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Group protests gays with flag burning, songs

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 12:34 a.m.

About 25 members of the Old Paths Baptist Church protested Monday afternoon outside The Inner Chef, chanting anti-gay slogans, burning a gay pride flag and brandishing signs with messages like "Fags Die, God Laughs." Bobb Easterbrook, a clerk at the store, was the only person working there at the time.

IU to offer 1st gender studies Ph.D. degree

By Trevor brown · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 12:34 a.m.

Following the lead of Alfred Kinsey, IU once again is trailblazing the path in the study of gender and sexuality. The IU board of trustees unanimously approved a measure at its Friday meeting in Richmond, Ind., to create a gender studies Ph.D., making it the first and only doctorate degree offered for gender studies in the country.

Crews search for bodies of tornado victims

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Lenz · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 12:31 a.m.

EVANSVILLE -- Crews broke the containment walls of a large drainage pond to search its bottom Monday, the day after the nation's deadliest tornado in years loaded it with wreckage from a smashed mobile home park.

Boy survives illness, vows to join NBA

By Jessica Wolfe · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 12:29 a.m.

Nine-year-old Dallas Fox came close to death's door less than two years ago when lesions formed on his brain -- a reaction to treatment for the kidney transplant he received when he was only 4. Last week, Dallas played in his first basketball game, running toward whomever had the ball like the rest of the players and leaving Bloomington's Boys and Girls Club gym with his first assist.

Clinton urges global cooperation, interdependence

By Mike McElroy · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 12:27 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- More than 9,600 students and community members turned out to see former President Bill Clinton speak at Butler University's Hinkle Fieldhouse Sunday. Clinton appeared to celebrate Butler's 150th anniversary. The event sold out, and the best seats reportedly fetched up to $310 on one ticket-scalping Web site.

Dozens of alcohol violations keep officers busy during weekend

By Gavin Lesnick · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:42 p.m.

Forty-seven people face court dates and possible fines for illegal possession, public intoxication or both after being busted by the IU Police Department during the weekend.

Beck Chapel gives students place to mediate, pray, study

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:40 p.m.

While Beck Chapel is a small structure compared to Ballantine Hall and the Indiana Memorial Union that tower above it, it is no less significant in the eyes and memories of IU students and visitors.

IU, Purdue bringing high-speed cables to Indiana colleges

By Allie Townsend · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:39 p.m.

IU and Purdue University might be opponents on the football field, but in the field of information technology, the two universities are pairing up to bring high-speed computing to public colleges across the state of Indiana. Gov. Mitch Daniels announced that the state has awarded a multi-million dollar grant to IU and Purdue for the I-Light2 project to expand inter-collegiate network connectivity to include all state colleges and universities. The statement came last week at the Techpoint's Indiana Technology Summit in Indianapolis.

Ripley's empire of the bizarre to expand

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:34 p.m.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The first thing you'll probably notice is the shark. At 17 feet long, it's the biggest ever caught on rod and reel. What's left of its two terrifying tons now hangs preserved above a dull warehouse floor.

Etch-A-Sketch used as art form

By Brian Baker · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:33 p.m.

Drawing crowds to look at well-done manipulations of magnetic dust on magic screens might be simpler than drawing diagonal lines on an Etch-A-Sketch. Senior Dan Gratz has been tweaking the knobs of Ohio Art's most prized invention since he was in high school, killing time in a peer tutoring program. Now Gratz is a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts student at IU whose preferred medium is painting, but he never gave up on what many would consider to be only a children's toy.

Not just a game

By Alyson Brodsy and Precious Sanders · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:28 p.m.

A few years ago, one of my instructors asked "What is bigger than God in the Midwest?" The answer was "football." The world of athletics has a culture all its own: The Sports section is one of the most popular in the newspaper. An athlete can be loved or hated forever as a result of one play. People dedicate their entire lives to following one team. A Google search of the word "sports" brings up 883 million pages. What is it about sports that creates this kind of mindset, this sense of awe and devotion?

The party's over

By Alyson Brodsy and Levi Harris · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:27 p.m.

Recently, I got an invitation in the mail. My friend Michele was having a Halloween party, and all my friends from college were going to be there. I was so excited! These days we only see each other at weddings and funerals, so an honest-to-goodness party would be fantastic. Back in the day, my friends and I were pretty wild. Once, I almost got run over by a drunk friend on a motorcycle, but he passed out and fell off before he could do much damage.

Biggie size it

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:26 p.m.

Ladies like 'em big and thick. Well, at least according to Hardee's. Through sexually explicit advertising, Hardee's has begun airing commercials that mirror the image of the "large Thickburger" with the image of "large male genitalia." Take the recent commercial with Paris Hilton, for example.

Freedom of faculty speech

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:25 p.m.

As IUB continues its quest for a new chancellor, more and more faculty seem to take issue with IU President Adam Herbert's leadership of the University. Unfortunately, we at the IDS cannot understand the full scope of the problem, as the process and its criticism has remained largely secretive.

Around the Business

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:25 p.m.

2006 economic outlook promising, says Kelley staff

Coffee business brewing day and night

By Amy Carol Wolff and Amy Wolff · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:23 p.m.

It has been another long day at IU. For most students on campus, it's been a day full of lectures, presentations and exams. After a day like today, what's next? For many students, it's a trip to a neighborhood coffee shop.

Around the World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:08 p.m.

4 soldiers killed in suicide bombing

Bush: 'We do not torture'

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:06 p.m.

PANAMA CITY, Panama -- President Bush defended U.S. interrogation practices Monday and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful. "We do not torture," Bush declared in response to reports of secret CIA prisons overseas. Bush supported an effort spearheaded by Vice President Dick Cheney to block or modify a proposed Senate-passed ban on torture.

Supreme Court to weigh in on military tribunals

By Alyson Brodsy and Gina Holland · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:05 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is giving no free passes to the commander in chief. Pressed by the Bush administration to stay out of a wartime powers case, the court jumped in anyway. The justices will decide if the president overstepped his authority by ordering military tribunals for terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, resurrecting a type of trial last used during World War II.

France imposing curfews as rioting spreads

By Alyson Brodsy and Jocelyn Gecker · Monday, Nov. 7,2005 11:03 p.m.

PARIS -- France will impose curfews under a state-of-emergency law and call up police reservists to stop rioting that has spread out of Paris' suburbs and into nearly 300 cities and towns across the country, the prime minister said Monday.