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(10/10/08 2:06am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The wide smile on a child’s face brought upon by a brand new book is what Pi Beta Phi is aiming for with this weekend’s Arrow Open golf tournament philanthropy event.Both morning and afternoon sessions are sold out with 220 people registered for this weekend’s events, including students and community members. It will take place at 9 a.m. Sunday at the Cascades golf course, 3550 N. Kinser Pike.In its third year, $12,000 has already been raised, and a total of $20,000 is expected, said Jen Naye, vice president of philanthropy for Pi Beta Phi. In the first year of the outing, $3,000 was raised, and $10,000 was raised last year.“I’m just excited to be a caddy and ride around in the golf carts,” said sophomore Meg Hamill. “I’ve never played golf before.”The money is divided three ways: half goes to the Pi Beta Phi Foundation, which helps with scholarships, and the other half is divided between the Holt House and First Book. Holt House holds all the national Pi Beta Phi archives, and First Book is an organization that strives to help improve the literacy rate in Bloomington.“Last year we opened up our chapter so we can grant books to children, especially with the rough economic times,” Naye said. “We can help further their education.”The books are donated to Arlington Heights Elementary School and Fairview Elementary School. Pi Beta Phi’s national headquarters is trying to open First Book chapters across the country, Naye said.The 115 members of the Pi Beta Phi chapter also have opportunities to volunteer at the elementary schools throughout the year including book fairs, Halloween parties and after-school programs, Hamill, who plans to help with a Halloween party, said.The participants of the golf outing pay $40, which includes 18 holes of golf, a cart, prizes, raffles and a banquet dinner. Donations can be made throughout next week to any Pi Beta Phi member. “We’re so thrilled how the students have come out to support us,” Naye said. “We’re hoping to expand First Book very soon. We want to eliminate the barrier of illiteracy.”
(09/25/08 4:12am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>A 34-year-old IU student was found dead Wednesday afternoon near train tracks close to Eigenmann Hall.The Monroe County coroner determined the cause of death of Donald R. Kidwell to be a suicide.Kidwell, a junior and general studies major, was discovered at about 1:55 p.m. Wednesday about 50 yards east of the intersection of Union Street and the railroad tracks, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger.Minger said IUPD believes the accident happened at about 1 p.m.The conductor of the train told IUPD he did not see anything on the tracks and the train was moving relatively slow, Minger said.A woman called the police when she found the body.The Indiana Rail Road company was asked to divert railroad traffic from the location until about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday when the scene was cleared, according to an IUPD press release.Kidwell was pronounced dead at the scene at about 2:30 p.m.After being transported to Bloomington Hospital, the coroner, David Toumey, ruled the death to be a suicide.Counselors from IU have spoken with the woman who called police and are available to other students who might have been witnesses, said Dean of Students Dick McKaig.This was Kidwell’s first semester at IU Bloomington, McKaig said. He previously attended IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.IUPD contacted Kidwell’s family Wednesday.
(09/19/08 3:42am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Two degrees were forwarded to the board of trustees for approval on Friday: a Ph.D. in inquiry methodology in the School of Education and an M.S. in security informatics from the School of Informatics.The Ph.D. in inquiry methodology will produce education researchers.“There is an increasing need out there for education researchers,” said Gerardo Gonzalez, dean of the School of Education, in a board of trustees committee meeting on Thursday. “There is now 2.4 positions open for every candidate with this type of degree.”The degree in inquiry methodology will be a 90-hour traditional Ph.D. program. The School of Education already has faculty who are doing this work, Gonzalez said. “This is one of the first, perhaps the first, inquiry methodology degree that combines quantitative and qualitative methods into one program.”The School of Informatics already offers a minor in security informatics. The degree will include four parts: security, which includes cryptograph and protocol, computer science, informatics and nine hours of a student’s chosen area.Jean Camp, an associate professor of the School of Informatics who presented the degree to the board, said jobs are in high demand in the field.“The federal reserve bank is asking if we have interns, and it hasn’t even been approved yet,” Camp said. “The banking industry needs security people who understand different types of risks and their interaction with technical risks and other risks.”If the board of trustees approves the degrees, the approval will move on to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, which is affiliated with the state legislature, said Barbara Bichelmeyer, associate dean of faculties. She said IU should know something by the end of the semester, and then, if approved, the schools can begin marketing these programs.
(09/12/08 4:22am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Seven female IU students will grace the pages of Playboy’s “Big 10” issue, which hits newsstands Friday.These women made the cut out of about 100 who auditioned to be Playboy starlet last October in Bloomington. The women are among 48 other Big Ten students featured in the issue.Kelly Knauss, whose Playboy name is Kelly Kae, will make her modeling debut in this issue of Playboy – a dream of hers for many years. Knauss is a junior at IU-Northwest studying business administration.“I’ve actually always wanted to be in Playboy,” Knauss said, who is from Schererville, Ind. “When I got my first car, I had a big, silver Playboy bunny on my window. My dad took it off, but its funny now that I get to be in it.”The Big Ten theme has been one of the most popular issues in the past, and employees expect the same for this October’s issue.“It’s definitely our best-selling issue of the year,” said Tina Manzo, a junior publicist for the magazine. “So we’re definitely planning on having some really good pickups. It’s a very popular issue.”In October 2007, Knauss and two other girls posed on an IU blanket next to a red truck in a Bloomington field. The shoot aimed to portray a tailgating scene.“It’s very classy and sophisticated,” she said. “I think it represents the whole college in a nice way. It’s not trashy.”When auditioning at Fairfield Inn, 120 S. Fairfield Dr., the girls met the photographer and could choose what they wore.“You could wear anything – you just had to remember you were posing for Playboy,” Knauss said, who wore a bathing suit for the audition.Though posing for Playboy isn’t her parents’ ideal job for their daughter, Knauss said they support her anyway.“My mom drove me to the audition,” she said. “It’s obviously not what my dad wants me to do, but he supports it. And once they see that it’s done very classy, they will hopefully like it.”Men and women on IU’s campus have mixed feelings about their peers’ appearances in the magazine. Senior Arielle Giovannoni said she thinks the magazine represents IU well.“There are beautiful girls here,” she said. “Along with the other Big Ten campuses, it’s well-represented. It shows IU is present in all sorts of events.”Freshman Emily Weisbard said she thinks it’s embarrassing.“It’s demeaning for them,” she said.While graduate student Pere Jackson doesn’t think the magazine is demeaning, he said he still won’t buy the issue because the magazine is too expensive. He doesn’t believe it hurts IU’s image.“I don’t think it has an impact at all,” Jackson said. He also added he doesn’t think the girls are doing it for the school – they are doing it for themselves.Senior Jon Craton said he doesn’t think the issue will affect IU’s reputation in a good or bad way.“If we were the only Big Ten school doing it, then maybe,” Craton said.The IU women featured in the glossy pages of the magazine will sign autographs from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 23. at Campustown, 306 N. Walnut St.“Hopefully it will open some doors for the modeling industry, but right now I’m focusing on school,” Knauss said.-Campus editor Lindsey Alexander contributed to this report.
