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For many, a stimulating Saturday consists of a trip off campus to Target or Wal-Mart, topped off with dinner at Malibu Grill. \nBut in the seemingly endless bustle of college life, many students overlook the small opportunities for entertainment outside Bloomington -- and many are as little as an hour's drive away.\nIf you're itching to see where the original "rebel without a cause" hung his hat, check out the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Ind. The residents of the sleepy, rustic town take pride in their hometown hero, and it shows in their meticulous preservation of Dean's personal belongings and memorabilia, housed in an 1890s-era Victorian mansion in downtown Fairmount. \nThe museum is the culmination of more than 25 years spent collecting and cataloguing rare Dean memorabilia. Archivist David Loehr began compiling James Dean relics in 1974. His collection is now the largest in the world.\nThe Adeline Nall Room, dedicated to Dean's high school drama teacher, includes pieces from Dean's film wardrobes, photographs from his adolescence and copies of high school yearbooks. The room features some of Dean's original watercolor artwork.\nThe facility also features a screening room, allowing visitors to glimpse rare footage and screen tests from the early portion of Dean's career.\nLoehr says the museum is committed to preserving the memory of a man who "in the span of three motion pictures, changed the way we saw the world -- and more importantly, ourselves."\nThe museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. \nAnd while you're in Fairmount, stop by Dot's Diner, nestled on 421 First Street near downtown, for what resident Jimmie Recker terms "the best eggs and grits around."\n"We see all kinds of kids stopping through here," Recker says, nibbling a reuben sandwich. "They usually have a university sticker on their back car window, and they're always playing loud music, but we like to see them. Gets kind of boring around here."\nHe motions to his plate of curly fries. \n"But the grub's cheap."\nFor a more formal museum experience, Huntington, Ind. is the home of the Dan Quayle Museum. You've probably never heard of the Dan Quayle Museum. You may even wonder why anyone would commit their life's work to creating and maintaining a gallery devoted to the Indianapolis native who lived in George Sr.'s shadow for four years.\nBut the folks in Huntington take satisfaction in claiming the nation's only vice presidential museum -- and they're open six days a week to prove it.\nThe museum houses two galleries, says Marjorie Hiner, president of the board of directors for the Dan Quayle Commemorative Foundation. The first is dedicated to all vice presidents in U.S. history, containing personal artifacts, political cartoons and newspapers and books from each period in presidential history. The second exhibit is dedicated to Indiana vice presidents and vice presidential nominees. \nTours of the facility can be arranged by calling 219-356-6356 or by e-mail at info@quaylemuseum.org. \nYet if you'd rather relax than learn about former vice presidents, head to the French Lick Resort and Spa for a respite from studying and stress. \nAn hour's drive south from Bloomington (that's only one full-length CD) brings you to French Lick, a former Civil War-era haunt for the wealthy and well-to-do that currently boasts a 470-room hotel, hot springs, two golf courses and a full-service spa. \nThe spa features aromatherapy, exercise classes, facials, massage, pedicures and manicures, mineral baths, seaweed wraps and a full styling salon. \nGroup rates are available by calling 812-936-9822. Reservations can be made online as well at www.frenchlick.com.\nFrench Lick locals also recommend checking out the Wilstem Dude Ranch, located just outside French Lick on US 50 and SR 56, which offers over 30 miles of horseback trails over 1100 acres. \nInviting visitors to "come sit a spell on the front porch and watch the grass grow," the facility features cabin-style overnight accommodations as well as a 10-room main lodge\nOne-hour rides are $15 and 1.5-hour trips are $22 per rider. \nSenior Jordyn Katzman visited the French Lick Spa with her family a few years ago and says it's "not exactly what she expected" for a tiny Midwestern town. A few of her friends have gone as well, she adds, and "absolutely loved it."\nFor Katzman, a trip to the Oliver Winery, followed by a 20-minute drive to the hills of neighboring Brown County, proves a great alternative to longer road trips.\n"It's great to go out to the winery -- it's beautiful out there -- and then go out to Brown County and hike or spelunk," Katzman says.\nFramed by several state parks, the tiny town of Nashville, Ind., lies just 16 miles from Bloomington on Highway 45 East. Boasting "the world's best apple butter," Nashville is home to more than 360 specialty shops and the sort of "down-home" cooking most students don't get hanging around the dorm food-courts.\nWhile finding a parking spot may prove tedious, the view -- especially during the changing of the seasons -- is well worth the headache, according to visitor Charlie Andrews.\nAndrews, a student at the University of Kentucky, visited Nashville last weekend with his girlfriend on his way into Bloomington for the football game. They ended up staying -- and missing kickoff.\n"We spent the day hiking around the national park," Andrews says. "We didn't even know the town existed, but we've spent the entire day here, just walking around and looking at the craft stores. I haven't thought about school or homework all day."\nAngie Carter, a waitress favorite local restaurant Artists Colony, says she expects the town to be "flooded" during the next few weeks.\n"So many IU students come here with friends, family, whatever," she says, balancing a tray of buttered sweet potatoes and pork tenderloin. "And they are amazed. They just didn't know a place like this existed so close to Bloomington."
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This summer, senior Kunal Desai didn't think about sleeping in or slacking off. He forgot about homework; finding a job was the last of his priorities and preparing for MCATs seemed a distant task. \nInstead, for three months, the biochemistry major committed himself to the task of helping others in a totally unfamiliar place.\nWhile some of his contemporaries rose at about 11 a.m. each day, Desai woke daily at 7 a.m. to begin teaching at a tiny Kenyan preschool. For three hours a day, his patience was tested, his spirit tried. But for Desai, it was all worth it.\nDesai is part of Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers, a group of IU students and faculty who travel to Africa to assist Inter-Community Development Involvement, a grassroots Kenyan non-governmental organization. Volunteers arrive in mid-May and work closely with residents of the Western Province of Kenya to implement community development projects throughout the summer.\nThe brainchild of alumnus Hank Selke, the group strives to increase AIDS awareness in the Western Province. Founded in 1999 by Selke and fellow student Philip Roessler, Outreach Kenya lets volunteers witness first hand the "corruption and greed that can inhibit progress," according to the group's Web site. \nSuch circumstances distinguish the group from other traditional non-for-profit organizations. Outreach Kenya works not from the top, but with the "common people," -- those not usually reached by conventional educational methods.\nBut it makes financing the groups' endeavors difficult. Because of limited funds, volunteers at the group's conception were unable to shoulder expensive start-up costs, placing restrictions of the sort of work OKDV can perform.\nOperating with what directors Beth Messersmith and Martine Miller call a "shoe-string budget," Outreach Kenya is incapable of raising funds necessary to implement entirely new programs. \nYet volunteers don't see financial hindrances as setbacks; instead, they work throughout the year to garner support from the IU community, as well as from the IU Medical School in Indianapolis.\nSurfing the IUB Web site during his senior year of high school, Desai, a Wells Scholar, stumbled upon the OKDV Web page and contacted then-director Roessler for more information. \nThe pair "hit it off well," Desai said, and upon coming to campus, Desai immersed himself in learning the ropes, attending planning meetings and discovering what it took to coordinate a mission like theirs. \nHis interest piqued, Desai was prepped for takeoff -- but his parents weren't quite sure. \n"Initially my parents did not want me to go," Desai said. "They were very adamant about that and they told me I had to fund myself for the trip."\nSo Desai got a job and applied for an Honors College study abroad grant. He also used the summer stipend awarded by the Wells Scholars Program. \n "They just didn't like the idea of going to a far away place with so many dangers such as malaria, road accidents, and all those horrible stories they've heard about Africa," Desai said. \nThey began to come around, however, upon receiving e-mails from their son in Kenya. \n"After I told them how safe I felt in Bungoma and in Kenya in general, they realized how wrong they were in their perception of Africa," Desai said. \nOutreach Kenya kicked off this summer's program with a stay at the IU Medical School's housing facility at the Moi University Medical School in Eldoret, Kenya. Following a two-night stint in Eldoret, students were transported to Kabula, a village about 10 kilometers from the town of Bungoma, where most volunteer efforts took place.\nVolunteers were housed in what Desai termed a "huge family farm" with Kenyan volunteer Reuben Lubagnga.\nThroughout the course of three months, OKDV volunteers reached over 7,000 Kenyans through AIDS education presentations. The basic presentation used posters to introduce native Kenyans to traditional AIDS terminology. Several Swahili AIDS prevention films were screened as well. Swahili translators were on hand if needed as well, Desai said.\nOKDV volunteers also constructed a library in Bungoma. A system of borrowing and lending was devised by graduate student Tracy Lassiter, who organized a makeshift library in a volunteers' home until the final facility was ready. \nThe group also specifically targets women's groups with ideas for sustainable living projects. Graduate student Elke Jahns met with several groups over the course of the summer and assisted three women in implementing their own sewing business and a teaching school for other would-be entrepreneurs. \nBut for Desai, the most stirring part of his experience was interaction with Kenyan children.\n"Even though we spoke different languages and had no idea what the other was saying, they totally opened up to me and the other volunteers," Desai said. "They were constantly laughing and playing with us with open hearts. When they were sad, I felt sad, and oftentimes, I cheered them up by making funny faces."\nProjects for next year include a construction of Health Information Center and maintenance work on the library and preschool in Bungoma.\nThe group's efforts extend far beyond the African continent, as well. Outreach Kenya has, and continues to, impact students and administrators alike on the IU campus. \n"I have found the activities of the Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers to be quite extraordinary," said former Bloomington Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis. "The two leaders of the volunteer group are deeply committed to helping the people of Western Kenya and have demonstrated that by spending summers there, collecting books for Kenyans, and sending materials as they have collected them from a variety of organizations in the community."\nThe group so deeply impacted Gros Louis that he alluded to its achievements in his 1999 Commencement address. He also obtained a laptop computer for them to use in Kenya. \n"In brief, anyone who speaks to the leaders of this organization could not help but be positively moved by what it is they are attempting to do," he said.\nDesai will succeed Roessler this year as director, along with senior Alanna Galati.
