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'Chicken' has a bad case of ADD

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt McMullan · Wednesday, Nov. 9,2005 8:10 p.m.

I remember the first time I heard about Pokémon. Must've been seven or eight years ago. On the evening news they said some cartoon show in Japan was causing seizures in epileptic children. Lots of flashing lights, everything moving at a hyperactive pace.

'Jarhead' doesn't suck

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Nov. 9,2005 8:06 p.m.

In 1999 when Sam Mendes made his directorial debut with "American Beauty" and cleaned up at the Oscars, people knew he was going to be a big deal. In 2002 with "Road to Perdition," he easily changed gears from mid-life crises in suburbia to vengeful neo-noir while one-upping himself. Now in 2005 Mendes heads into the war zone with "Jarhead," adapting Anthony "Swoff" Swofford's account as a malcontent Marine during Desert Storm. From his days in boot camp, into Desert Shield and ultimately Desert Storm, Swoff's (Jake Gyllenhaal) military duty is nothing like the movies made it out to be. Sitting there watching helicopters destroy a village in "Apocalypse Now," hoping to see the same kind of action found in "The Deer Hunter," Swoff gets to the desert and does nothing.

Students now have 'access' to parking lots

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Nov. 9,2005 12:07 a.m.

Parking on campus just got a little easier for students. While more spaces have not been added in either of the Indiana Memorial Union's parking lots, and patrons still have to pay $1.65 per half hour (or $0.85 if the patron has a receipt from the IMU), students are now able to pay for parking with their Campus Access cards.

British hope gristle burger will help change kids' eating habits

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:59 p.m.

It's been estimated that roughly 444,000 more children in the United Kingdom will become overweight or obese in the next two years. So the British Heart Foundation has responded by launching a campaign to try and shock children into eating healthy foods.

Crusade for Katrina

By Andrew Prinsen · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:57 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- Sophomore Erik Pedersen pulls up a corner of the spongy floor covering, which makes a low slurping sound as he disrupts the muddy bond it has made with the linoleum floor. Behind him, men push wheelbarrows full of waterlogged football equipment, grimy textbooks, trombones and clarinets, once tools of this now deserted school. The sulfuric stench of the water remaining in the room curls above the floor and into the nostrils of the workers, taking them aback at first but eventually numbing their senses.

Time to regroup

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrick Schoettmer · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:57 p.m.

I was watching "Meet the Press" with Tim Russert, as I am wont to do Sunday mornings. One of the guests this past week was Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. It struck me as remarkable that Sen. Coburn reiterated a position he made clear in his last election. On Sunday, he reaffirmed his belief that the "gay agenda" of legalizing same-sex marriage and homosexual adoption represented "the single greatest threat to America today."

Student without a cause

By Alyson Brodsy and Megan Robb · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:56 p.m.

The Academic Advising Center at IU offered a workshop last week titled "Increasing Your Self-Motivation to Learn." I applaud the Academic Advising Center for taking steps to address a phenomenon on college campuses: the student who attends college merely because of parental and societal pressures or simply a lack of a firm resolve to do anything else.

Bad Date

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Peyton · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

This weekend I had the privilege of attending my first sorority formal. My roommate and I went with two friends from high school, and it was a blast. While still at the dance, however, I came up with a list of reasons why I'm a bad formal date. Is that weird? Anyway, here are the top four reasons you should not ask me to a formal. No. 4, I can't dance. Please note here that I did not say, "I can't dance well," or "I don't enjoy dancing." No, it's far worse than that.

IU looks to rely on private funding

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

As state funding becomes a smaller proportion of IU's budget and admissions standards go up, IU is beginning to look more like a private institution. Tuition has been consistently going up and admissions standards might be raised. University officials said IU is relying less on state funding than ever before.

Foot to keep White out 6 to 8 weeks

By Brian Janosch · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

Sophomore forward D.J. White doesn't know how he injured his left foot, but he knows how long it will keep him out -- at least six weeks. Monday's MRI revealed that White broke his left foot during last Friday's 93-65 win over St. Joseph's College (Ind.). White said although he doesn't remember how or when the injury occurred, he has to deal with it regardless.

Campus bus driver fired after arrest

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

An IU bus driver arrested for operating a campus bus while intoxicated Saturday afternoon was fired Monday morning. Campus Bus Director Jim Hosler said the driver, Robyn C. Griffith, had never caused any problems before Saturday, when she was involved in an accident near College Mall and arrested after failing a dexterity test.

Is student protest DEAD?

By Ben Woodson · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

IU has changed a lot in 35 years. In 1969, 150 students locked the board of trustees inside Ballantine Hall for three hours due to a fight about tuition increases. In 1970, 10,000 students gathered in Dunn Meadow to protest the Vietnam War. But the spirit of protest that fueled them is still strong. Students have just put down their signs, lowered their voice to a more civil tone and found different ways to change the world.

We're not lovin' it

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:54 p.m.

To McDonald's, or not to McDonald's. That is the question Residential Programs and Services is facing in regards to Read Center. While RPS ponders dining options to replace McDonald's after next school year, we would like to put forth a suggestion: Give strong consideration to looking toward a local establishment.

1 killed, 2 wounded in Tenn. school shooting

By Alyson Brodsy and Duncan Mansfield · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:51 p.m.

JACKSBORO, Tenn. -- A student shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators at a high school Tuesday, officials said. The student was arrested.

Saddam trial in doubt after 2nd lawyer assassinated by gunmen

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert H. Reid · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:50 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three masked gunmen in a speeding Opel assassinated a second lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial Tuesday, casting doubt on Iraq's ability to try the case and leading a prominent war crimes prosecutor to urge moving the proceedings to another Arab country.

Afghanistan's first 5-star hotel opens amid building boom

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:49 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgent violence wracks the countryside, but a building boom fueled by international aid, profits from the opium trade and foreign investment is remaking Afghanistan's dusty capital. The city even got its first five-star hotel Tuesday.

France declares state of emergency due to riots

By Alyson Brodsy and John Leicester · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:48 p.m.

PARIS -- The French government declared a state of emergency Tuesday after nearly two weeks of rioting, and the prime minister said the nation faced a "moment of truth."

Colon wins AL Cy Young Award in one-sided voting

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Fitzpatrick · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:45 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Bartolo Colon won the American League Cy Young Award on Tuesday in a surprisingly one-sided vote, becoming the first Angels pitcher in 41 years to take home the honor. Colon, who led the league with 21 wins, was listed first on 17 ballots and second on the other 11 for 118 points in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He was the only pitcher named on every ballot, easily beating out New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera, who received 68 points. Rivera got eight first-place votes, while 2004 winner Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins received three and finished third.

Back home again: Former IU standout Damon Bailey to coach high school team

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Herman · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:44 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Bedford North Lawrence didn't have to search far for a new boys basketball coach. When the Stars were faced with a coaching vacancy, barely three weeks before the start of the new season, they turned to their most famous alum, Damon Bailey, who led the school to the state championship 15 years ago and finished as the greatest scorer in Indiana high school basketball history. "Our head coach resigned last week. ... I talked with Damon at length a couple times and he decided he wanted to take it on," Bedford athletic director Jeff Callahan said Tuesday.

Tornado's intensity rare occurrence for November

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Callahan · Tuesday, Nov. 8,2005 11:43 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The deadly tornado that obliterated homes across a swath of southwestern Indiana was unusually intense and fast, packing winds that topped 200 mph as it roared through the night at up to 75 mph, meteorologists said Monday.