(09/11/08 4:03am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Students and faculty will log onto their computers on Monday to view a virtual tour of campus and interact with others in a virtual world.The Kelley School of Business now exists in the a virtual world called Second Life in which users create their own avatars, dress them as they please and take classes through Kelley Executive Partners. The unveiling of this world will take place at 1 p.m. Monday. The unveiling will include a panel discussion in live time and a tour of the virtual campus.John Cady, executive director of Kelley Executive Partners and marketing professor, said Second Life is a substitute for companies that work with the Kelley Executive Partners.“As companies are increasing travel costs, this is a response to them needing to reduce costs,” he said.The Kelley Executive Partners has about 25 clients, all of which come from a variety of locations from New Zealand to Pakistan. Local businesses include John Deere, Eli Lilly and Company, 3M and General Motors – all of which will be using Second Life.Employees will learn about problem solving and management skills and they can run meetings. Though it’s meant to educate full-time employees of Kelley Executive Partners, students and faculty can create avatars to view the island, Cady said. Kelley Executive Partners plan to hold events in Second Life for the public as well as private events in which only specific employees might attend.“We’ve tried to create a space that is kind of familiar, but the element of physics and geometry are not restrictions,” Cady said.The Kelley School of Business had to hire an architect and a builder to help build the Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center, which exists on an island in the virtual world. To create this world, it cost less than $50,000.“It feels kind of like the business school, but it’s not exactly the same,” said Lura Forcum, communications manager for the Kelley School of Business. “There aren’t as many walls, and people can fly. They’ll be giving a boat race in Second Life to show how you can collaborate and solve problems.”Second Life has been around since 2003, and since then has gained millions of users, Forcum said. Second Life has it’s own currency and users can buy clothes for their avatars.“Major companies have made an avenue there,” Forcum said. “I think it’s a natural progression from Sims, but you control yourself.”Carolyn Wiethoff, clinical associate professor of management and entrepreneurship in the Kelley School, will begin teaching the first class in November through Second Life. Wiethoff will also be part of Monday’s panel. Second Life will be in full swing for all Kelley Executive Partners clients in January 2009.For people who want to participate in the online unveiling of Second Life, they must RSVP at http://www.kelleyevents.com/index.php/launch-event-registration. About 40 to 50 spots are available for people who want to create their own avatars and participate in the tour, Cady said. Avatars can be created at http://www.kelleyevents.com/index.php/create-second-life-account. Others can watch it via Web cam. After sending an RSVP, a URL will be forwarded to participants so they can partake in the unveiling.“It’s really wicked cool,” Wiethoff said. “I was a little skeptical until I spent more time in Second Life. It’s really amazing how quickly that avatar becomes you. It’s also funny how attached you become to your avatar.”
(09/10/08 3:11am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The IU School of Informatics says students have nothing to worry about after a recent study done by New York University Stern School of Business and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that 8 percent of information technology workers surveyed have experienced offshore-related displacement.In the study, titled “Jobs Beyond Borders,” more than 6,700 workers across the U.S. were surveyed along with more than 3,000 hiring managers and human resources professionals. Though computer programmers and software developers have the jobs that are most likely to be outsourced, the study shows older workers are more likely to lose their jobs than younger workers.At IU, administrators are not concerned.“Offshore outsourcing is a reality; however, sometimes people hear that and they think jobs are going away. But in the whole picture, the technology economy is robust,” said Jeremy Podany, director of career services at the IU School of Informatics. “I have way more jobs than I have students. Last year, coming through our office, we had three jobs for every one student.”As one of the smaller schools on campus, Podany said the School of Informatics has the second-largest job fair. Its job fair on Tuesday will have between 75 and 80 companies in attendance, Podany said. That’s a lot of companies, considering there are only 395 undergraduates in the School of Informatics, said Dennis Groth, associate dean for undergraduate studies for the School of Informatics.“The big problem I have right now is helping the students negotiate multiple offers,” Podany said.By January of their senior year, about 50 percent of students in the School of Informatics will be offered jobs, Podany said. By graduation, 72 percent will have accepted an employment offer or acceptance to graduate school.Many companies also use internships as a hiring path for companies, Groth said.“We’re looking at ways to engage students in professional experience at an earlier age,” he said. “The job search almost begins as a freshman in this particular area. That’s not true in other areas.”Junior Kelsey Yost had an internship last summer where she was a quality insurance tester and ran software for companies. She said the company offered to hire her after graduation.“I got it through the career Web site for the School of Informatics,” Yost said. “The professors are a ton of help. They know there’s a lot of jobs out there. There’s a lot of connections to be made. Several of my professors in the past worked for Microsoft.”Senior Jessica Falkenthal believes her expertise in IT will carry her a long way, and she’s not too concerned with offshore outsourcing.“I feel prepared with my IT training to apply for any job I want to pursue,” she said. “It’s constantly growing. I don’t feel it’s something my classmates should be worried about.”Falkenthal has worked as an intern for the National 4-H Council since the summer after her sophomore year. After her internship, they offered her a job after graduation, and she works about 20 hours a week for them during the school year.Robert Schnabel, dean of the IU School of Informatics, also said the more sophisticated technology is less likely to be outsourced.“In general, the ones more likely to be outsourced are the ones that are commodities,” Schnabel said. “The ones that are less likely are the ones with a high level of skill and a combined expertise and understanding of what that company does.”Groth believes the misconception of IT comes from the aspect that many people don’t understand what IT jobs entail. It’s more than just a job in front of a computer, he said.“It’s an issue of perception,” Groth said. “You have to work with people. You spend more time away from the computer than by it. All the interesting problems require realms and problem solving. It’s something we’re working very hard on to show what it really is.”