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For junior Marshawn Wolley, it expanded his "perception of reality". \nFor junior Tobias Puehse, it challenged him to better understand issues of diversity, stirring his emotions and provoking introspection.\nFor its facilitators, Conversations on Race has proven a program of explosive possibilities, challenging students to interact with peers representing a myriad of cultural backgrounds in an informal discussion format.\nThe program, sponsored by Residential Programs and Services, the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Committee on Multicultural Understanding, was introduced to IU last year. Its ultimate goal, according to Doug Bauder, director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Support Services, lies in maintaining "heart-to-heart discussions" about personal experiences with race issues.\nThe discussion targets students of all ethnicities and backgrounds and is not limited to traditionally "minority" students. \n"Here you have students of color telling stories of so many negative experiences, and whites don't want the guilt," Bauder said. "But they need to understand the parts they play to better address this issue in society."\nLast year's program involved about 200 students. The time commitment is about two to five hours per week, according to the Office of Multicultural Affairs. \nConversations take place in a deliberately small group of about seven to 10 students, Bauder said. \nDean of Students Richard McKaig participated in the weekly meetings and said the close-knit format allowed him to explore issues from a variety of angles.\n"Conversations on Race lets you put your arms around that topic and that's how you can make a difference," McKaig told the IDS last spring. "We go through our life on campus with lots of brief encounters and superficial encounters. To have an opportunity to deal with a significant topic in a significant way -- it changes me, it changes you and it changes us all in the process."\nDuring the program, facilitators do not attempt to make students feel guilty; rather, they recognize the need for confronting issues of diversity on a day-to-day basis, especially on a campus as richly diverse as IU, according to the Office for Multicultural Affairs.\nThis year's program, meeting weekly from Oct. 1 to Nov. 4, will be held in all residence halls and cultural centers.\nInterested students should contact Bauder at dbauder@indiana.edu or log on to www.indiana.edu/~cor to register online. The deadline to register is today at noon.
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Former basketball coach Bob Knight countered statements by IU President Myles Brand and waived confidentiality rights to his IU employment records in an affidavit expected to be filed today, the lawyer for plaintiffs in an open records lawsuit against the University said Tuesday.\nThe affidavit could prove beneficial for the plaintiffs in two lawsuits related to Knight's termination.\nThe Knight supporters, who filed a lawsuit last October, allege Brand violated Indiana's Open Door Laws when he fired Knight in September. Brand consulted with two groups of four trustees before firing the coach.\nThe University maintains no quorum was present at any meeting with Brand, eliminating the need for public notice.\nA lawsuit filed by The Indianapolis Star in October 2000 claims IU violated Indiana's Access to Public Records Act, which allows individuals and agencies the chance to review and copy public documents. The suit seeks open disclosure of Knight's personnel file.\nIn the affidavit, Knight responds to each of the arguments Brand used to explain the firing of Knight, said Gojko Kasich, lead attorney for alumni plaintiffs.\nThe University is bound by law not to disclose information concerning the terms of Knight's employment, Kasich said. But in the affidavit, Knight permits IU to publicly discuss those parameters.\n"Knight agrees nothing could be any worse than things IU's said already," Kasich said. "The University can't hide behind that veil anymore."\nKnight's contract delegated former IU president John Ryan the power to fire Knight only if the athletics director filed a formal written complaint. A hearing would then commence to allow Knight to respond publicly to charges.\nThe same contract delegated the board of trustees the power to terminate Knight at any time through a majority vote.\nThe September 2000 meetings between Brand and members of the board violate the provision and the Indiana Open Door Laws, the alumni plaintiffs' lawsuit alleges.\nA 1987 resolution passed by the board gave then-president Tom Ehrlich the authority to "execute" contracts at any time -- but not, Kasich said, to terminate them.\nKasich said Knight was never advised to the delegation of power to terminate his contract and confirms it in his affidavit.\n"What controls relationships between Knight and IU is his contract," Kasich said. "Knight was never made aware of who could fire him, so the University's claims don't apply here."\nKasich will also file a procedural response responding to a Sept. 21 motion by the University to accept the fans' case for appeal. Kasich said the fans' attorneys discovered the motion by coincidence and were never notified of its filing. State law permits Kasich to respond to all filings by the opposing parties within 15 days. The 15th day will be Thursday, he said.\nThe Indianapolis Star counsel Kevin Betz has not seen the affidavit but said The Star "firmly believes" Knight's employment records should be made public.\n"Any affidavit by Knight waiving his confidentiality concerns simply adds one more element to the mix that (the documents) should be public," he said. "The trustees should make them public to the citizens of Indiana."\nBetz said that Knight and The Star are in agreement the documents be made public should "tell the University something."\n"I don't know if Bob Knight has a long record of agreeing with the media about anything," Betz said.\nUniversity spokeswoman Susan Dillman declined to comment on the affidavit's affect on the University's position. She said University counsel has not had a chance to review the document. \n"The bottom line is this discussion should take place in a court of law," she said.\nKnight attorney Russell Yates did not return a phone call by press time Tuesday.\nKnight is men's basketball head coach at Texas Tech University. An official in the Texas Tech Athletic Department said Knight was traveling and could not be reached for comment.\nCampus editor Cory Schouten contributed to this story.
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Former basketball coach Bob Knight waived confidentiality rights to his personnel file and denounced statements by IU President Myles Brand as "false and misleading" in an affidavit filed Wednesday in the Indiana Court of Appeals.\nKnight also said he'd like more information about what led to his firing in September 2000 for violations of a "zero-tolerance" policy.\n"I am as interested as anyone in discovering the exact conversations held between Myles Brand and the trustees of Indiana University ..." Knight said in the affidavit, obtained by the IDS Wednesday.\nThe document was filed as part of a lawsuit claiming the University violated Indiana's Open Door Laws when it fired Knight.\nThe lawsuit, filed by a group of 46 Knight supporters, alleges Brand acted outside his authority in firing the former Hall of Fame coach. Brand met with two groups of four trustees before firing Knight.\nIU Spokeswoman Susan Dillman said the University finds nothing new in the affidavit.\n"We disagree with (Knight's) allegations and conclusions with regard to his dismissal," Dillman said. "Again, it's in the courts so there's nothing else we could say."\nIn the sworn statement, Knight maintains he was told he could only be fired if a majority from the board voted in favor of terminating him. His original contract, dated 1972, was extended in 1982.\nIn 1987, the board of trustees passed a resolution giving then-president Tom Ehrlich the authority to "execute" employee contracts. Knight said he was not aware of the change when agreeing to an extension of his contract in 1989.\n"Had I, at any time between June 28, 1982 and September 10, 2000, been asked if I would agree to any assignment or delegation of the provisions...of my contract with the Trustees of Indiana University, I would have refused," Knight said in the affidavit.\nThe document shows that Knight could be terminated only by the board of trustees, said Roy Graham, plaintiffs' associate counsel.\n"The affidavit shows that Knight would have not accepted the extension of his contract if he knew Brand could have fired him at will," Graham said.\nAttorneys representing the University have refused to release Knight's personnel file. By waiving his confidentiality right, Knight permits all records concerning his termination to be released.\nIn May 2000, Knight was suspended for three games, fined $30,000 and placed on "zero tolerance" by the board of trustees for choking a former player. At that point, Knight said, it seemed that Brand wanted him gone.\n"I suggested to (Brand) that a three-game suspension seemed unreasonable, and his entire demeanor changed," Knight said in his affidavit. "'Are you going to resign then?' he asked eagerly. He seemed disappointed when I said that I would not."\nHe said Brand called him on Sept. 8 and asked him to postpone a trip to Canada he had planned for the following day.\nKnight refused, but said he told Brand he could be reached by telephone while out of town. He alleges Brand then told the board of trustees that Knight's refusal constituted an "instance of gross insubordination." Knight refuted this claim, saying Brand never asked him to appear before the board.\nKnight also refutes Brand's statement that Knight was unwilling to work within the "normal chain of command" in the IU athletics department. Knight's written contract allowed him "approval of all matters associated with Men's Varsity Basketball" including games and practices, selection of radio and television announcers and staff selection, according to the affidavit.\nKnight also stated he did not verbally abuse University Counsel Dottie Frapwell, another reason Brand gave for firing the coach. Knight said he and Accountant Bob Shine met with Frapwell to discuss the $30,000 fine and later consulted with her concerning an "unrelated matter." He said he then asked Frapwell to leave his office so he could finish speaking with another attorney.\nKnight also contends he was never given specifics about the "zero-tolerance" policy imposed on him.\nFrapwell did not return a phone call by press time Wednesday.\nAn official with the Texas Tech University, where Knight now coaches, said Knight was unavailable for comment Wednesday. Knight's lawyer, Russell Yates, of Denver, did not return a phone call.\nThe plaintiffs hope the affidavit persuades the appeals court to send the case back for a full trial, where University officials could be called to testify. In August, a Jeffersonville judge sided with IU and sent the case to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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Four weeks ago, the 70-plus members of Ballet Folklorico de Mexico were faced with a quandary they never encountered in more than 50 years of touring America -- the possibility of cancelling a performance.\nSlated to perform for 1,500 United Nations ambassadors and their staffs Sept. 11, the 45 dancers instead ceased warming up, stretching and rehearsing, rendered immobile by news of terrorist attacks on the United States. \nThe 25 musicians, swathed in traditional Mexican garb, stopped tuning, plucking and strumming. The crew paused in the midst of unloading 10 tons worth of costumes and set pieces at a theatre on the corner of 75th Street and Broadway in New York City. \nNo one knew what to do. The company was scheduled to perform three days later in Sacramento -- more than three thousand miles to the west. With no flights leaving the city, the cast and crew desperately sought a way to get west.\nSomehow, through some stroke of luck, they found a bus service willing to transport the entire company and its effects without stopping -- "just fast food and bathroom breaks," producer Adam Friedson said. They arrived in California after two and a half days of nonstop travel -- and never skipped a beat onstage before a crowd of 2,500 children.\n"It was thrilling," Friedson said. "The company knew what happened and was ready to go on and bring a celebration of life to the American people at a time of great difficulty."