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IU police withold assault locations By Samantha Schmidt schmisam@indiana.edu | @schmidtsam7

Students across campus read the email subject line: CRIME ALERT — REPORTED RAPE. Students learned the victim had been drinking at a party on the afternoon of April 11 and had experienced a loss of memory. The suspect was 5-foot-9 to 6 feet tall and had brown hair. But one question went unanswered: Where? The IU Police Department refused requests by the Indiana Daily Student to release the location of the assault. A new University procedure conceals the locations of sexual assaults reported to IUPD in an effort to protect the confidentiality of the victim, a University lawyer said. The lack of information leaves students wondering whether their dorms and neighborhoods are safe. The change is based on “federal guidance and feedback from our community,” Assistant General Counsel Aimee Burkert Oestreich said in an email. The federal Jeanne Clery Act SEE LOCATIONS, PAGE 8

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR If these last four years have taught me anything, it’s this — you have to find your something. Going into college, people always told me I’d love Bloomington. That didn’t happen freshman year. I didn’t meet new people. I couldn’t understand how you could love a place. The day before I left for sophomore year at IU, I cried like a baby. I told my mom I didn’t want to come back, because there was nothing here for me. Kenzie, my girlfriend, was in Cincinnati. My best friends were elsewhere. Then my college experience turned around because I got more involved in the IDS. As I’m typing this, I see people I’ll know the rest of my life. I think back to my unhappy freshman year. Now, I can’t think about leaving this place. These people. These memories. This feeling of belonging. This feeling of home. I’m already visualizing driving out of Bloomington for the last time. I’ll think of the Lake Monroe beach where I proposed to Kenzie. I’ll think of that Steak ‘n Shake on Third Street. I’ll think of this damn newsroom that gets too hot. I’ll think of the people. Why the hell am I telling you this? If you’re reading and have that same unhappy feeling I had freshman year, don’t worry. It’s not home until you find your something. For me, it was at the IDS. You’ll love some people. You’ll do stuff you love with those people. Then you’ll love Bloomington. So stick it out. Meet new people. Take a chance. Do something. Bloomington is amazing. It’s even more amazing with people you love. Have a great summer, everybody. Thank you for letting me be your editor.

Evan Hoopfer editor-in-chief

Alden Woods managing editor

Anicka Slachta managing editor

Katelyn Rowe art director

Taking back the party Laura Anderson couples her passion for coffee with political service By Hannah Alani halani@indiana.edu | @HannahAlani

BEDFORD, Ind. — Like a porthole in a ship, there is a small, circular window on Roxy’s side. Green coffee beans convulse, slowly turning a dark brown. A rich aroma swells. Then, a loud ‘SNAP.’ That’s first crack. Nicaraguan is usually released right after the roaster’s first crack. But Laura Anderson waits. She smells. She listens. More snaps and crackles. The beans churning inside turn a darker brown and the smell becomes fuller and richer. “It’s technically drinkable ...” she trails off, eyeing the porthole. The temperature is rising. The speed is increasing. Laura’s not thinking about picking up her twins from school at 3:30. Or her lunch with Indiana first lady Karen Pence on Thursday. She isn’t thinking about the next time Senate hopeful Eric Holcomb will stop into her café for pizza. At this moment, she’s thinking about roasting the acidity out of her coffee. With a resolute push, she breaks the rising tension in the roaster. The mediumbrown-colored beans funnel out through a cloud of steam. “Yeah!” she shouts as she glides her hand through the beans. “I like it!” Mondays are roasting days at Stone Cutters Café and Roastery. * * * This was supposed to be the year she would take a break from politics. But when Sen. Dan Coats’s Chief of Staff Eric Holcomb was in her café a few Fridays ago, Laura couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed with duty. It showed in her meticulously planned blue-and-white outfit. “I put on my political hat today,” she said that evening. Bedford, Ind., is Laura’s home and a hotbed for Republican politics. Bedford SEE STONE CUTTERS, PAGE 7

PHOTOS BY HANNAH ALANI | IDS

Top Laura’s Ethiopian Harrar is a dark roast, so the beans are shinier, because darker roasts are oilier. Bottom Roxy is Laura’s coffee roaster, formally named “Roxanne,” because to roast coffee inside Roxy, you need to “turn on the red light.”

BASEBALL

Hoosiers sweep Maryland, rise in Big Ten By Michael Hughes michhugh@indiana.edu | @MichaelHughes94

The Hoosiers knew they needed a big weekend. When senior closer Ryan Halstead struck out Jamal Wade on a breaking ball in the dirt Sunday, IU got just that. The strikeout finalized a 6-2 win and a Hoosier sweep at Maryland, moving IU from ninth in the Big Ten — out of the conference tournament — to seventh in the standings and in the conference tournament. IU won the first game Friday 6-5 and Saturday’s game 13-2. “Our energy level’s really improved over the last couple games,” junior shortstop Nick Ramos said. “I feel like we know what’s at stake, and I feel like this is the time where we have to get it going and a lot of the guys realize that.”

IU WINS ALL 3 AT MARYLAND Game 1 IU 6, Maryland 5 Game 2 IU 13, Maryland 2 Game 3 IU 6, Maryland 2 Ramos hit in the second spot in the lineup for the first time this season, going 6-for-15 while scoring five runs and driving in two other Hoosiers. Ramos said he was seeing the ball well all weekend. In Saturday’s win, Ramos had three doubles, one less than the entire Hoosier team all weekend and two more than all of Maryland. IU Coach Chris Lemonis said he recognizes the statistical effect Ramos had, but said he thinks him simply being in the lineup, in the No. 2 spot, had a bigger effect. Lemonis said Ramos’ insertion into the No. 2 spot allowed

COURTESY OF SUNG MIN KIM OF THE DIAMONDBACK

Hoosier junior shortstop Nick Ramos throws from second base to turn a double play during the bottom of the sixth in the game at Maryland on Sunday.

other batters to move into spots in the lineup where they were more comfortable. Another area where Ramos had an effect that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet was in the field. Not

only did he not make an error all weekend, but Ramos made plays in the field Lemonis said the Hoosiers haven’t been making all season. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 8

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