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Iraq may possess uranium

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:37 p.m.

LONDON -- Iraq has military plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons, and has tried to acquire "significant quantities" of uranium from Africa, Britain said Tuesday in a dossier of evidence about Iraq's development of weapons of mass destruction.

Bush lowers nationwide alert

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:37 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Two weeks after putting the nation on high alert, President Bush on Tuesday lowered the nationwide terror alert back to code yellow because of disruptions in the al Qaeda terrorist network.

Israeli troops raid Gaza City

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:36 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli troops backed by dozens of tanks raided Gaza City on Tuesday to destroy several weapons workshops, killing nine Palestinians in gun battles in two neighborhoods of the Palestinians' largest city.

Purdue to build new facility

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:33 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Purdue University is building a $7 million center at its high-tech research park aimed at capitalizing on scientific discoveries made there.

New algebra policy under construction

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:31 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- An eight-member panel of the Governor's Education Roundtable is recommending that Indiana students be required to take algebra by the ninth grade and that the graduation qualifying exam include algebra questions beginning in 2004.

SUV crashes into motel, kills woman

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:31 p.m.

WHITELAND, Ind. -- A man whose vehicle crashed into a motel room, killing a woman inside, had apparently suffered a seizure and did not know the woman or her male companion.

Mother arraigned in beating

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:30 p.m.

SOUTH BEND -- A mother caught on video beating her 4-year-old daughter in a parking lot will be able to visit the child once or twice a week while the girl is in temporary foster care, her attorney said. Madelyne Gorman Toogood was scheduled to meet with her daughter, Martha, at a safe house for about 90 minutes Tuesday. The visit was to be supervised. Charles Smith, director of the St. Joseph County Office of Family and Children, said his agency tries to schedule such meetings quickly.

London's gun control has failed

By Alyson Brodsy and Cherry Blattert · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:29 p.m.

The U.S. has a second amendment for good reason -- so that people can protect themselves against an overbearing government and against criminals. Gun-control advocates, though, say guns are uncivil and demand they be restricted and eventually outlawed. They are wrong. Instead of reducing crime, outlawing guns increases crime. Innocent citizens may not have guns, but the criminals will just ignore gun laws and then feel safer in attacking the innocent ones.

Can you find the random part?

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:28 p.m.

This would be a lot simpler if someone would just tell me if the alternator is the round, shiny thing or the square, shiny thing.

The $50,000 designated driver

By Alyson Brodsy and Rory Starks · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:26 p.m.

I drive an '89, '90 and '92 Chevrolet Cavalier. It's a mutt. The driver's side door is an off-color replacement, due to an incident with a soccer mom scavenging for a Happy Meal toy on the floor of her minivan. Mine is but a small story of automobile horror. I am sure there are many of you with far worse tales of mismatched parts and non-working features. Do not fret fellow students; the IU Student Association is looking out for all of us lemon-owners.

Women deserve reliable care

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:25 p.m.

Last week, a federal appeals court reinstated part of a 1995 law requiring women seeking abortions to have in-person counseling with a medical professional at least 18 hours before the procedure. A permanent injunction handed down by U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton in March 2001 forbid the state of Indiana from enforcing in-person counseling, allowing many clinics to provide information over the phone and through mailed information packets.

Shopping for a law school

Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:24 p.m.

Today's IU Law Day at the Indiana Memorial Union is a one-stop chance to meet with advisors from the nation's top law schools. "Attendance at Law Day is crucial for students considering law school now or in the near future," said Mac Francis, prelaw advisor with the Health Professions and Prelaw Information Center.

Nobel laureate offers view of peace

By Maura Halpern · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:23 p.m.

Former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias wore a navy blue tie speckled with rabbits hopping out of magic hats as he spoke to a crowd of more than 200 Monday night in Woodburn Hall. There was nothing supernatural or hocus pocus-like about the nature of his speech, entitled "Peace with Justice for Latin America and the World." But those who heard the Nobel laureate speak, left in awe.

IU alum to receive prestigious honor

Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:21 p.m.

Edgar Meyer, a 1984 graduate of the IU School of Music, will be one of 24 new recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship. Meyer, a well-known bassist and composer, has been reviewed by The New Yorker as "the most remarkable virtuoso in the relatively unchronicled history of his instrument," according to a press release.

Opera tuned out on radio

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:21 p.m.

CHICAGO -- A heartbroken Italian clown and a helmeted soprano with a spear; they're the stereotypes who spell grand opera for many people, and they're both on hand this season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Art adorns students' walls

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:20 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Miró prints were gone, stripped from the gallery walls. Someone had walked off with the Marc Chagall lithograph, and the Robert Rauschenberg silkscreen was nowhere in sight.

Learning with taste buds

By Megan Banis · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:19 p.m.

A little taste of Bavaria will be available in Bloomington tonight. Scholar's Inn Gourmet Café and Wine Bar will once more allow residents to experience authentic courses and wines based on a selected theme. In honor of Oktoberfest, the feature theme is Germany. Once a month, Scholar's Inn holds a wine-tasting dinner based on varying themes. The entire staff decides the themes, and the chefs have the majority of the input. Past themes include America (in July), Scotland and Chile. The themes are not always nation-based though.

Tennis coach arrested after entering apartment

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Sept. 25,2002 1:16 p.m.

Assistant men's tennis coach Mark Keil was arrested early Monday morning for illegally entering a neighbor's apartment in the 400 block of E. 17th St.

Now we're in business

By Aaron Sharockman and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 24,2002 2:02 a.m.

Today, the Indiana Daily Student is growing. If you've checked our Web site, www.idsnews.com, in the past week, you were tipped off. But if you didn't see the addition to our site, it's now in print.

Corvette arrives; still drawing controversy

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 24,2002 1:55 a.m.

Start your engine. Just don't vote because of it. The $50,000 "cream and crimson" Corvette, purchased by the IU Student Association, now sits on display in the southwest corner of Dunn Meadow where it will remain until after the Nov. 5 elections. IUSA held a press conference Monday to address the recent changes administered to the Project "Vote Hard" car giveaway. The raffle, which once required students to vote in order to be eligible to win the car, now requires participants only to be registered IUB students.