\nIn more than 50 years, Ballet Folklorico has never canceled a performance, and tonight they'll round out their American tour with a capstone performance at the IU Auditorium.\nFounded in 1952 by late Mexican choreographer Amalia Hernandez, the group began as an eight-member ensemble exclusively trained under classical ballet and modern dance techniques. Hernandez broke new ground, Friedson said, when she coupled her strong technical expertise with traditional Mexican folk dance.\nHernandez's vision of preserving and reviving traditional forms of dance enabled her to create a regime in which rigorous classical training was complemented by a more fluid approach to modern dance techniques.\nHer systematic approach to researching indigenous cultures in Mexico's municipalities facilitated a broad representation of pre-hispanic and Mayan groups in the country. \n"It's a very different style of footwork, of movement, of physical training," Friedson said. "Folk dance reflects traditions all over Mexico; those traditions reflect 32 different states. Those different cultural ingredients are the cultural stew of what modern dance in Mexico is."\nThe result is a "magic carpet ride" Friedson said has absolutely captivated him. Though a seasoned producer, he wasn't sure how exactly to bring Ballet Folklorico stateside when asked to join the production staff 14 years ago. The group had already toured extensively in the States, so name recognition wouldn't be a problem, but finances were a problem. Though not for long -- subsidization surfaced through American Honda, and the U.S. touring company of Ballet Folklorico was born.\nFriedson said he expects audiences to be particularly moved by the show's opening number, an exploration and celebration of Mayan culture. Swathed in elaborate head-dresses, female dancers take the stage to the beat of conch shell blasts. Those dancers are gradually replaced with choreography depicting French and Spanish colonial influences, resulting in a sort of "European-style polka footwork," which, Friedson said, is strongly reminiscent of traditional European culture.\n In fact, Friedson said, the entire show is an amalgamation of intercontinental influences -- from Afro-Carribean to Spanish to German, reflecting what Hernandez termed "the drops of blood from all cultures" making Mexico what it is today.\nEach piece has a distinct beginning, middle and end, contributing to the narrative sense of action and drawing a larger, more diverse audience.\n"It's not just dance -- it's a grand spectacle," Friedson said. "It's a celebration of life, a beautiful combination of Mexican music and huge painted backdrops and wonderful composers."\nThe group has most recently garnered the support of Columba Bush, wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush and backer of the company's Educational Series, which brings master classes and dance training to children throughout the country.
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Correction: Among other errors, this article incorrectly reported the number of students affected by the release of information. Associate Dean of International Services Kenneth Rogers confirmed that only "hundreds of students" were affected. The rest of the 3,200 international students at IU were not. We are continuing our attempts to verify the rest of the information in the article and will make further corrections as warranted.\nComplying with a request to colleges and universities nationwide to aid terrorism investigations, records of about 3,200 IU students were released to federal authorities last week.\nActing in collaboration with University legal counsel, the Office of International Services released the names of all nonimmigrant students who have taken intensive English-as-a-second-language courses during the past five years, according to OIS Associate Dean and Director Kenneth Rogers. Nonimmigrant students are classified as international students attending school in the United States on "F" or "J" visas.\nThe University responded to a direct FBI request to disclose the information. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act generally requires a subpoena to obtain personal student information such as Social Security numbers, grades and financial aid. But, in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. Department of Education declared a state of emergency, affording the sort of circumstances necessary to bypass standard procedure.\nWhile international students are protected by FERPA, certain conditions do allow the release of personal information without consent. Foreign students in the U.S., regardless of visa status, are constitutionally protected, Rogers said.\nOIS anticipated the possibility of the FBI request and formulated a "very strict set of procedures" immediately after the Sept. 11 attack to follow if student records were needed, Rogers said.\n"This is all being done very carefully in consultation with University lawyers," Rogers said. "Not one bit of information is being given out without being carefully checked by our lawyers."\nIn a letter to faculty last week, IU President Myles Brand said the University is committed to helping the United States in light of the terrorist attacks. He asked all faculty with expertise in important fields to make themselves available to the "… leaders who will shape our nation's response to this attack."\n"As a public institution of higher learning, we can provide valuable background, knowledge and insight …," Brand wrote.\nBrand has told the Bush administration through the Association of American Universities that the weight of this nation's public universities are "available."\nIU is not alone in its decision to release personal information. Several other Indiana institutions of higher learning, including Purdue University and Vincennes University, have also complied. Quaker-affiliated Earlham College denied a request from the FBI's Muncie bureau, claiming the issue restricted civil liberties. \nThe American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officials conducted a preliminary survey this month on campus consequences of the Sept. 11 attack. The study revealed 170 universities have been contacted by at least one law enforcement agency with requests for student information. The majority of those requests, 149, were made by the FBI. The overwhelming majority of requests were made without a subpoena.\nMany citizens may view the release of confidential student information as racial profiling, said Scott Palmer, assistant dean of International Programs in the IU School of Law. Yet the issue polarizes citizens and non-citizens, he said.\n"This is not necessarily an issue purely about racial profiling," Palmer said. "What's actually coming about in this context is a distinction on the basis of citizens and noncitizens -- not on basis of race -- that's becoming a new politically charged category in which civil liberties as a battle will be fought. This is not a story of civil liberties as we know it."\nPalmer referenced an Oct. 3 speech delivered by law professor Patrick Baude discussing the role of civil liberties in investigating terrorist attacks. \nBefore the September attacks, Baude said in his speech, media commentators had claimed the U.S. had reached a consensus against racial profiling, and the assault on the World Trade Center reversed the trend. \nBut Baude said he believes no such consensus ever existed.\n"To say that we've now lost some consensus is again borrowing these events to lend support to a preexisting agenda," Baude said. "I have no problem with the agenda, but a lot of what people are talking about now is just the old agenda -- made livelier by these events. I think when we talk about civil liberties and acts of terrorism it's important to distinguish between our general concerns and those arising from recent events."\nRogers maintains few students have opposed the University's decision directly.\n"There really hasn't been a great response (by students)," Rogers said. "This is all prescribed by law. The University has no alternative but to follow the law, and we have determined we shall fully respond to requests for information from law enforcement officers in connection with antiterrorist investigations."\nDonna Dvorak, an instructor and graduate student in the Intensive English Program, said she has not heard of the information's release to the FBI. No students had approached her, she said.\n"I didn't know anything about it," Dvorak said. "I'm sure (students) will be asking. I'll be asking tomorrow"
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Representing a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, IU faculty will gather tonight to explore the causes and consequences of bioterrorism. Director of graduate studies in political science Michael McGinnis, accompanied by biology professor George Hegeman and associate history professor Nick Cullather, will speak at 7 p.m. in Swain Hall West Room 119 as part of a new lecture series sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor.\nWith the number of reported cases of anthrax on the upswing, the threat of biowarfare has emerged as a principal new breed of intimidation. In response to student and faculty concerns, the National Emergency Forum Committee, a directive of Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm, will sponsor a series of panel discussions concerning topics related to the Sept. 11 attacks, said Cyndi Connelley, administrative assistant in the Dean of Faculties Office.\nCo-sponsored by Union Board and the Bloomington Faculty Council, the group aims to provide a "timely" outlet for students to express their concerns and garner faculty support and opinion, Dean of the Faculties Moya Andrews said. Its representation is broad, consisting of student leaders, faculty and administrators.\nThe Committee hopes to be able to react quickly to breaking news events and put together similar panels to "disseminate information" to students in a timely manner, said sophomore Aaron Huffaker, a student representative and assistant director for the Union Board lecture series.\n "It is our goal to use this programming as a tool to bring the campus together in unity," Huffaker said. "The focus is twofold; we want to examine current issues and broad topics and be a source of programming to the entire campus."\n Selected faculty members are basically "on call," said Union Board Lecture Director and Committee member and junior Nick Hillman, so they may respond effectively and quickly should additional threats or attacks surface.\n"Being an organization that is designed to respond to student wants and needs, we found a good way to address such concerns," Hillman said. "It is important to act timely, and that is exactly how this series is structured."\nThe committee is a positive first step in facilitating dialogue between students and administrators concerning the events surrounding Sept. 11, said associate professor of journalism Carol Polsgrove.\nPolsgrove was approached personally by Andrews and asked to serve on the committee. She consented because she said the group presents the opportunity to discuss relevant issues and concerns on campus. \nThe committee has met once thus far to organize the semester's events. While the impetus for the group emerged as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks, Huffaker said he believes the committee's focus may soon expand to cover additional issues as well.\n"My own hope is that these forums will help us all feel more part of a community at this difficult time," Polsgrove said. "I hope, too, that they'll be occasions where we not only learn from others but can share our ideas and thoughts on what's going on."\nHillman said the group's position as an academically-sponsored organization gives its message special precedence. \n"While the television and Internet are the most common media where we learn about the attacks and the potential threats that are still possible, it is more important that students learn about this in an academic environment," Hillman said. "I encourage every student who is interested in discussing these issues to attend at least one part of this year-long series, stop relying on your television and take an active role in your education by becoming part of the debate."\nLaw professor John Scanlan is slated to address issues of civil liberties in another Committee-sponsored panel, scheduled for Nov. 14 in Rawles Hall Room 100. IU Police Department Chief Jim Kennedy will also comment, accompanied by John Irvine, director of Student Legal Services, and Michael McKillip, legislative director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union.
