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(01/26/07 8:04pm)
Several campus groups have successfully forced the cancellation of the shirt-raising "Girls Gone Wild" event that was scheduled to take place Friday night at Jake's Nightclub.\nMore than 125 members of the Bloomington community, including students, faculty members, administrators and campus groups, signed a petition Wednesday calling for the event to be canceled, according to e-mails obtained by the Indiana Daily Student.\nJake's owner Dave Kubiak and representatives with "Girls Gone Wild" refused interviews with the IDS.\nKubiak, owner and manager of Bluebird, also cancelled a show in September 2006 featuring a Jamaican artist with anti-gay song lyrics. \nBloomington Safe & Civil City Director Beverly Calender-Anderson said administrators within the city government including Mayor Mark Kruzan were notified about the outrage regarding the event and a possible protest, which spurred a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the nightclub's owners.\n"We spoke with the owners of Jake's and expressed our concerns that this was not appropriate entertainment for this community," Anderson said.\nAnderson said at the conclusion of the meeting that the owners of Jake's, 419 N. Walnut St., were weighing their options about whether to cancel the event.\nWednesday night Kubiak responded to criticism by canceling the event but declined to speak with the press about the situation.\n"We are sorry if the idea offended anyone, that was not the idea," Kubiak wrote in an e-mail sent to various campus groups. "We respect our town and would like to put this behind us."\nAccording to an e-mail from Kruzan, Jake's will now be hosting a "college-age music evening" instead of the "Girls Gone Wild" event.\nUproar about the event began with the creation of a Facebook group last week by Bloomington resident and former IU student Liz Ladd, whose group's description said: "Porn is a business and its workers should be contracted while they're sober and paid with money, not T-shirts, hats and underwear." \nLess than one week later, there were more than 160 members of the global group. Ladd said her concern was sparked by a recent Los Angeles Times article that described several allegations of rape against "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis.\n"I thought I would help make people aware," she said. "It was important to still respect people's right to make choices, but to also help them make an informed one."\nCarol McCord, assistant dean for the Office for Women's Affairs, said the tactics used by the workers of "Girls Gone Wild" were of the most concern.\n"It's not that we are against women having the right to choose what they want to do with their bodies," McCord said. "If a woman chooses to go into the bus or about making pornography that's different to me than her being coerced when drunk and someone getting rich off of it. As an advocate for women, I want to make sure they have the right information about these people and their tactics."\nFrancis and his company have found themselves in legal trouble regarding several allegations against them, including using girls who were under the age 18 in their videos. \nIn September 2006, Mantra Films Inc., the company that produces "Girls Gone Wild," pled guilty to charges that it failed to document the ages of girls in Florida and were fined $2.1 million according to court records. On Monday, Francis himself was sentenced to two years' probation and 200 hours of community service for violation of federal laws which seek to protect the exploitation of minors.\nThe debate about the event at Jake's is not the first of its kind to take place in Bloomington. In 2002, "Girls Gone Wild" made a stop at Vertigo Nightclub, which no longer exists. The same year, film crews from Shane's World filmed a porn movie in Teter Quad, for "Shane's World Vol. 32: Campus Invasion." The incident was donned the "dorm porn" and garnered national press attention, according to previous IDS articles. In 2004, a freshman created the Web site www.teenkeira.com, which is now closed, where she posted semi-nude photos of herself from her Briscoe-Shoemaker dorm room. The University eventually decided not to take any judicial action against her. In 2005, Playboy made its way to the Hoosier state for its "Girls of the Big Ten Party Schools" issue.\nWhile pornographic materials and IU may have a history together, Erick Janssen, Associate Scientist at the Kinsey Institute, said the reason why students engage in this kind of behavior merits more research. Janssen spoke of several issues which arise out of the "Girls Gone Wild" debate, including whether the outrage would be the same if it were males and not females engaging in the behavior, whether the prevalence of sexual material on the internet is a factor, and issues about regret, morals and consent.\n"It'd be silly to assume there was just one reason," he said. "When it comes to the reason, it can be anything from someone wanting to be liked by the people around them, the disinhibition due to alcohol, for others it may be attention, or, maybe they truly really like that T-shirt."\nWith the event canceled, the debate about what would have happened, what could have happened and why girls did what they did, will likely be laid to rest. Still, Ladd and several of the campus groups have lauded the quick movement of the campus community and the aid of the city in helping to reach an agreement.\n"I'm thrilled, it's a great example of grass-roots work," she said. "I truly didn't think it was possible to cancel the event. But, I think it's great that enough people cared enough to put something together to not only raise awareness but to say we don't want this in our community"
(01/25/07 12:45am)
Several campus groups have successfully forced the cancellation of the shirt-raising "Girls Gone Wild" event that was scheduled to take place Friday night at Jake's Nightclub.\nMore than 125 members of the Bloomington community, including students, faculty members, administrators and campus groups, signed a petition sent to Jake's owner Dave Kubiak calling for the event to be canceled, according to an e-mail obtained by the Indiana Daily Student. \nBloomington Safe & Civil City Director Beverly Calender-Anderson said administrators within the city government were notified about the outrage regarding the event and a possible protest, which spurred a meeting Wednesday afternoon with the nightclub's owners. \n"We spoke with the owners of Jake's and expressed our concerns that this was not appropriate entertainment for this community," Anderson said.\nAnderson added at the conclusion of the meeting, the owners were weighing their options about whether to cancel the event.\nIn the e-mail obtained by the IDS, Kubiak responded to criticism by canceling the event.\n"We are sorry if the idea offended anyone, that was not the idea," Kubiak said. "We respect our town and would like to put this behind us"
(09/21/06 4:00am)
As I scanned TV channels this weekend to find something to watch, I stumbled upon "Parent Trap." I don't care what anyone says, its a great movie. When the movie came out in 1998 it was many people's introduction to Lindsay Lohan -- and a good first one at that. She was a cute little freckled girl who screamed innocence. She caught the eye of directors and producers in the industry and landed more teen-tacky movies in the 90s. Then came Mean Girls -- probably one of the most-owned DVDs by females -- second to The Notebook. It was hysterical and I loved Lindsay Lohan in it. I should have known it was the SNL-inspired writing, directing and cast that made it funny. Still, I respected the redhead and bought the DVD too. \nNow, my respect has flown out the window. \nThe same day that I watched the movie, headlines about Lohan were splattered across the internet and none of them were good. Lindsay was photographed stepping off of a boat sans underwear. \nAnd if that weren't enough, more photos surfaced Tuesday. \nSame crime. Different day. Different outfit. Still disgusting.\nLindsay, its your choice to leave your underwear at home, but I'm starting to see a trend here. I mean really, I think you have enough money, but I think I can scrounge up some change and Fed-ex you a pair if you are having such a hard time.\nI'm not sure what the reason is for the new Hollywood trend of being an obnoxious girl who cant keep her clothes on, but I for one am sick of it.\nI'm no raging feminist, but as a c, all I want is for these women to clothe themselves respectably and at least appear to be a good role model for younger girls. Lindsay, teens look up to you (I'm not sure why anymore, but we'll go with that) and I'm pretty positive most parents out there don't want their little girls running around in a short skirt with no undies.\nAll I'm asking Lindsay, is that you take a couple of extra seconds each day and think to yourself before you walk out the door "Am I going to look like an idiot in this today?" \nI'm still holding out hope that the "Parent Trap" Lindsay Lohan will make a comeback, but I certainly won't hold my breath. \nInstead, I'll just offer two pieces of personal advice, just between me and you Lindsay: \n1) Hit up the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual sale (they sell underwear there!) \n2) Listen, I mean really listen, to Pink's "Stupid Girls." In case you didn't know she's talking about you when she says "What happened to the dreams of a girl president/She's dancing in the video next to 50 Cent... Baby if I act like that, flipping my blond hair back/Push up my bra like that, I don't wanna be a stupid girl."\nPink may not be the conventional female role model, but at least she speaks her mind and knows where to buy underwear.
