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New facility will house rare collections

The sun was shining, balloons were blowing in the breeze and a band set the tone for an important day in the history of IU Libraries. After years of dedication to bettering IU learning on the part of several University staff members, a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Auxiliary Library was held Monday at 10th Street and the State Road 45/46 bypass.

Runner excels in classroom

Many college students have a hard time managing their time. Many try to find the balance between studies and free time. Freshman Mindy Peterson is no exception. However, she has honors classes and a cross country schedule to deal with. And she has done both of these things very well. Peterson is one of the top runners for IU's cross country team. She has placed no worse than third for the team in all six of the races she has run in this season. With practices and classes, finding the time to do the things she wants isn't always easy. Practices range from sprint drills to long runs to lifting weights. Weekends don't even offer time off.

Traficant's last hurrah

Today, Jim Traficant is the most colorful and outspoken member of Congress. Tomorrow, he might be gone.

Opening Events Calendar

After 15 years in the making, the dream of the new Theatre/Neal-Marshall Education Center will be realized tomorrow in a day-long, campus-wide celebration. The dedication of the new state-of-the-art facility will feature keynote speakers and actor/ activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee Friday evening, with workshops, tours and exhibits throughout the day.

Minnesota defense fights off Hoosiers' outside punch

MINNEAPOLIS -- Kerwin Fleming and Kevin Burleson had one guy to look for: the red-headed guy in the red jersey with No. 3 pasted on his back.

Censorship supported by Illinois Attorney General

This fall, First Amendment rights for college students in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin will go before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Students are taking administrative officials at Governors State University, located 30 miles south of downtown Chicago, to court. Three students allege the administration at Governors State enacted prior restraint in its attempt to control content of the student-run newspaper, The Innovator.

Gold 'N' Pawn robbed

Two robbers held up a pawn shop at gunpoint on the city's south side on Wednesday afternoon. No suspects have been arrested in connection with the robbery as the investigation is still in progress. Police said two male suspects walked into Gold 'N' Pawn, 901 S. Walnut, around 12:20 p.m. posing as customers before displaying a silver semi-automatic hand gun and demanding "all of it." "They acted like they were purchasing items," said Capt. Joe Qualters of the Bloomington Police Department.

Peace campers leave

After a nearly eight month long vigil in Dunn Meadow, the peace campers have decided to pack up and ship out. Sean "Steps to Freedom" Bagley informed Dean Richard McKaig on Wednesday that the peace campers will have Dunn Meadow cleaned up and back to normal by Saturday. "Basically, I informed the administration today that due to the fact that the peace camp hasn't lived up to what I was hoping it would become, it was necessary for me to withdraw my efforts from the peace camp," Bagley said. "I'm going to try to get everything out by Saturday, but that will depend in part on whether other people get their stuff out."

'Hansel and Gretel' proves sweet

It seems this year that IU Opera Theater productions are mixed packages, delivering both the exquisite along with the dreadful. The same also seems true of the stories of the operas. In Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel And Gretel," the two children realize the indulgence in sweet things and forbidden treats can often lead to unhappy outcomes. Similarly, IU Opera Theater's current production, which opened Saturday night, delivers both the sweetness, which is what IU Opera is known for, along with the variable toothache that it can also cause.

Reaction to 'Brink' is mixed

Bobby Knight is a figure who seems to be constantly surrounded by controversy. So it comes as no surprise that the debut of the ESPN film "A Season on the Brink" about Knight's 1985-86 season at IU was met with a wide range of opinions and criticisms from the student body.

Columnist hateful, hypocritical

I am at home on vacation and I'm sort of enjoying it but I always check the IDS web site to see what's happening on campus. And what is one thing I see happening? I see Duncan Mitchel writing hate filled rhetoric. I have read his column many times and I respect his right to a viewpoint, but why does he always have to throw in cheapshots about Christians, or organized religion in general, Republicans, the rich, etc.

Behrman case to be featured on crime-solving TV show

'America's Most Wanted' host John Walsh filmed a segment for this Saturday's show at the Sample Gates Tuesday. The crime show will feature unresolved Indiana cases such as that of kidnapped lawyer John Barse, escaped murderer Larry Woods, and missing IU student Jill Behrman.

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Adventures just a hop, skip and car ride away

City decision justified

IU's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Student Support Services Office is sponsoring the Sexual Minority Youth in the Heartland Conference, to be held July 19-21-- a mere week before the Boy Scouts of America plan to roll into town for their National Order of the Arrow Conference on July 27. The problem? There's not one, really, as the GLBT promises not to interfere with the conference that will bring 8,000 scouts to town. But the conflict reemerges now as the city recently withdrew their sponsorship of the GLBT's event, claiming organizers withheld information about the conference's true purpose.

Artwork focuses on societal transition to mobility

In a world where people are more concerned with where they have been and where they are going, little notice is given to the transition between the two -- the present. Artist and MFA sculpture student Richard Saxton has captured a sense of the present in his works, which feature the fusion of connection and isolation. His works embody the connection between one place and another, one time and another, one idea and another, but those connections are isolated in place, time or idea.

President urges calm in face of challenges

ATLANTA -- President George W. Bush urged an uneasy nation Thursday night to meet "our great national challenge" to protect America against future terrorist attacks by volunteering for community service and watching for suspicious activity. "Our citizens have new responsibilities," the president said in his address. "We must be vigilant, inspect our mail, stay informed on public health matters."

Big Ten officials to discuss canceling all of their games

In light of Tuesday's tragedies, Big Ten athletics directors and commissioner Jim Delany is scheduled to call a conference at noon today to discuss the week's schedule of sporting events. Sue Lister, the media director for the Big Ten said the Big Ten was not ready to make any statement concerning the games until after the conference call, but decided not to make a conference-wide decision toward games on Tuesday night. "We are leaving cancellations (Tuesday) on a case-by-case basis up to the institutions," Lister said. In that regard, several universities -- including IU -- canceled volleyball games that were planned for Tuesday night.

Bush should have done more

Whether or not the information President Bush received prior to the Sept. 11 attacks was generalized, it can't be determined whether it wouldn't have proved useful in preventing the attack. But the Bush administration should have done more -- maybe warning the public would have led to more reaction, possibly resulting in the terrorists being more hesitant in performing their actions. The terrorists felt the U.S. was oblivious to what was going on, and Bush's lack of full response did nothing to prevent the monstrocity that occurred on Sept. 11.

The 'Bay' Favorite

If ever a friend or acquaintance visits the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly the East side of the bay, I tell them that the search for cheap and cheerful meals stop at Lilly's Chinese restaurant on Monterey Avenue in Berkeley. It is the apotheosis of quality: unpretentious service, heaping plates of delicious, fresh food, comfortable seating, and the constant buzz of happy chatter. When I am in Bloomington, I regularly dream of their crisp scallion pancakes, roast duck (a plate that must keep local cardiologists buying Tuscan villas -- but worth every bite), and vegetarian dumplings. But when visiting in the summertime, my visit is incomplete without a bowlful of their noodles.