(04/24/08 9:54pm)
The Monroe County Election Board has decided to put a voting poll in the middle of the IU campus. \nThe unanimous decision came after Monroe County processed 6,985 new voter registration forms, most of which were from IU students, said Jim Fielder, Monroe County clerk and secretary of the Monroe County Election Board. The forms were processed between April 1 and April 18, he said.\nAlumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union will be designated for voting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today for anyone who is registered to vote in Monroe County and wants to vote before the May 6 Indiana primary.\nStudents need to bring a student ID or an Indiana driver’s license, Fielder said.\n“We mentioned doing it at Assembly Hall, but volunteers felt (the IMU) was the center of things and a good place to put it,” he said.\n“They’ve done this around the state at other schools,” said senior Tim Granholm, coordinator for the IU chapter of Students for Barack Obama. “From what I’ve heard, it’s had a very high turnout. Students want to vote and want to be heard, and the voting date is after finals.”\nThe voting today is meant for anyone who wants to vote, Republican or Democrat.\n“I think it’s such a big deal because students are very busy,” Granholm said. “It’s an opportunity for students to take 20 to 30 minutes out of their day to do what they want to do. If students turn out in high numbers, they could have a major impact on the election.”\nAlumni Hall was chosen because it has easy access to satellite systems, Fielder said. While voting, one student may vote on the voting machine while two or three others will be able to vote on paper ballots. Voting should only take about a minute if students are voting just for the national elections, but it could take a little longer if they plan to vote for all elected positions, Fielder said.\nIf students can’t vote in Alumni Hall today, they can catch shuttles Monday through Friday, a service organized by Students For Barack Obama. Any voter can ride from their residence hall or the IMU to the Curry building, 290 W. Seventh St., to vote.\n“I was driving a girl back after she voted, and she told me if we hadn’t been running the van, she wouldn’t have done it,” said senior Donnie Biggins, a student who drives a shuttle. “It was pretty cool that we were able to get her out.”\nShuttling students for early voting is a new idea for Students for Barack Obama. No other college campus is providing a shuttle service like this, Biggins said.\nAny student interested in voting for a candidate can catch a shuttle at the IMU every half hour between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Shuttles also arrive at Read Center, Eigenmann Residence Center, Gresham Food Court at Foster Quad and Willkie, Wright and Briscoe Quads.\n“We do pick up anybody who wants to vote,” Granholm said. “We think that every student should vote.”\nIf tomorrow’s turn out is high, another on campus registration day will be considered.\n“We certainly want to see what tomorrow is about. In the past, our poll sitters sit there and maybe two people will come,” Fielder said. “If there’s a good turn out, we will consider it.”
(04/23/08 5:33am)
The IU Student Association Supreme Court disqualified the election-winning Kirkwood ticket from the 2008 IUSA Elections on Tuesday afternoon, giving way for the Big Red ticket to take office April 28.\nAfter 48 hours of deliberation, the IUSA Supreme Court found Kirkwood in violation of six election codes.\n“There were many hours of debate involved,” said Kate FitzGerald, chief justice of IUSA Supreme Court. “It was not easy.”\nFitzGerald believes a congressional vote to validate or overturn any Supreme Court ruling is unconstitutional. She said Big Red will take office April 28 “barring any unforeseen circumstances.”\nThe Kirkwood ticket did not return calls seeking comment.\n“Personally, I have full confidence in the supreme court’s capability to reach the right decision,” said Luke Fields of the Big Red ticket, now IUSA president-elect. “I don’t think it’s the right decision because we won or the Kirkwood ticket won but that is what’s right. I’m very pleased to see that the judicial process is well and functioning on our campus.”\nUsually the Supreme Court would hold a re-election between Big Red and the INdiana ticket. FitzGerald said because the current semester is almost over there is no time for a new election. The Big Red ticket is considered the winner because they came in second place in the March election.\nDavid White, the presidential candidate for the INdiana ticket said another election would have been nice.\n“I’m glad they recognized it was a poorly supervised event. If they feel another election is merited, it’s sad that everything got pushed back,” he said.\nThe first hearing, which took place on March 26, found former Kirkwood congressional candidate Adam Pozza guilty of forwarding e-mails from the Big Red ticket to the Kirkwood ticket regarding campaign information. Pozza, whose name was removed from the ballot prior to the election, forwarded e-mails from a computer belonging to Fields, Pozza’s then-roommate. A 20 percent fine was placed on the Kirkwood ticket for all its campaign materials as a result of this hearing.\nDuring the second hearing on April 16, the IUSA Elections Commission found Kirkwood in no violation of 14 complaints Big Red filed against Kirkwood. But the commission did place a 40 percent fine on campaign funds Kirkwood previously spent because new evidence suggested that Joe Weis, presidential candidate for the Kirkwood ticket, also received an e-mail from Pozza.