(09/21/06 3:25am)
As I scanned TV channels this weekend to find something to watch, I stumbled upon "Parent Trap." I don't care what anyone says, its a great movie. When the movie came out in 1998 it was many people's introduction to Lindsay Lohan -- and a good first one at that. She was a cute little freckled girl who screamed innocence. She caught the eye of directors and producers in the industry and landed more teen-tacky movies in the 90s. Then came Mean Girls -- probably one of the most-owned DVDs by females -- second to The Notebook. It was hysterical and I loved Lindsay Lohan in it. I should have known it was the SNL-inspired writing, directing and cast that made it funny. Still, I respected the redhead and bought the DVD too. \nNow, my respect has flown out the window. \nThe same day that I watched the movie, headlines about Lohan were splattered across the internet and none of them were good. Lindsay was photographed stepping off of a boat sans underwear. \nAnd if that weren't enough, more photos surfaced Tuesday. \nSame crime. Different day. Different outfit. Still disgusting.\nLindsay, its your choice to leave your underwear at home, but I'm starting to see a trend here. I mean really, I think you have enough money, but I think I can scrounge up some change and Fed-ex you a pair if you are having such a hard time.\nI'm not sure what the reason is for the new Hollywood trend of being an obnoxious girl who cant keep her clothes on, but I for one am sick of it.\nI'm no raging feminist, but as a c, all I want is for these women to clothe themselves respectably and at least appear to be a good role model for younger girls. Lindsay, teens look up to you (I'm not sure why anymore, but we'll go with that) and I'm pretty positive most parents out there don't want their little girls running around in a short skirt with no undies.\nAll I'm asking Lindsay, is that you take a couple of extra seconds each day and think to yourself before you walk out the door "Am I going to look like an idiot in this today?" \nI'm still holding out hope that the "Parent Trap" Lindsay Lohan will make a comeback, but I certainly won't hold my breath. \nInstead, I'll just offer two pieces of personal advice, just between me and you Lindsay: \n1) Hit up the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual sale (they sell underwear there!) \n2) Listen, I mean really listen, to Pink's "Stupid Girls." In case you didn't know she's talking about you when she says "What happened to the dreams of a girl president/She's dancing in the video next to 50 Cent... Baby if I act like that, flipping my blond hair back/Push up my bra like that, I don't wanna be a stupid girl."\nPink may not be the conventional female role model, but at least she speaks her mind and knows where to buy underwear.
(09/07/06 4:00am)
For the first time in a couple of years, my DVR is being used to its fullest capacity. In the past five years the networks faltered and primetime programming fell into a deep reality TV abyss, one I thought we would never navigate our way out of. \nDon't get me wrong, for the first couple of years it was mildly entertaining to see how far people would go to win an exorbitant amount of money. \nIt had gotten to the point where if I turned on ABC and saw "I want to marry a chimpanzee," it really wouldn't have surprised me. Its kind of like that Geico commercial about "Tiny House." I remember seeing that commercial and thinking to myself, "Really? Another one of these?" \nNeedless to say, I'm so thankful for a fall schedule that reminds us why comedies and dramas were so popular. Not since the early days of "ER," "Friends," and "Seinfeld" have there been a handful of worthwhile shows to tune into each night. Now, I find myself DVR'ing tons of TV shows and planning nights to go watch "Prison Break," and "Weeds" because I simply can't miss them.\nFinally TV shows are compelling again. The writers and producers of these shows have gone back to the basics: shock and awe. \nThis summer I watched the entire 22-episode season of "Prison Break" in three days (my employer I'm sure noticed the yawns each morning, which marked a late night catching up on Scofield and Lincoln's latest drama inside Fox River. I just couldn't get enough. I needed to know what would happen next, so I cued up another episode.\nDon't even get me started on Weeds, a show I think tops the charts for being a crowd favorite and pushing the limits with twisted plots and risque writing. Never have characters been so compelling. After almost every episode I turn to the person next to me, who's jaw has usually dropped along with mine, as if to say "Did that really just happen?" \nWith new promising shows popping up across networks and cable stations and favorites like "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," and "The Office" returning for another go-around, I think its safe to say TV has returned to its rightful spot atop the entertainment mountain.\nSo, let me be the one to thank the major networks, HBO, Bravo and Showtime for collectively reminding us that primetime can be entertaining. Because as entertaining as it is to see people swap families, marry total strangers, lie on TV, eat animal genitalia, race each other to the ends of the earth and survive on a "real" remote island, I'll take true comedic talent and good acting any day.
(09/07/06 2:45am)
For the first time in a couple of years, my DVR is being used to its fullest capacity. In the past five years the networks faltered and primetime programming fell into a deep reality TV abyss, one I thought we would never navigate our way out of. \nDon't get me wrong, for the first couple of years it was mildly entertaining to see how far people would go to win an exorbitant amount of money. \nIt had gotten to the point where if I turned on ABC and saw "I want to marry a chimpanzee," it really wouldn't have surprised me. Its kind of like that Geico commercial about "Tiny House." I remember seeing that commercial and thinking to myself, "Really? Another one of these?" \nNeedless to say, I'm so thankful for a fall schedule that reminds us why comedies and dramas were so popular. Not since the early days of "ER," "Friends," and "Seinfeld" have there been a handful of worthwhile shows to tune into each night. Now, I find myself DVR'ing tons of TV shows and planning nights to go watch "Prison Break," and "Weeds" because I simply can't miss them.\nFinally TV shows are compelling again. The writers and producers of these shows have gone back to the basics: shock and awe. \nThis summer I watched the entire 22-episode season of "Prison Break" in three days (my employer I'm sure noticed the yawns each morning, which marked a late night catching up on Scofield and Lincoln's latest drama inside Fox River. I just couldn't get enough. I needed to know what would happen next, so I cued up another episode.\nDon't even get me started on Weeds, a show I think tops the charts for being a crowd favorite and pushing the limits with twisted plots and risque writing. Never have characters been so compelling. After almost every episode I turn to the person next to me, who's jaw has usually dropped along with mine, as if to say "Did that really just happen?" \nWith new promising shows popping up across networks and cable stations and favorites like "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy," and "The Office" returning for another go-around, I think its safe to say TV has returned to its rightful spot atop the entertainment mountain.\nSo, let me be the one to thank the major networks, HBO, Bravo and Showtime for collectively reminding us that primetime can be entertaining. Because as entertaining as it is to see people swap families, marry total strangers, lie on TV, eat animal genitalia, race each other to the ends of the earth and survive on a "real" remote island, I'll take true comedic talent and good acting any day.
