Community Arts

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.

Women's team falls in Big Dance

DURHAM, N.C. - The IU women's basketball team's gig as post-season Cinderella ended last night. A feisty horned frog wouldn't transform into a prince, preventing any further fairy tales for IU. The ninth-seeded Hoosiers (17-14) applied tight defense against eight-seeded Texas Christian (24-6) in IU's first NCAA tournament game since 1995. But the Hoosiers' offense didn't hold up its end of the bargain, shooting 23.5 percent from the field en route to a 55-45 first-round loss at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Lady Frogs face Duke, who defeated Norfolk State last night, in the second round Sunday.

11 killed in attack on bus in Algeria

Alleged Islamic militants opened fire on a bus in Algeria, killing 11 people, the North African nation's official news service said. Ten others were wounded.

Suicide prevention resources should be better promoted

There has been a great injustice to some members of our IU community recently. If you haven't heard about it, that's because they can't speak for themselves. The people I'm referring to are Jason Schwab and Bradley Henninger. You know the names and have read the stories. Many of you were their friends or acquaintances.

Jim White

Trustees elect Morris president, address residency issue

The IU board of trustees unanimously appointed James Morris its new president at the trustees' reorganization meeting Friday. Frederick Eichhorn was re-appointed vice-president. Morris' appointment as president marks the first time in seven years someone besides John Walda has held the position. Walda, trustees president since 1994, chose not to run for re-election because of demands from his new role as chairman of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, a national organization for trustees.

Defense leads to 3-0 shutout over Butler

With a 3-0 win against Butler last night at Bill Armstrong Stadium, Jerry Yeagley became the second coach in NCAA Division I history to record 500 wins. IU came out of the gates controlling the ball and overpowering Butler. After a couple of diving saves by Butler goalie Barrie Grant, IU finally broke through. At the 18:41 mark, senior Tyler Hawley threw the ball into the box, skimming off the head of junior Pat Noonan, and ricocheted off the foot of freshman Mike Ambersley for his second goal of the season.

Olympic organizers hope to hit the right notes

The 2002 Winter Olympics are all about gold, silver, bronze -- and platinum. Organizers of this year's Olympiad, which kicks off Friday in Salt Lake City, hope that nightly performances by multiplatinum pop music superstars will give the Games a new attitude -- and lure more viewers to give ratings a big boost.

IU to finish home season

The season has been long and tough for the IU wrestling team. Battling constant injuries and other adverse factors, the Hoosiers struggled to obtain the team record and goals they had hoped for. This weekend will give them one last chance. Friday night marks the final home match for IU as it takes on Eastern Illinois (2-10). Not only is Friday night Senior Night, it is the last time the Hoosiers (8-11, 0-7) can give the home crowd a home victory.

MLB takes two Hoosiers in draft

Last week, junior centerfielder Kennard Jones and senior infielder Eric Blakeley were among 13 Big Ten players to be drafted on the first day of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft.

Lyrics are still the best part music

Modern dance more than exercise

Associate Professor Gwendolyn Hamm's students listened attentively from their blue mats as she illustrated an effective breathing technique. "Think about the breath going from the top of the head down to your sternum. Inhale through your nose," Hamm said. Hamm teaches the Advanced Modern Dance class twice a week at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Hamm said modern dance is a rising genre of dance that emphasizes fluidity of movement and abstract choreography.

Young actors take audience to 'a better place'

Next door to the Indianapolis Museum of Art lies the Civic Theatre where the Young Adult Summer Musical's program is set to perform The Secret Garden. Parents and friends take the stroll through the parking lot, past a picturesque modern fountain and a sculpture of "love" to enter the theatre. The audience has a feel of a community production, comprised mostly of relatives and local supporters. Yet, the venue lends an air of professionalism, as the young performers prepare themselves for the daunting task of putting together this play of heavy themes.

Palestinians mourn group leader

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- An angry crowd of 50,000 mourners flocked to the funeral of Mustafa Zibri, the highest-ranking Palestinian slain in an Israeli campaign of targeted killings, while demonstrators called for revenge in protests across the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Letters to the editor

Office of the Bursar needs to take greater steps toward privacy I am one of the graduate students whose Social Security numbers was stolen last year because of poor security in the Bursar's Office. It came as a shock when I went to pay my tuition this semester by check and was asked to print my Social Security number on my check. When I got it back, there was my number printed again on the back of the check by the bursar.