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Baseball playoffs up to bat

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:34 a.m.

As a Cubs fan, telling the differences between the regular season and postseason approximates the differences between my everyday life and Michael Jackson's life. I have trouble comprehending. My life is ordinary. Jacko the Germ Fighter's life isn't. Nothing is more exciting than a tense, well-played baseball game except perhaps a tense, poorly played baseball game. Even Twins manager Ron Gardenhire found it comical when four Twins let Scott Hatteberg's routine pop-up fall between them for an RBI single. TV cameras caught Gardenhire laughing in the dugout. That's a good thing as the Twins settled down to win both the game and eventually the series.

Sympathy for the devil

By Rory Starks · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:33 a.m.

According to Jim Gilles, you can either spend your life "running with the Devil" or "walking with Jesus." I would prefer a brisk jog with the Devil, since he seems to be promoting the more invigorating of the two exercises. I'm also not too keen on this whole "Stairway to Heaven" thing because the cruising the "Highway to Hell" sounds much more convenient, especially for the handicapped.

Runner surprises coach, surpasses own expectations

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Hinson · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:32 a.m.

When men's cross country coach Robert Chapman designed his plan to rebuild his team, he wanted to use a base of Indiana high school stars and eventually land some high school All Americans. Last year, Chapman was able to take a step towards those national stars by bringing in three Foot Locker All-Americans in Stephen Haas from North Carolina and twins John and Sean Jefferson from Florida. He also brought in Eric Redman from Indianapolis, a signing that slipped under the spotlight. After redshirting his freshman cross country season, Redman has been the team's biggest surprise this year.

Stay away from the ostriches

By Joe Grace · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:32 a.m.

They are now giving out awards for studying ostrich sex. ("They" referring to people with way too much time on their hands.)

No child left behind

By Cherry Blattert · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:31 a.m.

President Bush's educational platform of "No Child Left Behind," aims to hold schools accountable. Schools who are chronically failing must have some incentive to turn things around. Vouchers are the best method to ensure that no child is ever left behind.

Profiling evil

By George Lyle IV · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

We need to live boldly and without fear. To do so means to go on and not compromise our standards and equal protection of human rights and dignity under law. Now men ages 16 to 45 from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen are fingerprinted and tracked when entering the U.S.

Democracy is process

By Judd Arnold · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

Great Britain used to be the greatest nation in the world. In earlier times, only Lords could vote. Lords were the most educated, enlightened and certainly the most capable people in Great Britain. Fittingly, only they had the right to elect the leaders of the country. "Ridiculous!" the leaders would cry when asked if commoners could have a say in the political process. "We know what is best, we will choose. They are uneducated, and uninformed."

Team hopes to step up performance

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Rosen · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

For many teams, there comes a point during a season when they either step up or stay at their current pace. Following their fifth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, coach Judy Wilson said it is definitely time for the women's cross country team to step it up. "Our top three or four runners need to step it up," Wilson said. "The good thing is that we were in the top five (at the Notre Dame Invitational), but it wasn't a stellar performance. The exciting part is that we're capable of a lot more when we have everyone on all cylinders."

Protection at all costs

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:28 a.m.

Citizens of countries labeled by the U.S. State Department as terrorism sponsors (Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Libya) are now fingerprinted and registered upon arrival and departure, interviewed at an Immigration and Naturalization Services office for stays longer than 30 days and notify the INS within 10 days of a change of residence, academic institution or employment. Now the program is to include Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, Yemeni and Pakistani males ages 16 to 45. Other foreign nationals who the INS suspect as security risks are also required to register.

Educate students first

By Cherry Blattert · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 5:49 p.m.

Epictetus once said, "Only the educated are free." Under IUSA's watch, though, the free aren't very educated. IUSA has squandered our student activities fund on a car in order to woo non-voters into the polls through their "Vote Hard" initiative. I suggest they instead attempt to redeem their wasted splurge with a "Vote Well" campaign.

Whine to someone else

By Katie Flege · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 5:49 p.m.

On Apr. 7, 2001 rioting began when 19-year-old Timothy Thomas was shot by a police officer who thought the boy was reaching for a gun. No one really knows what happened that night, and Officer Steven Roach, the shooter, has been accused by his own police department of lying about the details of the event. What is known is that Thomas was the 15th African American killed by police in Cincinnati since 1995, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. While each death was surrounded by its own circumstances and some even seemed justified, African Americans throughout the city felt strongly that they were victims of racial profiling.

Walking the college walk

By Jamieson Hawkins · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 5:48 p.m.

Remember when you were a little child (if not, remember when you watched a little child on TV) and the day came for you to take your very first step. Quickly you prop yourself up, clinging to a nearby decorative gun rack for balance (no child proof home would be complete without one), and then for the first of many times, you will attempt something you may or may not care to do: Walk. This will be the first in a line of many times that you will do something for no other good reason than to get your parents to quit nagging you. Next thing you know, you're vacuuming for your mom, running from school yard bullies, then inevitably, smuggling drugs across the border.

Guns at 10 paces...

By George Lyle IV · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 5:47 p.m.

The state of the world is in question right now...no other period in history has had so many events hold such ironic twists and had so many world citizens gracefully demonstrate their idiocy in such an outlandish fashion as before. The Israelis and Palestinians have been at each other's throats for years, fighting like they were kids in a grade school playground.

Bush draws line on Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:50 a.m.

President Bush, seeking support for war against Iraq, called Saddam Hussein a "murderous tyrant" Monday night and said he may be plotting to attack the United States with biological and chemical weapons. Saddam and his "nuclear holy warriors" are also building a nuclear weapons program and could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year, Bush said in prime-time address.

100 march in opposition to possible war with Iraq

By Mitch Blacher · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:50 a.m.

Activists from all over Bloomington met at Showalter Fountain Monday to demonstrate their desire for a peaceful future. One year to the day after the first U.S. attack on Afghan soil, the activists marched past IU's campus and through Bloomington demanding exactly what the signs raised above their heads said -- peace.

Amendment debate pits preservationists against developers

By Micah Maidenberg · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:50 a.m.

Intense debate over an amendment to Bloomington's Growth Policies Plan on Monday left two polarized sides waiting for a vote nearly three hours into the meeting. The split has marked many of the debates concerning the GPP. Developers have argued for a minimum of regulation on their property, while preservationists have argued for public processes to maintain historic structures and neighborhoods.

Stocks cost Foundation $80 million

By Takashi Nakamichi · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:50 a.m.

Sliding stock markets struck the IU Foundation hard in the 2001-2002 fiscal year, wiping out millions of dollars from its long-term fund. But foundation officials say the loss will have no direct impact on students.

High court won't hear appeal

By Alyson Brodsy and Anne Gearan · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:45 a.m.

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to be drawn into New Jersey's Senate dispute, allowing the Democrats to replace their candidate one month before the election.

Step up or move over

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 2:05 a.m.

With the recent announcement that the United Nations and Iraq have come to an agreement to bring weapons inspectors into the country for the first time since 1998, the U.N. has a unique opportunity to prove itself to be an effective and relevant organization. In order to do this, the U.N. must not stand back and allow Iraq to operate under the same weapons inspection operations that were allowed when the inspectors were expelled from the country four years ago.

Faculty group sets big goal for new fund

Tuesday, Oct. 8,2002 1:34 a.m.

The Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching has announced the creation of the Marion Mack Endowment for Scholarship and Teaching Excellence, a unique collaboration of the IU faculty, trustees and the community. The purpose of the fund, as laid out in the Spring 2002 FACET newsletter, will be "to serve as a living memorial to Marion Mack by supporting IU's ongoing commitment to excellence in teaching and learning."