ben Burns gathered the report. The boy was also scheduled for surgery. The BPD is still investigating the case, and no one has been arrested in connection to the fight.
(09/17/08 2:50am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A small fire caused damage to an apartment Monday night after residents left their stove on during a power outage caused by storms on Sunday. Residents in the 1600 block of South Dorchester Street left items on an open stove, said Roger Kerr, chief of the Bloomington Fire Department. Kerr said the power went out on Sunday and the apartment residents forgot to turn off the electric stove and remove the items from it. When the power returned to the apartment complex on Monday, the items began to burn on the stove, Kerr said. The residents were not home during the time of the fire. A neighbor placed the call to the fire department at 8:40 p.m. There were no injuries, and the only damage was fire damage to the kitchen and smoke damage throughout the apartment, Kerr said.
(09/12/08 4:35am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Thubten J. Norbu’s cremation Thursday morning was the first of its kind in the state of Indiana after getting approval from Gov. Mitch Daniels.Norbu, a former IU professor and the eldest brother of His Holiness of the Dalai Lama, died Sept. 5 of natural causes. Indiana law requires cremations to be performed by a licensed crematory, but Gov. Mitch Daniels gave the family authorization to perform this traditional ceremony. Monks cremated the body in a dome-shaped structure, called a stupa, on the premises of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center.The private ceremony took place at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday.Jigme Norbu, Thubten J. Norbu’s son, said he and his family were informed by funeral homes that the Buddhist tradition, which includes a cremation, was illegal because people cannot be cremated on public or private land. The traditional cremation involves keeping the body on ice for days while it is prepared for the cremation. The body is brushed with religious liquids and is dressed in clothing a high lama would wear. He is then put in a lotus position, a crossed-legged pose that is often used for meditation.The body is then carried into the stupa and closed.Co-founder of the International Tibet Independence Movement and professor at Ball State University Larry Gerstein said the monks chanted for four hours prior to the cremation. The Norbu family sought help from local politicians, who Jigme Norbu declined to reveal for their protection. They eventually helped get approval for the cremation from Daniels. The cremation rarely occurs in the United States, and the ceremony was the first one in Indiana, Jigme Norbu said. The family plans to use the ashes of Thubten J. Norbu to create statues the family can use as remembrance.
(09/12/08 3:04am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Rising fuel prices have forced cuts in the Campus Bus Service routes, frustrating some students who have to make alternative plans, while many don’t even notice a difference. Campus Bus announced in July that all core routes, including A, B, D, E and X, would reduce services by 19 percent this fall, mostly at night and on the weekends. Some students are still learning about the changes.At about 4:30 p.m. Sept. 5, about 30 students were waiting in line for the X bus, even though the route stopped running an hour earlier due to the cuts.Graduate student Dan Shane said on Sept. 3 that the cutback on transportation services has already had an impact on him. Shane rides the bus almost every day, even during the weekends, and said it was already frustrating to ride the bus before the cuts occurred. But that won’t keep students off the bus, he said.“I think more students will be riding it because it costs more to fill up a tank (of gas),” Shane said.Shane said he will probably consider going home earlier or walking about two miles to get home when he misses the bus.In addition to the increasing price of diesel fuel, operations manager for Campus Bus Perry Maull said cuts are needed to meet an increase in wages along with a 10 percent increase in health care for full-time employees. However, the service only had a 2.8 percent revenue increase, he said. Maull said it is hard to say how the reduction of bus service hours has affected students this fall. Sophomore Laura Kyrk said she feels like the bus service has reduced in general. Kyrk said she would like to go study in the library late at night, but because the Campus Bus stops running at 11 p.m., she doesn’t want to risk walking home late. Junior Jessica Bram rides the B bus about three times a week, but still feels the effects of the service cuts. “I feel like they cut back in general,” Bram said. “(There are) not that many buses, and if there is a bus, it’s full.”Instead Bram has to walk, which sometimes leads to her being late to her classes. Others like sophomore Ryan Pritkin have started to look for alternatives to riding the bus at night.Instead of waiting to catch a bus, Pritkin asks friends who have cars to give him a ride. “I know for a fact that I won’t be able to catch a bus (at night),” Pritkin said.For other regulars, the decrease in services has had no effect at all.Senior Curtis Stout said he rides the X bus almost every day and has no complaints about the Campus Bus Service.“I didn’t notice the difference,” Stout said. “It’s good so far, I guess.”Students who are part-time drivers for Campus Bus are feeling the effect of the cuts. Typically, part-time drivers operate the evening and weekend routes, he said. Full-time drivers are still working 40 hours a week, Maull said. The cutbacks might affect workers more during times when students aren’t on campus and bus services are cut even more, such as during holiday breaks. Maull said workers should consider planning their vacations during times when bus cuts are most severe.
