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Chip Ganassi Racing driver Marcus Ericsson wins 106th Indianapolis 500
Faculty call on administration to recognize graduate worker union
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Students march at one of Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition-United Graduate Workers rallies April 14, 2022, around Ballantine Hall's courtyard. Nearly 2,000 faculty members voted on resolutions supporting the strike. By Marissa Meador
marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Marcus Ericsson won the 106th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Ericsson started in fifth position. By Ellie Albin
ealbin@iu.edu | @EllieAlbin1
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Marcus Ericsson won the 106th Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Ericsson, who started in fifth position, was leading the pack when a caution came out on lap 194 — which turned into a red flag, meaning the cars had to stop — due to fellow Chip Ganassi Racing driver Jimmie Johnson wrecking in turn two.
Once the race was green again, Ericsson held off Arrow McLaren SP driver Pato O’Ward. The race saw a sixth and final caution, though, when Sage Karam wrecked. Ericsson won under caution. Ericsson, 31, hails from Kumla, Sweden. Before he came to the NTT IndyCar Series, he competed in Formula 1 from 2014 to 2018. This is his first Indianapolis 500 win, but he had two IndyCar
wins under his belt — at Detroit and Nashville, both in 2021 — before his Indianapolis 500 victory on Sunday. This is Chip Ganassi Racing’s fifth Indianapolis 500 win and first since Dario Franchitti in 2012. Fellow Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon, a popular pick to win Sunday’s race, did not enjoy the same success as his teammate. Though Dixon led at the 200, 300 and 400-mile marks, he
received a penalty for speeding in the pits late in the race. Dixon now, however, holds the record for total laps led at the Indianapolis 500 with 665. Alex Palou, another pre-race favorite and teammate of Ericsson, also received a penalty for a pit violation. Palou received his for going into the pits while they were closed to drivers. The next NTT IndyCar Series race is on June 5 in Detroit. Heading into the
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Detroit Grand Prix, Ericsson now leads the championship in points with 226. 106th Indianapolis 500 Top Ten
1. Marcus Ericsson 2. Pato O’Ward 3. Tony Kanaan 4. Felix Rosenqvist 5. Alexander Rossi 6. Conor Daly 7. Helio Castroneves 8. Simon Pagenaud 9. Alex Palou 10. Santino Ferrucci
BASEBALL
COLUMN: How Indiana got a spot in an action-packed Big Ten Tournament with its back against the wall
Little 500 weekend shooting suspect arrested, charged
By Matthew Byrne
matbyrne@iu.edu | @MatthewByrne1
The magic finally ran out for Indiana baseball in the semi-final of the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana’s season is most likely over — only a championship performance would have granted them a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers broke and replaced numerous records in the conference tourney, but were eliminated 14-2 against twoseed Rutgers in a game that ran past 4 a.m. ET Sunday morning. Yes, that timing is correct. It was a chaotic four days, but this stretch wasn’t as messy as the first nine conference games of the regular season. Indiana lost its first three conference series to Northwestern, Purdue and Rutgers. A six-run rally fell short against Northwestern, Indiana narrowly lost 16-15 to Purdue and Rutgers hit two home runs in the same inning in a walk-off win to cement its three-game sweep. It wasn’t pretty to watch. Before playing Rutgers, Indiana was coming off a five-run ninth-inning rally in a 6-5 midweek win at Indiana State. The three losses to first-place Rutgers, all by two runs or less, crushed the momentum. Indiana was 2-7 in conference play in April, and the Big Ten Tournament looked out of the equation. The top eight teams make
IU faculty overwhelmingly voted in support of the graduate worker strike, including protection from being fired for striking and calling on the administration to recognize the union, according to a press release on May 23. After a special meeting of the Bloomington Faculty Council on May 9, resolutions regarding the graduate worker strike were sent to all faculty members to be voted on via a remote ballot. Resolution 1 emphasized shared governance and affirmed that graduate worker supervision falls on the department each student belongs to rather than the provost. The resolution called for graduate workers to be reappointed for the summer immediately and affirmed no graduate worker should be fired for striking. Resolution 1 passed with 83.8% in favor. Resolution 3b defined graduate workers as both students and employees who have the right to organize and strike. The resolution called for the administration to engage in meaningful dialogue with the graduate workers and work towards union representation. Resolution 3b passed with 73.4 percent in favor. 1,912 of 2,900 voting-eligible faculty members filled out ballots. The resolutions will be sent to the Provost and Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs over the next few days, according to the press release.
By Marissa Meador
marnmead@iu.edu | @marissa_meador
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Freshman third basemen Josh Pyne fields a ground ball on the hop during the game against Purdue Fort Wayne on March 9, 2022, at Bart Kaufman Field. IU lost to Rutgers on Sunday morning 2-14, officially ending their season.
the tournament each year, but the Hoosiers were on the outside looking in. Then came the surge that slingshotted Indiana into Big Ten Tournament
contention. The Hoosiers won their next four consecutive conference series against Nebraska, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. There were multiple
positive performances. Freshman Josh Pyne hit the team’s first walk-off against Illinois. Carter Mathison broke the freshman home run record at
Michigan. Ty Bothwell threw seven no-hit innings to clinch the series against Minnesota. SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 4
A Bloomington man has been charged with attempted murder and carrying a handgun without a license in connection with the shooting of a 26-year-old man that occurred April 23, during Little 500 weekend, according to the Herald-Times. Michael V. Carson Jr., 33, was arrested on May 26. He is currently being held in the Monroe County Jail. Carson was determined to be a suspect after witnesses identified him as the person who fired a gun in response to an altercation. The incident was captured on video surveillance near Sixth and Lincoln streets. The shooting occurred within a half hour of the shooting at Kalao Restaurant and Nightclub but was determined to be unrelated. Officers on the scene found a man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen in the passenger seat of a car. He was taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital and transferred to an Indianapolis hospital by helicopter May 16.