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Fry up those cicadas

By Alyson Brodsy and David Kanter · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:30 p.m.

After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America and cooking in the restaurant industry, last week I started a new endeavor at IU where I've transferred to major in business. As a native East-Coaster, I was clueless that the cicada epidemic was coming.

Early Music Festival performances continue

By Jenica Schultz · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:27 p.m.

Performing songs from the Italian Renaissance, the Camerino Band will perform at 8 p.m. tonight at the Unitarian Universalist Church, featuring sopranos Elizabeth Ronan and Sonja Rasmussen, mezzo-soprano Angela Mariani, and lute-player Adam Wead. The band is just one of the groups performing at the Bloomington Early Music Festival, which continues through May 31 at venues throughout the city.

Video game fans dance their way to fitness

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:14 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Forget the image of paunchy video gamers holed up in a dark room, surrounded by sticky Twinkie wrappers and empty soda cans. Dance Dance Revolution players burn pounds along with their quarters.

Around The Region

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:14 p.m.

Bush has solid lead over Kerry in state, according to poll INDIANAPOLIS -- A new poll shows Indiana voters strongly favor President Bush over Democratic Sen. John Kerry, even though they harbor worries about the president's handling of both Iraq and the economy.

500 Festival names queen

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:11 p.m.

It's said that every little girl dreams of becoming a queen. Now, senior Jennifer McConnell is one after being crowned queen of the Indianapolis 500 Saturday.

Community gets a taste of Eastern culture at AsianFest

By Steven Chung · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:11 p.m.

IU graduate and accomplished accordionist Sophia Travis normally performs in English and has spoken little Korean in recent years. But at AsianFest Saturday morning, Travis, who is half-Korean, sang primarily traditional Korean folk songs in the same language.

Kernan changes policies to allow more state contract opportunities

By Adam Aasen · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:09 p.m.

Gov. Joe Kernan announced Thursday he would make several policy changes to make it easier for companies to receive state contracts. The changes are part of Kernan's Opportunity Indiana initiative, which he created in November to change the way Indiana does business and increase opportunities for local companies.

Bloomington man found at bottom of Lake Monroe

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:08 p.m.

The body of a Bloomington man was found at the bottom of Lake Monroe late Sunday afternoon. The 52-year-old victim apparently drowned. The victim's identity has not been released pending family notification and an autopsy. Indiana Conservation Officer Angela Goldman told The Indianapolis Star the victim had been swimming at Fairfax Beach with a female friend and her children at around 12:30 p.m. The man swam to buoys 25 feet from shore and did not return, Goldman said.

Goodbye Denmark!

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:07 p.m.

It's so hard to believe that I am leaving Denmark in a matter of days. So much has changed since I arrived in the dreary month of January. When I moved into my yellow room in my host family's home in Humlebæk the days were short, the snow was deep and the environment unfamiliar.

Local groups express concern with I-69 work

By Jenica Schultz · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:07 p.m.

In the weeks since the approval for the construction of I-69, controversy surrounding the new interstate continues to mount. The Indiana Department of Transportation predicts the new highway, which will connect Indianapolis to Evansville, will save commuters an hour or more of travel time round trip.

Varsity Villas fire destroys kitchen

By Andrea Opperman · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:03 p.m.

An apartment in the Varsity Villas caught fire Sunday destroying the kitchen and causing extensive smoke damage to the rest of the apartment. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The State of the Game address

By Alyson Brodsy and David Resnik · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:32 p.m.

Just over 10 years ago, Michael Jordan, perhaps the most prolific athlete ever to walk the earth, retired from the game of basketball. His not-so-unexpected return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995, while enjoyable at first, was the beginning of the end. Everybody, including his "ego-ness" himself, knew it. Mike managed to string us all along for another eight years, finally retiring for good after last season, from the Washington Wizards.

Israeli official's comments draw harsh rebukes

By Alyson Brodsy and Josef Federman · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:31 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Causing an uproar, an Israeli Cabinet minister and Holocaust survivor said Sunday that Israel's offensive in a Gaza refugee camp -- including TV images of displaced Palestinians searching the rubble for their meager belongings -- brought back memories of his family's suffering.

Men's, women's tennis headed to NCAAs

By Dan Click · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:31 p.m.

Though both the men's and women's teams are out of contention for a team national championship, IU tennis players still have a chance to be national champions through the singles and doubles competitions this week.

Gadhafi walks out of Arab summit

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:30 p.m.

TUNIS, Tunisia -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi walked out of an Arab League summit Saturday, shattering attempts at unity on the opening day of the gathering expected to fashion a response to democratic reforms advocated by the United States.

Overton qualifies for Championships

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:29 p.m.

The IU men's golf team failed to qualify for the NCAA Championships after finishing in a tie for 20th place in the NCAA Central Regionals in West Lafayette this weekend. However, junior Jeff Overton shot well, earning himself an individual berth in the Championships to be played June 1-4 in Hot Springs, Va.

Germany selects new president

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Czuczka · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:27 p.m.

BERLIN -- Horst Koehler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund who advocates bolder economic reforms in Germany, was elected Sunday as the country's ninth postwar president. Nominated by opposition conservatives, Koehler defeated Gesine Schwan, a university professor backed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government who sought to become Germany's first female head of state.

Associate spanish professor honored with FACET award at annual retreat

By Derek Smith · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:25 p.m.

IU awarded associate professor Joseph Clements the 2004 Faculty Colloquium on Excellence Teaching Award program's annual retreat this weekend. In recognition of his dedicated teaching and research in the fields of Hispanic and Contact Linguistics, Clements, an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Linguistics, received the award along with 18 other faculty members from IU campuses across the state.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:10 p.m.

Students can donate blood at Main Library Students will have the opportunity to donate blood on campus today at the Main Library. All students older than 17 who weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health are encouraged to stop at the Main Library lobby between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to help the cause. Donors are required to bring IDs.

Perils of a foreign language

By Emily Cooper · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:03 p.m.

At the end of the summer, I am graduating. I will be spending my summer looking for jobs, deciding where I want to live and lifting my roommate's cats off of my window blinds, from which they love to dangle. In the meantime, I sit in class each morning learning the French word for toilet. That's right. In just a few months I will be entering the real world, one in which the IU general education requirement decision makers feel that an extensive irrelevant foreign vocabulary will be necessary.