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Local groups express concern with I-69 work

By Jenica Schultz · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:07 p.m.

In the weeks since the approval for the construction of I-69, controversy surrounding the new interstate continues to mount. The Indiana Department of Transportation predicts the new highway, which will connect Indianapolis to Evansville, will save commuters an hour or more of travel time round trip.

Varsity Villas fire destroys kitchen

By Andrea Opperman · Sunday, May 23,2004 10:03 p.m.

An apartment in the Varsity Villas caught fire Sunday destroying the kitchen and causing extensive smoke damage to the rest of the apartment. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

The State of the Game address

By Alyson Brodsy and David Resnik · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:32 p.m.

Just over 10 years ago, Michael Jordan, perhaps the most prolific athlete ever to walk the earth, retired from the game of basketball. His not-so-unexpected return to the Chicago Bulls in 1995, while enjoyable at first, was the beginning of the end. Everybody, including his "ego-ness" himself, knew it. Mike managed to string us all along for another eight years, finally retiring for good after last season, from the Washington Wizards.

Israeli official's comments draw harsh rebukes

By Alyson Brodsy and Josef Federman · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:31 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Causing an uproar, an Israeli Cabinet minister and Holocaust survivor said Sunday that Israel's offensive in a Gaza refugee camp -- including TV images of displaced Palestinians searching the rubble for their meager belongings -- brought back memories of his family's suffering.

Men's, women's tennis headed to NCAAs

By Dan Click · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:31 p.m.

Though both the men's and women's teams are out of contention for a team national championship, IU tennis players still have a chance to be national champions through the singles and doubles competitions this week.

Gadhafi walks out of Arab summit

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:30 p.m.

TUNIS, Tunisia -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi walked out of an Arab League summit Saturday, shattering attempts at unity on the opening day of the gathering expected to fashion a response to democratic reforms advocated by the United States.

Overton qualifies for Championships

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:29 p.m.

The IU men's golf team failed to qualify for the NCAA Championships after finishing in a tie for 20th place in the NCAA Central Regionals in West Lafayette this weekend. However, junior Jeff Overton shot well, earning himself an individual berth in the Championships to be played June 1-4 in Hot Springs, Va.

Germany selects new president

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Czuczka · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:27 p.m.

BERLIN -- Horst Koehler, a former head of the International Monetary Fund who advocates bolder economic reforms in Germany, was elected Sunday as the country's ninth postwar president. Nominated by opposition conservatives, Koehler defeated Gesine Schwan, a university professor backed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government who sought to become Germany's first female head of state.

Associate spanish professor honored with FACET award at annual retreat

By Derek Smith · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:25 p.m.

IU awarded associate professor Joseph Clements the 2004 Faculty Colloquium on Excellence Teaching Award program's annual retreat this weekend. In recognition of his dedicated teaching and research in the fields of Hispanic and Contact Linguistics, Clements, an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and adjunct associate professor in the Department of Linguistics, received the award along with 18 other faculty members from IU campuses across the state.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:10 p.m.

Students can donate blood at Main Library Students will have the opportunity to donate blood on campus today at the Main Library. All students older than 17 who weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health are encouraged to stop at the Main Library lobby between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to help the cause. Donors are required to bring IDs.

Perils of a foreign language

By Emily Cooper · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:03 p.m.

At the end of the summer, I am graduating. I will be spending my summer looking for jobs, deciding where I want to live and lifting my roommate's cats off of my window blinds, from which they love to dangle. In the meantime, I sit in class each morning learning the French word for toilet. That's right. In just a few months I will be entering the real world, one in which the IU general education requirement decision makers feel that an extensive irrelevant foreign vocabulary will be necessary.

Life in 'Pelosigrad'

By Brian Adkins · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:02 p.m.

In a recent news conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca., asked, "When are people going to face the reality?" The "reality" she is referring to is her belief that President Bush's economic and foreign policies have failed. But when you look at the facts, as Democrats so seldom do, you see that the "reality" Pelosi suggests is not reality at all, but a made up fantasyland where you will find most liberal minds.

My old-age cure

By Mark Cary · Sunday, May 23,2004 9:01 p.m.

It's tough getting old. I remember a few years ago, when I restarted my college career, I was waiting for a class to start and I could not help overhearing a conversation two guys were having in the back of the room. They were discussing my beloved Indiana Pacers' prospects in the NBA Finals. One of them said to the other, "They won't win, they're too old." At that instant I wanted to turn around and say to them, "Listen, punks, the Pacers are just fine, and they will win the championship!" I managed to restrain myself, however.

Ready for stem cell research

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 9 p.m.

The world's first stem cell bank, with two lines of human embryonic cells, opened amid controversy last week in Great Britain. The cells, which have a unique ability to transform into any kind of tissue in the body, may give scientists hope in curing or reversing illnesses and afflictions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, as well as diabetes and strokes.

Bush must detail strategy

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 23,2004 8:59 p.m.

President Bush will address the nation tonight in the first of several major speeches that will hopefully detail his strategy regarding the June 30 transfer of sovereignty in Iraq. Here's what we hope he will say.

HONING THE CRAFT

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Thursday, May 20,2004 12 a.m.

He's been insulted by a South African jazz songstress who, visiting Bloomington for a brief tour, was shocked he didn't know the tune of Hoagy Carmichael's 1937 classic, "Stardust."

Behold! The power of the producer

By -Brandon Tucker · Thursday, May 20,2004 12 a.m.

The era of the "producer" is upon us, where a good hip-hop CD is nothing without a cut from Kanye West, Timbaland, Just Blaze, or of course, Rap's Top 40 golden boy: Lil' Jon.

'Rose' grows where Loretta goes

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, May 20,2004 12 a.m.

Ever since Loretta Lynn released her first single 44 years ago, her heart and soul have remained intimately tied to her childhood as a coal miner's daughter in rural Kentucky.

The art of chill

By John Barnett · Thursday, May 20,2004 12 a.m.

There's a new Jack Johnson tune called "Free" making its way to a radio station near you, only it's not Jack Johnson (regardless of what your ears would have you believe) but rather his friend, surfing buddy and musical progeny, Donavon Frankenreiter.

'Fog of War' a true eye-opener