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Record crowds at Burning Man festival

By Alyson Brodsy and Don Thompson · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 1:06 a.m.

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. -- As jugglers danced with hoops and spirals of fire, vehicles belched flames and hypnotic drums echoed through the night, more than 35,000 costumed revelers ritually burned a 40-foot neon-and-wooden icon of a man deep in the Nevada desert.

No computer geeks allowed

By Matt Mattucci · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:54 a.m.

It's very obvious nowadays that technology has taken over the world. The latest gadgets and gizmos are being distributed faster than Deion Sanders runs the 40-yard dash. College students are perhaps the most notorious for constantly using the latest technology in the place of human interaction.

Sophomore overcomes injury to pace team

By Ryan Corazza · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:50 a.m.

If sophomore Jessica Gall were a motorized vehicle, she'd be a full-sized pick-up truck with tons of horsepower. If she were a prize fighter, she'd be Rocky Balboa. And if Gall were a brand of paper towel, she'd most definitely be Bounty.

Senior leading young Hoosier team on and off court

By Kevin Dwire · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:46 a.m.

Every collegiate coach wants an upperclassman on her team whose etiquette and demeanor on the court rub off onto younger players getting accustomed to the college game. Very few coaches get a player whose actions in the community combine with this knowledge of the sport to set an example for how to make the most out of college life. IU women's volleyball coach Katie Weismiller has exactly that player in senior middle blocker Katie Pollom.

SRSC elliptical stress

By Alyson Brodsy and Stacie Vasko · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:40 a.m.

I do too much. With a part-time job at the Indiana Daily Student, sorority functions, an internship at a TV station, five classes and trying to start up a new journalism organization on campus, I have a hard time finding time to relieve the stress that my life brings. And not only do all of these things stress me out, I'm a stressball. So to keep my sanity, I require just one hour a day to unwind and de-stress.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:39 a.m.

Alphi Phi will hold a memorial service for IU student Brynn Bergin in the house's front lawn at 9 p.m. today. Bergin, who would have been a sophomore this year and had recently joined Alpha Phi, was killed in a car accident Aug. 7.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:38 a.m.

Legacy of the empty McDonald's Joetta Hinton's Sept. 2 article "Chipotle comes to Kirkwood," while accurate, omitted quite a lot about the closed store's story. True, McDonald's was a place to meet friends or family while it was open, but it did not cease to be such a place when it closed. In fact, it was the meeting grounds for several groups. Food not Bombs gave food to the hungry every Sunday and chess players could often be seen at the tables.

IU Bookstore allows year-round billing

By Rick Newkirk · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:34 a.m.

Beginning this semester, students can charge books to their University accounts year-round. If a student needs a Psychology book in September, bursar billing is the way to go. Neurology in November? Bursar billing. French in February? Bursar billing. Accounting academia in April? Bursar billing.

Science building construction hampers students, professors

By Nellie Summerfield · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:31 a.m.

Freshmen might no longer be the only students who find it difficult to get around campus this semester. Due to construction on Simon Hall, an 80,000 square-foot science building that will house interdisciplinary science research and various labs, many students are having to take various detours throughout campus. A safety fence circles the entire construction site between Myers Hall and the Chemistry Building, which makes it hard for students to cut through campus.

Purpose of police blotter questioned

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:26 a.m.

I would like the Indiana Daily Student, Bloomington Herald-Times and every other mediocre newspaper in the nation to present a strong argument which demonstrates the newsworthiness of reporting the police blotter. For those who do not know what the police blotter is, I will try to simplify its context. The blotter is a section of the paper which reports preliminary charges against an individual brought by an arresting police officer.

The third anniversary

By Alyson Brodsy and Christina Galoozis · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:20 a.m.

The third anniversary is a mystery. In 2001, I was sitting in my high school U.S. government and politics class when, at 9 a.m., our principal asked every classroom to turn on their TVs. The weeks following were unforeseeable and unscripted, yet somehow Americans knew what to do. We tuned into the news, said hello to strangers and hoisted American flags. In 2002, the distance between my family and I was difficult enough for my first couple weeks as a freshman.

Little yellow plastic bracelets

By Alyson Brodsy and Josh Weinfuss · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:18 a.m.

Lance Armstrong is a god. There's no getting around it. What he has accomplished in the cycling world alone ranks him atop the list of greatest cyclists ever, and among the greatest athletes ever. But what he has done off the bike makes him even more remarkable. He's a cancer survivor. For all of you who didn't know, Lance rides his bike with one testicle. In 1996, as an up-and-coming cyclist with a hot temper, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Clinton has successful heart by-pass surgery

By Alyson Brodsy and Sam Dolnick · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:17 a.m.

Bill Clinton had a successful quadruple heart bypass operation Monday to relieve severely clogged arteries that doctors said had put the former president in grave danger of a major heart attack in the near future.

Crimson or Blue?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:15 a.m.

We at the Indiana Daily Student love being a part of IU. We love being Hoosiers, even if we don't know what they are. We love bleeding cream and crimson (or red and white, depending on the athletic director). We're all for you! But lately, we want to be blue. When Duke University officials recently announced they'd be handing out free (that's right, free) iPods to all first-year students, our school spirit began to wane.

Bush, Kerry hit Midwest with Labor Day job messages

By Alyson Brodsy and Mary Dalrymple · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:14 a.m.

Democrat John Kerry opened his packed Labor Day schedule in battleground states Monday with talk of jobs, criticizing the Bush administration for doing little to help workers in a tough economy.

Frustration prompts schools to ban cell phones

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:14 a.m.

HOBART, Ind. -- In the ongoing battle for students' attention, some Indiana schools are fighting the rise of text messaging and endless cell phone chatting by banning the phones. The phones disrupt classes and valuable instruction time, said Tony Lux, superintendent of Merrillville Community School Corp., which has banned cell phones.

Kernan, Daniels campaigns filled with young staffers

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 7,2004 12:13 a.m.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Michelle Stevens was a fresh graduate of IU when she began running Gov. Joe Kernan's campaign office for Porter and LaPorte counties a few months ago. The 23-year-old is hardly unique in this year's highly competitive governor's race, as many of those working for Kernan and Republican challenger Mitch Daniels are younger than 30.

New York returning to normal after RNC leaves

By Josh Sanburn · Monday, Sept. 6,2004 2:35 a.m.

NEW YORK -- After more than a week of press, protests and politics, many New Yorkers will return to the city today since the Republican National Convention has left town. While some in New York weathered the Republican storm, many took a week or more off work to escape the more than 50,000 people who visited the city for the convention.

New route to campus begins today

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Monday, Sept. 6,2004 2:35 a.m.

By 11:30 a.m. Friday, the Park and Ride parking lot at Bryan Park is full, except for one lone spot in the middle of the back row. Across the street, another Park and Ride lot is nearly empty, with only a few cars sprinkled throughout.

IU routs Central Michigan 41-10

By Dan Patrick · Monday, Sept. 6,2004 2:35 a.m.

One of the most important concepts in any sport is the ability to start off on the right foot. If Saturday's 41-10 defeat of the Central Michigan Chippewas is any indication, the Hoosiers have just begun the 2004 campaign firmly planted on solid ground.