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Amendment enables state power shift

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Herman · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:18 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The authority for Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan to assume duties as acting governor comes from a 1978 state constitutional amendment spelling out the steps for transfer of power should the governor die or become disabled. This is the first time that amendment has been used in Indiana since it emerged following a leadership crisis in the White House. "I think you could characterize it as a reaction to the turmoil created by the Watergate scandal and the subsequent resignation from office by Richard Nixon," said Chuck Coffey of the Indiana Department of Administration.

Matrix plugs in at IMU

By Jake Rossman · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:15 a.m.

Sophomore Matt Crawford spent $58 on his favorite new movie during five trips to the theater this summer. And that doesn't include what he spent at the concession stands. The theater was Kerasotes, the food was popcorn, and the movie was "Matrix: Reloaded." "I dressed up in a coat and sunglasses," said Crawford, a recent transfer to IU. "But I had to take (the glasses) off so I could see the screen." Freshman Kyle Brown was ecstatic to learn that "Matrix: Reloaded," the sequel to the popular classic, "The Matrix," would be playing in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union this weekend. Students were even more excited to learn that the showings, scheduled for 8 and 11 p.m., Sept. 11 to 13, are free to IU students.

Always a Hoosier at heart

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:07 a.m.

The IU football team will play Indiana State this Saturday at its first home game of year. But sitting in the stand will be one less fan, as Governor Frank O'Bannon remains in critical condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago following a stroke on Monday. O'Bannon, who earned a bachelor's degree in government from IU in 1952, has still maintained his ties to the University years later.

Honoring fallen heroes

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:07 a.m.

At 9 p.m. Thursday evening, members of the IU and Bloomington community formed a circle that spanned the larger part of Dunn Meadow. The large circle of people, outlined only by candles, fell silent for eleven minutes to signify the second anniversary of Sept. 101. Prior to the eleven silent minutes, several hundred people gathered in Dunn Meadow for an interfaith service of remembrance and a candlelight vigil.

Local law enforcement agencies treat 9/11 as another day of service

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:07 a.m.

Like most Americans, members of the Bloomington Police Department and the Bloomington Fire Department were clustered around TVs and radios waiting for any new information on Sept. 11, 2001. They saw the smoke billowing from the twin towers and pictures of their comrades running into the buildings to save lives. Like everyone else, they saw the towers collapse.

9/11 Scholarships awarded to three undergraduates in memory of IU students' fathers lost in WTC attack

By Jackie Walker and Jacqueline Walker · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 2:07 a.m.

On the second anniversary of a tragic day, while much of the nation was focused on loss of life, there was a glimpse of hope in the University Club room at the Indiana Memorial Union. There, the Indiana University Student Foundation awarded three undergraduates 9/11 scholarships created in memory of the fathers of IU juniors Rachel Jacobson and Jessica Moskal and graduate Joshua Goldflam.

Evansville releasing names of sex offenders

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:38 a.m.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Sheriff's departments continue to post lists of convicted sex offenders on the Internet, two months after the Indiana Supreme Court ruled the names could be made available online. Most offenders are listed by name, date of birth, physical description, crime and last known address. But more information will be posted later, including photographs.

FEMA makes $1 million available to Indiana flood victims

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Kusmer · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:37 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Victims of Labor Day weekend storms and flooding collected more than $1 million in emergency federal grants during the first six days the money was eligible. That money became easier to obtain Thursday when the Federal Emergency Management Agency opened five central Indiana offices in flood-stricken communities to help victims apply for grants and low-interest loans from the Small Business Administration.

Bloomington city council approves 2004 budget

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:35 a.m.

After a moment of silence Wednesday night for Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon and the victims of Sept. 11, the Bloomington City Council unanimously voted in approval of the $50.5 million 2004 city budget. The council also approved new salaries for elected officials and $622,000 was allotted to Bloomington city employees. Fixed salaries for elected officers of the police and fire department were also passed.

Couple accused of shaking toddler to death

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:34 a.m.

