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Won't get fooled again

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:22 p.m.

At the Indiana Daily Student, we've all cruised Wikipedia. Sometimes we're researching for an article and sometimes we're just trying to settle stupid bets or trivia questions. As a result, we all probably know more than we ever wanted to about South African bush fires or the genesis of Genesis -- the Bible book and the Phil Collins band.

Twin Baghdad bombings kill at least 11 Iraqi citizens

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Garwood · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:19 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two bombings 20 minutes apart killed at least 11 Iraqis on Thursday, and the U.S. military announced five more American battle deaths. A U.S. rocket attack on the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City killed a woman and enraged Shiites across Iraq.

House answers Bush's call, extends Patriot act

By Graham Gardner · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:17 p.m.

President Bush urged members of Congress in his State of the Union address Tuesday to renew expiring portions of the USA Patriot Act, the controversial anti-terrorism legislation passed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Gunmen surround EU office as cartoons draw Islamic ire

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Barzak · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:13 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Armed militants angered by a cartoon drawing of the Prophet Muhammad published in European newspapers surrounded EU offices in Gaza on Thursday and threatened to kidnap foreigners as outrage over the caricatures spread across the Islamic world.

Rossini opera features student stars

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:09 p.m.

Audiences this weekend will be treated to one of the most famous operas ever written, Gioacchino Rossini's "The Barber of Seville." The IU Opera Theatre will perform the work in the original Italian script with English supertitles.

Where have all the ad-lovers gone?

By Alyson Brodsy and Bethany Bannister-Andrews · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:06 p.m.

The Super Bowl is Sunday. I don't know which teams are playing. I don't really care.

'Honour' steps onto the stage

By Sarah Neely and Sarah A. Neely · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 11:02 p.m.

Junior Jessica Rothert examined her photo collage carefully and pointed out the last touches she made to the finished project. Crinkled from tape and glue, covered in pictures of broken glass and writing paraphernalia, it looked like it had seen a lot of attention. But this collage was no art class project or dorm room decoration.

Idea earns professor $50K award

By Peter Stevenson · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:15 a.m.

A penny for your thoughts? Filippo Menczer got $50,000 for his. Menczer, an IU informatics and computer science professor, was named a runner-up in the Since Sliced Bread contest. His idea to link minimum wage to the cost of living index was voted one of the three best ideas out of an original 20,000-plus submissions. "The contest gave us a fun soap box for sharing and discussing our ideas; I have learned a lot from others' comments about the issues surrounding my idea on the minimum wage," Menczer told an audience at the Feb. 1 awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., according to a press release.

Student's child dies on campus

By Audrie Garrison · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:15 a.m.

Five-month-old Kamrye Retic died in Nutt Apartments Wednesday morning of causes unknown at this time. The daughter of an IU student lived in the campus apartments near the Student Recreational Sports Center and Campus View Apartments with her mother and father. Officers at the IU Police Department received a call at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday morning asking for medical assistance for Retic, who was unresponsive and not breathing, said Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. An officer performed CPR on her until an Emergency Medical Technician arrived and took over. Minger said EMTs then advised they were unsuccessful in their attempts to resuscitate the child.

GAME ON

By Roy Maurer · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:15 a.m.

Indiana minors will still be able to steal cars, shoot cops and assault passers-by via video games like "Grand Theft Auto" on their Playstations and Xboxes -- at least for one more year. Both of the video game restriction bills intended for the 2006 session of the Indiana General Assembly were cut down in committee hearings last week, according to Sen. Vi Simpson, D-Ellettsville. Sen. Simpson authored SB287, which prohibits the sale or rental of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors, and introduced it to the Committee on Corrections, Criminal and Civil Matters Jan. 9.

COAS spot to be filled by May 15

By Allie Townsend · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:15 a.m.

Finalist candidates for the position as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences could be submitted as early as this coming spring. Monday's meeting of the COAS dean search committee led to an agreement between the members to set the goal for submissions to IU-Bloomington Interim Provost Michael McRobbie by May 15, a timeline committee chairperson and Dean of IU Law Lauren Robel said is purely aspirational. "We hope to be able to keep the search on time while providing opportunities for consultation with the relevant constituencies," she said.

University utilizes 'Red Hot' marketing

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:07 a.m.

It's on billboards, T-shirts, Assembly Hall's scoreboard and now even on Dasani water bottles. IU is Red Hot. This summer, Newsweek named IU the "hottest big state school." As a result, IU leapt right onto this honor to create its recent "IU is Red Hot" marketing campaign and experts say the swiftness paid off. "The 'IU is Red Hot' label is a simple, distinctive message that is easy to communicate and conveys a positive image," said IU marketing professor Ray Burke. "It's a great platform for a marketing campaign."

