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(02/08/06 4:38am)
Raphael Glaser, 66, a member of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and a visiting professor at IU, was robbed in broad daylight Monday, according to a Bloomington Police Department report.\nAccording to the report, Glaser was standing at the corner of 10th and College streets when a group of white, teenaged males grabbed his digital camera out of his hands and ran away with it. The incident occurred at approximately 4 p.m.\nGlaser is a visiting professor in the Jacobs School of Music this spring, substituting for another professor who is currently on sabbatical. He is returning to Israel in March to rejoin the orchestra.
(01/25/06 4:46am)
Police arrested a man Monday after several residents reported witnessing his erratic driving. This was the man's second arrest on preliminary charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in two weeks. \nThe police report stated that Aaron R. Jacobs, 27, was driving a black Monte Carlo eastbound near the roundabout on Moores Pike when he ran off the road into a light pole, knocking it out of the ground. Jacobs persisted with two front flat tires and heavy damage to the front of the vehicle, turning onto Sare Road, according to the report. \nWitnesses said he veered off of the road numerous times, running over several mailboxes. The report states Jacobs finally ran the vehicle off of the road into a ditch near Rogers Road, where he was found by Officer Chris Scott.\nScott reported that when he arrived, Jacobs stumbled out of the car and fell down. His speech was slurred and he was also unable to stand up on his own. A bottle of the prescription drug Soma was found in his possession with the prescription label ripped off of the bottle, according to the report.\nJacobs was taken to the police station where he was evaluated by Officer Monica Zahasky, a certified drug recognition expert. The report states Zahasky asserted that Jacobs was under the influence of a central nervous system depressant and a narcotic analgesic. No alcohol was present.
(01/25/06 4:45am)
Police arrested a 15-year-old Bloomington teen Monday evening for allegedly having a loaded firearm on school property after a 911 caller reported seeing the suspect brandishing a handgun near the Head Start Program on North Lindbergh and 15th streets.\n"The man was displaying a handgun in plain sight and spinning the handgun around," Sgt. David Drake said, reading from the police report.\nPolice located the teen, who was trespassing through Crestmont Apartments on North Illinois Street. After a short struggle in which the young man acted like he was going to flee, Sgt. Alan Pointer and Officer Monica Zahasky were able to handcuff him, according to the report. They found a fully loaded Highpoint 9-millimeter handgun in his coat pocket. \nThe young man said he needed the handgun for his protection, police said.\nUpon court order he was sent to the Bartholomew County Juvenile Detention Center.
(01/18/06 4:53am)
It happens to everyone at least once in their lives. \nFor some, it starts the day they type their last name into a search engine, wondering what it means, or the day they finally take interest in their Uncle Bob's old story about the great-grandfather who might have been a bootlegger during Prohibition. Whenever or whatever might have triggered their desire, at that moment people start tapping into a need that afflicts millions of Americans every year -- the desire to know more about their family history. \nGenealogy is considered to be one of the fastest-growing hobbies in North America, and unearthing family genealogy is a simpler and more rewarding project than it used to be, mainly because of the Internet, said Elaine Kuhn, a librarian for the Allen County Genealogy Department in Fort Wayne, which houses the second-largest collection of genealogy records in the nation. In 2001, the U.S. Senate found that in one month, 14 million people were strolling the Internet to research their family history. \n"The Internet's made making connections with other researchers a hundred times easier," Kuhn said. "We're seeing younger people because they put a name in a search engine to check it out and end up coming to the library because they realize they need to do more research."\nCollege students are prime candidates for becoming family researchers. At no other time in a student's life is research considered a primary job and at no other time will so many older relatives be alive to tell all of the important stories that will enrich the family history. \nAnd no other university town, with resources like the Monroe County History Center and IU's Herman B Wells Library, has such excellent facilities to start tracing family trees, added Kuhn, an IU alumna. \n"Genealogy research starts with yourself," said Liz Knapp, the director of the Monroe County Historical Society's Genealogy Library and a member of Bloomington's chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, also a good source for genealogy research. \nDAR is a prominent national historical society whose members can trace their ancestors back to veterans of the Revolutionary War. The society, along with other national organizations like the Sons of the American Revolution, are dedicated to assisting others in the search for family history and promoting historical education.