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Politician plays to young voters

By Thomas Doane · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:23 a.m.

As Gentleman Caller tuned up its instruments before its set, Democrat Mike Englert approached the microphone to deliver a speech in front of the boisterous crowd Friday at Second Story. "This year when you go to the polls, we want you to check the boxes all the way down the ballot," the county commissioner candidate said. "Don't just vote for the president. Kerry might help get you health care, but he's not going to be working to keep sewage out of your drinking water. That's our job."

Lawsuit with former assistant coach settled

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:12 a.m.

Former basketball assistant coach Ron Felling will receive a $35,000 settlement from IU after a pending four-year lawsuit for wrongful termination. Felling was fired by former basketball coach Bob Knight in 1999 after a post-game confrontation. According to The Associated Press, Felling also sued Knight, who settled with him two years ago by paying him $25,000 after admitting he shoved Felling.

J-school computers compromised

By David A. Nosko · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:10 a.m.

While the majority of the campus community slept late last Wednesday night, an unidentified computer hacker or cracker compromised several computer workstations in Ernie Pyle Hall for the purpose of sightseeing, according to University Information Technology Services.

Students flock to Kosher Meal Plan

By Ashley Lough · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:09 a.m.

The Helene G. Simon Hillel Center, in conjunction with Residential Program Services, is offering a Kosher Meal Plan for students who wish to obey the requirements of the Jewish meal preparation. The Hillel Center prepares and serves all-you-can-eat kosher dinners on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The cost of the meal plan is $400. For resident students with meal plans, $310 will be reimbursed to the Bursar account as part of the RPS meal plan service. Freshman Jeff Villano said he bought the Kosher Meal Plan to stay close to his religious practices.

Dentistry professor receives grant

By Lindsay Lyon · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 1:07 a.m.

Of the 3,000 reasons you've been told to brush your teeth, one more should be added -- it could save your life. Dr. Michael Kowolik, professor of periodontics at IU's School of Dentistry, located in Indianapolis, just received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study whether dental plaque build-up may be a potential risk factor for heart disease.

Israeli strikes leave 7 Palestinians dead; CNN producer kidnapped

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Lavie · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:33 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israelis killed seven Palestinians in attacks Monday, including a Gaza airstrike that killed one militant and wounded a militia commander, who vowed revenge from his hospital bed.

Kinesiology department honors professor

By Daniel Wells · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:33 a.m.

As a University of Missouri basketball player in the 1930s John Cooper invented the jump shot. As a professor, first at the University of Southern California and then at IU, Cooper helped invent the nascent science of biomechanics.

1-woman play explores harsh reality

By Rose Mary Forte · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:33 a.m.

On Sunday night, the John Waldron Arts Center showcased a one-woman act based on the play and book by Claudia Shear titled "Blown Sideways Through Life," performed by Julie Dixon, head of acting and an assistant professor in the theater department at Indiana State University.

New group focuses on black GLBT students

By Daniel Wells · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:32 a.m.

In May of 2003 Sakia Gunn, a 15-year-old black lesbian was stabbed to death while she waited for the bus in Newark, N.J. While five years earlier the murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old white gay male, in Laramie, Wy. triggered a media storm nationwide, Gunn's murder received little attention from the mainstream press or gay publications.

Conference panelists discuss job outsourcing

By Hina Alam · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:31 a.m.

A conference held last Friday attempted to place a fresh perspective on the subject of job outsourcing. The India Studies Program and the Kelley School of Business held a panel discussion titled "Outsourcing -- Losing Jobs, Saving Money?" in the business school.

Broadway hit comes to IU

By Brandon Morley and Brandon S Morley · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:31 a.m.

The IU Auditorium will bring an audience through its limestone edifice at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday with Troika Entertainment's national tour of "Crazy for You." Ken Ludwig, a playwright known for several Broadway farces including "Moon Over Buffalo" and "Lend me a Tenor," took his inspiration for tonight's billing from the 1930 Broadway hit by George and Ira Gershwin called "Girl Crazy." The similarities between the two shows are apparent, but Ludwig's flavor shines in "Crazy for You."

