Community Arts

Grilling Machine

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, June 29,2005 7:53 p.m.

Americans often celebrate the 4th of July national holiday by bursting fireworks through the air, marching to patriotic tunes and scorching slabs of meat on a grill.

UPDATE: Wright picked 47th overall by Minnesota

By Dan Click · Wednesday, June 29,2005 1:18 a.m.

46 picks came and went, but Bracey Wright's Draft night came to a close as the Minnesota Timberwolves selected him in the second round with the No. 47 pick overall. On the night, Minnesota also selected former North Carolina guard Rashad McCants in the first round with the No. 14 pick. McCants was one of four UNC players selected in the lottery portion of the Draft. Check more in Thursday's paper on the Bracey Wright and the rest of the NBA Draft.

UITS system compromised?

By Joelle Petrus · Monday, June 27,2005 8:24 p.m.

University Information Technology Support systems might have experienced a security compromise, said Dennis Gillespie, manager of the UITS Support Center. Gillespie said no one is certain whether it was a compromise, meaning someone purposefully intruded upon the machines, or a vulnerability, meaning certain machines were not patched well enough to prevent problems.

Student free speech rights 'murky' after case

Monday, June 27,2005 5:42 p.m.

A recent U.S. Court of Appeals ruling might open the door to limitations on college students' First Amendment rights in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana.

Bracing for the Future

By Dan Click · Monday, June 27,2005 5:14 p.m.

It's the eleventh hour for Bracey Wright's fifteen minutes of fame. Will his stardom carry on out of the Hoosier state? Months of working out, training and auditioning culminates Tuesday night in New York at the NBA Draft. The draft will be in Madison Square Garden and on ESPN at 6 p.m. Wright plans to be in New York Tuesday, but feels waiting in the green room with the rest of the top prospects might be nerve-wracking. "(The draft) is all about who wants it more -- it is tough. This month and all these workouts determine where you go and what happens with you and it erases the last 15 years of basketball up to this point."

Letters to the Editor

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, June 27,2005 3:26 p.m.

I would like to commend the IDS for offering another article about raising awareness of sexual violence on campus. This past year has posed some incredible challenges to the IU community with regard to how we will confront sexual violence as a community. Kacie Foster's June 13 article "Prevention methods key to stopping sexual assault" offered some guidance for women living in a campus environment such as IU. Consistently, IDS representations of sexual assault place the responsibility of ending violence on victims rather than challenging the rape culture that enables such widespread attacks.

Extinguishing the flame of racial prejudice

By David A. Nosko · Monday, June 27,2005 3:08 p.m.

Mississippi is no longer burning but the flame of racism continues to flicker throughout the nation. More than four decades after civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were beaten and shot to death by Ku Klux Klan members in Neshoba County, Ala., 80-year-old and former Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was sentenced to 60 years in prison Thursday for commanding the 1964 slayings. Killen faced a maximum of 20 years for each count of manslaughter, and Circuit Judge Marcus Gordon said Killen's terms will run consecutively.

'Installations' explores definition of art

By David A. Nosko · Monday, June 27,2005 3:01 p.m.

"Installations," a Dark Alley one-act production brought to town by the Bloomington Playwrights Project, offers campus community members the opportunity to witness a multimedia canvas of installation art performed on a theatrical stage. The art piece, written by Erynn Miles and directed by Cory Aiello, presents an interpersonal dilemma within a murder art duo hidden behind the comfort and security of their artisan masks.

No more Nomar

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan Majewski · Monday, June 27,2005 2:57 p.m.

It seems like every year come mid-baseball season, there is some controversy regarding fan voting for all-stars in Major League Baseball. This year is no exception. At weeks end, such undeserving players as Tino Martinez of the Yankees, Manny Ramirez of the Red Sox, Scott Rolen with St. Louis and Mike Piazza and Carlos Beltran of the Mets were all leading in fan votes for their respective positions. This just isn't right, and something must be done.

Trustee election deadline looms

By Mike Malik · Monday, June 27,2005 2:57 p.m.

The next meeting of the IU board of trustees will not be until fall and, by that time, the board could have a very different make-up than the one that met Thursday and Friday. There are four trustee positions opening up that require action to be taken by IU alumni and Gov. Mitch Daniels. Former governor trustee appointees Pat Shoulders, Erin Haag Breese and current president Fred Eichhorn are facing expired terms.

