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Remembering lives
Sexual assault reports increase By Carley Lanich clanich@indiana.edu | @carleylanich
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Doris Fox lights a candle for her son, Tom, who died of complications related to AIDS in 1989. Fox and her husband attend the World AIDS Day Ceremony of Celebration and Remembrance in Bloomington each year.
Friends and family in Bloomington remember those lost to AIDS By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6
Each year Doris and Bob Fox attend the World AIDS Day ceremony and think about their son. When Tom Fox was a young man, he was different from his brothers. “We didn’t think anything about it,” his mother Doris says. “He was just Tom.” Tom sometimes wore capes or overalls. He was constantly asking questions. He was the class clown and was always surrounded by friends. Tom lived in Collins during his time at IU and every Sunday, when the cafeterias were closed, he would bring a big group of friends to his parents’ house in Bloomington for
dinner. Tom’s parents adored him. After graduation, Tom moved to Atlanta and began working for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. One night, when Doris and Bob were visiting, Tom introduced them to a man. Watching them, Doris could tell they were a couple. Upset by the revelation, Doris and Bob drove home. Doris could barely eat. Back in Bloomington, she called Tom. They talked for over an hour. “I told him that no matter what, he was still our son and we loved him,” she says. “I told him that we were for him in anything that he did.” Then, in April of 1983, Newsweek ran a cover story
titled “EPIDEMIC: The Mysterious and Deadly Disease Called AIDS May Be the PublicHealth Threat of the Century.” Doris called Tom. Tom said he was being very careful. In 1987, Tom stopped returning calls. Doris had persisted and learned Tom had pneumonia. “It’s not the bad kind,” his partner had insisted. * * * Now 87, Doris sits in Fountain Square Mall, listening to the Quarryland Men’s Chorus. She’s surrounded by the roughly 40 attendees of the World AIDS Day Ceremony of Celebration and Remembrance. In it’s ninth year, the event
Related Content, page 2 Check out the preview of a panel focusing on the HIV outbreak in southern Indiana in honor of World AIDS Day. provides an opportunity for people living with HIV to feel supported, event organizers said. It provides an opportunity for people who have lost a loved one to AIDS to reflect. The event is organized by the Community AIDS Action Group of South Central Indiana in honor of World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1. After the singing stopped, there was a candlelight remembrance. Women from HIV/AIDS
More cases of sexual assault have been reported this semester than in recent years — more than twice as many as the department’s semester average, Lt. Andy Stephenson of the IU Police Department said. Stephenson said the department typically investigates three or four incidents of reported sexual assault per semester. In the fall 2015 semester IUPD has investigated at least 10 reports. Despite the increase of sexual assaults reported, Stephenson said he does not believe there is an increase in the crime occurring. “I’ve been with the IU Police Department for a long time,” Stephenson said. “I believe that it’s a result of us getting out there meeting with students and talking about this and encouraging people to report this crime.” IUPD Sgt. Rebecca Schmuhl said she believes more reports are coming in directly after assaults rather than being reported after time has passed. She said this is likely because victims are coming forward with friends. “I think that is the main reason we are seeing more reports,” Schmuhl said. “More victims are finding support networks almost immediately after the incident so that they feel that they can report it and have somebody help them do it.” However, by Stephenson’s estimates, only between 40 and 50 percent of these cases reported have resulted in arrest. In investigations that commonly span weeks or even months, it can often be difficult to prove guilt. Stephenson said victims and suspects are often acquaintances, each side with his or her own story. “A vast majority of these cases are not violent stranger attacks,” Stephenson said. “It’s very, very, very rarely an attack by a stranger.” Investigators start by interviewing the victim and examining the crime scene, if one can be identified. Officers take statements from any potential friends or witnesses who may have seen the victim in the time leading up to the alleged assault. Schmuhl said arranging interviews with witnesses can take anywhere between a few days to months, depending on the case. In some reports where partying has been involved, Schmuhl said she
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IU bounces back from Maui, defeats winless Alcorn State By Andy Wittry awittry@indiana.edu | @AndyWittry
Hours after falling out of both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches polls, IU took its home floor to defeat Alcorn State, 112-70. The victory followed multiple post-Maui film sessions and four practices over the weekend. “It all starts in practice,” junior forward Troy Williams said. “We came out here and played as we practiced, so that’s all we’re taking to the next game.” A date with the Braves was just what the doctor ordered before the Hoosiers’ ACC/Big Ten Challenge matchup at No. 7 Duke on Wednesday. “It wouldn’t matter if we’re playing Duke on Wednesday, you want to play a game,” IU Coach Tom Crean said. “Especially a game of Duke’s magnitude, you want to try to play another game
because the time change and things like that hit everybody differently.” The five-hour time change didn’t affect the team’s shooting Monday night. The Hoosiers shot 67 percent from the field, 58 percent from three point range and 76 percent from the free throw line. Ten of the 13 Hoosiers who played scored, led by sophomore guard James Blackmon Jr.’s careerhigh 33 points on 11-of-15 shooting, the most points scored by an IU player in the Crean era. “I feel like my teammates were finding me every time I was open,” Blackmon Jr. said. The sophomore scored eight consecutive points as IU started the game on a 12-0 run. The Hoosiers scored 53 points before halftime, a mark Alcorn State didn’t reach until there was 7:42 left in SEE ALCORN, PAGE 6
Jazz groups give students of all majors the chance to make music By Brooke McAfee bemcafee@indiana.edu | @bemcafee24601
The All-Campus Jazz Ensemble and All-Campus Jazz Combo is open to all majors so IU students can play music beyond high school even if they are not in the Jacobs School of Music, conductor Matt Shugert said. “I think it’s a really good opportunity because it is a really high commitment to major in music, so it’s good for students who major in different fields to have this,” Shugert said. The All-Campus Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo will perform at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Ford-Crawford Hall. Lexie Signor, who is finishing her doctoral work in the music school, conducts the All-Campus Jazz Ensemble. It is her second year. The All-Campus Jazz Ensemble is a big band consisting of about 22 students. “It’s been a blast,” Signor said. “They are a fantastic group of students from basically every major on campus.” Shugert, an assistant instructor in the music school’s jazz department, conducts the All-Campus Jazz Combo, which is a group of seven students. The jazz combo is the first ensemble Shugert has directed at IU.
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The All-Campus Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo rehearse their set list Monday evening in the Music Annex. The ensemble is made up of non-music majors and will perform at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Ford-Crawford Hall.
Signor said the All-Campus Jazz Ensemble is a creative outlet for students who are not in the music school. She said the students internalize the music. “I think it’s extremely therapeutic,” Signor said. “They can join in the joy of creating music.” The concert will feature music ranging from standards from the Great American Songbook to contemporary works, Shugert said. Signor said the ensemble allows students to become more informed
ALL-CAMPUS JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND JAZZ COMBO Tickets $10-50 8:30 p.m. Tuesday The Ford-Crawford Hall about contemporary big band styles. “It’s intellectually stimulating as well as soothing to the soul,” Signor said. Sophomore Jonathan Sussler SEE JAZZ, PAGE 6