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IU group reaches out to foreign students

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:27 p.m.

Moving away from home to go to college is often tough on students, especially when home is thousands of miles away. In order to help ease adjustment fears, the International Friendship Association, a student group at IU, offers a helping hand to foreign students coming to Bloomington.

Randy Walker's legacy remembered before NW opener

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Kay · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:09 p.m.

OXFORD, Ohio -- While speakers on a makeshift stage behind the end zone told stories about Randy Walker's playing and coaching career, a kicker's warm-up try left the field and landed nearby, punctuating the speechmaking with a loud thump. The perfect touch.

Last of Ziegfeld Follies girls still alive and kicking

By Rochelle Hines · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:06 p.m.

NORMAN, Okla. -- Frank Sinatra croons in the background as Doris Eaton Travis and her dance partner glide across the floor, her silver shoes sparkling in the light that bounces from the studio's mirrors.

Finish your beer; defend the Rock

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:04 p.m.

Forget about last season? I already forgot my class schedule, but I still can't get the Hoosiers' 2005 season out of my mind.

Ben Folds to come to IU Auditorium

Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:01 p.m.

The Union Board concerts committee will host Ben Folds in concert 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at the IU Auditorium, according to a news release from Union Board.

Glenn Ford, longtime leading man in scores of films, found dead in home at age 90

By Bob Thomas · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:58 p.m.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Actor Glenn Ford, who played strong, thoughtful protagonists in films such as "The Blackboard Jungle," "Gilda" and "The Big Heat," died Wednesday, police said. He was 90.

Former receiver Thigpen chosen for backfield duties

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:57 p.m.

After a 4-7 finish last season -- which included a six-game losing streak to close out the campaign -- IU coach Terry Hoeppner is just ready to move on to the 2006 season.

Hep says 18 of top 22 in rotation have no experience

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:53 p.m.

Welcome to the Terry Hoeppner Experience, season two. For Saturday's home opener against Western Michigan, fans are advised to buy a program -- because the 2006 IU football team bears little resemblance to the 2005 squad that finished 4-7.

Film audiences still wary about 9/11 stories

By Hillel Italie · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:52 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the truth remains stronger than any artist's attempt to re-create it and the public's desire to relive it.

Around the Arts

Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:42 p.m.

SEQUEL hip-hop dance team auditions Friday at HPER, Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts, IU Art Museum tour: For people with low vision, Monika Herzig Trio at Indianapolis' Ellenberger Park, Ballroom Club call-out invites all interested students, Bird enthusiast signs books at Art Museum Sunday

Benefit auction 'refreshes' campus art

By Lindsey Landis · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:35 p.m.

The public is invited to spend an evening schmoozing with the IU contemporary art sphere. At 6 p.m. Friday, the School of Fine Arts Gallery and the Friends of Art will present their first benefit auction of the year, Refresh. Several Bloomington restaurants and caterers will provide hors d'oeuvres. Semi-formal attire is recommended.

Virginia declares emergency; Carolinas on hurricane watch

By Mike Baker · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:26 p.m.

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Forecasters issued a hurricane watch for the Carolina coasts Thursday, and Virginia's governor declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Ernesto neared hurricane strength in the Atlantic.

Israeli army returns border region to control of Lebanese, international forces

By Josef Federman · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:26 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli army has turned over a small border area in southern Lebanon to Lebanese and international troops, military officials said Thursday, a symbolic move meant to pave the way for a heavily armed U.N. peacekeeping force to move into the volatile area.

Mother of victim seeks change to next-of-kin law

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:24 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — After Linda Young's daughter and grandson were murdered in 2005, control of their bodies went to their next-of-kin — a man who was also their killer.

Former death-row inmate found guilty of 1980 rape

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:23 p.m.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind -- After five hours of deliberation, a Clark County jury convicted a former death-row inmate in a woman's 1980 rape.

Volunteer fair hopes to attract hundreds of applicants

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:21 p.m.

Local organizations are offering college students an alternative to sleeping away Saturday morning. The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network Volunteer Fair is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Accompanying the Farmers Market at Shower Plaza, the fair will give devoted, enthusiastic locals a chance to get information from nonprofit organizations looking for volunteers.

Attacks kill at least 51 people in Iraq

By Rebecca Santana · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 10:19 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A series of attacks killed at least 51 people across Iraq Thursday, including 43 within a half hour in a Shiite section of Baghdad, officials said. Scores were wounded in the attacks, part of a violent week that has seen hundreds slain.

Far and away

By Alyson Brodsy and Megan Robb · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 9:50 p.m.

OXFORD, U.K. -- This year, I join the ranks of that elusive breed of college student, the ghost group that has the same -- ahem -- privilege of logging into OneStart and Webmail with IU usernames and IU pride. But new students at IU would be hard-pressed to say I actually attend the school, were it not for my Hoosier Facebook account I'm a junior on her year abroad.

At your service

By Alyson Brodsy and Richard McKaig · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 9:49 p.m.

One hundred and sixty eight. That's the golden number for those of us who work in student affairs because it's the number of hours in a week students on the Bloomington campus must fill.

Is Europe obsolete?

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Stewart · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 9:47 p.m.

Europe is officially beyond parody. I was in a class the other day when this fact was lost on one person. Unfortunately, that person was the professor, who had nothing but good to say about the "European experiment." This surprised a few people, as it should have. It doesn't take an economics degree to see that, short of totally overhauling the socialist structure of modern European economies, all talk about European ascendancy is absurd in the extreme.

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