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Mayor to pay off debt

By Joseph S. Pete · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:57 p.m.

Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez plans to invest $1.2 million into the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, a downtown landmark that has long been financially beleaguered. Under his proposal, the city would pay off the theater's debt and effectively own it after a three-year period. Fernandez said he has the backing of the city council, which is now threshing out the 2002 budget. Half the funding would come from the city's general fund, while about $600,000 would be drawn from property taxes in the downtown area.

Protesters arraigned

By Joseph S. Pete · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:56 p.m.

At their arraignment Monday, the 16 protesters charged with trespassing at Brown's Woods pleaded innocent and asked for jury trials. Several of them occupied trees in the hope of ending plans to build an apartment complex on the privately owned woodland just east of Ind. 37. The Indianapolis-based developer, Herman and Associates, intends to start construction on the publicly subsidized affordable housing project later this month.

Vines & Wine

By Evan Clossin · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:41 p.m.

When people outside the state think of Southern Indiana, some might not think of the scholarly exploits of the students and faculty at Indiana University. Nor may they think of the social consciousness or the natural beauty of Bloomington. Sadly, a number of misinformed out-of-towners may envision the typical southern Indianan as mountain folk. A one-eyed, one-toothed, deranged senior citizen sitting on his porch in a rocking chair, XXX jug in one hand, shotgun in the other. These are the people who assume that the extent of Southern Indiana libations consist of moonshine and Natural Light. How sorely mistaken they are.

IUPD Blotter

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:14 p.m.

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Officials examine trustee residency

By Cory Schouten · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:12 p.m.

The governor's office is reviewing statutes and case law to determine what, if anything, should be done about three Monroe County residents serving on the IU board of trustees. State law states that no more than two trustees may live in the same county. Bloomington resident Sue Talbot was elected to the board late last month by IU alumni.

IUB coordinates return to Black Expo

By Bennet Haeberle and Bennett Haeberle · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:08 p.m.

The IU-Bloomington campus will return next week to the 2001 Indiana Black Expo to showcase the University and promote the importance of higher education. IU-Bloomington joins the other IU campuses in promoting the educational opportunities it provides African Americans and others by emphasizing the importance of a college education. The week-long celebration will run from July 16-22 at the Indiana Convention Center and RCA Dome in Indianapolis.

"Scary Movie 2" stabs the funny bone

By Ryan Hildebrandt · Wednesday, July 11,2001 9:04 p.m.

The Wayans brothers should forget about making TV shows. I think the WB and UPN should realize they aren't going to turn out another "In Living Color." But if Keenan, Marlon and Shawn could make a TV show as funny as "Scary Movie 2," we'd have something decent to watch on the second-rate networks besides "Blind Date."

Keepin' it real with relationships

By Sarah Payton · Wednesday, July 11,2001 8:56 p.m.

And another one bites the dust. Carson Daly & Tara Reid. Meg Ryan & Dennis Quaid. Tom Cruise & Nicole Kidman. Benjamin Bratt & Julia Roberts. Meg Ryan, again, & Russell Crowe. Lucky guys & myself. The relationship saga continues as the rich and famous just can't seem to hold it together, and the young and restless here in the Midwest can't seem to find anything that works. My mother once told me that the guys worth keeping didn't like girls that called them, smoked cigarettes or were drunk at least once a week. At the rate I was headed (and still am heading) there was no chance for me to ever find anyone real she told me, all of this at the age of 16.

Around the Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 11,2001 8:55 p.m.

Panaggio heads to Portland Trailblazers Star guard coming to IU in fall 2002 Haston signs with Charlotte Hornets

Religious Right flexing muscles again

By Duncan Mitchel and Duncan Mitchell · Wednesday, July 11,2001 8:51 p.m.

As George Bush advances his program to subsidize religious charities, the Religious Right (which expects to feed at the bounteous Federal trough) will be encouraged to advance its theocratic agenda in other areas. We're seeing an example in Fort Wayne where nine residents have threatened to sue the IUPUI campus. Why? A theatre arts student there is trying to stage Terrence McNally's play Corpus Christi as his senior directing project. Corpus Christi has drawn attack since it was first staged. It's about a Texas kid named Joshua who's clearly a Christ-figure, and he's gay. Early productions of the play were picketed by Roman Catholics and attacked by various religious conservatives. None of them had apparently read the play, not even the Church officials who encouraged the laity to protest. It's a safe bet that none of the objectors to the Fort Wayne production have read it either.

