Discovery Leads to Local Arrest

ROBO-CREATIVITY THE MADNKSAETURNS, A9. Engineering students win best design, Bi FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010 Valparaiso University's 2007, 2008 & 2009 Indiana Student Newspaper College Weekly of the Year Discovery leads to HOPEFUL VISIT local arrest Former VUgrad student under investigation for distributing porn Rachael Battista Torch Assistant News Editor More than 90,000 porno graphic images and videos of children were discovered by police on the home computer of former Valparaiso University graduate student Michael Wil son. The incriminating material displayed videos and images of children as young as four months being sexually tortured and en gaging in explicit conduct. In an FBI report, Wilson was claimed to have used "peer-to- peer" online file-sharing. Wilson, 25, was a student and graduate research assistant in the psychology department at VU, but the university severed ties after he was charged with distributing child pornography online. "Michael Wilson is no longer a student at the university and Kyle Whitgrove/ The Torch is no longer a graduate research Evanston, III., alderman and attorney Lionel Jean-Baptiste (right) speaks at Wesemann Hall Wednesday about troubles facing Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake that assistant at the university," said killed an estimated percent of the Haitian population and left the economy and government in ruins. Jacques Leblanc (left) and Marie Lynn Toussaint also spoke at Todd Fleischhauer, university the event. spokesman, in a March 3 edi tion of the Northwest Indiana Times. Wilson worked with devel- United States, including Haitian States when she was 10 years old. conduct daily operations. opmentally disabled children, Haitian-American soldiers fighting for the French at She is an attorney in Chicago, a "If you leave the apparatus in assisting with in-home care to the Battle of Savannah during the member of the Haitian American capable of functioning, then you've children as young as six years visitors speak at American Revolution and the Hai Lawyers Association and a board done nothing," Jean-Baptiste said. old. He also was a substitute tian revolt that Leblanc told the au member of the Haitian Congress While offering potential solu teacher for Porter County, sub Wesemann Hall dience eventually led to the United to Fortify Haiti. tions to the problems facing Haiti, bing for a middle school in the States' ability to purchase Louisi The third and final speaker was Jean-Baptiste conveyed the impor Duneland schools based in Alex Smith ana territory. Lionel Jean-Baptiste, an attorney tance of creating agreements with Torch News Editor Chesterton and for the Lake Leblanc's presentation also in and alderman for the city of Evan institutions like VU and hospitals Central school system. cluded a five-minute video that ston, 111. Jean-Baptiste visited Haiti that create opportunities for Hai After the police executed An earthquake that struck 7.0 displayed the destruction in Haiti four weeks after the quake and got tian students to study at American a search warrant on Wilson's on the Richter scale more than after the earthquake. to see the destruction first-hand. schools while also sharing resourc Valparaiso apartment, law en two months ago sent the nation of In addition to "I saw a re- es. forcement agents arrested the Haiti from already dire straights past natural di turn to an ap After the three lectures, the au 25-year-old man after finding to unimaginable lows. The quake, sasters, Leblanc If you leave the pearance of dience was given the opportunity the images; Wilson was subse centered 16 miles west of the capi explained the apparatus incapable normality," Jean- to ask the visiting speakers ques quently taken to Porter County tal city of Port-Au-Prince, leveled cause of Haiti's Baptiste said. tions about the future of Haiti. A Jail. Wilson has been appointed homes, businesses and govern impoverished of functioning, then "But even as you reception followed the event. a federally-funded lawyer and ment buildings in the most highly history stems you've done nothing. observe them Law professor Sy Moskowitz appeared before Judge Paul R. populated area of the country. As from interest during the day closed out the event with a story Cherry for his hearing, where he the death toll continued to rise into on loans that Lionel Jean-Baptiste . the reality is of a Haitian law school that was told that court that he had used the hundred thousands, so did the Leblanc claimed at the end of the destroyed during the earthquake, marijuana that Sunday, Feb. 28. amount of foreign aid being sent to Haiti should Visiting speaker day they had to leaving students and staff without He was scheduled to appear be the Caribbean nation. never