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Pop music plague

By Alyson Brodsy and Chelsea York · Tuesday, April 13,2004 1:04 a.m.

What has happened to music? It seems an incurable plague is sweeping through the industry, turning everything it touches to meaningless garbage. I like to refer to this illness as "Pop Music." The carriers of the disease can be found on almost any local radio station, belting out tunes written by someone other than themselves with the intent of attracting as many teeny-boppers as possible.

Ode to the cause-ites

By Alyson Brodsy and Judd Arnold · Tuesday, April 13,2004 1:03 a.m.

We are all defined by something we do. Some people are athletes, some people are partiers, some people are business persons and some people are devoted to a cause. "Cause-ites," people dedicated to a cause, baffle me on the whole.

Who else will foot the bill?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 13,2004 1:01 a.m.

In response to the objections of a mandatory athletics fee, IU President Adam Herbert proposed several alternatives to the fee in an interview for the April 8 Indiana Daily Student. The $30 fee had been proposed to bail out the ailing athletics department which continues to suffer a "structural" deficit -- its expenses will outpace revenue by $2 million dollars this year alone.

Students run sex talk show on campus radio

By Lindsay Lyon · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:54 a.m.

In a dimly lit room inside the WIUS studio, junior Lindsay Baumgartner and freshman Matt Leach take their seats across from each other, put on their headphones and prepare to go on air. Without nervous stutters or flushed cheeks, the two students begin their Monday night talk show, WIUSEX, and for the next hour they discuss sex.

ATC teams with www.bookshare.org

By Andrew Welfe and Andrew Welfle · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:53 a.m.

IU is partnering up with Bookshare.org to allow students with reading and vision disabilities access to more than 15,000 textbooks whose texts have been digitized. The Adaptive Technology Center is in the process of submitting its collection of about 2,000 computerized textbooks to the Web site, said Margaret Londergan, director of the ATC.

Participants unite over experiences

By Laura Kruty · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:52 a.m.

Though students are planning to observe National Day of Silence Wednesday, it was anything but quiet Monday night in Willkie Auditorium. IU students, faculty and community members convened for the Unite against Silence forum, a preliminary event for the Day of Silence. Participants met to discuss common effects of silencing and to develop methods of action to combat silence and discrimination.

Activist fights for same-sex marriage

By Charlie Cszrom and Charlie Szrom · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:33 a.m.

Aja Romano strode up to the podium to address the Bloomington City Council Wednesday. Speaking in a clear and measured tone, she asked the council to support same-sex marriage in Bloomington.

Baseball game cancelled

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:28 a.m.

The baseball game between IU and Wright State scheduled for today has been canceled because of the possibility of rain in Dayton, Ohio. There has been no makeup date set so far.

A Phil-y tale ending

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:28 a.m.

I can't shoot under 100. I can't drive the ball straight. I can't putt on level greens. I can't differentiate my irons -- heck, I can't even be a member at some golf clubs. I don't wear golf shoes. I don't own my own clubs. I don't even know how to comprehend a handicap, let alone read a green -- heck, I couldn't find the next tee with a map and a compass.

The confusion of 'Happy Days'

By Jenica Schultz · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:26 a.m.

Then I heard the premise of Samuel Beckett's 1961 absurdist play "Happy Days," I had mixed feelings about going to see it. The main character, Winnie, is basically immobile throughout the play. She is buried up to her waist in the first act and up to her neck in the second act. In a two-man show, Willie, the only other character, barely appears on stage and speaks even less.

IU looks to end losing streak

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:25 a.m.

Through the first six games in the Big Ten schedule, IU has yet to defeat a conference opponent. After promising performances against tough non-conference foes such as Nebraska and Harvard, the Hoosiers' (23-23, 0-6) start to the Big Ten season is certainly upsetting.

Czech Republic native leading Hoosiers at No. 1 spot

By Dan Click · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:25 a.m.

It started for junior Jakub Praibis when he was four years old, hitting a ball against the wall. By age seven, he was on the court. Now, the 21-year-old native of Litomerice, Czech Republic, has emerged as one of the nation's best tennis players, leading the No. 68 Hoosiers (10-8, 4-2). Praibis, in his second year playing No. 1 singles for IU, has compiled a record of 12-5 this season, including five victories over ranked players. Praibis' career record at IU is 42-20.

Bush to address nation tonight

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush will work to defuse two issues in his prime-time news conference Tuesday -- rising casualties in Iraq and his response in 2001 to a terrorism warning the White House had in hand before the Sept. 11 attacks.

IU Art Museum, SoFA Gallery home to master's students

By Jana Strange · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:23 a.m.

Two years and countless tubes of paint, pieces of clay and rolls of film later, the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts is saying farewell to another group of masters of fine arts students. For these students, their years at IU culminate with an exhibition of their work at the IU Art Museum or School of Fine Arts Gallery.

Cease-fire holds Iraqi city

By Alyson Brodsy and Lee Keath · Tuesday, April 13,2004 12:23 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- As a tenuous cease-fire was held Monday in the restive Sunni city of Fallujah, Iraq, a radical Shiite cleric pulled his militiamen out of police stations in three southern cities in an attempt to ease a standoff with the United States. With all quiet on both fronts, the scale of Iraq's worst fighting since the fall of Saddam Hussein became clearer. The military reported about 70 coalition troops and 700 Iraqi insurgents killed so far this month.

Teen Keira won't be disciplined by IU

By Chris Freiberg · Monday, April 12,2004 4:25 p.m.

Dean of Students Richard McKaig announced today that the Office of Student Ethics recommended no disciplinary charges be filed against the freshman known as Keira for her adult website www.teenkeira.com. "It was a agreed that this is a situation like those in the past when students have posed for Playboy," McKaig said. "The University does not condone the activity but it is also outside of the University to control it."

Student reports robbery attempt at Ashton Center

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 12,2004 4:25 p.m.

IU Police Department officers responded to a call of an attempted robbery Sunday morning at the Northeast corner of Ashton-Weatherly. At 4 a.m, the victim was returning from the Village Pantry located at the corner of 10th and Union streets when he was approached by two black men.

Tree, plaque honor student

By Lori Geller · Monday, April 12,2004 4:15 p.m.

The sun was shining its rays directly on the meadow between Ballantine and Woodburn Halls Friday as more than 50 mourners gathered to remember the life of former student Brandon Rotstein. The memorial consisted of a tree planting and plaque presentation in the presence of Rotstein's family and friends.

When pizza is not pizza

By Cameron Thibos · Monday, April 12,2004 10:21 a.m.

Diet, definition one, taken from "The Concise Macquarie Dictionary": an intransitive verb meaning "to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or lose weight."

Cooking up a career

By Scott Gorsky and Scott J. Gorsky · Monday, April 12,2004 10:19 a.m.

I work as a line cook at a restaurant here in Bloomington, and when I told my two co-workers about my upcoming graduation, one of them asked me what I had studied.