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Faculty vote to review Herbert as IU president

By Mike Malik · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 8:26 p.m.

The continuing tension between IU President Adam Herbert and the Bloomington campus faculty escalated Tuesday night at the first special session of the Bloomington faculty in almost 20 years as members approved resolutions to have the trustees review Herbert's job performance. Documents Letter from President Adam Herbert to faculty Opening remarks from professor Theodore Miller Open letter to the faculty from professor Kevin Brown

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TORNADO WARNINGS disrupt CAMPUS

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 7:49 p.m.

Tornado warning sirens blared three times Tuesday, sending students scrambling into bottom floors and basements throughout campus. Sirens sounded in the afternoon and early evening because of tornado warnings for Monroe County issued by the National Weather Service throughout the day. The NWS issued the first watch for severe storms and tornadoes at 3:30 p.m., according to a severe weather statement. Tornado warnings later prompted sirens at about 4 p.m. Doppler radar reports at 6:50 p.m. indicated a tornado over northwestern Lawrence County, moving toward eastern Monroe County. A tornado watch for the county was issued until 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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Fired campus bus driver had history of auto accidents

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 7:28 p.m.

The IU bus driver arrested Nov. 5 for allegedly driving while under the influence caused two accidents in two weeks prior to her arrest, according to an IU Police Department accident report and Campus Bus Service Director Jim Hosler. According to the IUPD report, IU bus driver Robyn C. Griffith sideswiped a car in Memorial Stadium's White Lot the evening of Oct. 24. She also hit a tree Nov. 4 on Indiana Avenue, causing extensive damage to IU bus No. 647, Hosler said.

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Fasting for the First Time

By Grace Low · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 7:26 p.m.

Euphoric. That's how Laila Prescott felt when she put on the hajab for the first time. The hajab, or head-covering, is central to the identity of many Muslim women and represents Islam's overwhelming respect for women and reverence of modesty.

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Pujols tops Lee, Jones for NL MVP

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 7:25 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Albert Pujols started his career with four startling seasons, equal or better than those of many Hall of Famers. Only Barry Bonds always did better -- until this year. Pujols won his first National League MVP award Tuesday, beating Andruw Jones in a close vote that didn't include Bonds, who missed most of the season because of a knee injury.

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Socializing, snow bring IU Ski Club together

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:57 p.m.

Although southern Indiana isn't known for its ski and snowboarding communities, the IU Ski Club manages to bring together winter recreation and social activity. "I love the Ski Club because everyone's so chill," sophomore Kiri Crane said. "It's just an awesome, laid back group of people that are all brought together by something we love: snow." The club always tries to have some type of an event, whether it is a barbecue, social party or a lake outing every two weeks. In addition to the events, the club also plans weekly outings to nearby ski resort Paoli Peaks. However, for the members of the club, nothing tops the yearly trip they take to a major ski and snowboarding resort.

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Department holds meetings across state to discuss time zones

By Jamie Ward · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:56 p.m.

TERRE HAUTE -- The Department of Transportation is visiting Indiana this week gathering information to help determine the appropriate time zone for 17 counties. In the second of four hearings Monday night at Indiana State University's Hulman Center in Terre Haute, the DOT heard arguments from proponents of both Eastern and Central time. In keeping with Hoosier history, impassioned rhetoric was offered on both sides of the debate concerning a highly contentious statewide issue -- the correct time for Indiana.

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Davis sets desired return dates for 3 Hoosiers, adds recruit

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:55 p.m.

IU coach Mike Davis set tentative return dates for all three of his sidelined players Tuesday after practice. Pending any unforeseen complications, Davis said he hopes to have sophomore guard A.J. Ratliff back in uniform by the Nov. 26 game at Western Illinois University. Ratliff has been shooting, dribbling and passing in practice for more than a week with the assistance of a protective cast on his right hand. Junior guard Rod Wilmont will be out of street clothes by Friday night's season opener and should see court time by Monday's game against Florida A & M University. Wilmont hasn't played in either of the Hoosiers' two exhibition games because of "in house" issues. But as Davis joked at practice, he has "taken the braces off (Wilmont's) ankles."

