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IU community remembers Rosa Parks

By Chip Cutter · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:50 a.m.

It might have been more than 50 years since Rosa Parks first stepped onto the American political landscape, but local students, professors and leaders say her legacy will continue for years to come. Parks, who is widely credited with helping propel the civil rights movement forward by refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in 1955, died in Detroit Monday at the age of 92.

Countries threaten sanctions for Syria

By Alyson Brodsy and Nick Wadhams · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:45 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States, France and Britain demanded Tuesday that Syria detain government officials suspected of involvement in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister and ensure their cooperation with a U.N. probe or face possible sanctions.

Wellington Mara, NFL's senior owner, dies from cancer at 89

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:45 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Every NFL fan owes a huge debt to Wellington Mara, who died Tuesday at 89. So does every owner, executive and player

U.S. military death toll in Iraq hits 2,000, several injured

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert H. Reid · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:44 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The American military death toll in the Iraq war reached 2,000 Tuesday with the announcements of three more deaths, including an Army sergeant who died of wounds at a military hospital in Texas and a Marine and a sailor killed last week in fighting west of Baghdad.

In Wilma's aftermath, recovery begins for millions

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:44 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Repair crews across Florida struggled Tuesday to restore electricity to up to 6 million people, reopen the region's airports and replace countless windows blown out of downtown high-rises during Hurricane Wilma's ruinous dash across the state. Officials said it could take weeks for Florida's most heavily populated region -- the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach area -- to return to normal.

Hoosiers disappointed with split weekend

By Josh Sacks · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:43 a.m.

Twenty-one goals in three games can certainly build confidence for a hockey team, but that confidence might have gotten the best of the Hoosiers last Saturday when they dropped their final match to Western Michigan University in a weekend split.

Iraqis adopt constitution

By Alyson Brodsy and Thomas Wagner · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:43 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's constitution was adopted by a majority in a fair vote during the Oct. 15 referendum, as Sunni Arab opponents failed to muster enough support to defeat it, election officials said Tuesday. A prominent Sunni politician called the balloting "a farce."

Hoosiers face test with Notre Dame on ESPNU

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:42 a.m.

The IU men's soccer team begins a two-game road trip tonight when it travels to South Bend to face in-state rival Notre Dame. The No. 5 Hoosiers understand the importance of a win over the Irish and are not looking past Notre Dame with games against No. 3 University of Maryland and No. 1 University of Akron on the horizon.

Women: Batty leads Hoosiers in regional tourney

By Ryan Want · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:40 a.m.

The IU women's tennis team had a solid showing at the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional, led by senior captain Sarah Batty who advanced to the final 16. Despite the individual accomplishments, IU head coach Lin Loring said it was hard to evaluate her team's play.

IU 'best fit' for Bloomington South quarterback

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:39 a.m.

With his high school football career now in the books, Bloomington High School South quarterback Ben Chappell won't have to travel far to start his college football career next fall. In fact, a seven-minute car ride will be all he needs to go from a high school star to a Big Ten quarterback.

Wisconsin combats Big Ten Halloween parties

By Mike Malik · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:39 a.m.

Students making the trip north to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the Halloween weekend festivities might want to think twice about putting on that French maid or Mario costume. A recent letter from the Dean of Students office at Wisconsin to all the Big Ten schools states the implementation of two policies that will be carried out this weekend in an effort to discourage out-of-town students from attending the annual bash.

Duos advance at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:38 a.m.

The Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships provided few bright spots for the IU men's tennis team. One of those bright spots was the stellar play by the team's top doubles pair of seniors Neil Kenner and Dmytro Ishtuganov. Seeded No. 12 in the doubles draw, the duo reached the quarterfinals but lost a tight 9-8 (5) set to the top-seeded, No. 19 ranked team of Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafssen from Louisville.

Ratliff out indefinitely after injury

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:37 a.m.

Sophomore guard A.J. Ratliff is out for an undetermined amount of time with an injury to his right thumb, which occurred during Monday afternoon's practice.

Kelley awards innovative Indiana businesses

By Sonia Rana · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:09 a.m.

A new awards program from the Kelley School of Business honored 62 Indiana companies last week, and more than half of the finalists in the program were life science firms.

Frat row home to campus ministry

By Jessica Levco · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:08 a.m.

When Stephanie Michael attended IU five years ago, she lived in a residential house with her Christian Student Fellowship friends. Worship services took place in academic buildings, but professors complained their singing was too loud. When more students found out about CSF, they wanted to live in the house, too. The CSF base was growing, but there wasn't enough space for everybody.

Late news and civil rights

By Adam Aasen and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 26,2005 12:08 a.m.

In our increasingly instantaneous news cycle, the old-fashioned print newspaper has a few disadvantages that can be seen quite often. The biggest of all is the deadline. One single issue of a newspaper takes massive amounts of preparation. Some stories and designs are worked on for months before they appear in a paper. It's an extensive process and it's one that starts all over when breaking news occurs.

Life's a party. Plan it.

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 11:28 p.m.

When the bride is about to walk down the aisle with chewing gum in her mouth, it's one of the wedding planner's many duties to stick out a hand and tell her to spit it out. Pat Bailey, a Bloomington wedding planner, once instinctively held out her hand to receive bridal gum right before a ceremony started. She says she would expect no less dedication from her two interns junior Rachel Schiff and senior Angie Botos.

Sex offender to return to Indiana

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 11:19 p.m.

EVANSVILLE -- A fugitive sex offender caught after being profiled on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was scheduled to face child molesting charges in Indiana courts next week. Detectives from Evansville and Posey County plan to travel to Fargo, N.D., on Friday to pick up William Carl Davis, 33, and bring him back to Indiana.

Supreme Court project creates new jury database

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 11:17 p.m.

A project to boost the efficiency of Indiana's jury service will go online in January, allowing court administrators to reach a wider cross-section of society and avoid sending jury summons to the wrong addresses. Currently, nearly half of the addresses used to call Hoosiers to jury duty are incorrect -- a situation that wastes taxpayer dollars when jury summons are mailed to outdated addresses.

Indiana woman dies while diving in Caribbean

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 11:16 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. -- An Indiana woman died and a former Hoosier was injured when a weekend diving trip went awry off the Caribbean coast of Belize. Abigail Brinkman, 28, was among four people who had been missing since Saturday, having apparently tried to swim to land after their boat began drifting out to sea. A fishing vessel found three survivors and Brinkman's body Monday, said a man who answered the phone at her parents' home and identified himself as a family friend. The divers -- two men and two women -- apparently had devices that allowed them to stay afloat during their three-day ordeal at sea. The three survivors were taken to a hospital in Belize City, Belize police spokesman G. Michael Reed said.