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Papa's novel shows a writer 'On the Verge'

By Jane Charney · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 1:15 a.m.

Life after college graduation in three words: "On the Verge." As the title of Ariella Papa's debut novel, this phrase perfectly describes the future of most recent graduates -- waiting for something, about to get the big break, but not quite there.

Worst summer for fests

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Weller · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 1:03 a.m.

VAIL, Colo. -- It has been a midsummer's nightmare for arts festivals across the country because of visa restrictions imposed to tighten security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Festival coordinators have had to find replacement performers at the last minute for top artists who have been denied entry, including performers at the recent Vail Valley International Dance Festival and the Lincoln Center Festival in New York City.

All buses free to students next week

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:58 a.m.

Hitching a free ride around town will be pretty easy next week. Bloomington Transit, in conjunction with IU Bus Service will hold annual "Free Week" beginning this Monday, Sept. 2. During "Free Week" all Bloomington Transit, BT Access, Rural Transit and IU Campus Buses are completely free of charge to anyone in the community.

Anti-tobacco activists promise fight after secondhand-smoke court ruling

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:56 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Anti-tobacco groups say they will take their pleas to ban smoking in public places directly to voters since the Ohio Supreme Court ruled local health boards cannot enact such bans.

Investigators search for mother of infant girl discovered in creek

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:56 a.m.

GREEN HILL, Ind. -- Investigators have asked for the public's help finding the mother of an infant girl whose body was recovered in a rural western Indiana creek last weekend.

State parks mull several new fees

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:54 a.m.

Indianapolis -- The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is asking the legislature to approve 37 fee hikes that would generate an additional $3 million to run the agency.

More mixed messages

By Myles Brand · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:47 a.m.

Last September, IU Bloomington was named by Time magazine as its College of the Year among research universities, based on the comprehensive programs we have developed to help students make the academic and social transition to college life. We were proud of the honor. The media, for the most part, yawned. Move forward a bit less than a year. Last Monday morning, the phones began to ring at our media relations offices, and kept ringing. IU has been "honored" again. The Princeton Review -- no, it is not affiliated with Princeton University -- had declared that IUB is the nation's No. 1 party school.

Moving in means growing up

By Lauren E. Morrill and Lauren Morrill · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:39 a.m.

A mere 12 months ago I was waving goodbye to my parents from my fifth floor window in Read Hall. My only memories of my move-in include a lot of people, a lot of boxes, a lot of heat and a lot of stairs.

Dance monkey, dance

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 12:33 a.m.

The captain on the last flight I took told all the passengers that he hopes he'll see us all again on our next ATA vacation. I didn't even know what color pants he was wearing.

Culture events to spice up campus today

By Alyson Brodsy and Maura Halpern · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:18 a.m.

Around 7,000 freshmen will walk onto Indiana University's sprawled, wooded campus this week. Many will be nervous, others filled with excitement, and most just plain overwhelmed. All, however come together at IU from several different regions around the U.S. and even across the globe.

GEEC ready for dedication

By Alyson Brodsy and Lauren Morrill · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:18 a.m.

Tenth Street and Fee Lane have finally been put back together as workers put the finishing touches on the new Graduate & Executive Education Center, a facility the Kelley School of Business dean calls "a technological wonder." The GEEC boasts two full computer labs, data ports for laptops throughout the building and two-way audio and video links. These links will be used for students to transmit lectures and presentations across the globe.

Lounge Life

By Alyson Brodsy and Paige Gray · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:18 a.m.

As another school year rolls around at IU, the annual move-in chaos and confusion into the dormitories includes another complication. Thirty to 40 students will be spending their first days on campus living in a lounge.

Barely Moving

By Alyson Brodsy and Elise LeBlanc · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:18 a.m.

The road to freedom was clogged Wednesday as incoming freshmen funneled down into one lane on Highway 37 -- a closure which turned out to be an effective filtration system into IU. "Traffic just stopped for 15 minutes," said freshman parent, Rick Matillo. "It took us 45 minutes to really get moving but once we cleared Martinsville, it was a cakewalk."

Intelligence officials discover Al-Qaeda hideout

By Alyson Brodsy and Pauline Jelinek · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Intelligence officials may have uncovered the hideouts of two more key al Qaeda figures who escaped Afghanistan -- right across the border in Iran. And one of the men was previously believed dead.

Liberty looking for first title

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:06 a.m.

NEW YORK -- After seeing the Los Angeles win the WNBA title its first time out, the New York Liberty feel they're more than a little due for some rings of their own.

Around the region

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:05 a.m.

South Bend council member enters plea in bank fraud 2 nurses charged with neglect in death West Nile victim may have contracted virus in Indiana

Haas prevails at U.S. Open

By Alyson Brodsy and Howard Fendrich · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:05 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Little was ordinary about the start of the U.S. Open for third-seeded Tommy Haas, from being ordered to change out of a sleeveless shirt to three straight double faults in the fifth set.

Commissioner joins strike negotiations

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:04 a.m.

NEW YORK -- As baseball moved within two days of another work stoppage, commissioner Bud Selig arrived at major league offices and negotiators worked late into the night to try to avert a planned strike.

Wanted: Fans

By Alyson Brodsy and Sarah Meinecke · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:03 a.m.

There is nothing better than football Saturdays in the fall. Except if you go to IU. Because here, the parking lots are half-full, people who bother to tailgate rarely bother to go watch the game and a two-sided stadium is unnecessary because the fans could fit on one side. Well, except when we play other Big Ten schools. Their fans actually bother to make road trips.

Parking regulations cut out violators

By Jackie Corgan · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 2:03 a.m.

With thousands of people venturing back to Bloomington this fall, finding a parking spot may prove to be a difficult task. The City of Bloomington parking enforcement operations has a program to ensure residents the ability to obtain permits to park in their neighborhoods between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ordinance is intended to protect pedestrians, motorists and cyclists from heavy traffic resulting from competing for parking spaces.

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