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 Investigative Reporter Jerry Mitchell to Lecture at Butler University Admission is free and open to the public without tickets. For more information, call (317) 940-5974. In 1989, Mitchell began his immersion in decades-old stories of thwarted justice and undertook a meticulous review of the 1963 assassination of NAACP leader Medgar Evers. Ku Klux Klan member Byron de la Beckwith had been tried twice for this crime in 1964, and each trial ended in hung juries. By analyzing hundreds of documents and interviewing scores of witnesses, Mitchell laid the groundwork for a new trial. The case was reopened and culminated in the conviction and life sentence of Beckwith in 1994. Mitchell has since uncovered largely unknown details about many other long-dormant murder cases. His reporting has played a key role in the convictions of Klan Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers for ordering the fatal firebombing of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer in 1966, of Bobby Cherry for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham church that killed four girls, and of Edgar Ray Killen for helping to orchestrate the 1964 deaths of three civil rights workers in Neshoba County, Miss. His investment of time and painstakingly detailed research has also produced a broad range of reports on such subjects as racial reconciliation in the South and judicial bribes and chicanery in Mississippi, as well as a series on his own family’s battle against a rare genetic ailment. In an era when long-term investigative reporting is more the exception than the rule, Mitchell’s life and work serve as an example of how a journalist willing to take risks and unsettle waters can make a difference in the pursuit of justice. Jerry Mitchell received a B.A. (1982) from Harding University and an M.A. (1997) from Ohio State University. He joined the Clarion-Ledger in 1986 as a bureau reporter before turning to investigative reporting in 1989.   | February 16, 2012, at 3:54 pm | Category: Butler University, City of Indianapolis, Education, Meetings, Public Safety |
Leave a comment Butler University’s Bulldog Jog to Be Held March 24 Registration is $20 for the general public and $15 for Butler students until March 12. Late registration (March 13 and thereafter) is $25. Details and registration forms are available at http://www.butler.edu/bulldog-jog/. More information is available by calling (317) 940-4472. Registration is open to the community. Proceeds from the event benefit the Butler University Health and Recreation Complex Student Scholarship Fund. The course for the run/walk begins on Lake Road and proceeds through the Butler University campus and canal path. Runners begin at 9 a.m., walkers at 9:05 a.m. Late registration will be held in the lobby of the Health & Recreation Complex, immediately west of Hinkle Fieldhouse, from 8-8:45 a.m. The 5k race will begin at 9 a.m. for runners and 9:05 a.m. for walkers. Participants in the dog walk will get started at 9:15 a.m. Official Butler University mascot Butler Blue II will serve as grand marshal for the inaugural Bulldog Jog Dog Walk. Participants are encouraged to bring items and supplies for Indiana Bulldog Rescue and Humane Society of Indianapolis to assist in the care of dogs much less fortunate. This year’s Bulldog Jog is sponsored by Butler University, the Butler University Student Foundation, Holistic Select, Fresh Market, Courtyard by Marriott Indianapolis-Carmel, City Dogs Grocery, WellPet, Aramark, Athletic Annex, Brinkman Press and the Health and Recreation Complex. | February 16, 2012, at 3:37 pm | Category: Butler University, City of Indianapolis, Health, Uncategorized |
Leave a commentHelp “Indy Reads Books” Stock the Shelves Donations of used books and media for our new retail outlet will support Indy Reads adult literacy programs! Start boxing up your gently used books, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks and video games, and help others learn to read. All types of books and media items, except for textbooks and magazines, are welcome at this time. Some items may be sold through a third-party service prior to the store opening. Book and media collection boxes are located at the following locations.
Book-drives will also take place on the Butler Campus (Feb. 24) and IUPUI (March 1). The local organization Giving Sum will also be conducting book-drives. Contributions are tax-deductible as provided by state and federal law. Indy Reads can not give receipts for books donated through the collection boxes. If donors wish to claim a deduction they will need to keep a record of the number of books and type (hardcover or paperback) donated at this time. Receipts will be available at the store after it opens. Indy Reads Books will further support the mission of Indy Reads by providing private space for tutors and students to meet, training opportunities, and more. Initial funding for Indy Reads Books has been secured through generous grants from Margot Lacy Eccles, the Efroymson Fund, the Glick Fund, and Giving Sum. Additional collection locations will be announced soon. For more information, or to inquire about maintaining a collection box at a business or other organization, please contact Travis DiNicola, Executive Director of Indy Reads, at 317-275-4035 or Indy Reads is unwavering in our mission to improve the literacy skills of adults in central Indiana who read or write at or below the sixth grade level. Our goal is to make Indianapolis 100 percent literate. First established more than 30 years ago, Indy Reads is the only organization in Indianapolis, accredited by ProLiteracy Worldwide, which uses volunteers to provide free, basic literacy tutoring to illiterate and semi-literate adults. Indy Reads programming includes one-on-one tutoring, small group sessions, English as a Second Language instruction, and “Literacy Labs” at neighborhood centers. Learn more at www.IndyReads.org. | February 7, 2012, at 9:48 am | Category: btna, Butler University, City of Indianapolis, Education, Library, Miscellaneous, mkna |
Leave a commentHas this week flown or what? If you haven’t yet been able to enjoy the festivities downtown this week we hope you will take advantage of all that Indy has to offer this weekend. As tens of thousands of visitors descend on our city below is a list of cab companies should you wish to avoid parking downtown.
Speaking of Broad Ripple Village — if you can’t make it downtown just travel a little bit north and experience the Broad Ripple Super Fest running now thru February 5th! | February 3, 2012, at 11:43 am | Category: btna, City of Indianapolis, impd, mkna, traffic, Uncategorized |
Leave a commentCheck out this article by Forbes on why Indy is an ideal Super Bowl host! Butler Tarkington even receives a shout out. | January 27, 2012, at 10:42 am | Category: btna, Butler University, City of Indianapolis |
Leave a commentWe’re just nine days from the Super Bowl. Single digits, everybody! Are you excited yet? Today the National Football League will open the 20th NFL Experience at the Indiana Convention Center, which will run until February 4th. The NFL Experience presented by GMC is the most exciting continuous event surrounding Super Bowl XLVI — pro football’s interactive theme park offering participatory games, displays, entertainment attractions, kids’ football clinics, free autograph sessions and the largest football memorabilia show ever. As BTN residents we certainly aren’t “visitors” in our own city but if you’d like more information on all that is being offered downtown (Super Bowl village, parking, events, street closures, etc.) visit http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/46/guide. | January 27, 2012, at 10:17 am | Category: btna, City of Indianapolis, Facebook, impd, Public Safety |
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