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Saints lose 'home' opener in New Jersey

By Alyson Brodsy and Barry Wilner · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:56 a.m.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- It didn't look, sound or feel like home. Then again, it will be that way all season for the New Orleans Saints. The New York Giants had no complaints, though. Playing before 68,031 of their fans Monday night in the comfort of their own ballpark, the Giants beat the displaced Saints 27-10 in one of the most bizarre "home" settings in sports history.

When the wheels fall off the bandwagon

By Alyson Brodsy and Kevin Dwire · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:52 a.m.

Ah, the bandwagon. So inviting, yet, as all of us remember from "Oregon Trail," so harsh. The bandwagon's always welcoming more passengers to climb aboard, but often leaves them stricken with dysentery and without oxen after attempting to ford the river.

Hoeppner dedicates win to former coach

By Matt Mattucci · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:48 a.m.

IU head coach Terry Hoeppner called Saturday's win over the University of Kentucky a "thank you performance" for several reasons. One of which was to thank his former coach Stewart "Red" Faught who passed away Friday. "This one was for coach Faught," Hoeppner said after Saturday's game. "He was a great coach, a great man and my mentor. I wouldn't be where I am today without everything that he did for me." Faught joined the Franklin College coaching staff in 1957 after finishing up a collegiate career as a quarterback. He spent 29 years at the school and was named National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of the Year five times. Hoeppner played four seasons under Faught and served as his defensive coordinator at Franklin College from 1980 to 1985.

Evolution expert to speak on intelligent design Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:44 a.m.

Eugenie Scott, a national expert on the current controversy of teaching evolution and intelligent design in schools, will give a free public lecture 7 p.m. Wednesday at the IU Auditorium. The lecture is called "The Pillars of Creationism and the Teaching of Evolution." Scott is the executive director of the National Center for Science Education and is a strong defender of evolution. A reception will follow the lecture. For more information, visit http://development.bio.indiana.edu/wood_lecture.htm

Japanese probe pulls within 12 miles of asteroid

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:43 a.m.

TOKYO -- Bringing Japan's most complex space mission near its climax, a probe is within 12 miles of an asteroid almost 180 million miles from Earth in an unprecedented rendezvous designed to retrieve rocks from its surface. The Hayabusa probe, launched in May 2003, will hover around the asteroid for about three months before making its brief landing to recover the samples in early November. The asteroid is located between Earth and Mars. The probe's first mission will be to survey the asteroid with cameras and infrared imaging gear. It has already begun sending back images, said Atsushi Wako, a spokesman for JAXA, Japan's space agency.

Nashville woman helps save dogs' lives

By Jessica Wolfe · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:39 a.m.

It started as just a hobby last summer --walking dogs on Sunday mornings. Within the past year, though, Cathi Eagan's hobby morphed into a life-saving effort for dogs in the Bloomington area that has stretched across America. Eagan, 54, became deeply concerned when she realized the dogs she walked at the Brown County Humane Society in Nashville, Ind., were being euthanized because of limited space at the shelter. She had 20 years volunteer experience in animal care behind her -- proof of a deep passion -- and couldn't shelf her desire to help.

Mock-up alien skull on display

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:35 a.m.

Passers-by on the ground floor of the Student Building might notice a strange inclusion in its display case of animal bones. Nestled beside the posed skeleton of a squirrel monkey sits an alien skull with giant eye sockets, oversized head and small nose typical of a science fiction movie. So is the Student Building the Area 51 of IU? Not exactly.

IUPD officer fires at 2 attcking pit bulls

Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:30 a.m.

An IU Police Department officer fired at a vicious dog that had attacked one person Sunday morning at People's Park. At about 10 a.m., Officer David Winburn arrived at People's Park, located at Fifth Street and Indiana Avenue, where the victim of a dog attack flagged him down. The man had a significant wound on his hand, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. He indicated an 80-pound brown pit bull as the aggressor.

Company offers lecture podcasting

By Kate FitzGerald · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:29 a.m.

Professors of large lecture courses at two Texas universities are trying out a system that would allow them to collect money from students who want the option of missing class without worry. Like some Purdue students this semester and some distance-learning students at IU, students at Texas A&M and the University of Texas at Austin are testing out a service in four classes that allows them to download audio recordings of large lecture courses as MP3s, according to a Sept. 14 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Rock Hall sees changes 10 years later

By Alyson Brodsy and M.R. Kropko · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:29 a.m.

