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Mini U promotes lifelong learning

From June 16-21, those with a thirst for knowledge and a limitless desire for learning have the opportunity to experience a week of up to 15 non-credit courses through Mini University. In its 30th year and with courses in the arts, business and technology, domestic issues, health, fitness and leisure, human growth and development, humanities, international affairs and science, Mini U participants can choose from over 90 courses taught by IU faculty who voluntarily donate their time and expertise.

Escaping terror

Mike Weichman, an IU alumnus, had an office with an unbeatable view. Looking out the windows of the 81st floor of One World Trade Center, he would see the Statue of Liberty rising above a sparkling Hudson Bay. He resigned from his job at the beginning of September. Several days later, he would stand on the roof of his apartment building, adjacent to the Empire State building and Times Square, and survey the wreckage of the World Trade Centers.

Bush supports free trade during Latin America trip

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- President Bush promised Sunday to push for free-trade policies for economically strapped Latin America and said the United States "is wide open" to buy goods from around the world. Winding up a journey to Mexico, Peru and El Salvador, Bush also pledged to promote immigration policies that link workers from the region with American jobs.

Women prepare for match with Butler

Chances are Butler won't show the women's basketball team anything they haven't already seen early this season. At 0-4 Butler is losing by 35 points on average. IU on the other hand has faced two top ten teams in Stanford and North Carolina State, and while the Hoosiers came up short in those two games, the experience of playing top teams has prepared the Hoosiers for the rest of its non-conference schedule.

Students toss bottles, light fires after Maryland victory

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Students lit bonfires, threw bottles, climbed onto business roofs and shot off fireworks after Maryland beat Indiana to win the NCAA tournament. One reveler was tackled by an ice cream shop employee when he tried to ram a police barricade through the shop's window. Another student was badly cut after getting hit in the head with a bottle.

Coaching staff grows

Football coach Gerry DiNardo is methodically piecing together a coaching staff that has a local flavor. One of the newest additions to DiNardo's staff is Bloomington South coach Mo Moriarity, who is regarded as one of the top high school coaches in the state. Moriarity joined DiNardo's coaching staff earlier this week along with Al Borges and Steve Addazio.

WWII journalist honored with collectible

Hasbro's G.I. JOE D-Day collection hit the shelves last week and included an action figure of former IU student Ernie Pyle, who was a Scripps Howard reporter and war correspondent during World War II. Pyle followed soldiers into battle and documented their experiences, which led to a Pulitzer Prize in 1944. A year later Pyle was killed by machine-gun fire.

Attackers kill seven on Algeria beach

ALGIERS, Algeria -- A group believed to be Islamic militants disguised as police officers killed seven people who were camping at a beach in eastern Algeria, slitting their victims' throats, news reports said Tuesday. Two other people were injured in the Sunday attack at the Ouled Bakrat beach, 370 miles east of the capital, Algiers, El Watan newspaper reported.

American Taliban won't receive death penalty

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will charge American Taliban member John Walker Lindh with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens in Afghanistan and will ask for life imprisonment rather than the death penalty, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday.

Bridge message, memory remain

Every day, Mandy Madden walks past the bridge on Jordan Avenue bearing Jill Behrman's name and says a prayer. "I pray for Jill, I pray for everyone," the sophomore said. "I just pray and I ask for things -- like that nobody forgets about what happened." Today the paint on the bridge is chipping away and bits of the walls are crumbling, but no one has forgotten Jill Behrman, the freshman who disappeared from Bloomington May 31, 2000.

Speaker opposes death penalty despite loss, national tragedy

When Bud Welch went to work on April 19, 1995, he planned to meet his daughter Julie at lunchtime. They met every Wednesday and went to a Greek restaurant close to where she worked as a Spanish translator in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Difference in beliefs

Headlights streamed and gleamed down Jordan Avenue last night as people poured into the IU Auditorium parking lot to witness the Great Debate on the existence of God. Students clumped together on the steps of the Auditorium, chatting about their expectations. One group of gentlemen was jokingly placing bets on who would win.

Fun, friends and family

The first Friday of every month, the Outreach Program sponsors family night. There is a range of events from a toddler discovery room to open basketball to open swimming.

Arts Week a 'cultural gem'

Working to bridge various aspects of the performing arts, Bloomington's 18th annual Arts Week celebration will begin today and run through March 2. The week-long celebration's opening reception is at 6 p.m. tonight in the new Theatre/Neal-Marshall Education Center in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre foyer.

Daycare dilemma

Senior Erin Fagg had to wait nearly 17 months before she could register her 3-year-old son in the day care she wanted. A single mother, Fagg said she wanted the best for Kaiden Thomas, but she wound up on a lengthy waiting list for one of IU's best day care centers. In the meantime, she enrolled Kaiden in an unlicensed center unaffiliated with the University.

Text of President Bush's televised national address from the Oval Office Tuesday after terrorist attacks across the East Coast earlier in the day, as transcribed by eMediaMillWorks, Inc.

Good evening. Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices: secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers, moms and dads, friends and neighbors.

Tables are turned: Team asks questions

IU waxed Northwestern by nine field goals and four safeties Saturday. I said they'd lose. I was wrong. Way wrong. Let's have a little pow-wow with the football team and let them ask me questions (this is all make believe, just like Mr. Rogers and that little whistling train). Me: Mr. Cameron, I'll start with you. Coach Cameron: So, I'm fired, eh? Sure didn't look like that Saturday, now did it? You're mean. Quit being so mean. Me: No. Not until you win more than four games in a season. And I didn't appreciate that cold shoulder at Iowa. For Saturday, congrats, but you're still fired. Next, Mr. Randle El.

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A storied inn

There are no telephones. No televisions. No radios. No clocks. Cell phones definitely won't get service. To some, it sounds like a nightmare, but to many, Story, Ind., is the perfect place to run to when they want to get away from life in the city.

Bush needs to conquer problem

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions…I can't answer your question." This is President George W. Bush at his best, trying to respond to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first presidential debate. All too often President Bush finds himself having trouble answering questions, indeed, even communicating effectively.