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College students targeted in new financial aid scam

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:32 p.m.

Some area universities are alerting students about a financial aid scam that administrators say could lead to empty bank accounts or identity theft. It works like this: Someone pretending to be a U.S. Department of Education official calls college students and tells them they are eligible for an $8,000 grant. The catch is that the caller says he needs a bank account number to extract a $250 processing fee. The Education Department does not charge fees for processing grants.

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IU Alumni Association celebrates 150 years today

By Ashley Lough · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:31 p.m.

IU alumni are sporting the University's official cream and crimson colors today to celebrate the IU Alumni Association's 150th anniversary. The official date fell on Aug. 1, but celebration activities at Indiana campuses around the state have been scheduled for today. On Bloomington's campus, IU faculty and alumni will gather this afternoon for an ice cream social under the IUAA tent at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center. A proclamation by the Bloomington mayor officially declaring today as IU Alumni Association Day will be read as part of a short program.

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Kerry doesn't flip-flop

By Thomas Brassell · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:24 p.m.

Republican interviews and speeches are beginning to become so repetitive that, like their commercials, they might as well show reruns. Their main focus: painting Sen. John Kerry as a "flip-flopper."

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Why Kerry gives me hope

By Emily Cooper · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:24 p.m.

I broke the news to my Toyota Celica that she will never be a great-grandmother. Her seven-generation genealogy, which has impressed auto critics and scooped up awards since its introduction in North America in 1971, is slated for discontinuance, along with the beloved MR2 model.

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Why Kerry gives me hope

By Mark Cary · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:21 p.m.

It's tough being a Democrat these days. Unlike most students, I am not young and most of my friends who live in suburbia with me do not share my political views anymore, if they ever did. Nor do most of my coworkers, fellow worshippers or even my wife. Some might say I am an odd ball or misfit, at least here in Indiana. Some might say they don't know what I am thinking or why. But I have my reasons.

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Postpone bus meeting

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:20 p.m.

Bloomington Transit will hold a public meeting Tuesday concerning potential changes to the Park and Ride bus route. The current system, which has been operating for 12 years and carries about 550 people per day, allows students to park their cars in the Bryan Park neighborhood and take a bus to campus.

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Around The Region

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:19 p.m.

Former speaker Gregg has prostate cancer INDIANAPOLIS - Former Indiana House Speaker John Gregg announced Saturday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Gregg, who served as interim president of Vincennes University after leaving politics, talked about the disease during his Saturday morning call-in show on WIBC (AM-1070). "Less than 24 hours ago I found out I have prostate cancer," Gregg said in an emotional announcement. "I wasn't expecting that. I'm a little scared and I'm a little frightened. I've got some tough decisions to make."

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IU Opera Theatre shines in Giacomo Puccini's 'Tosca'

By Eric Anderson · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:17 p.m.

The IU Opera Theatre has outdone itself. Given all earlier anxiety over acoustics and balance at the IU Auditorium, this weekend's presentation of Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" surpassed expectation. There were challenges, but they seemed to ultimately energize the production. The auditorium's design provides a shell that naturally responds to the orchestra but tucks the singers into a hole onstage, demanding a greater amount of vocal exertion.

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Abduction suspect apprehended

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:16 p.m.

The Monroe County police arrested 53-year-old Jimmy Edwards last week in connection with the attempted abduction of a 23-year-old female social worker near Lake Monroe July 26. Edwards was preliminarily charged with attempted murder, criminal confinement, battery and being a habitual offender. According to Monroe County Police, the social worker was visiting the lake with an autistic teenage boy. On their way back to her car parked on Monroe Dam Road, she saw a man she didn't know standing by his convertible with its hood up. Claiming car trouble, the man asked the social worker to turn on his ignition while he checked his engine.

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Children show off their talents

By Jenica Schultz · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:15 p.m.

The Youth Theatre Ensemble of the Bloomington Playwrights Project presented its production of Stephen Sondheim's "Into the Woods" this weekend with an energy and enthusiasm that only children can produce. The musical was adapted by Musical Theatre International to better suit children, removing the adult content and shortening the play to a length that was more manageable for young performers. Despite the shortening of the show, all of the songs from the original production remained intact.

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IUPUI student still missing

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:14 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Friends and relatives did not find much in their search Saturday for a missing IU-Purdue University of Indianapolis student, but they say the effort was still productive. Molly Dattilo, 23, has been missing for about three weeks, and police say they have no clues and no evidence to suspect foul play. Celestra Hoffman, Dattilo's sister, organized an impromptu search Saturday of a two-mile radius of her sister's apartment in Indianapolis.

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Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:12 p.m.

Men's soccer earns preseason No. 1 ranking College Soccer News, which recently ranked the IU men's soccer incoming recruiting class at No. 14, has released its annual preseason rankings for the upcoming season. The defending national champion Hoosiers sit atop the rankings, earning the publication's preseason No. 1. The team the Hoosiers defeated in last year's College Cup for the championship, St. John's, is ranked No. 2.

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The Value of (Big) Words

By Bill Meehan · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:11 p.m.

From the perspective of a character on the sports beat at a major magazine, novelist Richard Ford said that being a sportswriter is more like being a salesman than being a real writer. "In so many ways," wrote Ford in The Sportswriter, "words are just our currency, our medium of exchange with our readers, and there is very little that is ever genuinely creative to it at all."

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Football players earn preseason honors

By Justin Lev · Sunday, Aug. 1,2004 9:09 p.m.

Numerous national sports publications have recently honored eight IU football players for their individual effort last year and for their potential success in the upcoming season as well. Six Hoosiers were named to the 2004 Street and Smith's All-American Team Honorable Mention, which included sophomore running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis, senior wide receiver Courtney Roby, senior defensive lineman Jodie Clemons, junior offensive lineman Isaac Sowells, senior offensive lineman Chris Jahnke and senior safety Herana-Daze Jones. Clemons was also honored by being named to the 2004 Street and Smith's All-Big Ten Team.

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Top positions receive salary increases

By Karen Green · Thursday, July 29,2004 2:48 a.m.

In the wake of a 2.5 percent pay increase for IU support staff, several top IU administrators received pay increases July 1, bringing a record number of salaries above the $200,000 mark. Bill Stephan, vice president for university relations and corporate partnerships, told The Associated Press that market factors played a significant role in the pay increases. Stephan said a big factor was staying competitive with offers from other universities and the private sector.

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Kerry seals Democratic nomination

By Tony Sams · Thursday, July 29,2004 2:48 a.m.

BOSTON -- Invoking emotional images of hope and optimism for ordinary Americans while using his skills as a former trial lawyer to sell Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry, John Edwards accepted his party's nomination for the vice presidency Wednesday night.

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