Community Arts

'Centralpalooza' captures Little 500 spirit

By Ryne Shadday · Monday, April 18,2005 12:45 a.m.

With Little 500 festivities in full swing, the Central Neighborhood took its chances and held its own party for the event on Thursday afternoon. With bright skies, smoky smells of a grill and the sights and sounds of a festival which included human foosball, a rock climbing wall, sumo wrestling, concerts and cotton candy, the first Centralpalooza event got underway well.

IUPD officers handle fewer Little 500 cases

By Rick Newkirk · Monday, April 18,2005 12:45 a.m.

IU Police Department officers handed out 19 arrests and 23 citations this weekend, a tall drop from the last four years. IUPD made 125 arrests and wrote 76 citations during Little 500 weekend last year. If last year's charges were a can of beer, this year's total would only amount to two-and-a-half ounces. The mostly alcohol-related cases were counted from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Sunday.

New gallery puts works into historical, stylistic context

By Alyson Brodsy and F.N. D’Alessio · Monday, April 18,2005 12:40 a.m.

CHICAGO -- There's nothing new in the new American Art galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago, at least in the sense of something never before seen. All the old favorites are there: Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks," Grant Wood's "American Gothic" and Georgia O'Keeffe's "Black Cross, New Mexico," to name just a few of the most familiar.

'Secret Things' offers provocative look at life

By Patrick Doolin · Monday, April 18,2005 12:39 a.m.

Words from Richard Perez' uncles that haunted him since he was a boy encapsulate the concerns of his original autobiographical one-man show, "Secret Things." "Richard, you're the man of the house now. You gotta take care of your mother."

Collection made public at Kinsey Institute

By Elizabeth A. Wepler and Liz Wepler · Monday, April 18,2005 12:37 a.m.

In the small art gallery in the Kinsey Institute early Friday evening, a crowd of people gathered for the opening reception of the "Identity -- Sexuality -- Gender: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Thomas Robertello" exhibit.

Product placement nation

By Amy Obermeyer · Monday, April 18,2005 12:33 a.m.

After a long day at school and work, I, like a lot of other students, like to sit down and watch a little television. When PBS is not my channel of choice, I go in fully expecting a bathroom break every seven minutes or so. But commercials are becoming so invasive and insidious that they are literally inescapable.

Cup of Joe-diciary

By Brian J. McFillen and Brain J. McFillen · Monday, April 18,2005 12:32 a.m.

In the aftermath of the Terri Schiavo legal battle, a coalition of conservative political figures called the Judeo-Christian Council for Constitutional Restoration is demanding major reforms of the U.S. federal judiciary, even up to the level of the Supreme Court. These reforms include "withdrawing the courts' jurisdiction over all cases related to the acknowledgment of God or to the protection of marriage ... impeaching judges that substitute 'their own views for the original meaning of the Constitution,' or base a decision on foreign law; and ... reducing or eliminating funding for the federal courts when judges 'overstep their constitutional authority'" (Christian Science Monitor, April 13).

A Warrior's wisdom

By Evan Ross · Monday, April 18,2005 12:30 a.m.

There was a time when I thought it was alright for celebrities to speak their minds about politics. Martin Sheen? Sure, great. Arnold Schwarzenegger? OK, I'll give you Arnie. Sean Penn? He's a bit of a jerk, but even jerks are allowed to have positions. I didn't believe that their opinions were right just because of their star status, but by being famous, they would naturally attract attention to some well-meaning causes. The famous have freedom of expression, just like you or me. And there's nothing wrong with expressing one's political beliefs.

The wonder of Little 500 spirit

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 18,2005 12:29 a.m.

ESPN's college network runs a commercial claiming that they cover college sports where the student-athletes are competing for the love of the game. They conveniently left out the fact that big-name college programs are all about the money, and many big-name college players decide to go professional before graduating (including IU's Bracey Wright).

Registered sex offender charged with murder of 13-year-old Florida girl

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 18,2005 12:20 a.m.