(09/11/08 4:23am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Yellow, white and blue katas were tightly held in hand as people honored Thubten J. Norbu one last time. The katas, scarf-like items that are used in Tibet to show honor and respect, were draped around Norbu by family and friends who went to his visitation Wednesday afternoon in the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Culture Center in Bloomington. Norbu, a former IU professor and the eldest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, died Friday of natural causes. He was 87.Norbu first came to Bloomington after former IU professor Denis Sinor offered him a position in the Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Sinor said. Norbu was also a well-known activist for Tibetan rights.“His commitment and passion inspired so many people, and he was relentless in his dedication of sharing his story of Tibet,” said Elaine Irwin-Mellencamp, who is involved in the local Buddhist community.Irwin-Mellencamp, who is married to the singer John Mellencamp, first met Norbu in 1999 at an event where she first learned about Buddhism and Tibet. While people visited Norbu, a slide show of photos of his life played as a backdrop on a television in the lobby.For Norbu’s wife, Kunyang Norbu, she best remembers him doing simple things such as taking walks around their house with their five dogs and five cats. Despite accomplishing great things like the establishment of the Tibetan Center, everyone from those who worked with him at the center to those who hardly knew him remembered Norbu as a simple person. “As impressive as he was, he was still a down-to-earth person,” said Gail Henrie, a volunteer at the center. Elliot Sperling, a professor of Central Eurasian Studies, first met Norbu as an undergraduate at IU where he learned Norbu was someone with “a tremendous spirit and generosity with students.”Freshman Jeremy Gotwals first learned about the Tibetan Center in 2003, and although he never had a close relationship with Norbu, he said Norbu’s life was about spreading knowledge. Gotwals said Norbu gave up his robes, which meant he could not be a monk, but was able to spread Buddhism more by opening the center in Bloomington. Kunyang Norbu said she wants people to remember her husband as a “kind, unselfish, simple, freedom fighter for Tibet.”Sperling said he doubts people will forget him because of the huge impact he had on people. “Everything he did was infused with the spirit of Tibet,” Sperling said. “He was devoted to his country.”
