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(11/26/07 4:25am)
Gwyn Richards, dean of the Jacobs School of Music, said the loss this week of George J. Gaber will have a profound effect on the school. \n“The alumni owe so much to him for the career they now enjoy,” Richards said. “He’s going to be dearly missed.” \nGaber, 91, renowned percussionist and professor emeritus, died Wednesday at Bloomington’s Meadowood Health Pavilion. \nGaber taught music at Hofstra University and Columbia University but moved to Bloomington in 1960 to help develop the percussion department at IU, according to the IU Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors Web site. \nThrough Gaber’s strong love of percussion, he helped develop the percussion ensemble from a novelty to an effective educational tool and serious art form, according to the Web site. \nJohn Tafoya, percussion professor at the Jacobs School of Music, studied with Gaber in the mid-1980s and said there were so many different things that made Gaber special as a professor and a musician. Tafoya said Gaber not only taught his students how to play but gave his perspective on life.\n“He was a bit of a philosopher,” Tafoya said. “We were able to look at things in a greater level, instead of here’s the answer and here’s how to play it.” \nBefore coming to IU, Gaber was a professional musician, playing everything from symphonic, jazz, ballet, opera, TV and film songs. He has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the NBC, ABC and CBS orchestras, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Baltimore Symphony, according to the IU Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors Web site. \nWhile performing with the orchestras, Gaber worked with several composers, such as Darius Milhaud, Igor Stravinsky and Lukas Foss. \nAs the reputation of IU percussion grew, Gaber lectured and performed throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Asia, according to the Web site. Gaber visited Mt. Athos, Greece, to study the unique uses of percussion in the religious rituals of the Greek Orthodox Church. \nRichards said Gaber’s background and profession has won him numerous awards, most recently the Lifetime Achievement Award Certificate and Gift from the Sabian Company at the Percussion Arts Society convention in Nashville, Tenn. \n“Beyond all the personal relationships, the professional part of our field will miss him very much,” Richards said. \nAlthough Gaber retired in 1986, Richards said he stayed in touch with the music school on a daily basis. He said because Gaber lived in Bloomington, he was engaged with the current students of the music school. \n“We had lunch on a number of occasions,” Richards said. “We had thoughts about the direction (the music school) was going. He would be happy to share his thoughts.” \nTafoya said he kept in touch with Gaber after he retired and most recently ran into him in September at the Musical Arts Center. He said they had made plans to get together at the end of the semester but Gaber was hospitalized at the end of October. \n“I gave him a call and he was in good spirits,” Tafoya said. “We talked about the percussion departments and he was very pleased that I was going to continue teaching at the IU music school.” \nAlthough Gaber passed away, Tafoya said Gaber’s legacy will leave a lasting impression with the School of Music. \n“George had an addition to his regular family,” Tafoya said. “He had the IU School of Music, the students were really his second family. It’s quite a testament of what he’s done over the last several decades.”
(11/19/07 1:52am)
A 27-year-old Illinois man died on Nov. 16 morning after Indiana police pulled him over for a speeding violation and he collapsed on the highway.\nCharles L. Fontleroy of Danville, Ill., died at a Danville hospital, according to an Indiana State Police press release. The cause of death has not yet been released.\nAn Indiana state trooper stopped a blue 1984 Chevrolet for speeding on State Road 28 in Warren County at about 8:15 a.m. on Nov. 16. The trooper had returned to his car when the man exited his vehicle and collapsed on the highway, according to the press release.\nThe trooper and an off-duty emergency medical technician performed first aid on the man until an ambulance arrived and took him to Provena United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Ill. Fontleroy died at the hospital at about 9:10 a.m., according to the press release.\nResults of an autopsy have not yet been released, according to the press release.
(11/16/07 11:06pm)
A man died Friday morning after police pulled him over for a speeding violation and he collapsed on the highway.\nThe name of the deceased will not be released until the family has been notified, according to an Indiana State Police press release.\nAn Indiana state trooper stopped a blue 1984 Chevrolet for speeding on State Road 28 in Warren County at about 8:15 a.m. Friday. The trooper had returned to his car when the man exited his vehicle and collapsed on the highway, according to the press release.\nThe trooper and an off-duty emergency medical technician performed first aid on the man until an ambulance arrived and took the man to Provena United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville, Ill. The man died at the hospital at about 9:10 a.m. Friday, according to the press release.\nAn autopsy will be performed either Friday or Saturday to identify the cause of death, according to the press release.\nIndiana and Illinois police and the Vermillion County Illinois Coroner’s Office are still investigating the incident.
