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By Lindsay Moore liramoor@indiana.edu | @_lindsaymoore

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IU Coach Tom Crean talks to Yogi Ferrell, Collin Hartman and Hanner Mosquera-Perea before they enter the game against Michigan on Sunday at Assembly Hall. “They’re making tremendous strides on and off the court,” Crean said of his team after the game. “I’m proud of them.”

GROWING UP 70-67 IU finishes close win against Michigan By Alden Woods aldwoods@indiana.edu | @acw9293

IU just needed one stop. Up three points with 17.9 seconds left, the only thing the Hoosiers couldn’t allow was a 3-pointer. Michigan started swinging the ball around the perimeter. Michigan Coach John Beilein said the plan was to get the ball to leading scorer Zak Irvin, but he couldn’t find space for a shot. Everywhere the ball went, multiple white jerseys followed. First it swung to the right corner, then back around to the left, where guard Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman was uncovered. As he lined up the game-tying shot, two Hoosiers closed out, but couldn’t get there in time. He missed. A line drive of a jump shot clanged off the short side of the rim as the buzzer sounded. IU held on, taking a 7067 win in Assembly Hall. “I don’t think any of us would take this and call these our best games of the year, but I know our guys fought and (Beilein’s) guys fought,” Crean said. “And I think that’s the bottom line.” IU controlled the game from the outset. It took the lead 95 seconds after the opening tip, never giving it back. The lead stretched to as many as 11 points in the second half before a late Michigan run.

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Basket Case, page 9 The Hoosiers have improved their performance in close games this season.

‘Good Kids’ opens at IU Theatre

TOP IU PERFORMERS Points Williams, 20 Rebounds Williams, 8 Assists Ferrell, 6 With 78 seconds to play, IU led by six, only to allow Michigan within one shot of overtime. Crean said his team’s ability to adapt to the situation and change how it played won the game. “You’re only as good as your ability to adjust,” he said. “You’re only as good as your ability to make the plays that need to be made when they need to be made.” Forward Troy Williams continued his breakout sophomore season as he led the Hoosiers with 20 points and eight rebounds. After giving the ball away four times in the first half, Williams didn’t commit a turnover in the second period. He did much of his scoring from the foul line, converting all eight of his free throw attempts. Junior Yogi Ferrell added 18 points and six assists. Freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. and junior forward SEE HOOSIERS, PAGE 6

By Lanie Maresh emaresh@indiana.edu

Freshman guard James Blackmon Jr. shoots during IU’s game against Michigan on Sunday at Assembly Hall. Blackmon had 13 points in his return from injury.

Blackmon Jr. returns from his ankle injury, almost records double-double By Sam Beishuizen sbeishui@indiana.edu | @Sam_Beishuizen

James Blackmon Jr. didn’t waste much time answering any questions about his health. Seven minutes into IU’s 7067 win against Michigan, the freshman guard connected on a 3-pointer to spark a 12-6 IU run. On the next Michigan possession, he blocked a layup attempt by Michigan’s Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman. By that point, it was obvious his ankle was fine after he missed two practices and

Tuesday’s game against Wisconsin. He was on his way to grabbing eight rebounds and scoring 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting. “I was so excited to get back out there,” Blackmon said. “It was so hard to sit out.” Blackmon’s return to the court was a welcome addition to IU down the stretch. With Michigan’s zone creating problems for a handful of teams in the Big Ten already, Blackmon was there to help IU break it down. SEE BLACKMON, PAGE 6

Education, economics are key in Obama visit By Daniel Metz dsmetz@indiana.edu | @DanielSMetz

An excited audience anxiously awaited the arrival of the President of the United States at Ivy Tech Community College on Friday. Obama came to Indianapolis to deliver a speech to a select number of state officials, education administrators and students at Ivy Tech. It was the seventh visit that he has made to Indiana since his inauguration in 2009. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard walked up to the podium and introduced Obama, who then entered the auditorium and greeted the crowd with a booming “Hello, Hoosiers!” Obama mentioned a number of important policy initiatives in his speech, particularly education, the economy and recent trends of civic engagement.

