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Remembering the millions

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:10 a.m.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor during Army veteran Charlie Wier's sophomore year at IU in 1941. Two years later, Wier graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology. During his military career, Wier joined the 11th Airborne Division, a Parachute Division in the Army. Stationed in the Philippines and Japan during World War II, he helped make cities such as Yokahama safe for dignitaries, such as U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, to enter Japan to sign the peace treaty that ended the war.

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Hoosiers battle each other on video game gridiron

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:08 a.m.

They're a staple in college campuses across the country. Football video games have invaded the college culture dating from Nintendo's Tecmo Bowl in the 1980s to EA Sports NCAA Football 2004 currently.

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Players upbeat after second win

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:07 a.m.

For only the second time all year, IU football players could speak Sunday at the team meeting. When IU loses, players aren't allowed to talk, but Saturday's 17-14, come-from-behind victory over the Fighting Illini reinstated player speaking rights and elevated team spirits.

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Rock history students take lessons from legend

By Brian Janosch · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:07 a.m.

Students of Glenn Gass' History of Rock 'n' Roll course got a first-hand look at rock stardom Tuesday as John Mellencamp talked with students about everything from music to politics. Between puffs on a cigarette in Ballantine 013, Mellencamp talked about painting with Bob Dylan, pronounced his views on the war in Iraq and mourned the death of rock 'n' roll.

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Joe Paterno deserves respect

By Colin Nowling · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:06 a.m.

Respect. If there is one thing Penn State football coach Joe Paterno deserves, it is just that. Sadly enough though, the coach who has given his life to Penn State football (54 seasons to be exact) is now being turned upon by fans and media, primarily local, in an effort to oust the 76-year old.

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Distances put IU at advantage

By Alex Witteveld · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:05 a.m.

The NCAA regional and national meets are the only two left for the No. 11 men's cross country team this year. Heading into these meets, the Hoosiers believe they have a distinct advantage over the other competitors, an advantage they have not had yet this year.

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Student activist set to visit Israel

By Michell Perry and Michelle Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:05 a.m.

Dan Lande has used an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, bongos and his voice to express his thoughts and feelings for many years. Over the next three weeks, he will use his songs to convey his message to thousands of people from around the world. Lande is leaving for Israel today to attend the General Assembly conference -- a meeting of representatives from Jewish organizations all over the world.

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Around the Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:04 a.m.

The Indiana Review is holding a Masters of Fine Arts poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Monroe County Library Auditorium. The two readers will be Kyle Dargan and Tolu Jegede. Dargan, a second-year graduate student, will release his first collection of poems called "The Listening" in fall 2004.

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Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:57 a.m.

IU will hold its "Indiana University Research Symposium Fall 2003" from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union.

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President polices his peers

By Brittany Hite · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:53 a.m.

Fraternities sometimes dread the "powers that be" that hold their fates in their hands. Whether it is a financial situation or an alcohol violation, greek houses know any infraction can hurt their reputation.

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Distances put IU at advantage

By Alex Witteveld · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:52 a.m.

The NCAA regional and national meets are the only two left for the No. 11 men's cross country team this year. Heading into these meets, the Hoosiers believe they have a distinct advantage over the other competitors, an advantage they have not had yet this year. All of the races this year have been at the 8K distance, but the last two have been bumped up to 10K. Because of the type of training that the team does, they believe the increase in distance can only help them. "I feel it is an advantage for us over other teams, since our training is more mileage and aerobic oriented and strength oriented versus speed or anaerobic oriented," IU coach Robert Chapman said. "I think that training also gives us a psychological edge. Some teams are worried about hanging on for another 2K, while we embrace the extra distance."

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Libertarians oppose seat belt checkpoints

By Katie Killebrew · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:52 a.m.

Monroe County residents won't have to worry about extra seat belt checkpoints this year, and that's welcome news for local Libertarians. Last month, the Monroe County council voted against accepting the $23,500 in-state and federal grant money that would have funded the officers. Each year since 1980, the Indiana Governor's Council has donated funds to each Indiana county to crack down on Hoosiers driving without seat belts. The Monroe County Council proposed using their funds in a law enforcing police to conduct checkpoints around Indiana and to pull over those suspected of driving without a seat belt.

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Libertarians oppose seat belt checkpoints

By Katie Killebrew · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:49 a.m.

Monroe County residents won't have to worry about extra seat belt checkpoints this year, and that's welcome news for local Libertarians. Last month, the Monroe County council voted against accepting the $23,500 in-state and federal grant money that would have funded the officers. Each year since 1980, the Indiana Governor's Council has donated funds to each Indiana county to crack down on Hoosiers driving without seat belts. The Monroe County Council proposed using their funds in a law enforcing police to conduct checkpoints around Indiana and to pull over those suspected of driving without a seat belt.

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Culture program receives funds

By John Keucher · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:46 a.m.

The Corporation for Capital Improvements and Attractions, a non-profit corporation created to foster cultural tourism in Bloomington, has awarded a $50,000 contract to Bloomington-based Internet company ENVISAGE for a study to determine what needs to be done to create and support a community web portal.

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Herbert addresses economy

By Mike McElroy · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:43 a.m.

IU President Adam Herbert outlined his plan for aiding Indiana's economic and educational transformation at the Economic Club of Indianapolis Monday. His plan includes building a new Clarian hospital, improving P-12 education and furthering medical research. Roughly 1,000 people listened to Herbert's strategy to harness IU's information technology and the life sciences to further job growth. Herbert delegated this task to a University economic development task force shortly after the start of his tenure. "An educated workforce with great diversity, quality and depth is the single most important factor in attracting new businesses," Herbert said in his address. "In such an environment, universities become crucial."

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Mass murder is in

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:39 a.m.

The women of Seattle can breathe a sign of relief. Last Wednesday, Gary Leon Ridgway confessed to all 48 of the murders he committed as the Green River Killer. According to an Associated Press report from Thursday, Ridgway "in the most matter-of-fact way, confirmed the details, responding 'yes' over and over in a clear but subdued voice."

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Protesters pooped while pissed

By Alyson Brodsy and Jake Rossman · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:35 a.m.

Universities have long been considered hallowed ground for radical protests and ideological debate. Maybe things were like that once, but like a flower child in her early 20s going through a phase, most higher education institutions lost their controversial edges in the decades after the Vietnam War. Sixties radicalism gave way to '70s narcissism, which gave way to '80s egotism, which was all dismissed by '90s nihilism.

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Cheer up, your condom fits

By Bonnie Real · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:32 a.m.

When living on a planet plagued with brutal wars, widespread diseases and Fox News, it's no wonder the desire to find good in the world often melts into resentful cynicism. In times like these, we have to hang on to whatever we can. Ever so often, a comforting fact will present itself as shimmering evidence that virtuous things still happen. We have to embrace these little reinforcements as miniature proofs that everything is going to be OK.

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Trendy politics

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:28 a.m.

The Institute of Politics at Harvard University recently released a study of the political behavior of college students. Harvard's general results have begun to raise some eyebrows. Their study concluded that of the estimated nine million students attending college in the United States, 31 percent identified themselves as Republican, 27 percent as Democrats and 38 percent as independent or unaffiliated. These figures are not entirely surprising and are roughly reflective of national trends, which have American voters split into the same thirds politically.

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Surviving member of Broadway trio keeps on writing

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Kuchwara · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 12:20 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Since the death last year of her writing partner Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden has carried on alone, attending rehearsals of "Wonderful Town," which she co-wrote with Adolph Green and Bernstein and working on a new book about her legendary collaboration with the effervescent Green.

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