(11/16/07 4:49am)
IU graduate student adviser Gretchen Clearwater will challenge incumbent Democrat Baron Hill for Indiana’s 9th District congressional seat, she announced Thursday.\n“I’m primarily running to end the war in Iraq,” Clearwater said in an interview. “It’s an immoral war, and it’s also impacting the 9th District.”\nClearwater, who ran against Hill for the congressional nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2006, said she filed her candidacy to run in September. She will have to defeat Hill in the May 6, 2008, Democratic primary to win the party’s nomination. \nEnding the war in Iraq, she said, is one of the biggest issues of her campaign. According to an issue statement released by Clearwater, she believes Congress needs to send a clear message to President Bush that the American people should decide whether or not the United States should go to war.\nKatie Moreau, a campaign spokeswoman for Hill, said Hill signed a bill Wednesday night, House Resolution 456, which provides funding mostly for withdrawing troops from Iraq. \n“(Hill) is sending a pretty loud and clear message that the direction (of the war) needs to change and our troops need to come home,” Moreau said. \nClearwater said protecting civil liberties and civil rights and ensuring affordable and quality education are also on her campaign to-do list.\nShe said she plans on taking what she learned from her last campaign and using it to get ahead.\n“It takes a lot to run a grassroots campaign,” she said. “We’re going to get more people then we did last time. We’re going to knock on twice as many doors.”\nClearwater, an IU alumna and current adviser for grad students in the IU Department of Biology, said she’s been in politics nearly all of her life. After working with the Communication Workers of America, she co-founded the Indiana Delegation to Israel and Palestine, a fact-finding mission to meet with leaders dedicated to the cause of peace.\nClearwater was alarmed by the 2000 election, she said, so afterwards she decided to co-found the Bloomington chapter of Common Bonds, an organization dedicated to the promotion of democracy through voter registration. She also co-founded the Committee for Preservation of Democracy, an organization that promoted voting rights and election reform. \n“I’ve learned a great deal since the last time I ran,” she said. “Many residents represent the same views as me, and the 9th District is a district worth representing.”\n-City & State editor Kasey Hawrysz contributed to this report.
(11/16/07 4:23am)
The Bloomington Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred Thursday morning.\nA 41-year-old man told BPD that he was awoken in his trailer in the 1600 block of Gray Street by the sound of tables and cans in his home being knocked over, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told police that when he went to see who was in his trailer, he saw three men, one with a handgun, Canada said. One of the suspects approached the victim with the gun before leaving with a lock box containing an undisclosed amount of money.\nThe victim described the suspect with the gun as a white male in his early 20s, 5-foot-10-inches tall, with short, dark hair and a medium build. He was wearing a dark coat and blue jeans.\nBPD is asking anyone with information to call 399-4477.
(11/15/07 9:59pm)
The Bloomington Police Department is currently investigating an armed robbery that occurred Thursday morning.\nA 41-year-old man told BPD that he was awoken in his trailer in the 1600 block of Gray Street by the sound of tables and cans in his home being knocked over, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told police that when he went to see who was in his trailer, he saw three men, one with a handgun, Canada said. One of the suspects approached the victim with the gun before leaving with a lock box containing an undisclosed amount of money.\nThe victim described the suspect with the gun as a white male in his early 20s, 5-feet-10-inches tall, with short, dark hair and a medium build. He was wearing a dark coat and blue jeans.\nAnyone with information is asked to call BPD at 339-4477.
(11/14/07 4:01am)
The Bloomington Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred Tuesday morning at the Speedway convenience store, 3021 E. Third St.\nBPD received a call at about 4:20 a.m. Tuesday from a Speedway convenience store clerk saying he had been robbed, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nWhen officers arrived, they learned that an unknown man, who acted like he had a weapon, approached the store clerk, shoved him away and told him to empty the cash register, Canada said. The store clerk told officers no weapons were displayed.\nThe suspect is described as 6-feet tall with a thin build and wearing a baggy black and red flannel coat with a gray hoodie underneath, black gloves and a black mask, Canada said. The store clerk was unable to identify the suspect’s race.\nThe suspect was last seen running west toward Pete Ellis Drive. BPD has obtained a video from the convenience store and is reviewing it for further evidence, Canada said.
