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After 26 years, cafeteria worker retires

By Brett Warnke · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:01 a.m.

Most freshmen remember Lou Crouch from their first admissions tour of IU's campus or hearing her buoyant chuckle while waiting in the lines at Wright Food Court. Her jolly smile, plume of silver hair and grandmotherly demeanor have given new and current students a taste of southern Indiana's charm.

Hazard level upped at Mount St. Helens

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:57 a.m.

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. -- As scientists warned that an eruption of Mount St. Helens appeared imminent Sunday, eager tourists camped out along park roads, hoping to catch a glimpse of the seething volcano without being overcome by ash and smoke.

Rice defends intelligence on Saddam's nuclear capability

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:56 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion Sunday, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time. In the run-up to the March 2003 war, Rice said in a television interview in 2002 that the Iraqi president was trying to obtain high-strength aluminum tubes to rebuild his nuclear weapons program. The tubes, she said, were "only really suited for nuclear weapons programs."

Departments, volunteers register new voters

By Haley Beck · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:54 a.m.

The biology department and the School of Education did their part last week to register students in preparation for the voter registration deadline expiring today.

PIKE fraternity to come back to IU

By Maggie Bozich · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:52 a.m.

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity will begin colonizing this week on campus. Two chapter consultants will be at the University recruiting men to help build a strong foundation for the fraternity.

Group discusses religion in politics

By Rick Newkirk · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:51 a.m.

During a discussion held Friday at the Poynter Center, law professor Daniel Conkle addressed the intersection of politics and religion, including the "religion gap" among voters and the separation of church and state.

Around The State

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.