Longform

Ivy Tech grows as state's official community college

By Laura Jane Hyde · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:11 a.m.

Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana began a statewide marketing campaign Sept. 1 to alert people of the changes the school is undergoing. John Whikehart, chancellor of the Bloomington Ivy Tech campus, said the school recently changed its name from Ivy Tech State College to Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana after Senate Bill 296, formally recognized Ivy Tech as the state's official community college system, July 1. "This name change is symbolic of the transformation the school has been making in the past years," Whikehart said. "The school is now formally recognized by the state as a community college."

Hostettler votes against Katrina Aid package

By Alyson Brodsy and Ashley M. Heher · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:11 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - All but one member of Indiana's congressional delegation voted Thursday to send an additional $51.8 billion to help victims of Hurricane Katrina in the ravaged Gulf Coast.

Religious exemption forms due today

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:10 a.m.

Students who want to be excused from class for religious holidays must inform the University today.

Mercury contaminates workers at Kirkwood Hall

Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:08 a.m.

IU officials have instituted some new safety policies after two IU plumbers were exposed to mercury this summer, while some in the worker's union are claiming that more precautions could have been taken.

Hoeppner hopes fans can cultivate football aura

By David A. Nosko · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:08 a.m.

IU has won 23 NCAA Championships and 158 Big Ten Championships in more than a century of collegiate athletics, but Hoosier football tradition might be best known for losing seasons, fired coaches and tailgating.

Students buy into hype; season ticket sales improve

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1:02 a.m.

IU's contest with Nicholls State University this weekend isn't just the team's first chance to defend its home turf. It's the first opportunity for IU fans to experience a program that spent the entire off-season marketing itself to the Hoosier community.

Composers compete to celebrate Mozart birth with world premiere music pieces

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 1 a.m.

NEW YORK -- World premieres of operas by John Adams, Tobias Picker, Elliott Goldenthal and Kaija Saariaho will compete for attention this season with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

'05 Colts: They're kind of a big deal

By Kevin Dwire · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:59 a.m.

After walking around with my head hung and feet dragging for the past six months, I finally have a spring back in my step. "Excited to be back in classes?" you may ask. Not a chance. "Told some freshman wrong directions to Sycamore?" Not today, my friends. Last night began the most glorious part of the year: the start of the NFL season.

Arts Council names interim director

By Brian Baker · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:58 a.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council has named two interim directors to replace outgoing Executive Director Sally Gaskill.

Plans to rebuild site of 9/11 face architectural difficulties

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Westfeldt · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:56 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The tourists from California peered through the slats of a metal fence surrounding the World Trade Center site, looking down into the nearly empty 16 acres for a sign of what happened here on Sept. 11.

A war of choice

By Brian Stewart · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:49 a.m.

The date the United States began its counteroffensive against terror was Sept. 11, 2001. That was the day an ad hoc squad of citizen soldiers aboard Flight 93 rose to thwart terrorists. It seems fitting, even necessary, for me to make a few swift points about those who have drawn the wrong lessons from that day, if I may.

Minority migration

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:47 a.m.

Just as endangered birds in the wild flock together, endangered minorities, in this giant bird cage called IU, flock together. Because the vast majority of IU is populated by Christian Caucasian Cardinals, an astoundingly prolific breed, all the religious, racial and sexual minorities tend to nest in groups on campus.

'Dork Dorms'

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:45 a.m.

I guess I'm a dork. When people ask me where I live, I say "Ashton." And the response I get is usually a sympathetic, pity-filled "Aww, that's terrible! I bet it sucks living with all those geeks and weird people." Umm ... not really.

1. American hostage freed after 10 months in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:45 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. military, acting on a tip, raided an isolated farmhouse outside the capital Wednesday and rescued an American held hostage for 10 months. The kidnappers, who had kept their captive bound and gagged, escaped without a gun battle.

Neglect of Darfur brought under scrutiny

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:43 a.m.

One year ago today, the Bush administration declared the situation in Sudan constituted genocide. Yet one year later, where does the international community stand? Have the killings stopped? Can we even point Darfur out on a map? And more importantly, do we even care?

Mubarak wins first Egyptian presidential race

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:40 a.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- President Hosni Mubarak swept Egypt's first contested race for his job, according to preliminary results Thursday, an expected victory in an election praised as progress toward democratic reform despite allegations of fraud.

Ophelia reaches hurricane status, nears Florida coast

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:39 a.m.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Tropical Storm Ophelia strengthened into a hurricane as it stalled 70 miles off the northeast Florida coast Thursday, churning waves that caused beach erosion and drenching Kennedy Space Center.

Congress passes Katrina relief bill

By Alyson Brodsy and David Espo · Friday, Sept. 9,2005 12:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Acting with extraordinary speed, Congress approved an additional $51.8 billion for relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina on Thursday. President Bush pledged to make it "easy and simple as possible" for uncounted, uprooted storm victims to collect food stamps and other government benefits.

Students present artwork in thesis show

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 7:08 p.m.

Whether it is a naked wall, a lavender painted wall above scattered purple feathers or a white wall with flashy moving pictures, beautiful and meaningful artwork is often perceived in the eye of the beholder.

Heavy in the heartland

By Mike Malik · Thursday, Sept. 8,2005 2:06 a.m.

Indiana is ranked the ninth fattest state in the nation with an adult obesity rate of 25.2 percent, and placed eighth in the nation with 61.7 percent of adults obese or overweight, according to a Trust for America's Health report.