Longform

Cubs, Astros win to remain in tight race

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:08 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Corey Patterson hit a tying, two-run homer in the eighth inning and a game-winning shot in the 12th, giving the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The Cubs remained a half-game behind the San Francisco Giants in the NL wild-card race.

Hoosiers win 5-set thriller over IPFW

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:06 a.m.

After this weekend's tournament in Arlington, Texas, the IU women's volleyball team returned home to face IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne Tuesday. In a match where neither team was able to get on track, the Hoosiers won in thrilling fashion in five games, 30-32, 30-16, 24-30, 30-22, 15-11. Both the Hoosiers and the Mastodons played inconsistently throughout, with neither team able to put the other away.

2-0 Hoosiers prepare for annual border war with Kentucky Saturday

By Dan Click · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:05 a.m.

After a 2003 season in which the Hoosiers gave up 30 points nine times and only forced 20 turnovers, the 2004 squad is working to reverse those trends this season.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:04 a.m.

Work on 6-year I-65 project nears end JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Crews are working on the final sections of a project to widen a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 65 in southern Indiana, meaning the last of six years of construction headaches could be gone by Thanksgiving.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:03 a.m.

The NFL and college football seasons have begun, which can mean only one thing: Time for IU students to shed their cream and crimson and throw on those lovely Cubs hats that have been sitting in their closets gathering dust since October.

Time to dispel the luck of the Irish

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:02 a.m.

The No. 1 ranked IU men's soccer team faces what the team is calling their biggest opponent on the schedule thus far this season: No. 17 Notre Dame (3-0-1).

Schools shuffling dollars to support special education

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 1:01 a.m.

FORT WAYNE -- A look inside Marcia Rayl's special education preschool classroom at Arcola Elementary School reveals a brightly decorated learning wonderland. In one corner, eight chairs form a semicircle around a board plastered with a huge red apple and a calendar. Another corner is filled with wooden toy trucks, colored plastic blocks and toy model farms and dollhouses.

Arson in Gary draws FBI probe

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:58 a.m.

GARY -- Federal agents joined the investigation of an arson that damaged a newly constructed Habitat for Humanity home in a predominantly white neighborhood a week before a black family was to move in. Agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on Monday joined Gary police in investigating the fire that damaged the home in the Black Oak neighborhood early Saturday. The fire was ruled to be arson.

Students taking shorter trips abroad

By Alyson Brodsy and Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:49 a.m.

Glenn Gass and his class of Beatles fans had just arrived in Liverpool in the summer of 2003 when Beatlemania struck. Gass, a music professor at IU, was leading the third installment of a month-long study abroad program focusing on the Fab Four when someone excitedly noticed a familiar face: that of Paul McCartney.

Bush, Kerry tackle key issues

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:49 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.

IU survey shows some nonprofits fall short of regulations

By Hina Alam · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:48 a.m.

A recently released study by the Center on Philanthropy and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IU revealed that although most nonprofit organizations have accountability-monitoring tools, a minority fall short of government regulations.

Kelly, COAS students receive scholarships

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:47 a.m.

Several IU students have large scholarship checks to cash this fall thanks to their academic success and the philanthropy of others. Sixty students from the Kelley School of Business have received scholarship money from a $5.4 million gift of the Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation of Austin, Texas.

Trend Tidbits

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:41 a.m.

Jeopardy creator hopes to meet famous contestant BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Wherever he goes these days, Merv Griffin gets asked the same question: What is Ken Jennings really like? Griffin, who created "Jeopardy" in 1963 and wrote its brief, unforgettable theme song, has not met the mild-mannered software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, who has become a celebrity as the game show's richest champion.

Comfort those in pain

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:41 a.m.

Last year 556,500 Americans lost their battles with cancer. When we're emotionally uncomfortable as people, we try to find mental safety nets to give us the comfort we are seeking. But sometimes we need to give up our nets of safety so that we might comfort the uncomfortable. I have a pretty good friend lying in the Bloomington Hospital oncology ward right now, and he's been there most of the summer.

Seeking finned, four-legged friends

By Jason Shough · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:39 a.m.

Shelves of tiny cylindrical containers decorating the walls of the store contain mini-habitats housing dark, gorgeous fish, swimming and entertaining as best they can for their crowd of spectators.

The missing X-chromosome

By Alyson Brodsy and Elisha Sauers · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:38 a.m.

With voting day approaching, it's become clear the major stake in this presidential election is not the economy, healthcare or even tactics to prevent terrorism. Decision 2004 seeks to prove only one thing: which candidate is least likely to have a vagina.

Super-duper pooper scoopers

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:37 a.m.

The other day while channel surfing in my underwear, I came across an interesting segment dedicated to the dung beetle on the Discovery Channel. According to the program, the Larvae Dung beetle, commonly referred to by entomologists as L-D, is one of the most important insects on the face of the earth. Their job, or doody-duty so to speak, is to scavenge the earth looking for animal feces to bury in the soil.

'Oprah' giveaway closely watched

By Alyson Brodsy and Tara Burghart · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:35 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Pontiac wanted to draw attention to its brand-new sport sedan, and Oprah Winfrey wanted to celebrate the start of her 19th season. The result was a Pontiac G6s for 276 surprised audience members on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" -- and an event that marketing executives say could set a new bar for product placement.

Fall drama line-up offers unique mix of plays

By Jessica Dalsing · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:35 a.m.

Audiences will see a blood-sucking villain and a half-boy, half-bat, get a lesson on the human condition and meet a hero resembling Odysseus from the "Iliad." All these and more will be features in this semester's IU's Department of Theatre and Drama productions.

Gettin' dirty

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 15,2004 12:35 a.m.

Before Indiana Republican gubernatorial candidate Mitch Daniels could sit down for a quiet meeting with members of Indiana's gay and lesbian communities, news of the closed event was leaked to the state's conservative Republicans, according to www.Indystar.com. An e-mail sent to conservative Republicans across the state invited them to join "... candidate for governor, Mitch Daniels, in a meeting he has called to meet with leaders of Indiana's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community".