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(02/21/02 6:35am)
Trish Betthauser admits Kathi Bennett kicked her out of practice at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh more than a couple times. Betthauser was a captain, and if the team wasn't playing to Bennett's liking, well, Betthauser often got the boot.\n"But I learned valuable lessons from that," said Betthauser, associate head coach of the women's basketball team. "I think it's helped me become a leader."\nBetthauser has had to grow into a leader at a difficult time. After Bennett fractured a neck vertebra in a car accident in Bloomington Feb. 8, Betthauser will lead the Hoosiers until Bennett's undetermined date of return. \nThe Tomah, Wis., native has responded to the adversity with quick thinking and solid composure, thanks to her intelligence and motivating skills, co-workers said.\nBetthauser played under Bennett at Wisconsin-Oshkosh from 1988-92, leading the Division III team to three national tournament berths. She then served as a graduate assistant, before becoming the head coach at Hilbert (Wis.) High School and an assistant at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill. In 1996, she rejoined Bennett as the top assistant at Evansville. She followed Bennett to IU in 2000.\nBetthauser said she knew she wanted to coach once she started playing for Bennett. As for head coaching, she said she's only focused on the present.\n"I've been asked that a lot lately, but I try not to focus on that too much because I feel like it takes away from my effectiveness with what I'm trying to do right now," Betthauser said. "But I do feel I am getting ready. I'm getting closer. There are always things that I want to improve and there are more things that I need to learn."\n Betthauser has already established how to communicate with young women, said Frank Mattucci, head girls' varsity basketball coach at Stevenson. An assistant under Mattucci from 1994-96, Betthauser knew when to get in a player's ear and when to scold the head coach for overreacting.\n"When I may have been too hard on the kids, she'd speak up to me in private," said Mattucci, who with Betthauser led Stevenson to state titles in 1995 and 1996. "She'd tell me to take another approach. I would maybe weigh what she had to say. She'd also know when to give them a swift kick."\nAt Stevenson, Betthauser also helped develop Division I players Katie Coleman (Illinois) and sisters Tamika (Tennessee) and Tauja (Illinois) Catchings. Betthauser recruited former Stevenson standout Jenni Dant for IU, but she chose DePaul.\nBetthauser also was a popular chemistry teacher at Stevenson for two years. She graduated from Wisconsin-Oshkosh cum laude in 1993 with a degree in chemistry and a minor in math.\nBetthauser used those wits to make an adjustment after halftime of Sunday's 73-63 upset of No. 14 Minnesota. To contain point guard Lindsay Whalen, the Hoosiers adjusted by trapping ball screens, assistant coach Matt Bollant said. Whalen scored 16 points, seven below her season average.\nBollant said Betthauser has handled her increased work load well. Betthauser arrives at Assembly Hall before 8 a.m. to perform her usual duties such as recruiting, and leaves around 6 p.m. She said she also now takes home game tapes to plan practices.\nShe videotaped the IU-Wisconsin men's game last week to analyze the Badgers' swing offense, a possible strategy for the women's team without senior center Jill Chapman next year, Bollant said.\nAs for the current team, forward Jamie Gathing said Betthauser, who like Bennett stresses defense, is constantly trying to motivate the players, even two days after Bennett's accident for a 79-55 loss to No. 8 Purdue in West Lafayette.\n"She was drawing on the board," Gathing said. "She put a one at the top, and a two on the left-hand side and a three at the right, and a four at the bottom and a five. She connected lines to each of them and it made a star. It was showing how we're all connected."\nWisconsin-Oshkosh women's basketball coach Pam Ruder, an assistant while Betthauser was there, saw that game on television. She said Betthauser is capable of leading the program.\n"With a Coach Bennett-system instilled in that time of the season, the players will be able to play and dictate in that system," Ruder said. "She'll do everything she can for that success."\nFrom the high school level to the Big Ten, Betthauser's work ethic has succeeded, making Betthauser a worthy job candidate for at least one other job.\n"If she wants to come back, she can, and when I retire in a few years, she can take over," Mattucci said with a laugh. "She's a good person"
(02/20/02 4:15pm)
Bartenders and deejays control the night. The doorman might allow you into the bar, but he doesn't mix your favorite drink. He can't play your favorite music. The bartender and deejay determine the mood, heart and soul of a bar. At Bullwinkle's, DJ Devin "Triptonite" Gray and bartender Jennifer Gray are also the heart and soul of each other as husband and wife.\nMarriage, or any sort of monogamy, is not generally associated with bars, even less with spirited dance or gay clubs like Bullwinkle's. But environments full of young singles have spawned many relationships, including this one. \nThe Grays, both IU graduates, met at Bullwinkle's in 1997. Their passion for dance music led them to them this outpost of electronica. It was the only place in town that played the music he likes, Devin says. Jenn even says that Devin and his taste in music has made her a musical "snob."\nBull's not only provides, but also allows Devin to play the music he likes. He began as a volunteer substitute DJ, and he's spun house and trance for nearly five years. His playlist ranges from dance remixes of crowd favorites Britney Spears and Madonna to his favorites Modjo and Daft Punk.\n"I love deejaying. I just love making people happy and getting people to dance. It makes me feel really good," Devin says. \nJenn has been going to Bull's since she was first old enough to get in. She first went for an HIV/AIDS benefit when she says she "fell in love" with the people and the place, and has been there ever since. \n"I tend to find that most gay people have already gone through so much crap that with their sexuality that the kind of people that they are, they are much more open and honest," Jenn says.\n"They have already come to a lot of self-realization."\nJenn has been a bartender for four years. For her, working at Bullwinkle's is like getting money to hang out, she says. She enjoys making "really elaborate, tall drinks." She just created a drink called a "mindnumb-er," a combination of fruit-flavored liquors. Her personal drink is the "Jenn #1," which includes Malibu and pineapple juice in the mix, which she describes as "pretty deadly." \nFrom meeting to marriage\nDevin did not expect to meet his future spose at a bar. Although they met at the bar, the story that began their relationship was anything but a bar pick-up. \n"I would sit here at the table every night and watch her dance," Devin says. "I was waiting for her to fix me up with someone, and who would have guessed that it was gonna be her."\nJenn invited Devin on their first date. Jenn was treasurer of the IU Student Association, so they attended an IUSA function. Devin believed that they were going simply as friends. Jenn had other plans.\n"(It was) not a 'date' date, but she wanted me to go be with her," Devin says. "I was like, 'Sure, I will go with you.' It was a 'date' date."\nThey dated for nine months before getting engaged. Both say it was something they just knew -- that they had found a soul mate. All of Jenn's friends were very excited for them, but some of the female impersonators at the bar had small misgivings.\n"(They thought) that Devin didn't give me a big enough diamond," Jenn says. "Because they all wear costume jewelry, you know, the great big diamonds. I think seeing an actual diamond to them was a shocker."\nThe wedding was pretty traditional Jenn says, but that would not describe their wedding in full. The Grays knew that they would have conservative family members among the 350 guests, who were not accepting some of their friends, but they still had a good time. They even went to Bullwinkle's after the reception.\n"It was everybody from super-conservative folks to drag queens," Jenn says. "I think they (conservative family members) knew better than to really say anything about the others. All the drag queens came as boys. They all had on suits and they were late too, so they snuck in with suits and ties on. It was so funny 'cause they had never seen them as boys," Jenn says. \n"Who cares? I told them they could come however they want," she adds.\nDevin and Jenn only work part time at Bull's. Each has a full-time job in addition to their night jobs. Devin is a cost analyst at Teletron, a telecommunications company, while Jenn manages Urban Outfitters. Each job is a major responsibility, but they remain committed to Bull's as well.\nEach Gray works at Bull's Thursday and Saturday nights. Thursdays, Jenn works from 8:30 p.m. until close at 3 a.m. or later. Devin starts at midnight and spins until 3 a.m. for a segment called Danceparty. \nBoth bartending and deejaying require full attention, and the Grays have little time to interact while working. The DJ booth and the bar are also about 40 feet, and large crowds, away from each other.\n"I don't really see her during the night," Devin says. "She is really busy with customers. Occasionally, she will be really sweet, and she'll send me up a drink if I have not been down to ask for one. I don't really have time between songs to order my own drink."\nBar-goers flirt and flirt heavily. Devin and Jenn have both had their share of propositions, even with the other only a few yards away. The invitations have decreased in frequency, but they are still a part of the job.