ONLINE ONLY: Marry, marry quite contrary

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1:05 a.m.

The floodgates have been opened, at least in countries with "gay marriage" -- oxymoron though it is. In the Netherlands cohabitation contracts are in use and in Canada lawsuits for multiple marriages have begun. I also should mention the British woman who married a dolphin (though she didn't do so with a government license). "Gay marriage" is a stepping-stone the complete degradation of the institution of marriage. If two people of the same sex can marry, why not have a polygamous wedding? Why not marry between species, even?

ONLINE ONLY: Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 1 a.m.

I'll grant Christina (Galoozis', "Open your mind," Wednesday) that there are closed-minded people in the world today, but I think it's only fair that people who accuse others of being closed-minded should be the ones looked at closest. With that in mind, I'd like to ask what magic wand did you think taps people the summer between high school and college that makes them stop teasing people? I don't know about you, but my freshman year I was pretty much the same sarcastic guy I was in high school.

Jeff Sagarin: the human sports rating system

By Ryan Corazza · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:54 a.m.

Jeff Sagarin is unconventional. While most mathematicians use C++ and Microsoft Excel to work with algorithms, the Bloomington resident still uses Fortran, an MS-DOS based computer program he first learned in the fall of 1966 as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But don't let the ancient computer program fool you -- what Sagarin creates within it is on the cutting edge of math in the sports world. "Real old guys like me -- we like Fortran and we're not going to change," said Sagarin, whose love for sports statistics started when he was a kid growing up in New York.

Stumbling Hoosiers look to get back on track in Big Ten

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:52 a.m.

Coming off a tough road loss at Michigan State last weekend, the IU women's basketball team will wrap up its two-game road trip tonight against a Wisconsin team that has had its own share of struggles in its Big Ten schedule. The Hoosiers led much of the game Sunday in East Lansing, clinging to a lead as late as 6:10 left in the second half. But IU had difficulty dealing with a tenacious Michigan State press that limited the Hoosiers to just one field goal over a span of seven minutes as the Hoosiers succumbed 65-59. IU coach Sharon Versyp is looking for her team to focus more in the closing moments.

ONLINE ONLY: To love or eat

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:50 a.m.

Is peace possible? Let's look at one case of animal friendship instead of lunch. A 3.5-inch dwarf hamster named Gohan and a four-foot rat snake named Aochan have become loving buddies at the Tokyo Zoo, according to a story from Yahoo News. Instead of demonstrating Darwinism at its finest -- i.e. snake swallows hamster as were the zookeeper's intentions -- Aochan passed on eating Gohan and instead befriended the rodent.

Suhr, yes Suhr

By Ryan Phillips · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:48 a.m.

Errek Suhr was all over the place during IU's 72-63 win over Northwestern last night. Anyone else think it's funny that the smallest player on the Hoosier squad has the biggest heart? Standing only 5-foot-8 and 151 pounds, Suhr showed again last night that size really doesn't matter -- hear that ladies? The junior guard, and Bloomington native, spent the game scrambling all over the court like a 5-year-old on Ritalin -- diving on the floor, driving to the basket and finding his teammates with great passes. What impressed me is how he's never scared or tentative with the ball and he's aggressive on defense no matter who he's guarding.

IU holds off scrappy Wildcats

By Andy Romey · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:47 a.m.

It was a lineup change that made IU look a little more like its usual self in last night's 72-63 win over Northwestern at Assembly Hall Wednesday night. The No. 21 Hoosiers (13-5, 5-3 Big Ten) got a total of 20 points from both of their leading scorers -- senior forward Marco Killingsworth and sophomore guard Robert Vaden -- but were still able to win, shooting the familiar numbers of 51 percent from the field and 39 percent from 3-point range. After two lackluster performances on the road last week, IU coach Mike Davis made the decision to rework his starting rotation. "We really didn't shake it up," Davis said. "We just played the guys that were going to give us a chance to win the basketball game."

A civil media

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Obermeyer · Thursday, Feb. 2,2006 12:45 a.m.

Last Thursday, The Beacon, the student newspaper for Florida International University, was confiscated by university officials. The newspaper had released the name of an 18-year-old sexual assault victim while reporting on the trial's opening arguments. The officials were acting to uphold a 1994 Florida law, but that law had been subsequently declared unconstitutional. The officials later apologized, and the papers were soon returned, but by that point, it was too late to distribute them.