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English tutorials help students

By Jen Gossman · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 10:04 p.m.

It is the Saturday afternoon before finals and several international students have chosen to spend it with one another scattered between the two floors of the Leo R. Dowling International Center. In an environment where they both struggle and thrive, being an international student is the common trait that links them all together.

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Scientists develop star camera

By Jay Paslay · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 10:04 p.m.

This summer, IU scientists helped to install the Quasar Equatorial Survey Team camera on the 48-inch Oschin Schmidt Telescope at the Palomar Observatory of the California Institute of Technology near Pasadena, Calif. The QUEST camera is the largest astronomical camera in the world. It was designed and developed by a team of scientists from IU working in conjunction with scientists from Yale University.

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Smoking policy might change

By Micah Sturr · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 10:04 p.m.

An amendment to IU's 1993 smoking policy is scheduled to be presented to the chancellor's office as early as today. The creators of the amendment want to restrict smoking to a certain distance away from doorways, windows and building ventilation systems around the IU campus. The current policy bans smoking in all IU buildings and University-owned vehicles.

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Prevalence of women in scientific fields increasing

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:24 p.m.

Lisa Pratt feels like she has it all. Geologist, mother and wife, she's made it into the elite of her profession while still making time to have a family. Some would say Pratt's success is a sure sign that women are now welcome in the world of science. But Pratt doesn't say that. In fact, she says her success is a matter of luck.

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Jordan River Forum

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:21 p.m.

Those were the days It would be refreshing to see reminders to those who pontificate upon inclusion and diaspora studies that racism is not wholly an issue for Caucasians to address, and that painting those of differing opinions upon the efficacy of inclusion as "Archie and Susie Bunkers" is a simplistic retort, unworthy of anyone who claims that liberal education sets one free from such assumptions.

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Just call me Aesop

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:19 p.m.

I've always wondered what happened to fireflies after the summer. Nature's little flashlights just seem to vanish as August drifts into fall. Do they migrate? Do they die off? Do they magically transform into Christmas lights? I've always kind of hoped lightning bugs hibernate through winter. You know ... like grizzly bears.

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Stand by your man

By Alyson Brodsy and Lize Kolar · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:16 p.m.

Dating is tricky. In my first year of college, RAs in my dorm tried hard to impart upon the freshmen the painfully learned rules of dating (such as don't get involved with people on your floor) -- all to be disregarded by us. As life progressed, dating did not become any simpler.

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Breaking up is hard to do

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:09 p.m.

The appointment of the first openly gay bishop to the United States' Episcopal Church has sparked controversy and dissent among many of its members. The Episcopal Church is a branch of the 77 million-member Anglican Communion, which now is threatened by a rift over the new appointment. On Tuesday, Rev. V. Gene Robinson was elevated to bishop-elect status, and the next day, Episcopal conservatives protested the election by walking off the floor of their national legislative meeting.

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Europe suffering from record heat wave

By Angela Doland · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:06 p.m.

PARIS -- Melting Alpine glaciers unleashed a cascade of rocks, London choked in a record 100-degree temperatures and with wildfires raging in seven countries, the Pope urged people to pray for rain.

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Around The Region

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:05 p.m.

Federal aid granted to flood victims KOKOMO -- Federal and state officials said Friday they have approved more than $15.5 million in aid to about 5,000 victims of last month's flooding and storms across Indiana.

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Around The Arts

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:05 p.m.

French director Jacques Deray dies at 74 in Paris PARIS -- French director Jacques Deray, known for classic thrillers and police movies, died at home in a Paris suburb, his family said Sunday. He was 74. Deray made nine films starring actor Alain Delon, notably "La Piscine," (The Swimming Pool), a 1968 psychological drama set in a villa in the beach resort of Saint-Tropez. Austrian actress Romy Schneider also appeared in it.

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Newsroom minorities fall

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

DALLAS -- In just two years, the percentage of minorities in television newsrooms nationwide has dropped from 25 percent to 18 percent, according to an annual survey. Leaders of three groups of journalists, speaking Friday at the National Association of Black Journalists' national convention in Dallas, called the decline highly alarming and pledged to work together to increase minority participation in television and radio newsrooms.

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Tap dancer Gregory Hines dies of cancer at 57

By Tim Molloy · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Gregory Hines, the greatest tap dancer of his generation who also transcended the stage with successful film and television roles, has died at 57. Hines died Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said Sunday.

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Gibson gives private 'Passion' viewings

By Amy Westfeldt · Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 9:03 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Those who have seen Mel Gibson's film about the final hours of Jesus Christ have called it beautiful, magical, a great and important work. Those who fear "The Passion" could fuel anti-Semitism, however, until now hadn't been allowed to see the film. Seven months before its release, this extraordinary vanity project is stirring passions over Gibson's exclusionary screenings and the potential for a negative depiction of Jews.

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Local resident pushes for safer highways

Sunday, Aug. 10,2003 8:36 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON -- A Bloomington resident is pushing for changes to a hilly stretch of highway southwest of the city, which she blames for a crash that left her husband severely injured. James Mathis received broken bones and brain damage in a head-on collision July 28 on Indiana 45. Police have said they believe a truck crossed the center line, hitting Mathis' truck and causing it to go airborne and roll, according to his wife, Roxie Mathis. Now Roxie Mathis has vowed to see that changes are made to the highway. "Something needs to be done," she said. "It's ridiculous. The day of his wreck, there were two other wrecks on that road."

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Local hardcore band gets its 'Revenge'

By Brian Elliot Johnson · Friday, Aug. 8,2003 1:33 p.m.

Bloomington's hardcore scene is surviving. That is, if the Eve's Revenge three song EP, When Feathers Fall, is any indication. All the classic elements of a hardcore band are present -- unrelenting electric guitars, the continuous bash of drums and cymbals and unintelligible vocals, screamed at a volume almost certain to damage the singer's voice.

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Music's better when it's Vulgar

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Val Tsoutouris · Friday, Aug. 8,2003 1:31 p.m.

For a long time, The Vulgar Boatmen were out of sight, out of mind. Along with the La's, they were one of those late '80s/early '90s bands that left a meteoric flash in the night sky. And they happened to be, at least partially, from this part of the world. Did anybody know what happened to them?

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