CLEVELAND -- Some aging rockers -- yes, the Rolling Stones are on another tour -- just keep on rockin'. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, 10 years old this month, still rocks, too, but in a much quieter way.

Polanski film begins series

Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:28 a.m.

A skinny Polish peasant plays the fiddle and rocks a fat old man to sleep. The fat man slouches in a rocking chair, he has a single medal pinned to his torn and tattered suit. He orders the peasant about, and the peasant cheerfully complies, until he is chained to a goat. "The Fat and the Lean" was among a collection of films by Roman Polanski, Academy Award-winning director of "The Pianist," shown by the Underground Film Series.

Artist says work inspired

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:28 a.m.

FORT WAYNE -- With a stark light illuminating the darkness of her living room, Mary Hilger kneels before a black canvas. As a medley of Christian songs plays in the background, her left hand feverishly scrawls white chalk across the board, seeming to form an outline of a skull.

IU has history of blood donation

By Allie Townsend · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:27 a.m.

Spelling out a message of "we need you," the Red Cross Blood Drive advertisement stood as a solitary SOS, describing the demand for donors Monday in front of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center at 730 E. Third St. The need for blood is daily, and IU has become a regular stop for the Red Cross. College campuses are among the highest contributors to blood donation programs across the nation, said Bonnie Newson, a licensed nurse practitioner with the Monroe County Red Cross.

Born into Brothels opens eyes, ears

By Lisa Braverman · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:27 a.m.

Union Board gave patrons a chance during the weekend to step into a completely different environment -- the brothels of Calcutta, India. For the Academy Award-winning film "Born Into Brothels," Zana Briski -- the director, narrator and one of the film's main characters -- journeyed to Calcutta in order to live with the women of the city's red light district. Once there, she found herself bombarded with children.

IU science center celebrates 5 years of research

By Jay Paslay · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:12 a.m.

IU's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics celebrated five years of research, including projects aimed to eventually shed light on the evolutionary process and pinpoint causes of contamination in freshwater sources in the United States, with an inaugural symposium Friday afternoon in Jordan Hall. The CGB began as a research center designed to study genomics, the study of genomes (complete gene sets for a particular species) and bioinformatics, the intersection of microbiology and computer science. It has grown through cross-disciplinary collaboration and support from the biology department and School of Informatics to include 30 programmers and full-time scientists in addition to an administrative staff of three.

10th Amendment blues

By Megan Robb · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:04 a.m.

The premise behind the implementation of Constitution Day is a true one: The majority of Americans are ignorant of the rights and responsibilities set down by the Constitution. No doubt Senator Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., by attaching a few Constitution Day clauses into a big-budget bill, was attempting to eliminate the epidemic of ignorance. The amendment mandated that all schools receiving federal money teach Constitution-related material Friday. But Constitution Day, in its short time span and with interventionist attitude, is ineffective and potentially dangerous to the rights our Constitution stands to protect.

O'Connor weeps

By Alyson Brodsy and Levi Harris · Tuesday, Sept. 20,2005 12:02 a.m.

I guess Chief Justice William Rehnquist's recent funeral was largely unremarkable from a news standpoint, littered as it was with a litany of the usual suspects. But at the end of the day, one poignant image stood out among the rest: a close-up of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor gazing through tears at Rehnquist's casket. The caption simply read, "O'Connor weeps."

Keep an open mind

By Alyson Brodsy and Precious Sanders · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:59 p.m.

Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, atheism, Judaism, deism. The beauty of the First Amendment is its provision for all forms of expression, including freedom of religion -- or, in some cases, freedom from religion. Here at IU, students have been presented with the opportunity to experience the richness of American religious toleration and denominationalism, and maybe even allow it to change our own perceptions about the world and the people in it. But when evangelism comes into play, it takes away from the cultural opportunities this campus presents to us.

Former Tyco chiefs sent to jail for up to 25 years

By Alyson Brodsy and Samuel Maull · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK -- L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International Ltd., and former Tyco finance chief Mark Swartz were sentenced Monday to up to 25 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company in a case that outraged the public with its tales of executive greed and excess. The men, who were immediately ordered into custody, will be eligible for parole after serving eight years and four months.

N. Korea pledges to dismantle nuclear programs for energy aid

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:59 p.m.

BEIJING -- North Korea agreed Monday to dismantle nuclear weapons and its atomic facilities in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances, a breakthrough marking the first step toward disarmament after two years of six-nation talks.