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(01/17/01 5:37am)
INDIANAPOLIS -- IU President Myles Brand warned a state house committee Tuesday that the quality of University faculty and the long-term economic health of the state were at risk because of a freeze of higher education spending in Gov. Frank O'Bannon's two-year budget proposal.\nBrand told the Indiana House Ways and Means committee Tuesday that IU would have to raise tuition 3 percent -- before inflation -- to break even under the governor's budget plan. But he said his biggest concern was retaining quality faculty members.\n"Other states are investing heavily in higher education," Brand said. "They are out there right now trying to recruit our faculty."\nWith state budget belt-cinching a certainty because of slowing tax revenues, IU faces a long battle to win funding for key initiatives -- including building a multi-disciplinary science building and expanding the School of Informatics.\nThe Indiana Commission for Higher Education recommended a budgetary increase of $60.5 million for the two-year span. But the governor's frozen spending would instead create a shortfall of $6.3 million, according to figures in Brand's presentation.\nThe governor's office has defended O'Bannon's proposal, saying the spending freeze is necessary because an impending economic slowdown will greatly reduce government revenue. State Budget Director Betty Cockrum said budget negotiations will likely continue until April.\n"We continue to see signs of a slowing economy," Cockrum told The Associated Press. "We are faced with some hard choices."\nCommittee members indicated O'Bannon's proposal would only be the starting point of a long budget-crafting process.\n"Hopefully, these numbers will be better in the spring," Rep. Bill Cochran, D-New Albany, told Brand at the end of his 45-minute presentation.\nMost of Brand's presentation focused on information technology. Brand introduced Eli Lilly Chief Information Officer Roy Dunbar and alumnus Scott Jones, CEO of Indianapolis-based Escient Technologies, who both talked about the need for quality Indiana graduates.\nBrand said that need could be met through the expansion of the School of Informatics. He said Indiana could be the "miracle of the Midwest" by investing heavily now in information technology.\n"Higher education could be the engine that drives the new economy," he said. "This is an optimistic vision, but I believe a realistic vision even in these tough times."\nJones, an adjunct Informatics professor, described how students in his class last semester put together business plans, and some have started information technology companies in the past months.\n"These students are our core assets," he said. "We need to invest in the state's future through our universities."\nLater in the day, lawmakers heard from representatives of Ivy Tech, the University of Southern Indiana and Ball State University, as they decide what to do with O'Bannon's budget proposal.\nBrand said afterwards that he was pleased by Rep. Cochran's statements, and noted that he got no negative feedback from the house members.\n"I thought they were listening carefully and were supportive," he said. "It was an encouraging meeting, but it will be a difficult uphill battle"
(01/11/01 4:18pm)
After a legal battle that lasted a decade, lawyers for Delta Tau Delta fraternity, 1431 N. Jordan Ave., and alumna Tracy Johnson Guthrie have settled a rape lawsuit that dates back to 1990.\nGuthrie's attorney, Ron Elberger of Bose, McKinney and Evans in Indianapolis, said the case was settled December. The parties signed a confidentiality agreement and cannot discuss its terms, he said.\n"It's resolved, and that's it," Elberger said. He said all parties to the lawsuit were pleased with the outcome. Delts' lawyer, Douglas B. King of Wooden & McLaughlin in Indianapolis, could not be reached for comment.\nDelta Tau Delta president Matt Laviolette, a junior, expressed sympathy for Guthrie, but stressed that the lawsuit was not connected to current house members, whom he said were in middle school when the incident occurred. \n"We feel the whole situation is very unfortunate," Laviolette said. "We definitely don't condone what happened. It isn't an attitude indicative of the house." \nGuthrie was an 18-year-old freshman at her first fraternity party when she was raped by Joseph P. Motz at the Delts' homecoming party Oct. 14, 1990. Motz, who was a former vice president and guest of the house that night, offered to give Guthrie a ride home after she was separated from her friends. Instead, he locked her in a room and sexually assaulted her, according to court documents. \nMotz pleaded guilty to sexual battery and served a year of house arrest, which upset Guthrie, she told the IDS in 1999. \n"It was extremely frustrating," she said. "We had a taped confession. I had practiced in the (witness) box and the day before the trial he gets this plea bargain. He just had to sit at home; he didn't have to sacrifice anything."\nGuthrie sued the fraternity, arguing that the Delts had a duty to protect her. \n"I would never pursue this for money," she said in 1999. "Initially, all I wanted was an apology and for the members to stand up and be responsible men. If there is any financial gain, it will go to a rape crisis fund." \nLawyers for Delts tried to have the suit dismissed, a nine-year battle that wound up in the Indiana Supreme Court. \nThe court ruled July 12, 1999 that Guthrie could go ahead with her lawsuit. The decision set an Indiana precedent in which the court said property owners owed guests a "duty of reasonable care" and can be held liable for not taking steps to protect guests from third-party assaults. \nGuthrie said she was pleased by the court's decision.