(09/04/08 3:22am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The City of Bloomington Human Rights Commission recently released its annual report, which stated 29 hate incidents occurred between July 2007 and June 2008. In the previous report, 25 incidents were cited.The hate incidents listed in the report vary from situations where people have used racial slurs toward others, physical violence or vandalism. All of the events were motivated by race, sexual orientation or religion. The BHRC defines a hate crime as “verbal or physical abuse directed at individuals or groups because of race, sex, color, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religion or national origin.”The annual report includes incidents reported by police departments, individuals or groups, the media or by anonymous tips, according to the report. Barbara McKinney, director of the BHRC, said in an e-mail the commission has been around since the mid-1970s but the hate crime incidents reports were not published until 1990. “It’s important to publish these reports to make it clear to the community that these things happen even in our welcoming, safe and civil city of Bloomington, Ind.,” McKinney said in an e-mail. “Overlooking these incidents, sweeping them under the rug, does not make the problem go away.”Although this year’s report includes more incidents, previous years’ reports recorded bodily harm, McKinney said in the e-mail. “It’s always hard to know if there are actually more hate incidents occurring in the community or if people are doing a better job of reporting the incidents to either the police or our office,” McKinney said in an e-mail. The City of Bloomington isn’t the only city facing hate crimes. Nationally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported in its 2006 Hate Crime Statistics that 12.2 percent of hate crimes occur on college campuses and at schools. The FBI publishes hate crime statistics annually, but the statistics for 2007 have not been published yet, FBI special agent Wendy Osborne said. At Purdue University, religion and sexual orientation were the reasoning behind four hate crimes that were reported, according to the FBI’s 2006 Hate Crime Statistics report. Bloomington reported 13 hate crime incidents for 2006, according to the FBI’s statistics. In 2006, race accounted for nine of the 13 hate crime incidents. Sexual orientation accounted for two of the incidents reported. This year’s Bloomington Hate Incidents Report cites more than half of the incidents reported involved race and ethnicity. Sexual orientation and religion played a role in the same amount of incidents reported. Although the BHRC is not a law enforcement agency, McKinney said people can call the commission for help and advice if they are involved in a hate crime incident.
(09/02/08 2:14am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Citations for underage drinking decreased during IU’s Welcome Week compared to past years.Indiana State Excise Police handed out 63 citations during Aug. 27-30, which is down 65 percent from the number of citations handed out last year. IU Police Department arrested 43 people during Aug. 27-31, an increase from last year’s 32 arrest count.Fifty minors were charged with illegal possession, consumption or transportation of alcoholic beverages this year compared to the 81 minors who were charged for the same last year, according to a press release from the Indiana State Excise Police.In addition, three minors were charged with using a false identification, four adults were arrested for providing alcoholic beverages to minors and five people were arrested for a variety of offenses involving alcohol, according to the press release.Indiana State Excise Officer Travis Thickstun said police started preparing for Welcome Week ahead of time.“This year perhaps people were more attentive to obey by the law,” Thickstun said. “Maybe there was some impact from last year’s enforcement activity.”Thickstun said the Indiana State Excise Police has been undergoing changes for some years as far as when officers work and where. He said the impact of the changes can be seen more now than in the previous years.“There has been a slight impact on Welcome Week and home games from people knowing that we are out there,” Thickstun said.IUPD arrested about eight people during the weekend for incidents involving alcohol, according to IUPD police reports. The rest of the arrests involved possession of illegal substances.Of the 43 people IUPD arrested, IUPD Captain Jerry Minger said an increasing number of people were unconscious when officers arrived to the scene. Minger could not give an exact number of people who had incidents involving medical assistance.Although the number of citations given out by the state excise police decreased, Minger said he can’t say for sure if this means the number of students drinking has decreased, but rather that police came in contact with fewer people who were drinking.
(08/29/08 3:44am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Indiana State Police wants to crack down on drunk driving this Labor Day weekend with Operation Pull Over. The campaign, which is made possible by a federal grant through the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, has been going on since Aug. 15, said ISP Sgt. Curt Durnil.ISP has set up checkpoints throughout Indiana highways for the campaign. Officers are looking for drivers who are intoxicated or who are not wearing their seat belts.Labor Day is the second most deadly holiday in Indiana, according to a press release about the campaign. Eleven people died on Indiana highways during last year’s holiday weekend, according to the press release.Although Monroe County will not have any official checkpoints this weekend, extra state patrol officers will be looking for potential intoxicated drivers, Durnil said.State officers will work overtime so Operation Pull Over will not get in the way of their regular work load, Durnil said. They will be present in areas where past incidents involving allegedly intoxicated drivers have occurred.Indiana motorists can also call 911 to report someone who might be driving under the influence. The caller should have a good description of the vehicle, according to the press release from the ISP.
