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Grad student muscles way to top

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:38 a.m.

At first glance, Michelle Amsden looks and sounds nothing like a champion-caliber powelifter. But, Amsden, a softspoken, 5-foot, 1-inch graduate student, has become one of the premiere competitors in her sport.

Freshmen contribute early for Hoosiers

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:35 a.m.

For first-year women's soccer coach Mick Lyon, it's been first-year players who've been making an impact. Freshmen defender Ryan Hanley and midfielder Kristen Zmijewski have both made big contributions on the field this season.

Colts lose two more

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:35 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indianapolis Colts don't expect starting defensive tackle James Cannida or starting tight end Marcus Pollard to play this weekend against visiting Miami. Both were injured in Sunday's 28-25 victory at Jacksonville. Pollard has cartilage damage in his ribs after being tackled and fumbling midway through the third quarter. He did not return.

Colts final season in Indy?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:34 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy wanted to reflect on their opening-day victory and focus on their next game. Instead, football took a back seat Monday to rumors that the Colts could be playing their final season in Indianapolis -- even as they prepare for their home opener Sunday against Miami.

Patriotism in American sports unpredictable

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:32 a.m.

The events of last Sept. 11 have taught American sports fans two somewhat contradictory things. On one hand, sports is a diversion, not a reason for living. On the other, to ignore what happened last Sept. 11 at sporting events would be wrong because of its communal nature. As a result, sport has continued on as entertainment, but when Major League Baseball games pause for a moment of silence Wednesday at 9:11 p.m. (or during the seventh inning stretch of day games), it's because one cannot forget the unforgettable.

Team seeking scoring options

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:25 a.m.

The IU men's soccer team needs a confidence booster. After being labeled the preseason No. 1 team in the nation, the Hoosiers have had trouble living up to their billing in the first four games of the regular season. IU has gone 1-1-2, scoring just three goals in those four contests, while conceding five. "I am surprised and disappointed at our goal production," coach Jerry Yeagley said. "But we are creating scoring chances. If we weren't creating chances, then we'd have a bigger problem."

Eminem tour bus catches fire

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:21 a.m.

PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Friction from a flat tire caused a bus with the Eminem-headlined Anger Management Tour to catch fire on a highway Sunday, fire officials said.

Comfort brews at coffee shops

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:18 a.m.

Sometimes all you need is a study break. Starbucks, Soma, Copper Cup, Borders and Barnes and Noble are all excellent study breaks, friendly hang out spots and a good place to go on either a hot summer day, or a cold winter night. Even the Hoosier Café offers Starbucks coffee where students find themselves studying, eating or just chilling with their friends. Students can either curl up in a comfortable chair and read a book, or write a paper on a table that looks like a chessboard.

It\'s not their responsibility

By Alyson Brodsy and Jason Grinblat · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:15 a.m.

Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization that provides medical services and educational information about reproductive health care and human sexuality. The organization is accessible; it offers adults a place to go when they need information and don't otherwise know where to obtain it. It provides teenagers with sound and helpful guidance when they are scared and confused. It is this accessibility that makes Planned Parenthood and other health clinics such important community resources.

Abortion clinics breaking law

By Alyson Brodsy and Cherry Blattert · Tuesday, Sept. 10,2002 12:14 a.m.

Once again, Planned Parenthood is trapped in the middle of a mucky situation. In his Aug. 12 article entitled, "The Deal with Older Guys," The Weekly Standard writer Eric Felten describes how Life Dynamics, an abortion watchdog group with a history of catching the abortion industry in criminal activity, is suing the notorious abortion provider for failing to report cases of statutory rape. Life Dynamics taped hundreds of phone conversations between a caller who impersonated a 13-year-old girl and Planned Parenthood clinic workers. The undercover caller told the workers she was possibly pregnant by a 22-year-old man (the phone calls were made from Texas, where state law does not prohibit recording telephone calls without the other party's consent). Out of the 614 phone calls taped, 516 (80 percent) reveal clinic employees who outright disregarded or concealed knowledge of statutory rape.