(08/31/06 4:00am)
My freshman year of college was one of my most memorable and my floormates on Delgado 300 probably have the pictures to prove it. But it was also anxiety-ridden. \nI unpacked my bags and set up my room unaware of where IU would take me. Now, as I start my senior year at IU, I can't help but look back on the embarrassing moments that plagued my first couple of months on this campus. The way I see it: college isn't college unless you make a fool of yourself at least a couple of times. \nStill, there are some things I wish someone pulled me aside and said before I started at IU. For instance:\n1. No matter what anyone tells you, you cannot make it to a Yoga class in Briscoe in 15 minutes if your last class is in Swain West! No matter how fast you walk or how many of the ridiculous bus routes you try to take, it won't work. \n2. Embrace falling on ice in the winter. Make that falling in general. There are just going to be times when you walk through this beautiful campus when you're just going to bite it. Likely, the hot guy from class or someone you are trying to avoid will be there to witness it. Minimize your chances by going around the arboretum in the winter (and as I learned from my now-roommate: don't hop fences to get to class on time, you'll only end up late to class covered in mud looking like a moron).\n3. There is so much more to Bloomington than the campus and the bars. Seriously. Maybe its just because I'm a girl who grew up in Queens and there aren't too many cool nature places around, but Bloomington is a gold mine. Explore the quarries, the fire tower, Lake Monroe, Griffy Lake and anywhere else obscure. \n4. You will want to move as far away from campus as possible after living in the dorms. I'll leave the decision up to you, but remember, even though there may be a bus to get you to campus, it can and likely will take an hour to get there.\n5. Everyone you think you won't see or are trying to avoid, you will see. And likely, they'll be your lab partner. \n6. Some teachers will be fantastic. Others are just going to suck. And some, you won't even understand a word that comes out of their mouths. Learn to scout your professors. Talk to as many people as possible and find out who the good teachers are. That doesn't mean the ones who only give out As. (Although really, who would argue with that?)\n7. Your syllabus is real, and it's not going to change. Sometimes, your professor won't even talk about the syllabus after it's given out on the first day. So dig the crumpled piece of blue paper out of your bookbag and post it up somewhere. When October 10 rolls around, you might be surprised to walk into your history class and see everyone has a 10-page paper to hand in and you've got squat. \n8. You are going to get annoyed with long-term papers, science labs and staying in the library all night studying. You'll likely drink a lot, look like an idiot, make friends for life, fight with friends and move four times even though you swore you weren't going to again. Photograph it all.\nI remember as I left New York and said goodbye to my friends all of the adults told me to enjoy my time in college, that there was nothing like it and it will go faster than I could imagine. \nLike you are doing to me right now, I shrugged them off. But they were right, it does go by fast, so enjoy it while you can.
(08/31/06 3:36am)
My freshman year of college was one of my most memorable and my floormates on Delgado 300 probably have the pictures to prove it. But it was also anxiety-ridden. \nI unpacked my bags and set up my room unaware of where IU would take me. Now, as I start my senior year at IU, I can't help but look back on the embarrassing moments that plagued my first couple of months on this campus. The way I see it: college isn't college unless you make a fool of yourself at least a couple of times. \nStill, there are some things I wish someone pulled me aside and said before I started at IU. For instance:\n1. No matter what anyone tells you, you cannot make it to a Yoga class in Briscoe in 15 minutes if your last class is in Swain West! No matter how fast you walk or how many of the ridiculous bus routes you try to take, it won't work. \n2. Embrace falling on ice in the winter. Make that falling in general. There are just going to be times when you walk through this beautiful campus when you're just going to bite it. Likely, the hot guy from class or someone you are trying to avoid will be there to witness it. Minimize your chances by going around the arboretum in the winter (and as I learned from my now-roommate: don't hop fences to get to class on time, you'll only end up late to class covered in mud looking like a moron).\n3. There is so much more to Bloomington than the campus and the bars. Seriously. Maybe its just because I'm a girl who grew up in Queens and there aren't too many cool nature places around, but Bloomington is a gold mine. Explore the quarries, the fire tower, Lake Monroe, Griffy Lake and anywhere else obscure. \n4. You will want to move as far away from campus as possible after living in the dorms. I'll leave the decision up to you, but remember, even though there may be a bus to get you to campus, it can and likely will take an hour to get there.\n5. Everyone you think you won't see or are trying to avoid, you will see. And likely, they'll be your lab partner. \n6. Some teachers will be fantastic. Others are just going to suck. And some, you won't even understand a word that comes out of their mouths. Learn to scout your professors. Talk to as many people as possible and find out who the good teachers are. That doesn't mean the ones who only give out As. (Although really, who would argue with that?)\n7. Your syllabus is real, and it's not going to change. Sometimes, your professor won't even talk about the syllabus after it's given out on the first day. So dig the crumpled piece of blue paper out of your bookbag and post it up somewhere. When October 10 rolls around, you might be surprised to walk into your history class and see everyone has a 10-page paper to hand in and you've got squat. \n8. You are going to get annoyed with long-term papers, science labs and staying in the library all night studying. You'll likely drink a lot, look like an idiot, make friends for life, fight with friends and move four times even though you swore you weren't going to again. Photograph it all.\nI remember as I left New York and said goodbye to my friends all of the adults told me to enjoy my time in college, that there was nothing like it and it will go faster than I could imagine. \nLike you are doing to me right now, I shrugged them off. But they were right, it does go by fast, so enjoy it while you can.
