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An evening of Brahms and Bartók

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:54 p.m.

Wednesday evening the IU Philharmonic Orchestra performed its first concert of the semester, and what an interesting concert it proved to be. All of the pieces featured on the program were relatively obscure to the casual listener and all featured rather interesting takes on musical tradition.

Chopper crashes in Afghanistan

By Robert Burns · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Army helicopter with several Americans aboard crashed near the Bagram air base in Afghanistan on Thursday, and some casualties were reported, a senior American official said.

8 European states publish support of US

By Pablo Gorondi · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:47 p.m.

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Eight European leaders voiced deep gratitude to the United States on Thursday and wrote that U.S.-European ties "must not become a casualty" of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's attempts to "threaten world security."

Boobies and geology galore

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Grace · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:44 p.m.

"I just read it for the articles." This time, he or she may be telling the truth. National Geographic has flung off its robe of serious ecological reporting to dive into the world of boobies and booties with its latest collector's edition, which will be on newsstands Feb. 1.

Girl, what are you reading?

By Bonnie Real · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:41 p.m.

After a day of tough contemplation, sometimes the intellect just needs a rest. And for literate folk like you and me, popular magazines can serve as that perfect mindless diversion.

Class warfare?

By Matthew Murray · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:39 p.m.

President Bush has been aggressively attacked in the last couple of months because of his newest tax cut proposals that seem to unfairly favor the rich. Personally, I don't really see how a tax cut favoring those who pay most of the taxes could be anything but fair.

Herbicide a useless evil

Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 11:37 p.m.

The Bush Administration and some other Western governments are racing to file exceptions on behalf of certain industries in regard to the Montreal Treaty's environmental requirements. The Montreal Treaty would limit the use of many chemicals known to damage the ozone layer, and would completely ban some substances from use by 2005.

Commission rejects proposals to fundamentally change Title IX

By Joseph White · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 4:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Bush administration advisory commission on Thursday rejected several proposals for overhauling a landmark gender-equity law that substantially increased the number of female athletes.

Students forced to delete music

By Adam Van Osdol and Adam VanOsdol · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 2:15 p.m.

Close to 200 IU students were told to delete movie and music files from their computers last month. University Information Technology Services received notifications from the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America saying users of IU's network were illegally distributing copyrighted material.

Trustees dedicate School of Informatics building

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 2:14 p.m.

The IU board of trustees will dedicate one building and discuss the construction of another at its meetings today and Friday. The trustees will formally dedicate the new School of Informatics at 4:30 p.m. today at Tenth and Woodlawn, where the school is located.

Database to track IU international students

By Aaron Sharockman · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 1:46 p.m.

IU's 4,500 international students are now being monitored by a government computer program designed to protect Americans from attacks against foreign terrorists studying in the United States.

Bush says diplomacy has only "weeks, not months"

By Jennifer Loven · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 1:42 p.m.

WASHINGTON - President Bush, moving toward a decision on war with Iraq, said Thursday he will give diplomacy "weeks not months" and said the United States would welcome Saddam Hussein going into exile. "For the sake of peace, this issue must be resolved," the president said amid intensified administration efforts to increase pressure on reluctant U.S. allies to disarm Saddam.

Auto chase ends in arrest

By Krissy Wynkoop and Kristin Wynkoop · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 1:13 p.m.

A car chase that began at the Woodbridge Apartment complex Wednesday ended with a Bloomington resident arrested in southern Marion County for theft, car-jacking and resisting law enforcement.

INS extends deadline for foreign student tracking system

By Adrian Sainz · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 1:13 p.m.

MIAMI -- The Immigration and Naturalization Service has extended by 15 days the deadline for the nation's colleges and universities to begin feeding information about their foreign students into a new Internet database. The INS had set a Thursday deadline for about 3,000 schools to be ready to begin supplying data to the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System, meant to replace the paper-based system the INS has used for years to track foreign students.

Team looks to end skid

By Natalie A. Trout and by Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:54 a.m.

Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin are the three teams that have stopped the Hoosiers from winning their last four games. The Hoosiers (9-8, 2-5) will try to end that streak as they look for their first Big Ten road win of the season against the Iowa Hawkeyes (10-7, 2-4) at 7 p.m. tonight in Iowa City. It's a game that could set the tone for the rest of IU's season. There's a lot to learn with so many young players, senior forward Lisa Eckart said, but the team isn't walking away from any losses without learning a lesson. "I think we've learned from each of our losses," Eckart said. "We're preparing as much as we can for each game we play from here on out."

New apartments to be built

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:50 a.m.

A Bloomington contracting firm broke ground Wednesday on a new, $42 million development on the site of old ST Semicon plant.

IUPD Blotter

Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:45 a.m.

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Wrestlers face road tests

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:44 a.m.

The IU wrestling squad started the Big Ten season on the wrong foot. Penn State came to Bloomington last Friday and overpowered an injury-depleted Hoosier squad 37-4. But the next day, the Hoosiers went to Indianapolis and swept a four-team dual meet. This three-meet winning streak should provide the Hoosiers a morale boost going into meets against No. 3 Ohio State tonight and No. 10 Michigan Friday.

Hey, do the Walk-Down

By Cory Schouten · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:44 a.m.

The fourth floor of Ballantine Hall has no classrooms. Yet if you look closely, you can almost see a rut on the floor along a path hundreds of students follow every day. The path winds from the elevators around a corner to the stairwell and down to the second and third floors of the aging building.

IU can expect no love from Louisville

By Alex Hickey · Thursday, Jan. 30,2003 12:43 a.m.

It has been a rough week. Between two IU losses and the fact that "Kangaroo Jack" is the No. 2 movie at the box office, one could argue that things can't possibly get any worse. Did I mention the fact that IU faces Louisville on Saturday?