\nAccording to various genealogy Web sites, drawing a family tree quickly on a piece of paper just to see how far back the family tree can be traced is a good way to start researching. Grandparents and parents can usually help fill in the gaps. Often, there is already a genealogist in the family who can be an invaluable source for pre-existing information. So can the attic. A trip to visit the old boxes gathering dust in the crawl spaces of the house often reveal a wealth of information, from birth, marriage and death records to old photographs and maybe even a scandalous divorce paper or two. \n"You have to be somewhat of a detective," Knapp said. "It's a puzzle. The longer you (do it), the more knowledgeable you become."\nWhile a library is still the best source for researching relatives, Kuhn said, the Internet can find information about relatives on whom the family doesn't have much information. \nWww.Rootsweb.com is one of the major Web sites that plays host to millions of family trees. Its WorldConnect family tree Web site can find all sorts of information about a relative who might have fought in the Revolutionary War or been an English nobleman. Knapp advised people to focus on one family at a time. Having a name and knowing the story that goes along with that family member can be the key to opening up an entire avenue of research and even brand new family trees, she said. \nTracing family history is a rewarding hobby because people are researching their own history, Kuhn said. Many people find common traits cross several generations when they begin doing genealogy research. From physical characteristics found in photographs to common occupations found through the generations, learning about family history can not only help people connect with their family history but can help them in their search for lost relatives and teach them about family illnesses that could one day save their lives, Kuhn said.\nDAR will be hosting a workshop Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. for everyone interested in tracing their genealogy or in learning more about how to join DAR. For more information, visit www.monroehistory.org.
(12/09/05 4:47am)
Walking through the IU Health Center, it's hard to tell who is sick and who is just the sick patient's driver. All the students here are bedraggled, shuffling through the center's efficient system with baggy pajama pants, droopy shoulders and red-tipped noses. \nOne sniffling student smiles sheepishly when asked if she's sick because she has been working too hard on her schoolwork this week. \n"No -- I mean -- yeah," she said.\nStudents are gearing up for finals week, finishing last-minute assignments they were supposed to be working on all semester and pulling all-nighters to get everything done on time. This kind of havoc on college students' bodies often sends them straight from their last classes of the week to the health center.\n"We're just in a holding pattern," said Mary Jo Belcher, the acute care nurse.\nHealth Center Assistant Director Peter Grogg said the center gets busy in October and November, explaining that while it gets a steady average of 300 students per day, flu season can sometimes bring in twice as many people as usual. \n"So far, it's been pretty normal," he added.\nAnd normal for the health center means all sorts of cold symptoms. Nancy Macklin, director of nursing, calls these flu and cold bugs "winter illnesses," ranging from gastrointestinal to respiratory illnesses.\n"Some years we actually get influenza this time of year," she added. "Fortunately, this year we've had no influenza cases."\nWith so many tired, overworked and sick students passing through the health center's halls, Macklin said she always tells students, "College is not a healthy lifestyle."\nHowever, there are some tips to pulling through that last week of finals before heading home for the holidays and relaxing.\n• Simple, common sense rules like getting an adequate amount of sleep (at least six hours a night) and eating a balanced meal can easily keep students from getting too ill to finish their work.\n• Remembering basic rules of preventing illnesses, like washing hands, covering a cough, staying away from sick people and not smoking are good ways to keep yourself from catching your roommate's cold or passing one on to someone else, Macklin said. \n• Don't pull an all-nighter unless it's an absolute must. Remember that the more tired you get, the less productive the time spent on your work will be.\n"It's kindergarten stuff," she said. "But it's all scientifically based."