No windmills or wooden shoes

By Stephanie Fedor · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:30 a.m.

This weekend I decided to reward myself with a little trip to Amsterdam. I traveled by plane, train and metro bus to experience a different sort of European culture. I took my trip with four friends and caught a plane to Brussels, Belgium, Thursday. Friday we took a train to Holland -- Amsterdam to be exact -- and then back to Brussels for Saturday night. Let's just say it was a lesson learned while at the same time being an unforgettable experience.

Meet the parents

By Alyson Brodsy and Brett Warnke · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:27 a.m.

My relationship with my parents has morphed dramatically since I left home four years ago. Maybe we've all gotten a little crazier. The hardest thing about moving to college was leaving a crazy, loving home and moving onto a campus filled with lots of "normal" people. My relationship with my parents has taught me that we all experience mini-crises in which we need a grounded support group to give us familiarity and companionship, even if they are a little insane.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:27 a.m.

Get your rights right The editorial in the Sept. 21 Indiana Daily Student presented an incorrect interpretation of the First Amendment. Christina Galoozis correctly pointed out in her dissent that tax-supported universities are bound by the First Amendment (as well as the rest of the Bill of Rights) and cannot deny students their rights.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:22 a.m.

Prison inmates charged in alleged identity theft scheme SOUTH BEND -- Three Indiana State Prison inmates and 17 other people have been charged in an alleged identity theft scheme that targeted elderly widows and widowers, authorities said Monday. U.S. Attorney Joseph S. Van Bokkelen and St. Joseph County Prosecutor Michael Dvorak announced the filing of federal and state identity theft charges against the 20 suspects. The scam involved telephone calls in which the victims were told they would receive help in re-establishing credit upon the death of their spouse, authorities said. The victims provided credit and other information that was then used to add others as authorized users on their credit cards. "They had very good credit, so it is easy to escalate getting credit limits exceeding $20,000," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Toi Houston. "Then these individuals, after they got their initial cash advances from $2,500 to $10,000, would then give the credit card to the people they recruited to go to retail establishments and within a three-day period, they would rack up close to $5,000 in retail purchases." Postal authorities said about 30 people and 13 credit card companies were victimized, with losses totaling about $115,000. Most of the victims were from Indiana or Illinois, but some victims were also from Ohio, Iowa, Kentucky, Florida, California and New York. Among those charged were Telly Gant, 29, Robert Smith, 30, and Melvin Fagan, 34, all inmates of the Michigan City prison between January 2002 and June 2003, when the scam allegedly operated. Authorities say they recruited others outside the prison to assist in the scheme.

Another long weekend

By Ryan Phillips · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:19 a.m.

This weekend started badly. On Thursday the Indiana Daily Stupids suffered our first loss of the flag football season, and it was all downhill from there. On Friday, Brigham Young University missed a chance to upset Boise State University because its kicker's last minute field goal try sailed wide left.

Rebuilding program on schedule for No. 16 IU

By Andrew Shaffer · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:18 a.m.

Five years ago, IU restarted a field hockey program to compete in the Big Ten. Those first two years, IU coach Amy Robertson posted a combined two wins. Undeterred, Robertson began building the program that would soon be as successful as the Wake Forest program she left.

Girls will be girls

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Trost · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:11 a.m.

I really don't like girls. Sure I have friends who are girls, but they don't like girls either. I'm convinced that deep down, most girls don't like girls. Why?

The clothes make the Marxist

By Alyson Brodsy and Felipe Maya · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:09 a.m.

Have you ever seen something and wondered what it meant but forgot to Google it, and then keep seeing it but keep forgetting to look it up? Well, that was me a couple of years ago. I would always see these T-shirts, buttons, stickers and posters with this shadowy image of a hairy guy wearing a beret with a star on it. At first I really wanted one of the shirts. I saw one at Hot Topic, but the price tag was crazy high. So I waited, and I'm glad I did.

Let Supreme Court rule

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 28,2004 12:05 a.m.

Everyday, more than 60 million teachers and schoolchildren across the nation pledge their loyalty to "one nation, under God," but for how much longer? And more importantly, who gets to decide?