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Tuesday, April 5, 2016

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Title IX office at IU sees changes Share your story If you are a survivor of sexual assault at Indiana University, we want to hear from you. To share your story with us, email campus@idsnews.com IU reviews sexual assault cases, page 3 The 17 sexual assault cases under review after Casares’ departure will see no changes. By Eman Mozaffar emozaffa@indiana.edu | @emanmozaffar

ARBUTUS FILE PHOTOS

Left Archie Dees, left, was a legendary IU men’s basketball player from 1955 to 1958. Dees died Monday morning. Right Archie Dees, I-Men’s Club president, kisses Marilyn Miller, who was chosen from the nine queens of varsity sports to be Cream and Crimson Day Queen in 1958.

A legend passes Former IU basketball All-American Archie Dees dies at age 80. From IDS Reports

Former IU men’s basketball player Archie Dees died Monday morning at age 80, IU Athletics announced Monday. An All-American, Dees played for IU from 1955-58 and was the first player to win multiple Big Ten MVP awards in ’57 and ’58. “Our condolences go out to Archie’s family and all of his friends,” IU Coach Tom Crean said in the release. “Archie Dees will be remembered for many great things, and being a part of Indiana basketball royalty will be one of them. When Archie was around, we always knew we were around one of the all-time best.” Dees, a native of Ethel, Mississippi, was a star at Mt. Carmel High School in Illinois, where he scored 2,337 points during his career. That record was topped years later by IU sophomore guard Tyra Buss, who tallied

4,897 career points. The two became good friends when Buss followed in Dees’ footsteps and came to IU. Buss paid tribute to Dees with posts on Twitter and Instagram on Monday. “Although he is gone, the special bond we created will remain and he will always be apart of who I am,” Buss tweeted. “RIP Archie.” Dees earned All-American honors during his junior and senior seasons as a Hoosier. When he was selected as Big Ten MVP for the first time in 1957, he received almost as many votes as all other candidates combined. The honor came after Dees averaged 25.4 points, earning him the conference scoring record. During the ’57 season, IU’s star forward set school records in field goals made and attempted and climbed to

third place in career points with 933 in two years. A season later, Dees led the Hoosiers in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1983, before becoming a member of the IU All-Century team in 2001. Dees’ career continued after his time in Bloomington. He was selected by the Cincinnati Royals as the second pick in the 1958 NBA Draft and also played for the Detroit Pistons, Chicago Packers and St. Louis Hawks. Once his basketball career ended, Dees raised a family and returned to Bloomington. On Feb. 22, 2007, thenBloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan honored Dees with an Archie Dees Day. Grace Palmieri

Crescent Ulmer uses songwriting as outlet By TJ Jaeger TJaeger@indiana.edu | @TJ_Jaeger

It sounds cliché, Crescent Ulmer said, but her songs find inspiration through both positive and negative aspects of life. Returning to Bloomington tonight at the Blockhouse, Ulmer will offer new songs and a new sound along with Philadelphia touring bands Roof Doctor and Friendship. The folk singer-songwriter said she has used music as a way to soothe her clinical depression. “It really dragged me down, but writing has always been an outlet,” she said in an email interview. “And then the performance side of it brought me out of my shell, and I realized there’s a lot of people who connect and maybe need to be reminded to keep fighting the good fight.” Traditionally performing as a solo act with her acoustic guitar, Ulmer said she hopes tonight’s performance will shake things up. “For people who don’t follow me on Facebook, let’s just say there will be a very dynamic set and something you can take home with you to remember the show,” she said. Joining Ulmer will be Roof Doctor, a surf-rock band who released its new EP “My Band” last month. Friendship, an indie-country band who released its album “You’re Going To Have To Trust Me” last October, is also performing. Ulmer began her musical career at 15 years old when her neighbor gave her a guitar. From there, she said her guitar

CRESCENT ULMER, ROOF DOCTOR & FRIENDSHIP Tickets: $5 8 p.m. today, the Blockhouse

“I didn’t think I had any talents, but it was such a natural progression. I started playing everywhere.” Crescent Ulmer, folk singer-songwriter

playing developed quickly. “I didn’t think I had any talents, but it was such a natural progression,” she said. “I started playing everywhere. I got this gig playing at Hot Topics all over Indiana, and I would rally friends to come and drag people into the store, which brought me down to Bloomington.” Since moving to Bloomington six years ago, Ulmer has performed in many forms as a musician, she said. Performing mostly as a solo artist, she has also played in a handful of bands, including deadghost with Jake Amrhein of the Indianapolis screamo band WOUNDED KNEE. After meeting Roof Doctor’s Chet Williams at a show in 2012, Ulmer said the two kept in touch, which led to tonight’s show. “We just stayed Facebook friends ever since then,” she said. “So when he asked me, I wanted to set something up really nice for them. I love helping touring bands as much as I can. I like facilitating a great night and being SEE CRESCENT, PAGE 6

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Crescent Ulmer, local singer-songwriter, plays the guitar with local music group the Vallures on Friday evening in front of the Chocolate Moose ice cream shop.

In 2011, the Office of Civil Rights released a “Dear Colleague” letter to all universities in the United States. The document announced new sexual assault prevention and response guidelines for colleges to follow. The IU Office of Student Ethics has since come under compliance review by the federal Office of Student Rights, a measure that has been called routine by IU Administration. Dean of Students Harold “Pete” Goldsmith said the “Dear Colleague” letter has affected the policies of the Office of Student Ethics at IU more than most other events in recent years. The letter said the proposed and implemented changes were to move toward adhering to Title IX — an educational amendment preventing discrimination based on sex. “The published letter increased the standards of evidence required,” Goldsmith said. “Both the respondent and complainant can appeal, and we also changed who heard the appeals.” Since the letter’s release, the Office of Student Ethics, which operates under the Dean of Students Office, has worked to improve its policies and standards in several ways. The office is responsible for listening to sexual assault reports, among other instances of misconduct, and processing the cases through a campus-specific judicial system. Most significantly, Goldsmith said, they have increased investigations on cases and employee training efforts. Emily Springston, chief student welfare and Title IX officer, has been in her University-wide position since the fall 2014 semester. She said recent and future changes in her office, which works closely with the Office of Student Ethics to administer hearings of sexual assault cases, are incremental. “Throughout this time, I have served as the University’s Title IX coordinator, overseeing each campus’s response to reports of sexual misconduct, as well as coordinating IU’s Student Welfare Initiative, aimed at both comprehensive response as well as prevention and education,” Springston said. Since her time at IU, Springston’s office released a sexual misconduct policy in March 2015. This policy updated the scope of sexual assault hearings occurring on campus. The policy restated and updated definitions of consent, discrimination and harassment. It also detailed the procedures for reporting instances of sexual misconduct, confidentiality policies and other updates to comply with Title IX legislation. Springston said one of her office’s primary goals was to improve student outreach, so residents on and off campus can effectively understand what to do to prevent sexual assault, as well as where to go when an incident occurs. The act of developing and altering past policies is a normal procedure within the Title IX office, Springston said. She said her colleagues look at data, student feedback and other SEE TITLE IX, PAGE 6


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