(11/13/07 10:50pm)
The Bloomington Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred Tuesday morning when a man stole money from the Speedway convenience store, 3021 E. Third St..\nBPD received a call at about 4:20 a.m. Tuesday in response to the Speedway convenience store clerk alleging he had been robbed, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nWhen officers arrived they learned that an unknown man, who acted like he had a weapon, approached the store clerk, shoved him away and told him to empty the cash register, Canada said. The store clerk told officers no weapons were displayed.\nThe suspect is described as 6-feet with a thin build and wearing a baggy black and red flannel coat with a gray hoodie underneath, black gloves and a black mask, Canada said. The store clerk was unable to identify the suspect’s race.\nThe suspect was last seen running west toward Pete Ellis Drive. BPD has obtained a video from the convenience store and is reviewing it for further evidence, Canada said.
(11/13/07 6:25am)
Police reports and e-mail conversations between IU senior Scott Gray, the IU Student Ethics Committee and IU Dean of Students Dick McKaig shed more light onto the reason Gray is suing six former IU students and one current student for an alleged racially motivated attacks.\nGray alleges that the men assaulted him and made anti-Semitic comments toward him in February 2006. It wasn’t until a second altercation in May 2006 with the defendants that Gray decided to take action. The e-mails with McKaig and the ethics committee revealed that defendant Brian Pennington was found guilty of an ethics violation at IU. Gray was also accused of an ethics violation, but that was later dismissed.\nIn May 2006, Gray was arrested on preliminary charges of battery after he got into the second altercation with former students Pennington, Ross Parker, Patrick Vallely, James Teets, Dane Pinter and Norm McOlsen III. Gray said the allegations were falsely reported. \nThe second altercation occurred at Kilroy’s Bar and Grill on Kirkwood Avenue in late May, according to the police report. Bloomington Police Department Officer Scott Myers was dispatched to Kilroy’s in response to reports of a man, Parker, being struck in the head with a beer bottle.\nWhen Myers arrived, he found Parker bleeding from the left side of his head. Parker’s T-shirt was blood-soaked, according to the police report. Gray fled the scene and could not be located that night, police said.\nPennington said in his witness statement that there were prior circumstances involving himself and Gray, including Pennington and his friends being accused of not liking the Jewish community. Pennington said in his statement the allegation that he and the other defendants made anti-Semitic remarks to Gray were not true because he has friends who are Jewish.\nIn Parker’s witness statement, he alleges that he did not know who hit him in the head with a beer bottle. He said after he fell to the ground, Gray punched him several times.\nPennington described Gray as the suspect, and added that Gray “definitely looks like he is Jewish.” Pennington also wrote in his statement that “Gray is always trying to start fights with (Pennington’s) friends and then turning the argument into a lawsuit.”\nGray alleges that he never hit Parker in the head with the beer bottle, instead claiming defendant Vallely did. Vallely was treated for lacerations to his thumb that night, according to the police reports.\nThe surveillance tape from Kilroy’s shows one man hitting another with a beer bottle, but it is impossible to tell who struck Parker.\nFive days after the altercation at Kilroy’s, Parker e-mailed McKaig to report an ethics violation against Gray. Parker attached a copy of his signed police statement in the e-mail.\nMcKaig e-mailed Parker back and told him he forwarded his request to the Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs. McKaig told Parker he had the option of filing judicial charges against Gray.\nIn July, Gray received a notification from Timothy Bagwell, a judicial officer, informing Gray he had committed an ethics violation.\nIn August, Gray filed a counter-ethics violation against all of the defendants for hate crimes, sexual and racial harassment, anti-Semitic attacks and slurs and violent assault. In an e-mail addressed to McKaig and Bagwell, Gray said he was tired of being a victim and wanted to ensure harassment against him would stop.\nDuring the student trial, the ethics committee found Pennington guilty of an ethics violation. He was suspended for one full academic year, according to the lawsuit. Pennington was the only one of the defendants found guilty by the ethics committee because he was the only one still enrolled at IU.\nNow, Gray is suing Pennington and six others for more than $4 million each. According to the lawsuit, Gray filed for two counts of assault, battery and unlawful restraint, intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages against each of the defendants.\nAccording to the lawsuit, McKaig said Pennington, Parker and Teets’ membership in their fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, was deactivated. Wynn Smiley, the chief executive officer of the ATO National Fraternity, did not return phone calls by press time. McKaig did not return repeated calls and e-mails by press time.\nBut Parker’s attorney, Greg Moss, said that he can confirm that Parker has not been deactivated from ATO. Moss would not comment further about any documentation he might have regarding the “deactivation.”\n“We have plenty of information to suggest that most of these allegations are false,” Moss said.