It’s on us. This was the overarching message from Friday’s meeting on the new Sexual Misconduct Policy, Title IX compliance and Student Welfare Initiative. In addition to an hourlong presentation on the new policies, Chief Student Welfare and Title IX Officer Emily Springston and Chief Policy Officer Jenny Kincaid answered questions from the audience, which was comprised primarily of IU staff and faculty. Springston’s presentation described the line of defense against sexual misconduct on campus: It’s on the Title IX Coordinator and deputies to oversee sexual misconduct reports, it’s on the faculty to report and encourage students to report sexual misconduct and it’s on the students to continually shape the campus culture. “I would argue that some of the most effective things we can do right now are get the message out there that this is not tolerated,” Springston said. “The more people who speak up and the more we have campaigns like ‘It’s On Us,’ with people just vocalizing, you make the norm that this is not tolerated behavior. We will start to shun and make the people who may engage in this behavior feel less and less comfortable in that action.” The new policies and initiatives are in response to the compliance review of the University’s handlings of sexual harassment and sexual violence complaints under Title IX. The Department of Education informed IU President Michael McRobbie on March 12, 2014 that IU would be under review and requested 33 different counts of information, including documentation of all sexual harassment complaints and their hearings from the 20112012 school year, according to documents obtained by the Indiana Daily Student. “This community has, for a long time, done a lot of work, as has the campus,” Associate Dean of Students Carol McCord said. “This is a new initiative and push — that’s good, absolutely great. In fact, I think if we didn’t have this national attention

How Obama’s plan affects IU, page 5 Where are students going for their general education courses? “We found out that America’s businesses added another 267,000 jobs,” Obama said. “In 2014, our economy created more than 3.1 million jobs, and that’s the best year of job growth since the 1990s. Over the past 59 months, the private sector has added about 11.8 million, and that’s the longest streak of private sector job growth in our history.” Behind the podium, a blue sign was affixed to the wall, which read “Middle Class Economics.” “Middle-class economics ... means helping middle-class families afford childcare and healthcare, make it a little easier to pay for

As junior A.J. Brettell walked by the Theatre Building on his way to class last week, the banner for “Good Kids” abruptly stopped him. “As soon as I saw that, it immediately hit me because I experienced it all firsthand,” Brettell said. “I definitely wanted to dive deeper and see what it was all about.” Brettell lived in Steubenville, Ohio, during the summer of 2012, when a high school girl was sexually assaulted by a few of her football player peers at a party. This case became widespread once the football players tweeted, posted pictures and published videos of the assault on social media. Once the posts reached students and parents in the town, national news recognized not only the issue of sexual assault but social media’s status as a main method of communication. Based loosely on that event, “Good Kids” opened Friday at the Wells-Metz Theatre. Its goal was to explain the true definition of consent and the power social media holds in society today. Prior to the show, a panel of individuals from the sexual assault violence support networks located on campus and in the Bloomington area gathered in the Theatre Building to discuss the issue of sexual assault. After each of the panelists introduced themselves, Jonathan Michaelsen, director and IU Theatre department chair, asked participants if they felt sexual assault is an issue that has gotten better or worse over the years. “I’ve worked here since 1990, and I personally feel that I am far busier now than I have ever been in terms of clients,” said Debbie Melloan, a counselor for Sexual Assault Crisis Services. “I want to believe it’s that more people feel comfortable coming for help, and I think we as a university and the culture at large know there’s a lot more openness talking about SEE GOOD KIDS, PAGE 6

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President Obama discusses middle-class economics and affordable higher SEE OBAMA, PAGE 6 education at Ivy Tech Community College on Friday afternoon.

GOOD KIDS $15 for students, $25 for adults Tuesday-Saturday, Wells-Metz Theatre


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