\n"Some people know that we are married and some people don't," Devin says. "Some people still come up to the booth. The men make passes at me. They don't know that I am married or that my wife is the manager standing behind the bar watching them try to hit on me. And the same thing with women, they'll come up to the booth and request a song and flirt with me."\nJenn doesn't put up with anyone hitting on her. It usually occurs while she is dancing, not bartending. Devin has intervened before, but it is not generally necessary. The couple is very trusting of one another.\n"He knows I can take care of myself," Jenn says. "If I ever need him, I know he will be right there. For the most part people are just stupid and drunk. I usually don't do too much but I have had a couple of people thrown out for trying to grind on me."\nJenn says she thinks that most recent flirting is a result of patrons wanting small favors. They think being on the bartender's good side has its benefits.\n"There's, like, the whole bartender idolatry, DJ idolatry," she says. "We're both in those positions that, for one reason or another, it's advantageous to know us. Either to get a good drink, a fast drink or to get their song played. So I think that's why we get hit on a lot now. \nMany firms don't allow relatives or married couples to work together. The Grays experienced this when they tried to work a day job together, but were not allowed. Policies prohibiting family co-workers are not contentious issues like they once were, but they still cause conflicts. It has not been not a problem at Bullwinkle's, even though Jenn has been Devin's superior at times.\n"I totally believe that in a professional job and a professional setting that we could work and do our jobs and be very good about working and doing our jobs together," Devin says. "When you got to work at 8 o'clock in the morning you do your job and you separate that from your personal life and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon you go back to being husband and wife. While you are at work you are doing a job."\nThe Gray's are also proponents of gay rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and feminism. Jenn claims that her "soap box" is bigger than Devin's because he is not vocal. Jenn was the auctioneer for the Positive Link annual AIDS awareness benefit that was held at Bullwinkle's last week which raised more than $1,400. Longtime friend and co-worker Greg Bell says that Jenn is committed to the gay community. He has worked with her on benefits for several years including the auction.\n"People know that they can trust in her," Bell says. "She's a real resource in the community. People know they can go to her."\nThe couple has many ties to the community. They plan on leaving Bloomington for someplace warm eventually, but say they think it will be difficult. They say they are content with their marriage and will be happy as long as they are together.\n"I think the best thing I like about married life is the fact that I've got someone who I know I am going to spend the rest of my life with, as opposed to going out every night of the week looking for somebody to spend the rest of my life with," Devin says. "I've found her and I just love her. And now I can spend the rest of my life with her and make the most of it"
(02/20/02 6:21am)
Brian Daviduke, junior, has never been very interested in politics -- but that doesn't mean he doesn't care.\nAs the IU Student Association presidential candidate for the Synergy ticket, Daviduke feels that his ticket's accomplishments could help the students. \n"Synergy is the only ticket with proven accomplishments, for that reason 37,963 voters are counting on us to win this election and act on all students' behalf," said Daviduke. \nAlong with fighting for student rights, Daviduke intends to help revitalize the Greek system, restructure student government and create a responsible alcohol policy that the ticket has already started to form.\n"We are the only ticket that has talked to administration about the alcohol policy, as we are not waiting until we get elected," said Daviduke.\nAlthough he claims that politics is moving up, Daviduke intends to pursue a career in entrepreneurship to compliment his studies in economics and public policy.\nA graduate from Penn High School in Granger, Ind., Daviduke feels that the biggest problem at IU is that "student groups do not have a guiding hand." \nTaking care of that problem would be IUSA's objective under the Synergy administration.\nIn addition to lobbying for student rights, Daviduke wants to improve the efficiency of student government, specifically ensuring responsible management of student funds.\n"There are some serious changes that need to be made in IUSA," he said. "For one, it's really cliquey.\n"There are 531 student groups on campus (and) IUSA should be responsible for contacting each one of them to see what we can do for them. Under the Synergy Administration, IUSA will reach out instead of waiting to be reached. Every group will be contacted within the first month of our administration."\nDaviduke cites Martin Luther King Jr. as his role model.\n"He had the power to move the masses, and did it effectively in a non-violent manner," Daviduke said. "If all leaders had this ability the world would be a better place."\nIn the few moments when Daviduke's focus isn't on the campaign, he likes to gamble, something he claims, "not many people know about." In fact, the Synergy ticket is planning on a trip to Windsor, Canada following the election to hopefully relieve the stress accumulated in the months before the election.\n"There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we are the best ticket. I actually care about everything I am involved in," he said. "It's not about the title or positions. It's about what I am doing and that I am going to do the best job at it."\nCurrent IUSA staff members also support Synergy and Daviduke to be their future leaders. \n"I actually took a long time to decide who to run with this election and I have worked with Brian Daviduke and the other executives before and they are the hardest IUSA workers I have ever met," said sophomore Laura Walda, honors college representative for IUSA. "I picked these candidates to run with because they are the ones who talk to students. All of them had been working hard before the elections started and I know they are going to make a great difference next year." \nSophomore Jon Schurger, IUSA off-campus senator feels that the Synergy ticket has already proven their qualifications.\n"I support Brian Daviduke and the Synergy ticket because Synergy has proven leaders," he said. "Brian only chose candidates who are willing to fight for students rights; the accomplishments of Brian, his staff, and the candidates speak volumes about the quality and integrity of the Synergy ticket." \nFor more information about Brain Daviduke or the Synergy ticket visit www.synergy-ticket.com .
(02/20/02 5:00am)
Bartenders and deejays control the night. The doorman might allow you into the bar, but he doesn't mix your favorite drink. He can't play your favorite music. The bartender and deejay determine the mood, heart and soul of a bar. At Bullwinkle's, DJ Devin "Triptonite" Gray and bartender Jennifer Gray are also the heart and soul of each other as husband and wife.\nMarriage, or any sort of monogamy, is not generally associated with bars, even less with spirited dance or gay clubs like Bullwinkle's. But environments full of young singles have spawned many relationships, including this one. \nThe Grays, both IU graduates, met at Bullwinkle's in 1997. Their passion for dance music led them to them this outpost of electronica. It was the only place in town that played the music he likes, Devin says. Jenn even says that Devin and his taste in music has made her a musical "snob."\nBull's not only provides, but also allows Devin to play the music he likes. He began as a volunteer substitute DJ, and he's spun house and trance for nearly five years. His playlist ranges from dance remixes of crowd favorites Britney Spears and Madonna to his favorites Modjo and Daft Punk.\n"I love deejaying. I just love making people happy and getting people to dance. It makes me feel really good," Devin says. \nJenn has been going to Bull's since she was first old enough to get in. She first went for an HIV/AIDS benefit when she says she "fell in love" with the people and the place, and has been there ever since. \n"I tend to find that most gay people have already gone through so much crap that with their sexuality that the kind of people that they are, they are much more open and honest," Jenn says.\n"They have already come to a lot of self-realization."\nJenn has been a bartender for four years. For her, working at Bullwinkle's is like getting money to hang out, she says. She enjoys making "really elaborate, tall drinks." She just created a drink called a "mindnumb-er," a combination of fruit-flavored liquors. Her personal drink is the "Jenn #1," which includes Malibu and pineapple juice in the mix, which she describes as "pretty deadly." \nFrom meeting to marriage\nDevin did not expect to meet his future spose at a bar. Although they met at the bar, the story that began their relationship was anything but a bar pick-up. \n"I would sit here at the table every night and watch her dance," Devin says. "I was waiting for her to fix me up with someone, and who would have guessed that it was gonna be her."\nJenn invited Devin on their first date. Jenn was treasurer of the IU Student Association, so they attended an IUSA function. Devin believed that they were going simply as friends. Jenn had other plans.\n"(It was) not a 'date' date, but she wanted me to go be with her," Devin says. "I was like, 'Sure, I will go with you.' It was a 'date' date."