Bracey hoping it is the Wright time

By Dan Click · Monday, June 27,2005 2:56 p.m.

Months worth of working out, practicing and living a jet-setting life will come to a close Tuesday as Bracey Wright will find out if all that work pays off in the NBA Draft. Throughout the process Wright has been all over the country in hopes of impressing teams enough to make him a draft pick -- possibly a first-round selection.

A garden runs through it

By David A. Nosko · Monday, June 27,2005 2:55 p.m.

Amid the machine screams of automobile traffic and the foot shuffle of freshman orientation, some campus community members took a weekend garden walk through Bloomington. The sixteenth annual Summer Garden Walk, organized by the Bloomington Garden Club, benefited civic projects such as the Hilltop Garden and Nature Center, Bloomington Animal Shelter landscaping and the hospice sanctuary at the Bloomington Hospital. Thousands of participants perused six gardens spread throughout the town, from personal residences to the IU Bryan House -- home to President Adam Herbert and his wife.

Trustees pass $2.24 billion IU budget

By Mike Malik · Monday, June 27,2005 2:55 p.m.

The IU board of trustees passed a $2.24 billion operating budget for IU Friday with about $941 million going to the Bloomington campus. This is an increase of about $33 million to Bloomington from last year's budget and comes at a time when the campus received just more than $3 million less in state operating appropriation. The board passed the budget with a unanimous vote, said Trustee Pat Shoulders.

IU celebrates emancipation

By Carrie Ritchie · Monday, June 27,2005 2:55 p.m.

People adorned in festive African dress and costumes marching and chanting to the lively beat of bongos were a welcome change on Jordan Ave., which has heard nothing but the dull drumming of freshman feet for the past few weeks.

Alcohol arrests go up once again

By Megan Hubartt · Monday, June 27,2005 2:55 p.m.

Alcohol-related arrests are on the rise at colleges across the nation, according to recent data released from the U.S. Department of Education. The report indicated that arrests linked to liquor law violations were up 1.1 percent in 2003. The IU Police Department's most recent data confirms a rise in arrests between 2003 and 2004. Arrests related to liquor law violations increased from 614 in 2003 to 897 in 2004, a 46 percent increase for IU.

Tyranny of the 'Eurocrats'

By Adam Sedia · Monday, June 27,2005 2:48 p.m.

The EU dreamboat is now being rocked so severely, it threatens to capsize. France and the Netherlands having famously rejected the proposed EU constitution in national referenda, now the Czech Republic and Finland are among those nations whose polls show disapproval. Britain, Denmark and Portugal have now postponed referenda, effectively halting the constitution's progress.

My life as a mutant

By -Kehla West · Monday, June 27,2005 2:47 p.m.

Saturday afternoon, a terrible thing happened. I was shaving my legs (that wasn't the horrible thing) and I spotted something on my right foot.

Getting the party started

By Lindsay Kerrigan · Monday, June 27,2005 2:46 p.m.

Indiana should be proud. This past weekend, several hundred College Republicans convened outside of Washington, D.C., for the 56th National College Republican Convention. College Republican members kicked-off the weekend with an impressive agenda of high-profile conservative speakers, including Tom Delay, Mike Pence and Ed Gillespie. College Republicans have long been a vital crank in the Grand Old Party machine--dominating grass-roots campaigning, fundraising and coaching the nation's best leaders.

Patriots for Live 8

By Brian J. McFillen · Monday, June 27,2005 2:46 p.m.

Starting Saturday, a series of concerts will be launched around the world to convince the leaders of the seven leading industrialized democracies and Russia (the "G8") that we, their citizens, want them to do more to help Africa's population escape the grip of poverty and disease. Dubbed "Live 8," this international effort has been scheduled to both commemorate the original Live Aid concert 20 years ago and to deliver its message before the G8 leaders sit down for their July 6 summit.

Risky business in SimCity

By Jeff Alstott · Monday, June 27,2005 2:45 p.m.

On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled that local governments can seize private property only to sell the land to other private citizens. What?! When phrased so simply, the ruling sounds fairly ridiculous. But in reality this is just an extension of the Fifth Amendment, a law as old as the United States that gives the government power of "eminent domain."