have had find their sheets a place to hold class. fore a federal court on March 4 Wednesday at Wesemann Hall, to pay. and open-air tents to sleep in." "What would our reaction to to determine if there was prob three Haitian-American commu The event continued with Marie Jean-Baptiste's brief lecture out that be?" Moskowitz asked the au able cause for the charges. nity members from Chicago pre Lynn Toussaint's discussion on the lined the economic hurdles that dience. "Think about how we can This case is under investiga sented different perspectives on difficulties facing Haiti's legal sys have to be overcome to get Haiti be involved with the situation we tion by the Federal Bureau of In the aftermath of the earthquake tem and women in Haiti. back on track - primarily the ex heard about today - not to com vestigation, the Indiana State Po and historical events that had the "There's really no focus on pansion of the economic capacity plete the job, but to engage it." lice, the Indiana Internet Crimes country on its knees even before women," Toussaint said. "Women of the government. Currently, most Even in the midst of their Against Children Task Force, the earthquake struck. are suffering to a degree that's not of the monetary aid that is enter struggles, Jean-Baptiste touted the the Porter County Sheriff's De The first speaker was Jacques presented in media. One of the ing into the country from abroad strength of the Haitian people. partment and the Office of the Leblanc, treasurer of Chicago's things everyone needs to think is being directed toward non-gov "While people are limping, they Indiana Attorney General. Haitian-American Community about is not just destruction, but ernment organizations (NGOs) are still moving," he said. Contact Rachael Battista at Association. Leblanc spoke about the women." instead of the central government, Contact Alex Smith at torch@ torch@valpo. edu. Haiti's history and ties to the Toussaint moved to the United so they have little or no budget to valpo.edu. Index A&E B7 Campus News A3 Opinions A7 The Torch "We will strive increasingly to quicken the public's sense of Announcements A2 Features B3 Sports A9 On Guard for 95 Years Calendar B2 Flicker A7 Weather B6 Volume 103 :: Issue 22 civic duty." - The Athenian Oath The Torch | Friday, March 19, 2010 Campus News A2 Campus Announcements We've got Hudson Evans Memorial Crusader Chase VU covered. The first Hudson Evans Memorial Crusader Chase will take place this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. Teams of up to five people will compete in a race around campus, solving clues and completing challenges in an "Amazing Race" type of com petition. Spaces are still available for more teams, and sign ups are available in the Harre Union or by contacting Rachel Evans at [email protected]. page President for a Day Mortar Board,Valparaiso University's senior honor society, will be raising money during an event entitled "President for a Day." Next week from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. until 7 March 21-26, raffle tickets will be sold, $2 each or three for $5. A winner will be chosen on Friday, March 26 in a drawing at 6 p.m. at the Founder's Table. The winner will then switch places for the day with University President Mark Heckler. The money raised will be split between the student winner and President Heckler, and they each get to donate their half to the charity of their choice. More information will be up on the Web site at www.valpo.edu/presidentforaday beginning Wednesday, March 24. Deita Sigma Pi The professional business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi will host a skill building seminar entitled "Finding a Job in a Dif ficult Economy" at 7 p.m. March 24 in Neils Science Center room 234. Students will learn how to effectively build a job search strategy, find and utilize job search resources, develop a powerful resume, prepare for an interview and negotiate a starting salary. This session from world-renowned speaker Tim Augustine and author of the best selling novel "How Hard Are You Knocking?" will be available to all class levels. For more information visit the Delta Sigma Pi Facebook event page. Student Senate Budgets for all student organizations are due by 11:59 P-m. on Friday, March 26. Recognized organizations will submit budgets for the Fall 2010 semester. Allocated, budgeted and media organizations will submit budgets for the 2010-2011 academic year. Organizations must use the 2010-2011 Budget template that can be downloaded from the senate Web site. Some items on the template have changed, so please be sure to use this updated form. Finance Committee will be hosting a Budget Workshop from 3 p.m. until 4:30 March 21 in the Harre Union Ballroom A.

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