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Kernan chooses mayor's wife for policy position

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, May 12,2004 10:04 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Joe Kernan announced Wednesday that Amy Brown Kruzan, wife of Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan, will served as Kernan's new policy director for health issues. She begins her work May 24.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:50 p.m.

BPP showcases disgruntled heroes in 'Super Lair' The Bloomington Playwrights Project premieres the latest in its Dark Alley Series, "Meanwhile Back at the Super Lair," 11 p.m., Friday, at the Lori Shiner Studio located at 314 S. Washington St. In this play by Greg Kalleres, four neurotic superheroes fight to prevent being downsized when an efficiency expert evaluates if they are earning their salaries.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:49 p.m.

Muslim Dialog Group to duscuss free will The Bloomington Muslim Dialog Group is holding an open discussion from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday titled "Believing in Divine Determination and Human Free Will" at the Monroe County Library in Room 1A on the first floor. The discussion will cover the way that the Islam religion is affected by free will. Participants are urged to come with questions.

Syria criticizes U.S. sanctions

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:49 p.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria denounced U.S. economic sanctions Wednesday and other Arab countries -- including close U.S. allies joined in the criticism. Europe ignored the penalties by dispatching a trade delegation to Damascus.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:48 p.m.

Borst files for recount in General Assembly primary INDIANAPOLIS -- A Republican who has for three decades held one of the most powerful positions in the General Assembly filed for a recount Tuesday in the primary election he lost by 48 votes.

'Frasier' comes to an end

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:46 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- When the blue-collar barroom comedy "Cheers" ended its run in 1993, it managed the neat trick of turning beer into champagne. "Frasier," the "Cheers" spinoff about psychiatrist Frasier Crane and his dysfunctional family, became its own vintage blend of sparkling wit and dependably funny highbrow neuroses.

Nigerian rioters rage on for second day

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:46 p.m.

KANO, Nigeria -- Mobs of Muslim men brandishing machetes and clubs attacked Christians in the streets of Kano Wednesday as security forces struggled to quell a two-day rampage to avenge a recent massacre of hundreds of Nigerian Muslims.

IU professor elected to Academy

By Hina Alam · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:33 p.m.

The Biology Department has a long, golden legacy starting with James Watson of the Watson and Crick DNA double helix model and continuing with Loren Rieseberg. On April 30, IU Distinguished Professor of Biology Loren Rieseberg was elected a fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS).

Beer steins and fairy tale castles

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:18 p.m.

Bavaria, the largest and arguably best-known state of the German Länder, is seen by many as a microcosm of the country as a whole. The picturesque landscape is dotted by castles, perched precariously on mountains and the towns are full of the traditional cross-timbered houses nestled behind blooming gardens. This is the land of the coocoo clock, the smoke-filled beer hall and the oompah band.

May events celebrate Asian culture

By Steven Chung · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:15 p.m.

Although IU celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in April, it's officially celebrated in May. Several organizations are holding Asian arts events in Bloomington over the next two weeks in the spirit of the month.

Be 'of IU,' not 'at IU'

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:12 p.m.

Nobody assigned me the task of raining on the curious pity party the IDS has been orchestrating this past month, but it looks like my kind of assignment. The party to which I refer is the massive hissy fit you people have thrown over the $30 student athletics fee being assessed to help close the "outrageous athletics budget" (your words, not mine). The me I refer to is Jerry Ruff, an irascible old codger who entered IU as a freshman in 1949, when we had 9300 students, plus Herman Wells on this loveliest of college campuses.

Packing woes and lows

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan DeLong · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:10 p.m.

Last Friday marked a turning point for me. Sometimes something in your life happens that is so horrible and strenuous, it changes you inside. Some event that makes you take a long look inside your own psyche and scream the question, "What could I have ever done to prevent this?"

Cooks, bakers, war makers

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:09 p.m.

I'm back home, and living is good. I'm sleeping in, eating lots of Popsicles, and because I need money, I'm working at my family's restaurant. For the four years of high school, I was a waitress (a good one, too). But now, they don't need a waitress. They need a cook -- and this has "bad idea" written all over it.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:07 p.m.

Men's golf team headed to NCAAs For the first time since the 1996-97 season and the first time in coach Mike Mayer's six-year tenure, IU has been selected to the NCAA Men's Golf Championships. The Hoosiers will participate in the Central Regionals in West Lafayette next weekend, May 20-22. "We are excited and a little relieved," Mayer said. "We really felt like we deserved this after the good, productive season we had. We beat a lot of good teams. We feel like we can compete, and we're ready to get started."

Prison photos must be seen

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:06 p.m.

It's probably too soon to tell if the pictures of the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, will be the dominant images we will remember from the war in Iraq in decades to come. But they are certainly dominant images now, played all over the 24-hour news networks, appearing in magazines and newspapers and becoming the topic of conversation all over the country.

NCAA study shows 'disturbing' trend of gambling among athletes

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:05 p.m.

CHICAGO -- The NCAA released a study Wednesday that indicated 35 percent of male athletes and 10 percent of women athletes have gambled on college sports in the past year and that Division III athletes are the most likely to gamble. Division I athletes were the least likely to wager on college sports.

Team looks to buck losing streak

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:05 p.m.

The IU baseball team had a four-game series last weekend at Michigan State, and will have another four-game series at home this weekend against Michigan. This upcoming series and the final four-game series against Purdue will determine if the Hoosiers will make the Big Ten tournament.

Hoosiers face Wildcats

By Dan Click · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:03 p.m.

After a year hiatus from NCAA tournament action, the No. 21 Hoosiers (17-7) return to the big dance as the No. 2 seed against Arizona (6-12), the No. 3 seed, at 11 a.m., Friday in Los Angeles at Marks Tennis Stadium on the campus of Southern California. For the Hoosiers, this will be their 21st appearance to the round of 64 in the last 26 years.

Assistant coach resigns

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 12,2004 9:02 p.m.

Men's basketball coach Mike Davis announced assistant coach Ben McDonald's resignation in order to pursue other opportunities, Wednesday. "Ben has made some key contributions to the Indiana program over the last three seasons," Davis said. "We appreciate his efforts and wish him the best in the future."

Happy faces on display at Union Gallery

By Jessica Dalsing · Sunday, May 9,2004 10:05 p.m.

Bright colors and happy faces characterize the latest exhibit at the Indiana Memorial Union Gallery. The exhibit, "Our Face", is a collection of works by Sheila Sundquist Berkes and will be on display until June 3.