\nThey dated for nine months before getting engaged. Both say it was something they just knew -- that they had found a soul mate. All of Jenn's friends were very excited for them, but some of the female impersonators at the bar had small misgivings.\n"(They thought) that Devin didn't give me a big enough diamond," Jenn says. "Because they all wear costume jewelry, you know, the great big diamonds. I think seeing an actual diamond to them was a shocker."\nThe wedding was pretty traditional Jenn says, but that would not describe their wedding in full. The Grays knew that they would have conservative family members among the 350 guests, who were not accepting some of their friends, but they still had a good time. They even went to Bullwinkle's after the reception.\n"It was everybody from super-conservative folks to drag queens," Jenn says. "I think they (conservative family members) knew better than to really say anything about the others. All the drag queens came as boys. They all had on suits and they were late too, so they snuck in with suits and ties on. It was so funny 'cause they had never seen them as boys," Jenn says. \n"Who cares? I told them they could come however they want," she adds.\nDevin and Jenn only work part time at Bull's. Each has a full-time job in addition to their night jobs. Devin is a cost analyst at Teletron, a telecommunications company, while Jenn manages Urban Outfitters. Each job is a major responsibility, but they remain committed to Bull's as well.\nEach Gray works at Bull's Thursday and Saturday nights. Thursdays, Jenn works from 8:30 p.m. until close at 3 a.m. or later. Devin starts at midnight and spins until 3 a.m. for a segment called Danceparty. \nBoth bartending and deejaying require full attention, and the Grays have little time to interact while working. The DJ booth and the bar are also about 40 feet, and large crowds, away from each other.\n"I don't really see her during the night," Devin says. "She is really busy with customers. Occasionally, she will be really sweet, and she'll send me up a drink if I have not been down to ask for one. I don't really have time between songs to order my own drink."\nBar-goers flirt and flirt heavily. Devin and Jenn have both had their share of propositions, even with the other only a few yards away. The invitations have decreased in frequency, but they are still a part of the job.\n"Some people know that we are married and some people don't," Devin says. "Some people still come up to the booth. The men make passes at me. They don't know that I am married or that my wife is the manager standing behind the bar watching them try to hit on me. And the same thing with women, they'll come up to the booth and request a song and flirt with me."\nJenn doesn't put up with anyone hitting on her. It usually occurs while she is dancing, not bartending. Devin has intervened before, but it is not generally necessary. The couple is very trusting of one another.\n"He knows I can take care of myself," Jenn says. "If I ever need him, I know he will be right there. For the most part people are just stupid and drunk. I usually don't do too much but I have had a couple of people thrown out for trying to grind on me."\nJenn says she thinks that most recent flirting is a result of patrons wanting small favors. They think being on the bartender's good side has its benefits.\n"There's, like, the whole bartender idolatry, DJ idolatry," she says. "We're both in those positions that, for one reason or another, it's advantageous to know us. Either to get a good drink, a fast drink or to get their song played. So I think that's why we get hit on a lot now. \nMany firms don't allow relatives or married couples to work together. The Grays experienced this when they tried to work a day job together, but were not allowed. Policies prohibiting family co-workers are not contentious issues like they once were, but they still cause conflicts. It has not been not a problem at Bullwinkle's, even though Jenn has been Devin's superior at times.\n"I totally believe that in a professional job and a professional setting that we could work and do our jobs and be very good about working and doing our jobs together," Devin says. "When you got to work at 8 o'clock in the morning you do your job and you separate that from your personal life and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon you go back to being husband and wife. While you are at work you are doing a job."\nThe Gray's are also proponents of gay rights, HIV/AIDS awareness and feminism. Jenn claims that her "soap box" is bigger than Devin's because he is not vocal. Jenn was the auctioneer for the Positive Link annual AIDS awareness benefit that was held at Bullwinkle's last week which raised more than $1,400. Longtime friend and co-worker Greg Bell says that Jenn is committed to the gay community. He has worked with her on benefits for several years including the auction.\n"People know that they can trust in her," Bell says. "She's a real resource in the community. People know they can go to her."\nThe couple has many ties to the community. They plan on leaving Bloomington for someplace warm eventually, but say they think it will be difficult. They say they are content with their marriage and will be happy as long as they are together.\n"I think the best thing I like about married life is the fact that I've got someone who I know I am going to spend the rest of my life with, as opposed to going out every night of the week looking for somebody to spend the rest of my life with," Devin says. "I've found her and I just love her. And now I can spend the rest of my life with her and make the most of it"
(02/14/02 7:44am)
This Valentine's Day, sophomore Kirsty Steele might get to talk to her husband on the phone for a few minutes. When she talked to him earlier this week, he said she should be receiving flowers today, although she wonders how he could send her flowers from where he is.\nKirsty's husband, SSG William "Chip" Steele, is a member of the Army's 101st Airborne Division and an IU graduate. He is stationed at Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan and works with the fire support unit, which calls in air protection when needed.\nShe said Valentine's Day will be hard without him, but she and two friends are going to a movie, so they "won't get lonely or sad."\nKirsty said she thinks today will be harder for him to be without her, since he is away.\nSteele only gets to talk to her husband once or twice a week for about five minutes. He has to call her from a satellite phone, which has a very bad connection that she describes as "prehistoric-sounding." The satellite phone also has a time delay which makes it difficult to carry on a normal conversation.\nChip may have to be in Afghanistan for anywhere from three months to a year. The thought of Chip being away for a year is almost unbearable for Kirsty, especially since they've only been married since September.\n"A year is just too many days," she said.\nTo get through the days without him, Kirsty writes him letters every day and sends him care packages. She also bought a tape recorder so she can send him recorded messages, because the phone connection is so bad. \n"What I miss the most is talking to him; he's my best friend," Steele said. "I miss him just being there to listen to me."\nThe couple dated for about two and a half years before they got married and they have never been apart for more than a week, Steele said.\nKirsty's friend and co-worker Cindy Adams said Steele is a strong person.\n"She has moments where it's hard, but she gets through it," she said.\nAdams noted that Kirsty is not a sad person but very happy and funny, although her husband is at war.\nKirsty said she feels comfortable with Chip being in Afghanistan because he is so good at what he does, but she still worries. \n"You don't know what could happen," she said.\nSteele said while there is not much about the war in the news anymore, there is a lot going on that's not being told. \n"He feels safe inside the airport, but it's still very stressful," she said.\nThe Army has a family support group and they also send regular newsletters to let her know what the troops are doing in Afghanistan, both of which help Kirsty cope.\nBefore the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Chip was in the Army Reserves, but the tragedy compelled him to return to active duty. He had previously fought in a battle in Panama in 1989.\nIU graduate student Gretchen Mominee, a friend of the couple, admires Kirsty for supporting her husband's decision to fight in the war against terrorism, although the couple knew he might have to be deployed overseas.\n"(Kirsty) said that she didn't think she should discourage him from doing what he felt he needed to do, and if he didn't re-enlist, then he wouldn't be Chip," Mominee explained.\nMominee said this situation is characteristic of both Chip and Kirsty and shows the strength of their relationship.\n"It's neat to see them together; they belong together," she said. "They are one of those couples that give you faith in relationships."\nSteele and her husband got married Sept. 18, 2001 on the spur of the moment -- in hiking boots and flip flops. They went to get their marriage license and decided to go ahead and get married, right then and there. After they got married, they went to Nick's for a celebratory dinner. That night, Kirsty had to go to class, she explained, laughing.\nSteele routinely sends her husband copies of the IDS, so he can read how the IU basketball team is doing. Receiving the newspaper also keeps him in touch with what's going on in Bloomington and keeps up his morale, she said. \n"He thinks IU is the greatest," Steele said.\nKirsty sent Chip two Valentine's Day cards -- crafted on the computer. One of the cards had a picture of her on it, because he only has one picture of her with him in Afghanistan. The other card has a picture of the couple kissing on it. \n"I wanted to send him a kiss," she said.
