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How the assaults of 2 IU students unfolded By Nyssa Kruse nakruse@iu.edu | @NyssaKruse
A man and his megaphone Mayor John Hamilton's State of the City address was cut short by protesters Thursday.
By Caroline Anders anders6@umail.iu.edu | @clineands
Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton’s State of the City address began Thursday night, but his planned speech was never finished. The mayor opened by talking about the Parkland, Florida, school shooting which happened Wednesday afternoon. He quickly moved on to address a hot topic in Bloomington, the city’s purchase of an armored vehicle. He said legitimate concerns had been raised about the purchase. “I think we in government collectively did not air enough of those questions and concerns publicly early enough, and were making up time now,” he said. Vauhxx Booker stood up. Booker, 34, organized a Facebook event called “#Blacklivesmatter Disrupts the State.” after a meeting Tuesday where the Bloomington Police Department addressed the purchase of the vehicle. The city and BPD were aware of the planned protest. Two volunteers stood outside the Buskirk-Chumley Theater before the address handing out fliers that said “Just Say NO! To
Militarized Policing.” Before the event, Booker said he expected to be stopped on his way in. He wasn’t. “You knew we were going to come here tonight,” Booker said as he stood to interrupt the mayor’s speech. “We don’t want a war machine on our streets.” A chant of “Black lives matter” began in the audience. A counterchant of “Let him finish” followed, but was soon drowned out. One man said, “All lives matter.” “All lives can’t matter until black lives matter,” a protester shouted back at him. Al Manns, an attorney and current candidate for judge, moved from his seat to stand in front of the stage and tried to quiet the room. “All my adult life I have participated in sit-ins and protest,” he said. “I follow Dr. Martin Luther King. I support Black Lives Matter. But I don’t think we should shout down our mayor because we disagree with him.” Hamilton requested multiple times to be allowed to proceed with his remarks. Booker pulled out a megaphone. Dorothy Granger, president of the Bloomington City Council,
The jury took less than two hours to convict Vaylan Glazebrook on Friday of 14 felonies, including seven counts of rape and one count of attempted murder. The charges stemmed from crimes in 2014 against two IU students and a Bloomington police officer. Glazebrook, 22, will likely spend the rest of his life in prison, based on the crimes he was convicted of and the lengths of time served for each. His sentencing is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. March 29 in Monroe County Circuit Court. Across four days of the trial, the prosecution presented evidence and testimony that told the story of the early morning of Nov. 9, 2014, when two men terrorized students in their own home. The following is reconstructed from witness testimony, video evidence, photographs and court documents.
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Vauhxx Booker and Steven Dora use a megaphone to protest the recent purchase of an armored truck by the Bloomington Police Department. The protest took place during Thursday’s State of the City Address, and led to the early adjournment of the special session.
called for a 15 minute recess during the address. A shouting match between Booker and some members of City Council began during that time. Curse words were exchanged. At one point, Booker spoke to City Council member Stephen Volan through the megaphone even though he stood only a few feet away. Manns said in some societies, Booker would have been shot for his form of protest. “He can’t win this crowd like that,” he said. Hamilton tried to resume his speech after the recess. He started on script and seemed to address the protesters at one point. It wasn’t possible to hear what he was saying. Granger adjourned the meeting and said the debate was just another SEE MEGAPHONE, PAGE 6
* * * An IU senior went to bed around 1 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2014. She had spent the day before studying before tucking into her blue sheets, watching TV and drifting to sleep. A noise awakened her around 4:30 a.m. She looked up to see a man holding a black handgun. The whites of his eyes stood out to her against his dark skin. “Don’t fucking look at me,” he told SEE GLAZEBROOK, PAGE 6
SOFTBALL
IU picks up their first win after 7 losses By Phillip Steinmetz psteinme@umail.iu.edu | @PhillipHoosier
he brought his vihuela and talked about the different styles from the different regions.”
After dropping the first two games of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, IU softball was one loss away from the worst start in program history. It took a comeback and clutch hitting, but Shonda Stanton was able to pick up her first win as the IU head coach. The Hoosiers went 1-3 on the weekend, splitting the series with Boston College and were swept by Georgia Tech in Atlanta. “I’m excited for them to get the monkey off our back with the first win," Stanton said. The Hoosiers opened the weekend flat against Boston College. They only had two hits on the day and couldn’t overcome the early two run hole. A home run in the seventh inning capped off the game for the Eagles as they took the first one of the series, 4-0. It was an improved effort by IU in the following game against Georgia Tech. But the Yellow Jackets scored three of their four their runs in the third inning after the Hoosiers walked two runs with the bases loaded and a sacrifice fly brought in another. IU again couldn’t find timely hits on the day with runners in scoring position. The Hoosiers had seven hits, including a triple by sophomore outfielder Gabbi Jenkins, but they were still unable to bring someone home. The Yellow Jackets won, 4-1, for their first victory of the season. “I don’t think that they were the
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Pearl of the Midwest brings mariachi to IU By Kathleen Clark-Perez kathleenclarkperez@gmail.com
One can hear the sound of two trumpets, two violins, a guitarrón and a vihuela when entering the La Casa Latino Cultural Center. This is where the mariachi group, Perla del Medio Oeste, or Pearl of the Midwest, conducts their weekly practice. “When I came here, I discovered that being in a big music school meant that there were many different types of music," said Jonathan De La Cruz, a second-year graduate student and the founder of the group. "I didn't understand why there wasn’t mariachi in a huge music school." De La Cruz, originally from Texas, studies jazz at the Jacobs School of Music. He remembered feeling homesick for family and friends when he first arrived in Bloomington and decided to start the group to remind him of home. De La Cruz said starting this band, which he did six months ago, was not easy. “What is very challenging here is starting a group in a community where nobody plays this music and having to teach them from the very beginning,” De La Cruz said. He said when he started the
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Professor Steve Wagschal plays violin with the rest of La Perla del Medio Oeste. The group had rehearsals in La Casa Latino Cultural Center in preparation for performances.
group, it felt like he was alone. However, he said he was fortunate enough to be sponsored by La Casa. Through this sponsorship, they were able to receive a grant to bring
in his mentor from Texas, Tony De La Rosa. "He came and gave a clinic here, and I was so happy, because I got to sing with him again, and
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