Community Arts

Multiple trustees OK

The Indiana House approved House Bill 351, which would add a non-voting faculty representative and increase (from three to four) the number of Monroe County residents who can sit on the IU Board of Trustees. The bill has passed the Senate, but still has to pass a joint conference committee before arriving on Governor Frank O'Bannon's desk.

Buckeyes riding high before Saturday showdown at home

Ohio State Head coach Jim O'Brien wouldn't say that he is surprised to be tied with IU at the top of the Big Ten standings. But going into tomorrow's showdown with the Hoosiers at Value City Arena in Columbus with the conference lead on the line, O'Brien said he is happy with what his team has done so far.

IUSA pushes for Bank One ATMs

The IU Student Association has been working for several months to bring Bank One ATMs back to campus and has proposed several possible locations to the University. IUSA officials said it would be a number of months before students see the machines on campus.

Reform should add education

In 1996, President Clinton passed sweeping changes to the U.S. welfare system. Critics who were outraged by the changes have fallen silent as about 30 percent of the welfare recipients have moved from welfare rolls to a payroll. Now that the welfare system is up for reform, George W. Bush is adding a personal touch -- one that includes a push from welfare to work that shoves people right past the schoolhouse door.

Cowabunga dude!

University will not respond to Knight, Korona tort claims

IU will not respond to two tort claims notices it received in recent months -- one for wrongful death and one for wrongful termination, an IU official said Wednesday.

Habitat House: Built of love

It's snowing. Twenty volunteers bundled up in winter coats and hats are trudging through a muddy lawn, hauling and hammering boards. It's windy. Plywood walls anchored together with nails and sturdy two-by-four boards are being anchored together in what will soon be a house. Early Saturday morning, IU students and Bloomington residents are braving the elements to work on a Habitat for Humanity house.

Independents Rule Race

The 52nd running of the men's Little 500 came and went in the tradition of past years without emphasis on the controversy that led up to the race. Saturday The Corleones won the race with speed, humor, and an almost two-lap lead over the majority of the competition.

Beginning of July means more laws

Smokers in six states will pay more for their habit as of Monday, nudity with "artistic value" will no longer be off-limits to minors in Utah, and teddy bears will have official status as the state toy of Mississippi.

This joint is one that's worth passing over

Three-headed monster solves MSU's Taylor

INDIANAPOLIS - Senior Dane Fife submitted his request to guard Michigan State's Marcus Taylor early this week. Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament in Conseco Fieldhouse, he got his wish. Then split the duties three ways. Fife, with help from junior Tom Coverdale and freshman Donald Perry, hounded Taylor, the Big Ten's leading scorer and top assist man, all afternoon as No. 21 and fourth-seeded IU (20-10) won 67-56 over the fifth-seeded Spartans (19-11). Taylor scored a game-high 20 points but was just 8 of 18 from the field and committed six turnovers with only two assists.

Sting operation pins drug offenders

Police arrested 11 students and two nonstudents late last week on drug-related charges at two residence halls, a fraternity and two off-campus locations. Spearheaded by IU Police Department Officer Dave Hannum, who was assisted by a team of about 30 officers from the IU and Bloomington police departments, the sting culminated three months of undercover work by the South Central Indiana Drug Task Force.

Compilation brings Ford back to life

Reddick and Wilson top conference

IU has one of the best triple jumpers in the Big Ten in Hassan Reddick. The junior finished second in both the indoor and outdoor Big Ten Championships and earned a provisional to the NCAA championship last season. This season, Reddick has improved but faces stiffer competition. Fellow teammate freshman Aarik Wilson could possibly be the toughest he finds. "This year the Big Ten is probably the best it has ever been in the triple jump, but these two should vie for the Big Ten championship," coach Marshall Goss said.

'Requiem for a Dream': a stark reality

A friend told me that I had to see "Requiem for a Dream." I didn't know what to expect, only that "it will disturb you." So, I was naturally intrigued last fall when I saw that it was playing at Showplace 11 in Bloomington. I saw it, and without a doubt, it was the most disturbing experience I have ever had at a movie.

D-Cup, Coxy and Thor: the lives of David Johnson(s)

Dave "D-Cup" Johnson Dave "Coxy" Johnson Thor David Johnson

The enemy within

I think there are some people out there who are just inherently evil," my co-worker said. Last June, on the eve of Timothy McVeigh's execution, a co-worker and I talked about the nature of evil. We tried to fathom how a man could murder 168 people and injure 500 others.

Storm cancels classes causes power outtages

Winter weather returned to parts of northern Indiana with a vengeance Thursday, as an ice storm brought down trees and power lines and forced the cancellation of school for thousands of students. Winter weather returned to parts of northern Indiana with a vengeance Thursday, as an ice storm brought down trees and power lines and forced the cancellation of school for thousands of students.

'Unborn children' may qualify for government health care

WASHINGTON -- States may classify a developing fetus as an "unborn child" eligible for government health care, the Bush administration said Thursday, giving low-income women access to prenatal care and bolstering the arguments of abortion opponents.

Infectious and illustrious imports