(08/29/08 3:43am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As students celebrate Welcome Week festivities, law enforcement officers are preparing for alcohol citations. Officers hope to crack down on underage drinking this weekend by patrolling areas where past incidents occurred. These alcohol citations can cost students hundreds of dollars and can lead to an arrest. Indiana State Excise Police Officer Travis Thickstun said this Welcome Weekend has the potential for interesting situations for both officers and students. “Many students have not been away from home or parents or some kind of significant oversight until they get to college,” Thickstun said. “So you have not only that, but you have a situation where classes haven’t started ... and you have a football game Saturday.”Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada said BPD expects to receive more calls this weekend because of Labor Day. BPD plans to have officers patrolling the bar area between Walnut Street and Kirkwood Avenue for intoxicated people or for disturbances, Canada said.“With the influx of all the students and with the holiday, we expect our calls to be more this weekend,” Canada said. “We try to prepare our shifts for that.”Although IU officials said this year’s freshman class is the biggest in IU history, excise police and the IU Police Department plan to have the same number of officers patrolling the area. As of Wednesday, excise police will use many officers from surrounding areas to check grocery stores, restaurants, bars, liquor stores and areas where past incidents have occurred to check for underage drinking or for adults buying minors alcohol, Thickstun said. Last year more than 200 alcohol citations were issued to IU students during Welcome Week, according to an Aug. 28, 2007 IDS article. Students aren’t the only ones who can get cited. Big Red Liquors on College Avenue and Kilroy’s on Kirkwood were both issued citations involving minors and alcohol last year, according to the article. IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said an increasing number of arrests involve medical attention. Although the number of IUPD officers won’t increase because of Welcome Week, Minger said officers are prepared to handle those situations.The article reported that 13 of the 32 arrests last year made by the IUPD involved medical assistance.Minger advises students to “make well-informed, mature decisions” this weekend.
(08/27/08 3:04am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Don’t be surprised to find large crowds and heavy traffic throughout campus today as thousands of students move into the residence halls. Additional IU Police Department officers, Bloomington Police Department officers and Indiana State Police officers will try to make move-in day for the biggest freshman class, plus returning students, as smooth as possible, according to a press release from the IU Police Department.Seventy-five IUPD officers will guide students and parents throughout campus to avoid major traffic jams. Park and Woodlawn avenues will become one-way streets from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition, Sunrise Avenue, Eigenmann Hall Circle and the Read Center North Drive will have restricted parking from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jordan Avenue Garage will be open and free of charge during the time when other streets have restricted parking. The changes are made to create traffic going in a clockwise direction, IUPD Captain Jerry Minger said. “Intersections are always an issue once traffic gets bumper to bumper,” Minger said. “We’ll have officers standing by because we don’t want traffic to stop.”Although this year’s freshman class is the largest in IU’s history, Minger said there are no extra precautions other than the usual because the number of people moving into the dorms is pretty average. In addition to having an already large freshman class, Minger said each student typically brings at least one vehicle with them and one person who helps them move in.Minger said many students choose to move in early to avoid the major traffic jams, but most move in on Wednesday.“The last day to move in and the largest day is on Wednesday,” Minger said. “The earlier that you get here is best.”Although 17th Street is under construction and has been blocked off, students will still be able to move into Briscoe, McNutt and Foster Quads. The construction will stop and the street will open today, Thursday and Saturday. Students moving into any of those three dorms are advised to use 17th Street.The Bloomington Police and Indiana State Police will also be present on the outskirts of campus helping traffic move along the major intersections into the city if traffic gets too backed up.
(08/26/08 7:39pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Don’t be surprised to find large crowds and heavy traffic throughout campus Wednesday as thousands of students move into the residence halls. Additional IU Police Department officers, Bloomington Police Department officers and Indiana State Police officers will try and make move-in day into the residence halls for the biggest freshman class plus returning students as smooth as possible, according to a press release from IU Police Department.Seventy-five IUPD officers will guide students and parents throughout campus to avoid major traffic jams. Park Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue will become one-way streets from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. In addition, Sunrise Avenue, Eigenmann Hall Circle and the Read Center North Drive will have restricted parking from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jordan Avenue Garage will be open and free of charge during the time when other streets have restricted parking. The changes are made to create traffic going in a clockwise direction, IUPD Captain Jerry Minger said. “Intersections are always an issue once traffic gets bumper to bumper,” Minger said. “We’ll have officers standing by because we don’t want traffic to stop.”Although 17th Street is under construction and has been blocked off, that won’t stop students who are moving into Briscoe, McNutt and Foster Quads. The construction will stop and the street will open today, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Students moving into any of those three dorms are advised to use 17th Street.