(02/16/06 5:00am)
What a difference a year makes. Nearly 365 days ago, O.A.R. entertained a jam-packed crowd of island-vibe-loving college students who bowed down to this grassroots group like gods. Now, the band heads into their Feb. 19 show at the IU Auditorium trying to prove that although their CDs are now wrapped by an Atlantic Records label, they can still rock. \nTheir new CD has prompted criticism from avid fans who view the new CD Stories of a Stranger as a move to copycat other bands with a push towards becoming a mainstream powerhouse. O.A.R. is fielding criticism similar to what Dave Matthews Band received after releasing Stand Up, a slower-paced album with a slight change in musical direction.\nO.A.R., which started as a high school band, released their first album The Wanderer before they had entered college. After releasing seven CDs, headlining over 300 shows a year and hitting record Internet sales on the Billboard Music Charts, it's no surprise the Auditorium will again be packed for this crowd favorite. Banking on their live success, the band released two live albums Anytime Now (2002) and 34th and 8th (2004).\n"O.A.R. has great upbeat music and I especially like their live albums," says freshman Matt Storie. "I've been to a few of their shows including when they opened for Dave (Matthews) and it was just amazing."\nFrontman Marc Roberge and his fellow Maryland natives showcase their musical inspirations with melodies with hints of U2 -- strength vocals amid saxophone wails, sharp guitar strums and intense drum rhythms.\nFor years, O.A.R. has grown in popularity with college crowds, but has steadily remained out of the radio spotlight and under the radar of music moguls. While fans across the boards have always hoped for O.A.R.'s success to grow, many never expected it would come with a shift from the band's expected Bob Marley-inspired reggae beats.\n"I was pretty disappointed with O.A.R.'s new CD," says junior Marissa Treasure. "I'm used to listening to their CDs all the way through, but the pop stuff really turns me off."\nBut while some students have found themselves abandoning the group, others are still staying devoted to the band despite all the changes. \n"It's a new style for them you know, a lot of people are upset they are going in a different direction, but I still love most of the songs," Storie says. "I know people are straying away from it now because they're more mainstream and it's on the radio, but it's still music I like."\nAs a band that thrived on word-of-mouth and file-sharing publicity in the same manner of Phish and Dave Matthews Band, the band backed their decision to work with a big-name label by saying it would give them an opportunity to expand their music and try and explode into a tough market.\n"Love and Memories," the CD's first single released, has been one of O.A.R.'s first to make its way onto the radio wave's playlist. The song features a rock beat unlike any song O.A.R. has ever played, rivaling melodies of a mix between John Mayer's "Bigger Than My Body" and Matchbox Twenty's "Bright Lights." The video for "Love and Memories" has made its way onto VH1, a sign that whether followers are pleased or angry with the pop melodies, music executives are taking note.\nBut can a band famous for its lively, head-bopping, crowd-pleasing beats still bring their A-game and wow an anxious crowd despite a change in their musical direction? \nMany of the fans say it depends what kind of set list O.A.R. brings with them, and whether they plan to balance their new music with throwback favorites.\nRachel McWaters, who created an O.A.R. Facebook group, says while she doesn't listen to the band as much any more, she'll be at the Auditorium hoping the band can still deliver. \n"I just like that it's different and fun," she says. "With their music, you can run around and dance to it. It's upbeat, good music that you can sing along with and it makes you happy."\nTreasure, who will also attend the show, says although she doesn't really like the new album, she hopes the songs will be better live.\n"That's what they're known for," Treasure says. "Live shows where they get really into their music. I guess we'll just have to wait and see"
(02/16/06 5:00am)
"Heard the World" \nAs the first song on the new album, the slow guitar riffs give the feeling of a Switchfoot meets Goo Goo Dolls melody. For the close-minded O.A.R. fans, this song struck a deep chord for its variation from their original sound. It's starting to get radio play, and for good reason. While it's different, the music has strong sing-a-long quality and lots of time for jamming, something O.A.R. is famous for.
(02/16/06 2:11am)
"Heard the World" \nAs the first song on the new album, the slow guitar riffs give the feeling of a Switchfoot meets Goo Goo Dolls melody. For the close-minded O.A.R. fans, this song struck a deep chord for its variation from their original sound. It's starting to get radio play, and for good reason. While it's different, the music has strong sing-a-long quality and lots of time for jamming, something O.A.R. is famous for.
(02/16/06 2:05am)
What a difference a year makes. Nearly 365 days ago, O.A.R. entertained a jam-packed crowd of island-vibe-loving college students who bowed down to this grassroots group like gods. Now, the band heads into their Feb. 19 show at the IU Auditorium trying to prove that although their CDs are now wrapped by an Atlantic Records label, they can still rock. \nTheir new CD has prompted criticism from avid fans who view the new CD Stories of a Stranger as a move to copycat other bands with a push towards becoming a mainstream powerhouse. O.A.R. is fielding criticism similar to what Dave Matthews Band received after releasing Stand Up, a slower-paced album with a slight change in musical direction.\nO.A.R., which started as a high school band, released their first album The Wanderer before they had entered college. After releasing seven CDs, headlining over 300 shows a year and hitting record Internet sales on the Billboard Music Charts, it's no surprise the Auditorium will again be packed for this crowd favorite. Banking on their live success, the band released two live albums Anytime Now (2002) and 34th and 8th (2004).\n"O.A.R. has great upbeat music and I especially like their live albums," says freshman Matt Storie. "I've been to a few of their shows including when they opened for Dave (Matthews) and it was just amazing."\nFrontman Marc Roberge and his fellow Maryland natives showcase their musical inspirations with melodies with hints of U2 -- strength vocals amid saxophone wails, sharp guitar strums and intense drum rhythms.\nFor years, O.A.R. has grown in popularity with college crowds, but has steadily remained out of the radio spotlight and under the radar of music moguls. While fans across the boards have always hoped for O.A.R.'s success to grow, many never expected it would come with a shift from the band's expected Bob Marley-inspired reggae beats.\n"I was pretty disappointed with O.A.R.'s new CD," says junior Marissa Treasure. "I'm used to listening to their CDs all the way through, but the pop stuff really turns me off."\nBut while some students have found themselves abandoning the group, others are still staying devoted to the band despite all the changes. \n"It's a new style for them you know, a lot of people are upset they are going in a different direction, but I still love most of the songs," Storie says. "I know people are straying away from it now because they're more mainstream and it's on the radio, but it's still music I like."\nAs a band that thrived on word-of-mouth and file-sharing publicity in the same manner of Phish and Dave Matthews Band, the band backed their decision to work with a big-name label by saying it would give them an opportunity to expand their music and try and explode into a tough market.\n"Love and Memories," the CD's first single released, has been one of O.A.R.'s first to make its way onto the radio wave's playlist. The song features a rock beat unlike any song O.A.R. has ever played, rivaling melodies of a mix between John Mayer's "Bigger Than My Body" and Matchbox Twenty's "Bright Lights." The video for "Love and Memories" has made its way onto VH1, a sign that whether followers are pleased or angry with the pop melodies, music executives are taking note.\nBut can a band famous for its lively, head-bopping, crowd-pleasing beats still bring their A-game and wow an anxious crowd despite a change in their musical direction? \nMany of the fans say it depends what kind of set list O.A.R. brings with them, and whether they plan to balance their new music with throwback favorites.\nRachel McWaters, who created an O.A.R. Facebook group, says while she doesn't listen to the band as much any more, she'll be at the Auditorium hoping the band can still deliver. \n"I just like that it's different and fun," she says. "With their music, you can run around and dance to it. It's upbeat, good music that you can sing along with and it makes you happy."\nTreasure, who will also attend the show, says although she doesn't really like the new album, she hopes the songs will be better live.\n"That's what they're known for," Treasure says. "Live shows where they get really into their music. I guess we'll just have to wait and see"
