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Local ice rink serves amateurs and pros

By Alexandra R. Moses and Lindsay Baron · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:49 a.m.

Lori Crum glides across the ice rink, gracefully completing spins and jumps, her ivory skates slicing across the slick, smooth ice. There are usually 10 skaters whizzing around the rink during this time. But this Monday, she is the only one. Crum, a child therapist in Bloomington and a member of the Frank Southern Ice Arena's figure skating club, said she uses her lunch hour to skate during the rink's noon to 1:30 p.m. weekday sessions.

Lack of educators causes shortage of nurses

By Ab D. Phillip and Rebecca Cook · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:47 a.m.

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Hospitals across the country are desperate for nurses like Tracey Rasmussen, a 34-year-old mom with a warm, down-to-earth bedside manner and a 3.9 grade point average. There's a nationwide shortage of nurses, as anyone who's spent time in a hospital lately knows. And by 2020 that shortage is expected to grow to more than 800,000 nurses nationwide, according to projections by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. But the problem isn't finding people who want to be nurses; it's getting them into nursing schools.

Housing costs rising at Purdue

By Ab D. Phillip · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:46 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Undergraduate students living in Purdue University residences will pay an average of 5.7 percent more during the next academic year. The rate increase was approved Saturday by the school's board of trustees. The new room and board schedule gives undergraduate students living in university housing a variety of options, with the average cost being $6,024 per year for a double room and 15 meals per week.

Semester at sea ends

By Ab D. Phillip and Peter Bernard · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:45 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Young adults often sing the praises of attending college away from home, and Margate, Fla., resident Jeanly Louis just returned from 100 days of studying about as far from home as he could get. "We spent time in Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Saigon, Malaysia, India, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil and Havana," said Louis, 21, who sailed into Port Everglades last week after a whirlwind cruise around the globe aboard the SS Universe Explorer.

Department of kinesiology first to offer degree

By Ab D. Phillip and Obaid Khawaja · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:43 a.m.

IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation has established the first ergonomics masters degree program in the nation. The department of kineseology adopted this program to offer expertise in a profession that is increasing in importance. According to the International Ergonomics Association Web site, ergonomics is a "systems-oriented discipline which now extends across all aspects of human activity."

IU United Way approaches goal

By Ab D. Phillip and Asma Khalid · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:42 a.m.

Serving as the largest of 220 organizations involved in the annual Monroe County United Way campaign, IU provides over 40 percent of all community donations. "If you take away that 40 percent, I can't imagine what would go unfunded in this community," IU UW liaison Matthew Pontius said. This year, for the first time in three years, IU is $31,000 short of making its $600,000 goal.

Meal point dilemma

By Ab D. Phillip and Takashi Nakamichi · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:41 a.m.

Freshman Amber Watson walks across the Wright Food Court cafeteria, carrying a sub, soda, chips and a bag of Kellogg's Pop-Tarts toaster pastries. She paid $1.49 for the Pop-Tarts. Only about 100 yards west, 10th Street Market, a small Asian market, sells Pop-Tarts for 73 cents a bag including tax. But Watson said she'd rather buy it at the food court to use her meal points. Like Watson, meal-point holders keep buying at the IU-run cafeterias and convenience stores, though most items are 10 to 200 percent more expensive than outside the university.

Scholar's Inn Bakehouse food varies

By Adam Streer · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:37 a.m.

Most of the time, I love exotic food. With finals looming just a few days away, this was not one of those times. I needed some good old fashioned comfort food. With this in mind, I found myself in The Scholar's Inn Bakehouse.

A POPS kind of Christmas

By Kristen Van Hoesen · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:36 a.m.

It wasn't Radio City, and it wasn't Carnegie Hall. But it was Christmas. Christmas With the Pops Saturday night rang full of the traditional music and magic of the holidays, as the warmth of Christmas carols resonated through the IU Auditorium, sheltered from the snow and icy winds outside.

Rocking out in high heels

By Jane Charney · Monday, Dec. 16,2002 11:35 a.m.