(11/13/07 6:00am)
An IU student was arrested Friday night after the Bloomington Police Department linked his image on a surveillance video tape to his Facebook account. \nMichael Gorenstein, 21, faces preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury after he allegedly got into a fight at Kilroy’s Sports Bar earlier this month.\nBPD was dispatched to Kilroy’s Sports Bar, 319 N. Walnut St., on Nov. 1 in response to reports that a 34-year-old man sustained serious bodily injuries, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told officer Brad Seifers that Gorenstein beat him up, but that he did not know why, and that it was a unprovoked attack, Canada said. No one at the bar knew anything about the suspect, police said.\nThe victim was taken to the Bloomington Hospital to be treated for his injuries. He sustained a broken vertebrae and an injury to his nose and received between 17 and 22 stitches, Canada said.\nSeifers spoke to Kilroy’s management, who told him they may have had the attack on tape, Canada said. About a week later, Kilroy’s provided BPD with the video footage. After reviewing the tape, an unidentified person was able to identify the suspect as Gorenstein, Canada said.\nOfficers were able to confirm the suspect was Gorenstein through Gorenstein’s Facebook account.\nOfficers went to Gorenstein’s house and brought him into the police station for questioning. Gorenstein refused to answer any questions and was transported to the Monroe County Jail.
(11/12/07 10:25pm)
An IU student was arrested Friday night after the Bloomington Police Department learned he allegedly got into a fight with another man.\nMichael Gorenstein, 21, faces preliminary charges of battery resulting in bodily injury.\nBPD was dispatched to Kilroy’s Sports Bar, 319 N. Walnut St., on Nov. 1 in response to reports that a 34-year-old man had serious bodily injuries, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nThe victim told officer Brad Seifers that he did not know why Gorenstein beat him up and that it was a unprovoked attack, Canada said. No one at the bar knew anything about the suspect, police said.\nThe victim was taken to the Bloomington Hospital to be treated for his injuries. He sustained a broken vertebrae, an injury to his nose and received between 17 to 22 stitches, Canada said.\nSeifers spoke to Kilroy’s management, who told him that they may have the attack on tape, Canada said. About a week later, Kilroy’s provided BPD with the video footage. After reviewing the tape, an unidentified person was able to identify the suspect as Gorenstein, Canada said.\nOfficers were able to confirm the suspect was Gorenstein through Gorenstein’s Facebook account.\nOfficers went to Gorenstein’s house and brought him into the police station for questioning. Gorenstein refused to answer any questions and was transported to the Monroe County Jail.
(11/12/07 5:04am)
An IU student was killed in a car accident early Saturday morning while on his way home to Scottsburg, Ind. \nDustin Jones, 24, a second-year optometry student, was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department. Jones was driving south on State Road 446 when his car did not navigate a turn at the US 50 east junction, Lawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said.\nJones’ car drove through a gas station parking lot at the junction and hit a tree in a nearby field, Sherrill said.\nJones was killed instantly in the crash. He sustained major head injuries and multiple smaller injuries, Sherrill said. He did not perform \nan autopsy.\nAuthorities are uncertain if alcohol played a role in the crash.\nNobody else was in the car at the time of the accident. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department \nis investigating.