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Hoosiers retool, earn No. 10 preseason rank

By John Wustrow · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:54 p.m.

After a successful season, many teams use the offseason to rebuild and repeat the success they had the previous season. The IU wrestling team, which finished ninth in last season's NCAA tournament is different. Rather than rebuilding, it has renovated its team in an attempt to finish stronger and has earned a No. 10 preseason ranking. "We have good talent back and some good young talent coming in," IU coach Duane Goldman said.

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The new Cold War

By Patrick Schoettmer · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:53 p.m.

On Veterans Day, President Bush spoke before the nation. The topic of his speech was, perhaps unavoidably, Iraq and his "War on Terror." Our president decided to use the opportunity to formalize what seems to be our new cold war. President Bush spent about a third of his speech directly comparing what he terms "Islamic radicalism" with communism and the regimes of Maoist China, Soviet Russia and the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia. He went to great lengths to tie the ideology of al-Qaida and affiliated organizations with the ideology of our cold war nemesis. Even setting aside what I believe to be errors in the president's assessment of the situation, I find characterizing this conflict as "Cold War II" to be deeply problematic.

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Senate GOP rejects call for Iraq war pullout plan

By Alyson Brodsy and Liz Sidoti · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The GOP-controlled Senate rejected a Democratic call Tuesday for a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq but urged President Bush to outline his plan for "the successful completion of the mission" in a bill reflecting a growing bipartisan unease with his Iraq policies.

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Super senior times ... nine?

By Megan Robb · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:51 p.m.

The New York Times last week ran a front-page article on Johnny Lechner -- an undergraduate in his 12th year at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater who doesn't plan to graduate any time soon. Although he has earned enough credits to graduate with four majors, Lechner has never applied for graduation. Not only that, but companies like National Lampoon are supporting the super senior by paying his tuition, hoping to capitalize on his image as a figurehead of the party-hard philosophy.

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173 detainees found tortured in Bagdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:50 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that 173 Iraqi detainees -- malnourished and showing signs of torture -- were found at an Interior Ministry basement lockup seized by U.S. forces in Baghdad. The discovery appeared to validate Sunni complaints of abuse by the Shiite-controlled ministry.

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Alito plays down abortion statements

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Samuel Alito who argued against abortion rights in 1985 was "an advocate seeking a job" with the conservative Reagan administration, the Alito who is now a Supreme Court nominee told Democrats Tuesday.

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Yay for Turkey Day

By Matt Peyton · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:49 p.m.

You know what's so great about Thanksgiving? Everything. Think about it, a holiday (+50 points) where you get together with family and friends (+/- 5 points, depending on the circumstances), eat a ton of food (+20 points) and feel all sentimental about what you're thankful for (+20 points). You don't have to agree with my point system, but anyway you slice it, Thanksgiving leaves you wanting seconds.

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Privatizing our public university

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:47 p.m.

IU's state funding has decreased over the years, forcing the University to rely more and more on private sources of funding. Only 21.2 percent of revenue for this year came from state or public funding, compared to 47 percent in 1975. Interim IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said a higher proportion of IU's revenue is coming from tuition, private funding and research grants. While this trend is not ideal, moving toward increased private funding seems inevitable for higher education.

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Student faces 2 counts of battery

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 5:56 p.m.

IU student Jeffery Catron was arrested early Tuesday morning after the IU Police Department responded to a call of an assault in Briscoe Quad.

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Herbert: Open to the public?

By Adam Aasen and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 5:55 p.m.

The administration of IU is in the midst of a tumultuous time. IU faculty members voted Monday night to have the IU board of trustees consider reviewing the presidency of IU leader Adam Herbert.

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