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By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 14,2004 1:20 a.m.

15 local homeless services to sponsor 5K walk for charity Fifteen Monroe County services will sponsor a 5K Walk to Fight Homelessness titled "Homeward Bound" Sunday afternoon at Third Street Park and downtown Bloomington. Registration, food and entertainment will begin at noon with the walk following at 2 p.m.

Sorority apologizes after members were urged to lie about health in blood drive competition

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 14,2004 1:17 a.m.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The national office of a sorority whose members were urged to lie about their health to boost turnout in a competitive campus blood drive apologized Tuesday. In a statement from its national office in Colorado, Gamma Phi Beta said it "regrets the e-mail sent regarding mandatory participation in a campus-wide blood drive and apologizes to the community, the Red Cross and campus."

Commission denies student's appeal

By Dan Patrick · Wednesday, April 14,2004 1:15 a.m.

Sophomore Ben Brodsky, who signed into the University emergency alert Web site and changed its message earlier this semester, was denied an appeal in a session before the University Hearing Commission Tuesday. Brodsky's punishment was increased to a 7 to 10 page report on a book of ethics in addition to the one-year probation the Judicial Board handed down March 1.

Brood X strikes back

By Katie White · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:37 a.m.

Keith Clay remembers the late spring of 1987 well. His cat wouldn't eat, and the fish in nearby lakes and ponds wouldn't bite. The summer roads and sidewalks were as slick as the icy pavement in the dead of winter. What was the reason for these anomalies?

Bass club doesn't measure up to rival Purdue

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:36 a.m.

Imagine sitting in a boat out in the middle of Lake Monroe for eight-and-a-half hours, focusing on one task -- holding a fishing rod and waiting for a fish to bite.

Equestrian team rides to nationals

By Eric Tash · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:35 a.m.

It's time to saddle up for IU's equestrian team. This year, four members of the the team qualified for zones, or the equivalent of a conference tournament, April 3 and 4. Of the four participants, one qualified for the national competition, which is IU's first in almost five years. The national competition will be held April 30 through May 2.

Honors banquet features Behrman scholarship, awards

By Ryan Corazza · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:34 a.m.

Volunteers and community leaders were honored Monday at the Student Recreational Sports Association annual honors banquet. As it has every year since 1975, the SRSA held the event Monday in the Tudor Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. The members were treated to dinner at 6 p.m., and the awards ceremony followed at 7 p.m.

Bonds away!

By Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:31 a.m.

Six hundred sixty one and counting. Like Barry Bonds or not, 661 home runs is still quite a remarkable feat, making him third all-time on the homerun list. I can't think of anything I've done worth remembering 661 times -- well, maybe there are two things (get imaginative, I ain't getting fired for the sake of a joke).

Get out of that go-kart

By Alyson Brodsy and Phil Kijak · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:26 a.m.

So I've noticed a trend. Since I started writing this column at the wee age of 21, I've gotten a nice handful of reader responses, most of them positive. The only alarming thing is that about 99 percent of them come from females.

Highfalutin phraseology

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Matzke · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:25 a.m.

Days later, the reminiscence of that missed shot still haunts me -- it was a combination -- the six ball into the nine ball into the corner pocket -- that would have ended the game, but alas, it was for naught. I went on to lose the game, and with it the moniker I coveted so dearly.

A nation of dittoheads

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Hintz · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:24 a.m.

Americans -- we're tough-minded and independent. We're rugged individualists. We like to blaze our own trail. It would be great if that were true, but it turns out this ideal is a load of crap. For all our supposed independent thinking abilities lately, it seems as though our leaders and political discourse have slowly become slaves to politics itself. Instead of discourse shaping politics, it gets shaped by politics.

Grade cap gets an 'F'

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:23 a.m.

The grades of students at one of the country's most prestigious colleges have been steadily rising for the past 30 years, according to the Associated Press Web site. Forty-six percent of students at Princeton are now receiving A's for their classwork, and the administration is now attempting to bring that number down.

Ashcroft: government 'blinded itself to enemies'

By Alyson Brodsy and Curt Anderson · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:20 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a strong defense of the Bush administration, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday the nation was stunned by the Sept. 11 attacks because "for nearly a decade, our government had blinded itself to our enemies."

Rare second edition of 'Hamlet' to be auctioned off

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:15 a.m.

BOSTON -- A rare edition of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" could fetch much more than $1 million when it is auctioned at Christie's in New York. The nearly 400-year-old book is one of 19 copies of the 1611 printing known to exist and is the only one remaining in private hands. It was owned by Mary Hyde, Viscountess Eccles, a renowned New Jersey book collector and English literature scholar best known for her extensive Samuel Johnson collection, now at the Houghton Library at Harvard University.

Churches across Indiana keep up with need for services in Spanish

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:11 a.m.

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- His Spanish was a little rusty, but the small congregation gathered around the Rev. John Zahn didn't seem to mind. Hearing a Palm Sunday service in their native tongue was satisfaction enough. "This is needed more than you can realize," Westfield resident Jesus Ramos, 50, said of the 7 p.m. Spanish service at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church. "We only do this here once a month, but people really need it every week."

West Nile virus threat diminished by heavy rains in 2003

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Jewell · Wednesday, April 14,2004 12:10 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Standing water is a mosquito's friend and flood water an enemy -- a reality that helped Indiana avoid a threatened increase in West Nile virus cases last year.

Sorority to host blood drive today

By Andrea Opperman · Tuesday, April 13,2004 2:20 a.m.

Most people think of giving blood as a grueling process that involves sticking needles into their arms, but for Junior Shiva Kalaiselvan, the purpose of giving blood is to save a life. Gamma Phi Beta sorority will host the second -- annual blood drive, taking place today from 1 to 6:30 p.m. at the Gamma Phi house on Jordan Avenue. "There are a lot of people out there that need it, and if you can, why not," she said. "There's no reason not to if you're healthy."

What happeneed to the Little 500 concerts?

By Lori Geller · Tuesday, April 13,2004 2:17 a.m.

For years, it was a Little 500 tradition for the Union Board Concert Committee to bring in various artists to play at the IU Auditorium, adding to the excitement of the world's greatest college weekend. Past performers have included Nelly, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

IUPD arrests 2 cocaine suspects

By Mallory Simon · Tuesday, April 13,2004 2:17 a.m.

In two separate incidents, IU Police Department officers arrested two male Bloomington residents for the sale of cocaine Friday. John Hardin, 51, was arrested on two charges of dealing crack cocaine, which is a class A felony, as well as maintaining a common nuisance, a class D felony, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. Brandon Goodman, 35, was arrested and also charged for dealing crack cocaine, a class A felony, Minger said. Hardin was dealing out of his place of residence.

U.S. citizens missing; 7 hostages freed

By Alyson Brodsy and Hamza Hendawi · Tuesday, April 13,2004 2:17 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two U.S. troops and seven contractors were confirmed missing Monday following an attack on a convoy west of Baghdad, a U.S. commander said, amid a wave of abductions of foreigners in Iraq. More than 40 foreigners from at least 12 countries -- including a Mississippi man whose fate also was unclear -- have reportedly been kidnapped in recent days by insurgents.