(11/12/07 3:57am)
The IU Student Media Board announced Friday that senior Carrie Ritchie will be the spring 2008 editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student. \n“I think (Ritchie) is an excellent candidate,” Interim Director of IU Student Media Nancy Comiskey said. “It’s hard to imagine someone who will be better.”\nThe board chosen to select the new editor-in-chief consists of 11 individuals, including representatives from the IDS, Arbutus Yearbook and the IU Student Association, as well as the dean of the IU School of Journalism and professional journalists. \nRitchie, one of the current managing editors at the IDS, ran for the position unopposed.\nDuring the interview, Ritchie said she hopes to open up public office hours to encourage people from different areas of the campus to come in and discuss their concerns about the newspaper. She said she would also like to open up guest columnist positions at the IDS to help different student and faculty groups voice their opinions.\nRitchie said one of her main goals for the spring semester is to introduce a weekly wrap-up video with news anchors.\nIUSA Vice President Joe DeJean asked Ritchie how she wants to get the average reader involved with the IDS. Ritchie, who acknowledged that everyone does not read the paper, said she wants to reach out to students next semester and hopefully think of a few creative ideas that will entice more readers. \n“I’m hoping that my expansions in the multimedia area will help students feel more involved,” she said at the \nselection interview.\nDeJean said Ritchie has strong goals, and he said he thinks she’ll do a good job providing a voice the student body. \n“I think it’s really important that the editor-in-chief is actively involved in collecting the student voice,” DeJean said. “She’s a really strong candidate and I think she has good ideas.”\nRitchie said she would also like to expand the Web site and to continue putting out great editorial content. \nShe said she is proud of what the IDS has produced so far this semester and wants to continue to improve. \n“I think (the IDS has) a lot of potential, and I’m looking for ways to improve,” Ritchie said in an interview. “If anybody has any suggestions, come in and chat and don’t hesitate to contact me.”\nComiskey, who was also on the selection committee, said even though Ritchie will face some challenges as editor-in-chief, her past experience in the field has prepared her for the position. \n“I think she has some really good ideas about expanding the Web and I’m really excited about that,” Comiskey said. “I’m really looking forward to working \nwith her.”
(11/11/07 10:23pm)
The IU law student who allegedly fired an assault rifle from his balcony on the west side of town last month was released from jail Wednesday night and is expected to receive alcohol treatment.\nJesse M. Sneed, 27, who was previously being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail, bonded out Wednesday night after the court lowered his bail to $10,000 surety bond, $1,000 cash. He is required to stay away from the IU School of Law and may not own or possess a firearm or consume alcohol, according to a court order issued by Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth Todd.\n Sneed is ordered to immediately submit to alcohol treatment at Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc., in St. Louis and to live with his grandmother in Cottage Hills, Ill., according to the court order. \nSneed cannot consume alcohol or associate with any person actively using alcohol or controlled substances, according to the court order. The order also mandates that he not go into, on or about the IU School of Law and he may not own, use or possess any firearm, destructive device or other dangerous weapon. Sneed must have his treatment provider submit reports of his progress weekly for the first three weeks and maintain weekly telephone contact with the Monroe County Probation Department.\nSneed was arrested Oct. 16 after the Bloomington Police Department received numerous 911 calls in reference to several gunshots fired at his apartment building.\nWhen officers arrived at the scene they found Sneed trying to leave in a red Chevrolet Cavalier, according to a police report. Officers arrested him at the scene and brought him to the police station for further questioning.\nAuthorities continued searching the scene to ensure there were no other suspects in the apartment. After concluding their search, officers found two assault rifles in Sneed’s attic, several shell casings on the ground and Sneed’s textbook with two bullet holes in it below his balcony. Whether Sneed was shooting at the textbook is unknown, but police are confident that the textbook belonged to Sneed.\nHe faces charges of criminal recklessness with a weapon.
(11/11/07 8:47pm)
An IU student died early Saturday morning from an automobile accident while he was on his way home.\nDustin Jones, a second-year optometry student, was discovered at about 5:30 a.m. by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Department. Jones was driving south on Route 446, when his car went off the road at the US 50 east junction and hit a tree, Lawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said. Jones died instantly and had an open skull fracture, a broken left humorous bone and multiple lacerations to his body, Sherrill said. No autopsy was done.\nNobody else was in the car. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department is investigating the accident.
