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Fire burns empty house FROM IDS REPORTS The fire was “sky-high.” That’s what Captain Tania Daffron of the Bloomington Fire Department said a Bloomington police officer told her about a fire reported at about 9:30 p.m. Monday night on the 1000 block of East Miller Drive. By the time responders arrived, the incident was deemed a “defensive fire,” meaning the fire had to be fought from the outside. CAITLIN O’HARA | IDS
Firefighters extinguish a fire that was reported at about 9:30 p.m. Monday on the 1000 block of East Miller Drive. No one was injured when the fire consumed an empty house.
Power cable workers injured
SEE FIRE, PAGE 6
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FROM IDS REPORTS Two Ohio men were electrocuted Monday while working on high-voltage power lines for Duke Energy. Shortly after noon, the PerryClear Creek Fire Department responded to a report of an explosion at 7100 S. Old State Road 37, PCCFD Assistant Chief Dustin Dillard said. The two men were in the bucket of a cherrypicker truck working near 34,000-volt power lines in the woods behind Prairie Material concrete plant. Dillard said he was not sure if the two men came into contact with power lines or a transformer. When firefighters and ambulance personnel arrived, the coworkers of the two men had already lowered and transported the victims out of the woods and to Ohio State Road 37. SEE INJURIES, PAGE 6
IUSA’s SafeRide service ends
Hoosiers travel to Wisconsin looking to complete season sweep of Badgers BY ANDY WITTRY awittry@indiana.edu @AndyWittry
The Hoosiers travel to Madison, Wisc., Tuesday with hopes of winning consecutive games for the first time since IU’s victory against the Badgers on Jan. 14. Tuesday marks the first of three games against ranked opponents in a six-day stretch for the IU’s men’s basketball team. After playing No. 14 Wisconsin, IU (15-11, 5-8) will return home to play host to No. 20 Iowa Thursday and No. 22 Ohio State Sunday. With a weeklong gauntlet looming on IU’s
schedule, IU Coach Tom Crean said Monday on the Big Ten Coaches Weekly Teleconference that IU is focusing entirely on Wisconsin. “They are obviously hot for a reason,” Crean said. “They are playing both ends of the court with great confidence and we have our work cut out for us. There is no doubt about it.” Wisconsin has been a streaky team all season. Similarly to January’s matchup in Assembly Hall between IU and Wisconsin, the Badgers enter Tuesday’s game on a winning streak. SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 6
MEN’S BASKETBALL (15-11) at No. 14 Wisconsin (22-5) 9 p.m. Tuesday, Madison, Wisc. IU TO FACE RED-HOT WISCONSIN Wisconsin is on a five-game winning streak, page 8 KOHL CENTER TOO MUCH FOR IU Columnist Evan Hoopfer doesn’t think IU can upset Wisconsin again, page 8
FROM IDS REPORTS The IUSA-sponsored transportation service SafeRide, which started more than a year ago, ended this weekend. The pilot program was supposed to end last semester but lasted longer than IUSA had previously budgeted for after it underwent some reorganization, IU Student Association President Jose Mitjavila said. IUSA invested $30,000 to see if students would be interested in the service. The program was created as an expansion of Safety Escort, a similar service available to students on campus. However, SafeRide differed from Safety Escort as the latter will not pick up students from off-campus locations or transport intoxicated students, and non-IU students are excluded from service. Friday and Saturday nights, SEE SAFE RIDE, PAGE 6
New hotels opening downtown this spring, summer BY KATE STARR kastarr@indiana.edu
Two new hotels are scheduled to open in Bloomington this spring and summer. Opening the hotels is part of an effort to accommodate more visitors and create local jobs, said Mike McAfee, executive director of Visit Bloomington. The SpringHill Suites by Marriott Bloomington will open March 17, and the Hyatt Place will open in June. White Lodging Services will manage both hotels. The Hyatt is being franchised by REI Services and the Marriott by KPM Hotel Group. “I think that they’re certainly creating jobs in Bloomington, which is a great story, and they’re providing some outstanding amenities for all
the folks that want to be able to stay right there on the square and be right downtown,” said Chris O’Donnell, regional director of operations for White Lodging. Bloomington is short on hotel rooms, and this can hurt potential tourism for the city, said Ashley Gerodimos, director of sales at the Marriott. It also prevents large conferences from convening downtown and makes it difficult for parents and alumni to visit IU, she said. “We obviously know how busy the areas get in football weekends,” Swisher said. “Having another option for incoming alumni and friends and parents to come visit not only for Bloomington in general, but also for the University is exciting.” SEE HOTELS, PAGE 6
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