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Hoosiers to play Michigan State

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:52 a.m.

If the past was any indication of what awaits the IU men's basketball team in East Lansing tonight, the Hoosiers may face a repeat of the past two Big Ten road games. The No. 19 Hoosiers have been unsuccessful in the last nine attempts at the Breslin Center, and have not beat a Big Ten team on the road in four tries.

Long-time '60 Minutes' producer to step down

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:51 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Don Hewitt, who invented "60 Minutes" and has been its executive producer since the stopwatch began ticking in 1968, announced Monday he is stepping down next year. Hewitt, 80, will be succeeded by Jeff Fager, executive producer of "60 Minutes II."

Super Bowl beats 1998 ratings

By Alyson Brodsy and Howard Fendrich · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:51 a.m.

NEW YORK -- This lopsided Super Bowl drew more TV viewers than last year's down-to-the-wire thriller.

Non-tenured faculty numbers increase

By Corinne Reynolds and Corrinne Reynolds · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:47 a.m.

IU undergraduate enrollment has increased dramatically over the past five years. Yet, there has been a corresponding decrease in the number of tenured faculty members at IU. At the same time, non-tenure track faculty positions are increasing rapidly. In 1994, there were 47 non-tenure track faculty members on IU's Bloomington campus, and this year there are 182, according to the Dean of Faculty's Office, an increase of about 287 percent.

'Overseaing' friendships

By Asma Khalid · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:44 a.m.

Graduate student Jaume Padilla from Barcelona, Spain, lingered around the Leo R. Dowling International Center, eating and chatting with various people as he waited for fellow graduate student Brian Kovak to arrive. Padilla and Kovak had only met twice before.

Jazz legends harp on city

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:43 a.m.

On tour for Toots' 80th birthday, jazz legends Toots Thielemans and Kenny Werner performed for a half-full Buskirk-Chumley Theatre Monday night. The duo, performing in the Jazz From Bloomington series, were promoting their recently released self-titled album.

I-69 opponents plan arguments

By Ben Cunnighman and Ben Cunningham · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:43 a.m.

Opponents of I-69 in Bloomington vowed not to give up the fight to stop the new-terrain interstate route when the decision was announced in January. Today they are organizing their forces. Citizens for Appropriate Rural Roads is holding an organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the Monroe County Public Library to discuss options and plans for their future fight.

Council selects member

By Micah Maidenberg · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:43 a.m.

Dave Rollo, a research associate in Indiana's Biology Department, will serve as the interim city councilman for District Four, on Bloomington's southeast side. At a party caucus on Monday night local Democratic Party Chairman Frank McCloskey broke two four to four votes by the district's precinct representatives to give Rollo the seat recently vacated by Jeffrey Willsey. After McCloskey broke the tie, City Clerk Regina Moore administered the oath of office and swore Rollo in as a councilman.

Jon Luebbehusen June 29, 1983 -- January 19, 2003

By Colin Kearns · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:43 a.m.

Loud speakers echoed "Amazing Grace" during a moment of remembrance for sophomore Jon Luebbehusen at Monday's vigil. But above the strident sound were heard the cries and tears from Luebbehusen's fraternity brothers and friends.

Legislator wants preschool checks

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:07 a.m.

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. -- Rep. Mary Kay Budak has a major complaint about state laws regulating preschools in Indiana: There are none.

Assistance centers suffering job cuts

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12:05 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A drop in grants and donations has caused several low-income assistance centers in the city to lay off workers and reduce or eliminate their programs. One of the city's 13 community centers, for instance, is cutting from five to four the days it serves meals to senior citizens and provides social activities for them. Another has laid off three people and given unpaid vacations to 12 others.

IUPD Blotter

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 28,2003 12 a.m.

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Around the campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:59 p.m.

In conjunction with national elections in Israel, IU's Helene G. Simon Hillel Center is sponsoring a mock Israeli election across campus today. Materials on the Israeli political system, the central issues, the parties and their platforms will be handed out to IU's "voters" at the poll booths.

Sig Ep's to discuss legal options

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:58 p.m.

The former members of Sigma Phi Epsilon are continuing their legal battle for the money they said they are still owed from their fraternity house owners. The students plan to meet with IU Student Legal Services at 3 p.m. Tuesday to determine whether the chapter can get their security deposit and membership fees returned from house owners Robert Hanrahan and Fred Prall. A meeting scheduled for last Tuesday was cancelled.

Student volunteers prepare for SOS

By Aaron Hunckler · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:58 p.m.

The annual Spirit of Sport fundraiser for Special Olympics Indiana is less than a month away. Behind the scenes, nearly 75 student volunteers have been toiling since September to organize the showcase.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:56 p.m.

Classroom environments have two sides Aasen put words in author's mouth Women should have power over their bodies Supporting team is a team sport Basketball quizzing for the self-righteous 'Victim Bracelets' a sign of sovereignty Is there diversity on the day after? Happy to fight for my country Is firing a coach more important than life and death? More to the Sig Ep story Erin White stands for life Joe Grace's work a welcoming piece

Publishing executive joins rival house

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:52 p.m.

NEW YORK -- A Random House executive forced out of her job for not generating enough profits has joined a leading rival, the Penguin Group. Ann Godoff, who published such best sellers at Random House as Caleb Carr's The Alienist and Zadie Smith's White Teeth, will become president and publisher of her own imprint at Penguin.

Six degrees of al Qaeda

By Elisha Sauers · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:43 p.m.

There has been a revival of the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game," except a few rules have been modified. No longer is the object to relate celebrities to America's amiable star of Friday the 13th -- the first one. The new game allows many more degrees of separation and is much more challenging: Take any arbitrary social issue the right-wing deems threatening, and connect it to terrorism.

Ivory Coast to address peace plan

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:43 p.m.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Loyalist mobs opposing a French effort to end Ivory Coast's civil war returned to downtown streets Monday, charging foreigners, building checkpoints with burning debris and gathering outside the U.S. and French embassies.

Justifying War

By Drew Buser · Monday, Jan. 27,2003 11:41 p.m.

Suppose you were thinking about getting into a long distance relationship. To help clear things up, you ask your friend and he says "absence makes the heart grow fonder." Dating someone four hours away doesn't sound so bad, you think. But then you go talk to your other friend and he says "out of sight, out of mind." Uh oh. What is the right answer? In truth, neither. This is what can be called cliché thinking. Clichés are a mental crutch because they relieve us from having to think. It is dangerous to rely on them. However, clichés are not just for love. Students here at IU are now using clichés to justify their views on war with Iraq.