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Williams' classic play debuts

By -Kehla West · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:31 a.m.

Tennessee Williams' plays are classics. "A Streetcar Named Desire", "The Glass Menagerie", and possibly his best-known play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", are renowned for their timeless quality, their drama, and their honest portrayal of American life. The Bloomington Area Arts Council and Detour Theatre Company will be presenting "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" as the first show of the season at the John Waldron Arts Center, 122 South Walnut Street. The play takes place in 1950's Mississippi, on Harvey "Big Daddy" Pollitt's 65th birthday.

When is fashion appropriate?

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:31 a.m.

I lectured my little sister the other day as though I was her mother. She was complaining about not having new shoes for school. She said, "I can't wait to go shopping I'm finna look so fly for school."

Universal Music slashing CD prices

By Alyson Brodsy and Alex Veiga · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:28 a.m.

LOS ANGELES --The world's largest recording company said Wednesday it would slash wholesale CD prices in a bid to revive lagging music sales, which have dropped 31 percent industry-wide in the last three years.

Monks stage fund-raiser

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:28 a.m.

Over the course of a year, 10 Drepung Gomang Monks from southern India will cram into a small van together, where they will span about 20 states and several cities. With just enough money for food and essentials, the monks plan to spread their message of peace and compassion around the country, while also hoping to generate funds for their monastery.

Former U.S. representative drops out of governor's race

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:20 a.m.

Republican candidate David McIntosh has announced he will not seek his party's nomination in the upcoming 2004 gubernatorial election. The former U.S. Representative made the announcement Thursday afternoon during a press conference at GOP headquarters in Indianapolis. McIntosh cited growing support for fellow candidate Mitch Daniels, which includes an endorsement from President George Bush, as the main reason behind his decision. Daniels is the former White House budget director. "The team is coalescing around Mitch Daniels and I'm a team player, have always been a team player and I want to be part of the team," McIntosh said during the news conference.

Students think about going greek

By Adam Van Osdol and Adam VanOsdol · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:20 a.m.

As a freshman, Joshua Becker was sure he'd never join a fraternity. To him, being greek meant only obnoxious partying and smug elitism. When fraternity recruitment began, though, Becker agreed to give it a chance.

Former child stars discuss TV growing pains

By Alyson Brodsy and Anthony Breznican · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:19 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The glory of being a famous cute kid can fade faster than the pages of an old Tiger Beat magazine. What often remains is nostalgia, taunting and the occasional pummeling in a celebrity boxing tournament. Some are bitter. Some have made peace with their pasts and found new successes. Others still seem a little dazed from the long-extinguished limelight.

Professor's site taken off IU server

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:18 a.m.

A Web log created by a business professor to express views on homosexuality and other issues has been removed from an IU server, after causing controversy and angering some on campus.

President comes to Indianapolis

By Nick Schmidt and Nicholas J. Schmidt · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:18 a.m.

With the 2004 presidential campaign already heating up, President George W. Bush is hot on the money trail as he sets his sights on party contributors in Indianapolis.

What's the deal with Seinfeld?

By Jackie Corgan · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:18 a.m.

Tickets go on sale today for comedian Jerry Seinfeld's first visit to the Bloomington campus.

Campus groups, professors get ready for spiritual leader

By Jackie Walker and Jacqueline Walker · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:18 a.m.

The Chamtse Ling temple dedication at the Tibetan Cultural Center is just two days away, and student and academic groups are busy with last-minute preparations. Professors and students attending the event are also gearing up for what they consider a very significant visit by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso.

Living in a combat zone

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:13 a.m.

TIKRIT, Iraq -- As students make the first trek to class this fall grumbling about having to walk all the way from the extension to Ballantine Hall, two other IU students are dealing with slightly harsher tasks everyday. Sgt. Ryan J. Sills and I, Cpl. Vernon R. O'Donnell, are journalists in the U.S. Army Reserve, full-time students at IU and brothers in the Chi Phi fraternity. Ryan, a Bloomington native and graduate of Edgewood High School in Ellettsville, is in charge of our broadcast team which gives him a great deal of responsibility.

