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Locks to change today

By Mitch Blacher · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 2:05 a.m.

The School of Music says it plans to change the exterior door locks to each music school building Wednesday to deter future burglaries.

Purdue ahead of IU in 7th Blood Donor Challenge

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 2:05 a.m.

IU and Purdue University are going head-to-head again, and this time they're out for blood. But instead of clashing over football or basketball, these universities are competing for who can donate the most blood in the seventh annual Blood Donor Challenge. The blood drive, which started Oct. 13 and runs through Nov. 14, is sponsored by both schools' alumni associations and collects blood for local hospitals. Currently, Purdue is beating IU in the blood battle, raising 990 pints to date compared to 661 pints from IU. The winner will be announced at the football game against Purdue on Nov. 22 at IU. Whoever collects the most blood receives a trophy. "We need to pick up the pace," said John Hobson, senior vice president of the IU Alumni Association. "There is still plenty of time left."

DNA links suspected rapist to 5 assaults

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:45 a.m.

MUNCIE, Ind. -- A Muncie man suspected of being a serial rapist has been linked by DNA evidence to five sexual assaults, the latest being the rape of a 67-year-old woman.

Officer fatally shoots Columbus man

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:45 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ind. - A police officer fatally shot a 20-year-old man as he advanced toward officers with a knife, police said. The man was identified as Dale Moss of Columbus, Bartholomew County Coroner Larry Fisher said Tuesday.

Ceremony to end road construction

By Nicholas J. Schmidt and Nicholas Schmidt · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:44 a.m.

Wednesday morning's ribbon cutting ceremony will mark the official end to construction on College Mall Road and Covenanter Drive. Bloomington's east side, which has dealt with construction for over two years, will finally see the beginnings to a new future. "The original date (to be finished) was last year," said Scott Sieboldt, a vice president with Weddle Bros.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:37 a.m.

Regarding the address by INDOT's commissioner at the Oct. 7 Bloomington Chamber of Commerce "Chamber Chat": no, a new-terrain I-69 is not a done deal.

Taking off our masks

By Elisha Sauers · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:35 a.m.

All Hallow's Eve quickly approaches: the season of spooks and ghosts. It's the holiday we enjoy collecting bags full of free candy, given to us from strangers, yet fear to consume under the slight apprehension that poison or surgical needles are within their sweet centers.

Lead us in leotards

By Bonnie Real · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:34 a.m.

As weight problems continue to pose a growing threat to the health of American citizens, scholars continue to list as many complex factors that contribute to the problem as the consequences of it. We point to poor eating habits and the trend of growing portion sizes, and we blame the technology-based pastimes that propagate our sedentary lifestyles. The surgeon general has warned us of the medical trouble we will face if we don't address the problem.

Get over it: let them vote

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:32 a.m.

Not even Bono can get college students out to vote. We just don't care, or we're just too busy, or we just don't pay enough attention. So it seems, for politicians across the board, new methods for making voting convenient for students is a goal that should be universally pushed.

Israeli missile strike kills 7 Palestinian civilians

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Barzak · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:31 a.m.

NUSSEIRAT REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip -- The flag-wrapped bodies of seven Palestinian civilians whose deaths were blamed on an Israeli missile strike were carried through this shantytown Tuesday, with tens of thousands of mourners clamoring for revenge.

Powell pushes for peace agreement in Kenya

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:30 a.m.

NAIVASHA, Kenya -- Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed Sudan's warring parties Tuesday to move rapidly toward a comprehensive peace agreement, holding out a promise that the United States would review its sanctions against Africa's largest nation if there is an end to fighting.

Florida bill keeps coma victim alive

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:29 a.m.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Lawmakers sent Gov. Jeb Bush a bill Tuesday that will give him the power to order a feeding tube reinserted into a brain-damaged woman who is at the center of one of the nation's longest and most bitter right-to-die battles.

Jewish activist speaks on campus

By Paul Musgrave · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:29 a.m.

Israel's current policies will force the country to choose between its identity as a Jewish state and its status as a democracy, Marcia Freedman told an audience of about 80 students, faculty and community members Monday evening.

Former diplomat to visit IU

By Daniel Castro · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:26 a.m.

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Robert Finn will visit IU early next month to deliver a lecture on the changes in Afghanistan since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

'City Chic' offers savings help

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 1:22 a.m.

As college students, we all can probably use some advice on how to live fabulously on a budget. Between paying for classes, books, groceries and entertainment, many of us live a broke existence. Many dinners of ramen noodles can attest to that. It's fine. We're in college, right?

West’s and King’s birds perch in the afternoon sun in one of their luxurious aviaries.

IU’s best-kept secret: Science

Wednesday, Oct. 22,2003 12 a.m.

Hundreds of well-respected, Ivy League-educated researchers are gathering on campus today to exchange ideas and further scientific progress.

Business Briefs

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:39 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The nation's economy continued to rebound in September, but appeared to slow after rapid growth earlier in the year, according to a closely watched gauge of future business activity.

Illegal music downloads have mixed local impact

By Chris Freiberg · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:37 a.m.

The rapidly changing music industry faced even more bad news late last week when Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, announced plans to eliminate 800 jobs.

Breaking through the glass ceiling

By Lindsay Kaplan · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:29 a.m.

When I was working as a journalist, I never really felt discriminated against as a woman except for one occurrence. I was working as a sports journalist in the mid-to-late 1980s and there were a lot of incidents with women in locker rooms, sexual harassment and male athletes having general hesitation when talking to female reporters."

Finding strength in art

By Olivia Morales · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 2:13 a.m.

If you asked J. Mark Inman what his art could be classified as, he would tell you he honestly does not know. Inman says three months ago, during his eighth hospitalization since being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he just took it into his head to pick up a paintbrush and start painting.