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IU baseball falls 8-7 to No. 9 Louisville By Matt Cohen mdc1@iu.edu | @Matt_Cohen_

ALEX DERYN | IDS

The honor guard brings the casket to the front of the church May 15 in St. Luke’s Methodist Church. Within the casket laid former Sen. Richard Lugar.

Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar’s funeral honored his political accomplishments and Hoosier values. By Emily Isaacman eisaacma@iu.edu | @emilyisaacman

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar was honored in a funeral service Wednesday that brought several leaders from Washington to praise the accomplished statesman’s character. The service at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, which Lugar’s family helped found, concluded a two-day tribute that began at the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday. Lugar died April 28 of complications from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, a neurological disorder. He was 87. Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Indiana Sens. Todd Young and Mike Braun were among the Washington figures who paid respects. "Richard Lugar lived a great American life,” Pence said. Tributes from men Lugar worked beside recognized most of the room was likely familiar with his landmark political achievements. They celebrated Lugar’s Hoosier values, passion for running and Eagle Scout beginnings that shaped his reputation for bipartisan cooperation. “It was the way he led his life I always wished I could emulate,” former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said. Lugar was born in Indianapolis. He was mayor of his hometown from 1968 to 1975 before serving six terms as a U.S. Senator, the longest for a Congress member from Indiana. His close connections to the state continued throughout his life. Lugar taught at IU since 2013, and in fall 2018 the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies was renamed in his and former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton’s honor. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attributed Lugar’s success to his Indiana upbringing. He remembered Lugar as gracious, generous and polite — a man for whom a new argyle sweater meant “jazzing things up.” Former Democratic Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn described viewing Lugar as bold and strategic throughout their diplomatic visits together. Nunn and Lugar crafted the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, to dismantle weapons of mass destruction after the Soviet Union collapsed. Nunn said Lugar displayed a brand of cooperation often misunderstood in politics today. Lugar saw he could work across party lines without compromising his principles.

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Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar at the Lilly Library when it was announced Jan. 24, 2013, that he would become a faculty member at IU's School of Global and International Studies.

“His intellect and backbone were paired with a modesty and kindness not always associated with politics.”

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Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States

IU wins Governor's Cup over Purdue

“It was the way he led his life I always wished I could emulate.” Mitch Daniels, former Indiana governor

By Dylan Wallace

“He looked carefully at the facts, and he let the facts lead him to his conclusions.”

dswallac@iu.edu | @Dwall_1

Sam Nunn, former Democratic Georgia Senator

“He looked carefully at the facts, and he let the facts lead him to his conclusions,” Nunn said. Pence called Lugar a “true American statesman” who never stopped running, referencing both Lugar’s passion and extensive career. Lugar started as an Eagle Scout, ranked first in his class at Denison University in Ohio and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University before serving in public office. Pence commended Lugar’s work during his time as mayor to transform Indianapolis from “Indiana-no-place” to a dynamic capital city. He called Lugar’s death, which came about a month after the death of former Indiana Sen. Birch Bayh, an end of an era. “His intellect and backbone were paired with a modesty and kindness not always associated with politics,” he said. Lugar is survived by his wife Char, four sons, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

In a game that took nearly five hours, it was a moment that lasted less than a second which proved the deciding factor. University of Louisville freshman Alex Binelas hit a ground ball to IU baseball senior Cade Bunnell. Bunnell turned to throw to second in an attempt to turn a double play. After screams of “Four!” instantly rang around Bart Kaufman Field, Bunnell turned back toward the plate. The hesitation, if even for just a fleeting moment, allowed Louisville to score the winning run. Louisville junior Tyler Fitzgerald raced home to put his team ahead for good in the 12th inning as No. 9 Louisville beat No. 25 IU 8-7 in Bloomington. The Cardinals started the scoring quickly and appeared to be cruising to a blowout win. Louisville had four hits in the second inning, leading to two runs. In the third inning, Binelas made the Hoosiers pay for a throwing error made by IU junior Scotty Bradley. Binelas hit a three-run home run over the picnic tables beyond the wall in right field, increasing Louisville’s lead to 5-0. Louisville added another run in the top of the fourth inning to increase its lead to six. In the bottom of the inning, though, IU junior Matt Gorski turned the game on its head. Gorski kicked off a rally as he hit a triple to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning. Senior Matt Lloyd drove Gorksi in with a ground-rule double for IU’s first run. Sophomore Elijah Dunham followed Lloyd’s double with a double of his own to drive in the Hoosier senior. Dunham was able to score on a wild pitch before IU scored two more runs in the inning as both Gorski and senior Wyatt Cross walked with the bases loaded. After a 57-minute fourth inning, IU had flipped the game and trailed by just one. IU freshman Braydon Tucker hadn’t pitched since February against Butler University, but he provided IU with two scoreless innings of relief. He escaped a sixth inning, bases loaded jam with a double play to keep IU within one run. After IU sophomore Connor Manous allowed a Louisville run in the top of the seventh, IU responded in the bottom of the inning, completing its comeback. Sophomore Cole Barr had an RBI single through the left side of the infield to close the gap to one again. Sophomore Sam Crail tied the game as he hit a fly ball into foul territory that was caught by Binelas, who running away from

PHOTOS BY ALEX DERYN | IDS

TOP Vice President Mike Pence speaks about Sen. Richard Lugar on May 15 in St. Luke’s Methodist Church. “He was a working senator. He always put Indiana first,” he said. MIDDLE Organist Dr. Heather Hinton plays May 15 in St. Luke’s Methodist Church. Hinton played the organ during Senator Richard Lugar’s funeral. BOTTOM Dr. Robert E. Fuguay Jr. speaks to the audience May 15 in St. Luke’s Methodist Church. When discussing Senator Richard Lugar’s life, he said, “Life is worth living.”

IU won the Governor's Cup for the 2018-19 athletic season after both the men's and women's teams finished as runners-up at the track and field Big Ten Championship on Sunday. The Hoosiers bested the Boilermakers by a final margin of 10.5-9.5. The Governor’s Cup is a yearly competition that was created in 2001 that measures head-to-head competitions between both schools’ men’s and women’s athletic programs. After each head-to-head event, the winner will be given one point. If the respective sports play twice in a season, then each victory will be given a half of a point. This season, IU received points from women’s cross-country, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s and women’s track and field in both indoor and outdoor competition. Before Jan. 26, IU only had one point from women’s cross-country and trailed Purdue 6-1. IU closed out the season by winning 9.5 points compared to Purdue’s 3.5 to gain bragging rights for this year’s athletic programs. With the win this year, IU is now 9-7-2 all-time against Purdue in the Governor’s Cup.


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