(02/11/02 4:34am)
Graduate student Emily Mark will be spending the next school year in Ireland, all expenses paid. She did not win a contest, but is getting there as a result of years of hard work and dedication to social change. \nMark was one of twelve nationwide recipients of the George J. Mitchell Scholarships. The scholarship program was created in recognition of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell. He played an important part in encouraging the peace process in Ireland and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.\nThe program is funded in part by an endowment established by the government of Ireland and is run by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance.\nMark is working on an MA in Arts Administration. She earned a bachelor's degree in art history from the University of Southern California and served the school in a variety of ways. She was president of the USC Trustee Scholars Organization, a performer for the USC Songfest, and was active in various Latino organizations. Mark said although she participates in many activities, she has one driving motivation.\n"I'm really passionate about the arts," she said. "You can apply aesthetics in so many different ways. My talents exist in developing a culture where the arts can exist, whether that's being at a museum or at a university."\nMark's undergraduate years were filled with activities that combined her love of the arts, her Latino culture, and belief in social justice. She was an intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, attended a college summer program in Cambridge, England, and served as a teaching assistant for a bilingual inner city kindergarten class. Mark said she has an underlying cause for everything she does.\n"I\'m very involved in my church," she said. "Social justice and action are an important part of it. I don't just want to work in the arts." \nAt IU, Mark has worked with Bloomington United, a community anti-hate organization, and participated in the yearly rally against violence toward women, Take Back the Night. Last year she worked as Road Manager for the Choral Ensemble, and is currently assistant to the director of the African American Arts Institute. \nAAAI Director Charles Sykes said Mark is headed toward success.\n"I would have to say she is the epitome of excellence," he said. "She is a diligent, self-motivated, creative, and loyal worker. Her contributions will have long-lasting effects on the success of our program."\nMark applied for the Mitchell Scholarship because she believed working in Ireland would further develop her cultural experiences.\n"The program is an excellent one," she said. "It's a way to get immersed in the culture just for a year. I want that immersion experience. I like having contacts everywhere. Also the Irish economy has experienced a renaissance the past few years, and it\'s a really exciting place to be right now." \nMark said the program had about 250 applicants, from which twelve were chosen. The recipients will study at various universities in Ireland, depending on their field of study. Mark is the first recipient to study arts administration. \nDell Pendergrast, director of the George Mitchell Scholars Program, said the area of study is not important in the selection process.\n"We have three areas of interest: Academic excellence, leadership, and community service," he said. "The applicant's discipline of study is not important. We look at the individual."\nMark is the second candidate to be chosen for a Mitchell Scholarship from IU in the three-year history of the program. Elisabeth Yu, a 2001 IU graduate, is currently at Queen\'s University in Belfast.\n"We are very happy to have an IU student chosen for this very rigorous nationwide competition," Pendergrast said. "It says a lot about IU that they could have two recipients in a row"
(02/06/02 6:11am)
The lights at the University Club reflected off champagne glasses, as guests tasted tempting refreshments. Laughter was heard from all corners of the room.\nDespite the festivities, the mood of this particular reception was bittersweet. Its attendees were saying good-bye to their friend and colleague M. Jeanne Peterson, who retired as COAS executive associate dean after more than eight years in the position.\nOn Tuesday evening, Peterson's co-workers gathered to congratulate her on completing 30 years of service to IU. \nPeterson earned an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966. She became a pioneer in the study of British women's history after the publication of her 1967 research paper "The Victorian Governess: Status Incongruence in a Changing Age," which strongly influenced the field during the 70s and 80s. \nFirst appointed to IU in 1971 while completing her doctoral thesis at Berkeley, Peterson came to Bloomington as an assistant professor of history, and went on to co-found the Women's Studies Program (now the Gender Studies Program) during the 1972-73 academic year. While serving as director of graduate studies for the History Department in 1987, Peterson obtained full professor status and took over as the departmental chair. She stayed on as head of the History Department until 1993, when she became the first woman to fill the shoes of COAS executive associate dean. \nGender Studies Program Director Judith Allen praised Peterson as both an administrator and scholar.\n"She always felt that the job of a dean was to bring out the best in people working under her," she said. "She is a great inspiration to us all, especially in the way she has branched out in her research from social history to women's history, and now gender and cultural history."\nStephanie Sanders, associate director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, said Peterson is one of the institute's strongest advocates.\n"Jeanne was a strong supporter of the Kinsey Institute as an international resource for scholars," Sanders said. "She has been a terrific mentor and advocate for women and minorities on campus, and the fact that she was very well-liked and so loved says a lot about her style of management."\nGraduate School Dean George Walker served as master of ceremonies.\n"When Jeanne was the chair of the History Department, I was the Physics Department chair, and she was considered the best chair out of all the others," he said. \nLloyd recalled the first time she heard about Peterson.\n"When I left my previous university and told my colleagues there that I was heading to IU, one person said, 'I've been to IU and I met a wonderful man there. His name was Herman B. Wells,'" she said. "Then another person said, 'I've been to IU and I met a wonderful woman there. Her name was Jeanne Peterson.'" \nAllen and Moya Andrews, dean of the faculties and vice chancellor for academic affairs, presented a special certificate to Peterson that named her founding professor emeritus of gender studies.\nWhen Peterson approached the microphone, she expressed her gratitude to her colleagues and explained that her presence would still be felt at IU.\n"I'm losing the pattern of life I've had for 30 years, but I know you'll be here for me as I'll be here for you," she said.\nPeterson may have retired, but she will not be absent from the buildings she once roamed. She announced she would continue to supervise doctoral students who are writing their dissertations and teach individual readings courses for graduate students. \nIn addition, Peterson has two book projects in the works. One, tentatively titled "Victorian Body Parts," will explore medical practices related to gender in the Victorian Era. The second will follow her previously published work "Family, Love, and Work in the Lives of Victorian Gentlewomen," in which she wrote in-depth about the lives of the women in the Paget family, an English family that lived during the Victorian Era. The follow-up will focus on the male Pagets.\nPeterson expressed the feelings that ran through her body as she entered a new chapter of her life.\n"When you retire, your status changes," she said. "It's the same as when you graduate from high school or college. It's kind of scary, but very exciting too"
(01/31/02 4:43am)
Sen. John Waterman, D-39th district, has proposed legislation that would prohibit homosexuals from adopting or providing foster care for children in Indiana for the second year in a row.\nSen. Waterman proposed Bill 182 for the current session of the General Assembly in the beginning of January. He filed Bill 144, a similar bill, during the opening week of the 2001 General Assembly. \nIf lawmakers support Waterman's bill, Indiana will become the second state in the nation to ban homosexuals from adopting children. Florida is currently the only state to outlaw gay and lesbian adoption.\nWaterman was unavailable for comment, but in a press release following the adoption bill of 2001, he said that many constituents in his rural district agree with him regarding the immorality of homosexuality.\n"Our society continues to reward degenerative, un-Christian, immoral behavior," Waterman said in the release.\nWaterman said children who grow up raised by homosexual parents are prone to higher stress levels.\n"In our society, children have so many obstacles to face," Waterman said. "I just want to help prevent other impediments that may have a negative impact on these kids lives."\nChild welfare is a major concern for General Assembly members, but other Indiana lawmakers don't share Waterman's point of view.\n"There is absolutely no justification for denying a child from being adopted by loving parents or being placed with caring foster parents," Rep. Mark Kruzan, D-Bloomington, said.\nRep. Peggy Welch, D-Bloomington, agreed. \n"I believe that the decision of where a child should be placed (should) just be based on the recommendations of social workers and the verdict of the judge," Welch said.\nSteve Sanders, Indiana state coordinator of The Human Rights Campaign, works to educate lawmakers about homosexuality. The HRC is the nation's largest gay/lesbian political group. Sanders is also an IU administrative staff member.\nDespite Waterman's efforts, hundreds of thousands of homosexuals are raising children in America, Sanders said. The most important question is whether or not children's needs are filled. Kruzan agreed that child welfare is the central issue.\n"There are bad people of all sexual orientations," Kruzan said. "Our goal should be to ensure the good people who wish to provide children with a good home are able to do so."\nAndrew Wilson, a third-year graduate student at IU and the President of Allys, a group for straight allies to the IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community, said that homosexuals can make good parents.\n"Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that homosexuals make worse or better parents than heterosexuals," Wilson said.\nRegardless of the controversy surrounding Bill 182, it might not even make it to committee this year because the General Assembly is running out of time for this session, said Amanda Hillard Beam, Waterman's press secretary.
