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Think globally, spin locally

While searching for topics for my column, I have asked the Editor In Chief several questions about the content and quality of the newspaper. Many times, when I ask why a particular improvement hasn't been made, I get the response, "We just don't have enough staff for that." Now, this does not mean that the IDS doesn't have enough people to be a good twice-a-week newspaper. It does mean however, that it is lacking enough people to be a truly exceptional summer paper.

Community supporting activist in tree sit

"Dolphin" sits high above the ground, far from any ocean, perched near the top of a large red oak. "You learn to be really aware of your surroundings when you're up in a tree," Dolphin says. "You can hear every step in the woods." Tracy "Dolphin" McNeely lives on a tree platform as part of what Earth First! says is Indiana's first tree sit. Her goal is to avert development of 54 acres of woods on Bloomington's west side.

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Victory in final event needed for narrow win in season opener

The IU women's track and field team opened the indoor season at home over the weekend. The Hoosiers treated the home fans to an exciting finish and victory by winning the final event: the 4x400-meter relay. The women's team used both experience and youth in an 81-80 victory over the visiting Michigan Wolverines.

IU best place for freshmen, 'Time' says

IU is the best large university in the country at helping freshmen adjust to college, according to an article in this week's Time magazine. The article cites IU's programs -- such as Groups, Intensive Freshman Seminars and Freshman Interest Groups -- that are aimed at making IU's 36,000-member student body seem smaller. Time also recognized three smaller colleges for similar efforts. The article's introduction says the magazine wanted to go beyond standard rankings to determine how well students learn and become engaged in their learning.

Pakistan sends warning to Taliban

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan declared Tuesday that Afghanistan's Taliban rulers "don't have much time" to stave off U.S.-led military strikes, the clearest signal yet that the Pakistani government is washing its hands of the Taliban's fate.

IU choir performs with Indianapolis Symphony

The Pro Arte Singers, the premiere chamber ensemble of the IU School of Music, will perform Wednesday evening with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of the choir's conductor Paul Hillier. The concert is part of the Basically Baroque Series, sponsored by Barnes and Thornburg, and will be performed in Indianapolis at the Hilbert Circle Theatre. This is the first collaboration of the Pro Arte Singers and the ISO. They will combine their talents along with four IU soloists -- graduate students in voice Jolaine Kerley, Andrew Hendricks, Kevin Skelton and Seth Keeton, and the ISO's Concert Master Hidetaro Suzuki and principal oboist Roger Roe. "This is really a new opportunity," Tim Northcutt, media relations director for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, said. "It not only gives us an opportunity to present a wider range of music, it gives our musicians an opportunity to grow artistically." The ISO is currently searching for a new music director after Raymond Leppard, the music director for the last decade, has stepped down.

Conflict discussed on campus

Off campus in a neo-funky basement coffeehouse, a young big-city lobbyist dressed down in mock-student casual wear speaks to a dozen students gathered to hear his organization's pro-Israel views of recent events in the Middle East.

Jordan River Forum

Bombings hurt civilians An effective war? Bloomington 'unservice'

Milosevic attacks testimony of U.S. ambassador

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic challenged the testimony of an American ambassador Wednesday, reaching back to the Iran-Contra scandal of the late 1980s in an attempt to discredit the U.S. envoy.

Protesters deserve support

When I was a little girl, all I wanted to do was change the world. In my earliest pieces of creative writing, I imagined working in a research lab in a rainforest where I found the cure for every imaginable disease. My best friend provided the funds for the research through her powers as president of the United States.

Students explore the mind-body connection

Lights dim, quiet fills the room. Lying on your back, hands resting on your midsection, eyes closed -- it's time to focus on inhaling and exhaling. Imagine your ribs expanding as you breathe in deeply, and then contracting as you empty your lungs. Stressed out? After going through an intense day of classes, work, or whatever it may be, many IU students are turning to activities that exercise the mind as well as the body -- such as pilates, T'ai Chi or yoga -- to release the built up tension.

NAFTA needs to protect workers

In a world that is more interconnected than ever before, economic globalization is a reality. But global trade and investment need not include a race to the bottom in wages, unsafe working conditions and environmental degradation.

IU defeats top-seed Illinois, moves to finals

CHICAGO -- Mike Davis claims he isn't a fortune-teller. But IU's interim head coach winked at IU fans sitting two rows behind him with 90 seconds remaining as if he knew something good was about to happen. He was right.

Bush freezes terrorists' assets

President George W. Bush, calling for a "strike on the financial foundation" of terrorists, demanded Monday that foreign banks follow America's lead and freeze the assets of 27 individuals and organizations. Osama bin Laden accused Bush of leading a new crusade against Islam "under the flag of the cross."

Chappelle brings mass appeal to campus

It's been a couple of years since a big-name comedian performed at IU as a guest of the Union Board. But that dry spell will be broken tonight when Dave Chappelle, star of the cult movie favorite "Half-Baked" and a standup comedian, takes the stage at the IU Auditorium.

Our freedoms are at stake

Attorney General John Ashcroft granted freedom to the FBI to break restrictions on domestic surveillance in order to monitor Web sites, churches and political organizations to "detect and prevent terrorism." Although it is important to be suspicious of possible terrorists, opening up these restrictions may incite racial profiling and suffocate free speech.

Freshman walk-on fulfills Hoosier dreams

Not many basketball players who average 13 points per game in high school get the chance to play Division I college basketball. Even fewer get a shot in the Big Ten. Ryan Tapak's case is unusual, and he's the first to admit it. "There's not too many guys 6-foot, 160 who can come in and play," Tapak, a freshman walk-on, said. "Coach Davis gave me a shot, and I owe the world to him. Hopefully, I left a good reputation with him." The closest Tapak came to IU basketball last season was occasionally playing in front of coach Mike Davis. Tapak and Davis' son, Mike Davis Jr., teamed up for Perry Meridian High School in Indianapolis, and Davis often came to watch his son.

Players Inc. outhustles Football Playaz

Defense plagued the football team last fall, keeping it from achieving a winning record. Sunday in Assembly Hall, it hurt them again as Players Inc. claimed the Recreational Sports Division I men's basketball championship with a 59-48 victory against the Football Playaz.

Old rivalry, new trophy

It's doubtful the IU-Purdue rivalry needs any more steam. The schools already battle annually for the Old Oaken Bucket in football, the Monon Spike in volleyball and bragging rights in all 18 sports in which they meet.