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Cheap eats, an eclectic mix of stores and close proximity to campus brands the Kirkwood Avenue shopping district as the best place in Bloomington to blow a paycheck. Boasting three bars, a variety of ethnic and American restaurants and stores ranging from trendy to classic to over-the-top, Kirkwood offers food, shopping and entertainment mere seconds away from campus.\nDanny Cheshire, a sales associate at Urban Outfitters, says most clothing stores on Kirkwood do the bulk of their business during the evening and weekend hours. Though Cheshire admits most people end up spending upwards of $100, a majority of shoppers discover funky finds on Urban's clearance racks. And, he claims, the location can't be beat.\nHaving already discovered this sale rack, junior Margaux Childers agrees.\n"When I shop I come to Kirkwood," says Childers, who lives close to campus. "I don't go to the mall -- it's easier to just walk. I think that's the case for a lot of people."\nKirkwood's prime location, in fact, was one of the key factors motivating locally-based sportswear store Steve and Barry's to move from its former Indiana Avenue building.\nSteve and Barry's sales associate Kris Rollins, a sophomore, says much of their business is generated through the influx of parents and alumni for athletic events and specially-planned weekend events on campus.\nIt's Rollins first year working at Steve and Barry's, but he claims he never even went into the store's previous location.\n"There's a definite advantage from being located so close to Nick's (English Hut)," Rollins says. "And our items are constantly on sale -- the whole year long, it's buy one get three free."\nInexpensive gifts can also be found at Greetings. Though Greetings operates another store at The Shoppes on College Mall Road, the Kirkwood location caters to a distinctly more "hip" crowd, sales associate Lisa Simmons says.\n"All our efforts focus on the exact crowd we know comes down to Kirkwood," Simmons says. "Our T-shirts are huge; those draw people in. But it's also those miscellaneous small things -- those little knickknacks -- that get people to come in"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Police arrested 11 students and two nonstudents late last week on drug-related charges at two residence halls, a fraternity and two off-campus locations. Spearheaded by IU Police Department Officer Dave Hannum, who was assisted by a team of about 30 officers from the IU and Bloomington police departments, the sting culminated three months of undercover work by the South Central Indiana Drug Task Force.\nPreliminary charges include dealing marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance, and possession of marijuana and cocaine-related offenses, according to the Monroe County prosecutor's office.\nDean of Students Richard McKaig could not speculate on the exact course of IU disciplinary action the students will face, but he said judicial board appearances are a possibility. \nThe Code of Student Ethics prohibits students from possessing "controlled substances … including, but not limited to, marijuana, cocaine, narcotics, certain stimulants and depressants, and hallucinogens."\nIt also prohibits the sale or transfer of illegal drugs to IU students. \nOn Thursday, the task force force divided into teams of four to five officers and left IUPD headquarters at about 1:30 a.m., Hannum said. Each team was assigned a specific location and suspect and served warrants.\nHannum was assigned to the federally-funded task force in mid-September.\nIUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said Thursday's arrests are part of an "ongoing effort" to communicate to students that drug dealing and abuse will not be tolerated.\nThe investigation's main focus, Hannum said, is to catch those suspected of distributing illegal substances.\n"We're not after people who smoke dope," he said. " We're after people who are dealing."\nThree members of Sigma Nu fraternity, 1015 N. Jordan Ave., were arrested at the house early Thursday: Junior Wesley T. Deig, 23; Junior Dustin M. Schnarr, 21, and Timothy Wade, 22.\nThree residents of Foster Quad were arrested early Thursday morning: Freshman Aaron J. Feldman, 19; freshman Vincent Lee Tung Shen, 18; and freshman Bruce Scott Davis, 18.\nThree students were arrested at Collins Living Learning Center late Thursday: Freshman Carlton Krumpfes, 18; freshman Jonathan P. Raskin, 18; and freshman Greg N. Corwin, 18.\nTwo students were arrested at off-campus locations Thursday: Junior Wesley D. Trueblood, 21; and freshman Yves K. Niyikiza, 19.\nTwo nonstudents were also arrested in the sting: Michael R. Diggs, 23; and IU Building Services employee Nicholas J. Garcia, 23. \nThe president of Sigma Nu, junior Doug Schaaf, did not return repeated phone calls last week and during the weekend. Sophomore Casey Holsapple, vice president of campus relations for IFC and a member of Sigma Nu, said the fraternity has no comment.\nInterfraternity Council president Colin Godecke, a senior, said he could not speculate on potential disciplinary action that might be taken by the IFC against the chapter. Because the arrests took place on chapter property, the IFC will begin investigating the matter immediately, he said.\n"This is quite a serious offense, but as of right now I don't know enough to be able to say either way what will happen to the chapter," Godecke said. "Some corrective action will be taken. This is not something we condone happening in our chapters on campus … We have a very clear substance abuse policy, and this is not consistent with that."\nSenior Ken Minami, president of the Residence Halls Association, said RHA usually does not intervene in drug-related situations in the residence halls. Instead, students facing alcohol or drug-related charges usually face disciplinary action by the University if it has been determined that the Student Code of Ethics has been violated.\nSearches and arrests conducted at greek houses and residence halls are conducted in a similar fashion, Minger said. Officers first knocked on the suspects' doors and identified themselves as IUPD officers. Upon entering the residences, they then identified the suspects as those individuals named on the arrest warrants and notified the suspects of the charges against them.\nThe drug task force relies on an extensive network of informants, many of whom Minger said are IU students or residence hall employees, to expand case files.\n"It's often the case that residents of the dormitories are the informants," Minger said. "It's hard to maintain a place where you sell and use marijuana daily and not have that become known to people living around you"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
When former athletics director Clarence Doninger retired last year, it wasn't purely by choice. \nHired in 1991 to assume leadership of the IU Athletics Department, Doninger held the position of director for just more than ten years before he was forced to retire under IU's mandatory retirement policy, which requires administrators to retire at age 65. \nAfter 60 years intact, the policy will be reconsidered Wednesday morning. Administrators will meet with linguistics professor Paul Newman and representatives from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission at 9:30 a.m. in Bryan Hall to sign an agreement requiring the University to rewrite its stance on mandatory retirement. \nThe meeting stems from a complaint filed by Newman and the EEOC more than a year ago, in which the plaintiffs state IU is in violation of federal law by requiring administrators to retire on the basis of age. Newman claims University counsel has denied this assertion since the complaint was filed.\nNewman predicts the change will be embraced by IU faculty.\n"I have never met one person in the University who has defended it and said it made any sense," Newman said. "I can see having faculty rotate jobs to get young blood and new professors in. I can see having term limits to certain (administrative) positions. What I'm opposed to is discrimination because of chronological age."\nThe current University policy requiring administrators to retire at 65 can be waived by the president on a temporary, yearly basis.\nThe Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 that protects employees from firing or mandatory retirement practices based on age. The act, however, does not apply to state employees. And the Supreme Court has never ruled age discrimination unconstitutional. \nUniversity counsel Dottie Frapwell the EEOC resolution would not kill the retirement policy -- it would merely ask the University to rewrite the policy.\nBut to Newman, the agreement means IU will change the policy.\n"What the agreement will require is the rewriting of the policy so that, in effect, 95 percent of people affected before by it won't be now," he estimated.\nMandatory retirement practices have been abolished at most U.S. universities since 1994, according to a study by Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.\nBut the mandatory retirement age saves money that IU needs. IU faces a payout of $2 billion over the next 30 years to professors who retired before the 18-20 plan was terminated 12 years ago, according to The Associated Press. The plan -- instituted about 40 years ago -- promises five years' salary after retirement to professors who worked at IU for at least 20 years. \nAs a result of the steep 18-20 costs, new employees' retirement packages are cut by a third, and departments shoulder 20 percent burden, according to the AP. \nThe mandatory retirement limit plays into the equation as a money-saving method, affecting hiring practices as well. \n"You want to hire as many junior people as you can…Unless you feel it's very important to hire a senior professor, you'll try to get a younger person," Kumble R. Subbaswamy, dean of college of arts and sciences, told the IDS in August. \nIn fact, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Morton Lowengrub left IU after 32 years under mandatory retirement -- only to assume a position at Yeshiva University in New York as vice president for academic affairs.\nDoninger, who was asked to support the EEOC resolution and declined to do so, said he was unaware mandatory retirement policies applied to him when he accepted the position of athletics director. Doninger said he was not aware the policy affected his job. \n"It was a surprise," he said. Though Doninger accepted the policy and retired at 65, he feels reconsideration of mandatory retirement practices is long overdue.\n"I did not contest the policy because I've supported IU for years," Doninger said. "I did disagree with the policy, and I think it is appropriate that the University now reverse itself on that."\nNewman approves of IU's sex and gender-based policies regarding discrimination, but said he can't understand why the University defends age-based mandatory retirement.\n"I can't believe I'm the first person to bring this up," Newman said.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
