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IUPD makes drug arrests From IDS reports
The IU Police Department made two arrests Friday following a four and a half month narcotics investigation. The two men arrested, Anthony Phillip Devin Smith and Riley Carmichael Fettig, allegedly sold drugs to students in various parking lots on campus, IUPD Sgt. Becky Schmuhl said. Both arrested men are 20 years old and are not IU students, according to an IUPD statement. Schmuhl said the department originally became aware of the drug activity after receiving a tip from a confidential informant. Schmuhl said an undercover officer with the IUPD then purchased drugs from Smith and Fettig. Officers first tried to arrest the suspects at 12:55 p.m. Friday near 10th Street and Indiana Avenue, but Smith fled from officers in a silver Honda, according to the statement. The officers followed the car for a short distance south-bound on Indiana Avenue before discontinuing the pursuit due to “dangerous conditions,” according to the statement. No one was injured in the pursuit, and the officers later arrested the two men at 2:40 p.m. in their residence at West 17th Street. Smith was charged with four counts of dealing marijuana, two counts of dealing cocaine, two counts of dealing a schedule I controlled substance, one count of maintaining a common nuisance, one count of resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, one count of possession of cocaine and one count of possession of paraphernalia. Fettig was charged with one count of maintaining a common nuisance, one count of dealing marijuana and one count of resisting law enforcement. Initial hearings have not yet been scheduled for Smith and Fettig, Schmuhl said. Carley Lanich
Arrest, charges for ax attacker From IDS reports
On Monday, Sept. 21, Lee Wilbur was arrested by detectives from the Monroe County Sheriff ’s office on charges of attempted murder, a level 1 felony, according to a press release issued from the Sheriff ’s office Tuesday. The arrest follows an investigation of an attack that took place Sept. 8, when officers from the Sheriff ’s office were called about a man reportedly bleeding from the head on the 2600 block of North Mt. Gilead Road. Though the man was not there when they arrived at the scene, officers soon found his address and identified him as Jason Grubb, 41. Grubb was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital where he was treated for a large laceration to the head and a fractured skull. After interviewing Grubb and witnesses, detectives concluded that Lee Wilbur, 33, had been “disputing with Grub over a female acquaintance and that Mr. Wilbur had made threats to kill Mr. Grubb,” according to the release. Witnesses said Wilbur struck Grubb in the head with an ax handle before fleeing the scene on a motorcycle. Wilbur is currently being held in the Monroe County Correctional Center. Annie Garau
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Top left Kristen Martin; top right Jake Desmond; bottom left Jackie Daniels; bottom right Tara Conner
Faces of recovery Students in Recovery-Bloomington kicks off National Recovery Month By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma
Jackie Daniels became addicted to alcohol and drugs during her freshman year at IU. Since then, she has battled her addiction and has been in recovery since December of 2000. Now, as OASIS director, Daniels is helping students battle their own addictions. Daniels shared the story of her addiction and recovery Tuesday night in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Whittenberger Auditorium as part of OASIS’ kickoff of National Recovery Month. Daniels said the kickoff was meant to celebrate National Recovery Month, a national observance of mental health and addiction recovery awareness, but was also
meant to expose services available to students struggling with addiction or recovery, including a new student group, Students in Recovery-Bloomington. After viewing the documentary “The Anonymous People,” which educates viewers about the more than 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from addiction to alcohol and other drugs, attendees listened to Tara Conner, Miss USA 2006; IU graduate Kristen Martin; IU student Jacob Desmond; and Daniels. All of the speakers shared stories about their addictions and recoveries. Conner said she became an advocate for addiction recovery after she was publicly scorned for struggling with addiction. “I had so many people saying to me, ‘Well, do you think you’ve tarnished the
crown?’” she said. “And I just remember having that feeling ... that, ‘Holy crap, someone’s listening to this right now and you’re shaming them, you’re shaming them for being able to step forward and get the gift (of recovery) that I was just given.’” Martin started drinking and using drugs at the age of 11 and has been in recovery since the age of 21. Martin said she felt lost when she looked for help. “No one I knew was sober,” she said. “I just thought you lived this way and you die this way ... And no one knew where to send me or what to do with me.” Martin and Desmond assisted Daniels in forming Students in RecoveryBloomington last semester. SEE RECOVERY, PAGE 6
Event at The Venue features therapy in art By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13
The Venue Fine Arts & Gift’s Tuesday evening events offer a variety of perspectives each week. Community members ranging from artists to scholars come in to share their points of view on creativity or art and its role in their lives. This Tuesday’s event took on a more personal tone than the traditional narrative. Instead of the structured lecture with chairs facing the front, the intimate group present for this talk gathered around a small table for an open discussion. Carmen Levasseur, manager of social work services at Milestones Clinical & Health Resources, led the discussion and highlighted the use of art as therapy in her work. Michelle Martin-Colman, mother of gallery owner Gabriel Colman, said the healing power of art was the focus of the evening. She said they hoped to bring awareness to the issues related to mental health during September, National Suicide Prevention Month. “What art does when you get down to the actual creation level is it gives the person doing it the opportunity, not to just look at it, but to go through the process of creating it,” Martin-Colman said. “Because of that, you end up healing. We need more of that.” Levasseur began the brief lecture portion of the event by saying she is not a formal art therapist, though she commonly employs art as a means to help her clients as she has personal experience healing
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Carmen Levasseur leads a session called “When Art Heals” for Suicide Prevention Week at the Venue on Tuesday night. She explains the process of how art heals the mind and demonstrates with hands-on projects, including filling a circle with anything that comes to mind and filling in a family crest with positive attributes about one's self.
through art therapy for three years. “I do feel like I am able to help people heal, learn about themselves and other people, through creativity,” Levasseur said. “Some of that is art like paint and drawing, some is music, some is talent — writing
is a huge one. Some people come up with their own stuff as they go through the process.” The theme of the day led most of the discussion for Levasseur. “We are here primarily to talk about suicide prevention,”
Levasseur said. “The biggest thing that I can link between suicide prevention and creativity is the idea of people learning to understand themselves and starting to have SEE VENUE, PAGE 6