\n"Not a day goes by that I don't think about what happened," Guthrie said. "It has been a long road, but I'm glad I stuck it out."\nElberger said he was proud the case "substantially affected a change in the law." \n"The supreme court decision was definitely a wake-up call for all fraternities and sororities," he said. "But I don't know that the fraternity system has changed much regarding alcohol, despite what they say." \nDean of Students Richard McKaig said although the number of sexual assaults on campus probably hasn't decreased, fraternities have made progress in reducing the amount of parties serving alcohol.\n"It's certainly my impression that we've made progress in recent years," he said. "I'm always hesitant to say for sure, because the majority of these activities tend to be clandestine, my impression is that the (number of) large parties with open source alcohol in the fraternity house is greatly reduced." \nDelts president Laviolette said the greek system is much safer today than during Guthrie's time at IU. He pointed to resolutions passed in 1999 by the Panhellenic Association and Interfraternity Council that stated fraternities and sororities will no longer be hosts to parties with alcohol, except off-campus at University-approved third-party vendor sites.\n"We've definitely changed the way it was -- from even last year," Laviolette said. "I can't imagine how much it's changed in 10 years. \n"I don't think a situation like that could happen again," he added. "The greek system has evolved into a better place"
(12/11/00 6:01am)
By the third week of publication, we were all seasoned veterans. By the fourth week, we were trying to catch up in classes.\nThe Fall 2000 Indiana Daily Student staff wraps up its semester today. We've tried from the beginning to write about what matters -- from coverage of our soccer team's final four run to the local music scene. But 10 years from now, what we'll remember are two stories -- basketball legend Bob Knight's firing and the still undetermined presidential election.\nThe irony is, at the beginning of the semester, I thought I missed the big basketball story. I spent my summer working at a newspaper in Frankfort, Ky. I watched the Neil Reed incident play out into Knight's agreement to abide by the zero-tolerance standard.\nBut Sept. 8, Knight gave a freshman a lesson in manners. Then all hell broke loose. The next thing I knew, sports editor Peter Newmann, basketball beat reporter Heather Dinich and I were in an Assembly Hall office, interviewing Knight about the incident. For this native Hoosier, Knight was a boyhood hero. Every kid from my area grew up shooting hoops and hoping to play for "The General."\nSept. 10, IU President Myles Brand decided to fire Knight for violating the agreement. Riots ensued on campus, including groups of students who tore the fish out of Showalter Fountain, tore down a goalpost at Memorial Stadium (the only time that happened during the four years of IU football I witnessed) and burned Brand and the freshman in effigy.\nOur reporters were running through the crowd, calling in on cell phones to report the latest vandalism target. Our photographers were warriors; one had his camera smashed, and another got hit with a nightstick by police in riot gear.\nThe newsroom resembled a train wreck, with our basketball reporters calling in from Indy, editors scrambling for copy and designers furiously working in backshop. In the end, we produced a special four-page section and an opinion page completely devoted to the day's events. I've never been more proud of this paper.\nWe've stuck with the story -- from Knight's farewell address and the lawsuit that developed out of our report about possible public access violations by the trustees in a secret meeting to new coach Mike Davis' background and season thus far.\nOur other big story hasn't been resolved yet. On election night Nov. 7, we had reporters in Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tenn. to cover the presidential race. When World Editor Sheila Lalwani developed our coverage plan, she knew it would be a close race. Our reporters covered debates in St. Louis and Danville, Ky., and localized countless stories to make the election more meaningful.\nBut this ongoing legal battle and virtual tie between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore wasn't expected by anyone. A month later, we still don't have a winner, much to Lalwani's disappointment. I can see the next generation studying this race in its history books, but unfortunately, we've run out of time, and we won't know the winner when we publish for the last time today. Check out idsnews.com; we'll update a winner as soon as one of them gives up (or exhausts every possible legal option).\nFor the 33 fall editors and myself, this is the end of the line. We've been privileged to bring events to you as they unfold, to watchdog University decisions and serve you five times a week. Managing editor Brooke Ruivivar is taking over the helm this spring. She's one of the most talented journalists I know, and here's to hoping her semester will be a little calmer.\nI'm off to actually make a class for once, and spend some time with much-neglected friends. Different faces will man our editorial desks. But our coverage of what matters to you won't change. Keep picking us up out of that box every morning, writing letters to the editor and sending press releases -- and maybe, just maybe, one day we'll have a president to report about.