(01/15/02 5:35am)
When Jenn Christy graduated from IU last spring, the IU women's swimming team lost their most accomplished swimmer of all-time in terms of awards and records. Christy is the school record holder in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle and was a ten time All-American during her career as a Hoosier.\nHeading into this year, head coach Dorsey Tierney knew it wouldn't be easy to fill the role in the sprint events left by Christy's departure. But after swimming behind Christy last year and participating with Christy on the IU free relay teams, junior Anne Williams has stepped up for the Hoosiers.\n"Anne has put herself in a real nice position at this point," Tierney said. "I think Anne probably of anyone sticks out in my mind as really raising her level of performance."\nTierney says Williams will have to continue to improve, but that her confidence will help her to keep swimming well.\n"Anne is consistently one of the best workout performers and she has been for the last three years," Tierney said. "She has a nice steady balance now and that is nice to see. We want to build on that and hopefully continue to get a little bit better.\nWilliams holds the third fastest times in school history in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle, but she will look to better those times as the Hoosiers head into the spring championship meets. She posted a personal season best time in the 100-yard freestyle against Ohio State last weekend. But most of all, Williams was pleased to break the 52-second mark in a regular season dual meet.\n"I have been trying to break 52 (seconds) for a long time in season," Williams said. "It is a good barrier for me to finally overcome, and I am happy for that."\nSenior teammate Susan Woessner, who races with Williams in the sprint events and on relays, has been impressed with what Williams has done this season.\n"Anne has been phenomenal this year," Woessner said. "She is a constant who we always know will pull through on the relays, she really gets up for relay swims. In training, she is an amazingly hard worker. We are training partners and she always brings her best to the pool and pushes me."\nWilliams, a native of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where she attended Seaholm High School, was a 1999 Michigan State Champion in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle. She was a four time high school All-American and was an All-Big Ten selection and Honorable Mention All-American last year.\nWilliams said she swam in middle school because her friends did it, but that she didn't begin swimming year-round until her junior year of high school. Even with a late start on swimming full-time, Williams drew the attention of schools such as Oakland (Mich.), Arizona State and Michigan State. But Williams selected IU in part due to Tierney.\n"Dorsey (Tierney) was the main reason that I even started looking at IU," Williams said. "I had heard really good things about her when she was an assistant coach at SMU (Southern Methodist University). Some of my swimming friends told me she was the coach at IU and that I should check it out. I came on a recruiting trip here and I liked everything about the campus and the team."\nAfter her collegiate career is over, Williams says she might continue swimming, depending on her development in the next year and a half. Williams says she would like to go to graduate school and study either computers or math if she doesn't remain in swimming. She was an Academic All-Big Ten selection last year and is currently a math education major.
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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.
(11/08/01 5:00am)
A couple of short, stubby candles cast a warm light on Frank Winegar's boyish face. A severe thunderstorm has knocked out the electricity in eastern Bloomington, leaving Winegar and his roommates in a dark living room.\nBut thanks to a glossy photo of a shirtless, grinning Winegar in a popular women's magazine, the fifth-year senior has pointed a national spotlight on himself and his roommates in the local band Kirkwood.\nWinegar, 22, is featured in the November, "All-About Men" issue of Cosmopolitan magazine as Mr. Indiana on the pages containing 51 other mostly 20-something college students, part-time models and construction workers who won a national contest promoting single, "All-American" men.\nWinegar says he entered the contest to promote the band. So far, his scheme seems to be working. Winegar also has used his business savvy to rejuvenate one of the campus' largest fraternities and elevate his academics.\nWith the title, Winegar gets his own Cosmopolitan e-mail address that has been bombarded with letters from women from such places as California, Montana and Canada. The week after the magazine came out, hits on Kirkwood's Web site jumped from 40 hits a week to 140 a day.\n"Around here, if people notice it, they don't say anything, which is fine with me because I didn't do it for an ego boost," Winegar says. "I knew that once I got it I wanted it to be a big plug for the band."\nWinegar's girlfriend of more than a year, sophomore Stephanie Gadient, says she doesn't mind all the attention. Sure, it's sparked some jealousy, but she says she also feels pride because Indiana's hottest guy belongs to her. She met him last fall at a party at his fraternity, Sigma Pi, when she came across his black Labrador puppy, Sophie. \nFrank Winegar's mother, Deborah, saw an advertisement for Cosmopolitan's contest last May and persuaded her son to enter. She snapped photos of 5-foot-11, shirtless Winegar in front of trees in their backyard in South Bend with a disposable camera bought at Wal-Mart.\nGadient and Deborah Winegar co-authored the comment about Frank Winegar being a "kick-ass guy" that appears with the photo. \nWinegar says he was one of few winners to not be in possession of glossy portfolios and business cards at the Los Angeles photo shoot. Despite a poison oak outbreak that swelled his face, Winegar's profile was chosen as one of few single-page displays in the magazine. He says the photo director at the shoot told him he could find work with Abercrombie and Fitch or American Eagle.\nAs for modeling, "I would pursue music first, but it wouldn't hurt on the side," Winegar says.
(11/08/01 4:28am)
A couple of short, stubby candles cast a warm light on Frank Winegar's boyish face. A severe thunderstorm has knocked out the electricity in eastern Bloomington, leaving Winegar and his roommates in a dark living room.\nBut thanks to a glossy photo of a shirtless, grinning Winegar in a popular women's magazine, the fifth-year senior has pointed a national spotlight on himself and his roommates in the local band Kirkwood.\nWinegar, 22, is featured in the November, "All-About Men" issue of Cosmopolitan magazine as Mr. Indiana on the pages containing 51 other mostly 20-something college students, part-time models and construction workers who won a national contest promoting single, "All-American" men.\nWinegar says he entered the contest to promote the band. So far, his scheme seems to be working. Winegar also has used his business savvy to rejuvenate one of the campus' largest fraternities and elevate his academics.\nWith the title, Winegar gets his own Cosmopolitan e-mail address that has been bombarded with letters from women from such places as California, Montana and Canada. The week after the magazine came out, hits on Kirkwood's Web site jumped from 40 hits a week to 140 a day.\n"Around here, if people notice it, they don't say anything, which is fine with me because I didn't do it for an ego boost," Winegar says. "I knew that once I got it I wanted it to be a big plug for the band."\nWinegar's girlfriend of more than a year, sophomore Stephanie Gadient, says she doesn't mind all the attention. Sure, it's sparked some jealousy, but she says she also feels pride because Indiana's hottest guy belongs to her. She met him last fall at a party at his fraternity, Sigma Pi, when she came across his black Labrador puppy, Sophie. \nFrank Winegar's mother, Deborah, saw an advertisement for Cosmopolitan's contest last May and persuaded her son to enter. She snapped photos of 5-foot-11, shirtless Winegar in front of trees in their backyard in South Bend with a disposable camera bought at Wal-Mart.\nGadient and Deborah Winegar co-authored the comment about Frank Winegar being a "kick-ass guy" that appears with the photo. \nWinegar says he was one of few winners to not be in possession of glossy portfolios and business cards at the Los Angeles photo shoot. Despite a poison oak outbreak that swelled his face, Winegar's profile was chosen as one of few single-page displays in the magazine. He says the photo director at the shoot told him he could find work with Abercrombie and Fitch or American Eagle.\nAs for modeling, "I would pursue music first, but it wouldn't hurt on the side," Winegar says.
