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No Morals, No Freedom

Americans could use a little less freedom. No, I'm not saying we should abandon our right to participate in democratic processes, but to what extent, exactly, are we entitled personal freedoms? Washington and Jefferson lived in an era based on religion. Today, our society has shed most of its religious faith and jumped on the immoral bandwagon. When people live without answering to a higher power, the democratic system begins to crack.

Wesley Willis

Teams open with victory

The men and women's track and field teams both were victorious in their home openers Saturday. The women defeated Central Michigan, Louisville and Marquette, while the men also defeated Marquette and held off a strong Central Michigan team. The rain held off until later in the evening, making it a good opportunity to perform well.

ATO member crowned at annual charity event

Biker men in leather waited in the dark auditorium. Women in cocktail dresses clicked their heels across the unlit lobby. When a random flashlight sliced through the darkness one could see balloons and other decorations swaying in the darkness. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater lost power Wednesday during a well-awaited fundraiser, darkening the large auditorium -- but not anyone's spirits.

Indiana on heightened alert; governor urges calm

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The state of Indiana went on alert after Tuesday's apparent terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, tightening security at courts and government offices as residents watched in disbelief the surreal television coverage of the disasters. Gov. Frank O'Bannon urged calm. "As we await more information on what has transpired, it's important that our citizens remain calm and avoid panic," he said.

ALF claims responsibility for explosion

The Animal Liberation Front, an animal activist group, recently took responsibility for the fire that destroyed a Sims Poultry truck on May 3.

Theater season marks transitive year ahead

Theater at IU tends to be high quality in production, but it usually remains an untapped source by students on campus. The work is an avenue for education and entertainment, but the theater also provides its practitioners -- here, fellow students -- with the opportunity to voice important (or not so important) issues. This year in particular, IU Theatre has chosen a season that will both entertain and educate. The question is, what do these shows have to say to the here and now? For the Department of Theatre & Drama, the season marks the end of the University Theatre and T300 Studio Theatre, as they will soon move into the Neal-Marshall Center on 7th Street and Jordan Avenue.

Powell considers possibilities for Palestinian state

Secretary of State Colin Powell said today the Bush administration is talking to other countries about setting up a provisional Palestinian state and that the proposal will be taken up at a Mideast peace conference this summer.

RA firings necessary

Yesterday, two resident assistants were fired because they defied a verbal request from a resident manager. On the Monday of the NCAA Championship, they left Collins Living-Learning Center after they were told to stay.

"Little Women" provides segue to stardom

What composer/librettist Mark Adamo understands about opera is that it is theater. The great masterworks of operatic literature that are perennially produced in opera houses across the world were written in a time when opera (as all theater) was meant as a star vehicle for its performers.

Free to pledge allegiance

The 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court issued a June 26, 2002 ruling making the current version of the pledge of allegiance, which includes the phrase "one nation under God," unconstitutional. The court's opinion, written by Justice Alfred Goodwin, stated that school districts are "conveying a message of state endorsement of a religious belief when (they) require public school teachers to recite, and lead the recitation of, the current form of the pledge."

Eight go on trial in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The trial of eight foreign aid workers, including two Americans, accused of preaching Christianity in this deeply Muslim nation began Tuesday in the austere office of the supreme court chief justice.

U.S. suffers massive attack

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a horrific sequence of destruction, terrorists hijacked two airliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center in a coordinated series of attacks Tuesday morning that brought down the twin 110-story towers. A plane also slammed into the Pentagon, raising fears that the seat of government itself was under attack. "I have a sense it's a horrendous number of lives lost," Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said. "Right now we have to focus on saving as many lives as possible."

RPS should focus on dining halls

Besides closing three dining halls next fall, Residential Programs and Services has decided to open a health food-oriented store in both Wright and McNutt Quads. The store, Gaea's Cornucopia, will be a small shop providing a juice bar, sandwiches, a large salad bar, homemade bread, soups and frozen entrees. While RPS should be commended for looking at healthy alternatives to Chester Fried Chicken and Dunkin' Donuts, closing three dining halls takes away the most healthy option available -- traditional dining.

12th-place finish ends season

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The women's cross country team failed to prolong their season on Saturday, placing 12th at the Great Lakes Regional. Indiana scored 320 points in the meet.

A living legacy for 28 years

Jerry Yeagley's career numbers define his success. The IU men's soccer head coach has been at the helm of the soccer program for 28 years, and has never posted a losing season.

National fraternities apply scrutiny on campus chapters

Wednesday's suspension of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was one of at least a dozen other fraternities who have faced disciplinary action from the University or a chapter's national organization in the last four years. Senior Ben Schmidt, IFC president, said national organizations are now more involved with individual chapters. "These sorts of issues present a huge liability for chapters and a huge liability for national organizations," he said.

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Fans' lawsuit goes on

Lawyers for a group of basketball fans suing IU's trustees over Bob Knight's firing have expanded their lawsuit to accuse the panel of meeting secretly to discuss budget issues. The new allegation filed this week says trustees discussed the University budget in the same kind of "serial meetings" that preceded Knight's September 2000 firing.