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Kirkwood ticket looks for 2nd chance

By Colleen Corley · Tuesday, March 1,2005 1 a.m.

The Kirkwood ticket filed a petition Monday against the IUSA Elections Commission and Derek Molter, the elections coordinator. The petition, signed on behalf of the College and Connect tickets, calls for a run-off election between Kirkwood and election winner Vote for Pedro. The petition says the election results were unconstitutional according to Section 403 of IUSA's current elections code, which states that executive candidates must receive at least 40 percent of the votes or at least 20 percent more than the runner-up.

Democracy under Fire

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 1,2005 1 a.m.

HILLAH, Iraq -- A suicide car bomber blasted a crowd of police and national guard recruits Monday as they gathered for physicals outside a medical clinic south of Baghdad, killing at least 115 people and wounding 132 -- the single deadliest attack in the two-year insurgency. Torn limbs and other body parts littered the street outside the clinic in Hillah, a predominantly Shiite area about 60 miles south of Baghdad

BFC set to debate new student code

By Tony Sams · Tuesday, March 1,2005 12:27 a.m.

The first thing you might notice when you pick up the proposed revisions to the Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct is that it's shorter. Much shorter. Fifty-one pages shorter. And for Mary Popp, chairwoman of Bloomington Faculty Council's Student Affairs Committee, it's taken a long time to get it that way. "The last time we tried to revise it, really in earnest, was about 1 1/2 to almost two years ago," Popp said.

No. 1 seed IU hockey heads to nationals in Michigan

By John Wustrow · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:41 p.m.

The seniors on the IU club hockey team played their last home game Friday night, but their careers are not over yet. The 21-8-2 team leaves today for the American Collegiate Hockey Association DII Nationals in Rochester, Mich.

My day on the bubble

By Ryan Phillips · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:40 p.m.

This time of year, there's one thing that makes me more insane than John Chaney: It's all the so-called experts telling us "who's in" and "who's out" of the NCAA Tournament. They are almost always wrong, and this past week's games only reinforced that.

Another chance to bolster bid

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:39 p.m.

For the past five months, four letters have hovered over the Hoosiers' basketball program, looking for a place to land.

Feeling American in Spain

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:38 p.m.

Looking ahead to studying abroad, I expected to learn more about my country through the eyes of others, and I also expected to learn more about myself as a person. What I didn't expect was to learn about myself as an American. Sure, I identified myself as an American because I appreciated my country and because that's where I lived, but now I'm learning that I'm really inherently American. Having never lived outside of the United States before, I used to pretentiously consider myself significantly different from the average American.

'Master Harold' gives hope for end of racism in South Africa

By David A. Nosko · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:37 p.m.

One word comes to mind after reflecting upon a night of kite-flying memories, ballroom-dancing dreams and the spectacle of a "black ass" mooning the audience center-stage: "Hope" -- for the worldwide human race in combating racism and racial discrimination.

Al-Qaida calls for attacks on U.S. soil

By Alyson Brodsy and Lara Jakes Jordan · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- New intelligence indicates Osama bin Laden is enlisting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, his top operative in Iraq, to plan potential attacks on the United States, U.S. officials said Monday. Al-Zarqawi has been involved in attacks in the Middle East but has not been known to have set his sights on U.S. soil.

U.S. considers joining European initiative to offer Iran alternatives

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- In a potential strategy shift, the Bush administration is considering joining Europe in offering Iran economic incentives in exchange for abandoning its nuclear fuel program, the White House said Monday.

Source: BTK suspect confesses to 6 murders

By Alyson Brodsy and Roxana Hegeman · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:32 p.m.

WICHITA, Kan. -- Police say they are confident that the arrest of a man suspected of being the BTK serial killer will end 30 years of terror, and a source said he confessed to some killings.

Attorney general will prosecute obscenity

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Sherman · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Monday he would move aggressively to prosecute obscenity cases, and he laid out a broader agenda much like that of his predecessor, John Ashcroft.

Protests force out Lebanese government

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:30 p.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- With shouts of "Syria out!", more than 25,000 flag-waving protesters massed outside Parliament Monday in a dramatic display of defiance that forced the resignation of Lebanon's prime minister and Cabinet two weeks after the assassination of an opposition leader.

Partisan tensions slow House action

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:26 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Democrats stalled action in the Indiana House for several hours Monday to protest several proposals they consider partisan power grabs by Republicans, who control the chamber.

Daniels faces clemency decisions

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:26 p.m.

EVANSVILLE -- The state could execute nearly as many prisoners during Gov. Mitch Daniels' first year in office as it has during the entire past decade, giving the new governor and his general counsel plenty to ponder in the weeks and months ahead.

Buffalo Wild Wings opens in Bloomington

By John Rodgers · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:24 p.m.

Buffalo wings are a staple of some college students' diets. And usually, college-town restaurants try to meet and market themselves toward students' dietary needs.

RHASS program to change after 30 years

By Ryne Shadday · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:22 p.m.

What began in 1971 as a way to help students run their own business now has decided to leave the labor-intensive service industry and help students in a different way.

Thefacebook co-founder creates networking site

By Hannah Lodge · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:21 p.m.

Students who spend countless hours avoiding homework on http://thefacebook.com now have a more productive Web-surfing option -- rather than adding "friends" to their lists, students will be able to add companies.

Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:18 p.m.

For years scientists have thought there was once water on Mars, The planet is, after all, most like Earth compared with all other planets in the solar system. But most scientists believed all water had long since evaporated from the surface -- leaving Mars dry and cold.

IU astronomer studies galaxy formations, stars

By Nathan Tomlanovich · Monday, Feb. 28,2005 11:16 p.m.

Science is responsible for how we understand the world, and through scientific discoveries we have come to know the complexities of nature and the earth. While many scientists make their discoveries on earth, some researchers are looking beyond, into the vastness of space. IU astronomer Liese van Zee is one of those people.

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