(08/26/08 1:49am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized Sunday night after an alleged altercation with her 20-year-old boyfriend early that morning. The assault occurred at about 3 a.m. in the 300 block of East Brownstone Drive after the woman’s boyfriend came home from a night of partying, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report. The victim said in the report that she asked her boyfriend to quiet down, at which point he became upset and bit her left thumb. He then proceeded to twist her arm and told her he would break it if she didn’t stop talking. The victim then grabbed her boyfriend by the throat to get him off her. He continued to beat her and pinned her against the wall of the apartment, choking her and hitting her in the face.The assaults led to a cut on her right eyebrow and a bruise on her right cheekbone. The victim and assailant were separated by the victim’s roommate, at which point the assailant left and the victim slept for a few hours until her boyfriend came back later that morning to take some of his belongings from the apartment, Canada said.The victim asked him for an apology but he said, “You deserve what you got,” according to the report.That night the victim went to Bloomington Hospital where Paul Post filed the report at 7:50 p.m. Examination at the hospital found she had suffered a broken facial bone as well as a concussion. BPD is still searching for the suspect, and there have been no arrests in connection to the incident.
(08/25/08 8:12pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 21-year-old woman was hospitalized Sunday night after an alleged altercation with her 20-year-old boyfriend early that morning. The assault occurred at about 3 a.m. in the 300 block of East Brownstone Drive after the woman’s boyfriend came home from a night of partying, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report. The victim asked her boyfriend to quiet down, at which point he became upset and bit her left thumb, according to the report. He then proceeded to twist her arm and told her he would break it if she didn’t stop talking. The victim then grabbed her boyfriend by the throat to get him off her. He continued to beat her and pinned her against the wall of the apartment, choking her and hitting her in the face.The assaults led to a cut on her right eyebrow and a bruise on the right cheekbone. The victim and assailant were separated by the victim’s roommate, at which point the assailant left and the victim slept for a few hours until her boyfriend came back later that morning to take some of his belongings from the apartment, Canada said.The victim asked him for an apology but he said, “You deserve what you got,” according to the report.That night the victim went to Bloomington Hospital where Paul Post filed the report at 7:50 p.m. Examination at the hospital found she had suffered a broken facial bone as well as a concussion. BPD is still searching for the suspect, and there have been no arrests in connection to the incident.