(11/08/01 4:02am)
Hundreds of firefighters demonstrated in New York City Friday, protesting a decision to cut the number of workers searching for bodies at the World Trade Center site. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced that the cuts were made because of worker safety concerns. The Associated Press reported the mayor wants no more than 24 firefighters and 24 police officers at ground zero at any time.\n Firefighters protesting the decision say they are doing so for fear that the recovery effort will turn into a "full-time construction scoop-and-dump operation," according to the Associated Press.\n It is completely understandable why New York firefighters want to spend time helping at ground zero. Their efforts are obviously not about receiving overtime but over concern and respect for the 250 fellow firefighters whose bodies still lie at the site and for the countless other civilian casualties also there. \nBut Giuliani is correct in cutting back the forces working at the site. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks left the New York City Fire Department severely understaffed. Although 240 training academy graduates received diplomas last week, the Department still needs 100 more to bring its numbers up to what they were before Sept. 11. Although the situation at the World Trade Center site is at the forefront of everyone's minds, particularly in New York City, Giuliani needs to make sure that the Fire Department is prepared to fight other fires. Permitting firefighters to work around the clock by spending off hours helping at ground zero, means they could be fatigued and tired when working a normal shift.\nNobody wants to see the World Trade Center site turn into a "scoop-and-dump" operation. But although life isn't the same, life is going on -- and unfortunately that means New York will face other fires or dangerous situations. While the protester's hearts are in the right place, Giuliani's decision will make the Fire Department more capable of dealing with future situations.\nStaff vote: 10 - 5 - 0\nyes - no - abstain
(11/06/01 6:05am)
The women's soccer team is anchored by talented midfielders. Sophomore Emily Hotz; juniors Lisa Tecklenburg, Kara Bryan, Dana Philp; and seniors Stacey Peterson and Kelly Kram make the position one of the most balanced on the team.\nFor Jessica Laswell, that presented a problem. As a midfielder, it was going to be difficult to see much playing time this season as a freshman. But under the direction of coach Joe Kelley and with a strong work ethic and dedication to the team, the walk-on was able to end the season as a contributing starting player for the Hoosiers.\nLaswell is from Lexington, Ky. She could have attended smaller schools to play college soccer on a scholarship, but after attending some of the soccer camps in Bloomington, she decided IU was where she wanted to play. Her motivation to achieve at IU stemmed from being told by the coach at the University of Kentucky that she wasn't good enough to play there. That sparked a relentless work \nethic for Laswell so she could prove to herself that she could make it at IU. \n"It is so much fun now that I had the opportunity to play and start the last few games of the season," Laswell said. "Not that it wasn't fun when I wasn't playing, but it is so exciting to get back out there and play a lot of minutes like I did in high school."\nLaswell got her first start of the year in the most important game for the Hoosiers this season, facing a must-win situation against Purdue a week-and-a-half ago. She responded by playing strongly all around. \nLaswell saw action in five games this year, including starting the last four. While she didn't tally any points, she helped the Hoosiers go 2-1-1 in the final four games to secure a winning season.\nKelley is happy with the freshman's progression. \n"She has done great," Kelley said. "She has a tremendous attitude, she is fast and we knew she would be a great athlete. She is a hard worker, is out at practice early and stays late. She didn't play much in the beginning, but she worked hard and waited for her chance. She is making the most of her time."\nSophomore Kristin Pimlott has worked closely with Laswell this season. \n"No one expected her to have a significant contribution to the team this year," Pimlott said. "I knew she was a hard worker though, so I'm not surprised she was able to prove herself."\nLaswell is a loose player, and as a freshman, was able to be one of the team's leaders with her relaxed attitude and sense of humor.\n"It was intimidating coming here as a freshman and trying to be so outgoing, but I was always like that," Laswell said. "I was nervous, but I came out of my shell gradually."\nPimlott agreed that Laswell's attitude is a great attribute for the Hoosiers.\n"She gets along with everybody," she said. "Laswell just has so much energy. It's always a good time with her."\nKelley thinks Laswell's best quality is her attitude. \n"She is willing to learn and willing to work hard to learn," Kelley said.\nThe Hoosiers are graduating two vocal leaders at the end of the year in Kram and Butler. Laswell will likely have more of a leadership role next year. \n"She can be a great leader," Kelley said. "I want to see her have the confidence to do that."\nLaswell thinks she could be a positive leader for the team. \n"I was captain for my high school team and it was a great honor," Laswell said. "It would be fun to have that same honor here"
(11/02/01 4:03am)
Governor decides to merge State Police, Capital Police\nINDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Frank O'Bannon is placing the Captiol Police, the 60-member force that patrols the Statehouse and state government complex, under the jurisdiction of the Indiana State Police.\nO'Bannon said Thursday the move would create efficiencies and coordination, increase security at the government complex because more officers could patrol at any given time, and provide a career ladder for Capitol Police officers who want to become troopers.\nThe Capitol Police will be renamed the Special Enforcement Section of the State Police, and graduates of the training academy would first join its ranks. Capitol Police are now under the jurisdiction of the Department of Administration.\nSome members of the new section will replace troopers who now patrol the state's riverboat casinos, freeing up more experienced State Police officers for road duty and other assignments. Indiana now has 1,264 troopers.\nNew officers assigned to the casinos would eventually get priority to stay in the communities where they have established their homes, which O'Bannon said should help in recruitment.\nState Police Superintendent Melvin Carraway and Glenn Lawrence, commissioner of the Department of Administration, developed the plan for the merger, O'Bannon said.\nCarraway said the change would improve police services and protection provided to 8,300 workers at the government complex and visitors to its buildings.\n"This is the prudent course of action to take, especially in light of our enormous national and state public safety challenges," Carraway said in a statement.\nThe Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council is reviewing security at the government complex after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and subsequent events.\nO\'Bannon spokeswoman Mary Dieter said the governor had the legal authority to merge the agencies, but legislation will be sought to solidify the move in state statute.\nDon Cook, executive director of the Indiana State Police Alliance -- an advocacy organization for troopers -- said he did not want to comment until the group had time to review the plan.\n'Puzzling' mother, son deaths rules natural causes\nLEAVENWORTH, Ind. -- Investigators believe a retired police officer might have died suddenly in September, leaving no one to care for his elderly mother in their isolated home where they were not found until weeks after their deaths.\nThe bodies of Terry Donald Delisle, 54, and his mother, Constance Delisle, 81, were discovered Friday when a mail carrier called police after noticing they had not picked up their mail or newspaper in a month.\nInvestigators found no signs of foul play or anything suggesting the deaths were not natural, Crawford County Sheriff Richard Scott said Wednesday.\nAutopsies did not reveal how the deaths came so close together, Deputy Coroner Barry Hubbell said. The state of decomposition in both bodies was very similar, indicating the deaths were not separated by much time, he said.\n"It's a puzzling case," Scott said. "Why would two people be dead at the same time? It's one of those unusual things. It's a sad thing, too -- you've got two people alone and nobody checking on them."\nAuthorities believe Terry Delisle, a retired Louisville, Ky., police officer, might have suffered a heart attack or some other sudden medical complication. He was a diabetic and a smoker, and the autopsy found signs of serious coronary-artery disease.\nHis mother was afflicted by dementia, but little else was known about her medical history, Scott said.\nTheir house is about 200 yards from any other homes, on a rarely used road about 35 miles west of Louisville.\nDelisle had worked as a security guard since retiring from the Louisville Police Department in 1990 after 20 years. He had been hired in May as a guard at a Louisville bank, but in July took a medical leave and had not returned, Scott said.\nThe bodies have gone unclaimed and detectives have been talking with Terry Delisle's former co-workers and friends, trying to find any relatives.\n"We're going to make every attempt to ... find some relative," Scott said. "There's got to be a cousin or an uncle someplace, somewhere."\nDocuments question Ford Explorer design\nINDIANAPOLIS -- An attorney representing people killed or injured in Ford Explorers said Thursday that previously sealed court documents offer evidence that vehicle design problems contributed to the deadly rollovers.\nAdditional documents unsealed by a federal judge claim that U.S. executives at Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. and Ford Motor Co. delayed taking precautionary actions abroad despite evidence of problems with the sport utility vehicle and its tires. Both companies deny these claims.\nThe documents, part of lawsuits against Bridgestone/Firestone and Ford, refer to investigations in Venezuela that found problems both with faulty tires and the vehicles\' suspensions.\nMore than 300 personal injury and class-action lawsuits against the two companies have been consolidated here in the U.S. District Court of Southern Indiana.\n\"The significance of the underlying documents is that it\'s clear that the engineers in Venezuela were critical of the stability of the Ford Explorer vehicle, and believed that a problem in the design of the vehicle was contributing to the rollover accidents,\" said Victor Diaz, co-lead counsel for the plaintiff\'s personal injury and wrongful death claims.\nThe primary document in question is one that Ford inadvertently released during the discovery process. A federal judge earlier this month denied Ford\'s request that the document be returned.\nThe 1999 report by Ford engineers in Venezuela who were investigating rollover accidents said the vehicle\'s shock absorbers were too soft for the country\'s terrain, and that the tires were experiencing tread separation.\nThrough the discovery process, Diaz said evidence exists that Ford disregarded these design concerns because it feared a design change in Venezuela would also require a change in U.S. models.\nFord spokesman Ken Zino denied that claim, and says the Venezuelan report was merely an initial report by a junior engineer.\nA separate brief submitted by the plaintiffs and recently unsealed accuses both Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone of disregarding problems with the tires and the Ford Explorer\'s suspension in Venezuela. In the document, Diaz wrote that the two companies \"withheld material information regarding the full extent of the problem, committed egregious errors of judgment\" and \"delayed taking corrective or preventative action.\"\nBridgestone/Firestone spokeswoman Jill Bratina said the company disagrees with the claims and will make that clear as litigation proceeds.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last month says 271 fatalities have been connected to Firestone tire failures.