\nThis is not the first time a ticket has been disqualified. In 2004, the Big Red ticket was disqualified for going over their spending limit during their campaign.\nOn Sunday, the IUSA Supreme Court agreed to hear Big Red’s appeal of the election commission’s decisions.\nThe court found Kirkwood in violation of damaging property after Pozza destroyed six months worth of sent e-mails from Fields’ e-mail account.\nThe Kirkwood ticket was found guilty of two additional violations because Pozza deleted Fields’ e-mails and changed the subject line of the sent e-mail to “We gotta move!!!!”\nThe court found the Kirkwood ticket guilty of three violations regarding activity in the residence halls. One violation concerned a signed complaint in Wright Quad by a student who claimed the Kirkwood ticket was campaigning after 9 p.m. on his floor. According to the IUSA Elections Code, tickets may only campaign between the hours of 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. \nAnother violation was in regard to Robert Bercovitz, a member of the Kirkwood ticket who set up his computer in Gresham Food Court while visiting friends. This action violates the Residence Halls Association guidelines that state IUSA tickets must have permission to campaign in residence hall public spaces. Bercovitz testified that he was not campaigning for the Kirkwood ticket but might have solicited two or three votes while meeting friends. Either way, the court found this in violation of the elections code.\nThe final violation came from a student complaint in Foster Quad. The student claimed that a member of the Kirkwood ticket knocked on her door while she was sleeping and asked her to vote. The Kirkwood campaigner continued walking down the hall, knocking on students’ doors asking if they had voted, and if not, entering their rooms and pulling up the voting Web site. The court found this to be a violation of RHA guidelines that state that campaign members at no time may enter a student’s room or knock on closed doors.\n“I am relieved that the electoral process is over,” Fields said. “The work is just starting to begin. It’s been a good warm up, but now it’s going to be a marathon.”\nOf the IUSA Supreme Court’s 11 justices who helped make the decision, seven ruled against Kirkwood.\n“At least three of the violations in some way contribute materially to the outcome of the election,” FitzGerald said.\nFields said now that Big Red is slated to take office, the group must work to restore IUSA’s reputation after the controversy.\n“Whenever scandals happen on campus, there will be problems, especially when IUSA was in a very delicate position,” Fields said. “We will now be charged with restoring legitimacy with the association, and we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work.”
(04/23/08 4:00am)
The IU Student Association Supreme Court disqualified the election-winning Kirkwood ticket from the 2008 IUSA Elections Tuesday afternoon. The Big Red ticket, who had placed second in March’s election, will take office April 28.\nAfter 48 hours of deliberation, the IUSA Supreme Court determined Kirkwood committed six violations of the IUSA Election Code. Only three violations were needed for disqualification.\n“There were many hours of debate involved,” said IUSA Chief Justice Kate FitzGerald. “It was not easy.”
(04/19/08 4:00am)
After five and a half hours of discussing six violations reported by the Kirkwood and Big Red tickets, Kirkwood is still the winning ticket of the IUSA elections.\nWednesday evening, the IUSA Elections Commission held the second complaint hearing on election violations concerning two of the three tickets that ran this year.\nNew evidence against the Kirkwood ticket was presented in reference to the March 26 hearing. The evidence found through UITS showed that Adam Pozza, former congressional candidate for Kirkwood, had sent an e-mail from Big Red Presidential Candidate Luke Fields’ e-mail account to Joe Weis, the president-elect of the Kirkwood ticket.\n“In the original complaint, I said I had no idea Mr. Pozza was taking these actions. It was not in any way affiliated with the Kirkwood ballot,” Weis said. “The new evidence showed an e-mail that I had received. Upon receiving it, I discarded it and confronted Adam. There was an accusation that I lied, but that is a false statement.”\nThe Kirkwood ticket was fined an extra 20 percent of its campaign expenditures on top of the 20 percent it had already been fined in the previous hearing, so its total fine will be 40 percent of everything it spent throughout the campaign.\nThe Kirkwood ticket filed five complaints against Big Red, but only two were found to be violations and only one received a punishment. One violation, which received no punishment, involved a member of the Big Red ticket who accidentally sent e-mails to students on her dorm floor without correctly putting their e-mail addresses in the blind carbon copies, a violation of IUSA election rules. Big Red received a 10 percent fine because Kirkwood claimed that it campaigned and solicited students in front of the Gresham food court, less than 50 feet from a computer lab. According to the IUSA Elections Commission, campaigning cannot be done within 50 feet of any computer lab or library.\n“Even with our high level of familiarity of the code, error could still exist, but we went through every length of prevent it,” Fields said.\nThe Big Red ticket also filed one large violation with 14 individual complaints. The IUSA Elections Commission divided the complaints into three different categories. \nThe committee found that all 14 complaints were \nnot violations. \n“These are really tough decisions,” said Sarah McDonough, IUSA elections commissioner. “It’s unfortunate that it took place on both sides.”
