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Groove to the music

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:38 p.m.

A few stragglers run through the door, their footfalls unintentionally pounding out the beat of the music that blasts from the speakers. "How you guys doing tonight?" yells junior Diana Ballas above the music to the group assembled before her, all while her hips keep time. Her question is answered with cheers, whoops and claps, signaling the beginning of class. Ballas is one of the four Group X leaders who instruct a hip-hop dancing class at the SRSC.

Kiln Creations

By Emily Balters · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:38 p.m.

The sign on the door simply reads, "Welcome to Barb Lund's pottery studio. Hours by chance or appointment." After walking past the clever sign and through the door one is surrounded by shelves of pottery full of rich color. Porcelain pots with swirling colors reminiscent of Van Gogh's paintings fill the top shelf; dinnerware pottery that glows of deep blues, greens and turquoise fill the shelves below. Barb Lund strolls through her studio with a smile on her face.

Economic plan borrows tobacco funds

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:18 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Some key lawmakers expect Gov. Frank O'Bannon to propose that Indiana borrow against its shares of the national tobacco settlement to pay for economic development programs or help plug the state's budget deficit. O'Bannon and Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan were expected to announce a major economic development plan Wednesday afternoon. Their media offices declined to discuss details Tuesday.

Bush - Hardly Captain Planet

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:17 p.m.

Hey, you might be inhaling more of such things as lead, carbon monoxide, sulfur, nitrogen oxides, oxides, particulates and ozones soon, if not already. Lungs burning yet? Well, you can thank the man in the Oval Office. The Bush administration recently lessened clean air regulations -- a move which will now allow factories, manufacturers and utilities to avoid the obligation of installing new pollution-control technologies when they modernize their establishments.

It's Shane's World

By Rory Starks · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:16 p.m.

Here's another piece giving Shane's Enterprises, a porn company, that "invaded" IU's campus in October, some free publicity. I'm sure they're upset. It's a difficult situation, though. I really don't think we should stand by and let such acts be committed on campus, but then again, some people would argue that filming a dorm resident getting favors from a porn star is an artistic expression, and we wouldn't want to upset these "artists," now would we?

Sage advice

By Joe Grace · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:15 p.m.

(A letter composed by the columnist to his nephew who just celebrated his third birthday.) Dear Timmy, At the age of six, I believed everything I was told. Everything! Even when my mother told me the reason the tooth fairy wanted my teeth was to make a giant sculpture of herself. Being older, I now know the tooth fairy uses the teeth in her quest to take over the world. Fortunately, she is stupid and collects teeth instead of nuclear missiles.

Protest is not extortion

By Cherry Blattert · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:14 p.m.

Today the Supreme Court will review the infamous case, Joseph Scheidler v. the National Organization for Women (NOW). The justices will be determining whether organized protests can be considered extortion under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) -- legislation initially meant to convict mobsters. In this case, NOW sued a man who helped organize protests against clinics back in the 1980s. According to NOW's statements, even peaceful pro-life protests are "campaigns of terror against abortion clinics" and should be stopped with RICO.

State traffic fatalities decline significantly

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mark Jewell · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:50 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Traffic deaths in Indiana are on pace to drop nearly 23 percent this year compared with 2001, further boosting the state's ranking as one of the nation's safest places to drive. Several factors are believed to be behind what could turn out to be the biggest one-year decline in Indiana traffic deaths since record keeping began around World War II -- more people using seat belt, tougher traffic law enforcement, stricter drunken driving laws and favorable driving weather last winter.

Not much of a break

By Samantha Ganop · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:49 p.m.

Whether to sponsor holiday gift-giving, spring textbooks, or just to feed midnight pizza cravings, many IU students choose to work over winter break. Money is often the primary motivator in seeking seasonal employment. Junior Theresa Yaecker will be returning to her New Jersey job to have money for rent and food next semester. "My bills don't go away when I go away on vacation," Yaecker said.

Candyland for children

By Lindsay Baron · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:48 p.m.

Whoever thinks hunts for candy take place on a certain spring day in April hasn't heard about Bloomington's Candy Cane Hunt, a family-fun event celebrating winter's chilly arrival. The city's 3rd annual Candy Cane Hunt will take place this Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Thomson Park, located southwest of downtown. The event, sponsored by Bloomington Parks and Recreation and the Village Deli, is open to pre-school through elementary age children and their parents. Admission costs $2.

Around the Arts

Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:31 p.m.

Eminem's former home up for auction, Lacroix to design Air France uniforms, Oasis members held after bar fight.

Operas, symphonies faces woes

By Verena Dobnik · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:28 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Tenor Placido Domingo, who always packs the house at the Metropolitan Opera, didn't always this fall. The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera have each dropped plans to produce two operas they had announced for next season. The San Jose Symphony declared bankruptcy last month.

Turkey fears Iraqi influence

By Abdullah AlShihri and Louis Meixler · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:22 p.m.

HAKKARI, Turkey -- To understand why Turkey is hesitant to back a U.S. attack against Iraq, just look at Hakkari, a mountain town near the Iraqi border where poverty and unemployment fuel anger at the government and support for Kurdish nationalism. Turkey's backing is crucial to any U.S. attack on Iraq, but the overwhelmingly Muslim nation fears that Saddam Hussein's removal could lead to the split-up of Iraq, with Kurds in the north declaring a separate state and providing an example for Turkey's Kurds.

UN teams inspect palace

By Abdullah AlShihri and Charles J. Hanley · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:21 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- International inspectors roared up to one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces Tuesday and demanded and received quick entry, in an early test of new powers to hunt for weapons of mass destruction anywhere, anytime in Iraq. In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan described Iraq's cooperation as good but cautioned "this is only the beginning." Annan's assessment appeared at odds with that of President Bush, who said Monday that early signs from Baghdad "are not encouraging."

Bloomington police report holiday break-ins

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

While many students were stuffing their faces with food, burglars stuffed their bags with belongings from Bloomington homes, police said. Over Thanksgiving break, Sgt. Bill Parker of the Bloomington Police Department said he received reports of several homes broken into and burglarized over the IU student vacation.

Affirmative action admissions on trial again

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether race can be taken into consideration in college admissions, a controversial subject the court last ruled on nearly a quarter of a century ago.

Strategic planners consider wish list

By Adam Van Osdol · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The first phase of Strategic Planning, the year-long project to identify and strengthen campus academics, is complete.

Movies back on Buskirk's screen

By -Meghan Dwyer and Megan Dwyer · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theatre is back in the movie business, following a surprising agreement reached last week between Kerasotes movie chain and Buskirk-Chumley Management Inc. Ever since 1995, when the theatre was donated to the Bloomington Area Arts Council, Kerasotes insisted that no movies be shown in the historic venue, so business at their other Bloomington based Kerasotes' owned theaters wouldn't be jeopardized. Not anymore.

A Flicker of Hope

By Ab D. Phillip and Obaid Khawaja · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

There was a somber glow about Indiana Avenue and Dunn Meadow last night as members of Student Global AIDS Campaign and Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers lit luminaries to commemorate those who have died as a result of AIDS. The event was one of several that have been planned for this week, which began with a memorial service Sunday (World AIDS day).

Thome agrees to $87.5 million contract with Phillies

By Aaron Beard and Rob Maaddi · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:43 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- Jim Thome hit a lot of home runs and helped the Cleveland Indians sell out Jacobs Field for several years. The Philadelphia Phillies hope he does the same at their new stadium.