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Students, alumni discuss career options

Students and professionals met and exchanged ideas Wednesday in the Indiana Memorial Union's Tree Suites. In nearly every room, alumni held panel discussions on a range of topics about the search for a career path.

State to consider curfew

Late nights when minors roam freely through the streets of Bloomington might soon come to an end. Indiana had a curfew law since U.S. District Judge John Tinder found the previous law to be unconstitutional in July. In his decision, he said the law didn't allow First Amendment activities and it didn't have adequate exceptions.

Chivalry 2K(1): Modern manners

So there I was, hiding from the rain in the Stadium White Lot. The wind was blowing, and my poor umbrella just couldn't take it anymore.

When the rich get richer

A majority of Congress as well as President George W. Bush wants to repeal the estate tax (also called the death tax, because it taxes wealth passed on to heirs). The bill was enacted by Congress in 1916, to "break up the swollen fortunes of the rich," legislators said.

ICLU sues city of Gary

The city of Gary has been about dueling with the Ku Klux Klan over a planned rally since mid-January.

Ensuring regard for education

When IU President Myles Brand announced that Bob Knight was fired as IU's head coach, I was surrounded by people who supported or hated the decision, and people who didn't care. I, being an IU basketball fan from the age of 5, respected the decision because Knight had been, in my opinion, forewarned. But I did not like it at all.

Who learned you how to spoke?

The English language just ain't what it used to be. Nowadays the language is butchered to a point where no one can really distinguish what is a real word and what isn't. We've taken slang to a new level, and it is starting to get out of control.

Panel to discuss women in education

A panel is meeting at 4 p.m. today in Ballantine Hall 144 to discuss women in education, especially at IU.

Business school drops in ranking

The Financial Times announced its rankings of graduate business programs world-wide last week. Last year, the magazine ranked IU's Kelley School of Business 29th overall. This year, IU dropped to 42nd, tied with Purdue.

Money alone won't help ISTEP scores

With scores for the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) exam on the rise this year among eighth and 10th graders, school programs to help students pass the ISTEP and graduate are working. But scores for third and sixth graders dropped during the same period. One option available to state legislators is to provide more funds to lower-income schools, which have scored consistently lower than schools in higher-incomes areas.

Folk is not dead

Naps could bring world peace

The world is coming to an end. Chaos will soon ensue. We are all doomed, and there's nothing we can do about it. And so I say it is time for a nap. That's right. It's time to don the pajamas, pull the covers over our heads and drool like little babies again.

Auditorium welcomes star

Wednesday night's IU Auditorium audience will see the closest thing to Barbra Streisand they're liable to get in a long while. Debbie Reynolds, legendary star of stage and screen, will bring her variety show, which includes impressions of Streisand and other well-known performers, to Bloomington for one night only. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $15-20 for students or $30-40 for the public.

Armed man robs furniture store

At about 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, Ellettsville police said a white male strolled into Joe G's Used Furniture and More, displayed a revolver and threatened the cashier. He taped her mouth shut and her hands behind her back, forcing her into the back room. He walked away with about $200 from the cash register, $75 from her purse and a briefcase from behind the counter, according to the police.

Duo jumping to success

Monday was sophomore Rose Richmond's 20th birthday, and after wishing the jumper a happy birthday, a member of the men's track team told Richmond her next big step is to meet the 20-foot mark in the long jump. Richmond has been jumping no more than 18 feet in recent meets, but she jumped 20 feet, 7.75 inches at last summer's USATF Junior Nationals in Texas. Richmond isn't the only Hoosier who has reached those marks.

TOGA party joins IUSA elections

Unveiling an agenda it promises not to fulfill, the TOGA party announced its candidacy for IU Student Association offices Tuesday. "I've been around here for a while, and IUSA has never done anything, and we're not going to do anything," said presidential candidate Joe Koleszar, a senior. "We're not going to lie to you.

Public Enemy leader to speak at Alumni Hall

To honor Black History Month, the Union Board Lecture Series is bringing Public Enemy leader and co-founder Chuck D to speak at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 in Alumni Hall. Sophomore Nick Hillman, Union Board lectures director, described Chuck D as a "very motivational, powerful speaker." The Chuck D lecture is the first sponsored by the 2001 board.

Alumni Career Day offers chance to explore options

Today students in departments ranging from pre-law to education to information technology can hear the wisdom of former IU students and develop a clearer vision of their career possibilities at Alumni Career Day.

Health Center prepares for flu

The IU Health Center, 600 N. Jordan Ave., is preparing for the flu season, which normally hits around January and lasts until April, Center Director Dr. Hugh Jessop said.

Music School history published

George M. Logan, English professor at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, came to IU on sabbatical leave as a visiting scholar in the Institute of Advanced Studies in 1994. While here, Logan decided to indulge his passion for classical music. "What I found at IU was that the music was even better and more plentiful than I had ever imagined," he said.