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By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:28 a.m.

Saving cars behind bars WARREN, Maine -- Inmate Al Dumas said he knew zilch about fixing up cars when he signed up for an auto body work program at the minimum-security prison where he's trying to rewrite his criminal past. Then he worked on a 1967 Ford Mustang fastback to give it the look of Nicholas Cage's Eleanor car in the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds," and he transformed a rust-bucket Chevy Cavalier into a saucy, metal-flaked cruiser that looks like it just drove off the set of MTV's "Pimp My Ride."

Breaking into Anime

By Sarah Snyder · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:24 a.m.

IU graduate student Brian Ruh has been busy with much more than his academic studies. Ruh is currently pursuing his doctorate in communication and culture, will become a father in January and just published "Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii."

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:23 a.m.

IU faces Purdue in battle for blood Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to donate one pint of blood for the annual IU and Purdue Blood Donor Challenge. The competition began Monday and will run through Nov. 12. Aside from supporting the lives of hospital patients throughout Indiana, the university with the most blood donations will be honored at the Purdue vs. IU football game Nov. 20.

First rowing clinic nets 36 women for team

By Bill Meehan · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:21 a.m.

Carmen Mirochna and Fran O'Rourke decided to join the IU rowing team's coaching staff this year for several reasons, but the main attraction was the man who would be their boss. IU rowing head coach Steve Peterson is so willing to look at new ways of doing things in the country's oldest intercollegiate sport that the two assistants did not want to pass up the opportunity to work with him.

Incubus tickets go on sale despite lottery

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:19 a.m.

When students arrived at the IU Auditorium Tuesday morning to buy tickets to the Nov. 7 Incubus concert, they were prepared to wait in line. Instead, they were handed a blue ticket with a number on it.

Curse this!

By Ryan Phillips · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:19 a.m.

The Red Sox season, or as I like to call it "The Passion of Johnny Damon," has been tumultuous. Starting in late December with the A-Rod-Manny-Nomar trade talks and culminating with a wild-card playoff berth, the Sox have been everywhere in the past year but find themselves right where they wanted to be, 11 wins from their first championship since 1918.

IUPD officers bust 2 male subjects for possible car theft

By Mike Wilson · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:18 a.m.

An observant IU Police Department officer's investigation of three suspicious subjects resulted in four arrests and more than $7,000 in recovered stolen property. Non-students Jerick Mills and Danny Smith, along with two juveniles, were arrested and charged with theft-receiving and theft from a vehicle.

IU hopes to snap non-conference losing skid versus Wildcats

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:17 a.m.

Ranked No. 3 in the latest National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll, the IU men's soccer team takes its 7-2-0 overall record to Lexington, Ky., tonight at 7:30 p.m. EDT, to face unranked Kentucky. The game marks the first non-conference game for the Hoosiers in 17 days.

Former attorney joins IU faculty

By Hina Alam · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:17 a.m.

The last original civil rights attorney in America has come to IU. Alvin Chambliss Jr. is best known for the 30-year-old case in the U.S. Supreme Court on a certiorari filed for Ayers v. Barbour and the battle over support for Mississippi's historically black colleges.

Twins open series with shutout

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:16 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins' dazzling defense had the New York Yankees seeing double. Santana and the Twins escaped trouble with the help of a record-setting five double plays, Jacque Jones homered in his first start since the death of his father, and the Twins beat the Yankees 2-0 Tuesday night to win their eighth straight opener in a postseason series. Minnesota's Soul Patrol outfield twice denied the Yankees with jumping catches -- left fielder Shannon Stewart saved one run and possibly two on Ruben Sierra's shot in the second, and center fielder Torii Hunter pulled in an eighth-inning drive by Alex Rodriguez at the top of the wall.

Sign Language popularity increases

By Dana Shapiro · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 1:15 a.m.

With 51 foreign languages offered on the IU-Bloomington campus, it is not a problem to fulfill the foreign language requirements needed for many majors. European languages, Slavic languages, East Asian languages, African languages and so many more offer a spectrum of opportunities to study a language from any part of the world.

Kernan announces plan to dissolve collegiate alliance

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:35 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Joe Kernan proposed a plan Tuesday to dissolve the troubled alliance that manages Indiana's community college system. Kernan's plan would have Ivy Tech State College take over management of the Community College of Indiana next fall, with former partner Vincennes University adding its first four-year degree programs.

Letter Spotlight

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:35 a.m.

Felipe Maya's choice of Ernesto Rafael "Che" Guevara ("The clothes make the Marxist," Sept. 28) as an emblem is an insult to almost every section of society that IU seeks to include. Mr. Guevara's face on T-shirts has been adopted as an emblem simply because it is eye-catching and out of historical ignorance. Unfortunately, the movie titled "The Motorcycle Diaries" does not help. It is a terrible adaptation of a journal written by Che Guevara while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s. In his memoirs, Mr. Guevara wrote of "the indolent and fanciful blacks" as "magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing" while traveling in South America's Caribbean coast in 1952.

Local congressional candidates in spotlight

By Alyson Brodsy and Kimberly Hefling · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:34 a.m.

EVANSVILLE -- Two of the nation's most-watched congressional races are playing out in the rolling hills of southern Indiana, where conservative values hold sway and fickle voters make even a five-time incumbent fair game. The 8th Congressional District, long known as the "Bloody 8th" for its close, contentious races, is living up to its nickname as Republican incumbent John Hostettler is being challenged by Jon Jennings, a former Boston Celtics scout and aide to President Clinton.

IU graduates open business next week

By Nick Pittman · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:33 a.m.

For two IU graduates, a class assignment is about to come to life. Beginning Oct. 11, a new meat market called The Butcher Block will be open on the corner of Third Street and the Bypass between Starbucks and Best Buy. Its specialty will be in serving the finest meats cut to the customer's wishes.

9-11 bill could cost $15 billion

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A House Republican bill to implement the Sept. 11 panel's recommendations could cost almost $15 billion over five years, congressional budget officials said, as the Senate moved Tuesday to finish its version of the legislation.

Dancing 'Through a Looking Glass'

By Melissa Harrold · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:30 a.m.

Members of the IU Ballet Theatre have been working hard this week to prepare for their performances of the Fall Ballet, "Through a Looking Glass," at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Ballet professor and former prima ballerina Violette Verdy said the performance is one that is "incredible in variety." "Through a Looking Glass" consists of three sections, each containing a different ballet style and music by different composers. Music by Antonio Vivaldi will be featured in "Viva Vivaldi," Maurice Ravel in "Sonatine" and Philip Glass in "Glassworks."

Powell urges Israel to end Gaza operation

By Alyson Brodsy and Barry Schweid · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:29 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Israel Tuesday to end its retaliatory incursion into Gaza, while U.S. diplomats at the United Nations vetoed an Arab resolution designed to end the operation. Powell, while flying to Brazil, said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon found a need to respond to rocket attacks.

Bremer wanted more troops at conflict start

By Alyson Brodsy and Scott Lindlaw · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:27 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The White House refused to say Tuesday whether the top U.S. civilian official in Iraq after Saddam Hussein's ouster had asked the president for more troops to deal with the rapid descent of postwar Iraq into chaos.

U.N. envoy says Sudanese not doing enough in Darfur

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Wednesday, Oct. 6,2004 12:25 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- The top U.N. envoy to Sudan said Tuesday the Sudanese government has failed to improve security for the embattled people in Darfur or brought to justice the perpetrators of atrocities during the 19-month conflict.