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Foreign spouses adjust to America

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 1:12 a.m.

It feels like the first day of school. The air is filled with optimistic tension, as the women and one man sit in a circle and smile awkwardly at each other, waiting.

Gates honor Chi Omega

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:54 a.m.

When Chi Omega turned 50 years old in 1972, the sorority celebrated the milestone by building gates at the entrance to fraternity/sorority row on North Jordan Avenue. Dedicated during Homecoming week, the limestone gates feature wrought iron Chi Omega seals and bronze identifying plates. When the planning for the gates began, the Chi Omega committee wanted them to be placed where the Sample Gates are now. That space, however, had already been promised and would not be built until 1987.

No. 7 Hoosiers to welcome No. 13 Louisville today

By Jordan Majewski · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:21 a.m.

The No. 7 IU field hockey team welcomes No. 13 University of Louisville in a rare weekday afternoon battle between two of the nation's top field hockey programs today. The 11-1 Hoosiers have won eight games in a row, most recently defeating Northwestern Saturday. The 10-4 Cardinals are recovering from a tough loss to No. 1 Wake Forest.

Fan nabs 2 historic home runs

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:21 a.m.

HOUSTON -- Shaun Dean made two big catches from his spot in the stands during the record-setting, 18-inning Game 4 between the Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros.

Pet sitting business provides owners alternative to kennels

By Kelli Claybourn · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:21 a.m.

Pet owners who hate to leave their animals in kennels while out of town now have an alternative to caging their loved ones -- in-home pet sitting. Ann Wesley said she found Bloomington to be the most attractive place she and her colleagues, Diane Stuercke and Lori Bauden, could start their business. "People here care about their pets and the community quickly showed it could support our business," Wesley said in an e-mail.

Time to leave the den

By Alyson Brodsy and Kevin Dwire · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:20 a.m.

If Homecoming showed me one thing, it's that old people love to party like they're still in college. Everyone has seen the alumnnus at the house party, sticking out like a sore thumb. He's the guy who obviously graduated years before, but spins his Cubs' hat around, throws on his "Hep Got Me" shirt and busts out the Pabst Blue Ribbon. He tailgates like a student and drinks like a student, but everyone knows his secret identity.

Martz takes indefinite leave from Rams

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Salter · Tuesday, Oct. 11,2005 12:19 a.m.

ST. LOUIS -- Mike Martz is out indefinitely as coach of the St. Louis Rams with a bacterial infection of the heart. A specialist Monday told Martz that his condition, which kept him out of two practices last week, had worsened. The 54-year-old has been ill for more than a month and was tested for endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the lining of the heart or a heart valve.

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.