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2 IPS workers charged

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Both allegedly failed to report sexual abuse

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Two Indiana Public School employees have been charged with failing to report sexual abuse allegations after they repressed the accusations internally for six days before contacting the Department of Child Services. Human Resources Case Worker Shalon Dabney, 45, and Director of Human Resources for IPS Lela “Tina” Hester, 59, were each charged Wednesday with a misdemeanor of failing to report the allegations against IPS counselor Shana Taylor, 37. Dabney and Hester will appear in court for an initial hearing May 17. The allegations of sexual abuse led to the arrest of Taylor, who was charged March 2 with nine counts of child seduction, one count of dissemination of matter harmful to minors and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. A series of email exchanges obtained by detectives reveal both Dabney and Hester had more than enough relevant facts about the case by Feb. 18 to know they should have reported to DCS immediately. However, no one called DCS until Feb. 23, after a media outlet had already been tipped off about the internal investigation, according to a probable cause affidavit. In Indiana, all employees in a public or private institution, school, facility or agency are legally obligated to report alleged child abuse or neglect to DCS immediately. On Feb. 18, Hester sent an email to a top IPS official, Chief Strategist Le Boler, providing information about the inappropriate relationship and Taylor’s suspension. “I asked that the school police stay out of it so that she is not charged and we can handle from an

Hoosiers win sixth straight game against Ball State

KATELYN ROWE | IDS

Freshman catcher Ryan Fineman gets in position for a pitch from the Ball State pitcher Wednesday night at Bart Kaufman Field. IU beat Ball State 4-3.

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He had more than just the game in the balance. With no outs in a tie game in the seventh inning with the go-ahead run on first base, freshman catcher Ryan Fineman also needed a hit to extend his hitting streak. Fineman delivered with a full count, shooting a fastball down the right field line for what would be the game-winning hit in a 4-3 win against Ball State on Wednesday at Bart Kaufman Field. “I’m just seeing the ball well,” Fineman said. “The first two at bats were okay. I hit the first ball hard but after that I wasn’t really doing team at bats which is what I need to start doing. I saw a good pitch and just tried to hit it the other way hard.” Fineman’s double capped three unanswered runs for the Hoosiers also included two RBIs from junior first baseman Austin Cangelosi. The first came on a fourth inning solo

home run into the bullpen beyond left field. “We were kind of dead at that point in the game, so for him to get that big hit was huge,” IU Coach Chris Lemonis said. The second RBI came in a much different way. After hitting a ball over the 330 foot sign in left, Cangelosi singled about 50 feet back to the pitcher in the fifth inning to tie the game at three. Cangelosi came into Tuesday’s game sporting a .239 batting average, a stat he attributes more to misfortune than misexecution. He said he’s been hitting the ball hard, but has been suffering from at ‘em balls, essentially when he manages to hit a ball hard but right where a defender is

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“In this game you have to hit ‘em where they ain’t I guess. It’s funny that you’re going to hit a lot of at ‘em balls sometimes and other times you’re going to find a hole.” Austin Cangelosi, junior first baseman

playing. Tuesday, he caught a break. “In this game you have to hit ‘em where they ain’t I guess,” Cangelosi said. “It’s funny that you’re going to hit a lot of at ‘em balls sometimes and other times you’re going to SEE BASEBALL, PAGE 6

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Student discusses emotional effects of different colors in art The first color in senior Yi Jin’s rainbow is pink. It’s a color of caring, he said. It’s soft and feels like taking care of someone and being cared for. Jin, a social work intern at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services Office, is planning an event for Thursday at which participants can paint and learn about the GLBT office. Jin will ask them to paint with any colors they want, he said. After they’re finished painting, he’ll ask them one question: why did you use that color? Different colors have different meanings, he said. Sometimes when he paints and is feeling happy, he’ll use warm colors like red or pink. When he’s feeling upset, he uses gray and dark colors, he said. “I think color is an emotional language,” he said. He said he hopes the participants will share a story about their life. He wants them to reflect on what they think and what they’re feeling while they paint. The second color in his rainbow is red. It means passion, hope and strength, he said. It signifies bravery, and often people need to be brave to share their stories. Jin is from Nanjing, China, and has been living in the United States for four and a half years. During his sophomore year, Jin had to go back to China for a surgery, he said. He was in the hospital for a month and a half and had to take a gap semester from IU.

Jin’s father, who loves Chinese calligraphy, brought him paintings from famous Chinese artists while he was in the hospital. The paintings and warm colors made him happy in a time when he was consumed by worry, he said. “The medicine can treat your body, but the art can treat your heart and can treat your mind,” he said. That was the first time he fell in love with art and color, he said. As an artist, Jin said he thinks of red as one of the more powerful and passionate colors for him to use to communicate to his audience. As a student of social work, he said he thinks of it as a warm color that means giving, change and hope. “You can use color to relieve some of your life stress, so I think color itself has power,” he said. “It’s a great opportunity for us to introduce the power of color to more and more students.” The last color in his rainbow is purple. It’s between a warm color and a cool color, he said. It blends passion and professionalism. It’s hopeful, but reminds him to calm down and take a rational approach to problems. As a person who has the opportunity to study abroad and to see the world, Jin said he can gain deeper understanding of the places he visits. He said the U.S. he has seen goes beyond the American dream he heard about in China. Studying social work is a good opportunity to learn about a society and learn about the people, he said. SEE COLOR, PAGE 6

YULIN YU | IDS

Rachel Gruglieluo, right, Kegan Ferguson and Harry Aaronson hold candles to honor victims of gun violence during a vigil Wednesday afternoon at Dunn Meadow.

Club honors gun violence victims By Naomi Farahan nafaraha@umail.iu.edu | @naomifarahan

Victims of gun violence are mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, the Students Against Gun Violence president said Wednesday night at a candlelight vigil. About 15 people came to Dunn Meadow to honor victims of mass shootings. SAGV and IU Democrats sponsored the vigil. “It’s not a political issue,” President and junior Audrey Todd said. “It’s a personal one.” Attendees decorated posters for the event and care cards for survivors of gun violence. They covered the cards with hearts and flowers. Having a discussion is the key to solving problems like gun violence, sophomore Terry Tossman said.

Tossman said a kid on his high school cross-country team killed himself with a shotgun. After his teammate’s death, Tossman focused on education about how to be smart with guns. Junior Keltie Haley signed her name on the back of her card. She used blue floral stamps on the front. It is important to remember the lasting effect of gun violence, Haley said, even though it is easy to see victims as numbers. “We become numb to it,” she said. Jennifer Fyffe, a volunteer for the Everytown Survivor Network, spoke at the event. Fyffe said she got involved with gun violence prevention after she heard about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. “It absolutely brought me to my

knees,” she said. Today, Fyffe identifies and connects survivors of gun violence. There are roughly 800 survivors in the network, she said. Many lost loved ones to gun violence. “There are no rules about who a survivor is,” she said. Todd said it is important to pause and think about the real people who suffered losses in mass shootings. “We are here for you,” Todd said. “I can’t imagine your pain.” The vigil served as a reminder of why the club exists to begin with, junior Bee Smale, the director of special events of SAGV, said. Todd said most of the advocacy group’s work is policy-oriented. SAGV teaches students how to

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