IUSA, Columnists, and the commercialization of 9/11

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:55 p.m.

International students forgotten in Corvette raffle

Beat the heat; ride the bus

By Alyson Brodsy and Lauren Morrill · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:31 p.m.

I know that this campus is beautiful, and the only way to partake of said beauty is to walk wherever you need to go. But I\'m sorry, when it's five million degrees and I have a backpack filled with math books, I am just not interested in climbing the hill on Fee Lane. That's why lately I've started taking the Campus Bus System. It's a beautiful thing really. There's air conditioning, seats and even little posters to read as you zip to your destination.

Who do you need to talk to so badly?

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephanie Sims · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:29 p.m.

You know the saying, "The clothes make the man?" It's almost the same with people and cell phones. Cell phones can make a person feel important and look cool. But some users want to show this in blunt ways. Now, I'm not intending to insult every cell phone user because then I would have hate mail from nearly everyone who reads this column. But there are certain types of people who just feel the need to show everyone that because they have a cell phone they are important.

Take your plastic elsewhere

By Alyson Brodsy and Jamieson Hawkins · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:28 p.m.

Has anyone been watching television lately? If so, have you noticed a certain trend developing as of late in the Tupperware commercials? The once infamous coach of IU's acclaimed basketball team is showing up in a disturbing ad for kitchenware. And can it be that in this ad for Tupperware the infamous coach of Texas Tech is wearing…red? Could this be a reference to his new team the Red Raiders or a nostalgic glance back to his turbulent stint at this great nation's No. 1 party school…and place of higher learning? I know that I can't be the only Hoosier watching television who is appalled by this recent ad campaign. Granted there are other athletes and celebrities who have sold their souls to the evil Tupperware giants, but now we have seen just how low some people will sink to make a buck. I guess Tupperware is a masculine product -- one any athletics coach could proudly put his name behind. Does this mean that Gatorade and Nike are going out of style for those celebrities looking to put their name behind a product? Or is this just someone not caring what they associate their name with as long as there is a buck behind it? Kitchenware, it's a fickle, fickle subject to broach.

Bombs target Iraqi base

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Allied aircraft struck Iraq for the third time in a week, bombing a military facility southeast of Baghdad Monday morning, defense officials said. The attack came after Iraqi forces fired on one of the U.S.-British patrols in the no-fly zone, and it followed bombings on Thursday and Saturday, Pentagon officials said. It brought to 37 the number of strikes reported this year by the United States and the United Kingdom coalition put together to patrol zones in the north and south of Iraq following the 1991 Gulf War.

Lugar backs Bush's plan

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:16 p.m.

MOORESVILLE, Ind. -- Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar said President Bush is following a sensible path in his march toward a confrontation with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Lugar, a Republican, commended Bush for deciding to take his case for military action against Iraq to Congress and the United Nations.

28 new West Nile cases reported

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:15 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Twenty-eight additional probable human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Indiana, state health officials said Monday. This brings the total number of probable cases in the state to 41, with one confirmed case, health officials said.

WTC beam memorialized

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 11:15 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- A 400-pound section of a steel beam that once was part of the World Trade Center has been given to the city for display in a portable memorial to the victims and heroes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. More than two dozen people were on hand Sunday as the beam arrived at a city fire station.

Rutgers pursues Brand

By Emily Hendricks · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 2:34 a.m.

IU president Myles Brand was recently contacted by Rutgers University in New Jersey to see if he was interested in its open position of president. The East Brunswick Home News Tribune named Brand as a candidate Sunday, but IU Vice President of Public Affairs and Government Relations Bill Stephan said Brand is not considering taking the position.

A long journey down a hard road

By Roseanne Hennessey · Monday, Sept. 9,2002 2:32 a.m.

For the past three years, photographer Arthur Hand has documented the physical and emotional journey of his wife's battle with breast cancer. That documentary has resulted in a moving and uplifting exhibit that confronts Janette Maley's journey through the trials of a ravaging disease.