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Monroe to celebrate usefulness of soybeans

By Jessica Levco · Tuesday, March 7,2006 11:28 p.m.

This year Monroe County will prove there are more constructive uses for soy than tofu at the annual National Agriculture Day celebration.

Young talent

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 7,2006 11:25 p.m.

Young talent -- Phylip Woelmer, a student at Binford Elementary School, searches for his artwork with his mother after a reception for Youth Art Month at the IU Art Museum Saturday afternoon.

IU alumnus making music videos in Hollywood

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Tuesday, March 7,2006 11:22 p.m.

In the spring of 2004, Brent Woodall walked away from IU with a degree in fine arts and stepped into what many college students nervously refer to as "the real world." Two years later, he is well on the way to living his dream of directing and producing music videos.

Computer games ate my brain

By Alyson Brodsy and Derek Kagemann · Tuesday, March 7,2006 11:21 p.m.

It's rare to watch television without seeing an advertisement for Game Tap anymore. For a monthly fee, subscribers can access the hundreds of classic games stored within Game Tap's "game vault." It's a service honed for casual computer gamers who don't have the time or inclination to obtain software by way of emulator programs or tedious Internet searches. Still, for all of Game Tap's target demographic, there are plenty of free alternatives for online entertainment.

3 arrested for breaking into Ashton

By Audrie Garrison · Tuesday, March 7,2006 5:05 p.m.

IU Police Department officers arrested three students on suspicion of burglary at the Ashton Rodgers building in Ashton Center.

BREAKING DOWN BROKEBACK

By Ashley Lough · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:27 a.m.

Though the Oscar buzz for "Brokeback Mountain" may have fizzled, IU professors and researchers have weighed in about the meaning of the movie in light of some critics' eagerness to write it off as just a "gay cowboy" movie. Though the film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger had been slated by many as the "it" movie of this year's awards season, it went into the Oscars as a favorite for best picture, but lost that as well as best actor and best supporting actor. It did come away with three Oscars - best director, best adapted screenplay and best score.

IU's Labor Studies could close

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:27 a.m.

Senior Tyler Helmond will be graduating in May with a degree from IU Bloomington's Division of Labor Studies, and he could be the last person to do so. The very department where Helmond has been an undergraduate teaching assistant for the past two years faces potential closure on all of IU's six campuses - including Bloomington. Helmond said he e-mailed President Adam Herbert last week opposing the school's closing. He added that it seems illogical to close a program that was founded at IU in the 1940s and continues to serve a vital interest. "I would suggest that the faculty in the Kinsey Institute begin to polish their resumes if this is how we keep things 'red hot' at IU," Helmond said in an e-mail.

2 tickets vie to lead dorms

By Kim Cullman · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:27 a.m.

Walking down the street to class, students might have noticed sidewalks chalked with promotions and flyers for one or both of the tickets campaigning for the Residence Hall Association elections. RHA is the student government body for the approximately 9,000 students who live in the residence halls. RHA is holding its elections for the 2006-2007 officers Wednesday, and the two running tickets -- Griffin and Spark -- have been advertising around campus.

Group submits student fee plan

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:27 a.m.

The Committee for Fee Review plans to deliver its final recommendations to Dean of Students Dick McKaig today. The committee is working with only a 1.5 percent increase in fees since last year, forcing it to prioritize and possibly give less money than some groups requested.

Report: Man viewed child porn at library

By Audrie Garrison · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:24 a.m.

IU Police Department officers are looking for a man who employees of the Herman B Wells Library reported was looking at child pornography on IU computers, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. According to the report, security employees at the library said as they were monitoring computer use, they observed a man who would change the screen of his computer monitor every time an employee would walk by. They said in the report they saw him looking at "obvious child pornography," with children in "various states of undress and even performing sex acts."

Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett dies

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Campbell · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:13 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kirby Puckett died Monday, a day after the Hall of Fame outfielder had a stroke at his Arizona home. He was 45. Puckett died at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. He had been in intensive care since having surgery at another hospital following his stroke Sunday morning. The bubbly, barrel-shaped Puckett carried the Twins to World Series titles in 1987 and 1991 before his career was cut short by glaucoma. His family, friends and former teammates gathered at the hospital Monday.

IU searching for first win

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:12 a.m.

After being swept in consecutive three-game road sets to open the season -- one in Charlotte, N.C., and one in Miami -- the IU baseball team is ready for its first game in the state of Indiana. With its home opener set for Wednesday against Xavier, the Hoosiers (0-6) will travel to Terre Haute today to take on the Indiana State Sycamores in hopes of earning their first win of the season. "It will be nice to be back in Indiana," sophomore shortstop Tad Reida said. "We just have to get over that hump."

Men's golf places eighth in Orlando

Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:11 a.m.

In its first tournament since a second-place finish in Guadalajara, IU ended tournament play in eighth place out of 15. The Hoosiers came into the Orange County Invitational with its freshman class ranking No. 1, according to Golfstat's Freshmen Impact Rating. Among this top-ranked class was Caceres, Spain native Jorge Campillo who received the Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors after finishing second in Mexico. Despite the group's accolades, coach Mike Mayer felt his freshmen had nothing to prove coming into Orlando. "I don't look at them as freshmen anymore," he said, "so I don't think there's any pressure for them to maintain that impact ranking."

To play or not to play, that is a stupid question

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:09 a.m.

All around the world of baseball, Commissioner Bud Selig is being praised for announcing the World Baseball Classic -- a tournament which will highlight the worldwide talents of baseball's best in March. But this "Classic" showcases the world's elite in baseball like the United Nations showcases the world's elite in intelligence.

You can't fool me

By Alyson Brodsy and Jacob Stewart · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:06 a.m.

I have a large family so I have had the opportunity to come into contact with many toddlers. I have to say my favorite experience with them is when their mothers or fathers ask them if they have soiled their diapers, or as some of my less eloquent cousins say, taken a dump. When the children nonchalantly reply "no" to this question, even they understand that the intense smell in the room means this: They aren't fooling anyone.

Raising the bar

By Alyson Brodsy and Peter Chen · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:05 a.m.

There seems to be some fear that IU's proposed increased admissions standards will prevent it from fully representing the state of Indiana for an exclusive goal. Civil rights attorney and visiting IU professor Alvin Chambliss has noted that increased SAT standards will work against efforts to diversify the university. Tom Mortenson, head of the Postsecondary Education Opportunity research group, complains that the poor's access will be limited by these changes and "(the push for higher standards) denies the talent and the ambition of kids who are born into less-fortunate circumstances."

I told you so

By Alyson Brodsy and Levi Harris · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:04 a.m.

So I was right about the Iraq war. I usually love being right. Maybe it's because I'm a man or because I'm insecure, but I get more pleasure out of saying "I told you so" than anything else, most of the time. As a senior columnist for Indiana State University's newspaper in the months leading up to the war, I watched closely as events unfolded like a slow-motion train wreck.

Give us dental or give us death

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:04 a.m.

It appears that after an extended struggle, IU graduate students will not receive dental insurance as part of their benefits. The Indiana Daily Student Editorial Board has long supported the graduate students in their attempt to get dental insurance, and the University's refusal to grant their request represents a terribly short-sighted solution with unfortunate repercussions.

South Dakota governor signs legislation banning most abortions nearly all abortions

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 7,2006 1:02 a.m.

PIERRE, S.D. -- South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in the state, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's only abortion clinic in Sioux Falls, has pledged to challenge the measure.

Supreme Court rules colleges must allow recruiters

By Alyson Brodsy and Gina Holland · Tuesday, March 7,2006 12:59 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. Justices rejected a free-speech challenge from law schools and their professors who claimed they should not be forced to associate with military recruiters or promote their campus appearances.