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BACK ON TOP IU baseball wins the Big Ten regular season title for the first time since 2014
MCSO looking for driver in hit-and-run By Emily Isaacman eisaacma@iu.edu | @emilyisaacman
By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_
On Senior Day at Bart Kaufman Field, it was two of IU’s seniors leading the celebration as a dogpile ensued in the middle of the infield. Senior catcher Ryan Fineman flipped the ball in the air and tossed his mask to the ground as
he caught the final strike. Senior pitcher Pauly Milto was the first one out of the dugout. With a 13-3 win Saturday over Rutgers, IU clinched the outright Big Ten regular season title. In his final game in Bloomington, it was Fineman who first lifted the Big Ten trophy. IU’s Big Ten title is the seventh in program history and the third
over the last seven years. IU's last title was in 2014. IU also won the 2013 title. IU Head Coach Jeff Mercer becomes the first Big Ten coach to win a conference title in his first year since 1982. Mercer’s team lost just one series in Big Ten play this season. Mercer’s team put itself in position to win the Big Ten when it took
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Senior catcher Ryan Fineman takes a deep breath before batting May 16 at Bart Kaufman Field. IU played Rutgers and won, 7-5.
The Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office is looking for information on the driver in a hit-and-run Monday that left a Bloomington man dead, Monroe County Sheriff Brad Swain said. Michael Brooks, 41, was pronounced dead at IU Health Bloomington Hospital at 11:02 p.m. Monday, Monroe County Coroner Joani Shield said in an email. An autopsy performed Tuesday in Terre Haute, Indiana, showed he died of blunt force trauma to the head. A person driving on East Indiana State Road 45 called 911 Monday evening to report a man who looked to be bleeding and unresponsive along the side of the road, Swain said. Swain said Brooks was alive when deputies arrived on scene, but he was not responsive. Deputies saw a damaged bicycle nearby and assumed the man was struck by a motor vehicle while biking. A neighbor reported hearing a crash about 30 minutes earlier. The man said he didn’t look into it further because he looked outside and didn’t see anything. Brooks was an employee at Upland Brewing Company Bloomington Brewpub. The brewery started a GoFundMe page for his family and children Thursday, which raised $2,930 in its first four hours. The City of Bloomington Facebook page addressed the incident in a post early Thursday morning, extending condolences and apologizing for posting about the city’s bicycle safety the same day. “As soon as the accident was brought to our attention, we hid the post from our timeline,” the Thursday post read. “As the post is part of the public record, we are required not to delete it.” Swain said he encourages anyone who has information on the incident or sees cars with recent damage to make an anonymous call at 812-349-2727.
Passengers hospitalized Foster Quad closes following mold outbreak after single -car crash two of three games from Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. With that series victory, IU was able to cut SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 3
By Claire Peters
clapete@iu.edu | @claire_peterss
All Foster Quad residence halls, multiple surrounding sidewalks and the circle drive will be closed for renovation from May 14 to June 14, 2020 ,as a result of the mold outbreak. This is part of a larger plan to renovate Foster, McNutt Quad and Teter Quad, according to an IU press release. IU spokesperson Chuck Carney said the university had already planned to renovate Foster, but the project was moved up a year because of issues with mold in the dorms. “We believe that this renovation in Foster and McNutt will very certainly fix the mold issue,” Carney said in an email. Residence halls will be getting completely new heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. He said the old HVAC systems in the rooms were part of what contributed to the mold growth problems. “This represents a more than $170 million investment in new or renovated student housing on the Bloomington campus,” according to an IU press release. This $170 million is a portion of a $300 million student housing plan IU approved in 2018 to be completed over six years. Both Foster and McNutt are currently undergoing complete
By Emily Isaacman eisaacma@iu.edu | @emilyisaacman
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John W. Foster Quadrangle will be closed for renovations. The building will re-open in June.
renovations and are following roughly the same process, Carney said. The renovations in Teter Hoffman, Thompson and Wissler are scheduled to be completed this summer, which will allow the buildings to be open for students in the fall 2019 semester, according to the release.
Each room will get a new HVAC system and improved fresh air ducts, according to the IU Capital Planning and Facilities website. The renovations will also replace building-wide systems such as heating distribution, chilled water and fire prevention. Foster Quad renovations will
include new windows, roofs and electrical systems. Carney said each day there will be about 100 construction personnel working on site. “The completion date is July 2020, so they will be ready for the 20-21 academic year,” Carney said. “We don’t expect that schedule to change.”
A car crashed into the guardrail on Interstate 69 early Saturday morning and ejected three passengers from the vehicle, according to a Saturday Facebook post from Northern Monroe County Fire Territory. There were eight passengers in the car. A silver 2004 Honda Pilot struck the guardrail in the southbound lanes just north of the Sample Road exit, according to a Facebook post from the Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office. The car rolled over and slid into the middle of the Interstate. Three passengers were thrown from the back of the vehicle. A 21-year-old man broke his leg and experienced head trauma, according to the Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office. An IU Health LifeLine helicopter flew him to a hospital near Indianapolis. Two other passengers were taken to IU Health Bloomington Hospital with non-life- threatening injuries, according to the Monroe County Sheriff ’s Office. The southbound lanes of Interstate 69 closed for about oneand-a-half hours after the incident, according to the post.