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Man faces abuse charges
GREEK HOUSING AGREEMENT
From IDS reports
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Phi Kappa Tau President Noah Gottlieb and presidents of different chapters comment on the details of the agreement in a greek policy meeting Monday evening in the Dogwood Room of the Indiana Memorial Union.
Making it clear SLL, IUPD say greek house agreement does not allow IUPD free search at will, just formalizes current practices By Nyssa Kruse | nakruse@iu.edu | @NyssaKruse
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he controversial house search agreement sent to greek houses earlier this month does not allow IU Police Department to barge into houses at will, IUPD and Student Life and Learning representatives said Monday night in a meeting with fraternity and sorority representatives. The search agreement, which will go into effect when greek houses sign the document, only allows fire and environmental health inspectors to check the house for safety compliance with at least 24 hours prior notice. IUPD can only enter a house when someone is in danger, as in the case of
a 911 call, and beyond that, must operate under normal procedures regarding probable cause and acquiring a warrant. The agreement has received criticism since its release Aug. 8 for potentially infringing on members’ constitutional right to be free from illegal search. The agreement seemed to indicate an ability of IUPD to freely search houses with 24-hour notice, a claim representatives of SLL and IUPD said Monday was not true. “We are not changing anything we’ve ever done operationally,” IUPD Lt. Brice Teter said. “This just formalizes anything we do.” Teter also said IUPD does not have the time to bust up parties on the weekends, as they spend their time answer-
ing emergency calls, and that officers are taught the Fourth Amendment, so they understand the scope of what they can search with probable cause. The housing agreement is supposed to be signed by the end of the month, but director of SLL Stevan Veldkamp said there has been talk of pushing back the deadline and editing the wording and formatting of the document. This could include more clearly separating the IUPD search rights from the search rights of fire and health and safety inspectors, but Veldkamp said he does not know what kinds of edits could be made at this point. During the meeting, greek representatives questioned Teter about what SEE GREEK, PAGE 6
Cody Wasley, 25, was arrested on a preliminary charge of child abuse 6:15 p.m. Sunday after his mother found his girlfriend’s child unresponsive and called police. The child was taken to a Bloomington hospital and transported via helicopter to Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis for surgery. The child, a 4-year-old boy, was found at 703 W. Gourley Pike with bruises on his face, shoulder, rib cage and back and a handprint on his leg, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams said. The boy’s mother said he was not injured when she bathed him at 3:30 p.m. before going to work and leaving him in Wasley’s care, Kellams said. Wasley denied striking the child SEE ABUSE, PAGE 6
2 dead of overdose identified From IDS reports
The man and woman who died Friday of apparent drug overdoses have been identified as Parker Curtis and Ashley Hughes, both of whom were in their early- to mid-20s. The drug found to be the cause of the overdoses was an opioid analgesic, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams said. The substance, typically used on animals, is several times stronger than morphine and is supposed to be used for research only — not human consumption. Curtis and Hughes were found by Hughes’ mother, who called police after finding them dead in an apartment complex at 703. W. Gourley Pike. Autopsies were performed Monday morning by the Monroe County Coroner’s office. Cassie Heeke
ELECTION 2016
FOOTBALL
IU students, residents, respond to Trump’s pitch to African-Americans By Melanie Metzman mmetzman@indiana.edu @melanie_metzman
Donald Trump pitched himself to African-American voters and promised he would win 95 percent of the community’s vote in a hypothetical re-election bid at a rally Friday in Dimondale, Michigan. “You’re living in poverty. Your schools are no good. You have no jobs,” Trump said. “Fifty-eight percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?” Three African-American IU students had negative responses to Trump’s comments. Junior Erin Hopkins said she has come to expect this behavior given Trump’s past remarks, while freshman Quinton Tyler said the claim illustrates Trump’s true personality. Sophomore Kianna Reed said Trump’s comments make her feel like he’s downplaying an entire race. “He’s stereotyping us and making it seem like we don’t have anything going for ourselves,” Reed said. Mark Fraley, chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party, said voters need to remember this is the man who questioned President
Obama’s citizenship. “He doesn’t miss any opportunities to make offensive remarks, whether they’re to African-Americans, Latinos, women or Muslims,” Fraley said. William Ellis, chair of the Monroe County Republican Party, said he wishes Trump would appeal to all Americans rather than segregating by ethnicity or economic class. However, Ellis said he believes Democrats target groups such as “African-Americans, Latinos and soccer moms,” so Trump must respond in kind. It is notable that Dimondale, the Lansing, Michigan, suburb where Trump gave his initial pitch, is a mostly white city, Fraley said. During the 2010 U.S. census, Dimondale was 93 percent white. Clinton is currently beating Trump 91 percent to 1 percent among African-Americans, according to a joint NBC News and Wall Street Journal poll released earlier this month. Fraley said Trump’s speech is not a meaningful effort of outreach to the African-American community. SEE TRUMP, PAGE 6
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Quarterback Nate Sudfeld, offensive lineman Dimitric Camiel (77) and offensive lineman Dan Feeney (67) switch end zones and prepare for the fourth quarter during the game against Western Kentucky on Sept. 19, 2015, at Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers won, 38-35. Feeney’s performance in this game and others resulted in All-American recognition after the season.
Feeney named preseason All-American From IDS reports
ESPN named IU senior offensive lineman Dan Feeney to its college football preseason All-America team Monday. Feeney joins five other Big Ten student-athletes on the list, including Ohio State senior center Pat Elflein on the offensive line. IU Coach Kevin Wilson has praised Feeney many times throughout his playing
career for his consistency and effort. The fifth-year Hoosier enters the 2016 season as a leader both for the team and the offensive line. CBS Sports, the Associated Press, Sports Illustrated and ESPN all recognized Feeney as a first team All-American after the 2015 season. He was a reliable member of an offensive line that included now Green Bay Packers’ lineman Jason Spriggs.
Spriggs was also named a first team All-American after the season, making the pair the fifth and sixth first team All-American offensive linemen in program history. Feeney enters the 2016 campaign on the Outland Trophy Watch List, an award given to the nation’s best interior lineman, for the second season in a row. He has allowed SEE FEENEY, PAGE 6