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Fish lovers beware!

By Katie O'Keefe · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:40 a.m.

Farm-raised salmon is a growing item in the diet of many Americans. In the past two decades, the production of farmed salmon has increased 40 fold. However, a recent two-year-long study performed by an IU professor and six other scientists has some fish lovers thinking twice before biting into their favorite salmon entrées. The research proved that farm-raised salmon contains significantly high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and 11 other toxins that could potentially cause cancer.

From karate to birdwatching, professors find many different ways to deal with stress

By Laila Hayat · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:31 a.m.

Some students look to meditation to relieve stress. Others like to work out. If you're Professor William Thompson, you need to hit people to let out your frustration while working on your dissertation. Thompson, a political science professor, took up karate and worked his way up to the black belt level. He said karate differs from other martial arts, such as judo and jujitsu.

A brand-new low point

By Amanda Trost · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:30 a.m.

Well, it's official: Men have reached a new all-time low in their attempt to garner dates. Some genius in New York City has established www.wingwomen.com, a Web site from which you can hire a woman for $50 an hour to take to bars and help you meet other women.

Lecturer discusses sex lives of spiders

By Kelly Phillips · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:29 a.m.

If you want to have children, be prepared to sacrifice your dignity, abdomen and ultimately your life -- that is, if you're an Australian redback male spider. The close-cousins of the notorious cannibalistic black widow, redback males throw themselves onto the fangs of the females during their mating ritual -- and become partially consumed from the abdomen out during the deed.

Sister act

By Brett Warnke · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:29 a.m.

My sister, Brittany, has to buy her size-14 prom shoes at drag queen Web sites. She's a teenage colossus. Standing at 6 feet 1 inch, she has legs like Tina Turner, can bench more than the pretty boys on Jordan Avenue and could kick the hell out of any sore sucker who thought he could steal her purse. Seven years ago Brittany gave tomboy a new meaning. She had a wavy mullet, a silver front tooth and exclusively wore XL Nike shirts and basketball shorts.

Sinking Columbus Day

By Felipe Maya · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:27 a.m.

We celebrate some of the dumbest holidays. The one I hate most was Monday. In case you didn't realize, Monday was Columbus Day, which is the worst holiday. But then again, there's a lot of competition for that honor.

A blood-sucking good time

By Jenica Schultz · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:24 a.m.

The horror and seduction of the blood-sucking monster Dracula came to the stage of IU's Ruth N. Halls Theatre this weekend. Playwright Stephen Dietz reweaves Bram Stoker's classic novel about the immortal count who seduces women to drink their blood, creating a haunting but effective stage play.

Park your car right here

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:23 a.m.

Last Wednesday, the Bloomington Faculty Council rejected parts of the Parking Study Committee's proposal. Parts of the proposal included limiting the A and C parking permits for faculty and staff, and the possibility of a new transportation fee to allow free rides on all campus buses.

Indian Student Association celebrates Navratri festival

By Olivia Morales · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:23 a.m.

Senior Meghna Mirchandani watched as her fellow Indian classmates exuberantly danced in celebration of the yearly Navratri festival. Mirchandani, the president of the Indian Student Association, said a lot of planning goes into making the Navratri a celebrated occasion on the IU campus. The event was held Friday at the Marriott hotel.

Italian club shows free films on Tuesdays

By Derek Smith · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:21 a.m.

A movie screen and a projector transform Woodburn Hall 002 from a classroom into a cinema every other Tuesday night. As the lights dim in preparation for the night's feature, a diverse but intimate group of viewers take their seats. The work of great Italian filmmakers like Federico Fellini and Bernardo Bertolucci grace the projection screen as part of Circolo Italiano's bi-weekly film screening.

'Superman' star dies at age 52

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Fitzgerald · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:20 a.m.

MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve, who turned personal tragedy into a public crusade and from his wheelchair became the nation's most recognizable spokesman for spinal cord research, has died. He was 52.

Future frontiers of X-Prize

By Scott Shackelford · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:18 a.m.

These are the voyages of the VSS-Enterprise, its ongoing mission: to open new markets and industries, to peak the public's interest in space travel, to boldly go where the private sector thus far has feared to trek. SpaceShipOne crossed the finish line Oct. 5 winning the $10 million Ansari X-Prize and a 6-foot trophy with its second space shot in less than a week and in the process breaking a 41-year old altitude record on the 47th anniversary of the Soviet launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first satellite. Although now won, the X-Prize competition is only the beginning, space enthusiasts and investors maintain.

Biology and bedfellows meet

By Nicole Hindes · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:16 a.m.

Catherine Johnson-Roehr works at the crossroads of two worlds. As art curator of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, her job is to maintain and provide access to the vast amount of "visual data" Kinsey collects and makes available for researchers. Johnson-Roehr said the Kinsey Institute is one of few institutes for sex research with an art collection and possibly the only one that publicly exhibits the work.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:14 a.m.

Man checks drug stash at ER A Bloomington man was arrested at 9 a.m. Friday after local hospital officials refused to return his bag of marijuana, according to a Bloomington Police Department report.

Muncie woman kept land secret

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:12 a.m.

MUNCIE -- A woman who left $12 million to the University of Cincinnati lived modestly and never told some of her closest friends, including one of her estate representatives, she was worth millions.

Main Afghan opposition candidate drops poll boycott

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:12 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The main opposition candidate in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election backed off a boycott of the vote, saying Monday that he would accept the findings of an independent commission to look into alleged cheating.

Senate makes deal to pass corporate tax legislation

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Abrams · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:10 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate, after a weekend of behind-the-scenes negotiations, struck a deal to allow passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and spending measures for disaster relief and homeland security.

Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:10 a.m.

b>Berkeley astronomer to give 2 lectures Planet-hunter Geoffrey Marcy, an astronomer at the University of California Berkeley, will present his experiences and findings during his career-long hunt for solar systems and life common to Earth this week as part of the Patten Lecture Series.

Domestic issues get attention in 11 governor races this year

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 12:09 a.m.

Election Day this year will set the course for job policy, healthcare reforms and school spending -- not to mention taxes. And that's not just in the run for president. Eleven states will pick governors next month, and the contests allow domestic issues to get some attention as money pours into the campaigns and the races heat up. Experts see particularly hot contests in Indiana, Missouri, Montana and Washington state.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 11,2004 1:22 a.m.

Volleyball drops 2 weekend matches The IU women's volleyball team extended its streak this weekend against the nationally ranked squads, Ohio State and Penn State. The streak, however, is not one the Hoosiers are proud of, as IU has lost nine consecutive matches.