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Nature preserve offers stress relief

By Monica Dix · Monday, April 5,2004 12:33 a.m.

With her nine-month-old son strapped on her back and her husband and dog at her side, Bloomington resident Tania Jarosewich set out for a Sunday morning hike at Griffy Lake. The sun was glistening off the water, and the cool breeze made for comfortable hiking conditions.

Desserts display student diversity

By Rick Newkirk · Monday, April 5,2004 12:32 a.m.

Add two eggs, one-half cup of sugar and some caramel and you've got flan. Add tapioca pearls, coconut milk and palm sugar and you've got Malaysian tapioca. Add phyllo dough, walnuts and cinnamon and you've got baklava. Add flan, Malaysian tapioca and baklava and you've got "Desserts from Around the World," an international dessert festival uniting different people with the common interest of desserts.

Visitors flood new location

By Russell Puntenney · Monday, April 5,2004 12:32 a.m.

For WonderLab's Executive Director Catherine Olmer, the toughest question she could answer would be what is her favorite exhibit is. Though she may eventually decide on the bee colony, the question leaves her flustered.

Reality check for school

By Kye Lee · Monday, April 5,2004 12:30 a.m.

Eighth-graders piled into the gym at Jackson Creek Middle School Thursday afternoon, anxious to start spending their paychecks at the Reality Store. Thanks to the Business and Professional Women of Indiana, middle school students throughout Monroe County have been given a chance to see how the decisions they make now can affect their lives in the future.

IU holds conference on EU's expansion

By Michael Zennie · Monday, April 5,2004 12:28 a.m.

Experts on Europe and the former Soviet Union met in Bloomington to attend a two-day conference on the eastward expansion of the European Union. "Public Opinion About the EU in Post-Communist Eastern Europe," an event sponsored by IU, the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation and the University of Oxford took place Friday and Saturday. Professor Robert Rohrschneider of IU and Professor Stephen Whitefield of Oxford organized the conference.

Group raises funds for Middle East trip

By Aishah Hasnie · Monday, April 5,2004 12:25 a.m.

Students for Justice in Palestine held a charity dinner and auction for students and community members Wednesday evening with hopes of raising money to send one SJP member to Israel and Palestine this summer.

No adults allowed?

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephanie Morris · Monday, April 5,2004 12:24 a.m.

Early last week, Warner Brothers released a new full-length trailer for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" on its official movie Web site. As soon as I found out about it, I went straight to the site and watched it with unrestricted glee, marveling at the spooky character design of the Dementors and giggling at a cute little exchange between Hermione and Ron. Suddenly, for a moment, I felt sheepish. Why was I getting so excited about some silly kids' movie?

Site aids students in class, professor choices

By Dan Patrick · Monday, April 5,2004 12:24 a.m.

As advisers begin to pour registration information into the e-mail inbox of every returning IU student, the task of tailoring a class schedule to specific needs weighs heavily on the minds of these students. And the creators of www.pickaprof.com think they might have a proverbial dose of aspirin for the headaches of student registration.

Liberal radio will fail

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Sams · Monday, April 5,2004 12:23 a.m.

Air America, a new all-liberal talk radio station, premiered last Wednesday in five markets, and already, commentators are prophesying its demise. Conservative commentators are on the attack, claiming there's no likelihood for the station's survival. The thing is -- they're right.

Why you're really single

By Alyson Brodsy and Jenna Hess · Monday, April 5,2004 12:22 a.m.

We've come to buy some horses!" "Sorry, but we don't have any horses for sale here." "Then what are we gonna ride?" "Well, there are all these ladies … " No, this isn't from a bad 1950s western -- it comes from a fraternity's philanthropy skit. Greeks are frequently stereotyped as exclusive, superficial socialites who care about nothing but themselves and their brother or sisters.

Spanish soup and salad

By Suzanna Lindemann and Suzanne Lindemann · Monday, April 5,2004 12:21 a.m.

Spring is finally here! The flowers are blooming and the weather is getting warmer. Spring brings back the colors and fresh air we all miss during the winter, and, believe it or not, it also brings change in the food we eat.

Guns and carnations

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 5,2004 12:20 a.m.

