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West leaders deserve respect

By Benjy Ekhaus · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Last summer, the Portland Trailblazers acquired musclemen Dale Davis and Shawn Kemp with one thing in mind -- a postseason matchup with Shaquille O'Neal and the Lakers.

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Working for the trees

By Kara Salge · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Last April, Mary Demkovich was the first person to climb into a platform overlooking the floor of Indiana's Yellowwood State Forest. For the next eight months, a group of about 20 would take turns spending their lives in a tree named Prometheus.

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Powell arrives; India strikes in Kashmir

By George Gedda · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Secretary of State Colin's Powell's South Asia visit got off to a rocky start Monday as Indian troops opened fire on Pakistani positions in the Kashmir region just hours after Powell appealed for restraint.

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Art's intention is education

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Artwork displayed in Woodburn Hall and the Health, Physical Education and Recreation building have provoked some debate on campus. The Black Student Union held a town hall meeting last week to discuss the artwork, including murals in Woodburn 100 depicting Ku Klux Klansmen and swastikas adorning the tiling of the HPER building. Students expressed concern over the possibly offensive material.

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Tridelphia avoids Phishy sound of jam bands

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

To hear guitarist Dave Miller say that his band's big mainstream influence is Phish might cause many to roll their eyes. Being a "Phish-influenced" band conjures up connotations of a typical college rock band. But to make that assumption would be selling Tridelphia short. The influence of Phish is not subtle, but neither is it primary to the sound of the band. Where other college jam-bands try mightily to sound as much like Phish as they can, Tridelphia uses the name as a reference point for those who have not heard their focused take on jazz and rock and roll.

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Tennis trio leaves void

By Greg Jenkins · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

When the graduates are announced Saturday, men's tennis seniors Paul Jacobson, Milan Rakvica, and Ian Arons will all give their final farewell to Indiana University and a coach that has taught them life skills.

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'Spinning' the war

By Duncan Teater · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

One thing is for sure. I have stopped doodling "I love Laura Bush" in my comp book. This shocking new development took place after Mrs. Bush gave the president's weekly radio address last week. From the comfort of the first couple's home in Crawford, Texas, where they are busy stuffing turkeys and running a war, Laura Bush let the Taliban have it for their human rights abuses.

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Statue should be returned

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Between 5 p.m. April 1 and 9 a.m. April 2, a statue donated to IU was stolen from the courtyard behind the Indiana Memorial Union. A part of campus for the past 10 years, the 4-foot tall statue, entitled "Soul," was donated to the University and is worth an estimated $25,000.

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Helicopter crashes in the Philippines

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Army helicopter crashed at sea in the Philippines Thursday with 12 Americans aboard. A search by another U.S. helicopter and other American military aircraft found no survivors, but the search was continuing, said Navy Cmdr. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. There were no initial indications that the helicopter was brought down by hostile fire, Davis said.

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Canterbury approved

By Joseph S. Pete · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Environmentalists weren't pleased when the Monroe County Council approved a tax-free bond for the controversial Canterbury Apartments project at its monthly meeting Tuesday.

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Inexperience rules in the back of the pack

By Colin Nowling · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Inexperienced competitors can be a big influence on the outcome of a sporting event, and the Little 500 is no exception. The back of the men's field is where much of the inexperience for this year's Little 500 is placed. 23 of the 34 riders in the final three rows are rookie competitors.

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Super Bowl not so super

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

How did the Super Bowl get its name? Apparently, calling it the Spectacle of Gluttony sounded unwieldy and calling it the NFL Championship Game would not allow for all the hype. The Teflon Bowl would make sense. After all, no matter how many boring, lopsided Super Bowls are played, this game remains a national attraction and something of an unofficial national holiday. The holiday does not celebrate football; it celebrates a gross, classically American sense of excess. If it were any cheesier, they would have 'N Sync, Britney Spears and Aerosmith lip-sync the halftime show. Uh, oops. Speaking of halftime, while the game is on Fox, NBC plans on breaking from its regular programming during the game's intermission to broadcast a special edition of Fear Factor featuring Playboy playmates.

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Extra! Mainstream media exposed!

By Brian F. Hartz · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Did you know that the United States is one of the world's leading manufacturers and exporters of torture devices? Ever heard of ECHELON, the U.S. National Security Agency's system for monitoring and tracking e-mail, telephone and telex communications? No, you say? Well, there's a reason for that. It's called self-censorship.

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Weezer's 'Weezer' proves a pleaser

By Tom Whalen · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Weezer's back. In the nearly five-year absence since the release of the greatly misunderstood Pinkerton album, there has been very little in the way of good rock music being released. Pure rock fans have been forgotten in the tide of boy bands and watered-down pop. But, have no fear rock fans, Weezer is here. After fighting Rivers Cuomo's creative block, Weezer has returned with the highly anticipated Weezer (The Green Album). With the album's first single "Hash Pipe" tearing up rock radio, the world has learned what many have known for a while: Weezer is a good rock band. Their lyrics might not be the most creative, and they might dress like the "Dungeons and Dragons" nerds that they are, but their musical sense is undeniable.

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Pollock

By Jack M. Silverstein · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Ed Harris' directorial debut is also one of the best acting performances of his career, as he portrays the late Jackson Pollock, a drunk, manic-depressive and one of the finest artists of his time.

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Fees are unfair

By -Meghan Dwyer and Megan Dwyer · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

I find it hard to believe the Student Recreational Sports Center (SRSC) and the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) are short on funds during the summer months. Of course I realize employees need to be paid, facilities need to be managed, etc., but each year nearly 36,000 students at IU, who are enrolled in three or more credit hours, pay a $117.74 activity fee where $37.46 of that is routed directly to RecSports. That's a whopping $1,348,560. You can't tell me a business that makes over a million each year up-front, whose services aren't necessarily even used by the consumers, isn't making a decent profit. Besides, it seems as if the majority of the classes offered have extra fees attached.

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Professor honored by Carnegie Foundation

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

IU biology professor Craig Nelson was honored earlier this month by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for his research project on how to foster and assess critical thinking in evolutionary biology courses. At the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL), Nelson was one of 40 professors nationwide chosen from a pool of more than 120 applicants whose project was recognized by CASTL. More specifically, Nelson's project is "continuing his efforts to foster and promote both cognitive development and intellectual achievement. To evaluate the extent to which his approach is working, he is assessing cognitive development and the students' acceptance of evolution and their relationship to learning (measured as grades)," according to CFAT's press release.

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