(12/01/05 12:54am)
The first newspaper following a break from classes always creates a problem -- the news doesn't stop when we leave Bloomington. So as a staff, we always have a dilemma about where certain news needs to be placed on a page and how to write the stories differently.\nAs a staff, putting out a paper during Thanksgiving break would be extremely hard. Much of the problem lies in the fact that, much like most of the student body, our staff sometimes leaves for home even before classes end. Most of the staff, if not all, goes home to their families, leaving nobody here to cover news happening in Bloomington. After all, we're students and we want to take a break from campus too. And because most of the campus is gone, it would be extremely costly for us to put out a paper that would be barely read. Advertisers aren't willing to shell out bucks for papers that don't make it into students' hands.\nThe number one issue we face is whether or not we should assume our readers have already heard the news from Bloomington during break. Should we print stories that are a week old, but many IU students might not know about it? Do we spin the stories forward -- providing new angles for old stories -- or simply recap the news for our readers?\nAt the Indiana Daily Student, we try to do a mix of both. That's why we incorporate "While you were gone" sections that offer small briefs to update you about what happened in town when you were away. \nEspecially on the front page, we try to mix recent news with important news that happened during the prior week. \nWhen the Bloomington Black Faculty and Staff Council issued a statement of support for IU President Adam Herbert, we had already printed our last paper before break. We did the best we could by putting the story online, so readers who were interested in keeping up on news could check the Web site. Our site allows us to update or add stories from anywhere and although none of us are "on call" to update the Web site, anyone who is set up with privileges can add breaking news stories to the site.\nBut on the Monday after break, we had a tough decision in deciding how much of the story to repeat, and how big of a story it should be considering it had happened so long ago. We decided as a staff that because we had agreed the faculty criticism of Herbert was a big deal, we wanted to give the same weight to an article that supported the president, despite the timeliness of the story.\nWe do, however, plan untimely stories for that paper which can be done in advance. We know many staff members will be returning back to campus late Sunday, so we try to prepare as many stories as possible before we even leave for break. \nBut that doesn't mean the first paper back is all fluff. Although we take a break from the news, the news never takes a break from us.
(11/17/05 7:12pm)
Linda Kaczynski felt a nagging pain in her gut when she read pieces of the Unabomber's Manifesto.\nAs she read the words explaining the perils and evils of technology from a man who had sent shrapnel--covered bombs to unsuspecting victims, it seemed all too familiar.\nShe sat motionless, and then asked her husband to sit down on the couch.\n"Don't get angry at me, but is there any possibility this could be your brother Ted?" Linda said, clutching a copy of The Washington Post, which had published the Manifesto.\nDavid Kaczynski, who will remain famous as the brother of the Unabomber, recalled the conversation between he and his wife to a silent audience during a lecture Friday in Woodburn Hall. Now executive director of New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty, David travels the country to share the story of the day that changed his life, his brother's mental illness and his hope for changes in the criminal justice system.\n"You could have knocked me over with a feather," David said. "I just kept thinking, 'Why are you saying my brother is a serial killer?'"\nSixteen bombs, 29 injuries, 3 deaths, 17 years.\nThe Unabomber was one of the most sought after killers during the 1980s and 1990s, but he was also one of the most elusive. Nobody knew the identity of the man who terrorized neighborhoods with explosive brown parcels. Nobody knew the origin of the homemade bombs that exploded, maimed and even killed his victims.\nAnd it wasn't until the Unabomber demanded newspapers print his 78-page manifesto that David would begin to piece together the truth.\nFor weeks David spent his hours after work researching all he could about the Unabomber. He remained skeptical that someone of his own blood could have been responsible for such violence and hoped through his reading he could clear his brother as a suspect.\nAt first, it looked promising. Eyewitness accounts of the Unabomber didn't describe Ted. \nBut soon enough, too many coincidences started to stack up.\nDavid learned his brother had worked in Salt Lake City during the time a bomb exploded there. When the manifesto was finally printed by The Washington Post, David compared it with old letters his brother had written him, which were prolific in length and unique in style.\n"As I read the first, second and third paragraphs I got this sinking feeling that it sounded like my brother," David said. "After three weeks of reading, I almost had this feeling that I could hear my brother's voice reading the manifesto."\nOne morning, David woke up with "a crushing sense of depression." He said he knew in his heart that despite what he had hoped, there was a 50-50 chance the Unabomber was his brother, the same older brother who at the age of 10 constructed a door knob so David could get in and out of the backyard. He was the same older brother who was a mathematical genius and entered Harvard at the age of 16.\n"Do I really know my brother?" David recalled thinking. "Had I grown up with an evil person?"\nDespite an awful sense of guilt, David made a harrowing phone call that would end a 17--year search for a killer.\n"I knew if we turned Ted in, there was a fair chance he'd be sentenced to death and executed. What would it be like for me to have my brother's blood on my hands?" David said. "But I knew we hadn't chosen to be in these circumstances."\n"If we could stop the violence, we needed to do it. We couldn't let anyone continue doing this, even if it was a family member that was killing the people."\nThen one day, David got the call he had always dreaded. Deep in his mind there was still a hope the FBI would clear his brother, that it would all be a big mistake. But when he picked up the phone, David said the voice at the other end of the line told him words he can clearly remember.\n"They said, 'We've done everything to try and clear (Ted), but he's at the top of our suspect list.'"\nThen, David's attention turned to his mother, who had always worried about Ted.\nWhat would she think? Would she be mad her son turned on his brother?\nAfter explaining everything to his mother, David fearfully waited in deafening silence for his mother's response.\n"I'll never forget what Mom did that day. She got up out of her chair, walked up to me and put a kiss on my cheek," David said. "She said, 'I can't imagine what you've been struggling with, David. I know that you love your brother and you wouldn't have done this unless you thought you had to.'"