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Thursday, April 13, 2017 | Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com

SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH

IDS Little 500 concert canceled From IDS reports

The Union Board announced the cancellation of its Little 500 Concert, which was scheduled to be headlined by Jeremih and iLoveMakonnen, in a Wednesday press release and cited “unforeseen circumstances.” The concert was slated to be at 9 p.m. April 20 at the IU Auditorium as a kickoff to Little 500 race weekend. Tickets cost between $48.50 and $68.50 for students and will be refunded automatically. This story will be updated as more details become available. Sanya Ali

Council concerned about lack of funding By Alexa Chryssovergis aachryss@indiana.edu | @achryssovergis

Flint, Michigan, is synonymous with the story of its water contamination and a reminder of how necessary clean drinking water is — a luxury often taken for granted in American cities. The Hoosier Environmental Council is concerned with what it sees to be a lack of state funding in the current proposed budget for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s clean drinking water programs, said Tim Maloney, senior policy director at the HEC. Maloney mentioned Flint as a cautionary tale. “Safe drinking water is just essential for both people to be healthy and for communities to be healthy,” he said. IDEM’s Office of Water Quality performs chemical and biological tests on surface and groundwater, regulates drinking water supplies and wastewater facilities, and protects wetlands, according to its website. There are various branches, such as the drinking water branch, surface water, operations, as well as enforcement branch, wastewater compliance and permitting branches within the office. Maloney said Indiana currently has slightly more than 4,000 public drinking water systems in Indiana. But as recommended in the governor’s budget proposal, funding for IDEM’s program remains stagnant in this year’s in-progress budget — something Maloney sees as problematic, especially because of staff cuts and a decrease in appropriations state departments such as IDEM and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources have seen in the past 10 years, he said. The HEC’s website states general fund appropriations for IDEM have declined about $9 million per year in the last 10 years and that IDEM staffing has dipped to 800 positions SEE ENVIRONMENT, PAGE 6

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Attendees of IU Feminist Student Association’s Slut Walk left Dunn Meadow on Wednesday and marched downtown toward the Monroe County Courthouse. Slut Walk is an annual protest during the month of April — Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Feminism for all IU Slut Walk participants protest sexual assault and rape By Rachel Leffers rachelleffers@indiana.edu | @rachelleffers

After marching down Kirkwood Avenue in protest of sexual assault, women and men sat closely to share their own experiences with self-doubt and self-hate after being sexually harassed, groped or raped. One woman told the confidants her experience with isolation and shame after breaking up with an abusive boyfriend.

Another spoke about her struggle coming to terms with being raped by her boyfriend. Some women wore T-shirts and jeans, and others their bras and shorts as they gathered in Dunn Meadow. One woman, unabashed, wore nothing but jeans and silver star stickers over each breast. The women, along with some men, marched down Kirkwood to the Monroe County Courthouse to participate in IU’s annual Slut Walk. “Whatever we wear,

wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no,” the marchers chanted. A Slut Walk is a national movement which calls for an end to rape culture and sexual harassment by engaging in peaceful protest. IU’s annual Slut Walk is organized by the Feminist Student Association to raise awareness of sexual assault and victim blaming. Sophomore Lucy Battersby, FSA’s director of communications, said the goal of the march

If you have reported or been accused of sexual assault at IU and you are willing to share your story, contact us at investigations@idsnews.com is to provide marginalized and underrepresented people with an environment where they feel comfortable openly discussing issues relating to sexual assault regardless of their genSEE FEMINISM, PAGE 6

IU’s spring football game takes new shape By Jordan Guskey jguksey@indiana.edu | @JordanGuskey

Coach Tom Allen’s twist on IU football’s spring game has set Twitter ablaze. A four-round draft, sandwiched between two free agent periods, took place Sunday to pick part of the Cream and Crimson team rosters. Even before the draft, Allen said Saturday he was enjoying watching the trash talk unfold. Offensive coordinator Mike DeBord, Cream’s head coach, and defensive line coach Mark Hagen, his equal for Crimson, have traded blows with players in Twitter threads and boasted the superiority of their teams. Even the official Twitter account for the program has stoked the fire. The new strategy for IU’s 2017 spring game, Allen’s second with the Hoosiers but first as head coach, has given the game a level of hype that just wasn’t as palpable a year ago. “It’s a way for us to have a lot of fun with it,” Allen said. “But we are going to have two complete teams. They’re going to play a game there on Thursday night, so it should be a whole lot of fun, excited to see our guys compete and try and win.” Allen picked up the idea from Willie Taggart, who was the head coach at South Florida when Allen was the defensive coordinator for the Bulls. Taggart has since moved on to the head coaching job at Oregon. The entire athletic department, all the way up to IU Athletics Director Fred Glass and former Hoosier

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IU Coach Tom Allen walks through football players during practice in March in the John Mellencamp Pavilion. Allen has changed the format of IU’s spring game this year and brought a new level of energy to the event.

football great Anthony Thompson, who holds an associate athletic director role with IU, have dogs in the fight. Glass is the president of the Crimson team, while Thompson is the president of its opponent. Glass said in a video posted to the IU football Twitter account that the two will likely have a side bet dependent upon who wins, although the stipulations of the bet will remain confidential. “We’re looking forward to the winner-take-all nature of the game,” Glass said in the video. “It’s for all the spring marbles.” It will be the first time fans will

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see the new system DeBord and the other new offensive coaches are implementing. Allen said he’s been impressed with the leadership shown by veterans of the offensive line, receiving corps and rising senior quarterback Richard Lagow. While the makeup of the teams means each offense that lines up will be a mix of first- and secondteam players, Allen said they will still jell with their new system. “They believe in it,” Allen said. “Our offensive coaches, led by coach DeBord, are doing a great job of creating that culture of buy-in and holding them accountable for the

way we want to practice, the way we want to perform each and every day.” During IU’s spring game, set to kick off at 7:06 p.m. Thursday night and be broadcast live on BTN2GO — it will be aired on Big Ten Network on tape delay at 9:30 p.m. — DeBord, the coach staff and the players will work to beat the same people they work with in practice. Once the game ends, that’ll stop. “Closest team in America!” Lagow tweeted Wednesday. “Trash talk is fun, but don’t think for a second we all won’t be together hanging out as soon as the game is over.”

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