(10/23/01 3:52am)
Protestors stood outside the IU Bookstore Thursday, supporting IU apparel workers they say work in unsafe conditions at the New Era factory in Derby, N.Y.\nThe national day of action was organized by United Students Against Sweatshops, No Sweat! and Local 4730 of the Communications Workers of America. \n"Would you like to help support the rights of IU apparel workers?" members of No Sweat! asked passers-by outside store. Members held signs and passed out fliers at the event. \nNew Era makes baseball caps for IU and is the official cap-maker for Major League Baseball. \n"The workers of the New Era factory have been on strike for numerous code violations since June 16, 2001," said senior Bennet Baumer. This occured in response to management-imposed wage cuts of 30 to 50 percent, the company's refusal to bargain for a fair contract and because of health and safety violations, according to CWA.\n"There is substantial evidence that New Era is violating Indiana University's Code of Conduct," said senior Nancy Steffan. \nNew Era has denied these allegations.\nIU adopted the code of conduct regarding manufacturing conditions of its apparel when it joined the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent factory-monitoring organization. Dean of Students Richard McKaig, chairman of the sweatshop committee, said the committee would assess the situation and decide what action to take. \nLast year, urged by McKaig's committee, IU President Myles Brand sent a letter to Nike protesting working conditions at factories in Mexico. McKaig emphasized the need for solidarity with other universities to have a larger impact both economically and socially.\n"Any single university doesn't have enough pull in the market," McKaig said.\n"Because the work involves a lot of sewing, bone punctures on the job were extremely common, and New Era has only recently provided equipment that is safe," said graduate student Judi Nitsch. "The company also told employees that they would be risking their worker's compensation if they participated in union demonstrations."\nWRC reported other threats to employees involved in CWA, and evidence that New Era management broke into union property to remove documents pertaining to safety violations.\nIn an August interview in The New York Times, David Koch, chairman of New Era, explained the pressure he has felt from retailers to lower costs to better compete. New Era is the only major hat producer which still operates in the United States, and in order to better compete, the company was forced to obtain some hats from overseas, he said.\nSue Stancu, who works in the IU Music Library, was walking through the Indiana Memorial Union when she stopped to talk to the group. Stancu signed a postcard urging Chris Koch, New Era CEO to negotiate with workers and respond to the alleged violations of the IU Code of Conduct. \n"I'm sympathetic to workers trying to organize unions," Stancu said. "They have had too much trouble in the past."\nBaumer said his group is hoping to educate about the problems faced by New Era employees.\n"We're not calling for a boycott because the workers haven't called for a boycott," Baumer said. "We're focusing on education, trying to let the University know we're here, and to put pressure on New Era to listen to worker demands."\nA representative from New Era could not be reached for comment.
(10/15/01 4:23am)
After work, Mary Ann Winkle drives to her Tweety Bird-lined home, slaps together a ham sandwich and drives back to campus to turn in a paper and spar in a class debate. She loves her classmates, who describe her as "your typical good student in class." \nWinkle is 61. \n"She acts like she's 20," Michael Hunsaker, a senior, said. Hunsaker works with Winkle and had a geography class with her. "She takes too many notes, in my opinion, but that's good in the long run."\nWinkle reads a lot, too. She is taking six credits this semester to go along with her job at Franklin Hall where she works 40 hours a week with the work study programs and payroll. She has seven books for her history class about American Indians and is currently reading, "The Last of the Mohicans." \nWinkle said she does not watch very much television, just the news. "I have a lot of energy," she said. "I like to stay busy." \nHer notes and diligence were rewarded last spring when she was named one of 15 Chancellor's Scholars, the only representative from the Continuing Studies Department to be honored. She credits her father for her work effort.\n"My dad was actually the hardest worker I've ever known," she said. "He was also probably the most honest."\nJoseph Silnes built race cars in Norway for the Indianapolis 500. A picture of Norway still hangs over Winkle's head in her home library where she studies. The shelves are lined with the Serenity Prayer, biographies of presidents, Power Puff Girls figurines and the Bible. Other trinkets add character to her favorite spot in the house -- pottery her children painted that she glued back together after it broke, stuffed moose and fish and copies of the martial arts book and video written by her oldest son Jason. \n"I just love to have books around me -- it's such a comfort to me," she said. She volunteered in her children's school library for 12 years. \n"She's been very supportive of my brother and I in everything we've done," her son, Jason, said. During the summer, the family would crowd into their one-bedroom cottage on Lake Lemon and water-ski. \nWhen her children were about 10, Winkle decided to compete in a water-skiing tournament against her friend -- and the IU water-skiing team. She practiced on the water each night until the police ordered her to get off. \nHer friend beat her at the competition, but both ladies finished ahead of the entire IU team. As she walked back, she heard another girl say, "Those two old ladies beat us." \n"I'm not a naturally athletic person, I don't think, but I can ski," Winkle said.\n"I think next to me, that's her next love," husband Bill Winkle said. \nWhen her children got older, she decided to go to college. She had always stressed the importance of education to her children.\n"One day I thought, 'Oh my gosh, they're going to be ahead of me pretty soon.' I just wanted to get that degree," she said.\nWinkle earned her associate degree in General Studies and graduated with her oldest son, Jason, in 1997. She also received an Associate Degree in Accounting at Ivy Tech and worked part-time as an accountant. Her love of learning and reading has kept her taking classes, and she hopes to be a librarian someday.\nAfter her children graduated from Indiana University, she and her husband moved to the cottage where they used to ski during the summer. The couple expanded the house to about five times its original size and the whole family helped build the deck and pour eighty tons of rocks around the boat dock in September. \n"This place is kind of a do it yourself project," Mary Ann said. Her family is used to working together, and Winkle has relied on that support a great deal the past few years. \nJason remembers getting a call from his mother one February morning in 1996. She had breast cancer. It had spread to her lymph nodes and was in stage three of four stages. \n"She told me that she wanted me to know but she didn't want me to worry because she was going to beat it," Jason said. "'I need your love and your support to do it,' she told me. \n"I think I about broke down, but I remember knowing that if anyone could beat it, it would be her."\nWinkle called a friend she knew who taught a class about cancer. Her friend warned her it could scare her to death, but she took it anyway. \nHer exercise and sense of humor did not lag, either. She said her doctor told her husband that "I usually have to tell people to be more active when they're going through chemotherapy, and I have to tell your wife to slow down." She also had a tattoo of Tweety Bird put on her chest after her mastectomy. \nWinkle said her family was key to her survival, also. "We just all started doing more together," she said. "It was like they were all trying to protect me."\nFive years later, the cancer is in complete remission. She finished her prescription of tamoxifin in May and is in a clinical trial for another cancer drug that is being tested for its effectiveness in preventing the recurrence of cancer in post-menopause women. \nShe plans to graduate in August and eventually be a librarian. Her gray hair might reveal her six decades of work and battle with cancer, but splotches of blonde still shine and her roots are still dark. \n"She's young at heart," Bill said. "And she just doesn't want to get old"
(10/15/01 4:17am)
