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Americans, Australians excel at World Championships

By Chris Sanchack and Kris Sanchack · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:53 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- For the first time in the event's history, the FINA World Swimming Championships were held on American soil, boasting a lineup of the world's top swimmers, many fresh off Olympic performances. After five days of grueling competition at Conseco Fieldhouse, the Americans and Australians showed they were still on top of the swimming world.

IU has record-setting day in repeat win at Xavier

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:51 a.m.

The IU men's golf team's first tournament victory of the season came in record-setting fashion. The Hoosiers shot 834 at the Oasis Club in Loveland, Ohio, setting a new school record for 36 holes and successfully defending last year's first-place finish at the Xavier Invitational. Senior Jeff Overton, who claimed four first-place finishes last fall, repeated as the medalist at Xavier for his first win of the fall campaign.

Yankees outscore Red Sox 10-7

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:49 a.m.

NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up just in time to save the New York Yankees. Shortly after jetting back from a funeral for relatives in Panama, baseball's greatest closer stopped the surging Boston Red Sox, who had cut an eight-run deficit to one. Rivera got Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's opener of the AL championship series.

One-dollar Bob!

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:16 a.m.

Bush. Kerry. Bush. Kerry. Bush. Kerry. Bush. Kerry ... For the last few months, I have vacillated between the two candidates, playing a repetitive game of political teeter-totter in my head. Despite the fact that Election Day is just around the bend and televised debate is now in full throttle, I continue to waver back and forth about who I should choose.

Budget in limbo as Congress nears campaigning break

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Abrams · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Although Democrats and Republicans disagreed on the accomplishments of the 108th Congress, one thing is certain: Hundreds of programs, from highway building to welfare reform, are being kept on life support through temporary measures because lawmakers failed to meet deadline after deadline for renewing them.

U.S. could reward Iran for nuclear technology

By Alyson Brodsy and George Jahn · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:14 a.m.

VIENNA, Austria -- Reconsidering its hard line on Iran, the United States is weighing the idea of rewarding the Islamic republic if it gives up technology that can be used for nuclear arms, diplomats and U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Nationwide Saudi vote excludes women

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:13 a.m.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Women may neither vote nor run in Saudi Arabia's first nationwide elections, the government announced Monday, dashing hopes of progressive Saudis and easing fears among conservatives that the kingdom is moving too fast on reforms.

Operation Human Shield

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:13 a.m.

I'm from a little town in Indiana -- Cambridge City. It's small, surrounded by farms and like, many small towns, it's pretty poor. While it's a perfectly charming place to grow up, when the youth hit 18, the ways of getting out of town just aren't there. But my town's military recruiter is perfectly willing to help young Cambridge-ites with that.

Group uses bus to protest

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:12 a.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Before pro-Palestinian activists arrive at Duke University for a conference later this week, the campus will have been home to a jarring sight: the wreckage of a Jerusalem city bus left gutted and burned by a deadly suicide bombing.

Daniels had other options

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:08 a.m.

Jeers to the Indiana Daily Student for its endorsement of Mitch Daniels' decision to sell his Indiana Power & Light Company stock, conveniently, before the company was sold out of state. ("Daniels right to sell stock" Oct. 4).

Foreign relations 101

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 13,2004 12:07 a.m.

It looks like the universities in Indiana are getting more and more bland. This year, for the first time ever, IU's foreign student enrollment dropped. Foreign student enrollment at Purdue fell this year for the first time in more than 30 years. At IU, we value diversity, right? We value it because it properly prepares students for the real world, which is diverse. We value it because a healthy community should be diverse. We all agree that a diverse campus is a happy campus.

Indigo Girls to play Buskirk-Chumley

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 11:44 p.m.

All 600 seats of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater will be full tonight when Amy Ray and Emily Sailers, otherwise known as the Indigo Girls, take the stage. The indie duo will embrace its Bloomington fans with an acoustic show. Over the past two decades, the Indigo Girls have produced eight studio albums and played thousands of shows. The duo has operated within the music industry without the use of marketing gurus or corporate tie-ins.

Oktoberfest, the German way

By Stephanie Fedor · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 11:44 p.m.

Beer, bratwurst, candied peanuts and enormous pretzels were staples in my diet last weekend at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Imagine thousands of people swarming around rides, food booths and beer tents. My roommate Carla and I journeyed from Dublin to the Bavarian countryside Oct. 1. Carla, being a German and having experienced the joys of Oktoberfest before, showed me quite the time.

Award-winning play opens

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 11:43 p.m.

Jason Grote thinks technology is turning 2001 into an Orwellian 1984. His latest script, "The New Jersey Book of the Deadk" explores the pervasive nature of technology and how it can be used to infringe on our freedoms as individuals. At least that's the issue he addresses first in his Reva Shiner Playwriting Award-winning play at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

Hubbard Street Dance Company takes IU stage

By Rose Mary Forte · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 11:39 p.m.

Tonight the Hubbard Street Dance Company of Chicago will transform the stage of the IU Auditorium with its diverse contemporary dance styles. The company incorporates varied influences and blends many styles together, including modern dance, theatrical jazz and classical ballet.

Brawl leads to 3 arrests

By Rick Newkirk · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 2 a.m.

Bloomington Police officers arrested three students after a fight in a parking lot of the Varsity Villas community early Saturday morning, as about 150 people ran from the scene, according to a BPD report.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author speaks at IMU

By David A. Nosko · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 2 a.m.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning syndicated-columnist Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune addressed more than 200 campus community members Monday evening at the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union in a lecture entitled "Media Ethics is not an Oxymoron."

Vaccination decimation

By Kelly Phillips · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 2 a.m.

If you're a healthy student somewhere in between the age range of 2 to 64 without a chronic medical condition, your chances of getting a flu shot during this year's severe vaccine shortage are now close to zero.

Polish Studies Center director honored in Warsaw

By Kristin Huett · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 2 a.m.

From sponsoring conferences with some of the most important Polish figures in politics to holding concerts of traditional Polish music, the IU Polish Studies Center keeps the campus in touch with the colorful Polish culture. Now, the Center is being commended for its efforts in promoting Poland.

Phi Delts' charter suspended

By Maggie Bozich · Tuesday, Oct. 12,2004 2 a.m.

The Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta fraternity had its charter suspended by the Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity last week. The general council decided on this action because the chapter violated University and Phi Delts risk management policies relating to hazing and alcohol, according to a Phi Delta Theta statement.