\nFor those who aren't sick but are just stressed out from the amount of work they need to do, Macklin recommends taking it one day at a time. \n• Many of the same rules to staving off winter illnesses will also reduce stress. Eat well, and exercise if you have time. Go ahead, complain and commiserate with your friends -- that's a way of calming your nerves and reducing stress. \n• If you have a stress attack while working, take a 15-minute break and walk around your apartment, dorm or the library to clear your head. \n• Allow yourself some relaxation time, whether it be from getting a massage or manicure at a local spa or taking the afternoon off with friends to watch a movie. You'll be in a much better frame of mind when you return to your computer.\n• And for overstressed students, the health center has counselors available to talk with people about stress, offering methods of reducing it. "Health educators will meet for free with someone to talk about stress or anxiety," said Health and Wellness Office Coordinator Tracy Crowe. "We're typically the place to come"
(12/06/05 5:40am)
Though a decline in enrollment in the master's of business administration program has put a financial strain on the Kelley School of Business, early signs show the tide might be turning.\n"There's been a firming in the market," said Idalene Kesner, the chairwoman of the MBA program and a professor of strategic management at the business school, who stressed this was not just a Kelley phenomenon.\n"It's happening all across the nation," she said.\nIn fact, since 2002, the number of MBA students at the Kelley School and at business schools across the country has dropped by 25 percent.\nThe traditional MBA degree is a two-year degree offered to professionals who have been working in the business field for a few years. Often, these professionals are looking for a career change or a way to boost their salary, which can be up to $30,000 more annually with an MBA under their belt.\nSeveral fundamental factors have influenced the decline, ranging from demographic and social to economic and political issues.\nOne of the biggest factors was the recession the U.S. economy hit in 2001. Even though it ended this past year, the business community is still struggling to regain the strong foothold it used to claim.\n"Prolonged recessions make people nervous about leaving their jobs," Kesner explained. More people selected career stability over the rising tuition costs and a being out of the job market for an extended period of time.\nThe recession that occurred post-Sept. 11 affected not only the economy, but also the number of international students able to join the program. While many were accepted into the program, stricter visa restrictions often meant these students would go to similar MBA programs outside the U.S., such as in Europe.\nAdditionally, there was a natural demographic change in the market, with fewer people ages 25 to 30 choosing to pursue an MBA. Three years later, Kesner thinks the demographics are beginning to turn.\n"It's hard to know how much of that is permanent and how much of that is temporary," Kesner said.\nAttendance numbers from recent admissions fairs and business forums have shown an increase in interest in the program. In addition, the national Graduate Management Admissions Test had an increase in test takers, mostly because of a higher percentage of international test takers, Kesner said.\n"A more positive sign for us is that the job market is strengthening," said Terrill Cosgray, the program director for the MBA program.\nWhen the school first experienced a drop in applications, administrators decided to reduce the number of incoming students rather than let more in to offset the loss of students.\n"We didn't compromise our quality in order to compensate for the drop in students," Kesner said. The school, which normally boasts about 260 MBA students, began grouping its incoming classes into fewer cohorts -- three identifiable groups instead of the normal four -- reducing in turn the number of classes that need to be taught.\nThis headed off any negative impacts, Cosgray said. \n"Because we recognized we were going to have reduced costs, we cut expenditures," he said.\nThere is little fear that the traditional MBA program won't be needed in the future, as companies continue to be interested in MBA graduates. \n"And they are willing to pay a premium to get them," Cosgray said.\nAnd people continue to be interested in MBA programs. MBA graduate student Philip Funk, an Evans Scholar who is taking the direct undergraduate to graduate degree titled the Systems and Accounting Graduate Program, sees how the future of an MBA degree is important. His program's enrollment has been growing steadily for seven years.\n"What people are looking for in terms of the timeline for their education is changing," he said. "The two programs aren't really competing for students."\nJunior Emily Jablon, a management and international studies double major from Toledo, Ohio, is one of the many business students who plan on continuing her education with an MBA eventually.\n"I think there will always be people who desire to have a competitive advantage," Jablon said. She plans on heading into the workforce for a few years, to "put her skill set" to work, and then return for the boost the MBA will give her brain and her salary.\nAs for Kelley's MBA traditional program, "it's very early in our application cycle," Cosgray cautioned. Applications will not start rolling in until the spring. "It's very soft right now."\n"We don't know if the market will turn around this year or the next," Kesner added. "We're certainly hoping for it"
