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Jackie Daniels, director of Oasis, hugs Angi Fiege at the end of the Rachael’s First Week program in Whittenberger Auditorium on Friday. Fiege formed the program after her daughter Rachael died during Welcome Week 2013 as a way of preventing tragedy from striking another family.

Protect and save Rachael’s First Week prepares students for college’s dangers By Ashleigh Sherman aesherma@indiana.edu | @aesherma

Dozens of college students filed into the Indiana Memorial Union Whittenberger Auditorium on Friday to learn from the story of Rachael Fiege. “Rachael’s First Week” is a program designed to help high school seniors and college freshmen safely transition from high school to college, according to the program’s website. Angi Fiege, Rachael’s mom, created the program in an effort to prevent tragedy striking another family after tragedy struck her own. Angi dropped her freshman daughter, Rachael, off at IU on Aug. 21, 2013. Two days later, Rachael fell down basement stairs during a party, hitting her head. Rachael’s friends moved her to a couch and waited to call an ambulance until morning. They didn’t know her brain was bleeding and that she would die the next day. “Two years ago to the day,

I dropped her off at IU in the fall and then two days later, she died,” Angi said. “The hardest thing I ever did was unpack her room after carefully putting everything in it.” She said that as students embark on this stage of their lives, accidents happen. “You’re suddenly grown up and you’re going to encounter a lot of things you’ve never seen,” she said. Rachael’s First Week travels to high schools and universities, addressing the dangers that college students may face — not only alcohol, but also drugs, sexual assault and mental illness. “Tonight we’re here to inform you. We’re here to educate you, because you’re going to have a lot of decisions to make in the next four years, and I want you to make the right ones. I want you to have every opportunity to make the right decisions,” said Jacob Capito, an emergency medicine resident at the IU

Lifeline Law For whom does the Lifeline law provide immunity? People who call for medical help, remain at the scene and cooperate with emergency responders People who remain at the scene to provide responders with relevant information on the patient People for whom medical help is called in alcohol-related circumstances People who call to report witnessing or being the victim of a sexual assault People who call to report witnessing any type of crime or medical emergency When do you call? If someone is: unresponsive not breathing normally vomiting in his or her sleep SOURCE: DEB WOLFE, LPN STAFF NURSE

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Law seeks to protect students calling 911 for medical help By Annie Garau agarau@indiana.edu | @agarau6

When the student body presidents from six Indiana universities approached state Sen. Jim Merritt, R-31st District, in fall 2011, he wasn’t sure he could help them. The students, one of who represented IU, asked Merritt to author a bill that would give immunity to underage youth under the influence of alcohol when they call to receive medical help for a friend. “It took me about 30 days to think about authoring this bill or not, because we’re acknowledging that kids under 21 do drink alcohol,” Merritt said. “That was a big hurdle for me, but what I want is to make sure they make good decisions. I don’t want their last decision to be a bad one.” To encourage these good decisions, Merritt authored the Lifeline Law, which was originally passed in 2012. It states a person is immune from arrest or

Block Party draws exciting crowd

prosecution for certain alcohol offenses if the arrest is due to that person reporting a medical emergency. The law also grants certain levels of immunity to the person for whom help is called as well as anyone around who can provide information and fully cooperates with emergency responders. In the 2014 legislative session, the General Assembly passed an amendment to the bill that allows underage youth to call for help if they witness or experience sexual assault, if they witness a non-alcohol related crime or if they call for help in the instance of a non-alcohol related medical emergency, without fear of arrest or prosecution. Last week marked the beginning of the second year of the “Make Good Decisions” social media campaign. “This past fall we were able to send 6 million impressions out over social media,” Merritt said SEE LIFELINE, PAGE 6

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By Jack Evans jackevan@indiana.edu | @JackHEvans

As students streamed through checkpoints and ticket gates at a parking lot on 13th Street and Fee Lane at 6:45 p.m. Saturday, the skies above IU’s second Welcome Week Block Party were holding clear. “We’ve got a lot better weather, knock on wood,” IU junior Tom Kondash said. “Last year, we had torrential downpours, which I was driving through picking up food.” Last year, Kondash was a runner for the Block Party, running errands like picking up chicken Caesar salads for B.o.B, the Atlanta rapper who replaced original headliner Chance the Rapper after he dropped out. This year, Kondash is the Union Board’s head of hospitality. He said the event was running much more smoothly with no inclement weather or lineup changes. “I think we have an awesome lineup,” he said. “Plus, the different genres and different types of music, it attracts everyone.” Inside the venue area, a crowd gathered while rap and electronic dance music blared from the stage speakers. The students wore summer music festival attire: tank tops, jean shorts, colorful sunglasses, a plethora of retro basketball jerseys. Around 7 p.m., Rob Sherrell, IU’s first stand-up comedy major and the evening’s emcee, took to the stage, telling a story about a Union Board-presented show that “changed everything” for him. “It was in that moment I

IU, SIUE end game in a draw By Danny White danswhit@indiana.edu

to put their middle fingers in the air. He launched into a set filled with cuts from “Mr. Wonderful,” his major-label debut, which was released earlier this year, as well as an unreleased track. While the weather stayed clear all night, some audience members were still rained on: halfway through Bronson’s set, someone threw a still-full water bottle, and others followed suit, resulting in a hail of water bottles that arced, grenade-like,

In its second game in the Hoosier Classic, IU took on Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville on Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. IU hoped to rebound from a 2-1 loss against Virginia Tech on Friday. The Hoosiers showed greater momentum during the game, but were unable to score and tied the Cougars, 0-0, after two 10-minute overtime periods. “A tie always feels like a loss,” sophomore forward Kayla Smith said. “But in the long run, it’s good we came out with a tie.” The Hoosiers went up against an SIUE team also defeated in its first season game Friday, when the Cougars fell to No. 12 West Virginia, 2-0. Though IU played aggressively against SIUE, making crisp passes and precise runs that tested the back line of the Cougars, the Hoosiers never put the ball in the net. “At least we didn’t lose,” IU Coach Amy Berbary said. “I thought we

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Sebu Simonian and Ryan Merchan of Capital Cities perform as the headliners for Union Board's Block Party on Saturday. The synth-pop duo were one of multiple groups that were a part of the end of Welcome Week event.

realized college is the time to chase your dream, the time to step outside your comfort zone,” he said. After a few minutes of stories, jokes and encouragements for students to tweet about the Block Party, Sherrell ceded the stage to Phoebe Ryan, an electro-pop singer-songwriter who released her debut EP in June after finding some internetbred success with a mashup-cover of R. Kelly’s “Ignition” and Miguel’s “Do You ... ” and an original single called “Mine.” Backed by a live drummer and

synth player, plus green lights that matched her dyed-green hair, Ryan played a short opening set, closing with “Mine.” After the set, Sherrell returned to the stage, reading tweets he deemed the best with the #iubp15 hashtag. A few tweets, such as one making fun of Sherrell’s camouflage pants, elicited some crowd feedback. A few minutes later, Action Bronson, a rapper from Queens, New York, emerged to the opening strains of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and ordered students


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