(09/11/00 8:11am)
Bob Knight looked tired. \nFriday, as the national media swarm descended upon Bloomington, the coach leaned his head against a wall in an Assembly Hall office.\nHis blue-jean shorts, tennis shoes and casual shirt proved how unexpectedly the latest incident hit him. Maybe he should have expected this.\n Knight talked to three of us from the IDS, perhaps in an effort to re-establish a relationship that has been tumultuous through the years. He mentioned some staff editorials and conflicts, but it was hard for me to focus. I saw the red eyes and heard the sighs, and I knew he couldn't survive under the new policy. \nKnight told us he handled the incident in a routine way, and then went about the rest of his day without another thought about the freshman who would eventually help get him fired.\nSitting across from "the General" was something I'll never forget. To see Indiana's most famous resident sitting five feet away was a nerve-wracking brush with celebrity.\nI grew up in Lanesville, Ind., where I looked forward to making the annual trip to Bloomington with my Dad to see the Hoosiers. It was more persuading than a horde of college recruiters.\nMy childhood heroes were basketball players such as Steve Alford, Todd Jadlow, Alan Henderson and for that brief time before he transferred, Jay Edwards.\nThe first vivid memory I have was sitting in my basement in 1987, watching Keith Smart sink a baseline runner to send us past the Syracuse Orangemen, 74-73. I jumped out my chair and rolled on the floor screaming. \nBut like most IU fans, my feelings for Knight will forever be mixed. I was in a New York restaurant on spring break, watching Pepperdine blow us out, when I finally realized I would never see us win a championship while I was at IU. \nIt seems a shame this incident would end Knight's IU career. It was hardly a black and white situation, with Knight and freshman Kent Harvey singing different tunes. Or in Knight's case, drawing it on a blackboard.\nIU President Myles Brand said the Harvey incident was the straw that broke the camel's back.\nBrand called it the toughest decision of his life. It should have been, having to fire a legend ' the most famous and infamous basketball coach in America. And if Knight verbally harassed a high-ranking University official and was insubordinate to Brand and Athletics Director Clarence Doninger, there was no other choice he could have made.\nBrand gave him a fair chance, but Knight couldn't change. He's an old-school coach with old-school values, and people would have continued to bait him. It didn't have to be a freshman picking up football tickets. \nI hope people won't blame this on Harvey, when Knight knew the rules he had to operate with, but I feel another Murray Sperber situation on the horizon. \nAs students rally and Bloomington police put on riot gear, I wish this could've ended in a better way. Like with Knight and the Hoosiers winning their sixth championship. \nInstead, we'll have to settle with an Indianapolis press conference and a fishing trip to Canada. \nAnd the firetrucks outside the Indiana Memorial Union and Bryan House.\nI'm just glad I got a chance to talk with him, before he left us forever. But I'm not sure that'll help me sleep tonight.
