Community Arts

The tipping point

By Cory Steger · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:41 a.m.

This weekend could prove to be one of the most exciting weekends in college football of the year. Many teams have reached a turning point in their season culminated by decisive match-ups this Saturday. Some teams, such as USC, California, Georgia, Wisconsin and Purdue, are looking to remain undefeated and begin their trip to the Orange Bowl while others, such as LSU, Ohio State, Clemson and Maryland look to get their season back on track. IU, while not similar in terms of record, fits into the second category.

Hoosiers travel to Purdue for invitational

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:41 a.m.

The preseason is simple: practice, practice and more practice. With the exception of a summer tournament here and there, men's tennis players are usually guided by routine in the weeks leading up to the season. The IU men's tennis team gets a chance to shake off that routine for the first time this weekend at the Purdue Invitational in West Lafayette, which features players from Purdue, Butler, the University of Toledo and Xavier University, in addition to IU. For the players, the Invitational serves as a way to get some much desired match experience.

Hunting provides Hoosiers chance to get mind off football

By Dan Click · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:39 a.m.

Rods, reels, camouflage, shotguns and shells -- not exactly a description of football, but for a select few on the IU football team, that is how they spend their time after the drills and whistles end and the final horn sounds.

Setting their sights

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:38 a.m.

Same record, same offense, different momentum. The IU Hoosiers and the Northwestern Wildcats enter this weekend's contest on opposite sides of the momentum spectrum. While both teams have an identical 2-3 record, Northwestern is coming into the game off of a major 33-27 overtime victory against the then-No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes.

BPD busts heroin ring

By Mike Wilson · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:34 a.m.

IU graduate student Tom Verhovshek pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in Indianapolis Southern Federal District Court Wednesday, said a District Court spokeswoman.

Some colleges dropping SAT requirement

By Laura Kruty · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:22 a.m.

It strikes fear into the hearts of many high school juniors and seniors nationwide, but a new study revealed a student's SAT score may not be as important in college admissions as was once thought.

IU campus to promote, educate during Lupus Awareness Month

By Jorie Slodki · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:19 a.m.

October can conjure up many associations, including Halloween, midterms and falling leaves. Others associate this month with raising awareness of a disease that infects millions of Americans and affects their loved ones. Doctors, patients and advocates commemorate Lupus Awareness Month in October.

Whooping cough baffles officials

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:18 a.m.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Health officials do not have an explanation for why more cases of whooping cough continue to appear in St. Joseph County and are urging parents to be on the lookout for signs of the disease. The county, which includes South Bend, had 39 cases as of Thursday, according to state Health Department figures. Some 20 other cases were still being investigated -- numbers that continued to rise, said Melinda Konrath, nursing director of the county Health Department.

AGD, Phi Sigs prepare for annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon

Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:18 a.m.

As students prepare for the weekend, a fraternity and sorority pair is preparing to bundle up and teeter-totter for a good cause for 24 hours this Saturday and Sunday.

Poll finds Bayh with large lead in U.S. Senate race

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:17 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh has a 39 percentage point lead over Republican challenger Marvin Scott with less than a month remaining before the Nov. 2 election, according to a new statewide poll. Bayh, a Democrat seeking a second six-year term, is leading Scott, 61 percent to 22 percent, among those surveyed in The Indianapolis Star/WTHR poll released Thursday. Libertarian Albert Barger had 2 percent support in the poll, while 15 percent were undecided.

Blood-sucking classic hits stage

By Tony Sams · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 1:04 a.m.

The thirst for blood and the quest for immortality have found their way to IU as Bram Stoker's chillingly timeless horror "Dracula" opens the theater department's season at 8 p.m. tonight in the Lee Norville Theatre and Drama Center. English Professor Joss Marsh, who specializes in Victorian literature and culture, will talk about Stoker's novel before play at 3 p.m. today in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.

Afghanistan prepares for national election

By Rami Chami · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:55 a.m.

Nearly three years after U.S.-led forces toppled the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for harboring al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, the nation is slated to hold its first ever national elections tomorrow. The interim president Hamid Karzai is largely expected to win the election against the 17 other candidates on the ballot. Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures M. Nazif Shahrani, who recently returned from Afghanistan in August, said he has several concerns about the upcoming election. Shahrani cited poor security throughout much of the country and evidence of mass voter registration irregularities.

