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Torched Holocaust museum reopens

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 4,2005 12:16 a.m.

TERRE HAUTE -- A Holocaust museum gutted by a November 2003 arson fire reopened Sunday in an expanded space that includes displays of books and photos charred by the still-unsolved arson. About 500 people attended Sunday afternoon's reopening of the new museum. The 3,700-square-foot building's entrance is flanked by six slender windows that resemble candles and represent the estimated 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

Condos offer alternative to renting for students

By Andrew Smith and Drew Smith · Monday, April 4,2005 12:15 a.m.

Every year about this time, IU students think about their next semester in Bloomington. Apartments, greek housing and on-campus residences are usually the normal locations students choose. While those opportunities are convenient for many students, the idea of owning a home has grown for those not interested in typical housing options.

National issues discussed locally Friday

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 4,2005 12:15 a.m.

Congressman Mike Sodrel visited Bloomington Friday to share his vision of America's future during an open town-hall style meeting Friday. City residents, students and guests packed the Bloomington Township fire station to hear Sodrel, R-Ind., discuss national preservation, the Iraq war, tax cuts and the environment. Most of the questions, however, concerned Social Security reform.

Over-the-counter alibi

By Evan Ross · Monday, April 4,2005 12:12 a.m.

When I was a kid, I was warned of the dangers of role-playing games. According to Web sites and a lot of parents, a lifetime playing Dungeons and Dragons was a life that lead to drug use, Satanism and eventual suicide via Satanic drug use. Of course, I never took any of this seriously, because I knew that people couldn't be so easily swayed by some twenty-sided dice.

John Paul II, reconciler

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 4,2005 12:08 a.m.

The third-longest reigning pope in history, John Paul II, will be remembered not for the length of his papacy or for his final moments in the public eye, but for his willingness to reach beyond the realm of religion and into the world of the political.

Pope John Paul II dies

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Saturday, April 2,2005 3:52 p.m.

VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II, the Polish pontiff who led the Roman Catholic Church for more than a quarter century and became history's most-traveled pope, died Saturday night in his Vatican apartment. He was 84.

Pope rumored to have received last rites

By Alyson Brodsy and Frances D'Emilio · Friday, April 1,2005 1:59 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II developed a high fever Thursday because of a urinary tract infection and was being treated with antibiotics at the Vatican, his spokesman said. The latest health setback for the 84-year-old pontiff came one day after he began receiving nutrition through a feeding tube.

Police chase results in flipped van

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

Two males who were apparently fleeing from IU police struck a concrete light pole in the Assembly Hall "blue" parking lot Thursday night, flipping their van and spilling glass onto the pavement. The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. One of the men was led off the scene in handcuffs by IU Police Department officers while another man, with bloody bandages on his left hand, was loaded into an ambulance on a stretcher. The two men could not be identified at press time.

Terri Schiavo dies in hospice

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Schneider · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who spent 15 years connected to a feeding tube in an epic legal and medical battle that went all the way to the White House and Congress, died Thursday, 13 days after the tube was removed. She was 41. Schiavo died about 9 a.m. at the Pinellas Park hospice where she lay for years while her husband and her parents fought over her in what was easily the longest, most bitter -- and most heavily litigated -- right-to-die dispute in U.S. history.

Bursar to go paperless in the fall

By Jessica Levco · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

When it's time for students to look at their fall bursar statements, they won't find them in their mailboxes. Instead, notifications will pop up in e-mail inboxes. Effective with July's bill, for students enrolled for fall 2005 semester, the Office of the Bursar will send tuition bills through QuikPAY, an electronic payment system. For the past two years, the system has offered an electronic statement history and printable bills, which can be saved for family records or sent with check payments to the processing center.

Bringing back the main act

By Brad Keist · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

With the Little 500 approaching its 55th year as the "World's Greatest College Weekend," students and administration are preparing for the race and, to some more importantly, the concert. This year, The Roots are joining the ranks of Nelly, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Jackson Five, Pat Boone, Petula Clark and Bob Hope, who all performed as main acts during past Little 500 concerts.

Local National Guard recruiting efforts draw war protesters

By David A. Nosko · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

IU senior Brett Hershey is one of nine Indiana National Guard soldiers to have left the Hoosier heartland to serve the his country, only to return home as one of more than 1,500 soldiers who have died in the Middle East.

Steam pipe burst fills Teter with white smoke

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 1,2005 1:24 a.m.

A burst pipe filled Teter Quad's Boisen wing with thick steam about 10 p.m. Thursday evening. The broken pipe sent billowing steam dozens of feet into the air with an audible hiss. Students were forced to evacuate the Boisen wing of Teter and were not allowed back into their rooms as of press time.

The Road of Destiny

By Alyson Brodsy and Eddie Pells · Friday, April 1,2005 1:07 a.m.

ST. LOUIS -- Rick Pitino and Roy Williams. Overachieving Michigan State and almost-undefeated Illinois. The Final Four teams will have to put on quite a show if they're going to match the excitement of possibly the best NCAA tournament ever. But these programs haven't had trouble entertaining thus far this tournament.

IU takes on the world's best

By Evan Harris · Friday, April 1,2005 1:05 a.m.

A large contingent of young IU talent have made a short drive to Indianapolis for the 2005 World Championship Trials with the hopes of adding a world title to their résumés. The competing Hoosiers will face the best swimmers in the world, including six-time gold medalist Michael Phelps.

Israelpalooza kicks off

By Monica Dix · Friday, April 1,2005 12:38 a.m.

A taste of Israel will spring alive at Dunn Meadow on Sunday afternoon during the third annual Israelpalooza. Students and Bloomington community members will be able to experience the spirit and culture of Israel by participating in a two-and-a-half mile walk around campus followed by an Israeli festival. While the festival's major goal is to raise money and awareness for Magen David Adom, the Israeli Red Cross, the festival is also aimed to raise awareness about the true nature of the country.

Women to face 2 ranked opponents

By Andy Romey · Friday, April 1,2005 12:37 a.m.

IU's women's tennis team might have a chance to experience the best of both worlds this weekend. The No. 36 Hoosiers will play host to No. 2 Northwestern at 4 p.m. Friday and No. 35 Wisconsin at 10 a.m. Sunday at the IU Varsity Tennis Courts, weather permitting.

Hoosiers try to earn wins against Big Ten foes

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, April 1,2005 12:37 a.m.

For the past two weeks, the IU men's tennis team has had a buzzword: streak. Last week, the team concerned itself with ending its nine-year losing streak to Purdue. This week, the squad looks to maintain its four-match win streak as it takes a road trip to Northwestern and Wisconsin this Saturday and Sunday.

Hoosiers 'out for blood' in Cincinnati

By Bill Meehan · Friday, April 1,2005 12:36 a.m.

Improving the Varsity 8's technique is not a priority so early in the season, but a change of attitude is. Starting Saturday -- against Eastern Michigan University, the University of Dayton and host University of Cincinnati -- the Hoosiers intend to be merciless.

Hoosiers welcome Spartans to open Big Ten Season

By Kevin Dwire · Friday, April 1,2005 12:36 a.m.

The IU women's softball team saw it all this past Wednesday. After snapping the 11 game win streak of the University of Illinois-Chicago in the first game of a double header, the Hoosiers suffered their worst loss of the season in the second.