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'The Aviator' gets a leading 11 Academy Award nominations

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 11:37 p.m.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The Howard Hughes epic "The Aviator" led Academy Awards contenders with 11 nominations Tuesday, including best picture, plus acting honors for Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda and a directing slot for Martin Scorsese.

Fish out of water

By Karen Green · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 11:37 p.m.

Talking to Jenn Cristy is like talking to any other 25-year-old. Still working on completing her degree, it would be easy to assume that, like most 20-somethings, she hasn't really decided on her future. However, with a John Mellencamp tour and a solo album on her resumé, this former IU alumna has more options than the average 20-something.

South full of IU recruits with Georgia defensive back signing with Hoeppner

By Dan Click · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 11:30 p.m.

Bloomington has long been known as a basketball town, but that is not preventing defensive back Austin Thomas from committing to the football team. The native of Canton, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, played defensive back for Sequoyah High School while leading the Chiefs to an 11-2 record and a top-5 finish in AAAAA, Georgia's highest classification.

Forum discusses race, civil rights

By Eboni Gatlin · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 12:44 a.m.

Acting, discussion and open opinion characterized a forum assembled Monday to discuss four major civil rights movements and their continued relevance. The forum was one part of "Unity in Love," a week-long event for the Gamma Nu chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in conjunction with the multicultural sorority Theta Nu Xi and the Office of Diversity Education, which all sponsored the gathering. The four movements discussed at the forum were related specifically to African Americans, Latinos, Asians and Native Americans.

State budget could freeze IU funding

By Tony Sams · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 12:44 a.m.

IU President Adam Herbert and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels don't exactly see eye to eye on the state's funding for IU. Herbert would like $80 million more for the University in the 2005-2007 Indiana state budget. Daniels would like IU and other public state universities to hold steady and receive the same amount of state funding they received two years ago.

Getting A Second Chance

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 12:44 a.m.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- Eric walks slowly with a stutter in his gait and a cane at his side. If he lifts his black pant legs, there are clear plastic braces wrapped around both shins, but he does not hobble, and he is not visibly tattooed with any permanent scars. He does not look like a man who has suffered two broken vertebrae, two fractured femurs, two dropped feet, a shattered right knee, a bruised heart and a punctured and deflated lung.

Initiative focuses on apathy, civic engagement

By Kye Lee · Tuesday, Jan. 25,2005 12:14 a.m.

A new project at IU is looking to reverse a decline in local civic engagement and participation. The project is part of a national effort to promote democracy. The American Democracy Project, which is co-sponsored by The New York Times and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, will encourage professors to incorporate community participation into their courses.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:51 p.m.

Students don't deserve better seats Having attended many of this season's men's basketball home games as a fairly recent IU graduate, I was very disturbed by what I heard in the Michigan game emanating largely from the main student sections. Whenever Mike Roberts or Sean Kline were about to get up from the bench and check in for the game, the students loudly sent cascades of boos down from the seats. This has happened in other games as well.

Freshman Ahlfeld cited for alcohol

By Lori Geller · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:50 p.m.

Adam Ahlfeld, a walk-on freshman basketball player, was cited this weekend for illegal consumption of alcohol at Foster Quad.

Artest returns to practice for Pacers

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:49 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Ron Artest practiced with the Indiana Pacers Monday for the first time in more than two months since he was suspended for fighting with Detroit fans.

Year after upset, Hoosiers done with Oregon Ducks

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:49 p.m.

If the Oregon Ducks were looking for revenge after last season when the Hoosiers ended their 21-game home winning streak, they won't get it. Yesterday IU exercised an option to drop the proposed second game against Oregon that would have been played in Bloomington Sept. 10, IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan said.

Win it for the fans in Philly?

By Ryan Phillips · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:48 p.m.

It's been a good year for sports in Massachusetts. The Red Sox finally won the World Series, and now the Patriots are in position to win back-to-back Super Bowls and their third in four years.

There's no cramping in Alabama

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:47 p.m.

After freshman D.J. White played only a short time in the second half of Saturday's game because of cramping in his legs, IU coach Mike Davis was surprised to see that happen to a southerner.

Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:44 p.m.

He may not have won a gold medal, but Craig Brater has received his own Olympic-type honor.

Life Sciences Week honors IU scientists, research

By Jeff Alsott and Jeff Alstott · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:43 p.m.

Sixty years ago, IU zoology professor Hermann Muller looked at a fruit fly and saw possibilities beyond its size. He used this insect to study radiation-induced mutations.

Legal digital media revolution comes to IU

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:42 p.m.

Disposable income is something most students forfeit after graduating high school. As soon as students cross over into college, every cent tends to go toward the necessities: textbooks, tuition and, of course, pizza.

planetary meltdown

By Kelly Phillips · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:41 p.m.

The predicament of global warming is like a frog, a stove and a pot of water. Boil the water before you drop in the frog, and it will jump out of the pot to safety in a flash. But place the frog in water heated gradually, and it will never jump out.

Animal abuse not uncommon

By Kelly Ginty · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:39 p.m.

Some of Bloomington's most brutal crimes are committed against creatures who are completely defenseless. Crimes might range from denying food and water to burning, hanging and shooting.

Political Mad Libs

By Alyson Brodsy and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:36 p.m.

President George W. Bush just can't get anything right. He had the support of the entire country after Sept. 11, then pissed off a bunch of people with the Patriot Act. When the wrest of the world was still pretty much behind him, he decided to give them a big "up yours" with the invasion of Iraq. And in the midst of an already hotly contested election, he decided to make things even worse by proposing an amendment to ban gay marriage.

Giving the 'Net a new 'face'

By Alyson Brodsy and Daniel Hiester · Monday, Jan. 24,2005 11:35 p.m.

It figures that students don't worry about what information they share online until someone gets arrested. Since an alleged rape victim's friend used Thefacebook to identify her attacker, some of the site's members are a little worried about who else might be reading their Web-based profiles. Why did we put all our personal information in a public place, anyway? Did we forget about when it's appropriate to let things out in the open and what is better kept private?