(04/16/08 6:16am)
The IU Police Department is investigating two sexual assaults that reportedly occurred over the weekend.\nIUPD was contacted at about 3:30 p.m. by a Middle Way House counselor in relation to a 19-year-old rape victim at Bloomington Hospital, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said.\nThe woman said she had been raped at about 5 a.m. Sunday at Delta Upsilon fraternity, Minger said. The woman said she’d been acquainted with the suspect before and she didn’t know whether she wanted to file a police report. After a while, she decided she wanted to file a report and allowed the hospital to take a rape kit.\nIUPD officers left her in the care of hospital personnel, Minger said. When they returned, a nurse informed them that the victim had left the hospital and didn’t receive the rape kit.\n“It’s a very traumatic experience, so we never know what kind of stress they are under,” Minger said.\nThe woman has been identified by IUPD, but officers weren’t able to reach her Monday night. IUPD plans to continue its investigation on this case.\nIUPD is also investigating another sexual assault that occurred Saturday afternoon. IUPD learned a 19-year-old woman had been sexually assaulted after she met with a man she talked to on Facebook.\nThe victim told officers that the suspect spent the night in her dorm. While the victim was asleep, the suspect began to touch and fondle her, Minger said. She told him to stop and when she lay back down, the suspect forcibly restrained her and tried to remove her underwear and eventually fondled her genitals, Minger said.\nThe victim said she was afraid of the suspect and believed that if she did not comply, she’d be harmed, Minger said.\nThe woman came to the police station to seek a restraining order against the suspect and to take action through the Dean’s office, Minger said.\nIUPD reached the suspect and warned him to stay away from the victim’s dorm. IUPD will continue investigating the situation.
(04/15/08 4:50am)
A quick Steak ‘n Shake run today and Wednesday can help raise money for Jill’s House.\nJill’s House, which is set to open July 1, will be a temporary home for patients at the Midwest Proton Radiological Institute who will receive six to eight weeks worth of proton therapy. The goal of the fundraiser is to provide housing for patients at Jill’s House for little to no cost. \nThe house will be built in honor of IU student Jill Behrman, who was murdered in 2000\n“Pretty much the entire Bloomington community was waiting on Jill’s arrival,” said sophomore Cortney Frahm, president of the IU steering committee for Jill’s House, which organized the fundraiser. “Bloomington was very affected by everything that happened. It made national news.”\nFrom today until midnight Wednesday, students, faculty and community members can eat at any of the three Steak ‘n Shake locations in Bloomington and the restaurant will give 20 percent of their bill directly to Jill’s House.\nDuring the fundraiser, greek houses will also compete for a $250 Steak ‘n Shake gift card. Whichever house has the most members eat at Steak ‘n Shake wins the gift card.\n“I think Jill Behrman would be thrilled to know that IU students are fundraising for this,” said BJ Walls, who serves on the Jill’s House board of directors. “She was a very humble, kind person. She never would have imagined that a house would be named after her.”\nLast year a similar fundraiser for Jill’s House was held at Steak ‘n Shake and within four days, it raised $20,000. A total of $3 million has been raised so far for Jill’s House.\nWhen finished, the house will have 25 bedrooms, four kitchens, playgrounds and a chapel. Bloomington’s Proton Radiological Institute is one of five throughout the country, and patients come from throughout the country for the proton treatment there. Each room would cost patients about $2,700 a week without fundraising efforts. \nProton therapy is often used for children with tumors because it is less invasive than other treatment options.\n“There are 15 children here now undergoing proton therapy,” Walls said. “The youngest is 12 months and the oldest is 14 years. It’s just unbelievable how the proton therapy is saving the lives of these children.”\nRecently, a group of three IU students and one Ivy Tech student – including Frahm – started its own IU steering committee for Jill’s House. They meet once a week at Steak ‘n Shake to help plan fundraisers, including today’s.\n“It has a lot of potential to be something great here at IU,” said sophomore Cale O’Bryan, a member of the IU steering committee. “I know the Dance Marathon has jumped out of nowhere and got huge in a few years. We’re really adamant about getting the word out about Jill’s House. I think the Jill Behrman story is something that people can ride behind and make IU different.”\nJill’s House was originally created by Bud Howard and his wife Peg Howard, who lost a son to cancer 37 years ago. Peg Howard had to travel to New York for six weeks for her son’s treatment, so she has been through the same situation as many of the families currently receiving proton treatment.\n“When we first started this house, she had just been abducted,” Peg Howard said of Behrman. “We thought it would keep the name in the public. This name could encourage the police. We also felt it could give the Behrmans some comfort. It just seemed like the right thing to do for this lovely women who had a tragic end to her life.”\nThe community open house for Jill’s House will be from 1 to 5 p.m. June 29.
(04/11/08 4:57am)
Contracted security officers used Mace on attendees at a DMX concert Wednesday at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, according to an IU Police Department investigation. The contracted security company was not sanctioned by IUPD or the University, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.\nHowever, police still don’t know the identity of the specific organization or person that used Mace on the first couple rows of the audience. Some attendees are considering pressing charges against whoever used the Mace.\nRepresentatives from Lambda Chi Alpha did not return the Indiana Daily Student’s calls by press time.\nAt the time of the event, no IUPD officers were hired to help with security, Minger said. The concert was scheduled to end at 9:30 p.m. and Lambda Chi Alpha were supposed to have amplified music turned off by 10 p.m., he said. Nyle Washington, a representative for DMX, said DMX was not notified of the city’s noise ordinance.\nChannel 13, the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, provided video footage of the event to IUPD. The department examined it and discovered that security not related to IU ran on the stage. The security officers looked like police because they were dressed in duty uniforms with gun belts and appeared to be wearing weapons on them, Minger said. Eventually, the contracted security officers sprayed the audience with mace, he said.\n“I didn’t get directly sprayed, but we were coughing,” said sophomore Alli Germain, who was in the seventh row of the crowd. “It had just drifted onto us. He definitely sprayed the front row, though.”\nSpencer resident Billy Bowman, 23, who is quadriplegic and was in a wheelchair in the front row of the concert, was sprayed with Mace. He was not in his electric wheelchair, so he couldn’t get himself out. His sister, Kaitie Bowman, 17, was not able to get him out in time and was also sprayed with mace.\n“My brother’s face is still burning,” Kaitie Bowman said. “We are still scrubbing his face with soap and water.”\nThe Bowman family has an attorney and is investigating the incident and might press charges, Kaitie Bowman said.\n“Everyone was on the same page that the concert was supposed to end by 10 p.m.,” said Jeremiah Shinn, associate director for Student Affairs. “Lambda Chi Alpha was very compliant. They took care of the situation in a responsible manner.”\nAt the time of the concert, Shinn was on patrol with IUPD officer Scott Dunning, Minger said. When the pair arrived on Third Street, they saw three vehicles blocking traffic in the left lane in front of the Lambda Chi Alpha house. Shinn then told Dunning the concert was supposed to already be over. Dunning then approached the sound man for DMX and told them they needed to shut the concert down, Minger said.\n“They didn’t want to disturb residents,” Minger said. “I live six blocks away and could hear it from my house.”\nAs about 1,000 students began to leave the concert, they filled Third Street, Minger said. Eventually, traffic was stopped on Third Street to allow students to leave the event. Students were upset and began to get rowdy, Minger said.\nAfter the concert let out, Minger said IUPD called for reinforcement from both IUPD and BPD to handle the amount of students leaving the house.\nWashington said the person who used Mace was not affiliated with DMX and that they had never worked with or hired the contracted security.
