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Trump to fund building of casino in Orange County

By Alyson Brodsy and Kimberly Hefling · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10:17 p.m.

FRENCH LICK, Ind. -- The Donald proved resilient again, beating two other casino groups -- including one backed by hometown hero Larry Bird -- Tuesday for the bid to build a casino in this struggling community where movie stars once vacationed.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10:07 p.m.

1-woman show continues tonight Amy Fortoul has added another Bloomington date to her performance of "This IS my BODY." She will perform her autobiographical one woman show about eating disorders, body image and sexuality at 7 p.m. tonight at Loving Heart Center, 111 E. Kirkwood Ave. above Book Corner.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10:06 p.m.

Strickland selected to men's basketball tour IU junior guard Marshall Strickland has been selected to represent the Big Ten in the conference's Foreign Tour. This year the team expects to play five games in France and Italy between August 10-20.

NCAA panel endorses tighter recruiting rules

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10:02 p.m.

Under new rules designed to take the "celebrity" out of the recruiting race, colleges will no longer be able to fly recruits on private jets, house them in resort hotels or feed them extravagant meals.

Renew assault weapons ban

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10:02 p.m.

Time is running out for Congress to renew the national assault weapons ban. Beginning today, there will be only six legislative working days to act before the decade-old ban on the manufacture and transfer of military-style assault weapons like the AK-47, the Uzi and the Tec-9 pistol will expire. (Congress will take its six-week summer break between now and the ban's Sept. 14 expiration date.)

More classical artists are crossing over to make records in other musical genres

By Alyson Brodsy and Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Wednesday, July 21,2004 10 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Soprano Jo Appleby studied opera for years, won coveted roles in key operas and performed at some of the most revered venues in classical music. Yet this year you'll find her singing a semi-operatic, semi-cheesy version of "Unchained Melody" with four other classically trained singers in the group Amici forever, which bills itself as the "world's first opera band."

HPER holds national youth hoops tourney

By Justin Lev · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:58 p.m.

Elementary, junior high and high school basketball players from around the country and Canada have descended on campus this week to participate in the American Youth Basketball Tour. "It's a great opportunity for young teams to improve their game, and it gives the individual players an incredible chance to get the playing time necessary for their own development," said Dave Kreps, one of the founders of the 10-year-old AYBT.

Puppet show takes Buskirk-Chumley stage

By Sheeba Madan · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:53 p.m.

The nationally acclaimed Wood and Strings Puppet Theatre Company will perform "Out of the Mist ... A Dragon" at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. The performance is part of the Buskirk-Chumley Family Series organized by the theater and Bloomington Parks and Recreation. WSPT has performed on National Geographic Live in Washington, D.C. and The Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York City, and has been nominated for the Tennessee Governor's Award in the Arts.

Coach tapped to lead golf team

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:51 p.m.

For 23 years the IU women's golf team has known only one coach. But following the conclusion of the 2003-04 season, legendary coach Sam Carmichael announced his retirement, leaving a void at the helm of the Hoosier program. On Tuesday the athletics department appointed Clint Wallman as the team's new coach.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:34 p.m.

Conference focuses on youth sexual orientation issues The Sexual Minority Youth in the Heartland Conference will take place at noon Friday at the Indiana Memorial Union and Foster Quad.

Eastern cultures displayed in annual Silk Road festival

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:31 p.m.

A program dedicated to the path Marco Polo followed to visit the Far East is coming to Bloomington this weekend. Hosted by the Azerbaijani American Cultural and Education Foundation, the 12th annual "Silk Road Bayrem" is dedicated to exploring the traditions and cultures of the countries along the historic route between Europe and Asia. The Silk Road was traveled for 14 centuries before Polo, the famed Venetian merchant, used it to bring its riches and culture back to Italy.

IU offers online English-language test course

By Sheeba Madan · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:25 p.m.

The IU School of Continuing Studies is offering its first online course to help international students prepare for the Test of English as a Foreign Language.

'Cruise Control' to take off this fall

By Holly Davis · Wednesday, July 21,2004 9:20 p.m.

While many IU students are lounging around this summer, 15 volunteers have been working hard to bring a new breed of reality TV show to students this fall. IU Student Television will launch "Cruise Control" during the first week of school. Executive producer Jesse Wallace, a junior majoring in telecommunications, said he joined IUSTV in the fall as a studio director for news. Because IUSTV is expanding, he said he thought it would be "cool to have a show to see what's out there for the students."

Avril Lavigne tackles teendom

By Leslie Benson · Tuesday, July 20,2004 1:38 p.m.

If Buffy the Vampire Slayer gave up on vampires, turned her anger against love and formed a pop-punk band, she'd be Avril Lavigne.

'Butterfly Effect' unpredictable, undeniable

By Leslie Benson · Monday, July 19,2004 10:43 p.m.

Pretty boy Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore's sweetheart and goofball comic relief on "That '70s Show," gains respect as an actor with his role as Evan in "The Butterfly Effect," an edgy, emotional movie examining time travel ...

Police cite 22 minors at local bar

By Daria Kamalipour · Monday, July 19,2004 10:32 a.m.

Twenty-two underage drinkers were issued citations at Uncle Fester's and The Jungle Room early Thursday morning. Excise police and the IU Police Department were at the location to hand out the summonses.

9-11 report to be released Thursday

By Rami Chami · Sunday, July 18,2004 10:10 p.m.

The much-anticipated 9-11 Commission report is due to be released Thursday. The more than 500-page document will call for a major restructuring of the U.S. intelligence community through the creation of a Cabinet-level post which will oversee the nation's 15 intelligence gathering agencies. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and acting CIA Director John McLaughlin have expressed opposition to the creation of the new post, citing the move may further increase layered bureaucracy and detract from reform within the existing agencies.

Bubbles over Bloomington

By Brittany Terwilliger · Sunday, July 18,2004 10:10 p.m.

Bloomington residents of all ages flooded the Frank Southern Ice Arena Friday for the ninth annual Bubblefest, sponsored by Bloomington Parks and Recreation and Wonderlab. For $2, visitors received their own bubble wand and entry into a massive room with approximately 20 bubble stations. Each station explored a different method of bubble creation.

Changing the way we punish

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 18,2004 10:01 p.m.

A new collaborative study by IU's Center for Evaluation and Education Policy and the Indiana Youth Services Association, entitled "Children Left Behind," should serve as an eye-opener for the state and the nation when it comes to our public grade schools. The study found an alarming number of concerns, including an inherent discrepancy between keeping public schools safe and disturbance-free through disciplinary actions while making the best effort to educate all students.

Task force created to research college cost

By Nick Pittman · Sunday, July 18,2004 10:01 p.m.

With the increasing cost of higher education, Indiana students may find themselves continuing to struggle to find ways to pay for college. However, earlier this year, Gov. Joe Kernan took steps to address college affordability by recommending that public colleges and universities hold its tuition increases to no more than 4 percent and created a task force to make recommendations on the rising cost of tuition.