Examining fact and fiction behind Freshman 15

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:11 a.m.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Yolanda Davis heard about the dreaded phenomenon before heading off to New Orleans for her freshman year at Xavier University and wanted no part of it. Wendy Moses had likewise heard the tales before settling in as a freshman at Emory University in Atlanta but never imagined it would happen to her. The two Fort Worth, Texas, women found themselves face to face with the so-called Freshman 15, the alleged propensity of students to put on up to 15 pounds when they first go off to college. Whether established fact or national folklore remains an open question, but for many of the roughly 1.5 million young people who enter college each fall, the Freshman 15 becomes a living, breathing reality. As a scientifically proven phenomenon, the Freshman 15 has taken its lumps in recent years.

Students deck the walls with classic art

By Lindsay Kaplan · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:07 a.m.

Every year, as IU students face the task of decorating their latest living environment, the IMU Leisure Programs department sponsors a 10-day poster sale with a variety of wall décor at prices less than $10. The sale runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through today in the IMU Georgian Room, just outside the IU Bookstore. Most posters range from $6 to $8 and fall into one of seven categories.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 2:03 a.m.

Poynter Center selects Seminar Fellows from IU Richard B. Miller, director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, announced Wednesday the selection of the Interdisciplinary Poynter Center Seminar Fellows for 2003-2004. This year's selections from IU-Bloomington include: Robert Ivie, professor of communication and culture; Ann Mongoven, assistant professor of religious studies; John H. Stanfield II, professor of African-American and African diaspora studies; Jeffrey Wasserstrom, professor of history and of East Asian languages and cultures; and David C. Williams, John S. Hastings professor of law. The ten seminars, focused this year on "Democracy and Dissent," we will be held at the Poynter Center at a date to be announced.

4th District hopeful announces candidacy

By Elise Baker · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 1:56 a.m.

Republican Dennis Hardy is getting a head start on his bid to upset incumbent House Representative Steve Buyer in the primary elections for Indiana's densely populated 4th District, which encompasses Bloomington and regions of Indianapolis.

Sweep the leg, Johnny!

By Phil Kijak · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 1:22 a.m.

In "Mr. Deeds" there's a scene where Adam Sandler sings David Bowie's "Space Oddity," complete with clapping at the appropriate time (you know, where it's just the acoustic guitar and it goes "da da-da da-da CLAP! CLAP!) In a very non-direct, out in left field sort of way, that scene represents my favorite part about college: the bonding with complete strangers through our shared experiences within pop culture.

Don't forget to wash your hands

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 1:10 a.m.

The bathroom is one of the great equalizers of man. Sporting arena bathrooms in particular. In fact, any place with multiple urinals attached to a wall, or at the very least, lined up next to each other. It doesn't matter where you are or who's at the john. Give me a king, a president, the guy who works the overnight shift at Steak 'n Shake and a hobo, line them all up at the urinals and all you've got is four guys taking a leak. Dave Barry once wrote about the instinctive male urinal code that says that men would rather hold it in for a 48-hour period then take a urinal between two other men. For the most part, I agree. Go into a restroom in a bar or restaurant and that code will be silently upheld by every guy there, as we stare deep into the wall in front of us out of fear of accidentally making eye contact with another person in the room.

Smoking ban up in smoke

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 12:58 a.m.

As of Monday, you had to be at least 30 feet away from building entrances and exits, partially or fully enclosed walkways, open windows and ventilation systems of property owned or leased by IU to smoke.

Oh, Canada!

By Tony Sams · Friday, Sept. 5,2003 12:45 a.m.

This summer, we (the United States) were upstaged by our northern neighbor (Canada). The U.S. isn't accustomed to that, unless you count comparing our educational test scores with other countries, because in that field we've pretty much conceded defeat. But I mean, Canada?! How did that happen? We were going to find out, honestly; but before we could, we used our preemptive strike policy to send forth an annihilating cascade of warfare in the name of freedom. Wait, no, that didn't happen. I'm thinking of another country.