Like its theme indicated, the good times rolled through campus Friday evening. The Homecoming parade was filled with music, cars and trucks lined with balloons and people throwing candy. \nAnd in that mess of candy wrappers, popcorn and drum beats, the mission to find senior Shannon Hoffman, the Student Athletic Board Homecoming director, began. It started late Friday afternoon -- with the welcome appearance of the sun -- at the corner of Seventh and Rose Streets while the parade was getting organized. \nThe woman in charge of many of the week's Homecoming events was impossible to find amid the sea of fans, football players and alumni.\nThe workers in the red shirts with the big walkie-talkies were buzzing around trying to keep things in order, but none of them had seen Hoffman. Her roommates had no clue either. Finally, after an hour, some luck: She was said to be at the Sample Gates for the pinnacle of the parade. \nIt's 7 p.m. at the Sample Gates and the parade is wrapping up; Hoffman is at the end guiding in the floats and doing crowd control. The parade ended and the pep rally began with the band playing "The Simpsons" theme song and Hoffman, in the background, seemed pleased and proud of a job well done.\nThe past week has been busy for the Homecoming director. In fact, it has been nonstop.\n"I have spent lots of my time working on the Homecoming events that I have hardly been home," Hoffman said. "My roommates can testify to that because they have hardly seen me in the last two weeks."\nEarlier, Hoffman hustled around campus as the parade, marching down Third Street, began as a misshapen line of various student groups, local organizations and marching band members. \nBut with Hoffman and her fellow members of the SAB and Student Alumni Association pushing and prodding, the line straightened out -- like it always does. \n"Every year always begins with everyone out of line but it all pulls together in the end," said Eric Behrman, director of Alumni Clubs. \nHomecoming preparation began last Friday, and Hoffman was at the forefront of it all. \nHoffman, sporting red SAB attire, was in charge of three areas of the weeklong celebration -- Homecoming king and queen applicants, the pep rally, and helping coordinate and organize the alumni and student associations for the parade. \nHoffman has been involved with SAB since her freshman year. She wanted to become involved in campus activities so the self-described sports fan joined SAB. After an application and interview process, she was named Homecoming director last spring. \nHoffman said she has been preparing for Homecoming since last semester and during the summer. \nThis semester, she has been organizing, e-mailing and meeting with various people and groups to get Homecoming events off the ground. Because SAB is student-run, she and other students have put these events together and made them work. She spent long hours last week working out the details and making sure everything was in order. She felt one of her major achievements was the success of Homecoming king and queen because she was totally in charge of organization and making sure everything ran smoothly. \nMembers of the Homecoming committee praised Hoffman for her committment.\nShannon is great to work with and is well organized," said Brian McCarthy, a sophomore and Homecoming chairperson on the athletic board. "It's a big deal for her and she has put in a lot of time." \nHoffman expressed the importance to get off campus groups involved in Homecoming festivities, and the need to get a diverse number of participants in the parade. \n"The parade was very entertaining, funny and joyful, and I have never seen so many different kinds of people in a parade like this," said Gabriella Villani, a graduate student. \nAt the end of the night, the SAB Homecoming director felt "great relief" and was very happy and pleased with the outcome. For Hoffman, every minute was well spent.\n"I can probably make the most out of even one minute," Hoffman said, "because I don't waste time"
(10/11/01 4:04am)
With a 3-1-1 start in conference play, the women's soccer team is off to a strong start in the Big Ten, and are showing they are ready to compete at the national level.\nAt 6-2-1 (3-1-1) the Hoosiers are currently in fourth place in the Big Ten and ranked No. 23 in the country. Last year, they finished 10th in the conference. \n A reason for this drastic change is the emergence of three seniors, Kelly Kram, Stacey Peterson and Whitney Butler, and the leadership they are providing to a team with 17 underclassmen. \n Kram is one of the team's most noticeable leaders on and off the field. With 11 career goals and 33 career points, Kram has been one of the Hoosiers prominent goal scorers. This year, she was delegated to a more defensive role, and the move has paid off so far. Kram has helped anchor a Hoosiers defense that has permitted only nine goals this season. \n Coach Joe Kelley said Kram "doesn't get the recognition she deserves for being as good as she is." \nKram's biggest addition to the team is the guidance she has provided for so many on the younger players. She has also sacrificed for the good of the team, members said.\n "I prefer offense, but if the team needs me back there defensively that is where I will be," Kram said. \nKram is an exercise science major and has been playing soccer since the age of five. She said she has enjoyed her four years at IU. \n"Playing here at IU has been great. It is extremely important that we do well my last year here, and so far we are off to a great start. This is my last time playing competitively, so a top priority is for myself and the team to play well."\nAfter graduating in May, Kram plans to either go to Chicago or home to St. Louis to work. She does not plan to continue with her soccer career, but she does not rule out of the possibility of still being involved in the sport.\nAs for playing the last few years with Peterson and Butler, Kram said it has been great. \n"They are amazing people to play with. They are the two best and most rounded people to be with. They are great girls," Kram said.\nPeterson, also an exercise science major, is a quiet leader. \n"As a senior, you need to be a leader, show by example, and build up your teammates," Peterson said. \nLike Kram, Peterson has been relegated to a more defensive role for the Hoosiers this year. \n"Wherever (Coach) Kelley needs me, that is where I will be. I want to be able to have the best impact on the team and be involved," Peterson said.\nAfter graduating from IU, Peterson is applying to the cardiac rehabilitation program and plans on staying in Bloomington as a graduate student. \nPeterson said she preaches to her younger teammates to be a respectable team, have discipline and play with sportsmanship. \nPeterson also said playing with Kram and Butler is a blessing.\n"They are very supportive, hard working and fun to be with. I get along great with them," she said.\nKelley said he admires Peterson's work ethic.\n"She is an extremely important player for us. She is a hard worker who improves every day," he said. \nButler transferred to IU from Connecticut last year. She is from Ft. Wayne and said she enjoys being closer to home. \n"My time here has gone great," Butler said. "The attitude is great here. I couldn't have asked for anything more. We're doing great."\nButler is a back who is another integral part of the Hoosier defense. Aside from those skills, Butler is one of the more outspoken and friendliest members of the team, teammates said.\n"Leadership is a role that sets a tone," she said. "It is all about work ethic and attitude. You need to have pride and have to want to excel. You have to provide a good example."\nButler is an English education major. She plans to work next fall for Teach for America. She said that she will miss playing soccer here, but hopes to one day coach younger children, or at the high school level.\n"She is a very good defender," Kelley said. "We are counting on her and expect her experience to help."\nAs for her fellow senior teammates, Butler has enjoyed the experience.\n"It's been great playing with them," Butler said. "It's like playing every day with your closest friends. I couldn't have asked for more."\nKelley spoke about the positive impact these three seniors have had. \n"I think how we're doing this year shows how important leadership and experience is. This program has never had such positive leadership to get us through the trials and tribulations." \nKelley said he will miss these seniors next year, and they won't be easily replaced. \n"The type of competitiveness and the desire to succeed that these girls have won't be easy to lose," he said. "Their leadership is beneficial. It shows in how they're playing, and how well the team is doing"
(10/01/01 4:53am)
Anxiety. Stress. Anticipation. These words might pop into the heads of students preparing themselves for the daunting process of searching for internships. \nThe hunt for job experience can be overwhelming, but you don't have to lose sleep over it. In many different departments, the same advice is given: keep your options open, explore as many opportunities as possible and remember that searching is hard work. Hard work that pays. \nIn many majors, possibilities are opening up for students to learn about different companies and potential internship positions they offer. The time is ripe for interested undergraduate and graduate scholars to probe into their field and talk to employers about internships. \nFor many students, the process begins with questions. They should ask themselves what it is they want to do and then ask around for information that could lead to a position. \nNext, students can narrow down their search by "doing informational interviews with professionals, reading materials about specific careers, communicating with alumni, talking with other students in their major, as well as reading through job announcements," said Karen Bazur, career information and internship specialist in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