Good riddance to the old trustee

By Joshua Claybourn · Wednesday, July 11,2001 8:40 p.m.

Columns about the IU board of trustees rarely stir up much interest from readers. Yet when I told a close friend of mine about some of the dark and ugly decisions by the administration, he was ready to post flyers about it throughout campus. Now, I don't expect any of you to jump up out of your seats and march on the Bryan House (only Bob Knight can cause that). But hopefully you'll take some interest in some very significant recent changes to the very core of Indiana University. Last Monday Gov. Frank O'Bannon's office announced the appointment of Sacha Willsey to a two-year term as the IU student trustee. The student trustee sits on the IU board of trustees as an equal member. It's a pretty big deal when you consider that the board decides everything from admission standards, to curricula, to new buildings, and even tuition for IU.

Protesters question arrests, imminent construction

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Sunday, July 8,2001 10:08 p.m.

At 5 a.m. Friday, they came out in droves, a single cause uniting their raised voices. By 11 a.m. they toted bullhorns and cameras, their demonstration peaceful yet persistent. Young and old alike they gathered, offering encouragement and support as the sun beat down unforgivingly at high noon. One fair-haired toddler moved aimlessly about, pausing occasionally to add a high-pitched protest to the melee. And at nearly 1 p.m., they watched as state police drove two of their own away in handcuffs. Police forcibly removed Ruth Hannah and Megan Hise from their position of protest, locked around a tree in the woods surrounding the Basswood apartment complex off S.R. 37., further fueling the crowd's angry cries.

Police raid ends 4-month tree-sit

By Joseph S. Pete · Sunday, July 8,2001 10:02 p.m.

A parched Michael Englert descended 80 feet from a red oak in Brown's Woods late Saturday afternoon, ending a two-day standoff with the police. After giving him some fruit and a water bottle to slake his thirst, sheriff's deputies arrested him on charges of trespassing and resisting arrest. Englert, one of 16 activists arrested over the weekend, had occupied the tree in the hope of ending plans to build an apartment complex on the privately owned woodland just east of Ind. 37. The Indianapolis-based developer, Herman and Associates, intends to start construction on the publicly subsidized affordable housing project later this month.

Market Square Arena imploded

By Cory Schouten · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:40 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS--Silence fell over a crowd gathered at an eastside church Sunday when a chorus of beeper, cell phone and watch chimes began to signal the hour -- 7 a.m. Time to bring down the house.

Zoning board approves Menards superstore

By Joseph S. Pete · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:29 p.m.

After months of setbacks, Menards cleared the last hurdle to putting up a superstore at the Ind. 37 Bypass at Fullerton Pike Thursday. The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals took only about 15 minutes to approve Menards' plan to reduce the size of its parking lot from 800 spaces down to 406. Project attorney Gary Clendening said construction should start later this month. The 161,000-square-foot home improvement store could be open as early as December.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:23 p.m.

Red Cross seeks volunteers for fair

'Six Feet Under' another in line of great HBO shows

By Brian Longly · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:22 p.m.

Television has lacked quality shows for a long time now. Sure, some of it might be entertaining, but the shows that are good seldom make it because they are too advanced for the general public, such as "Sports Night" or "Freaks and Geeks."

Run/walk to benefit Boys and Girls Club

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:21 p.m.

A 5K run/walk benefiting the Bloomington Boys and Girls Club will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the IU Cross Country track, located at 10th Street and the State Road 45/46 bypass. The event is sponsored by the Kelley School of Business's summer Intensive Core students. The event is the centerpiece of an effort by the I-Core students to help the local branch of the Boys and Girls Club out of a $21,000 deficit in funding for its summer camp program. The shortage came about after a cut in city funding for the program. I-Core students have each personally donated $10 and have additionally set a goal of raising at least $31 in donations apiece.

'Baby Boy' examines relationships in inner city

By Ryan Hildebrandt · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:21 p.m.

Many people consider "Baby Boy" a companion piece to "Boyz 'N the Hood." John Singleton brought a vivid view of life in the ghetto to the rest of white America with "Hood." The film showed the danger, trouble, and plight of the inner city.

IU forms partnership with Naval Surface Warfare Center

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 8,2001 9:20 p.m.

IU and Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, announced last week a new dedicated, high-speed optical fiber research connection would be installed through an agreement with Smithville Telephone Company. The high-speed connection will "support joint research and education activities," according to a press release.