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Trump launches cruise missile attack at Syrian military base Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon launched cruise missiles against an airfield in central Syria late Thursday in retaliation for a

poison gas attack this week that U.S. officials said was carried out by President Bashar Assad’s forces. Trump authorized the attack after he was briefed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Palm Beach,

Florida. Trump changed his views on Assad after seeing images from the gas attack. Up to 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from out of range of Syrian air defenses, officials said. The

target was a military airfield northeast of Damascus, that U.S. officials said was used to launch the lethal gas attack Tuesday. Pentagon officials said there are no plans for more strikes at press

time. The attack marks the first time the U.S. has targeted Assad’s military in Syria’s civil war, now in its seventh year. Until now, the U.S. has focused on targeting Islamic State militants.

Moore claims no role in murder

LITTLE 500

By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@iu.edu | @NyssaKruse

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Lambda Chi Alpha riders in the heat of the second lap make a quick first exchange in qualifications at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Lambda Chi qualified for the 2017 Little 500 with a time of 02:26.1.

TEAM PURSUITS Spring series comes to close Sunday with team pursuit By Patrick Wisdom pwisdom@indiana.edu | @pwisdom17

The spring cycling series will culminate Sunday with its team pursuit, which is slated to begin at 1 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium. During team pursuit, two teams race on the track simultaneously with one team starting in turn two and the other in turn four. The men ride 15 laps and the women ride 12. The event is called “team pursuit” because each team tries to chase down and pass the other. After the team’s third rider — or fourth, if the team chooses not to drop its slowest rider — crosses the finish line on the final lap, the team receives its times. These times are ranked, and the two fastest teams compete in a championship heat at the end of the night. Last year, Teter took home the title for the sixth time in the last seven years.

The only time Teter failed to finish first in that span was in 2015, when the team placed third. Looking to challenge Teter will be 2016 runner-up Kappa Alpha Theta and 2015 champion SKI, along with traditional powerhouses Delta Gamma and Alpha Omicron Pi. Senior rider Megan Huibregtse of SKI said she believes her team has an edge because it’s won it before. “It definitely gives me the confidence to know we have the edge to win,” Huibregtse said. “Having so many years of practicing that event as an experienced rider gives me confidence in my technique and the technique I have been able to teach my teammates.” To train, SKI has been simulating the event by riding 10-, 12and 14-lap sets at the track. That consistent practice has helped the team get used to riding SEE WOMEN’S RACE, PAGE 5

Sigma Phi Epsilon looks to upset Black Key Bulls By Tyler Sorg tjsorg@indiana.edu | @t_sorg

With a win in Sunday’s team pursuit, the Black Key Bulls would capture its fourth white jersey in a row. Winning the coveted white jersey, which is earned by winning spring series, is all senior Charlie Hammon has known. In each of his previous three years as a member of the team, the Black Key Bulls have won team pursuit. “Winning would mean a lot,” Hammon said. “The only year we did not wear white was 2015 because we were in yellow. I love the white jersey. It’s a really hard one to win because it shows that you put in so much work throughout the year.” The Black Key Bulls currently have a firm grasp of the spring series lead and are followed by Sigma Phi Epsilon in second and Cutters in third. With the white jersey in

sight, Hammon is maintaining focus on what it would take to undoubtedly secure it — a win. Hammon said he knows his team is more than capable of a win and would be disappointed with anything less. “We’re not going in Sunday to win spring series,” Hammon said. “We’re going in to win team pursuit. I think that would be an awesome accomplishment, but we don’t really care as much about extending our streak as we do winning.” Hammon said he believes team pursuit is the best indicator of any spring series event of how a team will perform in Little 500. “It’s a pretty good indicator but not perfect,” Hammon said. “I think team pursuit shows that if you win it you’re going to be at the sprint no matter what.” Senior Sam Anderson of Sigma Phi Epsilon said he knows SEE MEN’S RACE, PAGE 5

The defendant in the murder trial of Brittany Sater claimed he never participated in nor instructed anyone to murder or rob Sater in a months-old video interview. The video was shown Thursday during his trial for murder, burglary and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. Two Bloomington Police Department officers conducted the interview after his arrest in August 2016. The defendant, Johnny T. Moore, allegedly waited in the car while Billie Jean Edison and Dennis Webb approached Sater at her home Aug. 28, 2016, with intentions to steal money and heroin from her. Webb allegedly shot Sater during the robbery, and a shotgun was also stolen from her home, Edison said. In the interview with police, Moore said he did not send Edison and Webb to rob Sater, a claim Edison made to the police. He instead said the trio went to her home to try to sell her several dozen grams of heroin, a transaction Moore said Edison had set up at Sater’s request. “I don’t know what went on inside that house,” Moore said in the video. He added he was only there to drop off about 40 grams of heroin. The officers interviewing Moore said his explanation didn’t make sense. The probable cause affidavit for Moore’s arrest states the belief of police, based on Edison’s testimony, that Moore ordered the burglary because he was angry Sater was getting heroin from another dealer. Moore said in the video interview he barely knew Sater because he had met her only once or twice before, and that he was not angry at her. During the robbery, Sater was shot in the stomach in her bedroom and was dragged to her safe, according to forensic evidence at the scene. However, money and drugs were left in Sater’s bedroom safe when police arrived, a fact emphasized by the defense. Edison and Webb face the same charges as Moore and will be tried individually later unless either receives a plea deal.

‘The Music Man’ will share laughs, love story with audiences By Sanya Ali siali@indiana.edu | @siali13

Meredith Willson’s family musical “The Music Man,” follows professor Harold Hill trying to make money using a complicated plan to scam the town by forming a marching band and running when the funding comes in. IU’s Opera and Ballet Theater will stage the beloved show beginning with the opening-night performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Musical Arts Center. Luke Robinson, a sophomore and one of the cast members playing Hill, said he loves the show and has been involved in two productions prior. This experience has differed from his past times participating in “The Music Man” for many reasons, specifically the high caliber of show and

the people he has been able to study under, Robinson said. “Everything is basically professional level,” Robinson said. “It’s incredible to be able to step into the MAC theater and have these professional stage managers, set designers, lighting people and sound people. To step on that stage and do your thing with all those people around helping is incredible.” Though it posed a challenge to rise to the level expected for the show, Robinson said the experience shaped him in a different way. “Trying to maintain that level of precision and professionalism while also doing everything that I would normally do — learning the blocking, learning how they wanted me to do the role — and also being at the very high level they wanted me to be was hard,” Robinson said. “Ultimately, it was helpful and prepared

me better than being super easy on me would have been.” The development of Hill as a character, especially when introduced to his love interest, Marian the librarian, is one aspect of the show that Robinson said really stands out to him. Second year graduate student Cadie Jordan and sophomore Virignia Mims play Marian in each respective cast. “It’s so surreal to be able to get to work with the caliber of colleagues, crew and mentors that I’ve been lucky enough to collaborate with on this production,” Mims said. “Every day was, and is, a joy and a privilege to come to rehearsal and create magic through music, acting and dance with everyone involved.” Mims said Marian is her first role at IU and this particular character has been an engaging educational

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“The Music Man” will play at 7:30 p.m. April 7, 8, 14 and 15 and 2 p.m. April 9 at the Musical Arts Center.

experience that integrates acting stamina and an ability to bring together lessons learned throughout her career as a singer and performer. Jordan said the way Marian’s

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