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IUPD expects increased crime during the country’s largest collegiate bike race

Some students say they’ll stay sober, take care of friends, rather than act ‘like fools’

Kelly Evans

By Sarah Verschoor

The Clery Act

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This week a woman told campus police that she experienced memory loss while at a fraternity, and then was raped. Hours after losing her memory, the woman, 21, woke early Wednesday and noticed injuries “consistent with a rape,” according to the IU Police Department. The woman reported the rape to the IUPD just four days before the unofficial start of Little 500, a week of partying, during which rapes, missing person reports and other violent crime peak. IUPD sent a crime alert via email to all students Thursday. If this year’s Little 500 is anything like years’ past, crime rates will rise, IUPD Lt. Craig Munroe said. He said he hopes students take care of each other. “Historically, our statistics do go up during that week, and that’s across the board,” Munroe said. “Of course we get a lot of visitors at that time for that week, especially that weekend. There’s a lot of parties.” In the alleged Wednesday rape, which was reported to have happened at Phi Delta Theta at 1215 N. Jordan Ave., Munroe said the case is classified as an alleged rape and aggravated assault. “We think that possibly both crimes were committed,” Munroe said. Last year IUPD dispatch received 202 calls during the Little 500 weekend. One

A federal law that requires all higher education institutions participating in the federal student financial aid program to disclose information about crime on or around campus.

What to do if you’re a victim of crime Call IUPD at 812-855-4111 if you are on campus Call BPD at 812-339-4477 if you are off campus Call IU Health Center’s Sexual Assault Crisis Service Line at 812-855-8900 hundred seventy-seven people were ticketed. There were three peeping cases at Wright Quad. A group of 39 underage IU students were arrested for underage drinking at a rental property near Columbus, Indiana. There were four reported rapes. In 2015 the IU campus grappled with an especially violent crime during Little 500 weekend. IU SEE CRIME, PAGE 5

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The service that sophomore Allie Wineland offers her friends during the weekend of Little 500 is a bit like Uber but with more of a personal touch. This year, ready in a blue Toyota Camry, Wineland will shuttle her friends around campus to different fraternities and sororities and make sure they get where they want safely. “When they need something, I’m more than willing to go help them out,” Wineland said. Little 500, which will take place on April 21 and 22, not only brings thousands of visitors to Bloomington but is a big party weekend at IU. It is similar to Halloween at University of Wisconsin or Unofficial, a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration, at University of Illinois. Some students like Wineland choose to be a designated driver instead of partying. Wineland drove her friends for Little 500 last year, too. She said she was inspired by the story of a woman who offered people free rides to people on New Year’s Eve after her son was killed by a drunk driver on the holiday. Wineland works around her friends’ schedules. She said she will drive them whenever they need, especially during the busiest party times. She will likely shuttle them Friday and Saturday between 12 and 3 a.m.

Last year, some offered to pay her, but she refused. Wineland declined because she said she would much rather drive them than they get in an expensive Uber or a pledge ride. “Friends are an important part of my life,” Wineland said. OASIS Director Jackie Daniels said she’s noticed students are taking more personal responsibility and the Culture of Care movement means something to students, especially when it comes to protecting friends and making plans ahead of time for transportation. OASIS is a campus group that operates through the IU Health Center. The group counsels and educates students on drug and alcohol prevention and intervention. While Little 500 is as a peak party weekend, she said they are working all year to take a collaborative and comprehensive approach to drug prevention, even as early as orientation. There are about 600 students on campus who are still in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction, Daniels said. “Some are students impacted by family addiction or may have recently lost someone from the opioid epidemic,” Daniels said. Other groups are offering alternatives to partying on Little 500 weekend. One example Daniels gave was Late Nite at the Indiana Memorial Union. Late SEE SOBER, PAGE 5

BASEBALL

Hoosiers trying to build momentum against Minnesota By Taylor Lehman trlehman@indiana.edu | @TaylorRLehman

Following IU baseball’s winless series against Nebraska two weekends ago, the Hoosiers appeared to be headed into a slump comparable to their February slide that included back-to-back series losses. That’s exactly what happened. IU went to West Lafayette, Indiana, and lost the series against Purdue, 2-1, for its second consecutive series loss and a combined two-series record of 1-4-1. Between the beef of the last three weeks though, IU has gone 3-1 in its mid-week matchups. The last one came Tuesday in a 2-0 victory against Indiana State, which has the Hoosiers riding a small wave of momentum going into a weekend series against Big Tenleading Minnesota. Despite the recent losses, the Hoosiers moved from 40th to 37th in RPI rankings, but IU Coach Chris Lemonis said he isn’t watching the ratings.

IU (17-13-2) vs. Minnesota (20-8) Game One: 6:05 p.m., Friday, Bart Kaufman Field “Sometimes we’ll throw it out there to see where we’re at, but it’s all about playing good baseball and preparing to play good baseball,” Lemonis said. Some of them have a hard time looking ahead and some of them don’t even know what RPI means.” Lemonis has been open and aware about where the Hoosiers have struggled whether it was starting pitching, batting or relief pitching — they’ve struggled in all areas at various points during the season already. Now, halfway through the season, Lemonis said the game of baseball comes and goes with the season, especially in junior outfielder Logan Sowers’ case. Sowers struggled early in the SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 5

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After an intent-to-purchase agreement issued by IU six months prior, Yogi’s Bar & Grill will move its location August 2018.

IU to buy Yogi’s property By Alexa Chryssovergis aachryss@indiana.edu | @achryssovergis

After August 2018, Yogi’s Kitchen and Tap won’t be found at its familiar location on the corner of 10th Street and Indiana Avenue. IU issued a document stating its intent to purchase the property, Yogi’s general manager Paddy Cullen, said. This means if IU does acquire the property, the restaurantbar will have to pick up and move

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elsewhere. Cullen said Yogi’s has been aware of the agreement for about six months. “It gives us time to solidify our new location, get the process of setting up and all that taken care of,” Cullen said. Tom Morrison, IU’s vice president of capital planning and facilities, released a statement saying should IU acquire the property where Yogi’s is now, there is “no immediate plan as to the short- or

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long-term use of the property.” “Indiana University and the Indiana University Foundation regularly seek to acquire property that borders each of the IU campuses in very targeted areas for long term master planning purposes,” Morrison said in his statement. Yogi’s hasn’t decided where it will move yet, but he has several criteria in mind that a new location SEE YOGI’S, PAGE 5


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