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Conference to address service learning IU's Civic Literacy Project and the Indiana Department of Education will co-sponsor the Indiana Conference on Service Learning and Volunteerism March 1-2 at the Adam's Mark Airport Hotel in Indianapolis. The conference will provide an exciting opportunity for those building communities through service and service-learning, said Will Morgan, executive director for the civic literacy project, in a press release.

Professor, ratings guru help Mavericks owner

Professor Wayne Winston attended a Dallas Mavericks game during a trip to Dallas last spring break and bumped into a former student. It turned out the student was Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. Cuban casually approached Winston. The owner told his former professor that if he had any ideas to make the Mavericks better, Winston should let Cuban know.

Wildcats whimper into Bloomington

Northwestern coach Bill Carmody was blunt, honest and somewhere between despair and hope at this year's Big Ten media day in Chicago. After four years as head coach at Princeton, where he guided the Tigers to the postseason every year, Carmody took the head coaching job with one of the worst teams in the Big Ten. And he knew it.

Playwrights Project debuts award-winning 'Outrage'

Another opening, another show. But this was not the case at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 308 S. Washington St., where the world premiere of "Outrage" opened this weekend. This work runs weekends through Feb. 25.

Transportation Services offers late-night bus runs

After hanging out at the bars or partying on the weekends, many students don't want to walk, drive or spend money on a taxi to get where they need to go. But there is a little-known alternative that only requires a student ID card.

Columnist addresses AIDS

To help bring AIDS issues to students, graduate student Mark A. Price read reader responses to his IDS HIV Live column to about 50 people Monday at "Another Year of AIDS: Conversation with Mark Price" in the Collins Center Coffee House.

University adds new Internet connection for on-campus use

Computing at IU might have just gotten a bit easier. University Information Technology Services announced Tuesday it has implemented a second high capacity Internet connection for on-campus residents. The new connection allows students living in residence halls to link to Web sites separate from the University without campus Internet activity interference.

County council debates parking lease from city

Brad Wetnight, the owner of a downtown paint supply store, pays $3,000 a year for parking spaces for his employees. "It's money well-spent," he said. "It guarantees efficiency. And I feel I have a responsibility to take care of my employees."

Power crisis a possibility for Midwestern states

It's a possibility that Indiana could face the rolling blackouts and sky-rocketing electricity prices that have plagued California and the West for the past few months. The state's energy crisis could ripple throughout the Midwest. "All regions of the country are vulnerable to inadequate power resources because of increased demand and a lack of development of additional capacity or supply," said Linda Williamsom, Cinergy's executive director in the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation.

A cappella groups resurging

A cappella music is not only making a comeback, but also a name for the University.

IUSA abuses power, acted unlawfully

I have been a student at the Bloomington campus for three years, and I have always heard of the rampant corruption of the IUSA. However, until reading about the disqualification of the TOGA party, I have never been so thoroughly revolted. IUSA has abused its power by forcefully and fraudulently eliminating a party ticket simply because they are afraid of TOGA's popular support. I don't remember any portion of the IUSA constitution that says the current people in power are allowed to have dictatorial powers over the students. This pattern of corruption in order to maintain the status quo is reminiscent of the "purges" that were prevalent during the reign of Joseph Stalin.

Losers of the world unite

It has recently come to my attention that I'm a loser. Apparently it had already come to everybody else's attention, it just took a while for it to get to me.

Dorms must go smoke-free

Residential Programs and Services is considering a proposal to declare all dorms smoke-free by 2003. Seven other Big Ten schools, most recently Purdue, have instated smoke-free dorms with little resistance from students. This proposal should be supported by students -- smokers and nonsmokers -- because it will provide long-term benefits to the student body.

Waechter's column derogatory

Calling someone, President George W. Bush or anyone else, a "rich white man" or a "racist," or even "a rich white man who is a racist," may be wrong, and it may even be wrong in some morally blameworthy way (it may also be a correct and morally praiseworthy thing to say). But it is not an act of racism or bigotry. On the other hand, talk about "miserly Jews" or "drug-snorting coloreds" is racism and bigotry.

Mitchel's column lacks tolerance

As I sat with my mouth agape, reading Duncan Mitchel's opinion column entitled "Minorities of the World Unite" (Jan. 26), I wondered what could possibly be the point of this piece. How ironic that the "coordinator" of the Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau at an institution of higher learning would be so inept as to reduce his judgments of others to broad generalizations. It is not only unethical to generalize about any race, color, or sexual preference, it is (or should be) unacceptable.

Regulations insult women

Last week, legislation was introduced that would restrict women's access to the safe early abortion pill RU-486 (Mifepristone). European women have used it safely for 12 years, but only this September did the FDA approve it in the United States.

Dividing the world into 2 camps

There are two types of people: those who unconsciously assume a position of reverence when Celine Dion sings "My Heart Will Go On," and those who find such a thought somewhat frightening.

State must provide more funds for higher education

For our University, every biennial state budget is important. But that's especially true this year. Without strong budgetary support, Indiana's public colleges and universities will be unable to build on the progress we have made.

From the wheels to the reels

IU alumnus Kendall Harnett poured his heart and soul into training for the Little 500 as a student in the late 1980s. More than a decade later, Harnett is pouring his heart and soul into putting the history of the race on film.

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