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Commission impossible

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 12,2004 2 a.m.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly known as the 9-11 Commission) was a good idea. But it's likely now to travel down an unfortunate path to insignificance.

U.S. attack helicopter downed in Baghdad; 2 dead

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 12,2004 1:33 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen shot down a U.S. attack helicopter near Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, killing two crew members. A fragile cease-fire was held between Sunni insurgents and Marines in the city of Fallujah, Iraq, while the U.S. military suggested it is open to a negotiated solution in its showdown with a radical Shiite cleric in the south.

Search for blast victims continues

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Gutterman · Monday, April 12,2004 1:32 a.m.

OSINNIKI, Russia -- The coal-blackened faces of exhausted rescuers and the red-rimmed eyes of anxious relatives told a grim story of disappearing hope Sunday, a day after a methane blast tore through a Siberian mine, killing at least 42 miners. Five miners remained missing in the latest disaster to strike Russia's hardscrabble coal country. "Most likely, they will all be corpses," said the head of a commission dealing with the disaster.

Help needed for kids festival

By Kye Lee · Monday, April 12,2004 1:27 a.m.

Festival fun April 18 Volunteers ages 15 and over are needed to help out at the Nur Festival. The event was founded by Naomi Komoda, a parent who was looking for venues where children could have a festival-type experience without the commercialism. At the festival, volunteers read to the children, help with games and craft projects, greet visitors and sell snacks.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 12,2004 1:18 a.m.

Patten lecture tonight, Wednesday Darlene Clark Hine and John A. Hannah, professor of history at Michigan State University, will present Patten Lectures at 7:30 p.m. today and Wednesday in Myers Hall 130.

Accident stalls traffic on highway 45/46

By Mallory Simon · Monday, April 12,2004 1:12 a.m.

As students returned to town from Easter weekend, a three-car accident temporarily shut down Indiana Highway 45/46 Sunday evening. Numerous police cars, ambulances and rescue trucks arrived at the scene of a car flipped on its side. The highway was blocked off from near North Martha Street to Dunn Street.

Students to observe National Day of Silence all day Wednesday

By Jorie Slodki · Monday, April 12,2004 1:09 a.m.

The weeks leading up to the end of classes are ones of increasing celebration. Wednesday, a group of students is volunteering to be silent in an attempt to bring attention to individuals who cannot speak up for themselves.

Princeton combats grade inflation

By Alyson Brodsy and Justin Pope · Monday, April 12,2004 12:56 a.m.

BOSTON -- College grades have been creeping steadily upward for 30 years, but Princeton University may try to break the trend by rationing the number of A's that can be awarded. The proposal has academics wondering already about the possible impact at other schools.

Music School incidents continue

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 12,2004 12:52 a.m.

Last week, while a cello bow, worth approximately $500 was stolen from the fourth floor of the Music Annex, a missing violin stolen between March 7 and March 9 mysteriously reappeared. The cello bow was a William-Seifert made of dark brown wood and was octagonal in shape, according to IU Police Department records.

Marines fire rocket at mosque

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:14 a.m.

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- U.S. Marines in the third day of a battle to pacify the Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, Iraq, fired a rocket and dropped a 500-pound, laser-guided bomb on a mosque compound Wednesday. Witnesses said as many as 40 people were killed. Moreover, Shiite-inspired violence spread to key cities in Iraq. The fighting in Fallujah and neighboring Ramadi, Iraq -- just east of Baghdad -- has killed 15 Marines since Monday and was part of an intensified uprising involving other Sunni towns in northern and central Iraq, and Shiite population centers south of the capital.

I-69 plan rankles residents

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:06 a.m.

One week after the Federal Highway Administration approved a new-terrain corridor for Interstate 69, debate continues to swirl around the controversial route, which would extend the national superhighway mere miles from Bloomington's downtown.

Cutting the wire

By Chris Jesse · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:06 a.m.

While waiting for a chemistry reaction to take place in one of his classes last week, senior Kent Krieg connected to the IU network with his laptop to play a game of Party Poker with one of his fellow classmates in the chemistry building. Krieg uses his laptop and wireless connection to surf the Web, play online games and chat on AOL Instant Messenger. Naming off a list of places he connects to the network, Krieg jokingly said he uses it "everywhere," from the education and chemistry buildings to the Student Recreational Sports Center and even the Ballantine Hall parking lot.

IU to follow up on porn site

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:05 a.m.

Dean of Students Richard McKaig has turned the investigation into an adult Web site featuring semi-nude pictures of a freshman in her dorm room and the showers of Briscoe-Shoemaker over to the Office of Student Ethics. "Their job now is to discover if student ethics were violated and if the case should be reviewed by the judicial system," McKaig said.

Herbert offers fee substitutions

By David Paulen · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:05 a.m.

Students, administration, trustees and the public have all expressed their views and concerns regarding the proposed $30 student athletics fee. Now IU President Adam Herbert has voiced his. The proposal of the mandatory student athletics fee last month raised many questions.

J-School dean to be named soon

By Writer Alli Stolper · Thursday, April 8,2004 2:05 a.m.

With only three candidates remaining, the dean search for the IU School of Journalism is nearing its conclusion. The decision is in the hands of IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis, who will be meeting with the School of Journalism faculty soon, so they can recommend one of the three candidates to Gros Louis.

Newest BPP show ready to shock audiences

By Olivia Morales · Thursday, April 8,2004 1:52 a.m.

For the Bloomington Playwrights Project, producing tales of morbidity and strangeness is a good way to get college students involved in theater. For years, the South Washington Street theater has produced shows that have entertained the Bloomington community, but lately the company has tried something new to please a larger crowd. The Dark Alley series, which is a series of late-night plays shown at 11 p.m., is the BPP's invitation to a more adult world of entertainment. Often sexual, the Dark Alley series features plays written by experimental playwrights and targeted toward younger, more adventure-seeking audiences.

Civil rights attorney speaks at IU about case

By Dan Patrick · Thursday, April 8,2004 1:51 a.m.

Alvin Chambliss, the lead attorney of a controversial lawsuit filed against the state of Mississippi, gives IU credit for its integration programs. Wednesday night, he praised the University because he said many southern states send minority students to IU for higher education.

Give up, turn it loose

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Thursday, April 8,2004 1:50 a.m.

There comes a time in every person's life when he or she has to let go of certain things they hold dear. Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a hard time letting go of certain articles of clothing. It could be anything -- old shoes or jeans with holes in the bottom.

'Happy Days' takes the stage in Bloomington

By Jenica Schultz · Thursday, April 8,2004 1:49 a.m.

Winnie cannot move. Willie does not speak. Immobility and paralysis are strong themes in Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," a two-man show which premiers at the Rose Firebay of the John Waldron Arts Center this weekend.

shaken, not stirred

By Andrew Welfe and Andrew Welfle · Thursday, April 8,2004 1:47 a.m.

A martini -- it is the millionaire's beer. The potent drink is crystal clear in color, often with a plump green olive lying at the bottom of the wide-brim stemmed glass. Christine Baranski's wealthy character Maryann Thorpe from the 1995 sitcom "Cybill" was never seen without one. Megan Mullally's character of Karen Walker on "Will and Grace" slurps them down like water.