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Hoosiers eager to be home

By Matt Pera · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 1:03 a.m.

Jack Kerouac's original manuscript of his famous beat novel "On the Road" is currently on display at the Lilly Library. Perhaps the Hoosiers should stop by and check it out during their brief two-game home stand -- they probably could relate.

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Send love, give to cause

By Melanie Hayes · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 1:03 a.m.

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and you have yet to find creative gifts for your friends or sweetheart. Rather than messing up again by giving them a Quick Chop, you could get it right this time -- and support a good cause while you're at it. Several Bloomington non-profit organizations sell specialty Valentine's Day gifts to raise funds. From gigantic bear hugs and flower-shaped, butter cookies to chocolate truffles and First Aid gift certificates, presents for the sweetest day can assist health-related programs.

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Sport event aids charity

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:55 a.m.

It's early in the morning, and still the mechanical bull strives to throw its unwitting victim from the saddle. But, this is no scene from some seedy western bar, it is instead what will be a common scene during the 2003 Spirit of Sport.

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Gender roles challenged

By Jane Charney · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:55 a.m.

By 6:30 p.m. Thursday night, the doors into the IU Auditorium were letting in a constant stream of people. Young and old, one thing united them -- they had come to hear noted feminist leader, activist, and journalist Gloria Steinem.

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'Jeppe / The Cruel Comedy'

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:55 a.m.

This Friday the roof will cave in at the IU Musical Arts Center. One of the most modern operas composed will be making its U.S. premiere, and it isn't to be taken lightly.

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Correction

Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:36 a.m.

In a photo caption in Wednesday's paper, the Student Alumni Career Day was identified as an event sponsored by the IU Student Association. The event was sponsored by the IU Student Alumni Association. The man speaking in the picture was also misidentified. The man is Tom Hirons

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ZBT faces judicial process

By Jess Huffman · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:36 a.m.

Zeta Beta Tau fraternity members will face the campus judicial process after the IU Police Department found a variety of drugs and alcohol in the house last weekend. Although the University is not counting out any future action against the fraternity, at this point only the individuals involved in the bust are being held accountable.

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IU exhausts trademark violations

Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:35 a.m.

IU will not pursue any further action concerning trademark violations in the pornographic video filmed in Teter Quad last October. IU spokeswoman Jane Jankowski said the University has exhausted any action against the Shane World's adult film "Campus Invasion" for trademark violations and has decided to not take any further action.

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'IDS' employee injured

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:34 a.m.

Early Thursday morning, Indiana Daily Student photographer and creative/marketing team member, senior Melinda Fryman was involved in a serious car accident that has left her in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, said a hospital spokeswoman.

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Resources help graduates

By Stacy Ellis · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:32 a.m.

The thought of college graduation unleashes a multitude of anticipations, anxieties, and new opportunities. The expanse of options that college graduation grants ranges from the typical emancipation of a career or graduate school, to the not-so-typical options like joining the Peace Corps, Teach for America, working and studying abroad, just to name a few.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha hosts first fashion event of the season

By Patrice Worthy · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:30 a.m.

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority hosted their annual Fashion Show at Willkie Auditorium Wednesday night. It was a unique collection of the best clothes on and off stage, the best Hip Hop and IU's socialites decked out in the latest fashion. Many said it was one of the best fashion shows AKA has hosted in years.

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This page reserved for arguments

By George Lyle IV · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:16 a.m.

Three nights ago, it was the assistant opinion editor's turn to finish the page for publication. The next morning when I opened up the newspaper and saw the comic, I was aghast -- the display of insensitivity to nuances in race relations was apparent in the artwork of Dan Carino, a cartoonist for the Daily Aztec based out of San Diego State University.

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Call me crazy, not racist

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:14 a.m.

As assistant editor of the op-ed page, I was given authority to choose and run the Carino political cartoon Wednesday. Is it controversial? Yes. Does it express an opinion shared by others in America and on campus? Yes. Is it racist? No.

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White House poetry slam?

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:13 a.m.

First lady Laura Bush was all set to receive some of the nation's top poets at the White House last week. The symposium was one event in a series of White House literary events, which were set up to recognize great American literature. This specific event was also to honor Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes.

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Racy play opens today

By Adam Sedia · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:06 a.m.

Today, a very unique twist on a very old play opens at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. It is Aristophanes' comedy "Lysistrata," an ancient Greek classic about Athenian women who refuse to sleep with their husbands until they stop fighting a war with the Spartans. The Theatre and Drama Department presents the play at 8 p.m. today, Saturday and Feb. 10 through 15. Tickets are $15 for general public and $13 for students and seniors. They are available at the IU Auditorium Box Office and by phone or online from Ticketmaster.

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Photo exhibit highlights the news

By Anne Gill and Annie Gill · Friday, Feb. 7,2003 12:05 a.m.

We all remember pictures of Monica Lewinsky during the infamous trial with President Clinton -- Lewinsky in the crowd, vying for a chance to speak to the president, or Lewinsky running away from the paparazzi and frenzied press that pursued her for weeks. But photojournalist David Burnett presented a different view of Lewinsky in his photograph, when he captured her from the side, sipping a Cosmopolitan martini.

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Congress debates North Korea

By Ron Fournier · Thursday, Feb. 6,2003 11:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The United States has "robust plans for any contingencies" involving North Korea, including military action, the White House said Thursday amid a flurry of criticism from Democrats and talk of war from Pyongyang.

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