Monday, October 19, 2015

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IU Safety Chase Dutra runs down Rutgers sophomore running back Robert Martin as he scores Saturday at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers lost, 55-52.

55-52 THE SPORTS S’TORI

IU gives away 25-point lead in last-second loss to Rutgers, dropping its record to 4-3 By Brody Miller brodmill@indiana.edu | @BrodyMillerIDS

Silence. Before the Marching Hundred pulled their instruments in close and began to play the fittingly-named “Heartbreaker” to a nearly-empty Memorial Stadium only occupied by somber faces and shock-filled eyes, there was nothing but silence. Maybe an hour earlier the crowd was about to see a homecoming victory. But IU football found itself on its heels and fighting for air as those feelings of optimism quickly vanished. Fifty-two points, 627 yards of offense and a 25-point lead — none of it was enough to secure a victory. Rutgers scored 28 unanswered points and defeated IU 55-52 on a 26-yard field goal that sailed through the uprights as time expired. So how can a team that outscored

More on Sudfeld, page 8 Nate Sudfeld nearly broke the school record for single-game passing yards, but his two interceptions proved costly. its opponent by 22 in the third quarter allow the opponent to do the same to them in the fourth? They got comfortable. “I saw some smiles I didn’t like,” IU Coach Kevin Wilson said. There were feelings of security that the Hoosiers would be advancing to 5-2, one win away from a bowl berth. But it never worked out that way. It began with a 43-yard touchdown by Rutgers star receiver Leonte Carroo. Then senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld let the clock run out in the third quarter going into an IU fourth down with a 52-33 lead. SEE RECAP, PAGE 6

Monroe County employee charged with $264,000 theft From IDS Reports

A former administrative coordinator for the Monroe County Correctional Center was arrested Friday morning for allegedly stealing approximately $264,000 from the Monroe County Cash Bond Fund. Karen S. Bridges, 45, served in the position from 1998 until January 2015, according to a press release from the United States Department of Justice. When a person appears at the Monroe County Jail to pay a bond

for an inmate’s release, they can pay with either cash, a money order or a pre-established GPS account. These payments are then placed into envelopes and held in a locked safe, to which Bridges had access. The safe is used as a pass through account for inmate bond funds before they are disbursed to the Monroe County Clerk of the Courts. Bridges is accused of stealing the money for personal use. SEE THEFT, PAGE6

Sister Helen Prejean addresses opera, death pen By Brooke McAfee bemcafee@indiana.edu | @bemcafee24601

Sister Helen Prejean, the author of “Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty,” encouraged compassion and forgiveness in Sunday’s lecture on capital punishment. “We are all more than the worst act of our life,” Prejean said. Prejean’s experience as the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, a convicted killer who was sentenced to death, is the

subject of her book. The story is also the basis of the opera “Dead Man Walking,” which had its Jacobs School of Music premiere Oct. 17 in the Musical Arts Center. Prejean’s lecture, which was held in the MAC, was a part of the “Dead Man Walking Lecture/ Discussion Series” sponsored by the music school. It was also in affiliation with the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics: Community and Educational SEE PREJEAN, PAGE 6

This isn’t what IU has to be This is IU football. There is no more total, perfect way to sum up the collapse of a 25-point homecoming lead than that. This is what IU football is. This is what IU football does. This is the reality, however difficult to accept. The historic 4-0 start, No. 1 Ohio State on the ropes, a career-best 464-yard passing day for senior quarterback Nate Sudfeld — these are all things IU football had. And in the fourth quarter of a 55-52 loss to Rutgers, we watched them give it all away. It wasn’t the Scarlet Knights (3-3, 1-2) that beat the Hoosiers (4-3, 0-3). It was hubris. The Hoosiers got caught smiling, and it cost them: cushion, belief, respect. Whatever the Hoosiers earned this season, they lost it. And nobody seems phased. This loss compromises everything IU

TORI ZIEGE is a junior in journalism.

has worked so hard for, yet no one — not even IU Coach Kevin Wilson — showed any emotion in the shadow of what was the most embarrassing loss, I would wager, in program history. There was no emotion, no fire, only detached acceptance — and that, more than any X or O, is what IU needs to change. The Hoosiers have become too comfortable accepting defeat, and for a losing program, that is the most difficult demon to shake off. This is not what IU football has to be, but until it actively, wholly commits to SEE COLUMN, PAGE 6

IUSA tackles mental health By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@indiana.edu | @nyssakruse

Representing more than 400,000 undergraduates, the power of a new campaign by the Association of Big Ten Students lies in its magnitude, said Patrick Lockhart, IU Student Association state and legislative affairs director and representative to ABTS. Today, ABTS, an organization that brings together members from Big Ten student governments three times a year, launched a campaign raising awareness about mental health issues and resources on campuses across the Big Ten. On issues like mental health, the target of ABTS’ newest campaign, magnitude makes a difference, Lockhart said. “When you’re taking on an issue this big and this important, it makes it a little more powerful,” Lockhart said. “More people are willing to listen and do what they have to do to take care of these issues.” The campaign currently consists of a website aggregating mental health resource information for each school, as well as a video set to launch later this week that will feature the Big Ten student body presidents and other prominent people from campuses discussing the overall goals and messages of the campaign. Jessica Chiang, co-chief of policy for IUSA, has worked on IU’s part of the campaign. “The main message that they want to convey is that people who may have problems with mental health are not alone,” Chiang said.

“Mental health problems are very prevalent not just at IU, but at all the Big Ten schools, and that’s just one of the main reasons that we decided to partner together, because it’s a problem that we’re seeing very commonly across all these campuses.” IUSA President Anne Tinder said working together as a conference could broaden the platforms on which the video is shared. Though Chiang said she hopes to get in contact with IU communications about sharing the video on social media, Tinder said there is potential for Big Ten-wide exposure. “As a collaboration of Big Ten students, there’s a potential for things like the Big Ten Network or for our big athletic events to share this video,” Tinder said. “I think there’s more incentive for that kind of sharing to happen when more Big Ten schools are involved.” Mental health issues were an important component of the current IUSA administration’s platform during the election last year, so Tinder said this campaign fits in with their initiatives. “We’ve been working with CAPS to improve their marketing and improve their visibility on campus,” Tinder said. “This video that shares information about CAPS and about other mental health services on campus is really valuable and really in-line with our goals.” Chiang said IUSA is still in the planning phase of the administration’s initiatives, but she said they SEE MENTAL HEALTH, PAGE 6

Big Ten Fall 2014 undergraduate student populations

433,388 Northwestern University 8,405 University of Nebraska 19,979 University of Iowa 22,354 University of Maryland 27,056 University of Michigan 27,027 University of Wisconsin 29,302 Purdue University 29,255 University of Minnesota 30,135 University of Illinois 32,579 Indiana University 36,419 Michigan State 38,786 Penn State 40,541 Ohio State 44,741 Rutgers University 46,809


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