(10/07/05 5:06am)
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the culmination of several investigations close to the Bush administration, the public's role of assessing the government and the media has become a central issue. \nDavid Shuster, an MSNBC correspondent based in Washington, spoke Thursday at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs about the role of the press and media in democracy and civil society. He outlined the media's coverage of the Bush administration since Sept. 11, 2001, from a cable news perspective and addressed issues at the forefront of the political sphere.\nWhile critics have reacted strongly to false reports that spread through news agencies in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, including exaggerated death tolls, Shuster defended some of the media's mistakes. \n"That's part of the give and take between the media and the administration that's going to happen with stories we just can't wrap our arms around," Shuster said.\nHe said communication was a problem because it was based on the "game of telephone" that gets played. \n"Someone says, 'NBC said a child was raped.' Well, no, NBC didn't say that, NBC said someone told them a child was raped," Shuster said in an interview after the presentation. "That attribution gets lost."\nWhile Shuster admitted that the media needs to work harder at presenting accurate information, he said the government and the public need to also be aware and communicate with each other. "I feel we all have to do a better job," he said.\nShuster described the fallout of the Katrina disaster as a wake-up call for the media, hinting that news agencies had been lax following Sept. 11, rallying around the president and restraining from asking hard questions for fear of being seen as unpatriotic.\n"There was very limited information," said Shuster, adding that what makes Katrina so significant is that for the first time since before Sept. 11, news agencies didn't have to rely on officials or experts to tell them what was going on in New Orleans.\n"All you had to do was point your camera there, there's a woman who tells you she hasn't been able to provide food or water to her children in four days; point your camera there, there's another dead person with a note attached to them," said Shuster, who was in Biloxi, Miss., when the hurricane hit and spent most of the past month covering the story.\n"For the first time in a long time, Americans were seeing people dying right before them," Shuster said. "Suddenly it becomes even more of a difference between what the officials were saying and what was happening in New Orleans. The facts and evidence are incontrovertible."\nShuster tied together the problems of Sept. 11, the war in Iraq and the current legal issues revolving around the Bush administration for the nearly 150 people in attendance. He painted a simple portrait of the four years since the terrorist attacks and demonstrated the effect that event has had on much of the current news in the media, Abu Ghraib prison to the grand jury hearings into how undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame's covert status was leaked to the media.\n"It was the quiet before the storm -- figuratively and literally," Shuster said of the rising problems this past summer.\nShuster advised that while the media is heading back into a period of having to rely on officials to tell them the facts, the public shouldn't stop making their own decisions about the news being presented to them.\n"Don't let your eyes fool you," he said, when asked a question about whether Fox News Channel was biased. "Listen to how questions are formed, how questions are answered," adding that someone's gut instinct is "probably right."\nHe also defended the role of the media, which is often accused of having a conservative or liberal bias. \n"It's not media bias. It's not a deliberate effort ... to bash the administration," he said. "It's about letting the chips fall where they may." \nShuster said the press's job is to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted, thereby playing a watchdog role for the leaders in government, which is currently the Republican Party.\nKeith MacDonald, a journalism graduate student, said he enjoyed Shuster's hour-long presentation. \n"I thought that it was a nice, concise outline of how the view of the administration has changed based on landmarks and milestones," MacDonald said. "He put it into a perspective that made sense."\nA Bloomington native, Shuster is featured daily on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews." He previously worked for Fox News and CNN. His stepfather, Robert Agranoff, is a SPEA professor emeritus and his mother, Susan Klein, is a School of Education professor emeritus.
