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By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:51 a.m.

Motorcycle patrols return to state force FORT WAYNE -- Indiana State Police are patrolling on motorcycles again for the first time in 65 years. Mobility, cost and even gas mileage have factored into a decision to try four new Harley-Davidsons as patrol vehicles. They began patrols over the weekend. Motorcycles cost thousands of dollars less than a patrol car and they get 42 miles to a gallon of gas, compared with 21 miles for a squad car, Beamon said.

Not easy being green

By Brett Warnke · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:49 a.m.

Robin Hood was a Communist. Or at least that's what some members of the 1954 Indiana State Textbook Commission thought. According to "What Did It Matter? The Legacy of Protest" from the IU Alumni Web site, Mrs. Thomas White, a leading member, had wished to remove Robin Hood from all student textbooks because his character had "Communist connotations." The opinions of these state officials and the widespread conservatism in postwar America catalyzed a student group, "The Green Feather Movement," which decried McCarthyism and stood as the forerunner of Indiana's student activism and protest in the 1960s. The new millennium has ushered in a world of terror and fear. But is the GFM's legacy alive at Indiana or has the era of student activism burned out?

Donation of Hope

By David A. Nosko · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:48 a.m.

International educational reformers and community leaders convened in Bloomington to celebrate a new facility donated by the Hope Foundation to various community youth organizations Saturday. The building is a warehouse located on the west side next to the General Electric plant and will be used by the Boys & Girls Club, Girls Inc., and the Bloomington Playwrights Project

Local artists diplay talents in 'Downtown Gall ery Walk'

By Rose Mary Forte · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:47 a.m.

Bloomington's chilly autumn streets were buzzing with people Friday night as they walked from gallery to gallery as part of this fall's "Downtown Gallery Walk." Local artists showed off their best work at the 10 participating galleries, all within walking distance of each other.

The commonwealth of Florida

By Joanna Borns · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:46 a.m.

My fellow Americans, I watched the presidential debate last week (if for no other reason than the fact that Jim Lehrer is such a hottie). As I watched, it was blazingly obvious that our entire system of government has become more bipartisan than the Olsen twins. (Well, assuming Mary-Kate and Ashley have opposing platforms on foreign policy.)

Students learn new moves at IU Swing Club

By Teri Rosenbaum · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:45 a.m.

Some are experienced dancers complete with black, single-strapped Mary Janes. Others, perhaps less experienced, learn the steps wearing their old, ratty sneakers. But all of them gather for one reason: to swing dance.

Local kids 'Meet the Instruments'

By Erika Biga Lee · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:45 a.m.

Emma Lannard is six years old and she already can point out her favorite instrument -- the slide whistle. But she likes all the instruments that cross her path. Lately, her mom said with a sigh, Emma has been eyeing a family friend's drum set. At the second annual "Meet the Instruments" day at WonderLab Sunday, Emma was one of several dozen children gathered to learn about music.

Vote based on facts

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:44 a.m.

There are a couple things that can be extracted from Dr. Arnold Shuster's letter in the Sept. 28th edition of the Indiana Daily Student. However, they are not what the writer intended. The first is the liberal Democrats will stop at nothing to misrepresent facts to scare groups into voting for them that they could not otherwise convince. The second is having a Ph.D does not make you immune from intellectual dishonesty.

IU Art Museum opens 'Pressure Points'

By Stacey Laskin · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:43 a.m.

Warm colors, probing eyes and forceful words will fill the IU Art Museum's Special Exhibitions Gallery until Dec. 19. A new exhibit featuring contemporary art opened Friday at the museum.

Daniels right to sell stock

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:42 a.m.

Recent television advertisements by Gov. Joe Kernan have attacked his opponent, Mitch Daniels, for pocketing close to a half million dollars by selling shares in the Indianapolis Power and Light Company while serving on its board. Daniels had voted to sell the company to an out-of-state firm, and the stock suffered shortly after Daniels got out.

Kernan names members of proposed task force

By Rick Newkirk · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:32 a.m.

Gov. Joe Kernan named a nine-person task force to steer his proposed "Hoosier Health Plan" Wednesday. The group would serve until December 2005 and includes small-business owners, physicians and hospital administrators from seven different cities.

Season gets serious at Notre Dame Invitational

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:32 a.m.

The honeymoon is over for the IU men's cross country team. After several weeks of training and low-key competition, the men travel to South Bend tomorrow for the Notre Dame Invitational, where they will line up against last year's NCAA Champion Stanford University.

Bush, Kerry square off

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:28 a.m.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush Thursday night of a "colossal error in judgment" in ordering the invasion of Iraq. "The world is better off without Saddam Hussein," the president shot back in campaign debate, adding his rival once said so himself.

Reps of 3 major parties give views on GLBT rights

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:28 a.m.

Before the presidential debate began Thursday night, students piled into Woodburn Hall for a forum sponsored by OUT, a group supported by Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Support Services, to hear representatives of the College Republicans, College Democrats and College Libertarians present their presidential candidate's perspectives on GLBT issues.

35 children dead in Iraq bombings

By Alyson Brodsy and Alexandra Zavis · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:23 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A string of bombs killed 35 children and wounded scores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy Thursday at a government-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant. It was the largest death toll of children in any insurgent attack since the start of the Iraq conflict.

Butler, city mourn loss of officer

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:23 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Thousands of Butler University students lined the main road through campus Thursday to say goodbye to a member of the Butler family one last time. A somber week at Butler ended with the funeral procession of Butler Police Officer James Davis through campus. Students gathered as helicopters flew overhead and over 300 police cars rode in the funeral procession to show their respect to a fellow officer.

Vegans unhappy with Collins food

By Lindsay Lyon · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:23 a.m.

After a long day of classes, junior Scott Ferguson and sophomore Jacob Mazer are hungry. At 5:15 p.m. the two friends, both vegans, scan the dinner menu posted on the wall at the entrance of Collins' Edmundson Dining Hall and turn up their noses.

Undecided voters unmoved

By Tony Sams · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:08 a.m.

If undecided voters across the nation remain as unmoved as undecided IU student voters following Thursday's first presidential debate, then President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry both need to gain more than either would have preferred. An estimated six in 10 adults, or roughly 50 million people according to some estimates, were to have tuned in to the 90-minute debate from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla., that focused largely on foreign policy and homeland security. Polls show as much as a quarter of likely voters said their minds could be swayed by watching the debates.

Bush, Kerry tackle abortion, economic development

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:06 a.m.

The following are President George W. Bush's and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry's responses to issue questions posed by The Associated Press. Abortion Q: Should girls be required to tell their parents before having an abortion?

Astros lead National League wild-card

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 1,2004 2:05 a.m.

HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros have done little wrong in the past month after doing little right for most of the season. After firing their manager and playing catch-up for the past three months, the Astros began Thursday with an improbable lead in the NL playoff race. They were atop the wild-card standing for the first time this season, a half-game ahead of San Francisco and the Chicago Cubs.