\nDefining Moments\nOne week later, on April 3, 1996, Ted was arrested at his remote cabin outside Lincoln, Mont. With a scraggly beard and messy hair, Ted was led out of the cabin by police and gave the world the first glance of a man who had been splattered across newspapers and news broadcasts for years. \n"He was skin and bones," David said. "He was wearing clothing that was ripped and torn and it looked like he hadn't bathed in months."\nInside the cabin, police found bomb-making parts, a carbon copy of the manifesto and another live bomb.\nPrior to the arrest, the FBI had promised David that his identity would remain anonymous. But immediately following the arrest, David recalls hearing commotion outside as media trucks began to park on the lawn. He watched CBS News Anchor Dan Rather report that the Unabomber had been turned in by his brother, who lived in Schenectady, N.Y.\nDuring talks with FBI agents and his lawyer, David asked if it was possible to not seek the death penalty because of his brother's mental illness, but he was told no promises could be made.\n"I had always been an opponent of the death penalty, but until that day I never imagined having a personal stake in it," David said. "One day the death penalty kind of came knocking on my door." \nDavid hoped his brother's mental illness would save him from being executed, but federal prosecutors hired a forensic psychologist who had frequently denied claims of mental illness.\nIn January 1998, the Unabomber trial was halted with a plea bargain. In exchange for a guilty plea, Ted would not be executed. He would spend the rest of his life in jail.\nAlthough David had hoped his brother's mental illness would spare him, he said it was thanks to his brother's lawyers that he is still alive today. \n"My brother's life wasn't saved because he was mentally ill or because we had turned him in," David said. "He had incredibly gifted attorneys."\nAfter the trial ended, David received an unexpected phone call from a chaplain in Sacramento, Calif., who said the victims' families wanted to meet with him and his mother. An hour later, David and his mother sat in a room with three women whose family members had died at the hands of the Unabomber.\nIn an emotional moment, words escaped David and he broke down crying.\n"You know your words can't undo the harm that was done," he said to the audience in Woodburn Hall.\nIn an attempt to explain her son's condition, David's frail mother spoke about Ted's mental illness, but all the women heard were excuses.\n"'He knew what he was doing,'" David recalled one of the women saying.\nThe room froze. Silence and tension filled the room until David's mother finally erupted in emotion.\n"I wish he would have killed me instead of your husband," she said.\nWhen David and his mother left the room, everything had changed. David donated the $1 million reward for the Unabomber's capture to the families of victims hurt by his brother's actions. After the meeting, David said he knew it would take his brother many lifetimes to atone for what he had done, and nothing he or his family could say or do would bring back the people Ted had killed. \n"I looked into a victim's face," David said. "There is no closure. People will live with these losses for the rest of their lives."\n A new chapter\nFor a long time, Ted had no idea his brother had been the who turned him in. In a meeting with his lawyer, he even denied his brother would ever betray him, until his lawyer presented him a copy of The New York Times with an article about David.\nTo this day, Ted still refuses to see his family.\nOn holidays and special occasions, David sends his brother cards in jail. His mother writes Ted at least two times a month. But the family still hasn't received a response.\n"It's still totally unacceptable what he did," David said. "But that doesn't mean we don't love him."\nAlthough David knows he will always be known as the brother who turned in the Unabomber, David hopes to make a difference by taking what he has learned about the death penalty through his brother's case and educating others. "My biggest regret is that I didn't know how bad his mental illness was until it was too late," David said. \nHaving spoken at several colleges and conferences across the country, David hopes to help people understand the flaws in the death penalty and the criminal justice system regardless of their personal opinions.\n"Any open-minded, fair-minded person has to have some serious doubt that all of these people on death row are guilty," David said. "The death penalty is supposed to be for those who have committed the worst crimes. There have been 12 innocent people who have been executed across the country and whether you're for or against the death penalty, that's got to be a concern."\nCriminal justice professor Bill Head had two of his classes attend the lecture to see up close what the effects of the death penalty are on real people.\n"A lot of people have general notions about the death penalty," he said. "But to actually be exposed to someone who has had a personal connection with the issue is really important."\nAs he tours cities speaking to a wide variety of audiences, David said he knows it will be difficult to ever have the same relationship with his brother again.\n"I know he said he thinks I did this because I was jealous, jealous of him and that he was the favorite son," David said.\nAlthough he knows it is unlikely he will ever hear from his brother, he wishes for one simple request from Ted.\n"Mom is 88," David said. "And it would make her life if he just wrote her back and said he loved her"
(10/20/05 4:00am)
O.A.R. fans: Prepare for a great divide. Stories of a Stranger, the 7th album from the band known for its college-heavy following, creates exactly the stir it was supposed to. For good or bad: that's up for debate. Initially I sided with the latter. \nThe CD signifies a growing move for the band, now under Atlantic Records, and showcases an attempt to prove they are more than a band that can come into college towns and get undergrads to rock out in their apartments. \nAt first, I was completely confused. Surely, the guy at Best Buy marked the CD wrong. It took about three songs to find the band I used to know and love and to feel the true island vibe that got me hooked in the beginning.\nIt's obvious. With a new record label, the album was made to power O.A.R out of the college circuit and into the mainstream world of music. Unfortunately, some of the songs detour the group from a respectable attempt at new rock melodies straight to cookie-cutter radio hits. \nFor me, O.A.R. was always a simple CD buy -- I could throw any of their past albums on, and never have to touch the radio again. That's what this album is missing -- "entire play through" quality. I can't help but skip through "Love and Memories," the band's first single, every time I turn the CD on. Add female vocals, and it sounds like Ashlee Simpson to me. If you close your eyes for a good 2/3 of the CD and throw back a couple of beers, you could even mistake the album for a Goo Goo Dolls-meets-Switchfoot-meets-Matchbox 20 production. \nThat said -- I'm not knocking the album completely. Each time I listen to it, I can accept one or two more songs at a time. It's not that I don't want O.A.R. to join the ranks of great bands, but I almost feel like they're selling out. There are plenty of alternative bands that sound the same on the radio -- there's no need for another.\nIt's the bands uniqueness that attracts listeners to them in the first place. And while the CD is certainly lacking that unique sound, O.A.R. hasn't entirely left their popular jam music behind. With the familiar reggae undertones of the band in "Program Director" and "Wonderful Day," the true spirit of lead singer Marc Roberge comes through.\nIt's not that I don't respect the band for trying new things, and they don't do a terrible job with their new sound either. Still, you can feel in the CD how hard the band is trying to hold back their natural sound -- I know it's there; it's just being held back by a record label. \nSo, O.A.R. fans, you can still expect a couple of songs to turn up and chill to. But I think, like me, you'll wait anxiously for the next CD hoping when you pop it in you'll hear the blaring vocals and beats the band is known for instead of a mix of B97 regulars.
