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IU student finds niche helping other women

By Jessica Wolfe · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:19 a.m.

One line repeats at the bottom of each page on Middle Way House's Web site: "Do you need to cover your tracks?"

Hard lessons learned

By Alyson Brodsy and Precious Sanders · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:18 a.m.

I graduated from a high school that most in the Kansas City, Mo., area think of as a breeding ground for drugs, violence and gangs. Whenever I told people where I went to school, I expected the looks of pity and, in some cases, fright. But contrary to the assumptions of most, in my four years at Grandview High School, I learned a lot about life, hardship and friendship.

Unforced error or homerun?

By Alyson Brodsy and Levi Harris · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:17 a.m.

White House Counsel Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court last week is fraught with questions. But the most important question is: Why? Conservatives have waited a generation for this moment, when a Republican president and Senate could cooperate to replace a moderate justice with a true conservative. And when the iron is hot, rather than appointing a well-accomplished GOP stalwart and running roughshod over the Democratic minority, filibusters be damned, it looks like George W. Bush has blinked.

Tangled in ivy

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:16 a.m.

Oh boy, does it itch. The rash that makes otherwise rational fingers dance a zesty rendition of the Phalange mamba: poison ivy. Up until a week ago, I had never encountered the inflammation. Up until a week ago, I thought I was completely immune. Up until a week ago, I would have bet my right gonad that I would never get it. Now I'm just an itchy mofo with a lopsided crotch.

This is not the USSR

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:15 a.m.

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita said he thinks hurricane relief and reconstruction is the responsibility of local citizenry in New Orleans. Rokita also said he believes he can end the so-deemed era of big government by proposing the U.S. federal government not be in the business of protecting and securing its citizens in a time of crisis. What he called for, though, amounts to a de-ratification of the Constitution.

Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:14 a.m.

TRENTON, N.J. -- An experimental vaccine to prevent the most common forms of cervical cancer proved 100 percent effective in a two-year test on more than 10,000 girls and women, drug maker Merck & Co. says.

Healthy mind, body, spirit targeted at Wellness Fair

By Audrie Garrison · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:13 a.m.

In an effort to encourage Bloomington residents to enhance their health and well-being, the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce and the IU Division of Recreational Sports are presenting the fourth annual Wellness Fair Saturday.

Pedicure: Doctors warn against unsanitary salon sessions resulting in ugly infections

By Selena Dehne · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:12 a.m.

For many women and men, going to a salon to get a pedicure is a great way to relax, feel pampered and walk away with elegant toes. However, if the pedicure is unsanitary, customers might leave the salon with more than just a few coats of nail polish on their toes. Bacterial and fungal infections can be easily transmitted through contaminated utensils commonly used during pedicures, said podiatrists and nail technicians in Bloomington. As tests and papers start piling up, students start looking for ways to relax. If they decide to get a pedicure, local doctors advise students to be cautious and educated about the risks.

Death toll rises in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:08 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The National Guard and Reserves are suffering a strikingly higher share of U.S. casualties in Iraq, their portion of total American military deaths nearly doubling since last year.

Despite 14 weekend arrests, IUPD notices Homecoming goodwill

Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:07 a.m.

IU Police Department reports show at least 14 arrests during tailgating for this weekend's Homecoming game against the University of Illinois. Though this represents the highest number of arrests at tailgating this year, Lt. Jerry Minger of IUPD said the game brought out the best in people.

Guatemala landslides bury, kill hundreds

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:07 a.m.

GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan officials said they would abandon communities buried by landslides and declare them mass graveyards as reports of devastation trickled in from some of the more than 100 communities cut off from the outside world after killer mudslides.

IU students observe Coming Out Day

By Kacie Foster · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:07 a.m.

Senior Will O'Berry's father tells him he should get ready to settle down, live by himself for awhile, and then start looking for someone to spend the rest of his life with. But Will O'Berry's idea of who he will love is likely different from his father's idea. Will has not yet told his father that he is gay.

Pakistan still waits for relief

By Alyson Brodsy and Sadaqat Jan · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:06 a.m.

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan -- For two days, the young tailor lay trapped under concrete slabs and wood beams, dead bodies flanking him, in what used to be a two-story building. On Monday, British rescuers pulled the dusty, wide-eyed man into the sunlight.

New Orleans officers charged in beating

By Alyson Brodsy and Mary Foster · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:04 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- Three New Orleans police officers are facing battery charges after investigators reviewed a videotape showing two patrolmen repeatedly punching a 64-year--old man accused of public intoxication and a third officer grabbing and shoving an Associated Press Television News producer who helped capture the confrontation on tape.

IU Bahá'í club grows, fosters student beliefs

By Liz Gerwels · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:03 a.m.

Peace and serenity share the tiny basement with a Bahá'í mother, her two children and a college student, as they meditate on Bahá'í contentment and prayers.

Around Business

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12 a.m.

LAFAYETTE -- A Japanese car manufacturing deal will scuttle plans to build a Saab crossover sports utility vehicle in Indiana, but could pave the way for production of Toyota's popular hybrid cars at the Subaru plant in Lafayette. In Indiana, the Saab crossover product had been slated to begin production in 2007, bringing with it new jobs at the 2,300-employee Lafayette plant. But experts said the deal could still benefit workers in Indiana.

Keep your options closed; force yourself to succeed

By Alyson Brodsy and David Weisburd · Monday, Oct. 10,2005 11:59 p.m.

Editor's note: This is the fourth column in a six-column series giving advice to beginning entrepreneurs. For more information about Weisburd, the co-founder of Indy Tickets Express LLC and the vice president of the Young Entrepreneur's Association, visit www.DavidWeisburd.com. Most of the time, keeping your options open is a good thing, but not when it comes to starting your own business. Once you've chosen your pursuit, it's important to close off all other options. If you don't have anything else to fall back on, you will be forced to succeed.

Job outlook promising this year, experts say

By Jessica Frischknecht · Monday, Oct. 10,2005 11:57 p.m.

Initial reports indicating a promising future for 2006 graduates have met skepticism in the minds of some IU seniors who, in the wake of one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, now begin the daunting task of looking for a job.

New Orleans ends hiatus of famous jazz funerals

By Alyson Brodsy and Rachel La Corte · Monday, Oct. 10,2005 11:54 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- This city's historical jazz funeral procession returned to debris-lined streets Sunday to honor a famous chef who died last month in Atlanta, where he had evacuated after being rescued from Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters.

Syrian TV show sends message that terrorism gives Islam bad name

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 10,2005 11:53 p.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- A new television series being broadcast around the Middle East tells the story of Arabs living in residential compounds in Saudi Arabia and the militant Islamists who want to blow them up so they can collect their rewards in heaven -- 72 beautiful virgins.