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What has Bush done for me?

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:51 a.m.

George W. Bush has been in office almost four years with the majority in both houses to back him up. Ask yourself: What has he done for me? Drug companies count their billions while seniors count the number of pills they can afford. Halliburton counts its billions while our troops count the number of soldiers in their unit without body armor and food packets. The Saudis count their billions while we count the rising cost of gasoline. The friends of Bush and Dick Cheney count their tax refunds while the average American counts the days until the next paycheck.

Freshman charged in Hancock County murder

By Mike Wilson · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:51 a.m.

IU freshman Jennifer Brundage, 18, is being charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the shooting death of 44-year-old Brett Dobbins Aug. 10. Dobbins' wife, Nancy, found her husband in the driveway outside of their home in Eden, Ind., located in Northern Hancock County.

Lugar aide chosen as new media director

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:50 a.m.

After a two-month search, Larry MacIntyre has been named as the new director of public communications at IU. He will begin the new position Sept. 7. "The breadth of his experience in journalism is amazing," said Bill Stephan, vice president for university relations and corporate partnerships. "He had significant experiences as a reporter. His skills, experiences and background all relate directly to the kinds of things we are looking for."

Strong acting drives 'The Complaint'

By Jennifer Griffin · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:40 a.m.

Being the daughter of a police officer, the idea of reviewing "The Complaint," a play based on the concepts of racial profiling and police brutality, wasn't exactly tantalizing. I was sure it was going to be full of police-bashing, name-calling dialogue and peppered with doughnut jokes.

HipHopera adds rap, pop to familiar art

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Lawless · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:39 a.m.

LONDON -- Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" tackled interracial love and U.S. imperialism in Asia; Verdi's "La Traviata" put a tubercular prostitute center stage. Odd to think that opera has a stuffy reputation. Now a new batch of contemporary operas rangingfrom rappers rhyming about Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to an experimental musical about Microsoft boss Bill Gates sets out to change that image.

Graffiti event hits Indy

By Tony Sams · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:38 a.m.

Aerosol cans will click-clack and the fizzing spray of paint might induce light-headedness or contact highs this weekend as Broad Ripple, one of Indianapolis' most vibrant and unique neighborhoods, holds its second Midwest graffiti expo. Subsurface, sponsored by the Indianapolis Arts Center in conjunction with the Broad Ripple Village Association, will publicly showcase 40 Midwest artists creating a graffiti mural 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. both Sept. 4 and 5.

From The Floor

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:30 a.m.

Journalists get to party, too NEW YORK -- While there is a party somewhere in New York City each night for the delegates, the politicians or both, the media has its own space to relax next to Madison Square Garden. Barneys New York Loft, which opened this week in the Farley Media Center exclusively for members of the media, offers journalists a lounge with complimentary beer, billiards, manicures, chair-massages, makeovers, mini-facials and waxing, all at no charge.

Hurricane Frances menaces Florida, 2.5 million told to leave

By Alyson Brodsy and Tim Reynolds · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:26 a.m.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Residents and tourists in cars, trucks and campers clogged highways along Florida's Atlantic coast Thursday, fleeing inland as mighty Hurricane Frances threatened the state with its second battering in three weeks.

Miller's speech upsets Dems

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:24 a.m.

NEW YORK -- For Democrats, last night was a slap in the face. One of their own stood in front of a packed house at Madison Square Garden and not only hailed the president, a Republican, but slashed apart his own party and its presidential nominee. Sen. Zell Miller's, D-Ga., speech didn't sit well with the Indiana Democratic Party.

Sticker me, baby

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:23 a.m.

Going to class today, I cut through the Jordan Avenue parking garage. People at IU are funny -- and they like bumper stickers. I counted almost 50 (yes, I was almost late for class). I like bumper stickers. They're like tattoos for your car. My car has 20 or so -- just little stickers that say things I like. I have one that reads: "Don't hold strong opinions about things you don't understand." I have the Truffle Shuffle kid from the movie "The Goonies." I have another that reads: "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you're a mile away, and you have their shoes." It's a good life policy, and it keeps me shod.

Putting a face on tragedy

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Trost · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:20 a.m.

Every day, I, like many of you, read the newspaper. My eyes scanned through the horrific accounts of terrorist bombings, hostage situations, natural disasters and murders. But because I read them so often, it's very rare that I seem to be affected by them. Read over them and don't even stop to consider the reality of what I'm reading.

20 countries later

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:19 a.m.

A few days ago, my 4-foot tall roommate, Melissa, slaved over a piping hot oven for five hours to prepare the most mouth-watering brisket I have ever tasted. Although it is merely beef sautéed in special marinade and seasonings, it reminded me so much of my grandmother's cooking on the high holidays and served as a sore reminder of my slim ability to "cook" LIFE cereal with soy milk.

Mysterious illness still plagues courthouse

By Scott Lipsky · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:17 a.m.

Local government officials still haven't been able to determine the cause of the mysterious smell and illness plaguing the Morgan County Courthouse since this summer. The popular thought among people close to the case was that the air ducts in the building's air conditioning system were producing what is known as Legionnaires' disease, with symptoms including headache, fever and sore throat.

New headman right choice

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 3,2004 12:16 a.m.

The athletics department announced Thursday the hiring of its new director, Rick Greenspan. Greenspan comes to IU after serving in the same capacity at Army and becomes IU's fourth athletic director in five years. Awaiting Greenspan is a department mired in a deficit of about $2 million, a purposed $65 million in renovations, a controversial implementation of a $30 mandatory athletic fee, and a football team that has won only five games in two years and hasn't been to a bowl game since 1993.

AD Search ends with Greenspan

By Dan Click · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 3:18 p.m.

After three months of searching for a new athletics director, IU President Adam Herbert annouced today that Rick Greenspan would be the next athletics director at IU, effictive September 15. In coming to IU, Greenspan left the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he served as director of intercollegiate athletics since 1999.

Group seeks student voters

By Eric Tash · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 1:43 a.m.

As the November presidential election looms, Democratic and Republican officials are doing their best to capture the student vote. At IU, the Black Student Union has been doing its part to get students registered and at the polls for the upcoming election. Though the main focus of the BSU is to get black students to vote, Crystal Brown, senior and president of the BSU, said the organization is encouraging all students to register.

Admission cuts will cost RPS millions

By Brian Janosch · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 1:43 a.m.

Last April the Board of Trustees raised tuition rates by four percent to increase revenue. Four months later that decision may be the reason Residential Programs and Services finds itself $2.5 million short of its proposed revenue. The exact admission numbers for the 2004 fall semester won't be finalized until Monday, but RPS is currently anticipating a drop of 450-500 students, RPS Executive Director Pat Connor said.

VP Cheney accepts GOP nomination

By Josh Sanburn · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 1:43 a.m.

To a crowd chanting "four more years," and following a raucous keynote speech by Democrat Zell Miller, Dick Cheney accepted the nomination for vice president of the United States Wednesday night.

Diner turned into media hub

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 1:43 a.m.

NEW YORK -- ESPN has its Zone. The Internet has its cafes. Now, CNN has its -- diner? The Cable News Network has turned the Tick Tock Diner into the CNN Diner for the Republican National Convention.

Local bus move denied

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Thursday, Sept. 2,2004 1:43 a.m.

Students who use the Park and Ride system can now eliminate the parking step from their daily routine. In a meeting Tuesday, the Bloomington Parks Board voted unanimously not to transfer the Park and Ride parking lot from Bryan Park to the Winslow Sports Complex. After the conclusion of the park board's meeting, the transit board met to find a solution.