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Composers compete to celebrate Mozart birth with world premiere music pieces

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1 a.m.

NEW YORK -- World premieres of operas by John Adams, Tobias Picker, Elliott Goldenthal and Kaija Saariaho will compete for attention this season with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

'05 Colts: They're kind of a big deal

By Kevin Dwire · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:59 a.m.

After walking around with my head hung and feet dragging for the past six months, I finally have a spring back in my step. "Excited to be back in classes?" you may ask. Not a chance. "Told some freshman wrong directions to Sycamore?" Not today, my friends. Last night began the most glorious part of the year: the start of the NFL season.

Arts Council names interim director

By Brian Baker · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:58 a.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council has named two interim directors to replace outgoing Executive Director Sally Gaskill.

Plans to rebuild site of 9/11 face architectural difficulties

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Westfeldt · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:56 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The tourists from California peered through the slats of a metal fence surrounding the World Trade Center site, looking down into the nearly empty 16 acres for a sign of what happened here on Sept. 11.

A war of choice

By Brian Stewart · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:49 a.m.

The date the United States began its counteroffensive against terror was Sept. 11, 2001. That was the day an ad hoc squad of citizen soldiers aboard Flight 93 rose to thwart terrorists. It seems fitting, even necessary, for me to make a few swift points about those who have drawn the wrong lessons from that day, if I may.

Minority migration

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:47 a.m.

Just as endangered birds in the wild flock together, endangered minorities, in this giant bird cage called IU, flock together. Because the vast majority of IU is populated by Christian Caucasian Cardinals, an astoundingly prolific breed, all the religious, racial and sexual minorities tend to nest in groups on campus.

'Dork Dorms'

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:45 a.m.

I guess I'm a dork. When people ask me where I live, I say "Ashton." And the response I get is usually a sympathetic, pity-filled "Aww, that's terrible! I bet it sucks living with all those geeks and weird people." Umm ... not really.

1. American hostage freed after 10 months in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:45 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military, acting on a tip, raided an isolated farmhouse outside the capital Wednesday and rescued an American held hostage for 10 months. The kidnappers, who had kept their captive bound and gagged, escaped without a gun battle.

Neglect of Darfur brought under scrutiny

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:43 a.m.

One year ago today, the Bush administration declared the situation in Sudan constituted genocide. Yet one year later, where does the international community stand? Have the killings stopped? Can we even point Darfur out on a map? And more importantly, do we even care?

Mubarak wins first Egyptian presidential race

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:40 a.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- President Hosni Mubarak swept Egypt's first contested race for his job, according to preliminary results Thursday, an expected victory in an election praised as progress toward democratic reform despite allegations of fraud.

Ophelia reaches hurricane status, nears Florida coast

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:39 a.m.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane as it stalled 70 miles off the northeast Florida coast Thursday, churning waves that caused beach erosion and drenching Kennedy Space Center.

Congress passes Katrina relief bill

By Alyson Brodsy and David Espo · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Acting with extraordinary speed, Congress approved an additional $51.8 billion for relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday. President Bush pledged to make it "easy and simple as possible" for uncounted, uprooted storm victims to collect food stamps and other government benefits.

Students present artwork in thesis show

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 7:08 p.m.

Whether it is a naked wall, a lavender painted wall above scattered purple feathers or a white wall with flashy moving pictures, beautiful and meaningful artwork is often perceived in the eye of the beholder.

Heavy in the heartland

By Mike Malik · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

Indiana is ranked the ninth fattest state in the nation with an adult obesity rate of 25.2 percent, and placed eighth in the nation with 61.7 percent of adults obese or overweight, according to a Trust for America's Health report.

Riding out the storm: Part 2

By Alyson Brodsy and Rami Chami · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

At about 6 a.m. Monday, I woke up after my first night in the Superdome. Within a few minutes, the electricity in the stadium went out as we had been told it would when Hurricane Katrina first struck. The generators were quickly switched on, and significantly fewer spotlights were lit.

Fraternity houses reopen on campus

By Michelle Manchir · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

The boarded-up, deserted fraternity homes on Third and 10th streets are perhaps the perfect depiction of a haunted house. But they were once full of life.

Drinking, free speech on IUSA agenda

By Hannah Lodge · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

Vote for Pedro won last year's student government election by a margin of fifty votes, promising free T-shirts for basketball and football season ticket holders, more free speech zones on campus and an increase in education concerning alcohol issues.

IU opens Ashton Center for Katrina evacuees

By Mike Malik · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

As the rest of the nation answers the call for help from those affected by Hurricane Katrina, IU is no exception. The University has admitted more than 100 transfer students from universities not able to function because of the storm and has provided temporary housing at Ashton Center to about 130 non-student victims whose homes were destroyed.

4 vote in favor of Central time

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 1:25 a.m.

The commissioners of two western Indiana counties and two in northern Indiana have voted to ask the U.S. Department of Transportation to move them into the Central time zone. The votes Tuesday in Sullivan and Vermillion counties on the Indiana-Illinois state line and in Cass and Carroll counties, both northeast of Lafayette, mean that at least nine Indiana counties hope to switch from Eastern time following the legislature's decision to adopt statewide daylight-saving time next year.

Experts give students advice to fight obesity

By Mike Malik · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 1:19 a.m.

IU students can receive education in any of the hundreds of areas of study IU offers by the time they put on their caps and gowns, but many students know little about one of the fastest growing problems facing Americans: obesity.

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