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INDIANA LAW AND ABSTINENCE SEX EDUCATION
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Police looking for two men who robbed bank Tuesday From IDS reports
As of Wednesday afternoon, a pair of armed men believed to have robbed the People’s State Bank are still at large after fleeing from the bank on foot Tuesday evening, according to Capt. Joe Qualters. Bloomington Police Department officers were dispatched to The People’s State Bank at 525 S. Clarizz Boulevard around 5 p.m. regarding an armed robbery in progress, according to a press release from Qualters. Several BPD officers established a perimeter and they were assisted by the Indiana State Police K-9 unit, the Indiana University Police Department and the Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office. BPD detectives at the scene were told that two black males entered the bank and displayed a handgun while demanding money, according to the release. One man jumped over the
State law forces one teacher to hide all he wants to teach students about sex in a paper bag.
SEE ROBBERY, PAGE 6 By Alden Woods | aldwoods@indiana.edu | @ac_woods
Robbery at People’s State Bank LEBANON, Ind. – Ryan Tucker sits on a white plastic table at the front of the classroom, flipping a blue marker as his students shift in their seats. He swings his feet as he lays out the rules for the next 82 minutes: Don’t make jokes, don’t be afraid to ask questions, let me know if you start to feel sick. He heads back for his desk and the slideshow that waits on his computer. As he does, a boy tugs at his sleeve. “Is this gonna be a disgusting PowerPoint?” he asks. Tucker smirks. “You’ll see.” Today, with fewer than two weeks of classes left at Lebanon High School, is sex education day. Tucker is in his ninth year of teaching health in a state that restricts what he can tell his students about sex, even as its teenagers give birth at astonishing rates. In Indiana, teaching protection isn’t an option — state law dictates a sex education system based on abstinence. Tucker runs through the seven diseases in his slide show — warts, pus, blistering rashes by the dozen
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IU expert: Don’t trust Boy Scouts decision By Holly Hays hvhays@indiana.edu | @hvhays
Last Thursday during the Boy Scouts of America’s National Annual Meeting, the president of the Boy Scouts of America urged the organization to end its ban on gay leaders, according to prepared statements on the organization’s website. BSA President Robert M. Gates offered a solution: End the blanket ban and allow Scout troops to make their own decisions on leadership. Gates, who formerly served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense and director of the CIA, was elected president of the organization last year and warned that the policy could cause legal challenges. During his time as Secretary, he pushed for the repeal of the controversial Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell legislation, which required that gay or lesbian service members to hide their sexual orientation or face discharge. Don’t Ask, Don’t tell was repealed in 2011 after President Obama signed legislation ending it in December 2010, according to the Human Rights Campaign website. In the statement, he told the audience that the current policy is “unsustainable” and makes the organization vulnerable to the power of the courts. “We must deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be,” he said. “The status quo in our movement’s membership standards cannot be sustained.” He said he is not asking for a national overhaul in policy at this time, but he left the door open for potential change in the future. “We can expect more councils to SEE BOY SCOUTS, PAGE 6
— as the students avoid his gaze. One has to leave the room. He tells them what can happen if a sexually transmitted disease is left untreated and reminds them how many STDs are floating through the school. But he can’t tell them how to protect themselves. Not unless they ask. Tucker closes the slideshow and fumbles through his desk. He pulls out a crumpled paper bag and sets it on the table beside him. “By state law, I am not allowed to teach anything but abstinence,” he says. “But I can give you general information if you ask the right questions. I even have some special things here in the brown bag.” The whole class looks away. *** Indiana’s approach to sexual education begs teenagers to wait until marriage. Teachers in Indiana public schools are required to “teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children,”
according to the Indiana Code. The same section mandates teaching abstinence as being the only way to avoid unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. “The best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems is to establish a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of a marriage,” the Code reads. Evidence is mounting that the current approach doesn’t work. A 2013 Centers for Disease Control study said 34 percent of high schoolers are sexually active. Indiana’s teen birth rate is “significantly higher” than the national average, and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy says half of Indiana pregnancies for women between 15 and 44 aren’t intended. The same National Campaign study found abstinence-only programs to have no effect on teenagers’ sexual behavior and called for the end of federal funding to such programs. Yet Indiana’s leaders shy away SEE SEX ED, PAGE 6
BASEBALL
IU going with ace to begin NCAA Regional By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu | @MichaelHughes94
IU is not taking anything for granted. That much is evident by looking at the Hoosiers scheduled starting pitcher for their first game of the NCAA postseason against Radford at Vanderbilt on Friday. IU will start junior Kyle Hart, the recent ace on the Hoosier pitching staff. “I’ve always been a believer of getting your best guys out there first and win game one in a tournament,” IU Coach Chris Lemonis said. “It’s just a lot easier to win it when you’re in the winner’s bracket then having to fight through the winner’s bracket. I’ve never been a fan of holding a guy back.” Hart is 4-0 this season with a 1.48 ERA, the lowest on the team. Hart’s win total is also tied for the team lead, despite his not becoming a regular member of the starting rotation until the series at Maryland at the beginning of May. That series was also the start of a current stretch in which IU has won 11 of 14 games. Hart was the winning pitcher in three of IU’s wins
during that period. Friday will also be Hart’s first start in the postseason. In 2013, Hart was always the man in reserve. Had the Hoosiers needed to play an extra game in the regionals, Hart would have started. But the Hoosiers won their regional without losing a game, so Hart wasn’t needed. Then IU won its super regional match-up against Florida State in two games before being knocked out of the College World Series in three games. “I’m geared up for it,” Hart said. “I’m not going to over-hype it, it’s just another game of baseball where you have to get outs or they take you off the mound. But I’ve got a lot stored up from that year and then last year sitting and watching Stanford run around our park.” Aside from Hart, the Hoosiers don’t really have a true starting pitcher. Lemonis has said as much throughout IU’s recent string of success. He has said his pitching staff consists of many pitchers without roles. While lacking a true starting pitching rotation can seem detrimental, the Hoosiers believe this is an advantage, especially in a regional setting. “It’s honestly kind of a good
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Junior Kyle Hart pitches during the second round of the Big Ten Tournament against Ohio State on Thursday at Target Field in Minneapolis.
thing,” junior pitcher Scott Effross said. “I’ve started games this year and now I’m relieving and closing, but I know if they tell me to start I’ll just say give me the ball. There’s probably seven or eight other guys on the staff right now who can say the same thing.” The reason for this is because a typical three-man rotation might
not be enough to get a team through a regional. Potentially, a team could have to play five games in four days to advance. This means having multiple pitchers who can start, multiple pitchers who can pitch extended innings out of the bullpen and multiple pitchers who can close a game helps deal with the potential workload heaped upon a team. “If we get in a Monday elimination game we know we’ll have guys who can start and go as long as possible,” Effross said. “We know our pen’s been solid the past couple weekends, so it’s really helpful to know we have a lot of pitchers who can fill a lot of different roles.” Hart said he believes not only that IU’s pitching depth will be the key to Hoosier success in Nashville, Tenn., but that pitching in general will be paramount to the Hoosiers’ chances of advancing to a super regional. “You have to pitch to win the next few weeks,” Hart said. “Whoever wins this regional, whoever wins the College World Series will pitch the ball really well. That has to be our mantra from pitch one to get our arms going.”