(09/19/05 3:33am)
Cool temperatures and overcast skies hindered the fund-raising efforts of the IU Hurricane Katrina Relief Program, which raised less than a quarter of its targeted goal at Friday's Hurricane Katrina Relief Festival.\nCoordinators of the festival named bad weather as the primary reason for not meeting their $15,000 goal. Festival co-coordinator and junior Natalie Borg said while nearly 1,000 students came through Dunn Meadow during the six-hour festival, the inclimate weather kept them from staying for any length of time or spending much money.\n"It was for a great cause and that's all that matters," Borg said. \nThe total money raked in at the festival was more than $2,500, which coordinators said was still a hefty part of about $10,000 that various student groups have raised over the course of last week's relief efforts. All programming was donation-based, and the proceeds from the festival will go to an as-yet-undecided local charity.\n"For what it was, it turned out really well," said relief program coordinator and senior Catie Eggert. "The greek turnout was really amazing." \nThe Helene G. Simon Hillel Center's Mardi Gras bead sale has so far garnered between $4,000 and $6,000, and the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina wristband sale has raised upwards of $5,000.\nEducational and fund-raising booths from 20 different student organizations were set up around Dunn Meadow Friday. Students flocked to the Pi Kappa Phi dunk tank and Chi Omega kissing booth, two of the more popular fund-raisers on the field. \n"It doesn't get old," said Pi Kappa Phi member Todd Waldman as he watched a student run up and hit the red button, promptly dunking one of his brothers. "Everyone's really coming out to support this effort."\nSenior Megan Selby, a member of White Anti-Racist Allies, said her group was attempting to inform students about racism and poverty in the New Orleans area and how it was affecting the relief effort. \n"Hopefully, people will feel more invested when they have more information about what's going on," she said.\nIn addition to the dance group Sequal, four bands, ranging from the Mitchell Street Band to The Nicotones, performed from 6 to 9 p.m. Other groups, such as the Student Recreational Sports Association and the Global Sales Leadership Club, gave out certificates, T-shirts, candy and made intricate balloon creations.\nIndiana Memorial Union Catering Services donated $2,000 worth of cookout food to the festival, and more than 60 prizes were raffled off throughout the evening's band performances.\nSenior Claire Tramm, the head of the Red Cross wristband effort, said she was pleased with the turnout and the support she's seen from the student body. \n"It was great to see all the student organizations come out for this event," she said. \nSales of the Red Cross Katrina wristbands and Hillel's Mardi Gras beads will continue throughout the week at sporting events and the Bloomington Lotus Festival.\nAs for the future fund-raising efforts of the IU Hurricane Katrina Relief Program, Eggert said the group will be meeting later this week to choose a charity and investigate more local fund-raising opportunities. \n"We're going to give it a couple weeks to figure out where we are going to go from here," Eggert added.
(09/15/05 6:16am)
The IU Hurricane Katrina Student Relief Program will continue its fund-raising efforts with a festival beginning at 3 p.m. Friday in Dunn Meadow. The event will feature local musical performances, raffle prizes, dinner and educational booths from student organizations, with all proceeds being donated for hurricane relief.\n"We really encourage people to bring their wallets and make donations to this great cause," said co-coordinator and sophomore Natalie Borg, who is expecting up to 800 people to attend the six-hour event.\nWith Friday's festival, the program's planners hope to raise at least $15,000 for hurricane relief efforts. \n"Basically, our goal is to get as much student involvement as possible," said sophomore Michael Esworthy, who is also helping coordinate the event. \nEducational and fund-raising booths from more than 30 different student organizations will be set up around the field. All programming will be donation-based, and all proceeds from the event will go toward an as-yet-undecided local charity.\nRaffle tickets will be sold, with prizes ranging from restaurant and University bookstore gift certificates, Indianapolis Colts tickets and an autographed basketball and soccer ball. The tickets will cost $2 apiece. From 4 to 7 p.m., students can buy a raffle ticket for $6 and receive an Indiana Memorial Union catering services dinner in the meadow as well.