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Thursday, April 19, 2018

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2018 LITTLE 500 RACE GUIDE Find team jerseys, photos and more all inside the 2018 Little 500 race guide on stands now and online at idsnews.com/little500.

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Little 500 provokes extra police measures By Caroline Anders anders6@iu.edu | @clineands

Historic Little 500 crime numbers Over the last five years of Little 500 weeks, the IU Police Department responded to an average of 131 calls per week.

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Freshman outfielder Taylor Lambert gets tagged out at the plate as she attempts to put IU's first points on the board. The Hoosiers would eventually score, but ultimately lost to Louisville, 11-7, April 18 at Andy Mohr Field.

IU can’t come back versus Cardinals By Phillip Steinmetz psteinme@iu.edu | @PhillipHoosier

The nonconference struggles continued for IU softball with Louisville in town Wednesday night. After the Cardinals took a 4-0 lead through four innings, IU came back to make it a 4-3 game. But Louisville flexed its muscles in the top of the seventh to take a 11-3 advantage. Despite the fight from IU at the end to come back into the game, the lead was too much to overcome, and Louisville won 11-7. “What I was disappointed with was that we got outplayed in all facets of the game today, from being outhit, on the mound and had five errors,” IU Coach Shonda Stanton said. “I felt like we didn’t compete and have the right mindset tonight. We had the opportunity to make some plays and didn’t make them.” Neither team could find an offensive groove in the first two innings as Louisville kept IU in

check. But the Cardinals scored the first run of the game in the top of the third after knocking a long basesloaded RBI to left field.

“I felt like we didn’t compete and have the right mindset tonight. We had the opportunity to make some plays and didn’t make them.” Shonda Stanton, IU softball coach

In the bottom of the third, IU had a great chance to get back into the game after Louisville walked two of the first three batters. But a groundout from senior outfielder Rebecca Blitz and strikeout from sophomore outfielder Gabbi Jenkins ended the scoring opportunity. The following inning saw both teams do the same thing, but

Louisville capitalized in scoring position. The Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs before a wild pitch and single to right field plated three more runs to make it a 4-0 advantage. IU had a chance to get back into the game with two on in the bottom of the fourth, but backto-back pop-ups left the Hoosiers scoreless. “I was pleased going down 4-0 because we know as of late we’ve been good defensively and put up a lot of runs in the fifth through seventh inning,” Stanton said. After a walk from senior infielder Taylor Uden, Blitz singled to left field in the bottom of the fifth to give the Hoosiers their first hit of the day. The single also was Blitz’s 223rd hit in her career, which moved her to third all-time in IU history. A passed ball then moved both IU runners into scoring position. The Hoosiers almost had their first run of the day after a Jenkins single, but the runner was tagged out at

home despite it looking like the Louisville catcher was blocking the base path, which is illegal. Freshman catcher Maddie Westmoreland got the Hoosiers on the board with a single up the middle to plate two runs. Louisville threatened with another basesloaded situation in the top of the sixth, but IU got out of the jam unscathed. The Hoosiers had a chance to take their first lead of the day in the bottom of the sixth but came up short. After Louisville walked back-toback batters, junior infielder Sarah Galovich laid down a sacrifice bunt to put both runners in scoring position. Sophomore designated hitter Bella Norton followed that up with a perfect bunt of her own to bring a run in for the Hoosiers. However, a pop up and strikeout halted the IU momentum as SEE SOFTBALL, PAGE 6