(04/10/08 4:58pm)
Little 500 weekend is notorious for a good bike race, good concerts and many arrests. This weekend, law enforcement will be taking extra precautions once again.\nBesides the usual IU Police Department security, Bloomington Police Department will have about 60 officers throughout the community. The Indiana State Police and Indiana State Excise Police will also be on location to assist with security and law enforcement issues.\n“We do the same kind of job and have the same function all the time,” said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger. “More often than not, it’s people coming to events and making sure there isn’t conduct that can hurt people.”\nAbout 43 full-time IUPD officers and 30 cadets will be working this week with varied schedules, Minger said. Besides the race, officers will be at many events leading up to the Little 500 including concerts. Officers were also present at the Wednesday showing of the 1979 film “Breaking Away” in Dunn Meadow.\n“People are much more well-behaved at the race than the events that precede the race,” Minger said. “We do something different every day. Some will be easier to get in and out of, some will draw more people.”\nAbout 90 percent of the people who are taken to jail not only do something illegal, but also draw \nattention to themselves, Minger said.\n“If you don’t want to get arrested, don’t do anything illegal,” he said.\nDuring the race, IUPD has asked for eight BPD officers to help with interior security, traffic and crowd control.\n“It’s very similar to a football game,” Minger said. “We call in all personnel to work traffic and things. But football games don’t last as long.”\nBPD will focus on events happening off campus and will only have security on campus when its presence is requested.\n“Many of us have been doing this long enough that we know where to put the bulk of our resources,” said BPD Capt. Joe Qualters. “It’s safe to say that the preparations start way in advance for this event. We base this off previous years.”\nThe Indiana State Excise Police will also be in Bloomington. While BPD handles vandalism, fights, thefts and accident related injuries, the Indiana Excise Police will also be of help when looking for everything alcohol-related.\n“(Excise Police) primarily enforce alcoholic beverage laws,” Qualters said. “Their focus would be on underage drinking at the bars and underage purchase at the liquor stores.”\nResidential Programs and Services is also taking extra precautions in all dorms to ensure safety. All lounges and entrances that would usually be unlocked will be locked this weekend. All residents of dorm rooms are also required to register their guests for the weekend.\n“We have more focus around taking precautions,” said Bob Weith, director of residential operations. “Law enforcement and RAs will be very vigilant.”\nThe IU judicial system is also preparing for an increase in student arrests this weekend. The Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office has agreed to route all of its information on student arrests to the IU judicial system on the Monday following the Little 500.\n“On any other weekend, this may or may not happen depending on the circumstances,” said Dean of Students Dick McKaig. “It goes back to many years ago when there were more people in town and it became a growing concern that there was respect for the community and a concern for safety.”\nIn 1991, a riot broke out as a result of student parties, which is why this weekend has become a period of heightened security, McKaig said.\n“Consequences are the same as any point of the year,” McKaig said. “Some may suggest because of extra people we have extra law enforcement so we have more students in trouble. We also see people who make bad decisions who bring attention from law enforcement.”
(04/10/08 4:53pm)
After students were maced at Lambda Chi Alpha’s DMX concert Wednesday evening, the IU Police Department is investigating who is responsible for spraying mace into the crowd.\nIUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said all officers are required to make a report of where they were, what they saw, and whether they were at the concert or not to help figure out who is responsible for the macing.\nSeveral IUPD officers were working security at the concert, but Lambda Chi Alpha hired other security, Minger said. IUPD is investigating what the other security’s role was in the incident.\nThe concert was supposed to start at 8:30 p.m., but was delayed until 9:30 p.m. because of difficulties getting DMX to the house on time. The Student Activities Office shut down the concert after DMX sang three songs, Minger said.\nExtra IUPD officers were called to the scene when the crowd began to get rowdy. Eventually, the entire first row was maced.
