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No jail time in Sofra attack By Hannah Alani halani@indiana.edu | @HannahAlani

example of many Indiana schools, Platzer said. He said the University’s refusal to sign the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment is one example of its refusal to think carefully about the environment. He also said it’s difficult to find an explanation online behind IU’s choice to neglect environmental issues. He said he believes there can be only two explanations: The information is so bad the University can’t disclose it or IU decision makers don’t want to talk. He said he wanted to know why. “Students feel IU is not fulfilling the promise,” Platzer said. “Climate change happens.” Duval-Fowler said climate change is not just a matter to be conscious of, but, instead, is an issue of life or

A judge sentenced former IU student Triceten Bickford to one year probation Monday after he pleaded guilty to one battery charge in the 2015 attack of a Muslim woman. Bickford, 20, was initially arrested on several charges, including a felony charge. He also faced separate local and federal hate crime investigations. Judge Teresa Harper dropped the charges to a single misdemeanor battery charge, which Bickford pleaded guilty to Monday, and he was not found guilty of committing a hate crime, according to his defense attorney Katharine Liell. “This is a typical sentence,” said Bickford’s attorney, Liell said. Given Bickford lack of prior criminal history, video evidence of the brief attack and the thoroughness of the federal investigations, Liell said her client was treated fairly. “It was not a hate crime,” she said. Bickford was initially charged with a felony-level battery after he drunkenly approached the woman and her nine-year-old daughter Oct.15, 2015, outside Sofra Cafe in Bloomington. Witnesses claimed to have heard Bickford make statements talking about “white power,” killing the police and racist statements against black people, according to a police report. After video surveillance of the crime was entered into court it was clear to Liell that her client had not committed a premeditated hate crime, she said. The video showed her client walking up Walnut Street waving his arms before the “two to three second” attack. In a November 2015 interview with the Indiana Daily Student, Bickford’s mother, Julie Frazier, said she

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Students march on Seventh Street past the Wildermuth Intramural Center for Reinvest IU. The walk took place on Monday.

Fossil fury Fourteen marched IU’s campus in protest of investment in fossil fuels By Joy Burton joyburt@umail.iu.edu | @joybur10

Members of a student organization called Reinvest IU and others armed with protest signs advocated against fossil fuels Monday as they paraded to IU President Michael McRobbie’s office. Protesters staged a walkout and a march from Showalter Fountain to McRobbie’s office as part of a national movement to end the use of fossil fuels. The group included 14 members. “IU is representative of the student population,” junior Kara DuvalFowler said. “We should have a say. This is a matter of survival.” Reinvest IU is an organization dedicated to ensuring IU divests from fossil fuels and reinvests in cleaner resources. It works closely with organizations such as 350.org, IU Student Sustainability Council,

and other Bloomington and University groups. Duval-Fowler and second-year graduate student Linus Platzer both said Reinvest IU has been in close contact with the IU Foundation in one-on-one meetings, but the meetings have never led to action. On Monday students were unable to speak directly with McRobbie. Participants Wes Cammenga, Platzer and Duval-Fowler gave short speeches to McRobbie’s two receptionists. “Given currently existing political and scientific realities, it is pretty clear to us that this is not just something McRobbie might want to do, it’s what he should do,” Cammenga said. The letter asks McRobbie to make a public statement urging the IU Foundation to refrain from the use of fossil fuels. IU has a history of resisting the pressure to become more environmentally friendly despite the

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

High Proof event brings comedy IU pulls last-minute to Cardinal Spirits distillery win against Penn State By Brian Gamache

bgamache@indiana.edu

Cardinal Spirits and the Limestone Comedy Festival put on their first High Proof Laughs comedy show Monday night. A packed crowd filled the restored industrial space along with dangling lights, a concrete floor, glass bottles and a bare wood ceiling. Featuring four Bloomingtonand Indianapolis-area comedians, the collaboration is the first in what the sponsors hope will become a quarterly event. “I’ve always been a performer,” said Stephanie Lochbihler, an IU social psychology Ph.D. candidate featured at the event. “It’s the only thing you can do spontaneously. You’re your own script. You’re your own actor.” This event showcased Kristen Lucas, winner of the 2016 “Funniest Person in Bloomington” contest; Austin Reel, an Indianapolis comedian and regular at Morty’s Comedy

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Bloomington resident Kristen Lucas performs some of her comedy pieces on politics, queer topics, along with personal experiences Monday night at Cardinal Spirits. A resident of Bloomington for 12 years, she spoke about the city and personal community.

Joint; Lochbihler, named one of the top 10 up-and-coming female comedians on ambitious.com; and Indianapolis-based Dwight Simmons, who is the host of a web series called BrewTube Comedy.

The show had an unconventional setting in Cardinal Spirits, which opened two years ago to become Bloomington’s first craft distillery. SEE CARDINAL, PAGE 5

Through three quarters between IU women’s basketball and Penn State on Monday night, no one had quite seized control of the game. The Hoosiers held a slim lead at half, and the Nittany Lions clung to a onepoint lead entering the fourth. On a night when neither team shot the ball particularly well, it seemed apparent that whoever put together a late run would take command for good. The Hoosiers came out hot in the final frame and grabbed a lead they would never let slip as IU defeated Penn State 72-64 in Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. “We needed to respond there in the beginning of the fourth, and

I thought we did in a big way,” IU Coach Moren said. “I think we went to (senior forward) Jenn Anderson a couple times and got high percentage shots, and then from there we got to the free-throw line, which was big for us, especially in the fourth.” With Penn State holding a 45-44 lead as the fourth quarter began, Moren was focused on locking down defensively. Doing that, she said, would lead to effective offense. The Hoosiers allowed just two points in the first seven minutes of the fourth, and by then IU was firmly in control. On the offensive end, IU made just three baskets in the fourth quarter but shot 24 free throws. Junior guard Tyra Buss went 8 of 8 from the stripe in the quarter and led all IU scorers with 21 points in the game. She echoed Moren’s sentiments that defense was the primary focus as the game wound down. SEE BASKETBALL, PAGE 5

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