An average of 69, or 53 percent, of those calls came in over the weekend of the race. In comparison, IUPD received 28 calls last weekend. Of the weekend calls, an average of 37 percent were in relation to alcohol offenses. Each weekend of the last five Little 500 races, IUPD received at least one call about a sex crime. Three rapes were reported to the Bloomington Police Department over last year’s Little 500 weekend. In 2017, BPD reported 42 arrests over Little 500 weekend. Indiana State Police reported 114. Excise police reported arresting or citing 151. Murder during Little 500 IU student Hannah Wilson, a senior at the time, went missing during Little 500 weekend in 2015. She was later found bludgeoned to death. Wilson was 22 at the time of her death. Daniel Messel was convicted of her murder. The Bloomington man was sentenced to 80 years in prison for the Wilson case and was charged in relation to an alleged 2012 rape of a different IU student in fall 2016. Don’t fear police, IUPD says IUPD Capt. Craig Munroe said students should not hesitate to call IUPD if they’re at a party and someone is causing problems. He said it’s better to call than to wait for police to show up later. He also encouraged students to familiarize themselves with Indiana’s Lifeline Law and always be respectful toward police. “We're out there trying to protect you,” he said. “What it’s really all about is taking care of each other.” Plan to make this weekend a safe one Little 500 weekend was not heavily SEE HISTORY, PAGE 6

Punk singer Paul Mahern to teach punk history class By Emily Abshire eabshire@iu.edu | @emily_abs

Paul Mahern was the only punk rocker in his 5,000-student Indianapolis high school in the late 1970s. He wore a leather jacket and his hair spiked, just like one of his top influences, Sid Vicious, singer and bassist of the Sex Pistols. Now he has long, flowing white hair and still fronts the punk band he joined in high school, Zero Boys. Mahern will bring his expertise and professional experience in punk to IU students in a new class for fall 2018. He will teach MUS-Z 320: History of Punk Rock, which starts at the birth of garage rock in the '60s and makes its way to 2018. “In this class we will investigate what happens when generations of young people choose the electric guitar as a weapon against boredom and a rigged system,” Mahern wrote in the class syllabus. Mahern said he's been asked several times to write concise definitions of punk and the class, but he said it will take a few years of teaching the course before he can

decide how to whittle it down. He said punk is most centrally about honest self-expression and truthful communication. “Get a guitar and express yourself," he said. "Expressing yourself and telling your truth, scream it with an electric guitar, that’s punk. If what you’re saying is real to you, that’s punk.” This class will add to the music history courses Jacobs School of Music offers in the Music in General Studies program, which includes MUS-Z 201-203: History of Rock ’n’ Roll Music I-III, MUSZ 200: History of the Blues, MUSZ 393: History of Jazz and artist, genre and era-specific classes. Mahern has been teaching MSCH-P 353: Audio Production in the Media School for nine years while also working 40 hours a week in his Bloomington studio. He stills works with Indiana and local bands, including John Mellencamp. The Indianapolis Star put Mahern at No. 15 in the top 25 Indiana musicians of all time. Mahern hadn’t considered teaching a punk class until he was approached by current music professors Glenn Gass and Andy

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Paul Mahern, punk rocker professor at IU, performs in his band Zero Boys. Mahern has taught MSCH-P 353: Audio Production in the Media School for nine years and will be teaching MUS-Z 320: History of Punk Rock starting in the fall.

Hollinden, who wanted to add more courses to the Music in General Studies program. Mahern started piecing together playlists, which would eventually constitute each class. As of now, the class begins with the Trashmen, Lesley Gore, 13th

Floor Elevators and the Velvet Underground, among others. “As soon as you start having a discussion with your peers, my punk rock peers, they’re immediately, they’re like, ‘Oh yeah, well, what was the first punk rock song?’, which I think is a boring

conversation,” he said. Once he figured out where to start, he continued breaking down the playlists through time and location. “It’s like a puzzle,” he said. “You make a playlist, and you kind of develop that one section, and then you realize, ‘Oh no, I need that song from that one playlist in this playlist.'" The class covers proto-punk in Detroit and Europe, then punk on the East Coast, before settling on a full day for the Ramones between 1976 and 1980. Then the course expands on the East Coast before bouncing to British punk and a full day of the Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols are the epicenter of punk, Mahern said. Everything before was moving toward that and everything after was a reflection. The rest of the class includes new wave, post-punk, no wave, hardcore and pop punk, with focuses on the Clash, Nirvana, Green Day and the women of punk. “In today’s world, some people SEE PUNK, PAGE 6


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