(10/20/05 2:59am)
O.A.R. fans: Prepare for a great divide. Stories of a Stranger, the 7th album from the band known for its college-heavy following, creates exactly the stir it was supposed to. For good or bad: that's up for debate. Initially I sided with the latter. \nThe CD signifies a growing move for the band, now under Atlantic Records, and showcases an attempt to prove they are more than a band that can come into college towns and get undergrads to rock out in their apartments. \nAt first, I was completely confused. Surely, the guy at Best Buy marked the CD wrong. It took about three songs to find the band I used to know and love and to feel the true island vibe that got me hooked in the beginning.\nIt's obvious. With a new record label, the album was made to power O.A.R out of the college circuit and into the mainstream world of music. Unfortunately, some of the songs detour the group from a respectable attempt at new rock melodies straight to cookie-cutter radio hits. \nFor me, O.A.R. was always a simple CD buy -- I could throw any of their past albums on, and never have to touch the radio again. That's what this album is missing -- "entire play through" quality. I can't help but skip through "Love and Memories," the band's first single, every time I turn the CD on. Add female vocals, and it sounds like Ashlee Simpson to me. If you close your eyes for a good 2/3 of the CD and throw back a couple of beers, you could even mistake the album for a Goo Goo Dolls-meets-Switchfoot-meets-Matchbox 20 production. \nThat said -- I'm not knocking the album completely. Each time I listen to it, I can accept one or two more songs at a time. It's not that I don't want O.A.R. to join the ranks of great bands, but I almost feel like they're selling out. There are plenty of alternative bands that sound the same on the radio -- there's no need for another.\nIt's the bands uniqueness that attracts listeners to them in the first place. And while the CD is certainly lacking that unique sound, O.A.R. hasn't entirely left their popular jam music behind. With the familiar reggae undertones of the band in "Program Director" and "Wonderful Day," the true spirit of lead singer Marc Roberge comes through.\nIt's not that I don't respect the band for trying new things, and they don't do a terrible job with their new sound either. Still, you can feel in the CD how hard the band is trying to hold back their natural sound -- I know it's there; it's just being held back by a record label. \nSo, O.A.R. fans, you can still expect a couple of songs to turn up and chill to. But I think, like me, you'll wait anxiously for the next CD hoping when you pop it in you'll hear the blaring vocals and beats the band is known for instead of a mix of B97 regulars.
(10/19/05 4:51am)
Most of the staff members at the Indiana Daily Student spend a good amount of time stuck inside the newsroom. When it comes to making decisions about the paper we encourage everyone to give us their opinion, but sometimes we forget to think like the reader and think about how our decisions will be perceived. We can easily fall into the same groove and think with one-track journalist minds.\nWe always tell our reporters that to get the good stories, you have to get out of the newsroom and into the world where stories occur. \nThe same holds true for advice.\nLast week, for the first time that I can remember, we as a staff looked outside of the box enclosing the newsroom and Ernie Pyle Hall we so often turn to and looked outside of the University and the state for help.\nThursday we were poised to print a news analysis piece in the Nation and World section of the paper labeled "Drafting America," when we realized we had no guidelines for what a news analysis piece was. What was the difference between that and an opinion column?\nA cursory search online yielded no answers and we turned to the Poynter Institute's Web site where we found the number of a 24-hour hotline. The Poynter Institute is a school for journalists that offers guidelines on ethics, writing tips and diversity for media institutions and the students who study there. \nMuch to my surprise, I was connected to a man who I later found out was Bill Mitchell, the director of publishing and editor of Poynter Online.\nAfter discussing the content of "Drafting America," he offered simple but insightful advice. A news analysis, he said, offers background, behind the scenes and contextual information for the reader -- things they couldn't find in an article. An opinion piece, however, would offer a point of view or request a specific action from whoever was the topic of the article. \nWhile we didn't base our opinion entirely on Bill's advice, it did factor greatly into our decision. We analyzed the piece and decided too much of the article was one-sided, and it would be misleading to print inside a news page -- at least without a counterpoint opinion next to it. \nAfter a discussion with the staff sharing Bill's advice, we weighed our options. We could wait and find someone who felt the opposite way about the topic, or we could simply publish it in the Opinion section. We opted for the latter.\nWhen it comes to making ethical decisions, it's important to note there is no right or wrong answer. Whether we agreed or not with Bill's advice didn't matter. Taking the step to get outside feedback is the first step in serving our readers. As journalists, we must recognize we in the newsroom will frequently disagree with each other on decisions that must be made. Our readers, too, will disagree with our choices, and we welcome the opposition. \nThe true test of journalists comes with knowing when to stick to your guns and knowing when to ask for help. After all, if you keep yourself stuck inside that glass box without asking for pointers, you aren't really serving your readers.
(10/13/05 5:48am)
In a mine field in Vietnam, U.S. soldiers had not been told about undetectable plastic mines buried beneath the surface. An explosion sent fellow soldiers running to the rescue of their unit.\nLance corporal Jerry Griffis, who had been working in the field two minutes earlier, found the soldier who had just relieved him lying on the ground with both legs blown off.\n"A lot of stuff like that happens during war--a lot of things just get screwed up," Griffis said.\nThe young soldier had taken Griffis' place clearing the mine field near the very spot where Griffis had just been working. \n"I remember going back there and he was laying in the ground and it was one of the hardest things I ever had to do, I had just been in that minefield two minutes before he was," Griffis said from his desk at the Indiana Veterans' Service Officers' Association.\n"Those things blow your feet right off. I don't even know really what happened."\nLike Griffis, many war veterans can recount the tragic incidents that unfolded right before their eyes. Some, at the young age of 18 or 19, saw soldiers they had lived with for months killed in front of them, while others remember crying after receiving the news of fallen servicemen.\n"Every time someone was killed or injured it affected the entire unit," said Gene Moncel, a Bloomington native and Vietnam war veteran. "I remember we had a memorial ceremony over there and they put the helmets on the rifle of the national guardsmen from Indiana who were killed."\nEven for the toughest, coping with the casualty of war takes an emotional toll.\n"The entire unit was crying. Everyone there was crying," Moncel said. "Even some of my people who were real hard and tough, they cried too."\nEven for those who did not take part in combat missions, the shock of death came with no notice and no warning. It lurked only a few small steps in front of them.\nCarl Penna, who handled the mail for several fleets during the liberation of Manila, still remembers perfectly distinct details of the death of a soldier.\n"There was a battle going on and the smell was just awful" he said. "There were decayed bodies everywhere and the Japanese were held up inside a wall around the city -- and we had to drive them out."\nPenna, who had only taken several steps off the fleet was surrounded by fallen soldiers.\n"They shot a (Japanese soldier) right dead in front of me and I saw his gun slowly drop to the floor," he said.\nBut while many veterans can remember vivid details, smells and exact dates of events overseas, making their memories imaginable to others is often a difficult task.\n"There's no way I can explain it to anyone who wasn't there, just as I do not understand entirely what someone went through during World War II," Moncel said. "You think nothing bad is really ever going to happen to you or anyone you know and then boom -- suddenly it's there."\nFor many of the veterans, thinking about the soldiers who died for their country and the families left behind often brings carefully guarded emotions back into their minds.\n"It's hard. It's really hard to think about a guy killed who had a two-month-old child he never saw," Moncel said.\n"I was talking to a friend of mine a couple years ago, and it's just very difficult. What's hard is that those who are severely injured come back and can never lead a complete life and it's hard on their families." \nFor those lucky enough to return home from service, each time they turn on the news, they face the possibility of losing another comrade to battle. \nMoncel received a letter during Christmas from a sergeant he knew during his service who had volunteered to go to Vietnam from Korea. Three weeks later, when Moncel sat down to respond, he found out the sergeant had been killed.\n"Its unreal to think that in the time between when he sent me a letter and me finally getting around to write it, he was killed," Moncel said. \nBut for those who have heard no word from loved ones, fellow soldiers or former friends on the battlefield, the waiting game is often the most difficult part.\n"I don't know what even happened to the kid in the mine field," Griffis said. "I just really hope he lived."\n-- Contact Campus Editor at Mallory Simon at mgsimon@indiana.edu.