(08/07/08 1:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A change in door locks has thrown the future of the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center up in the air.The center created for Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Alaskan natives has been in existence for more than a year, but members of its volunteer student board resigned Aug. 4 and the center might change locations before the fall. On July 24, the keys and locks for the center’s two rooms, located on the sixth floor of Eigenmann Hall, were changed, said graduate student and former board member Rebecca Riall.Board members lost access to the rooms and were not given a clear answer on how to check out keys, Riall said.The organization, which is led by the student board, moved to Eigenmann after its previous location was ruined in a flood. The goal of the organization, Riall said in a March 11 Indiana Daily Student article, was to get its own cultural house. In March, the center celebrated its one-year anniversary.Locks were changed for security reasons and FNECC board members were not given the keys because they are not employed by IU, said Charles Sykes, executive director of multicultural initiatives.Sykes, who the center relies on for approval and funding of events, said he was out of town when the ordeal occurred.“There was no lockout,” Sykes said. “Another department moved onto the sixth floor, and you have keys that match the other locks.”Board members or students of the American Indian Student Association and the Native American Graduate Students’ Association, who work with the FNECC, use the center. In the past, Sykes gave FNECC board members the key to use. Now, they have to check out keys from a part-time staff member who works four hours a day at the FNECC. Riall called the lock-changing the “last straw.” The organization relied on the facility to be able to have meetings and events.Terri Miles, a third-year graduate student, said checking out the key from the FNECC office is easier said than done. Miles is involved with the American Indian Student Association and the Native American Graduate Students’ Association and said it’s going to be difficult to organize meetings around students’ busy schedules and the time when the center is open.“It’s really disappointing that this happened,” Miles said. “We are just going to have to meet elsewhere.”Riall and Miles said the lock-changing incident is just one example of difficulties students have faced without a director.“I think if they are committed to Native Americans on campus they have to hire a director,” Riall said. “If (we) don’t have the authority to do basic things like get keys, the center will never succeed.”Sykes said there are currently no potential candidates for an FNECC director, but the organization plans to find one.Members of the American Indian Student Association and the Native American Graduate Students’ Association, as well as the center’s regulars, are already thinking of opening a nonprofit center for Native Americans in Bloomington involving community leaders outside of IU.Sykes said the center will stay open and may move to a student-accessible location before classes start this fall. “We are open to the idea of working with student groups and faculty (for) programs,” Sykes said.
(07/23/08 11:52pm)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Don’t expect Bradford Woods to look the same after it gets a $1.75 million makeover over the next two years. IU announced July 17 that the Lilly Endowment awarded a $1.75 million grant to the Riley Children’s Foundation to benefit Camp Riley at IU’s Bradford Woods, located near Martinsville. The grant will go toward repairing facilities and creating six green cabins and an indoor arena for horse riding, said Bradford Woods Executive Director John Koenig.For one or two weeks each summer, Camp Riley hosts about 240 children who have physical disabilities, said Jason Mueller, Riley Children’s Foundation communications manager. The renovations will begin this fall and take about two years to complete, Koenig said. Koenig, who has been director for more than two years, said the makeover is long overdue for the facility. He also estimated the land needs more than $3.5 million in repairs – double the amount of the Lilly grant. “This is a little less than half of what we’ll need,” Koenig said. The camp has six different sessions each summer for children who are physically disabled, Mueller said. “It puts them in a position where they can accomplish things here that they might be able to do on an everyday basis,” he said. He added that the improvements will allow the camp to grow “regardless of the weather.”Camp Riley and Bradford Woods, who have been partners for 50 years, co-wrote the proposal for the grant. But Camp Riley won’t be the only camp at Bradford Woods benefiting from the renovations, Koenig said. Everyone from campers from the Little Red Door Cancer Agency in Indianapolis to IU students taking courses at Bradford Woods will reap the benefits of the renovations. Each year, 19,000 people visit the 2,500-acre facility, he said. The money will be used to create a Therapeutic Riding Center, which will include an indoor arena, Koenig said. New cabins constructed from recycled materials will replace current facilities.