IU police arrested two students before spring break on charges of creating and distributing hundreds of fake IDs on campus. The discovery of the IDs stemmed from an IUPD narcotics investigation that began in November, led by IU police officer Dave Hannum.\nFreshman Nicolas Baytler, 18, and associate's degree student Jeffrey S. Bravine, 20, both face misdemeanor charges of manufacturing false identification. They allegedly used personal computers to create the IDs for underage students.\nWhile police are unsure exactly how many IDs Bravine and Baytler made, they can track students who purchased the IDs from him through computer files.\n"We have everything scanned into (Bravine's) computer," IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said. \nFor now, however, police can only assimilate the information and submit it to the prosecutors handling the case. Minger said IUPD plans on releasing the list of names to the dean's office and speculated on the possibility of punishment through the Office of Student Ethics.\n"This is an example of what happens from the drug work that Officer Hannum's been doing," Minger said. "It starts out with making controlled marijuana buys over the course of several months, and then you find out more students who are dealing, you find out dealing in harder drugs and turning out illegal fake IDs…it's very typical of the kind of investigation that starts out with one thing and moves on with others."\nBaytler and Bravine will also face drug charges resulting from the narcotics investigation. Two other students were arrested on drug charges as well. \nBaytler, a resident of Foster Quad, also faces preliminary charges of conspiracy to commit dealing a schedule I controlled substance, maintaining a common nuisance, reckless possession of paraphernalia, possession of false identification and five counts of dealing marijuana. \nBravine, resident of East 19th Street, faces preliminary charges of reckless possession of paraphernalia, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of marijuana.\nPolice also arrested freshman Benjamin Griffel, 18, and freshman Zachary S. Sussman, 19, both residents of McNutt Quad. Griffel faces preliminary charges of possession of a schedule II controlled substance, possession of false identification, possession of marijuana and reckless possession of paraphernalia.\nSussman faces preliminary charges of conspiracy to commit dealing a schedule I controlled substance, possession of marijuana, dealing marijuana, maintaining a common nuisance and possession of false identification.\nMinger said the investigations began with a case against Baytler concerning controlled buys of marijuana. They later expanded to Sussman when it was discovered Baytler and Sussman were also discussing supplying other drugs, such as mushrooms. \nPolice were then able to obtain subpoenas to monitor Baytler and Sussman's computer traffic.\n"They were communicating over the computer about when drugs were coming in, how much, sales and things like that," Minger said. "On those logs of their traffic, they were also talking about their fake ID business and how they were supplying to various people around campus." \nPolice then obtained warrants for Baytler and Sussman and served them the during the early morning hours of March 7, the Thursday preceding spring break. Officers then served a warrant on Sussman and searched his room at McNutt Quad. The search turned up drugs and false IDs that were in Griffel's possession, Minger said. \nPolice then obtained a telephonic search warrant to search Bravine's East 19th Street apartment and found evidence that he had been making fake IDs. \n"Right at his computer we found over 30 pieces of information -- personal information, passport pictures -- as well as over 80 files of signatures, photos, templates and things like that," Minger said.\nPolice also discovered Bravine had purchased a program over the Internet allowing him to affix holograms to the false driver's licenses he was creating. At the time of the police search, Bravine was working on over 50 Connecticut licenses.\nAfter searching Bravine's apartment, police confiscated his computer, scanner, printer and monitor. \nDean of Students Richard McKaig said he has not yet received an official report from IUPD detailing the arrests. If convicted of the charges, Bravine may have violated sections of the Code of Student Ethics concerning fraud, McKaig said, but he could not speculate further until reading the official police report.\nThe students arrested on campus will likely face hearings before the campus judicial board. In extreme cases, McKaig noted, students may meet with hearing officers instead.\nThe Code of Student Ethics prohibits students from possessing "controlled substances…including, but not limited to, marijuana, cocaine, narcotics, certain stimulants and depressants, and hallucinogens."\nIt also prohibits the sale or transfer of illegal drugs to IU students. \nMinger said incidents in which students violate state law are normally deemed violations of the student code as well but said IUPD must allow the Office of Student Ethics to make that distinction on a case-by-case basis.\nA similar sting operation in December 2001 pinned 13 offenders, 11 of whom were IU students. Led by Hannum and a team of officers, the sting targeted marijuana and cocaine use and sales. The charges culminated three months of undercover work by the South Central Indiana Drug Task Force.\nSenior Ken Minami, former president of the Residence Halls Association, told the IDS in December that RHA generally does not intervene in situations involving drug charges in the residence halls. Instead, students facing alcohol or drug-related charges usually face disciplinary action by the University if it has been determined that the Student Code of Ethics has been violated.
(04/17/02 4:23pm)
Last year, Drew Marsch could barely make it through a 20-mile road ride. This year, he's in the gym four to five hours a day and spends several more at Bill Armstrong Stadium, pounding the cinders in preparation for Saturday's race. \nThe junior business major "just sort of fell into riding," one of the rookie recruits deemed "in shape enough" to start training with the Delta Sigma Pi cyclists.\n"I'd played soccer my entire life," Marsch, a junior, said, "but when I went on my first road ride, I was dying going up the hills. I made it the whole way, but it was tough."\nDelta Sigma Pi, a coed business fraternity, sends a men's and women's team to Little 500 each year. The men's team qualified No. 29 this year, an improvement from last year's No. 33 ranking. The women qualified No. 27. They qualified No. 23 in 2001.\nMoney poses a unique problem for non-greek teams like Delta Sigma Pi: Independent riders must pay for all their own expenses -- including bikes, training gear and spring break cycling trips.\n"We would like to be one of those teams up there training all year, and we've got goals for next year already," Marsch said. "But in reality, we know that's not gonna be us. We don't have the resources other teams have." \nMarsch is the only returning rider this year, a fact he chalks up to the demanding course loads required of business majors. \n"One guy graduated, and another just didn't have time," Marsch said. "The (business school) obviously loads a lot on us, so it's understandable."\nSenior Erin Mahoney, a veteran rider for the Delta Sigma Pi women's team, began riding with a friend who rides for Alpha Omicron Pi. \n"I was like, oh my God -- is this how it feels every single time," Mahoney asked after her first ride.\nYet she's worked through the pain and returns this year as the women's team's only veteran. Rookies include juniors Lindsey Jenda, Sarah Vohden and senior Mitzi Wilson. They began training together in January after the rookies completed the business school's integrative core coursework.\nBoth Marsch and Mahoney agreed it's difficult to recruit and retain new riders. \n"After the race each year about 50 people come up and say they want to ride," Marsch said. "Then it kind of dwindles. We're not going to be the best out there, and we know that. It's pretty much whoever puts time and effort into this will be out there riding." \nMahoney agreed.\n"It's really hard to find interest," Mahoney said. "At first, tons are interested, but as the year goes on, they're like, 'Never mind.' Basically it's me going out there and getting interest fired up."\nThe Delta Sigma Pi teams typically begin training at the outset of second semester, Marsch said.\nWorkouts usually consist of weight training, stationary bike workouts at the Student Sports and Recreation Center or road rides, and occasional sessions on rollers or wind trainers. The teams spent spring break together in Myrtle Beach, SC.\nWhile fraternity members turn out in full force on race day to support their teams, Mahoney admitted the team often feels a bit out of place during team events leading up to the final race. \n"Our frat is really supportive on race day, but all that stuff before makes it hard," Mahoney said. "Once in awhile some friends come out to the track, but usually it's just us and the greek houses. But in a way, that shows we have a lot of heart and spirit -- despite all odds, we'll go out there and do it."\nUltimately, the Delta Sigma Pi riders view the race as an intramural event, softening the biting competitive spirit typically associated with Little 500.\n"We go out there and we give it our best shot, but at the same time we're not disappointed if we don't win," Marsch said.
