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Ph.D. student Mark Houlemarde leads an activity about sexual assault with an IU fraternity April 12 in the Indiana Memorial Union. Houlemarde is the only man on campus whose position at IU is solely dedicated to preventing rape by talking to men.

Before it’s too late Instead of teaching students to avoid rape, he’s teaching men to not commit it. BY JESSICA CONTRERA | mjcontre@indiana.edu | @mjcontrera

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he Don’t Rape Guy wanted them to understand. But first, he had to convince them to care. He looked up into another crowd of fraternity brothers. Most were required to be there. Some were members of a fraternity being punished. This time, they piled into an auditorium in Woodburn Hall. But wherever he met them — in their meeting rooms and lecture halls and basements of their pillared houses — they always asked the same question. He saw it appear on the screen behind his head. “how many sexual assaults were there last year? PLEASE ANSWER THIS” it read. The questions were texted in anonymously, so the guys would feel comfortable asking what they wanted. What they really wanted, the Don’t Rape Guy thought, was a reason to dismiss the issue. “I have the stats,” he said. “I know some of them. But I don’t think that we should have a certain number, or meet a certain threshold for this to be important. Right?” His brow furrowed and his voice grew louder. Everyone SEE RAPE, PAGE 5

What you can do to stop sexual assault Little 500 week is notorious as a time when assaults are more likely to occur. Here, Mark Houlemarde of Sexual Assault Crisis Services discusses what both men and women can do to stop rape from happening. Get consent In an intimate relationship, the absence of a “no” does not mean “yes.” Good communication is a necessity. Do not rely on body language. Be aware of alcohol’s role Alcohol is the most commonly used date rape drug. Using alcohol to coerce a partner to have intimate relations in unacceptable. Keep in mind that alcohol impairs judgment and can make getting clear consent impossible. Be an active bystander If something doesn’t seem right, find a way to confront your peers and intervene in a safe way. Don’t be afraid to call the police and never assume that someone has already alerted the authorities.

1 in 5 college women in the United States has been sexually assaulted while in college.

BY MICHELA TINDERA mtindera@indiana.edu

91.9%

of female victims reported that their rapist was someone they knew.

58%

of incapacitated rapes and 28% of forced rapes on college campuses took place at parties. FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD IU should tell students which fraternities are suspended for sexual assaults, page 7 SOURCES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Don’t commit rape Don’t commit rape.

Hoosiers continue streak, blast Cardinals BY ANDREW VAILLIENCOURT availlie@indiana.edu @AndrewVCourt

It was a 1-1 game heading into the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday when Ball State traveled to Bloomington to play IU. By the end of the sixth, junior catcher Brad Hartong had five RBIs, and IU held a 10-1 lead. It was more than enough to seal the 10-1 win as IU improved to 26-11. “I got a lot of good hitters in front of me and behind me,” Hartong said. “Guys were getting on and when I came up I didn’t try to do too much and just hit the ball and it worked out.” Hartong drilled a 3-run home

run to left field, and after the Hoosiers batted around, came up and drove in two more on a single in the big sixth inning. “I don’t want to count on innings like that a lot,” IU Coach Tracy Smith said. “For the most part, I was not pleased with our at-bats all night. I thought we gave a lot of them away.” IU had just two hits before the sixth, both coming off the bat of junior infielder Chad Clark. Sophomore Sullivan Stadler started on the mound for IU and pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits with six strikeouts and just one walk. BEN MIKESELL | IDS

SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 6

Wheel of Fortune contestant shares his side of the story

IU’s defense waits to go back out to the field during its game against Ball State on Wednesday at Bart Kaufman Field. IU won, 10-1.

Seated in a dark classroom inside the Student Building, Julian Batts watched himself amplified on a giant projection screen. He watched himself spin the wheel and shout “L!” to Pat Sajak. And he watched Vanna White walk over and tap the four blue “L” screens. To his right, Batts’ friend Sara Zaheer turned to him, “Is it Achilles?” “Just wait,” he said. More than half a million YouTube views later, freshman Batts earned the label “worst Wheel of Fortune contestant ever” on the Internet last week after three flubs on the show’s “College Week.” With $11,700 in winnings, the Hudson and Holland Scholar, Herbert Presidential Scholar and Hutton Honors College member beat out students from the University of Alabama and Texas A&M University. But it was his three mistakes — mispronouncing Achilles and missing the completion of two other nearly-finished puzzles — that earned him a title he wasn’t anticipating when he arrived in the Culver City, Calif. studio at 7:15 that morning. Now, he takes special care to ennunciate “Achilles” very clearly — “uh-keel-eez.” “If I could describe that episode in one word it would be ‘crazy,’” Batts said. It’s hard to say when Batts’ journey to the big wheel began. It might have been when he submitted his online application soon after starting at IU. Or it might have been when he and his mom drove through an ice storm to Terre Haute for his audition in December. Or, maybe it was when he watched his first episode at age 10 or 11. He remembers the colors and lights of the show grabbing his attention. But his longtime love for what he simply calls “Wheel” culminated when he taped the show’s 6000th episode on Valentine’s Day this year. A self-proclaimed game SEE BATTS, PAGE 6


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