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Florida bill keeps coma victim alive

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:29 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Lawmakers sent Gov. Jeb Bush a bill Tuesday that will give him the power to order a feeding tube reinserted into a brain-damaged woman who is at the center of one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles.

Jewish activist speaks on campus

By Paul Musgrave · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:29 a.m.

Israel's current policies will force the country to choose between its identity as a Jewish state and its status as a democracy, Marcia Freedman told an audience of about 80 students, faculty and community members Monday evening.

Former diplomat to visit IU

By Daniel Castro · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:26 a.m.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Robert Finn will visit IU early next month to deliver a lecture on the changes in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

'City Chic' offers savings help

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:22 a.m.

As college students, we all can probably use some advice on how to live fabulously on a budget. Between paying for classes, books, groceries and entertainment, many of us live a broke existence. Many dinners of ramen noodles can attest to that. It's fine. We're in college, right?

West’s and King’s birds perch in the afternoon sun in one of their luxurious aviaries.

IU’s best-kept secret: Science

Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 12 a.m.

Hundreds of well-respected, Ivy League-educated researchers are gathering on campus today to exchange ideas and further scientific progress.

Business Briefs

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:39 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The nation's economy continued to rebound in September, but appeared to slow after rapid growth earlier in the year, according to a closely watched gauge of future business activity.

Illegal music downloads have mixed local impact

By Chris Freiberg · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:37 a.m.

The rapidly changing music industry faced even more bad news late last week when Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, announced plans to eliminate 800 jobs.

Breaking through the glass ceiling

By Lindsay Kaplan · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:29 a.m.

When I was working as a journalist, I never really felt discriminated against as a woman except for one occurrence. I was working as a sports journalist in the mid-to-late 1980s and there were a lot of incidents with women in locker rooms, sexual harassment and male athletes having general hesitation when talking to female reporters."

Finding strength in art

By Olivia Morales · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:13 a.m.

If you asked J. Mark Inman what his art could be classified as, he would tell you he honestly does not know. Inman says three months ago, during his eighth hospitalization since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he just took it into his head to pick up a paintbrush and start painting.

Efforts help track cheating

By Gillian Hurley · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:09 a.m.

A big assignment is due today. Rather than take a zero, many students might just take the answers from someone in their class who has them. More and more students are making this choice at IU.

Campus organization teaches more than how to fold clothes

By Dana Sands · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:08 a.m.

The Apparel Merchandising Organization, a student group focusing on retailing and merchandising, will hold a mass meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight in the McNutt Quad formal lounge. Senior Laura Barker, vice president of the AMO, is responsible for operating the monthly mass meetings and finding guest speakers.

Students looking to 'Teach for America'

By Jeanine Murray · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:08 a.m.

IU students searching for a job may find their answer in Teach For America, which not only provides students with valuable job experience, but gives them a chance to make a difference. Teach For America provides graduating students a chance to involve themselves in bettering the academics of today's youths. In the program, students who are accepted work as teachers in inner-city schools. Often the children they teach do not receive equal education opportunities because of their low-income status.

Common STD not as prevalent at IU, officials say

By Stephanie Susman · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:07 a.m.

A recent study showed that trichomoniasis is now the leading sexually transmitted disease among college women, according to a news release from Presutti Laboratories, Inc. But health officials at IU said the infection isn't as prominent as other STDs.

Judge says Bryant must stand trial

By Alyson Brodsy and Jon Sarche · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:54 a.m.

EAGLE, Colo. -- Kobe Bryant must stand trial on a charge of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old resort worker, a judge ruled Monday, clearing the way for a celebrity trial the likes of which hasn't been seen since O.J. Simpson. Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett said prosecutors presented enough evidence Bryant might have committed the crime June 30. The Los Angeles Lakers guard could face a life sentence if convicted. His next appearance, in district court, is set for Nov. 10.

Davis starts as 2nd in command

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:52 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Kathy Davis took office as Indiana's lieutenant governor Monday by pledging to "tackle tough issues" facing the state, including a struggling economy and $1 billion budget deficit. "We will solve this, as we have before, with honest assessment, open discussion and cooperation," Davis said to several hundred people at a Statehouse ceremony. Davis was sworn in by Chief Justice Randall Shepard shortly after the General Assembly voted unanimously to confirm her nomination, completing a change in top leadership caused by last month's death of Gov. Frank O'Bannon. Davis, a seasoned government manager nominated by Democratic Gov. Joe Kernan, is the first woman to serve either as Indiana's governor or lieutenant governor. She noted that while thanking Kernan and his wife, Maggie, for "placing your confidence in me."

Lessons in unpredictability

By Colin Nowling · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:52 a.m.

The college football season is at the halfway point of its season and as November nears, the games will become even more important for those teams still atop the polls.

It just sounds dirty

By -Kehla West · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:45 a.m.

Take a cold shower. Think about Margaret Thatcher. But calm down, and do whatever you need to do to get through "The Lover's Tongue: A Merry Romp Through the Language of Love and Sex."

Emotion evident in performance

By Eric Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:44 a.m.

The wine of youth is fermenting tonight in the banks of God." With these words, Atar Arad introduced an evening of wonderful viola music, erupting immediately into the opening strains of Rebecca Clarke's "Sonata for Viola and Piano" and concluding nearly an hour and a half later with the playful Bela Bartok "Sonatina."

Monks introduce Tibet through food tasting

By Jacquelyn Janowski · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:43 a.m.

As day was beginning to turn into night and the air temperature was steadily dropping, a crowd of believers and those simply interested gathered at the Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling Monastery Saturday. The prayer flags surrounding the compound flowed in the breeze with tiki torches livening up the dusk.

Renovated park solves water woes

By Mike Malik · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:32 a.m.

Since the spring of 2002, construction of Miller Showers Park has been going on between College and Walnut Ave. Bloomington residents who use the two high traffic streets daily might only see the construction as a inconvenience, but by December 5th city officials say the park replacing the construction will benefit the city and the environment.