(08/25/00 4:50am)
A night of birthday celebration went horribly awry for IDS Assistant Arts Editor Joseph S. Pete, a sophomore.\nPete, 19, of Wright Quad, was arrested at 2:27 a.m. Thursday at the Foster Quad Center Building and charged with possession of marijuana less than 30 grams, illegal consumption, resisting law enforcement and public intoxication, all misdemeanors, according to the IU Police Department.\nHe has also served as IDS campus editor and as an opinion columnist.\nPete, who turned 19 on Wednesday, said he was "very inebriated" and walking home from a party at a friend's house when he became lost near Foster Quad. \nIUPD spokesman Lt. Jerry Minger said officers were called to the scene by Foster officials, who reported that a man was attempting to enter the residence hall's locked cafeteria.\nWhen police responded, Minger said they found Pete and observed he smelled of alcohol and was very intoxicated. The police spokesman said Pete refused to identify himself, and verbally abused and struggled with officers as they attempted to handcuff him. Minger added police also found a small amount of marijuana on Pete.\nPete denied resisting officers or intentionally trying to enter the cafeteria, but regretted his other actions.\n"Ordinarily I'm not a heavy drinker," Pete said, "but it was my birthday and a bad day at work. I acted in a highly irresponsible way for which I apologize."\nHe was taken to the Monroe County Correctional Center, where he was released on his own recognizance at 11:16 a.m. Thursday after a jail official said he "sobered up."\nMinger said Pete will make a court appearance today, and will face charges in the county legal system and also before a University Judicial Board. \n"While it might seem to some people like double jeopardy, you're dealing with two different entities," he said.\nAlthough Dean of Students Richard McKaig declined to comment on this individual case, he said that when a student is arrested on campus IUPD provides information on the circumstances to his office within two weeks. \nMcKaig said the campus judicial process unfolds over time: The case is investigated, a student receives a charge letter and has a hearing, with the possibility of appeals. \nPete apologized to the community and his readership for his "severe lapse in judgement."\n"I'm deeply ashamed of my own personal behavior," he said. "I found this a very disagreeable experience, and one which I have no intention of repeating"
(08/23/00 4:29am)
As sweating dads lug boxes to Willkie penthouses, a different kind of moving in is happening in Ernie Pyle 120. \nTuesday was the first day of production for the fall IDS staff. We cleaned out desks, hung posters and put out the first paper. Most of us stumbled home around midnight. \n The IDS is a student-run newspaper in every sense of the word. We report, edit and design our news coverage, then put it on our Web site, www.idsnews.com. We sell $2 million of advertising locally and nationally. \nMost important, we are not under the thumb of the University. Although we are an IU auxiliary enterprise, the IDS is financially and editorially independent of the University. This means we receive no student fees (tuition is high enough without our help), and all final news decisions are made by the editor in chief.\nDuring the next five months we'll bring you coverage of events that affect you. We'll serve as a watchdog for your interests and keep you informed every morning.\nWe'll be putting together special coverage for important events, such as the Olympics and Election 2000. Although it sounds like a cheesy TV news promo, when news breaks, we'll be on it. \nBut to accomplish all this, we need you as a partner. Send us your story ideas and letters to the editor. Keep us informed of what is important to you.\nWe will also continue last spring's Listening Tour. So if you have a group or residence hall meeting coming up and want to give us feedback, e-mail us at ids@indiana.edu. \nIf you have an interest in journalism, come work for us. No experience is required, only curiosity. We'll be happy to work hands-on and train you in all the basics. It takes hundreds of students to produce each issue of the paper, and we need all the help we can get.\nWe'll be having an open house from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday. Tour the newsroom, meet the editors and and see if we spark an interest. \nOn a similar note, we will also be looking for an ombudsman. This person will serve as our reader advocate, explaining concerns and giving you a voice in the newsroom. When we screw up, the ombudsman will point it out to help us improve. You don't have to be familiar with the paper's inner workings, only with journalism. \nWe have a long tradition of serving the campus community. We are fortunate enough to win national awards on a regular basis. So send us your letters and story ideas. Sign up for a Listening Tour stop. Take a tour of the newsroom on Friday. And most important, pick us up out of a bin every morning and stay informed. \nWe can only succeed with your help.