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Unofficial IU rituals

By Julie Sobel · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:35 p.m.

IU is embedded with traditions of an "official" variety such as, Freshman Induction, Midnight Madness and Little 500. While these University sanctioned rituals help make IU what it is, the day to day life of the undergraduate deals more with those "unofficial" rituals which seemingly have sprouted up like weeds over the course of time. Like weeds, no one really knows how they got there, why they proliferate and what makes them impossible to exterminate. They just seem to exist.

Allocation of tickets unfair

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:34 p.m.

As the voice of the students, the IDS Editorial Board saw it as our duty to express our sentiments concerning the reduction of men's basketball season tickets from 10 to six or seven -- and that is one of frustration. While it is understandable, and even commendable, that the athletic department is making an effort to assure every student gets a chance to view the national runners-up, they should have done more. The ticket office should have made sure every student got to see the number of games promised when our tickets were purchased.

Business in Brief

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:30 p.m.

War concerns dominate, Dow falls in light trading Exec salaries increased despite slow business Grand jury subpoenas four power companies Mexico destroys coffee to stop falling prices

Lower rates benefit students

By Takashi Nakamichi · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:28 p.m.

When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to a 41-year low last week, IU students deep in federal debt got a dose of relief.

Retailers get to consumers by targeting their inboxes

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:28 p.m.

NEW YORK -- This holiday, the war among retailers to win consumers' attention isn't just being played out on selling floors and Web sites. It's heating up in shoppers' e-mail inboxes.

Students' Web solutions out of this world

By Erin Bergmann · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:27 p.m.

After turning down an estimated $50,000 worth of work because he couldn't keep up with the demand, Justin Greis realized he needed help. Greis, a 22-year-old MBA student in the accounting program, recruited his buddies -- Dan Jess, Chris Andrus, Dan Veatch and Tyler McPheeters -- to help him start BrainOrbit. The company helps clients with small-scale enterprise resource planning, creating CD-ROMs, Web sites, training and small business solutions.

Titanium Chef event heats up

Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:27 p.m.

The Union Board Major Attractions Committee will host The Titanium Chef, a cook-off between local restaurants and students, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Charleston Market on the mezzanine level of the Indiana Memorial Union. The event is free to all IU students.

Event set 'for the kids'

By Alyson Brodsy and Aaron Brown · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:26 p.m.

IU is sponsoring an early childhood inclusion conference Nov. 13 and 14 in Carmel, Ind., a suburb of Indianapolis. Alice Cross, event coordinator and research associate of the Indiana Institute on Disability Communication, has been planning the event since January of this year.

Student arrested after altercation

By Asma Khalid · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:24 p.m.

Freshman Steven Mitchell was arrested for battery Sunday morning for instigating a fight on the third floor of Eigenmann Hall, according to the IU Police Department.

Sex researcher can be a lonely job

By Rebekah Carpenter · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:21 p.m.

Being a sex researcher can be a lonely task, said IU professor William Yarber. "Friends and neighbors don't know quite how to react that someone is a sexual scientist," he said. "They don't understand the nature of the field … I don't think they quite understand the rigors and difficulties of doing the research."

Top suspect in Bali identified

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven Gutkin · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:19 p.m.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Investigators revealed Monday that the top suspect in the Bali blasts studied under the alleged spiritual leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, which has links to al-Qaida.

Center combines culture, theater

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice Worthy · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:19 p.m.

Jordan Avenue is the home to the newly-opened Marcellus Neal and Frances Marshall Black Culture and the Theatre and Drama Centers. Although the building is located on Jordan Ave., it's one of IU's best kept secrets. The plans for the building began in the 70s and officially opened its doors in January 2002.

Head bishop pleads for unity

By Alyson Brodsy and Rachel Zoll · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:17 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The head of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops pleaded for unity within the church Monday as he and his fellow prelates prepared to adopt a sex abuse policy that they promised will get offending clergy out of public ministry.

Iraqi parliament objects

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 11:17 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's parliament condemned a new tough U.N. resolution as full of lies and ill intentions during a special session Monday in which a senior lawmaker urged rejection of the Security Council directive--a prospect that could prompt an attack by the United States and Britain. President Saddam Hussein has used the rubber-stamp parliament as cover for difficult decisions in the past, and the tough language does not necessarily mean parliament will reject the proposal.

Ramadan cannon no longer booms

By Alyson Brodsy and Jason Keyser · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:08 p.m.

NABLUS, West Bank -- One gun has fallen silent in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the century-old cannon that used to signal the end of the day's fast during Ramadan.

'Cubic Zirconia' disappoints

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:07 p.m.

"Cubic Zirconia" opened at 10 p.m. Thursday at the Bloomington Playwright's Project following the mainstage show "Kate Crackernuts." Written by Keith Tadrowski and created through the Chicago Dramatists Workshop, the show is satirical in its depiction of what goes on in dysfunctional homes where husbands are physically and emotionally abusive, and the wives are lushes.

Slow beginning hinders 'Wells'

By Rebekah Rankin · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:06 p.m.

Trelawny of the 'Wells'" is a play worth seeing, but only if you can make it through the first act. I sat bored stiff through act one, wondering what I had gotten myself into. With no apparent plot until act two, and a complete lack of comedic relief from the bland dialogue, I began to wonder, "So what's the point?" But like I said, if you can make it through the first act, it's worth seeing.

'Liaisons' full of intrigue

By Jane Charney · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:03 p.m.

The decadent society of the late 1780's could not be better portrayed than in Christopher Hampton's "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." The play, based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos, premiered at the John Waldron Arts Center Friday. It is a story of intrigue, jealousy and, most of all, the constant search for pleasure.

24 chapters honored at ceremony

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:02 p.m.

For the second year in a row, Alpha Phi Alpha will reign as the IU Panhellenic Council's Chapter of the Year, while Phi Gamma Delta gained control of the title for the Interfraternity Council and Alpha Gamma Delta for the Panhellenic Association.

Lecture gives only the facts about cancer

By Adam Aasen · Monday, Nov. 11,2002 6:01 p.m.

Eli Lilly cancer research scientists gave a free lecture entitled "How does it impact us all?" at Alumni Hall Saturday afternoon. The lecture was part of a week-long series of events organized by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity to raise money for the American Cancer Society.