\nTwo dance groups -- Sequal and the Phi Beta Sigma Step Group -- along with several local bands such as the Mitchell Street Band and the Nicotones, will perform throughout the evening while student organizations promote their fund-raising efforts. Dean of Students Richard McKaig will open the event.\nMany groups will be asking for monetary donations. Others, like the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, the Christian Student Fellowship and Graduate Recreation Society, need supplies and are holding a canned food and clothing drive. \n"Ultimately, it will go to help the hurricane victims in Bloomington and also be transported down to the Gulf Coast region to help the victims down there," said Hillel president and senior Adam Cohen.\nPi Kappa Phi and Chi Omega will host a dunk tank and kissing booth, respectively, while the Women's Student Association will be selling mocktails -- non-alcoholic cocktails. In addition, the IU College Democrats and IU College Republicans will have a letter-writing campaign to the National Guard to thank it for its services.\nStill other organizations are selling wristbands, beads and ribbons to raise awareness about the long-lasting effects of Hurricane Katrina.\nThe festival marks the beginning of what student coordinators hope will be many more fund-raising efforts.\n"This has to be a continued effort and a continued response," said junior Catie Eggert, the Hurricane Katrina Student Relief Program coordinator.\nGroups like Habitat for Humanity have already altered large annual fund-raising events to help reach out to the hurricane-stricken areas.\nJunior Tony Bruno, IU Habitat for Humanity president, said the organization's annual charity Rake-a-Thon, which raises money by raking area lawns, is being expanded to two weekends this fall. \n"We've decided to donate 100 percent of the proceeds to Habitat for Humanity International," Bruno said. "They are playing a leading role in rebuilding the Gulf Coast region." \nLast year, Habitat for Humanity raised $4,000, and it expects to double that amount this year, he said. \n"The key is to remain aware of issues happening around the country," said IU Student Association President Alex Shortle. "This is not just a two week effort."\nShortle advised students to "stay aware and get involved" in the upcoming hurricane relief events.
(09/13/05 6:36am)
The IU student body is reaching out to victims of Hurricane Katrina, with more than 30 student organizations helping to launch a massive fund-raising campaign today.\n"I'm excited about the fact that it was a big effort from a lot of groups and the goal is to raise a lot of money," said Union Board President Keith Johnson. "I think it shows we have a heart and we do care."\nLeading the way is a Katrina Relief wristband sale, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting the national Red Cross.\nSenior Claire Tramm, who is spearheading the wristband sale, said the bands are important because "they hang around and remind people that it's an important cause we have to keep in our consciousness." \nGroups such as the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center -- which is hoping to sell more than $30,000 in Mardi Gras beads for the IU Katrina Relief Fund -- also responded quickly to the call for collaboration.\nJoanna Blotner, a Hillel member running the Mardi Gras fund-raiser along with freshman Liza Luxenberg, stressed the importance of community involvement. \n"It's a very communal effort on campus," she said. \nThe key to IU's hurricane relief effort is not only to raise funds for the national cause, but also to spread awareness and educate the local community, said Catie Eggert, the coordinator for the Hurricane Katrina Student Relief Program.\n"I want people to know that this isn't just raising donations right now," Eggert said. "This has to be a continued relief and a continued response."\nThe IU Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund is donating the proceeds from these fund-raising efforts to the local United Way. From there, the Bloomington charity will allocate funds to hurricane efforts both locally and nationally.\n"We want to keep it local," Eggert said. \nShe said the funds will help support the hurricane victims who are being taken in around the Bloomington area.\nMany organizations on campus, such as Golden Key and the Residence Halls Association, are supporting Hurricane Katrina relief not only through the school but in their own groups as well.\nFor example, Alpha Phi Alpha was out Monday in the Indiana Memorial Union raising funds for Sierra Campbell, a local yoga instructor, to drive down to hurricane-stricken areas twice a month to help the relief effort.\nThe IU College Republicans will sponsor a blood drive Thursday to replenish national supplies following the hurricane.\nThe Hurricane Katrina Student Relief Program's official kick-off will be Friday with an afternoon festival in Dunn Meadow.