Most of the time, I can't even wrestle my way to walking in one-inch heels, much less three-inch ones. But the ability to walk in heels isn't Jeffrey Eisner's main talent (though I have to give major props to any guy who can handle 90 minutes of standing, dancing, running and jumping in three-inch heels).

Students publish literary journal

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:39 a.m.

This is the creativity of everyday life -- the folklore of IU students. Feelings about life, love and pain are espoused for everyone to read. This is the new edition of Canvas, IU's creative arts magazine that was unveiled Wednesday evening at the Indiana Memorial Union's State Room East.

Local proton therapy center third in nation

By Obaid Khawaja · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:39 a.m.

Being diagnosed with cancer can come as a tremendous shock both to the victim and to the victim's family, but what is sometimes equally as tough is the prospect of treatment. Thursday night IU's Cyclotron Facility, a physics research laboratory, hosted a dedication ceremony which marked the beginning of a new treatment room to help cancer patients through proton radiotherapy.

Indigo Girls to play IU

By Jane Charney · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:39 a.m.

On Feb. 10, the Indigo Girls will perform on the IU Auditorium's stage for the third time. The group announced its Bloomington stop in the current "Become You" tour Thursday. "It's nice to bring such a high quality act with a slightly lower ticket price than most tickets are nowadays," said Adam Blake, Union Board concert director. "This will be similar to shows in major cities, just not as pricey shows."

US defense secretary gives pep talk to troops

By Abdullah AlShihri and Robert Burns · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:39 a.m.

CAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar -- Amid a buildup of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, Defense Secretary Donald M. Rumsfeld met Thursday at a desert encampment with the U.S. general who would run a war against Iraq. On the outskirts of the capital city of Doha, Rumsfeld gave a pep talk to several hundred troops. He reminded them of the death toll from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

McIntosh announces second bid for governor

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:35 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- With little fanfare and few supporters on hand, Republican David McIntosh formally announced Thursday that he would run for governor again in 2004. McIntosh raised and spent more than $8 million as the GOP nominee in 2000, only to lose by 15 percentage points to Democratic Gov. Frank O'Bannon. He said Thursday that times had changed, but his core messages of fiscal restraint and job-creation have not.

Freshman scorer becoming go-to guy

By Jesse Laffen · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:35 a.m.

Last season IU lost to the University of Michigan in the American Collegiate Hockey Association national semifinals. The final horn sounded the end of the Hoosiers season, and the end of IU's highest-scoring line in the 34-year history of IU hockey. One member of that line, Bryan Grant, left with the single-season goals, assists and points record and is currently second all-time at IU in those same categories.

Hoosiers ready to take on Falcons

By Jesse Laffen · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:34 a.m.

IU will try to recover after a tough series against regional and league opponent Miami (Ohio) last weekend. The Hoosiers lost a 2-6 contest in Oxford, Ohio, and came back to Bloomington for a tie Saturday. IU will take on regional opponent Bowling Green State University Friday for a one-game-only matchup that has national playoff implications.

The rivalry everyone knows about

By Natalie A. Trout · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:32 a.m.

To some sports teams, playing a rival is an exciting and fun game, a victory that feels better than any other. In Indiana however, it's even more than that. The Indiana-Purdue rivalry is one of the most heated and talked about in the Big Ten.

Jump shot legend a Hoosier

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:31 a.m.

One of the most basic functions in the game of basketball is the jump shot. Without this weapon, the game would still be grounded in its original roots of underhanded shots, which date back to the sport's beginnings in 1891 with Dr. James Naismith.

A Rock Journey

By Jane Charney · Friday, Dec. 13,2002 12:29 a.m.

When Jeffrey Eisner first started at IU as a musical theater major through the Individualized Major Program, he knew his final project would not be something as simple as a few cabaret tunes. Finally in his senior year and due to graduate in May 2003, Eisner is directing, producing and starring in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." The critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock hit is a story of an East German rock singer Hansel, who suffers a botched-up sex change operation to get over the Berlin Wall.