Man Who Killed Then Self Was IIIPUI Fpeshman Fighting Back

r X ~v THEIUPUI T he W eekly Student N ewspaper op Indiana U niversity-P urdue university I ndianapolis Top honor MONDAY • APRII 1/ . 2000 VOLUME 29 • ISSUE 29 COMMUNITY • CAMPUS • SPORTS • LIFE • VIEWPOINTS Man who killed Knight’s antics hurt IU’s good reputation By J.M. Brown He is untouchable because of a de IU President Myles Brand ordered cades-old refusal to punish him* In (wo trustees to investigate Knight, it Editor in C hk stead. IU bows in subservience to its would seem, solely to appease a There’s a reason many folks at IU well-moneyed alumni small but growing number and IUPUI arc not eager to criticize and sports fans, most of who think it’s time to Bob Knight. whom would lock up the knock the king from his Because nobody likes to talk bad old checkbook if Knight ihronc. about the boss. were ever fired or even reprimanded. Rebecca Porter, president of (he Knight is, in reality, de facto presi- Sentiments exist among faculty IUPUI Faculty Council, thinks differ- dent of IU — more powerful, it and students at IU P ll, however, that cntly. The investigation is merited, seems, than anyone in this state. Deft- the current probe into Knight s be- she said, but definitely not a sham. then self was nitely more powerful than any crim- havior is a snow job — a thickly-lay* —-------------■■ ----------------------------- cred public relations facade. KUBMT • P tf t • IIIPUI fpeshman C ommuni t y ■ Police will continue The victim's mother. Pearl Blakey. told The Sagamore that investigation after family Bonds, a freshman at IUPUI, conducts funeral services. window April 6. She said she and her daughter wanted the police to By Janny Montgomery lake Bonds to jail. N ews Editor Paul Ciesielski. a spokesperson Police are investigating a mur with the Indianapolis Police De der-suicide case that signals the partment, said because the incident second IUPUI student to be mur was classified as vandalism, police dered since the beginning of the could not arrest Bonds. year. To make an arrest. Ciesielski This case, however, is markedly said, police would have had to wit different from that of Tahnesia ness the vandalism or Monica Towner, whose body was found in Blakey would have had to file a a dumpster near campus Feb. 8. complaint with IPD. The suspect in the Towner case On the night before her will stand trial next month. Monica daughter's murder, Pearl Blakey BUkcy’s killer, however, carried said Bonds gave his brother the title to his car. then wrote a suicide note. Blakey had planned to study law He look the letter to the victim’s i f t l U i e t e F a l l 2000. But on April 8, the 21-year-old's According to the mother, a 14- ex-boyfriend, Gregory M. Bonds, year-old relative who was in the broke into Blakey's apartment, kill ing her, their 10-month-old son Jaylen, then himself. Critics say space cut for éooMtilc violone« and M inai assault awareness during a "Take lack the Night" rally kyrii 12. from law library plans v s a m Iftaiy (now) to hi arrested wA presacutad. tat tkst pNph t t l 5 years ago was unwise nsitft ta vtoincf N not 0ood." __ Fighting XbrimWjpn. ’ drevtar of the Oat Ukn Rrgun of (hr Njtkxid ■ Current dean thinks ing committee made decisions that awdtlTLI profosar did not address academic needs. library dimensions in new “Critical academic decisions were overturned, they were not b a ck facility will be adequate. honored," he said. ■ Indianapolis By J.M. Brown N ut w ill Norman Lefstein, the current chapter o f National Editor in C hief in an spec*! ■y Hm Umt Alton dean, appointed himself chair of the C ampus Editor & .committee and selected all its Organization for At the top of their lungs they scrcdjn: survivor of Doug Jaggora “What do we want? Safe streets! When do doroest»c “I think the planning for the Women organizes violence tells Managing Editor we want them? Now!" building has gone rather smoothly 1 her vivid story Their march may have been brief, but a march downtown to The Sagsnwe As construction of the new law within the faculty of the law their message was loud and clear. She also makes school building is nearing comple school" he said. 'That's not to say to “take back Despite a brisk evening chill, about 40 tion. some sources within the suggestions on women and men look to Meridian Street howto help school are not satisfied with the the night.” all the decisions that have been downtown last week to protest domestic vio women in space allotted for the library. made.” lence and sexual assault against women. abusive Law school sources say five The dean said he's sure students, Beyond taking that simple stand, however yean ago the building committee faculty and staff will look back in organizers say lawmakers and law enforce decided to decrease the proposed hindsight and wish a few things had ment must stop re-victimizing victims. size of the new library by nearly been done differently. He said he holpod to organized i When convicted rapists and domestic 10,000 sq. 0. already has a few concerns. ruby to educato women am batterers are not prosecuted to the fullest ex t William Harvey, former dean of •The square footage of the din moo about the realities of the 1U School of Law-Indianapolis, ing facility is a little less than I had confirmed that the library was hoped it would he." said Lefstein. scaled down, from the original pro Martha Hollingsworth was on posal made by building committee the alumni board when the building was being planned. t of great angst “1 expressed to Lefstein that the Coaches say IUPUI needs to provide promised support said Harvey, who thinks the build- BMlflMffHggjB IQ & A with leaders of IUPUI’s two basketball teams after second season at Div. I level. there to find jobs. I used it com saying the same thing, we don't go Fed Ex bust did not reach Indy By Ed HokUway pletely different. This year I did there to just watch the games. We Sports Editor I did six of have meetings and we have to talk By J.M. Brown April 13 after charging employees EH: What wai it like being in the Uieni (camps)about in the four NCAA days. changesI hadn’t and that Editor in Chii middle o f the excitement o f the Fuia! dooe six in a year. So il was more kind of thing. It’s still week. It's not, A Los Angeles drug investiga Four this season? work having it here, but it was nice ‘Sit hack and take it all in? sort of thing. They schedule meetings from tion (hat ended in the arrests of 22 bogus packages and making drug RH: It's a little different for me. for the community and for people to drops on routes all across the U.S. I'm getting to the point where I’ve *rc our campus. As far as enjoy- 8:30 to l .*00. Games arc kind of. more for the fan. It’s nice to ice, but a Drug En- The DEA said no Federal Ex been to so many of them that I don’t mcnt. 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