(04/10/08 4:12pm)
After students paid $25 for DMX tickets at Lambda Chi Alpha last night, the concert was closed down after only three songs. After crowd members protested the concert’s end, students in the front row and an Indiana Daily Student photographer got maced.\nThe concert was supposed to start at 8:30 p.m., but it was delayed until 9:30 p.m. because of difficulties getting DMX to the house on time. Lambda Chi Alpha had an agreement with the University that the concert would be over and noise would stop at 9:30 p.m., the IU Police Department confirmed.\nWhen the concert wasn’t over at 9:30 p.m., officers arrived to shut the concert down. DMX was taken off the stage and other officers were called in when the crowd began shouting profanities at the officers.\nDMX also had alcohol that he said he would pass around to students, junior Lauren Smith said.\n“All of a sudden, cops came on the stage so I thought he might be getting in trouble for alcohol,” Smith said.\nExtra IUPD officers were called to the scene when the crowd began to get rowdy, IUPD confirmed.\nEventually, the entire first row was maced.\nIUPD, Bloomington Police and State Police officers were called onto the scene, said Smith, who saw their squad cars and uniforms.\nAfter students were maced, most rushed into Third Street. Third Street was temporary closed starting at Jordan Avenue, IUPD confirmed.\nMike Patterson, a general contractor who was working security at the show, said that at one point students started rushing the stage.\nOthers at the concert said they did not see anyone on the stage.\n“They started throwing things at the police,” Smith said. “It got pretty ugly and we thought people would start getting arrested. I never saw people on the stage. They threw trash, but that was about it.”\nThe activities had been prearranged with the IU Student Activities Office and Lambda Chi Alpha was aware that they were supposed to shut down at 9:30 p.m., IUPD confirmed.\nLambda Chi Alpha declined to make a statement by press time.
(04/09/08 7:40am)
A brand new teddy bear lights up a little girl’s face – a little girl who doesn’t live a normal life because her parents have cancer.\nNow, the Osmon Chiropractic Center is helping Camp Kesem to make more of these moments by asking new or old patients to bring in a “cuddly critter” in exchange for a free case history, orthopedic and neurological exam and x-rays. Camp Kesem is a student-run camp held for kids ages 6 through 13 whose parents have cancer.\n“The point of Camp Kesem is to bring magic into their lives,” said junior Leslie Leonard. “A lot of times they feel inadequate because they feel they can’t do what’s asked of them at home. When they go to school, their teachers and friends might not know. We just hope they have a place they can bond with other kids.”\nOn April 12, current patients at Osmon Chiropractice Center can come in and receive free exams while enjoying balloons and a decorated office.\n“Anybody can just come in with no commitment,” said Dr. Brandon Osmon. “I’m trying to provide an incentive to people who wouldn’t usually come in.” \nOsmon hopes to collect at least 50 cuddly critters to give to kids who attend Camp Kesem this summer. This is the first time he’s done something like this and he hopes to make it an annual event.\n“I was just looking for a group that I could help,” Osmon said. “I personally lost a friend four years ago to cancer.”\nCamp Kesem, located in Bloomington, runs the first week in August and 60 kids attend the camp each year, said senior Lauren Ellis, a counselor who works with the fundraising committee. To run the camp costs $49,000, she said, but the goal this year is to raise $70,000 to $80,000. So far, IU students have raised about $42,000.\n“It gives them a week just to be kids,” Ellis said. “It gives them a week to set their lives aside. It’s a way to meet other kids who are like them,” she said.\nThere are about 35 counselors who run the camp every year and about 150 students who help with fundraising for and planning the camp, Leonard said. The camp can hold 60 campers, but only 42 have signed up so far.\n“The things that come out of their mouths are so funny,” Ellis said about the girls in her camp group. “There’s always the one who’s shy, the one who wants to be the mother and the two who can’t stand each other, but are best friends in the end.”\nIU students hold fundraising events throughout the year to raise money for Camp Kesem. Last weekend, they held “Make the Magic,” in which $10,000 was raised, Ellis said. Students also do letter-writing in which they each write 10 letters to businesses or to people they know who they think would be interested in donating. The majority of the money for the camp comes from letter-writing, she said.\n“I wanted to work at a summer camp, but I was taking classes,” Ellis said. “I went into it without knowing what it really ways. I just fell in love with them. I just love spending time with the children.”\nA new program called the Teen Adventure Program will start this summer for kids who are ages 14 to 16, said Mark Howard, a Camp Kesem counselor. In this program, which is an extension of Camp Kesem, teens do camp activities at the beginning of the week, but they do off-site things the second part of the week so they can learn to rough it.\n“When they turn 13, we just say ‘bye,’” Howard said. “With this, they are still part of the family, but doing more teen things. It’s a way for campers to stay involved.”
(04/07/08 4:05am)
Instead of celebrities and free concert tickets, all-you-can-eat wings brought students together Thursday to support presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.\nCommunity members, IU students and faculty and Mayor Mark Kruzan all showed up to BuffaLouie’s to learn more about Obama.\n“I’m thrilled with the turnout,” said Eric Love, the event organizer. “At any given time, the restaurant was filled with people. We had international students, community members and first-time voters. Barack is attracting a huge amount of support. Of course international students can’t vote, but they wanted to show their support.”\nAbout 70 buffets were purchased to support Obama and about $600 was raised all together.\n“This is a large part of why I support the Obama campaign,” Kruzan said. “Because his sincerity on the issues are motivating people who have never been politically active before. The Obama campaign is putting fun back \ninto politics.”\nIU Students for Barack Obama were also present at the event, registering people to vote and answering questions to anyone who wanted to learn more about the Obama campaign.\n“I find it a lot more relaxing,” said graduate student Nick Baciu, a member of IU Students for Barack Obama. “They are eating here and asking questions. It’s also more relaxing for us than waiting outside. People come up to you and ask about the event and Obama.”\nFor those who are still undecided on who to vote for in the primary, pamphlets and information were readily available to them through IU Students for Barack Obama.\n“I’m trying to learn about both (Democratic presidential candidates) and McCain and become the most educated voter I can be,” said graduate student Hannah Moss, who isn’t sure who she will be voting for on the May 6 primary. “The fact that Chelsea and Bill Clinton have both been here proves that they are aware of Obama’s threat. I think our parents’ generation is disenfranchised, and we’re the one’s expected to pick up the reins.”\nWith today being the last opportunity for Indiana voters to register to vote for the primaries, the event brought many community members who were strong Obama supporters.\n“A lot of times people our age don’t know enough or care enough and especially with the war, they are more apt to vote,” said sophomore Jane Waggoner, who plans to vote for Obama. “With our age, it’s really important that they just vote.”
