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New freshmen invade campus

By Amber Kerezman · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:08 p.m.

Approximately 6,400 incoming freshmen will invade IU's campus over the next couple months. Between June 14 and July 20, 34 student orientation leaders are expected to conduct campus tours, oversee freshmen registration and prepare the University for this year's class of 2008.

Reagan's body arrives in Capitol

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:06 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- With the storied riderless horse symbolizing the fallen president, Ronald Reagan's casket rolled on a century-old caisson Wednesday to the Capitol past a crowd of thousands standing quiet witness to the high pageantry of America's first presidential state funeral in three decades.

Security topic of pre-G8 summit conference

By Rami Chami · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:06 p.m.

In preparation for the G8 summit that began Tuesday in Sea Island, Ga. several academics, think tank groups and public officials participated in a two-day conference held at IU last weekend. The conference examined issues the Group of 8 summit members were likely to discuss and focused predominately on international security and terrorism.

Mr. DeCleene goes to Washington

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:06 p.m.

On a normal day -- that is, when nothing too big is in the news -- Randy DeCleene walks into his office around 7 a.m. When he looks out the window behind his desk, he sees the White House. "It's a constant reminder of where I am," he said.

Local death incites bill

By Kathlyn Von Rohr · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:06 p.m.

The rough sounds of wheels on cement could be heard at Kinzer Pike Skate Park Wednesday afternoon as young skateboarders grabbed their boards and sailed down the man-made slopes. It's possible that in a few years a new batch of boarders will be on those same slopes with one difference. They will all be wearing helmets.

IU tops arrest rankings

By Mallory Simon · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:06 p.m.

Throughout campus on any given day you can find a students wearing "Partying at the number one party school: PRICELESS" shirts. But priceless it isn't.

This 'Colosseum' is not worth the trip

By C. Warner Sills and T.J. Babcock · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:04 p.m.

"Pokémon Colosseum" is a decent game. What? Don't look at me like that. Yes, I'll admit it; I was a Poké-fan back when asking for someone's "squirtle" didn't get you a restraining order.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 10:01 p.m.

Trivializing foreign languages fails to teach anything Emily Cooper, a "senior majoring in journalism," is letting her fellow students down. Assigned to fill a column ("Perils of a foreign language," May 24), and in the mood to write something on curriculum, she chooses to join the hordes and belittle one part of it as a waste of her time. She perpetuates the silly fiction that if one cannot draw a straight line between the content of a course and one's future life, it must be unreasonable to require students seeking a certain credential to take it.

"Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?"

By Phil Kijak · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:59 p.m.

The case for "Trainspotting: Director's Cut Collector's Edition" is a bit misleading.

A satisfactory 'Trip'

By John Barnett · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:58 p.m.

From the sufficiently twisted minds that brought you "Road Trip" and "Old School" comes "Eurotrip," a thoroughly mediocre but ultimately pleasing teen sex comedy.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:54 p.m.

B>IU Outdoor Adventures offers classes, workshops IU Outdoor Adventures will offer a rock climbing class Saturday designed for beginners as part of a series of classes for beginning and intermediate rock climbers. Participants in these programs can expect to build a solid foundation of skills in the field of rock climbing.

BPP presents final play of season

By Liv Cole · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:52 p.m.

The Bloomington Playwrights Project will begin running its final mainstage play of the season this weekend. "The Button," a comedy by Jon Brooks' about life in 21st-century America, was runner-up in the 2004 Reva Shiner Full-Length Play Contest at the BPP. A New York City native, Brooks recently had another of his plays, "Better Than Hitler," performed at the 2004 Bay Area One Acts Festival in San Francisco.

College Mall under major renovation

By Michael Peiper and Michael Pieper · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:50 p.m.

The College Mall is currently undergoing major changes including massive construction work as well as additions of new stores inside.

'Steel Magnolias' comes to Brown County Playhouse

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:47 p.m.

A staple of southern Indiana cultural life for more than half a century, professional summer theater returns to Nashville, Ind., tonight as the Brown County Playhouse opens its doors for its 56th season with a production of Robert Harling's comic tragedy "Steel Magnolias." The Playhouse opened in 1949 as a collaborative effort of former drama professor Lee Norvell and Nashville businessman A. Jack Rogers.

Grammy winner Rickie Lee Jones takes Buskirk-Chumley stage

By Shauna Steele · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:45 p.m.

Grammy award-winning musician Rickie Lee Jones will perform at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater at 8 p.m. tonight. Best known for her 1979 hit "Chuck E's in Love," Jones currently focuses on songs with strong political statements. "She was really big at one time. I think she took time off for a while," Bloomington resident Kay Olges said. "People would probably recognize her music if they heard it."

Ohio State coach Jim O'Brien fired for paying money to potential recruit

By Alyson Brodsy and Rusty Miller · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:42 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State hired Jim O'Brien to clean up a disreputable program. On Tuesday, the university fired O'Brien because he admitted he gave a recruit $6,000 five years ago -- not long after he ran off several problem players left over from the previous coach.

Knight agrees to contract extension

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:41 p.m.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- Bob Knight agreed to a three-year contract extension that will keep the basketball coach at Texas Tech until 2009. Athletic director Gerald Myers told The Associated Press Wednesday the agreement probably will be signed next week. Knight's contract pays him $250,000 a year and runs through May 2006.

IU divers inch closer to Athens dream

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:40 p.m.

With both IU men's and women's diving teams steeped in tradition, the U.S. Olympic Trials for diving saw a large Hoosier contingent invade St. Peters, Mo., in their quest to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Of the 83 divers to compete in the Trials, 12 either currently attend IU or have graduated from the Bloomington campus.

Bird gone a fowl

By Jeff Fuldauer · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:39 p.m.

As part of ESPN's tribute to the past 25 years in sports (a.k.a. their method of plugging High Def programming), reporter Jim Gray examined the core differences between "Old School" and "New School" athletics. Among the issues were John Stockton's short-shorts, end zone celebrations, throwback jerseys, bling-bling and the number of zeros in a player's contract. But no matter which school you want to associate yourself with, the issue of racial inequality in sports always seems to rear its ugly head.

Bush seeks wider NATO involvement in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Martin Crutsinger · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:37 p.m.

SEA ISLAND, Ga. -- President Bush, hoping to build on momentum from a U.N. victory on Iraq, said Wednesday he hopes for a wider role for NATO in post-occupation Iraq. But the French immediately voiced reservations.