Presidential candidates tackle issues of minimum wage, wildlife

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:55 a.m.

The following are President George W. Bush's and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry's responses to issue questions posed by The Associated Press. Minimum Wage Q: What increases, if any, do you favor in the $5.15 an hour federal minimum wage?

Spoken-word show relocated to Loving Heart

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:44 a.m.

IU alumna Amy Fortoul's one-woman show "This is My Body" was supposed to be performed at the 600-seat Buskirk-Chumley Theater Saturday. Instead she will perform at a much smaller venue, The Loving Heart Healing and Counciling Center, with limited space. "It was my decision to cancel," Fortoul said. I was trying to do all of the marketing for this performance myself." Fortoul explained she felt that she could handle the necessary marketing for a show at the Buskirk-Chumley but found the task to be too daunting. Fortunately, a Bloomington resident who wishes to remain anonymous has come forward and volunteered to act as a sponsor, and the Buskirk-Chumley performance has been rescheduled for mid-January.

Award-winning play opens at BPP

By Brandon S Morley · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:39 a.m.

Each year, the Bloomington Playwrights Project holds a national competition for playwrights designed to honor new plays. The Reva Shiner Playwrighting Competition awards its winner a cash prize and the opportunity to have BPP produce the winning play. This year's winner, Jason Grote's "The New Jersey Book of the Dead," opened last night at the BPP, 312 S. Washington St..

Bombing kills 39 in Pakistan

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:29 a.m.

MULTAN, Pakistan -- A bomb attack on Sunni Muslim radicals in central Pakistan Thursday killed at least 39 people, wounded more than 100 and prompted the government to ban religious and political gatherings nationwide. Two bombs planted in a car and motorcycle exploded at a pre-dawn gathering of about 3,000 Sunnis in the city of Multan in what police suspected was a sectarian attack.

Harvest Homecoming

By Rick Newkirk · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:16 a.m.

This weekend is Harvest Homecoming. I'm saying this because you probably don't know what the cuss Harvest Homecoming is and because you probably should. As all my fellow Sunny-Side-of-Louisvillers know, Harvest Homecoming is an annual nine-day festival. It may sound like a celebration of the harvest, but all the crops grown in New Albany have already been confiscated by the police.

See you on the moon

By Jeff Alsott and Jeff Alstott · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:15 a.m.

I finally figured out how much money it will take to get people to pay attention to me: $10 million, evidently. For those who still don't know, that was the tidy sum handed over to the SpaceShipOne team Monday in reward for its monumental achievement of getting to space without any government funding. The Ansari X Prize, founded 8 years ago, was given to the team when that met the requirements of two flights on the same vehicle within two weeks of each other. So, we now have private citizens with the capacity to reach space. This is a good thing. The catch: Nobody cares.

Statistically single

By Adam Maksl · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:13 a.m.

To the 52 percent of the campus who are females, I have a question: Why am I still single? (And don't answer this question based on my terrible picture in this column!) Now I am sure that the majority of you could think of several valid reasons, but statistically, it just shouldn't be. While there are pretty even numbers of men and women on this campus as a whole, the ratio is off where I spend my time. I'm a journalism education major. That means most of my classes are taken by journalism or education students, many of whom are female. In fact, during the few minutes I wait in the hall before one of my journalism classes every Monday and Wednesday, I have noticed another class that is letting out must have all women. During the exodus from this large class, I can't help but sit in the second floor hallway of Ernie Pyle Hall watching in awe.

No need to call Miss Cleo

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 8,2004 12:11 a.m.

There is a humorous drinking game posted on the internet regarding the presidential debates. Every time certain phrases, such as "inconsistent," "hard work" and "wrong war, wrong place, wrong time," come out of President Bush's mouth, take a drink. Every time Kerry says "we can do better" or "I have plan," take another drink. In reality, if anyone were to play this game, severe alcohol poisoning would occur within minutes. The truth is that you don't need to call Miss Cleo to predict tonight's debates. They will be as staged as a Broadway play.