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East Chicago mayor ordered to stop abusing city money

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 12:23 a.m.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. -- A judge has ordered outgoing East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick to temporarily stop using city money to pay legal fees to defend himself and other city officials against public corruption allegations. Lake Superior Court Judge William E. Davis signed a preliminary injunction Tuesday, stopping payments until a Dec. 16 hearing on the matter in his court in East Chicago.

Husband, wife team sells harps

By Laura Williams · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 12:21 a.m.

Early in 1977, harpist Eleanor Caulfield sat in her Vanderbilt Hotel apartment in New York City, staring out the window, trying to think of a good name for her and her husband Lee's new business.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 12:20 a.m.

Annual artist competition announced The National Society of Arts and Letters of the Bloomington chapter will award more than $15,000 to students in various visual arts, ballet, drama, acting and musical theater. The competition will give at least $1,000 to the top award.

Christian students find faith, friends

By Kate Romer · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:56 p.m.

Thursday evenings are big nights on campus. At about 8 p.m. every Thursday, students pack into Woodburn 100 for a huge party. Bands and loud music blare through the doors as friends catch up on the week's events since last Thursday. All the while, regulars greet first-timers and welcome them to the main event.

Faculty enter Facebook frenzy

By Lori Snow · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:55 p.m.

For those who have discovered www.thefacebook.com, each person has his or her own story. And now faculty members have jumped into the craze. Last week, David Rubinstein, an assistant professor in the Department of Management in the Kelley School of Business, was reading The New York Times when he stumbled upon an article about the Web site.

U.S. troops question Rumsfeld

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:40 p.m.

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait -- After delivering a pep talk designed to energize troops preparing to head for Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld got a little "talking to" himself from disgruntled soldiers. In his prepared remarks, Rumsfeld urged the troops to discount critics of the war in Iraq and to help "win the test of wills" with the insurgents. Some of soldiers had criticisms of their own.

Administration to blame for football fans' inactivity

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:26 p.m.

I attended IU in the 50s and still have deep feelings for the University. This fall an IU alumnus friend and I boarded a plane from Florida to come see the Hoosiers play Michigan State. What a shock to see that beautiful campus stadium with no fans. Do I blame the fans for the situation? No.

The art of giving

By Matt Peyton · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:25 p.m.

All right, women. I'm going to have to ask you to stop reading this column, immediately. Gone? Good.

The power of 23

By Jeff Alsott and Jeff Alstott · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:23 p.m.

During the past four years, the number of indecency complaints received by the Federal Communications Commission has grown by more than 685 percent. This means we went from fewer than 350 complaints total for the entirety of 2001 for all of the United States to more than 240,000 in 2003.

The semester in review

By George Lyle IV · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:21 p.m.

This is my last IDS opinion column. The previous sentence probably made some people on this campus very happy. I don't know if I'll claim to be pretentious enough to think some people will be saddened by my departure, but I consider myself fortunate every time someone passes me on the street and stops me to tell me how much they like what I have to say. When people recognize me in buses, restaurants and even in the restrooms, I always appreciate the kind words people have for me.

Pumping up standards

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:19 p.m.

The cat's out of the bag. New York Yankee Jason Giambi, slugger Barry Bonds and Olympic medal-winner Marion Jones took steroids. And who knows how many others are out there?

House, Senate pass intelligence bill

By Jesse J. Holland · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 11:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Congress on Wednesday ordered the biggest overhaul of U.S. intelligence in a half-century, replacing a network geared to the Cold War fight against communism with a post-Sept. 11 structure requiring military and civilian spy agencies to work together against terrorists intent on holy war.

UPDATE - 3 big name football coaches interested in IU

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Marot · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 9:03 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - David Cutcliffe, Frank Solich and John Cooper -- three out-of-work coaches -- have expressed interest in Indiana's vacant football coaching job.

UPDATE - 5 Pacers charged in NBA melee

By Alyson Brodsy and Sarah Karush · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 6:24 p.m.

PONTIAC, Mich. -- Five Indiana Pacers players and five Detroit Pistons fans were charged Wednesday in one of the worst brawls in U.S. sports history -- a melee last month that broke out on the basketball court and spread to the stands.

Gerry DiNardo Q&A

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 3:37 a.m.

ONLINE ONLY: Read the transcript of an exclusive, one-on-one interview with former IU coach Gerry DiNardo.

DiNardo speaks out for 1st time since dismissal

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 3:33 a.m.

Former IU football coach Gerry DiNardo spoke Tuesday for the first time since IU Athletics Director Rick Greenspan fired the third-year coach Dec. 1.

Mission: Victory

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 1:24 a.m.

Coming within seven points of North Carolina is fine. Being up on University of Connecticut by 13 and losing by five is OK. But it's time for an IU win.

IU conference to explore research proposals, strategies

By Haley Beck · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 1:17 a.m.

With the Office of Research under pressure from the University to increase the amount of outside-funded research at IU, the Research Symposium will explore the support side of research proposals today.

Chief of staff:

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 1:14 a.m.

After leading the IU football team to the University's first-ever bowl appearance in the 1968 Rose Bowl, IU alumnus Harry Gonso will be tackling a different kind of position. Gonso has been appointed by Governor-elect Mitch Daniels to head his transition team as chief of staff.

Herbert names search members

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, Dec. 8,2004 1:08 a.m.

Bloomington Faculty Council President David Daleke began the last BFC meeting of the semester by announcing the 23 members of the IU-Bloomington chancellor search and screen committee Tuesday afternoon.