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THIS WEEK'S TOP MOVIES

By C. Warner Sills and Weekend · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 10:07 p.m.

Countdown the week's top flicks

Former 'IDS' publisher dead at 80

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:06 p.m.

Pat Siddons began and ended his journalistic career at the Indiana Daily Student, where he went from cub reporter to publisher. At Ernie Pyle Hall, his legacy remains that of a friendly, grandfatherly mentor to an entire generation of IDSers from the 1980s, said Kevin Corcoran, an IU alum and former IDS reporter.

Student code of ethics updated

By Rick Newkirk · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:07 a.m.

University students may be unaware they are operating under a new code of rights and responsibilities. The Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, known more casually as the code of ethics, underwent its first revision since December 1996. The changes went into effect at the beginning of the fall semester.

Willkie's legacy not forgotten at RNC

By Josh Sanburn · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:07 a.m.

NEW YORK -- On the side of the New York Public Library, in a place thousands of New Yorkers pass each day, there is a monument dedicated to out-of-nowhere 1940 Republican nominee Wendell Willkie. "I believe in America because in it we are free -- free to choose our government, to speak our minds, to serve our different religions," it says, quoting Willkie.

Republicans shift to domestic issues

By Josh Sanburn · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:07 a.m.

NEW YORK -- If Monday night was all about national security and Sept. 11, the Republican National Convention certainly took a shift toward domestic issues Tuesday, featuring first lady Laura Bush, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and U.S. Secretary of Education and IU alumnus Rod Paige.

Campaigns cater to student votes

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:07 a.m.

NEW YORK -- With the general elections only 62 days away, politicians are heating up their campaigns and keeping college students in sight. Tuesday saw the arrival of Indiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels to the Republican National Convention. Daniels had the opportunity to speak at the convention but didn't pursue it. He said doesn't make that much of a difference.

T.I.S. fights for Bursar billing

By Maggie Bozich · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:07 a.m.

If a student wants to charge books to a bursar account, the IU Bookstore is still the only option. Negotiations between IU and competing textbook store T.I.S. Bookstore to offer the student payment option in stores have been unsuccessful.

Don't press your pot luck

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 3:06 a.m.

Thirty years ago is a hot-button for politics this year. What someone did or didn't do during the Vietnam War. What someone said or didn't say at an anti-war rally. What someone did or did not smoke in a college dormitory. As for Indiana politics, there isn't much relevance to the recent news that Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan and Republican challenger Mitch Daniels, both vying for the Indiana governor's mansion this fall, smoked pot in their youth.

New regulations could change overtime pay

By Mike Malik · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 2:47 a.m.

New changes made by the George W. Bush administration to the regulations in the Fair Labor Standards Act are affecting workers all across the nation, and IU employees are no exception. The FLSA establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, record keeping and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector as well as in federal, state and local governments.

State of Iraqi oil conflicted

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 2:16 a.m.

FAW, Iraq -- The status of Iraq's crucial oil exports was mired in confusion Tuesday, with government and industry officials giving contradictory statements about whether oil was flowing or whether there were even oil tankers at the main offshore terminal near Faw. Two top officials with the state-run South Oil Co. said Tuesday that oil shipments from southern Iraq -- which account for 90 percent of the country's exports -- remained halted after weekend attacks on pipelines and oil fields.

Moscow subway station attacked in bombing

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Gutterman · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 2:04 a.m.

MOSCOW -- A woman strapped with explosives blew herself up outside a busy Moscow subway station Tuesday night, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 50 in the second terrorist attack to hit Russia in a week, officials said. Seven days earlier, almost to the hour, two Russian jetliners crashed within minutes of each other in what officials determined were terrorist bombings.

16 people killed in terrorist attack

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven Gutkin · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 2:03 a.m.

BEERSHEBA, Israel -- Palestinian suicide bombers blew up two buses in this Israeli desert city Tuesday, killing 16 passengers and wounding more than 80 in the deadliest attack in nearly a year. The blasts ended a six-month lull in violence that Israel had attributed to its separation barrier, arrest sweeps and widespread network of informers. The buses exploded into flames just seconds apart and about 100 yards away from each other near a busy intersection in the center of Beersheba.

Justice Dept. asks to reverse terror conviction

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 2:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department asked a judge Tuesday to throw out the convictions of a suspected terror cell in Detroit because of prosecutorial misconduct, reversing course in a case the Bush administration once hailed as a major victory in the war on terrorism. In a late-night filing, the department told U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen that it supports the Detroit defendants' request for a new trial and would no longer pursue terrorism charges against them.

IU welcomes back team depth after back-to-back NCAA berths

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:57 a.m.

IU women's cross country coach Judy Wilson has plenty of reasons to be enthusiastic about her team's chances for success this season. After posting back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances the past two seasons, their first since 1989 and 1990, Wilson and her team of runners are back and hoping to make the event for the third consecutive year.

Around The MLB

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:57 a.m.

Indians 22, Yankees 0 NEW YORK -- With the largest loss in their history, the New York Yankees' lead was cut to 3 1/2 games, their August slump beginning to resemble a free-fall. Omar Vizquel went 6-for-6 to tie the American League record for hits, and the Cleveland Indians routed New York 22-0 Tuesday night.

Hoosiers primed to contend with Big Ten conference elite

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:54 a.m.

When Robert Chapman took over as the IU cross country coach, his long-term goal was to develop a program that would be a perennial Big Ten and NCAA contender. He wanted a team that would consistently pump out All-Americans and eventually guarantee more success by attracting blue-chip recruits.

Playing it safe

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:53 a.m.

It was a simple question, but the three women looked at each other from across the room unsure. "I don't know how it's locked. I think it's just a normal lock," senior Ashley Ruivivar said as she sat on a large beige leather sofa, her legs tucked underneath her body. Her roommate, senior Emily Potempa, agreed. "We just use a normal key to get in," she said.

There's only room for improvement

By Cory Steger · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:53 a.m.

By now, most of you have finished moving in, still hoping to hold on to the last little part of summer break. The days are still hot and the leaves on the trees are still green -- for the most part -- but you can't deny the inevitable. Football season is here.

Hoosiers finally hit gridiron with full roster of scholarships

By David Paulen · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:52 a.m.

Ten years ago. The Hoosiers had their last winning season 10 years ago at 6-5, but that is only the beginning. They attended their last bowl game 11 years ago, losing to Virginia Tech 45-20. IU has not won a bowl game since 1991, when they shutout Baylor 24-0. The Hoosiers have not won a Big Ten Championship since the Rose Bowl campaign of 1967.

Golfers swing into fall season

By Jacob Brown · Wednesday, Sept. 1,2004 1:50 a.m.

Twenty-three seasons, seven Big Ten Championships, 12 top-three finishes and eight Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. That is the legacy left behind by legendary women's golf coach Sam Carmichael after his retirement last season. Not only did the Hoosiers lose their long-time coach, but they also graduated four seniors, including Academic All-American Karen Dennison. But replacing a legend doesn't seem to phase new coach Clint Wallman.