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Kinsey book celebrates 50 years

By Stephanie Susman · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 2:02 a.m.

Fifty years ago this month, the world learned for the first time that women enjoyed sex in a study from the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. In 1953, former Assistant Professor of Zoology Alfred C. Kinsey published his book "Sexual Behavior of the Human Female," which detailed the innovative research Kinsey conducted.

IU students enrolling in more hours, figures show

By Devon Thomas · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 2:02 a.m.

Students are taking more credit hours in less time, according to figures released by IU, Wednesday. A total of 99,164 students are enrolled in courses this semester on all eight IU campuses, an increase of 0.5 percent from last year. But the number of credit hours students are enrolled in has grown 1.6 percent, from 1,101,661 in 2002 to 1,119,493 in 2003.

Virginia, Maryland natives anxious about Isabel's outcome

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 2:01 a.m.

Hurricane Isabel's threat might be more than 750 miles from IU, but the effects will reach close to home today. Junior Lauren Brand is from Virginia Beach, Va. -- one of the cities in the direct path of the hurricane along the eastern seaboard.

Fierce storm closes in on Outer Banks

By Alyson Brodsy and Emery P. Dalesio · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 2:01 a.m.

NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- Hurricane Isabel closed in on North Carolina's Outer Banks Wednesday with 105 mph winds and the potential for up to a foot of rain, threatening to cause ruinous flooding across a huge swath of the already soggy East. Isabel had weakened to a Category 2 hurricane from a Category 5, 160-mph monster, but was still expected to be dangerous when it hit the barrier islands Thursday morning with a storm surge of up to 11 feet.

University of Washington administrator named graduate studies dean

By Jane Charney · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 2:01 a.m.

A new dean of graduate studies has been named. John T. Slattery, associate dean for academic programs at the Graduate School of the University of Washington in Seattle, will succeed Dean George Walker, University officials announced Wednesday.

Saving diversity one day at a time

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:55 a.m.

A number of students, staff and faculty have suggested in these pages and elsewhere that the University should remove professor Eric Rasmusen's remarks about homosexuals from his personal Web page. In many instances, these comments have been justified by the need to protect "diversity."

Kernan qualified to lead state

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Harper · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:54 a.m.

Less than a week after the death of Gov. Frank O'Bannon, Hoosiers are still grieving. But just as Gov. O'Bannon would want, state leaders must also refocus on strengthening Indiana's future. This tall task falls

Books or bread

By Alyson Brodsy and Lize Kolar · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:53 a.m.

Recent increases in tuition across the nation, coupled with governmental cutbacks for student aid, have added new poignancy to the phrase "impoverished student" with all its colloquial variations. Financial need is the reason most students cannot meet a four-year graduation goal. Economic difficulties force many students to juggle studies with a part-time job. Dr. Maleakal Mathew, a psychiatrist at the I.U. Health Center, offered the explanation that it is the fact that most students need to work to finance their studies that causes higher instances of depression and anxiety on campus, which lead to lowered productivity.

Suggestions defy good logic

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:50 a.m.

Recipe for repetition: one or more independent organizations chartered by Congress; add many tax dollars; thinly spread silly and misconceived solutions to conceal common sense; simmer slowly into the press. Portions for 250 million citizens; but serves nobody. In essence, that describes the latest such governmental snafu, according to a report issued by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council last week on the topic of underage drinking and how it can be curbed successfully.

U.S. vetoes U.N. resolution

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:35 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- Yasser Arafat dismissed the United States' veto of a U.N. resolution against Israel's threats to expel him, saying Wednesday that the step will not "shake us." Arabs expressed anger, saying Israel may see the veto as a green light to move against the Palestinian leader. Washington says it opposes expelling Arafat from the West Bank. But it said the U.N. resolution calling for Israel to halt its threats was "lopsided" and didn't condemn terrorist groups attacking Israel.

Spanish judge indicts bin Laden, terrorists

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:34 a.m.

MADRID, Spain -- A Spanish judge indicted Osama bin Laden and 34 others Wednesday on charges of terrorism, including the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.

FDA requires new drug labeling

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Jewell · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:30 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Federal regulators have asked the makers of a widely-used class of six antipsychotic drugs to include labeling language about a possible link with diabetes, Eli Lilly & Co. said Wednesday.

Latino summit held today

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:30 a.m.

The 2003 Latino Summit is being held at St. Paul's Catholic Center, 1413 E. 17th St., today. Mayor John Fernandez and Sergio Aguilera Beteta, the Mexican Consulate from Indianapolis, said a "major announcement" will be made at the event.

Bono has talk with Bush on AIDS funds

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:25 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Bono, the Irish rock star and social activist, said Tuesday he had a "good ol' row" with President Bush over global AIDS funding. "He's very passionate about these problems and I believe him," Bono said after their White House meeting. "I just can't agree with the numbers." Bush signed the Global AIDS Act in May that authorized $3 billion to fund global AIDS programs for 2004, but Congress has allocated only $2 billion.

ABC to continue Ritter's sitcom

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:25 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- ABC executives have decided that the show must go on and will continue production of "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" despite the death of star John Ritter. Network officials said Tuesday that the sitcom will show the TV family coping with his character's loss.

Clear Channel seeks to mend image

By Alyson Brodsy and Lisa Singhania · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 1:25 a.m.

NEW YORK -- In the past 12 months, Clear Channel Communications has been accused of everything from monopolizing and homogenizing the radio industry to banning the Dixie Chicks and being a right-wing mouthpiece.

Gunman suicide ends standoff

By Alyson Brodsy and Woody Baird · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 12:49 a.m.

DYERSBURG, Tenn. -- A gunman took at least a dozen people hostage in a college classroom Wednesday afternoon before killing himself, police said. Two hostages were wounded during the nine-hour standoff.

Timbaland saves another album

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 12 a.m.

The words "white rapper" bring one of two people to mind: Eminem or Vanilla Ice. Left in the dust is Georgia native Bubba Sparxxx. But his recent album Deliverance, with production help from Timbaland, just might have enough "spark" to make him a white rapper to remember.

Sincere film goes somewhere

By C. Warner Sills and Jake Billinski · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 12 a.m.

Nowhere in Africa is a work of remarkable power and beauty. Its sheer realism and honest depiction of humanity alone are proof of why this film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

Ritter, Cash, Bronson... An Appreciation

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 18,2003 12 a.m.

Death… it's an unavoidable part of everyone's life. It just seems strange when it happens to someone in the limelight, and even more so when said figures are "bigger than life." Men such as Charles Bronson and Johnny Cash shouldn't have succumbed to pneumonia or diabetes - they were too tough for that.