(05/05/08 1:12am)
Former IU President Adam Herbert will now have his portrait hanging among past IU presidents such as Herman B Wells in the Indiana Memorial Union. The 17th IU president’s portrait was unveiled in a ceremony held Thursday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s East Lobby. \nThe celebration of the unveiling included an array of faculty, staff members and a few students who came together to celebrate Herbert’s four-year presidency at IU from 2003 to 2007. The event began with current IU President Michael McRobbie explaining the history of the portraits of past IU presidents that are located in the IMU. \n“These portraits are the history of Indiana University,” McRobbie said. \nCurtis Simic, president and CEO of the IU Foundation, then presented Herbert’s portrait and highlighted his years as president. Simic said Herbert is best remembered for his ability to give everyone personal attention. \nStephen Ferguson, IU trustee president, then accepted the portrait, which was a gift to the University from the IU Foundation. \nBefore Simic and Herbert’s wife, Karen Herbert, unveiled the portrait, Ferguson said one of Herbert’s strengths as a president was that he was able to communicate with a variety of people. \nAfter the crowd’s applause for the portrait died down, Herbert made a few remarks about the portrait. \n“Is that really me?” he joked. \nOn a more serious note, Herbert said he has not and will never forget the relationships he created while working at IU. He went on to say that he believes IU will continue to help educate the leaders of tomorrow and that he would like the University to continue growing. \n“I am proud – I am very proud to be a Hoosier,” Herbert said. \nAfter the official unveiling ceremony, attendees ate chocolate-dipped strawberries and tea sandwiches while they talked amongst themselves about the portrait. \nTrudy Jacobs, a custodian for Building Services, said she got to know Herbert during his term as president of IU. \nAlthough she had already seen the portrait before the ceremony, Jacobs said she came to show support for Herbert because he is a special person. \nJunior and IUSA Vice President-elect Dan Sloat said he too thinks Herbert is a special person. \n“I would say most of (what sets him apart from other presidents) is his warmth to the regional campuses,” Sloat said.\nIU alumna Macia Richardson-Bey agreed that Herbert was one of the most caring presidents IU has ever seen. \n“No matter where you are, (he) makes time,” she said. \nStill, Herbert said after the ceremony he was just trying to work for the students while he was president.\n“I tried to give students great deal of attention,” Herbert said. “(I) tried to improve the quality of life at Indiana University.”
(04/25/08 2:58am)
Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Garcia-Moreno explained the progress Latin American countries have made toward democracy at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Coronation Room in the Indiana Memorial Union.\nThe lecture started off with David Hertz, IU professor of comparative literature, introducing the ambassador, who happens to be Hertz’s brother-in-law. \nGarcia-Moreno recently left his position as a representative of the Organization of American States and is now serving as a Mexican ambassador.\nHertz said he invited his brother-in-law to give a talk because he felt it would benefit students to hear an ambassador speak. \n“I was thinking, we have international studies – let’s hear someone who is doing it,” Hertz said. \nGarcia-Moreno’s lecture began with the ambassador explaining to students that before they could further learn about Latin America, they have to understand that while citizens of the United States consider themselves Americans, so do citizens who live in other Latin American countries. \nThrough a presentation, Garcia-Moreno explained several Latin American countries’ populations, land sizes, growths, domestic growths and the incomes per capita.\nSenior Olivia Morales said she enjoyed this part of the lecture the most because it gave her a better understanding of how to measure the quality of living in Latin American countries. \nGarcia-Moreno explained that Latin America is in a good place because most countries are making a transition toward a democratic form of government. \nThe ambassador said it has not been easy for most countries to transition toward a democratic form of government and gave examples like Guatemala, which has tried to have a democratic government but has failed. \n“We were born without a plan of what we wanted to be,” Garcia-Moreno said. \nOne of the ways Latin American countries have progressed toward democracy is by allowing communication with each other to open up trade, Garcia-Moreno said. \nThe Summit of the Americas, a conference where Latin American countries come together to talk about problems, is one example of how free trade has occurred, Garcia-Moreno said. \nDespite signing peace treaties and compromises, Garcia-Moreno said there are other problems Latin America has to deal with in order to progress. \nPoverty, inequality and organized crime are the three things Garcia-Moreno said these countries must overcome to reach democracy. \nA question and answer session followed the lecture. \nOne audience member asked the ambassador about the growing trend of leftist leaders in Latin America. \nGarcia-Moreno said part of democracy includes accepting who is elected, even if others may not agree with the leader’s view. He also said people should not worry about Latin American countries’ militaries because in comparison with other countries they have not been involved in many wars. \nAfter the lecture Garcia-Moreno said he hopes students recognize the progression Latin American countries have made toward democracy. \n“Democracy has arrived to Latin America,” Garcia-Moreno said. “That is the most profound change in recent history. Because of this we are going to be able to have a strong and stable Latin America.”\nAlthough many of its countries still have problems, Garcia-Moreno said he is hopeful about the future of Latin America. \n“Today Latin America is living in the best time in its history,” Garcia-Moreno said.