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My draft conversion

By Alyson Brodsy and Andy Romey · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:11 a.m.

I'm not a very religious person. But in late June, every year, I manage to become one -- and once again on Tuesday night I was converted. Reaching way back in my mind, I can dig out my earliest NBA Draft memory -- naively arguing with my dad before 1992's draft about Christian Laettner being drafted before Shaquille O'Neal. But hey, it could have been worse. I could have put him on the Dream Team.

NBA Draft seeing Blue

By Dan Click · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:10 a.m.

The North Carolina Tarheels dominated throughout the college season, winning 33 games en route to the 2005 National Championship. Tuesday night in New York, the Tarheels stole the show at the NBA Draft as four players from the title squad were selected in the lottery, in the first 14 picks of the draft. It was the first time any school had four players picked in the lottery. The last team to have four players selected in the first round was Duke in 1999.

Get your hate straight

By Alyson Brodsy and Daniel Hiester · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:09 a.m.

Over the past few years, I've felt discouraged and angry at how often someone is called an America-hater. With Independence Day being next Monday, now is the perfect time to reflect on what America stands for, and furthermore, what it means to hate it.

The master plan

By Alyson Brodsy and Russell Puntenney · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:08 a.m.

You wouldn't know it from looking at me, but I was once very close to becoming a millionaire. So close, in fact, I already had plans for the fortune when it fell through. I never bought a Powerball ticket or heard from Publisher's Clearing House, but I promise I was as close as any 11-year-old could be to such a prize -- one Big Mac Value Meal away, to be exact.

Dissent

By Andrea Opperman and Kehla West · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:06 a.m.

This sounds familiar: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom of religion, not freedom from religion

Thursday, June 30,2005 1:04 a.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels wants a monument of the Ten Commandments to return to the grounds outside of the Statehouse. A monument stood near the building for 30 years, but was removed in 1991 due to constant vandalism. A federal judge blocked replacement of the monument in 2000, stating that it could be seen as an endorsement of religion.

Prohibiting Pot

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, June 30,2005 1:01 a.m.

Marijuana use for medicinal purposes has taken a few public tokes backwards in the last few weeks as the Federal government dropped the hammer on alleged corrupt pot growers and distributors polluting the entire medicinal marijuana debate. Despite the historical prevalence of marijuana use by world citizens and within communities across the globe for the last 5,000 years, smoking "reefer" to ease human psychological, emotional and physical pain is a common pasttime of some bipolar candidates, cancer victims, HIV/AIDS patients and American neighbors who are otherwise terminally ill among an extended list of others.

Clicker remotes help with classroom involvement

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:51 a.m.

A student response system, otherwise known as "clickers," are a new tool for learning in a large classroom setting. The clickers, which look similar to TV remotes, are used for answering questions in large lecture halls. Students can answer surveys, take quizzes, or manage attendance using them. IU already has several professors who have used them in the past and many more who want to have them better established on campus.

Campus reacts to president's Iraq plan

By Alyson Brodsy and David A. Nosko · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:50 a.m.

President Bush on Tuesday suggested the rise of democracy will be the ultimate triumph over radicalism and terror. Meanwhile, some members of the U.S. Senate and the American public still believe a legislated timetable for military personnel withdrawal will provide the ultimate triumph over the rising Iraqi insurgency.

Pretrial of crash suspect extended

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:49 a.m.

Monroe County Circuit Court Judge Marc Kellams Tuesday extended the pretrial phase in the case against the man accused of causing and fleeing from the accident which killed IU student Ashley Crouse in April. When neither Meliton Espinoza Praxedis' defense attorney David Collins nor Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Kehr introduced any pretrial motions, Kellams set a new pretrial hearing for Aug. 9 at 2:30 p.m.

Cultural group goes national

By Ben Woodson · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:49 a.m.

Seven members of the IU Hip Hop Congress went to the National Hip Hop Congress Conference in Chicago last weekend to develop new ideas that they could bring back to Bloomington to help the local hip hop scene grow and be more socially active.

'Old Glory' to fly in every classroom

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:47 a.m.

More than a hundred new Indiana laws are in effect as of Friday, yet that news might be a surprise to some Hoosiers. After partisan politics divided the Statehouse and stalled hundreds of proposed bills on the floor and within committees, the Indiana legislature rolled through the second legislative session and passed more than 100 bills to otherwise improve the health, safety and well being of Hoosiers across the state.

HIV on the rise in Bloomington

By Alvin Henry · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:46 a.m.

According to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HIV is higher than it has ever been in the United States. Of the more than one million people in the country who have this fatal disease, three-fourths are men and almost half are black. Bloomington, according to the State Board of Health, reflects these numbers. It is far from being tamed, yet there seems to be less attention brought to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America today than in previous years when the disease first began to spread.

Bloomington group joins world hunger battle

Thursday, June 30,2005 12:46 a.m.

The ONE Campaign, a lobbying super-group which focuses on fighting global AIDS and extreme poverty, is focusing pressure on the leaders of the world's most powerful countries to "make poverty history" at the upcoming Group of Eight summit.

Famous trio of pianist, violinist cellist, plays at IU

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:44 a.m.

A world-famous musical ensemble now returns to its IU connections to give the Bloomington community classical entertainment. The Beaux Arts Trio, founded in 1955, will be celebrating their 50th anniversary this summer. IU students have the opportunity to celebrate this anniversary with the group.

Being a 'guirui' in Spain

By Alyson Brodsy and Jessica Gall · Thursday, June 30,2005 12:43 a.m.

I have been in Spain for 11 days, yet life here is so different from what I am used to that I am definitely still adjusting to it. For the next three weeks I am living on the 11th floor of an apartment building in Seville, Spain, with my host, Nati, a 60-year-old nurse who has lived in this building her entire life. I go to Spanish language classes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. five days a week and have the rest of my time free to explore my new surroundings of palm trees and centuries-old buildings and monuments.

Knopfler gets a new package

By -Kehla West · Thursday, June 30,2005 12 a.m.

I sat down to listen to One Take Radio Sessions.

'Bewitched' lacks comedic magic, plotline

By Maggie Bozich · Thursday, June 30,2005 12 a.m.

During the 1960s "Bewitched" was one of the most popular television shows.

'Psycho' killer before caped crusader

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Thursday, June 30,2005 12 a.m.

Long after dancing his way through "Newsies" but before donning the cape in "Batman Begins," Christian Bale put his name on the map by taking the lead role in "American Psycho," the film adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.

Romero's 'Dead' rise again

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, June 30,2005 12 a.m.

George Romero invented the modern zombie film (and some say modern horror cinema) with "Night of the Living Dead" in 1968 -- a classic that packed just as many visceral scares as it did volleys of social commentary on relationships between different races and sexes.