(04/11/02 4:07am)
The residents of Collins Living-Learning Center are infuriated over the firing of their resident assistants. The RAs fired Tuesday for violating a closed-weekend rule had clean records, were of legal drinking age, had substantial work experience in Residential Programs and Services and, above all, had no idea their employment would be terminated should they violate an RPS verbal contract. \nThey have one week -- one week to say goodbye to scores of residents accustomed to seeing them in the halls, in the coffeehouse, in the dining hall. With less than a month of classes left, they've got one week to find some place off campus to live. \nThe verbal agreement between RPS and the resident assistants on the evening of the NCAA championship game does not and should not bear the same weight and punishment as the employees' written contract. The agreement was made two days before the tournament's final game and, though enforceable through RPS policy, does not hint at any punishment possibilities should RAs violate the contract. \nThe RPS staff agreement specifically mandates that staff members are employed by RPS, not individual residence centers. Thus, punishment for RPS contract infractions must be handled in a consistent manner in which every RA judged to be in violation of residence hall rules should be punished equally. The possibility that the Collins RAs were punished more severely than resident assistants at other on-campus living facilities guilty of the same infraction is atrocious. \nRPS officials should reconsider the firing of the three Collins RAs. The punishment does not fit the crime.
(03/28/02 6:31am)
There are 53,250 seats in the Georgia Dome. The only problem for IU students and basketball devotees is actually getting one of them.\nEach of the schools headed to the Final Four have been granted 4,526 tickets for all three games. But for students, getting their hands on University-delegated tickets has proven a tremendous challenge -- and coming up with the money to pay for public seating has only compounded the headache.\nSince Sunday morning, IU Athletics Department ticket office employees have been calling student ticketholders selected through a lottery to purchase seats to Saturday and Monday's games. In addition, 3,500 season ticketholders have been informed of their eligibility to purchase tickets, IU ticket manager Mike Roberts told the Associated Press.\nSenior Andrew Beaupre was one of the lucky few. Randomly selected to gain the opportunity to purchase tickets through the athletics department lottery, Beupre ended up paying $245 for two tickets to all three games.\n"The cost is amazing," Beaupre said. "I wish there were more tickets that went to the students."\nBeupre said he plans to sell his ticket for Monday's game if Oklahoma defeats the Hoosiers Saturday night.\n"If we do lose, hopefully I will be able to sell my ticket for Monday for more than I bought both of them for," Beupre said.\nHe may not have an easy time of it, however. NCAA host cities face pressure from the conference to intervene in ticket scalping. Indianapolis, for example, created a short-term ban on selling tickets above face value in an effort to curb illegal sales. While Atlanta has not yet resorted to city-wide measures, a "no-scalp zone" extending 2,700 on all sides of the Georgia Dome, will be enforced by city police. \nIn the meantime, however, Beaupre isn't thinking of defeat. He's leaving for Atlanta at 8 a.m. Friday morning and "plans to paint the town red."\n"We're winning it," Beupre said.\nTwenty-seven percent of the available seats -- 14, 378 tickets -- at the Dome have been allocated as public seats. Another 12.5 percent have been delegated to local organizers, while corporate and broadcast partners snagged 10 percent of seats. Athletic directors, the National Association of Basketball Coaches and media account for the remaining 16.5 percent.\nSophomore Liz Couleur was selected through the IU lottery to get tickets. She ended up buying two tickets at the main level for $160 apiece -- seats that are "selling for mucho dinero now," she said.\n"I got called last night and was asked to call back immediately this morning," Couleur said. "I went to the ticket office because I knew I'd have to pay for them up-front."\nCouleur's driving down with her boyfriend, Mike, an associate scout for the Atlanta Braves. If IU wins Saturday, the couple plans on going to the Atlanta Zoo and visiting the Coca-Cola Museum. They'll also hit the Braves' opening game Monday. \nIf IU loses Saturday, she'll sell her tickets and head back to Bloomington.\nFreshman Mark Barry also scored two tickets through the lottery for Saturday and Monday's IU matchups. He paid $325 for the seats and plans on taking a buddy to catch a bit of the action in Atlanta Saturday.\nBarry plans to drive to Atlanta. The Indianapolis International Airport reports flights filled to near-capacity for Thursday, Friday and Saturday -- a weekend complicated by both travelers homebound for the Easter holiday and basketball enthusiasts headed to the Final Four. Nevertheless, Barry remains undaunted.\n"I felt very lucky," Barry said. "I haven't even given it a second thought. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity and I didn't want to pass it up."\nFor students without that golden opportunity, however, scrounging up the funds for tickets -- or in some cases, finding ticketholders willing to part with even nosebleed seats -- has proven more than frustrating.\nIU cheerleader Ricci Kohlmeyer spent most of Wednesday morning calling her parents on her cellular phone, trying to scrounge up a pair of seats for Saturday's game. Kohlmeyer has her way paid -- she'll be on the sidelines as usual, cheering the Hoosiers on to victory with fellow members of the coed squad. But her parents, who routinely make the two-hour trek from Evansville to Assembly Hall to watch their daughter cheer, were ticketless for the biggest IU athletics event of the year. After a few hours on the phone, Kohlmeyer finally ended up getting tickets for more than $300 apiece.\nTwo Bloomington travel agencies, Sunshine Travel and Carlson-Wagonlit, have set up inclusive packages offering airfare, hotel accommodations and game tickets for upwards of $1,200. For many students, this price is far too steep, yet it wanes in comparison to tickets currently up for grabs on eBay and other Internet sites, some priced at over $11,000 each. \nYet for some, back-court seats and a guaranteed lousy view just aren't worth the hassle. Some, like sophomore Laci McCandless, would rather hold out for Monday's game. McCandless plans on driving with her parents to Atlanta Friday and watching the game at a sports bar or restaurant. They plan on buying tickets from scalpers for Monday's game.\n"We just decided it would be really difficult to get tickets for Saturday, but that the losers will be selling their tickets for Monday," McCandless said. \nOthers, like sophomore Mark Waligora, plan on heading home for the weekend and watching from there. Waligora wasn't selected through the IU lottery to get tickets. He's more than a little bitter, especially since his parents said they would have sent him to Atlanta to catch the game. Instead, he'll be watching from Cincinnati, at a party co-hosted by longtime buddy and IU sophomore Greg Dietz.\n"I'm pissed," Waligora said. "But I leave Friday, and we're going to have the high school boys go to BW-3's or one of our houses. It should be sweet, but it would be better seeing your team play live."\nHe thinks more student tickets should be allocated, however. \n"I think it's outrageous that more consideration isn't taken for the students," Waligora said. "Players play for the students."\nJustin Allen contributed to this report.
(02/25/02 4:16am)
This weekend, a few of my sorority sisters and I packed into my battered Toyota Corolla and headed up I-65 to West Lafayette, swimsuits in hand and Dave Matthews Band blaring. We'd been approached by our house's director of philanthropy a few weeks before and asked to participate in Purdue's Delta Gamma chapter's annual philanthropy, Anchor Splash. The event pits greek houses against one another in relay and synchronized swimming events to raise money for the sorority's national philanthropy, Service for Sight. \nIt didn't matter that my tan had faded in October and I hadn't even thought about a bikini since at least August. I was ready for a day of road tripping and catching up with friends in Boilermaker country. So at 7 a.m. Saturday, I dragged myself out of bed and got ready to put on my flippers. \nWhen we got to the high school where the event was being held, I was shocked. Expecting the usual lackluster turnout characteristic of most IU greek philanthropy events, I was greeted instead by a sea of sorority and fraternity letters, Speedos and swim caps. \nI looked at my teammates, all of whom were expecting a low-key event as well. I hadn't swum since I was six. Were they kidding? This was a competitive event. I had no idea. I seemed doomed to the most public form of humiliation in an electric-blue bikini.\nThe pool's bleacher sections, filled to capacity with girls in Hawaiian leis and sorority letters from each of the Purdue women's chapters, shook under the weight of stomps from representatives from the mens' fraternities carrying signs and beating pots and pans. I could barely hear the announcement of events over the din of rousing chants and cheers. I looked at my sisters, armed with video cameras and readied to immortalize the event on film. They, too, shook their heads in disbelief. We hadn't seen this many greek groups together since Little 5. \nMy point? Philanthopic activities are regarded very differently by our friends in black and gold than on the IU campus. They're important to the majority of greek students. Students from every chapter sacrificed a beautifully sunny Saturday morning to shake things up for a good cause. \nWith the greek system facing increasing opposition and regulation from an administration many students feel would like to abolish the community altogether, it's time chapters on campus begin banding together. We have at our disposal the men and women of the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Association -- let's use them to help us get back on our feet. Let's publicize the positive activities and detract attention from the few mishaps that have seemed to mark the greek system negatively. We're more than a bunch of lawless partiers, and it's time we start showing that to the campus, the administration and the Bloomington community.\nGranted, a few of IU's events are exceedingly popular on campus -- take Zeta Tau Alpha's Big Man on Campus, an initiative that garners support campuswide each fall. Yet we as a community must strive to encourage each other's endeavors, either through direct participation, co-funding or simple physical support at events. If we can't party legally on campus, let's do something positive. We may catch the attention of those who count. And we just might have fun together while we're at it.