(04/03/08 5:59pm)
Former President Bill Clinton blamed his late arrival to Assembly Hall on Wednesday on his inability to stop shaking hands.\nAfter arriving two and a half hours late, the former president stumped for his wife, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), and discussed her plans for improving health care, ending the war in Iraq and fighting global warming. Clinton spoke to about 6,500 guests, said Ben Kobren, spokesperson for Hoosiers for Hillary Clinton.\n“I’m happy,” sophomore AnnElyse Gibbons, president of IU Students for Hillary Clinton, said about the turnout. “There was so much momentum and excitement. An hour after we opened the doors, there was still a line wrapped around the building. I was here at 10:30 a.m., and there were people here before. They are very enthusiastic Bill and Hillary supporters.”\nAfter visiting Columbus, Seymour and Bedford, Ind., Bill Clinton began his speech in Bloomington by congratulating IU on its new basketball coach. He got down to business by stating Indiana has a big choice to make.\n“You have to first decide what you want the next president to do and how you will decide if they did a good job when it’s over,” he said.\nClinton said America faces three main challenges, which his wife plans to fix: inequality, insecurity that accompanies the threat of terrorism and fundamental instability because of global warming.\nIn terms of inequality, Bill Clinton said new jobs need to be created.\n“The first thing I believe you should ask of your president is, ‘Where are the better jobs?’” he said. “The only countries who are getting better jobs are the ones fighting global warming.”\nHillary Clinton wants to create a fund that will invest in energy of tomorrow, Bill Clinton said. He said the American people can make energy from wind, solar and biomass, which would involve closing every landfill in America and using garbage to make energy.\n“This all has to be done through research,” he said.\nBill Clinton stressed that Hillary Clinton wants to get rid of the No Child Left Behind Act, the education plan President George W. Bush enacted.\nClinton illustrated the program’s unpopularity when he said he could go to the middle of Idaho, miles away from the nearest Republican, shout ‘No’ to the No Child Left Behind Act and the elks would applaud. \nAbout 80 percent of American schools have cut back on art and music classes because of No Child Left Behind mandates, and Hillary Clinton wants to change this, Bill Clinton said. Her plan is to not punish failing schools, but to identify the best schools in America and model other schools after them by figuring out what they are doing right, Bill Clinton said.\nOn the matter of security, Bill Clinton discussed his wife’s opinion on the war in Iraq.\n“She strongly believes it’s time to bring the soldiers from Iraq home as quickly and safely as she can,” Bill Clinton said. “Nobody wants Iraq to fail, but what else can we do? It is essential for America and Iraq to bring our soldiers home.”\nHe said that this week, the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq reached 4,000.\n“The question is how,” Bill Clinton said of his wife’s plan to leave Iraq.\nHillary Clinton wants to help Iraqi civilians who have served as translators or helped the U.S. military by offering them U.S. citizenship, Bill Clinton said. She is against permanent bases, but she also believes that troops need to remain in Northern Iraq to prevent an Al-Qaida encounter. She is also the only member of the Senate Armed Services Committee remaining in the race, Bill Clinton said.\nThe final thing he stressed was health care. Hillary Clinton wants to provide universal health care to all U.S. citizens, Bill Clinton said.\nUniversity students will be able to walk into the hospital and know they will be covered, Bill Clinton said.\nAt the conclusion if his speech, he compared himself to his wife.\n“My daughter was asked if Hillary would be a better president than I was,” Bill Clinton said. “She said ‘yes,’ and I agree with my daughter.”
(04/02/08 1:02am)
Today, “Entourage” star Jeremy Piven will not be \nacting.\nInstead, he’s taking the day off to stump for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.\nPiven will be campaigning today in the Frangipani Room at the Indiana Memorial Union and the Beta Theta Pifraternity house, just four days after actor Kal Penn came to IU in support of Obama.\n“Just like Kal Penn, we’re fortunate to have a lot of supporters that are celebrities,” said senior Tim Granholm, president of IU Students for Barack Obama. “I think a lot of people will turn out to see President Clinton, but our goal is to register as many people as possible and get as much attention as we can draw to Barack Obama.”\nPiven’s first stop will be at 10:30 a.m. in the IMU to answer students’ questions about why he supports Obama. At about noon, he will be speaking at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Event times could vary depending on Piven’s schedule, so students are encouraged to join the Facebook group to receive updates, Granholm said.\nIU Students for Barack Obama will be registering people to vote at both \nlocations.\n“The voter registration (deadline) is fast approaching,” Granholm said. “The whole point of this is to reach out to people we haven’t met yet. His presence here on campus will make more students think about \nthe elections, register to vote and think about the Obama campaign.”\nBoth events will be free, but the amount of space available at Beta Theta Pi is unknown, Granholm said. Students will be able to attend these events on a first come, first served basis. \nWith a variety of celebrities visiting campus in the past week, students have different opinions concerning their effectiveness.\nSophomore Brittany Douglas said she thinks having celebrities on campus helps because the candidates can’t be everywhere and can’t do all the work.\n“We’re getting into the elections now because we’re older,” she said. “The celebrities aren’t helping the way they are intending to because we are getting into it on \nour own. This election is trying to appeal to our generation more.”\nJunior Neil Black thinks students are more interested in the celebrities and not \nnecessarily what the candidates represent.\n“I feel college students are easily influenced by popular figures,” Black said. “I don’t know a lot about politics, but if they sent someone I did know, I’d be apt to go \nsee them.”