Community Arts

An open invitation

It feels as though summer just began, but already we're back on campus, getting back into the daily routine. This semester, I'll be figuring out off-campus bus routes and clipping coupons for actual grocery shopping instead of meal point sprees. I'm also faced with a different challenge, to serve as your opinion editor.

Candidates ignore youth issues

The Republican and Democratic conventions are finished. Republican nominee George W. Bush talked about privatizing Social Security, tax cuts, Medicare and prescription drug benefits for senior citizens. Democratic nominee Al Gore talked about rescuing Social Security, tax cuts, Medicare and prescription drug benefits for senior citizens. The youth of America were blithely ignored. The candidates should be scrambling to secure the votes of Generation X. Rock the Vote has been trying since 1990 to get American twenty-somethings to register and use their voting opportunities to make the government work for them. But something seems to have gone horribly awry.

Around the arts

Events to focus on newcomers

A comprehensive list of Welcome Week activities, a guide to the meal plans and dining hall hours.

Brand looks to future, addresses summer issues

Addressing issues from a tumultuous summer at IU, President Myles Brand said Tuesday that changes are under way at the University, including an international search for a new chancellor, more stringent rules for coach Bob Knight and some administrative layoffs.

Protesters rally against funding

Boy Scouts are usually happy to receive merit awards for community service. But instead of receiving them, six former Boy Scouts protested Monday by handing back the merit badges they earned as scouts.

Writer relates psych ward experience

For New York Press columnist Jim Knipfel, the light has been slowly fading. His strained retinas worsen with every passing day. Though he still holds down a job as the alternative weekly's receptionist and can periodically read a book or magazine article, Knipfel is already legally blind at the age of 36. He gets about with a red-tipped cane and wears a fedora with a wide brim to warn him if he's about to run into something. Blindness, total and all-encompassing, is only an inevitability at this point.

Hoosiers named Hermann Trophy finalists

Senior goalkeeper T.J. Hannig and junior midfielder Ryan Mack were named two of 15 Hermann Trophy finalists for the 2000 season.

Hawkeyes are searching for improvement in 2000

We're #1? Hoosiers on top for now

Recent years of mediocrity suggest bleak outlook for IU athletics

Will vote for money

Forum helps family businesses

WIUS could benefit from FCC initiative

WIUS, the Alternative AM 1570, has long planned to make the jump to FM. And what has long been a distant dream for the student-run station may soon become reality.

Knight critic lengthens leave through spring

English professor Murray Sperber, a vocal critic of coach Bob Knight, doesn't want to teach when the team takes to the court. He said this to College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kumble Subbaswamy, who has extended Sperber's leave of absence up through the spring semester.

State extends gas sales tax suspension

Gov. Frank O'Bannon announced Tuesday he would extend his suspension of the state's gasoline sales tax for 20 days, a move that is saving Hoosiers up to a nickel at the gas pumps.

Russian government let citizens down

And so it begins

Brockovich shines

\"Erin Brockovich" is the true story of a struggling single mother without any legal training who discovered water pollution in Hinkley, Calif. She then heralded the townspeople to fight against a large corporation and won the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in the United States, $330 million. Although this would easily be made into another "A Civil Action," the mesmerizing cast, masterful direction and witty script make "Brockovich" extremely absorbing and entertaining.

From thick to thin