(01/31/02 5:47am)
The University is poised to re-examine age restrictions placed on upper-level administrators in light of an agreement signed last week. The agreement between IU and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concerning the University's mandatory retirement practices was signed Jan. 24 and will align IU policy with the Age Discrimination Employment Act.\nThe agreement stems from a complaint filed by Paul Newman, professor of linguistics, more than a year ago, in which he claimed IU violated federal law by requiring administrators to retire based on age. \nThe ADEA protects employees from firing or mandatory retirement practices based on age. IU policy, however, permits the mandatory retirement of administrators -- including "bona fide executives" and "high policymakers" -- at age 65. The policy can be waived by the president on a temporary, yearly basis. \nThe agreement was signed by Newman, representatives of the University and the district director of the EEOC.\nNewman planned a public signing ceremony for that date but said IU officials declined his invitation. \n"I decided to just go ahead and sign the agreement and mail it back to the EEOC," he said.\nThe agreement allows Newman or the EEOC to pursue additional legal action should the University fail to comply with ADEA requirements. The agreement also requires IU to apply mandatory retirement policy "only to those individuals qualified as executives and high policy makers."\nSharon Groeger, associate University counsel in charge of the case, said the document was signed in mid-December by University officials and sent immediately back to the EEOC.\nUniversity counsel Dorothy Frapwell told the IDS earlier this month the EEOC resolution would not kill the retirement policy altogether. Rather, the University would rewrite the policy.\nGroeger said the exact changes in the policy have not yet been determined. She said possible changes include imposing a cap on the number of positions to which mandatory retirement policies apply.\n"A conciliation agreement has been entered," Groeger said. "In it, we agree to revise the policy, but itdoesn't say specifically how we need to change it. We need to make sure it complies with the ADEA -- that we only require retirement for bona fide executives and high policy-making positions. We can't speak for how the policy will be changed. That's up to President Brand"
(12/10/01 4:53am)
September\nSept. 10: Former IU Alumni Association president Jerry Tardy died following a long battle with cancer. Known as "Uncle Jerry," Tardy served as president of the IU Varsity Club and the IU Foundation. A 1962 IU graduate, Tardy began working for the University in 1968 and helped raise $5.2 million to construct the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center. He also helped sign a contract with 20th Century Fox studios for the movie "Breaking Away," based on the annual Little 500 race.\nSept. 10: Regarding the one-year \nanniversary of the Bob Knight firing, IU President Myles Brand says "The University has moved on, I've moved on."\nSept. 11: In the most devastating attack on U.S. soil to date, terrorists toppled two of the World Trade Center's five towers in the heart of downtown Manhattan; caused substantial damage on the Pentagon in Washington; and took down a plane in Pennsylvania. \nSept. 25: 38-year-old NBA legend Michael Jordan announced his intent to return to professional basketball with the Washington Wizards. \nOctober\nOct. 1: Four unregistered solicitors were banned from campus after illegally soliciting student information through fake credit card applications. The IU Police Department was dispatched to the Indiana Memorial Union after students reported the solicitors. \nOct. 2: The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a $345 spending bill that would raise military salaries and increase federal spending for President George W. Bush's missile defense program. \nOct. 4: Dean of Students Richard McKaig formally expelled Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity from campus after a sophomore pledge was hospitalized with a blood-alcohol level four times the legal limit, making the chapter the fifth expelled within the last 18 months. The chapter unsuccessfully appealed the board's unanimous two-year expulsion to the greek judicial board, and members of the chapter were forced to move out of the house at 1012 E. Third St. \nOct. 4: Men's soccer coach Jerry Yeagley gains 500th career victory.\nOct. 7: The U.S. and Britain launched the first in a series of missile attacks against Osama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan under campaign "Enduring Freedom." Bin Laden responded with a videotaped statement calling United States officials "full of fear."\nOct. 8: Voicing protest to U.S. bombings of Afghanistan, a group of self-described "peace campers" created a tent city in Dunn Meadow, a section of campus designated for expression of free speech. Maintained by members of Students for a Nonviolent Solution, the tent city is still intact. \nOct. 9: Alpha Omicron Pi sorority canceled all planned events for Homecoming one week after a chapter member reported an alleged rape at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. There were no witnesses to the incident. \nOct. 10: Former Ohio State University Provost Sharon Brehm was formally installed as Chancellor of the Bloomington campus in a ceremony at the IU Auditorium. \nOct. 12: About $1,300 was stolen from the IU Student Association offices. The money was \ndesignated for the Red Cross and other relief charities.\nOct. 15: The threat of anthrax exploded on a national scale as letters sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and an ABC News employee were reported to contain amounts of the hazardous substance. \nOct. 16: A national scare spread to campus as \nhazardous materials teams responded to three reports of anthrax exposure in Wright and Foster Quads. All three substances proved harmless. The federal government \ncontinued to warn Americans of the seriousness of the possibility of \nepidemic, claiming those who fake anthrax scares will face federal \nprosecution.\nOct. 17: The Genocide Awareness Project displays posters and pamphlets inside the Sample Gates.\nOct. 18: President George W. Bush nominates IU board of trustees president James T. Morris to serve as ambassador to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Rome.\nOct. 23: IU trustee John Walda accepts post as new executive director of federal relations for the University. IU President Myles Brand created the new position.\nOct. 25: A Bloomington man faces charges of attempted murder after two sherrif's deputies were shot in a shootout.\nOct. 26: IU Dance Marathon raises more than $400,000 for Riley Hospital for Children. The 36-hour fundraiser took place in the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building.\nOct. 26: $2,300 from student basketball season ticket funds were stolen from the IU Athletic ticket office.\nOct. 30: After two unsuccessful attempts by the Eigenmann Resident Association to merge with the Residence Halls Association, Eigenmann Hall residents passed a 183-42 referendum allowing the historically self-governing living unit to merge with RHA. \nNovember\nNov. 4: After only four years in professional baseball, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series.\nNov. 7: President George W. Bush issued a national freeze on Afghan terrorist Osama bin Laden's financial networks in the first large-scale crackdown on Americans suspected of aiding terrorist efforts. \nNov. 8: The family of Seth Korona, an IU freshman killed following head injuries sustained at a Jan. 27 party at Theta Chi fraternity, announced plans to sue the fraternity's international headquarters, the local chapter and Bloomington Hospital. Korona died Feb. 4 of bleeding to the brain resulting from a skull fracture. The suit was filed in an Indianapolis federal district court Nov. 9. \nNov 8: The Indianapolis Star loses a lawsuit requesting \npublic disclosure of records relating to the investigation \nsurrounding former men's basketball coach Bob Knight. Appeals were anticipated.\nNov. 9: Men's soccer team members are honored with several awards. Coach Jerry Yeagley, coach of the year; Pat Noonan, player of the year; and Mike Ambersley, freshman of the year.\nNov. 11: The men's soccer team emerged the victor in the 11th Big Ten Championship in Madison, Wis., earning Coach Jerry Yeagley his team's ninth Big Ten title. IU (14-3-1) defeated No. 5 seed Michigan and No. 3 seed Michigan State in the tournament's final round.\nNov. 12: American Airlines 587 crashed in residential Queens, N.Y., three minutes following takeoff, killing all 260 passengers and crew on board. The National Transportation Safety Board credits mechanical failure with the plane's demise.\nNov. 13: President George W. Bush signs an order allowing the federal government to use a special military tribunal to indict accused terrorists more quickly and secretly. \nNov. 15: Gov. Frank O'Bannon proposes a state budget that would cut $55 million from IU's share of state subsidies. Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Stan Jones claimed large-scale tuition hikes, program cuts and \nlayoffs will likely result from the proposed plan.\nNov. 16: Former presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole speaks to students at the IU Auditorium. Her speech centers around the tragedies of Sept. 11.\nNov. 16: Former IU vice president for public affairs and government relations Christopher Simpson was revealed to be receiving at least $10,000 a month for acting on consulting basis to the University. Cited as a "transition issue" by IU board of trustees vice president Frederick Eichhorn, Simpson's contract enabled him to be employed by IU during the period in which Bill Stephan took over his position.\nNov. 24: The football team defeated rival Purdue 13-7 at home, claiming the Old Oaken Bucket in front of 36,685 fans at Memorial Stadium. Senior quarterback Antwaan Randle El passed former Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning in total yards.\nNov. 25: Boston-based Advanced Cell Technology announced the first cloning of human cells. The claim, which President George W. Bush deemed "morally wrong," sparked considerable controversy between liberal and conservative factions on Capitol Hill. \nNov. 27: Bloomington Sgt. Russell Brummett was suspended for 60 days by Sheriff Steven Sharp for his participation and assistance in an alleged domestic assault.\nNov. 29: Senior quarterback Antwaan Randle El announced as nation's first-team All-American quarterback by the Football Writers Association of America.\nNov. 28: University administrators announced plans to curb underage drinking on campus by imposing new restrictions on tailgating at athletic events. \nNov. 29: IU President Myles Brand announces the Unviersity will face "painful, real" budget cuts as a result of state budget cuts.\nNov. 27: The IU pom and crimson squads are told they have less than a week to raise about $17,000 to cover costs for a trip to a national cheer and dance competition in Orlando, Fla. IU Athletics director Michael McNeely claimed the team "blewe through" its budget. The team raised most of the $17,000 and planned to attend the competition.\nDecember \nDec. 2: Seven days after a suicide bombing aboard a bus in Haifa, Israel, left 15 dead, a similar terrorist attack in the same city left 29 wounded at a bus stop. \nDec. 2: Vice President of Administration Terry Clapacs says nine or 10 IU Physical Plant employees could lose their jobs.\nDec. 4: In a proposal supported by Athletics Director Michael McNeely and basketball coach Mike Davis, the Bloomington Faculty Council endorsed a resolution placing greater emphasis on IU academics and less on athletics.\nDec. 5: Athletics Director Michael McNeely announced the firing of football coach Cam Cameron. Cameron was fired after a five year stint at IU, having led the Hoosiers to an 18-37 record during his tenure. \nDec. 7: Former men's basketball coach Bob Knight decides to hold his lawsuit against IU until the end of the basketball season.\nDec. 7: An employee of a Goshen, Ind., plant went on a shooting rampage, killing one co-worker and wounding six others before killing himself. \nDec. 9: For the fifth consecutive year, the men's soccer team earns a trip to the College Cup. \nDec. 9: In an attempt to flush out terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, American warplanes began an intense air campaign in eastern Afghanistan.
