IDS WELCOME BACK EDITION 2013
This is your Welcome Back Edition 2013 What’s inside CAMPUS
SPORTS
School of Journalism, COAS merger update — A6
Going pro at the NBA draft — C1
REGION
WEEKEND
A second chance at life — B6
Summer’s not over yet — D1
OPINION
ARTS
America’s racial realities — B9
What to expect at Lotus Fest 2013 — D9
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A SEASON TO REMEMBER
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IU players dog pile on one another as they celebrate their victory over the FSU Seminoles and earn a ticket to the College World Series in Omaha.
IU’s historic season ends with 1-0 loss to Oregon State BY JOE POPELY jpopely@indiana.edu
OMAHA, Neb. — From the get go, it appeared the Hoosiers never really had a chance. When it needed offense — one of its strengths — the IU baseball team could not muster up an attack at the worst possible time. Oregon State eliminated the Hoosiers from the College World Series behind a dominant effort by Beavers’ starter Matt Boyd, who fired a complete-game shutout in OSU’s 1-0 win June 19 at TD Ameritrade Park. IU (49-16) had one last bit of life with two outs in the ninth when sophomore first baseman Sam Travis blooped a single to right-center before freshman second baseman Nick Ramos grounded out to 3rd, ending the Hoosiers’ season.
Local group seeks new location for shelter BY JACLYN LANSBERY jlansber@indiana.edu
“All I hope is that whether it’s two hours from now, two days from now, two months from now, that they can sit back and say they were part of the greatest baseball team in Indiana history,” IU Coach Tracy Smith said. The pitching was certainly strong — IU entered the CWS with the nation’s eighth-best ERA — and performed well in Omaha, as the Hoosiers allowed just six runs in three games. But the team’s hallmark all season was its strong offense, and in Omaha, it never really showed up. IU struck out 38 times over the three games, scoring all of six runs. “It was definitely frustrating,” Travis said. “The bats have been there all year and we come down there and they just SEE BASEBALL, PAGE A10
At the end of summer 2012, IU graduate Samantha Harrell discovered the summer emergency shelter Genesis House would not reopen in Bloomington next year. Time passed, and it was rumored the shelter wouldn’t really close. By February 2013, about two months before Genesis would begin taking in patrons, no one had done anything. That’s when Harrell, who graduated from the IU School of Social Work in May, and seven other social workers decided to open Ubuntu Shelter, a temporary Bloomington emergency shelter that would run through this year only until Nov. 1.
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With fans watching from above the dugout, the IU baseball team celebrates a 2-0 victory over University of Louisville after IU’s first game in the College World Series June 14 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb.
The Ubuntu Working Group organized a public meeting June 26 at the Monroe County Public Library Auditorium where Ubuntu members described their proposal for a new shelter. “We were kind of seeking out new faces because we really wanted to reach out to the community and we really wanted new connections,” Hailey Butchart said. “Because we have contacted so many people at this point, we’re looking for new connections and new leads.” Despite tornado warnings, about SEE UBUNTU, PAGE A3
Student basketball season tickets reduced BY JORDAN LITTMAN littmanj@indiana.edu
IU has sold its 10th highest annual total of student season tickets for football and basketball with 14,369 purchases as of July 18, per assistant athletic director for ticket operations Michael Roberts. As a result, students who have purchased the plan will have
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access to only eight home men’s basketball games this season. Because IU designates only approximately 8,000 seats in Assembly Hall for students each game — and more than 8,000 individual packages have been sold — the athletic department chose to limit
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