(11/09/07 1:47am)
The IU law student who allegedly fired an assault rifle from his balcony on the west side of town last month was released from jail Wednesday night and is expected to receive alcohol treatment.\nJesse M. Sneed, 27, who was previously being held without bond at the Monroe County Jail, bonded out Wednesday night after the court lowered his bail to $10,000 surety bond, $1,000 cash. He is required to stay away from the IU School of Law and may not own or possess a firearm or consume alcohol, according to a court order issued by Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth Todd.\n Sneed is ordered to immediately submit to alcohol treatment at Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc., in St. Louis and to live with his grandmother in Cottage Hills, Ill., according to the court order. \nSneed cannot consume alcohol or associate with any person actively using alcohol or controlled substances, according to the court order. The order also mandates that he not go into, on or about the IU School of Law and he may not own, use or possess any firearm, destructive device or other dangerous weapon. Sneed must have his treatment provider submit reports of his progress weekly for the first three weeks and maintain weekly telephone contact with the Monroe County Probation Department.\nSneed was arrested Oct. 16 after the Bloomington Police Department received numerous 911 calls in reference to several gunshots fired at his apartment building.\nWhen officers arrived at the scene they found Sneed trying to leave in a red Chevrolet Cavalier, according to a police report. Officers arrested him at the scene and brought him to the police station for further questioning.\nAuthorities continued searching the scene to ensure there were no other suspects in the apartment. After concluding their search, officers found two assault rifles in Sneed’s attic, several shell casings on the ground and Sneed’s textbook with two bullet holes in it below his balcony. Whether Sneed was shooting at the textbook is unknown, but police are confident that the textbook belonged to Sneed.\nHe faces charges of criminal recklessness with a weapon.
(11/08/07 10:01pm)
The Monroe County Pizza Department was burglarized Tuesday night after someone pried open the back door.\nThe Bloomington Police Department was dispatched to Monroe County Pizza Department, 3151 W. Third St., after employees noticed someone had broken in, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nAfter talking to employees, Officer George Connolly learned that the burglar gained entry to a small safe and took an unknown amount of money, Canada said. BPD currently has no suspects.\nAnyone with information is encouraged to call BPD at 339-4477.
(11/08/07 4:21am)
A 21-year-old woman told Bloomington Police Department officers Monday that she was raped Sunday night at a party. \nThe victim told officers that she was with friends when she went to a party with a couple of men, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nShe told officers that she remembers taking her shoes off at the party, having a couple of drinks and then waking up at her friend’s house on the other side of town, Canada said.\nThe victim said she realized she was raped after she found “unknown substances” on her body, Canada said. She went to the emergency room to get a rape kit test, Canada said.\nOfficer Stephanie Barnes is still investigating the case.
(11/07/07 11:40pm)
A 21-year-old woman told Bloomington Police Department officers Monday that she was raped Sunday night at a party. \nThe victim told officers that she was with friends when she went to a party with a couple of men, BPD Sgt. Jeff Canada said, reading from a police report.\nShe told officers that she remembers taking her shoes off at the party, having a couple of drinks and then waking up at her friend’s house on the other side of town, Canada said.\nThe victim said she realized she was raped after she found “unknown substances” on her body, Canada said. She went to the emergency room to get a rape kit test, Canada said.\nOfficer Stephanie Barnes is still investigating the case.
(11/05/07 4:20am)
An IU student is suing six former IU students and one current student, alleging that they assaulted him and made anti-Semitic comments toward him last year.\nIn a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County, Ill., senior Scott E. Gray is seeking $4 million in damages each from former students Ross M. Parker, James Teets, Dane Pinter, Brian Pennington, Patrick Vallely and Norm McOlsen III. Gray said he is filing a separate lawsuit today against IU-Purdue University Indianapolis student Grady Randall.\nAccording to the lawsuit, Gray filed for two counts of assault, battery and unlawful restraint, intentional infliction of emotional distress and punitive damages against each of the defendants.\nGreg Moss, Parker’s attorney, and Bryan T. Butcher, Pennington’s attorney, both said that because the lawsuit was just served, they do not know how it’s going to play out.\n“The allegations are a complete fabrication,” Moss said. “I believe at the end when all is said and done, whatever the outcome will be, will be in favor of Mr. Parker.”\nButcher said the lawsuit is “mostly accusations” and “completely ridiculous.”\nGray is being represented by Bloomington attorney Geoff Grodner and Chicago attorney Enrico Mirabelli.\nTeets, Pinter, Vallely and McOlsen could not be reached by press time. Randall currently does not have an attorney and refused to comment on the situation.