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Student faces dealing charges By Samantha Schmidt schmisam@indiana.edu | @schmidtsam7
An IU student and member of Delta Tau Delta was arrested Tuesday for ordering and dealing large quantities of Xanax tablets shipped from Canada. IU police officers arrested Andrew Thrall, 20, at the Alpha Chi Omega house at 1000 N. Jordan after a months-long investigation, IU Police Department Lt. Craig Munroe said. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Service found that Thrall had been purchasing packages of Xanax tablets online using bit coins and shipping the drugs to the Alpha Chi Omega house. Munroe said Thrall’s “girlfriend, or at least an acquaintance” in Alpha Chi Omega would then deliver the package to Thrall, who lives in the Delta Tau Delta house at 1431 N. Jordan. Tuesday, Thrall received a package of 1,000 tablets of Xanax shipped from Canada. Officers recovered the Xanax. Following the arrest, police officers served a search warrant through the Delta Tau Delta house and found one capsule of ecstasy, a small amount of LSD and some marijuana edibles in Thrall’s room. Police also found $2,000 in a safe in Thrall’s room, which he admitted was earned from selling the Xanax. Munroe SEE XANAX, PAGE 2
IU adopts new policy on sexual assault
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Megan, who asked to not be identified by her real name, practices her routine Wednesday at Night Moves. Proposed legislation would implement guidelines that adult entertainment centers statewide will have to follow.
Safety before stripping Senate Bill 296 would increase hiring regulations for Indiana strip clubs By Daniel Metz
By Brett Dworski
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IU adopted a new sexual assault policy Sunday that illustrates the prohibition of all forms of sexual harassment and sexand gender-based discrimination, which, includes rape, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, sexual exploitation and stalking. The policy serves to provide information on how to report sexual misconduct allegation, information on resources and assistance, and procedures on addressing assault reports, according to an IU press release. University Vice President and General Counsel Jackie Simmons said IU found a good balance with the installation of the new policy. “This was a cooperative effort that was given a lot of thought and time to plan,” she said. “Most effort went into how we wanted to protect the rights of victims, how to make sure they get the right care and how to protect the due process rights of the perpetrator.” Simmons said the policy will
Practicing the dance moves she typically performs in front of an audience, Megan walked to the middle of the stage in her seven-inch high heels and twisted her body around the pole. She is one of about 40 women who dance at Night Moves, Bloomington’s only strip club, where she has worked for the past three years. Night Moves enforces strict age requirements that follow the Monroe County guidelines for sexually oriented businesses. Performers must be 18 to dance. Though there are already a number of regulations on sexually oriented businesses in Indiana, new legislation has been drafted to confront a serious issue: human trafficking. Human trafficking is the forced and illegal movement of people for either labor purposes or for sexual exploitation. Indiana Senate Bill 296 addresses this issue by implementing a number of statewide guidelines adult entertainment clubs would have to follow. All adult entertainment performers would have to provide proof of age and proof of legal residency. Licensed premises for adult entertainment would take a
photograph of each adult entertainer who auditions, all employees would be forced to sign a document acknowledging their awareness of the problem of human trafficking and there would have to be at least two places where human trafficking awareness posters are displayed within the premises. SB 296 passed through the Indiana Senate on Feb. 23 with a vote of 48-1. It has now been referred to the House Committee on Public Policy. Megan, who asked to not be identified by her real name, started dancing while she was in college. Her class schedule made it impossible for her to get a well-paying job. Working as a dancer allowed her to go to class during the week and work a couple of shifts on the weekend, making anywhere from $300 to $800 on the busiest of nights. She was 18 when she started dancing. “They’re very strict about that,” said Megan, who has never seen an underage girl dance at Night Moves. “They actually found one girl that had used a fake ID to get the job, and then they made the connection because obviously we got to know her a little more and figured out, ‘Wait, you don’t match up.’ And then they fired her, and she was done.” Jerimy Koch has worked as a bar manager at Night Moves for about 15 years. He runs SEE STRIPPING, PAGE 3
“(They) make sure you’re allowed to work and that you’re a citizen. There’s a short application with some information, and they take your picture.” Megan, Dancer at Night Moves
“My experience has been over the years is that we have not had any regulation over these adult entertainment businesses. We understand that under the Constitution they have a right to do them, but there’s got to be some regulation... There’s a problem with this nationwide.” James Arnold, Indiana State Senator, D-8th
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Music student prepares IU wins in Big Ten Tournament for solo trombone recital 68-63 By Lanie Maresh emaresh@indiana.edu
During a short break between Symphonic Band rehearsal and his jazz piano class, sophomore Matt Blauvelt smiled as he talked about his upcoming trombone solo recital. With a little less than a week before the recital, instrumental music education major Blauvelt explained the work and organization it took to prepare for his upcoming recital. “I definitely take away a lot of organization because you have to stay on top of learning the music and being prepared for the recital,” Blauvelt said. “Otherwise, it will sneak up on you, and your recital will be next week and you still don’t have a hall set up.” Blauvelt began preparing for this event last semester when he started looking at pieces. He searched in the Jacobs School of Music’s music library, the music selections
through the IU library catalog and even YouTube looking at potential arrangements for the trombone. Blauvelt said choosing the pieces is the hardest part of the process. “It’s hard to choose just four or five songs for your recital when there’s so much available to choose from,” Blauvelt said. “There’s so much music available, not for just trombone, but you can take stuff and arrange it for the trombone.” In December, Blauvelt had to pick out a date for his recital. Blauvelt said the application to apply for a hall in the Simon Music Center was pretty straightforward, but being a sophomore undergraduate made it difficult for him to reserve the space. “As a generic student recital, it can be difficult to get times in those bigger halls because first preference is given to people with senior recitals or doctoral recitals,” SEE BLAUVELT, PAGE 6
By Brody Miller brodmill@indiana.edu | @Brody_Miller_
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Penn State never led, but it was never out of it. Despite leading by as much as 13 points earlier in the game, IU was up just two with 32 seconds remaining. Sophomore guard Alexis Gassion got the ball to Amanda Cahill at the free throw line, and the freshman forward dribbled right, spun left and put up a left-handed layup while being fouled to give IU a five-point lead. All five Hoosiers occupying the floor came together and embraced, freshman Tyra Buss turning bright SEE IU, PAGE 6 Young leaders, page 5 Leading the way were three IU freshmen, who scored 47 of IU’s 68 points.
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Freshman guard Tyra Buss attempts a shot during IU’s game against Penn State at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. on Wednesday. IU won 68-63 and will face Rutgers today.