Community Arts

One year later: Family, friends of Seth Korona feel void left by tragic death

When Seth Korona decided to attend IU, his younger brother, Elliott, 16, hoped to someday get a pilot's license and ferry his brother from their New Jersey home to Bloomington.

'Manon' lacks focus

Going to an IU Opera Theater production is often a brilliantly crushing experience. Opera regulars know the majority of the repertoire is tragic or melodramatic, with heavy singing and a mix of lighter comedic works from the world's most lush and exquisite composers. Settings at the Musical Arts Center are often feats of spectacle in themselves. Towering over the stage, they often heighten the emptiness of the lives of the characters they house.

Hundreds of bodies in Nigeria canal

LAGOS, Nigeria — As onlookers wept and wailed, hundreds of bodies were pulled out of a canal in Nigeria's largest city Monday after they drowned while trying to flee explosions at an army weapons depot. Many victims apparently didn't realize how deep the water was and drowned when they ran and drove vehicles into the Oke Afa drainage canal in Lagos, witnesses said. They were fleeing explosions at the city's Ikeja military base, which propelled shrapnel and shock waves for miles Sunday night. Rescue volunteer Ben Nwachukwu said more than 200 bodies were pulled from just one part of the canal. Other volunteers said the death toll could be much higher, but getting an accurate count was difficult — in part because the current was carrying bodies downstream. Authorities issued no official death count.

March Madness magical but needs some changes

The magical part of March Madness is that no matter what the NCAA does, the tournament will always be the most exciting sporting event of the year. That being said, there are a few things the NCAA should consider that would make the tournament a bit more fair and even a bit more exciting.

BFC considers resolution to push for open records

A resolution that was introduced Tuesday at the Bloomington Faculty Council meeting urged President Myles Brand and the IU administration to stop fighting the lawsuits brought against the University by The Indianapolis Star. The proposal specifically endorses open access to public records and the insurance that "no further University funds are expended in support of efforts to prevent the release of public documents."

Science Foundation donates $1.3 million

A group of three IU mathematics professors in the School of Education will head a national program to improve mathematics education throughout the country thanks to a $1.3 million grant given to the school by the National Science Foundation.

Commission approves youth justice center

The Bloomington Plan Commission approved a preliminary plan amendment to allow a new youth detention center and community corrections facility to be constructed just southwest of downtown Bloomington.

Taking to the skies

Senior Josh Wees has made the flight from Indianapolis to his home town of Omaha, Neb., more than a dozen times. But he said this year's challenge of booking a flight was more difficult. After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, IU students traveling home for the semester's first break will encounter fewer flights to choose from, increased security and warnings from concerned parents.

Activists concerned over Bush's abortion stance

New president-elect of the National Organization for Women Kim Gandy announced last week that she would do everything in her power to put more women's rights supporters in political office and prevent "right-wing political extremists" from receiving federal court appointments. What concerns Gandy are possible vacancies on the Supreme Court that will be filled by justices who will overturn Roe v. Wade.

Food banks in need of more donations

Every day, workers at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank sort cans of food, plan food drives and distribute food to local charitable organizations. Every month, they feed 23,000 local hungry people.

Embracing native culture

Following the success of this weekend's inaugural First Nations at Indiana University American Indian pow wow, plans are currently in the air to bring the event back next year, making the pow wow an annual attempt to further the cultural awareness of the general public and dispel stereotypes concerning Native Americans.

Sooners' intensity will show Saturday

ATLANTA, Ga. -- Against No. 1 Duke, the Hoosiers relied on Jared Jeffries and Jarrad Odle in the paint to bring them back from 17 points to win, 74-73. Against Kent State in the South Regional final last Saturday, IU hit its first eight three-pointers to build a lead it would never relinquish. In Saturday night's first national semifinal against Oklahoma, the Hoosiers will see a defense that is better than both the Blue Devils' and the Golden Flashes.

Cleveland Rocks!

Drew Carey couldn't have said it better in the opening song to his television show -- Cleveland Rocks! As a die-hard Cubs fans, there will never be another stadium that can match up with the beauty and pure awesomeness of Wrigley Field -- but Jacobs Field, the home of the Cleveland Indians, sure isn't that far off. Ever since it was built in 1994, the Jake has been pulling in crowds of over 40,000 on a daily basis.

'Boy': Badly Drawn, Beautifully played

Stick with first plan

The captured al Qaeda fighters that are currently being held at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are part of an international gang of terrorists. Their operations transcend political boundaries and are a threat to every nation in the world. They are, by their very nature, not protected by a convention designed to regulate international warfare between individual and clearly-defined states or governments.

Xoot's absence realized

People seem to vanish from life like steam from a cooking pot into the air. At one moment they are a potent substance, able to satisfy and invigorate like the aromas of a bakery or a Jewish mother's kitchen. Returning to IU for a fourth and final year is a sobering ritual from which I'm sure many of my fellow seniors are starting to feel effects. One day I woke up and realized that in nine months, hopefully, I'd have a bachelor's degree from IU. And then it's the real world, non-MTV style. I now take freshmen around the theatre department, where I show them the building I've known for three years that, in four months, will be vacated for newer facilities.

Team reinstated to race

Team Major Taylor said Wednesday in its arbitration hearing if it did not have freshman Joshua Weir as a teammate it would not ride at all. After weeks of controversy, an arbitration hearing and increased support from minority students, all four team members will ride.

Activist tells of 2 years spent living in tree

A barefoot Julia "Butterfly" Hill spoke Tuesday night to a packed Whittenberger Auditorium. Hill, an environmental activist, spent two years and eight days living in a tree to protect a community of ancient redwoods in California. As she spoke about her best friend, Luna, the tree she inhabited from 1997 to 1999, her experiences and passions, she called all the people in the room environmentalists, even if they didn't call themselves that. Piper Ingram, a junior in the audience, said that she attended the lecture out of curiosity, and that she felt "inspired to do something. She made me think that even my little contributions can make a difference, that we all can help."

Get out and live

Tomorrow I'm going to hop on my 2002 Cannondale road bike and venture out to New York City. Yes, I am crazy, and no, I'm not in as good a shape as I should be. But I'm still doing it.

Why do we still watch Tyson?

It would insult your intelligence if I told you that Mike Tyson is scum. Heck, it might even insult his intelligence.