Two Bloomington residents were charged in Monroe County Circuit Court Friday with neglect of a child resulting in serious bodily injury, a felony count. Maurio D. Holt, 24, and girlfriend Ashley Terry, 20, face charges after allegedly shaking a 4-year-old boy to death. In addition to the charges she shares with Holt, Terry also faces a charge of felony battery resulting in death.

Kappa Gamma honors sister

By Katie Killebrew · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:33 a.m.

The parents of Jenny Suhr, an IU student who died from brain cancer four years ago, are presenting a monetary gift today to the Bloomington Hospital Olcott Cancer Education Center. Suhr, the valedictorian of her high school, was involved at IU as president of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and as a volunteer basketball coach at Tri-North Bloomington Middle School. She was also an avid IU football fan and in her memory, Suhr's family established a football scholarship which is granted to one player each year.

Religious holiday forms due today

By Stephanie Susman · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:14 a.m.

Whether it's Yom Kippur or Good Friday, students will not be allowed to just skip school this year. Due today, students must fill out an exemption form to be excused from classes on religious holidays.

Two seniors awarded $20,000 scholarships

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:12 a.m.

From IDS reports Two IU seniors were awarded $20,000 each during a ceremony Tuesday for their work in the humanities. Shawna Ayoub from Carmel, Ind., and Tiffani Jones from New Castle, Ind., are recipients of the College of Arts and Sciences' Palmer-Brandon Prize. COAS Dean Kumble Subbaswamy said this award is unique to undergraduates because of its size.

IU awaits judge's decision on whether to dismiss Knight suit

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:11 a.m.

More than three years have passed since former men's basketball coach Bob Knight was fired, and Knight's attorney Russell Yates is hoping new IU President Adam Herbert will help both sides come to an agreement. "I am hoping that the case is discussed with some cool-headed individuals," he said. "I am hoping we can come to a settlement."

Busy? Ask answer guy

By Tony Sams · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:11 a.m.

It can be problematic for busy college kids to follow the issues circulating on campus when they just don't have the time. For convenience, this week this column presents the first installment of an extremely irregular series entitled: The Answer Guy. Q: Who, exactly, are the Democrats running for president?

IU doctors try to cure STDS

By Lindsay Kaplan · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:09 a.m.

The IU School of Medicine announced on Thursday that they are testing a vaccination which may help prevent genital herpes. Mary Hardin of the IU School of Medicine Media Relations announced that infectious disease physicians from the medical school are running the tests in several locations throughout Indiana for not only the herpes vaccine, but also a vaccine for hepatitis A.

America's true enemy

By Jack M. Silverstein and Jack Silverstein · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:08 a.m.

Christianity: America's No. 1 enemy. Pretty offensive, huh? I'd say. Certainly there have been Christians in American history who have inflicted terror upon other Americans by corrupting their religion's words and beliefs to meet their own, most notably the Ku Klux Klan. But this is only a small population of a much larger group, and I would venture to say that when most Americans think of Christianity, we do not first think of the KKK.

We want a revolution

By Phil Kijak · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:06 a.m.

I've spent a better part of this week reflecting on where we were exactly two years ago; how afraid we were and how confused. We were thrust into a dynamic change that made us question our own definitions to seek out new meanings. Our sense of stability fell with the Twin Towers, and in those ensuing weeks, we were poised to set off a period in our history that rivaled those of our grandparents during World War II -- a period that celebrated unity in order to overcome a known evil. But where did it all go wrong?

The fashion bomb has landed

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:03 a.m.

Well, it is about time that Indy hopped on the fashion train. The first Saks Fifth Avenue in the entire state of Indiana opened its doors Wednesday.

Copy woes hit campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 12,2003 1:03 a.m.

Time is an important aspect of the student's lifestyle. The benefit of having books and course packets in the first place enable the student to have his or her materials ordered, styled and collated for convenience. Time is spent reading, not gathering texts. Yet due to the recent crackdown on copyright infringement that followed the Collegiate Copies lawsuit, all that has changed.