Community Arts

Road woes need to end

If the Hoosiers hope to make it to the NCAA Tournament, they have to do one thing. At some point this season, they have to win a Big Ten road game. There is no better opportunity to accomplish that feat than tonight at Mackey Arena on Purdue's campus.

New hand-held device being developed for kidney dialysis patients

Kidney dialysis patients might no longer have to go through the hassle of monitoring their kidney health through the conventional treatment method for kidney failure — hemodialysis. A hand-held personal computing device for dialysis patients to monitor their health is in the early stages of development from collaborated research efforts between IU Informatics professors and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis medical researchers. Their research is designed to test whether the simple hand-held computing device can effectively give dialysis patients real-time feedback of their dietary intake.

No. 5 Fighting Irish too tough for IU

IU's women's tennis team jumped four spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings to No. 27 on Tuesday, but fell to No. 5 Notre Dame, 7-0.

Water flea genome sequence completed

Research into genetics-versus-environment and genomic studies has been revolutionized with the completion of the genome for Daphnia pulex, commonly known as the water flea. Scientists at IU and the Joint Genome Institute recently announced they have completed a "shotgun" sequence of the Daphnia genome. Daphnia is an important organism for genetic-versus-environment studies and serves as a model organism in evolutionary and ecological research projects.

Positive Hoosiers take on last-place Boilers

IU will continue its fight for a spot in the NCAA Tournament tonight in West Lafayette armed with a few weapons that have gone missing for a while now. The first of which, surprisingly, can't be seen between the baselines. IU coach Mike Davis calls it attitude.

Exploring ARTIFICIAL Intelligence

Years ago, when associate professor of psychology Olaf Sporns was in high school, he replicated the earth's ancient atmosphere by mixing gases, including methane, hydrogen and ammonia, and esind sparks through the gases to synthesize building modes of early life. "One day, I blew the top off the apparatus," Sporns said. "No big deal, really. But I was more careful after that."

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Helping find your inner-geek

Most people have at least a little geek in them. It might be the driving force behind an addiction to Dungeons and Dragons or the online World of Warcraft. For others, it's the subtle voice prodding them to understand the artistic merits of Radiohead or to watch "The Fellowship of the Ring" for the umpteenth time. This dork factor has carved out a healthy niche on the Internet -- one crammed full of movies and music catering to the geek in all of us.

IMP students showcase majors, art at exhibition tonight

Sophomore Abbey Stemler wanted to study mental health, but since there wasn't a program for that at IU, she developed her own major. Calling it Social Constructions of Mental Health and Illness, Stemler developed it through the Individualized Major Program. She selects classes from anthropology, sociology and psychology to gain perspectives from different disciplines. At the IMP's 2nd Annual Creative and Performing Arts Exhibition at 6:30 p.m. in the John Waldron Arts Center, Stemler and 19 other IMP students will display posters they have made that outline their majors. At 7 p.m., IMP students in dance, musical theater and fashion design will perform their talents in a show that is free to the public.

Wave of sectarian violence in Iraq leaves at least 56 dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A series of suicide attacks, car bombs and mortar barrages rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 56 people and wounding scores as fears of an Iraq civil war escalated. President Bush decried the violence and said Iraqis must choose between "chaos or unity." Iraqis have suffered through days of reprisal killings and attacks on Sunni mosques since bombers blew apart the gold dome of the revered Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra on Wednesday. The Iraqi Cabinet said at least 379 people had been killed and 458 wounded in reprisal attacks since the mosque blast.

Mardi Gras returns to post-Katrina New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS -- The crowds were small and the costumes wickedly satirical as Mardi Gras built toward its boozy climax Tuesday in the hurricane-buckled city. The culmination of the eight-day pre-Lenten bash fell nearly six months to the day after the Aug. 29 storm that smashed thousands of homes and killed more than 1,300 people, the vast majority of them in New Orleans.

Elections have recent history of violations

IU Student Association elections began yesterday and have been running smoothly so far. But anything can happen before the complaint submission deadline at 5 p.m. Thursday. Although Elections Coordinator Keith Johnson said he thinks this year's election will continue to run smoothly, current IUSA President Alex Shortle said sometimes tickets get carried away campaigning.

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New comics focus on black achievements

Forget Batman and Robin. The men of Omega Psi Phi are using black heroes in weekly comic strips to inform people about black achievements. Danny Perkins, the creator of the comic's story line each week, said the comics are called Que Comics, dubbed after the nickname for Omega Psi Phi members. Perkins said each week he researches the people behind black achievements who are not typically talked about, such as the founder of Black History Month, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.

Opinion on the front page?

Regular readers of the Indiana Daily Student might have been surprised to see the front page of Friday's paper. Beneath the usual news stories, graphics and photos that took up the top three quarters of the page appeared a guest column written by Ozair M. Shariff, president of the IU Muslim Student Union. Shariff submitted an insightful piece regarding the recent controversy surrounding Danish cartoons that have offended many Muslims and led to protests and violence throughout the world.

Author Tucker Max to visit Sigma Chi, sign books

Tucker Max -- notorious to some for his actions he describes as inappropriate and unsafe -- will be signing copies of his book "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" on campus at 7 p.m. today at Sigma Chi.

Half-heartedly Hoosier

The IDS Editorial Board invited both of the IU Student Association tickets to a discussion Friday to determine whether to endorse Hoosier or Red Hot for this year's election. To our dismay, neither ticket swept us off our feet. Fighting through campaign rhetoric, unrealistic idealism and misguided platforms helped obscure and confound our decision-making process even further.

5 groups back Hoosier party

Leaders of several student groups announced their support for IU Student Association ticket Hoosier on Monday. The executive boards of the College Democrats, the College Republicans, IU Dance Marathon, the Interfraternity Council and the Student Athletic Board have agreed to back Hoosier in the IUSA election. The Council for Advancing Student Leadership executives voted to support Hoosier but withdrew that support after realizing that CASL's charter prevents it from backing a single party.

IUSA elections begin today

Voting in student government elections that current student body president Alex Shortle called the most important in 30 years begin at 10 a.m. today. Students can vote online in the IU Student Association polls at www.indiana.edu/~iusa through 10 p.m. Wednesday. Elections coordinator Keith Johnson said he foresees a smooth election this year with an announcement of the winner coming Thursday afternoon. This year, two tickets, Hoosier and Red Hot, are vying for the chance to represent the student body in University governance.

Little 500 concert up in the air

Little 500 has had a rich tradition for not just amateur athletics, but also for music. Since 1960, five years after the first race, a big-name concert for students has been part of the tradition of the "World's Greatest College Weekend." But for many seniors, last year's Little 500 concert featuring hip-hop band The Roots was the first since their freshman year.