For the record: pink is not the new black. It's pink. Or maybe I'm wrong. In any case, the color's been banned in the Merrillville, Ind., school district. Fashion faux pas or not, administrators at the school have come to associate pink with gang activity and banned it for the remainder of the school year. Check the logic: "There is no evidence of gang activity," says Associate Superintendent Michael Berta, according to the Associated Press. "But because of the growing use of the color pink, we decided to be proactive. Girls and boys are supposed to avoid wearing pink."

Tuition raise passed, athletic fee delayed

By Ab D. Phillip · Saturday, April 3,2004 2:08 a.m.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- The board of trustees voted Friday to raise tuition 4 percent and to delay the controversial $30 athletics fee until a May 5 meeting in Bloomington. The tuition for in-state students who enrolled at IU Bloomington before summer 2003 was increased from $4,756 to $4,945.60 or 4 percent. For in-state students new to the campus beginning in summer 2003, tuition will increase by $229.60, from $5,756 to $5,985.60 or 4 percent.

Students rush to register voters by Monday deadline

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Friday, April 2,2004 1:42 p.m.

For Kayla Pelter, combating political apathy among college students has become an obsession of sorts. She's ardently committed to issues concerning local government -- an area most undergraduates tend to neglect, she notes -- and has devoted hours upon hours to furthering one of IU's newest political organizations -- Grand Old Cause.

Do it like Dad

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Friday, April 2,2004 1:53 a.m.

SAN ANTONIO -- John Lucas Jr. threw both arms around his son and pulled him close, turning back the clock in their tight embrace. "You think of the little boy you saw down on the floor praying, or putting up posters of Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant in his room or waking up at 6 a.m. to take 1,500 shots," Lucas said Thursday. And what about the jumper that John Lucas III hit with 6.9 seconds left to beat Saint Joseph's? What exactly was dad feeling when his son squared up to take the biggest shot of the NCAA tournament? "Oh, it happened too quickly," the former NBA star said, laughing. "I didn't have time to think." Their giant bearhug behind the bench at the Meadowlands after Oklahoma State's 64-62 win Saturday night became the most touching moment in a tourney full of famous father-and-son combos.

Kafka finds new life in comedy

By Andrew Welfe and Andrew Welfle · Friday, April 2,2004 1:30 a.m.

The newest comedy troupe to hit Bloomington is, by their own definition, an oddity. ODDITYS is a band of IU student comedians who have recently come together at the Bloomington Playwrights Project to bring IU students and Bloomington residents their unique brand of humor. ODDITYS' second performance will be at 11:30 p.m. today at the BPP's Black Box Theatre. "The group's humor runs the gamut from dry, witty word play to cruel and obscene low-brow," IU senior and ODDITYS writer and cast member Ambur Lowenthal said. "ODDITYS is nothing if not versatile."

No. 11 Hoosiers hold Fluid Four Invitational

By Matt Ostrega · Friday, April 2,2004 1:24 a.m.

The No. 11 Hoosiers water polo team will hope to continue their winning ways and extend a five-game winning streak this weekend as they play host to the Fluid Four Invitational. Joining IU this weekend will be a solid group of teams in No. 7 Loyola Marymount, No. 8 Michigan and No. 19 Cal-State Northridge.

Hoosiers head to Texas

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, April 2,2004 1:24 a.m.

After a highly-successful weekend split between the Stanford Invitational and the Florida Relays, the men's track team will compete this weekend as one at the 77th-annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, a meet perennially attracting top collegiate and professional talent.

Hoosiers head west for relays

By Steve Slivka · Friday, April 2,2004 1:23 a.m.

The IU women's track and field team travels to the Lone Star State today for the Texas Relays at the University of Texas. Last weekend, IU coach Randy Heisler sent the jumpers, sprinters and throwers to the Florida Relays and the distance runners to the Stanford Invitational.

IU kicks off Big Ten conference play

By Alex Witteveld · Friday, April 2,2004 1:22 a.m.

The Hoosiers (16-7) will take their eight-game winning streak to Chicago this weekend to take on Northwestern in the opening game of Big Ten conference play.