RUSKIN, Fla. -- A registered sex offender confessed to killing a 13-year-old girl who disappeared a week ago, saying he got into an argument with her and he choked her to death in her home, the sheriff said Sunday. David Onstott, 36, was charged with first-degree murder Sunday, a day after investigators found Sarah Lunde's partially clothed body in an abandoned fish pond, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said.

Cardinals decide church direction

By Ambrosia Borowski · Monday, April 18,2005 12:19 a.m.

Under tight security measures, 112 cardinals from all over the world will enter the Vatican conclave to begin the secret elections for the new pope today. After the standard nine days of mourning, the cardinals will start the laborious voting process after burning Pope John Paul II's "Fisherman's ring" Saturday.

Florida college students take a class in 'class'

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 18,2005 12:12 a.m.

Teacher poses problem: You're at an office party and the boss walks in. You know you need to shake hands, but your hand is wet from holding an icy drink. What do you do? Student Adam Gorman, grinning, reaches over and pretends to wipe his hand on the shirt of fellow student Edward Wenger. Teacher's first mistake, it seems, was seating these two together.

Police apprehend suspect in fatal hit and run case

By Alyson Brodsy and Lori Geller · Friday, April 15,2005 4:58 p.m.

Police in Delaware arrested a man who left the scene of the fatal hit and run accident Monday night that killed senior Ashley Crouse. Police were able to track the man down with the assistance of the U.S. Marshal's and the IU Police Department. Police learned the suspect fled Bloomington Tuesday evening on a Greyhound bus en route to Manor Park, Del., after speaking with his roommates.

After a near-fatal accident, freshman Daniel Houchens is riding on

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Friday, April 15,2005 2:20 p.m.

His first memory emerges 10 days after he was involved in the accident.

Innocent man tells prison tale

By Mallory Simon · Friday, April 15,2005 1:23 p.m.

Inside a small granite cell on death row in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth spent his first night in jail as a convicted rapist and child murderer -- but he wasn't guilty. When the electricity failed that night, the prison went black and the inmates' roar grew louder. Fires were burning, toilets were stuffed and inmates could be heard chanting through the vents at him.

Reported campus assaults rise

By Lori Geller · Friday, April 15,2005 2:32 a.m.

Two rape incidents were reported at IU in the last two weeks. Two months ago, two others were reported. On average, 6.5 incidents are reported at IU each year, according to IU Police Department statistics. And right now, five months into 2005, four incidents have already been reported.

Warrant issued for driver who fled accident

By Lori Geller · Friday, April 15,2005 2:32 a.m.

The IU Police Department issued a warrant for the arrest of Alberto DeJesus Thursday for fleeing the scene of a two-car accident Monday night that killed IU senior Ashley Crouse. DeJesus boarded a bus Tuesday en route to Manor Park, Del., police learned Wednesday night.

It's Little 500 time

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Friday, April 15,2005 2:32 a.m.

As students slowed down their schoolwork and began to prepare for the "World's Greatest College Weekend," Little 500 riders began to slow down too. But their adjustment was different, as they prepare for Saturday's 55th running of the men's Little 500 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The men cut back their training to be at full strength for the race and prepared to get in the mindset to be in front on the 199th lap.

The field is determined. The riders are ready. The track is set.

By Andy Romey · Friday, April 15,2005 2:32 a.m.

Like a fine wine, the quality of the women's Little 500 race improves each year, and this year, the race's value skyrocketed. Today's Little 500, scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Bill Armstrong Stadium, will bring 32 teams together all with the same dream of celebrating after lap 100. But unlike years past, there are more than just a couple of teams threatening to win it all.

Kappa Kappa Gamma rides to remember Crouse

By Brian Janosch · Friday, April 15,2005 2:32 a.m.

Some things are bigger than sport. For an entire year, Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority's primary focus rested on winning its second consecutive Little 500. That was until a gray Honda station wagon collided with a red Jeep Cherokee right outside the Kappa house late Monday evening. Kappa sorority member and former Little 500 teammate Ashley Crouse was in the backseat of the Jeep. She was pronounced dead early Tuesday morning.