(11/29/01 5:00am)
Cheap eats, an eclectic mix of stores and close proximity to campus brands the Kirkwood Avenue shopping district as the best place in Bloomington to blow a paycheck. Boasting three bars, a variety of ethnic and American restaurants and stores ranging from trendy to classic to over-the-top, Kirkwood offers food, shopping and entertainment mere seconds away from campus.\nDanny Cheshire, a sales associate at Urban Outfitters, says most clothing stores on Kirkwood do the bulk of their business during the evening and weekend hours. Though Cheshire admits most people end up spending upwards of $100, a majority of shoppers discover funky finds on Urban's clearance racks. And, he claims, the location can't be beat.\nHaving already discovered this sale rack, junior Margaux Childers agrees.\n"When I shop I come to Kirkwood," says Childers, who lives close to campus. "I don't go to the mall -- it's easier to just walk. I think that's the case for a lot of people."\nKirkwood's prime location, in fact, was one of the key factors motivating locally-based sportswear store Steve and Barry's to move from its former Indiana Avenue building.\nSteve and Barry's sales associate Kris Rollins, a sophomore, says much of their business is generated through the influx of parents and alumni for athletic events and specially-planned weekend events on campus.\nIt's Rollins first year working at Steve and Barry's, but he claims he never even went into the store's previous location.\n"There's a definite advantage from being located so close to Nick's (English Hut)," Rollins says. "And our items are constantly on sale -- the whole year long, it's buy one get three free."\nInexpensive gifts can also be found at Greetings. Though Greetings operates another store at The Shoppes on College Mall Road, the Kirkwood location caters to a distinctly more "hip" crowd, sales associate Lisa Simmons says.\n"All our efforts focus on the exact crowd we know comes down to Kirkwood," Simmons says. "Our T-shirts are huge; those draw people in. But it's also those miscellaneous small things -- those little knickknacks -- that get people to come in"
(11/28/01 5:54am)
As the football season draws to a close, IU administrators are considering following the lead of other Indiana colleges by imposing tighter regulations on tailgating activities at athletic events.\nWorking in conjunction with the IU Police Department, campus officials might implement new policies to deter underage drinking at tailgate events. The efforts include designating alcohol-free zones in Memorial Stadium's red lots and boosting the cost of tailgate parking to increase police patrols in those areas, said Dean of Students Richard McKaig. Similar measures have already taken effect at Purdue and Ball State universities.\nIU is considered a "dry campus" with only a few exceptions for students over 21.\nAlthough McKaig admits the success of IU's proposals can only be determined through implementation, he said he feels the policies' main intent lies in providing an alternative to alcohol consumption.\nThe recommendations were originally presented to various University departments last year. The next step, McKaig said, is to form small groups within departments to begin discussing implementation strategies.\nMost arrests made at tailgating functions are on counts of public intoxication and illegal consumption, IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said. Several other charges, including vandalism and assault, usually arise as well.\nIn addition, IUPD has come to expect complaints from residents living close to Memorial Stadium about noise, public urination, litter and, on some occasions, intoxicated revelers passed out in front lawns.\nSimilar complaints by disgruntled Muncie residents have led to tightened control of tailgating activity on the Ball State campus, BSU Dean of Students Randy Hyman said.\nTailgating at Ball State became a problem in the past four to five years, when the university's athletic department began encouraging fans to tailgate to increase attendance at home football games, said BSUPD Sgt. Gene Burton.\nThe Ball State regulations focus on emphasizing tailgating in a "traditional format," Hyman said. \n"Tailgating historically has been about a picnic linked to an event -- in this case, a football game," Hyman said. "We don't have a long and rich history of tailgating at Ball State, but it's a fun thing to do if it's done right. It's not intended to be high risk, high liability activity. "\nWhile Ball State has not completely outlawed tailgating, other measures, such as a ban of kegs on university property, designation of special drinking areas and increased law enforcement have been taken to step-up regulation at athletic events. BSU police officials made 66 arrests last year on campus in violation of state liquor laws, according to Ball State Police. An additional 155 arrests were made in non-campus buildings. \nBut Burton said he hasn't seen a decrease in the number of arrests for illegal consumption at Ball State since the University imposed tailgating restrictions. In fact, that number increased. \n"There was, yes, a decrease in the number of public intoxication arrests, but I saw no link at all between minor consumption arrests and the tailgating policies," Burton said. "I think it's because of the more stringent enforcement of underage drinking." \nBut Hyman said there has been "no significant increase" in the number of alcohol-related arrests.\n"The number off arrests hasn't increased," he said. "I think it's because we were fairly clear on the front end on how the policies would be implemented."\nWhile last year was a "pretty bad year" for arrests at athletic events at IU, Minger said the number of arrests has decreased somewhat this year. He attributes the change to the reorganization of law enforcement personnel following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Because of the possibility of explosive or air attacks, IUPD reallocated many of their patrolmen to the north side of 17th Street and within Memorial Stadium.\n"Doing that left the south side of 17th Street and the red lots, where typically most arrests take place, with too few officers," Minger said. "It's simply a matter of not having enough personnel to cover a given area."\nMinger estimates 100 law enforcement personnel are usually present at IU athletic events, a combined force including officers from the Monroe County Sheriff's Auxiliary, the Bloomington Police Department, the Indiana State Police Department and IUPD.\nBut the reallocation of personnel has taken its toll on the department. Patrolmen simply "get spread too thin," Minger said. \nLast year, mounted officers on horseback were called in from IUPUI to help supervise crowd control. \n"The amount of officers isn't inadequate," Minger said. "I just think that if everyone determined specific areas of focus, we could come up with good solutions to address the problem of underage drinking at games."\nIU's current proposal involved increasing parking fees to $1 per car to finance increased police support.\nOne of Ball State's most effective policies, Burton said, involved closing down tailgate areas approximately 15 minutes after the start of athletic events. Dubbed the "tailgate sweep," the effort relied upon voluntary compliance from fans to evacuate the areas.\nWhile IU officials have thus far cited no plans to evacuate tailgate areas, alcohol-free zones will be enforced. McKaig said past enforcement efforts have typically centered around state law, rather than IU's dry campus mandates. Delegating alcohol-free zones will facilitate better enforcement, University officials said.\nMinger said the policies will "indirectly" address this issue. \n"The student code of ethics and University policy follow fairly closely to what state law is anyway," Minger said. "Under those codes, you can't engage in illegal activity, and drinking while you're under 21 is obviously illegal."\nMinger said the University proposals are a positive first step to curbing underage drinking at tailgates.\n"Based on what the chancellor has said, we're very optimistic," Minger said. "We feel these steps will provide the input needed to reach collaborative solutions and to give better enforcement to both sides (of 17th Street)."\nMcKaig will meet with Ball State administrators in December to discuss the success of implementation on the Muncie campus. \nSenior Adam Springer said he's been tailgating since his freshman year and hasn't seen the parties change significantly in that time. He questions the University's proposals, claiming they "just won't work. \n"I've never really seen tailgating get out of hand," Springer said. "The only thing the new policies will do is draw students away from athletic events, and you'll just have a bunch of old guys sitting around reminiscing about how they used to be able to drink at tailgates."\nSophomore Greg Dietz agreed.\n"Tailgating is a college tradition at IU," Dietz said. "Without it, our celebration and display of pride will be limited to the confines of Memorial Stadium"