(10/13/05 5:47am)
With their heads bowed and hands clutched, friends and family of Spc. Brett Hershey prayed together in the remembrance of the fallen soldier. \nInside a packed church, they gathered at a memorial service not only grieve, but to celebrate the life of a man they all agreed "had lived life to the fullest."\nAlong with Gov. Mitch Daniels, fellow soldiers, hometown friends and hundreds of others came to pay respects to Hershey, who had been working to train Afghanistan's new national army.\nHershey was killed eight days ago alongside three fellow guardsmen after their vehicle drove over a land mine 30 miles south of Kabul, Afghanistan.\nNate Hershey spoke of his brother's life as one worthy of celebration. \n"Brett was larger than life," he said. "He was the kind of kid that when he walked into a room he could light it up. Many people don't experience the kind of life in 70 years that he had in 23."\nHershey had led worship at the Sigma Chi fraternity where he was a member and in Afghanistan while he was serving. Hershey had sent home several video clips to his family including one of him and a fellow soldier conducting a service.\nMore than anything, Hershey wanted others to share in his passion and find a relationship with Christ.\n"He had a relationship with Jesus Christ, and Christ was his life," his father Roger Hershey said. "It was the power of Christ and the love of Christ that gave him direction to care about other peoples' needs."\nIn addition to his love for Christ, Hershey had found love with his fiance Elizabeth Keller, who he had met at IU. Nate Hershey said his brother had secretly bought a ring and was planning on formally proposing when he returned from his service overseas.\nAn emotional Keller shared e-mails the two had wrote back and forth while Hershey was in Afghanistan.\n"You really are the man of my dreams, Brett Hershey," she wrote in response to a humorous poem he had written her. \nThe two had become best friends and were planning to be married this November. In March, Keller had written an e-mail to him saying even thought she knew he would be home soon she wished the time would pass faster.\n"I look forward to the day I will see his face, hear his laugh and see his smile," Keller said with tears in her eyes. "I cherished every moment I spent with him."\nWith a recording of Hershey singing and playing the guitar in the background, a bittersweet slideshow of Hershey, his friends and family brought laughter and tears to those who knew him. In between the laughter, some bowed their heads to pray, others clutched those next to them for comfort and some could only cry.\nThose in attendance were asked to share their memories and speak about the times Hershey had shared with them. Friends shared a list of "Things Brett loved" including Jesus, prayer, his fraternity, food, cutting the tops off hats to make visors, family vacations and most of all laughter.\n"If we don't laugh, Brett would be mad," his brother said.\nSenior Nate Graeser, who attended North Central High School with Hershey, said his best friend had a passion for life and for people.\n"He was a prayer warrior," he said. "He was always teaching people and was a fighter for people."\nNate Hershey said his brother truly had a big heart for his friends and family. He had sent a lengthy e-mail to his brother in Afghanistan telling him about some problems he personally had been having. Nate said that his brother's response, "My heart hurts for you," though short, showed that he shared another's pain. \nAfter sharing several childhood memories, Nate Hershey wanted to say one thing to his brother, "I love you very much."\nUpon hearing news of her son's death, Roxanne Hershey wrote down memories of her son she said will remain treasures in her heart.\n"You made the most and best out of every situation," she said. "Conflict with you was rare."\nRoxanne said in the following years she will replay and remember the memories of her son that gave her immense joy during the 23 years he was with her,\n"I don't know why God chose to take you now ..." she said. "But you are with him now -- safe at last."\n-- Contact Campus Editor Mallory Simon at mgsimon@indiana.edu.
(09/28/05 5:13am)
There is at least one story per semester where no matter what decision is made, neither is the perfect option. \nWhen weighing the decision whether to print Ashley Lee's name in Tuesday's article "IU freshman contracts bacterial meningitis," many staff members expressed concerns and beliefs about what the right decision was. \nIs a public safety alert a sufficient reason to print the name of a private person, and is printing that name an invasion of privacy?\nIt was clear once discussions began in the newsroom, that each side had its advantages and disadvantages, but unfortunately at a daily newspaper with strict deadlines, at some point a call has to be made even if a degree of discomfort follows.\nThe issue was debated between almost everyone. While a majority of the newsroom believed running the name was acceptable, some staffers in highly regarded positions voiced strong opposition to running Lee's name.\nIt was obvious there was an overall concern about the repercussions of printing the name of a student with a serious infection. By printing her name, would we be causing unnecessary prejudice toward her, or is it our foremost job to serve our readers by making them aware if they had been in contact with her?\nWe changed our decision for quite some time, until deciding we owe it to our readers to inform them. While there was hesitance, it became apparent we felt the need to share a health alert with our audience outweighed the harm that would be caused by publishing Lee's name. While the students who live in Briscoe Quad knew it was Lee, we had a duty to protect others who might be infected. By neglecting to print her name, we decided we could be neglecting the health and welfare of many more people.\nIn speaking with many colleagues, as well as parents, I heard stories of people's friends who died of meningitis because they were never made aware someone else had it. By not printing Lee's name, we would run the risk of someone never knowing they had contracted the infection until it was too late.\nThe idea that even one life could be protected by making someone aware of Lee's infection was enough to justify printing the name. \nHowever, in stating Lee's name, we attempted to alleviate any stigma that would come with sharing this information. We made sure to note there is not a strong likelihood of transmitting the infection, according to the IU Health Center's Web site. \nWhile The Bloomington Herald-Times and The Associated Press opted not to print Lee's name, we felt because of our audience, the decision to print was different for each news media. While The Associated Press and Herald-Times readers certainly have interest in the story, it is our audience, you -- the student, the staff member and the professor -- who would have a chance of contracting the infection. It is our hope that while you might not agree with our choice, you understand our decision was to inform and protect our readers.\nIt's likely debate about the decision is continuing in the newsroom as you are reading this. It's likely some staffers are second-guessing their suggestions, and it's likely no matter what decision we made, people would disagree, and we would be criticized. And whether you agree or disagree with our decision, we welcome any and all comments on our news coverage. Feel free to e-mail any thoughts on our coverage to me at mgsimon@indiana.edu or to our Opinion page at letters@indiana.edu.
