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IUSA looks toward elections

With the IU Student Association elections on the horizon, the Kirkwood party is looking toward accomplishing the remainder of their campaign promises within the next few months.

Band member honored at funeral

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- During a private funeral service that mixed humor and emotion, Bee Gees member Maurice Gibb was remembered as a man who celebrated life. About 200 friends and family, including singer Michael Jackson and other celebrities, attended the service Wednesday for the Bee Gees keyboardist and bass player. Gibb, 53, died early Sunday, shocking his bandmate brothers, family, friends and fans of the pop trio best known for '70s hits like "Stayin' Alive" and "More Than A Woman."

Harrowing tale of gangland Dublin debuts

An experimental story line drenched with violence, hysteria and mystery hallmarks "Howie the Rookie," which opens this week. Variety has called it "a brutal, bitterly funny and surprisingly tender evening of theatre."

Laurence Olivier award nominees include Paltrow

LONDON -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Elaine Stritch are among the nominees for the 27th annual Laurence Olivier Awards, London's equivalent of the Tonys. But the starriest show of the season -- David Hare's "The Breath of Life," with the country's leading theatrical Dames, Judi Dench and Maggie Smith -- received no nominations Thursday.

Arts Center presents Miller's 'All My Sons'

Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" will play at the John Waldron Arts Center as part of its 10th Anniversary Performance Series. The play opens today and runs three weekends with shows at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and two Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Directed by Bloomington Playwrights Project Artistic Director Richard Perez, the show, which is set in the relative peace of post World War II small town America, will be held in the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium.

Egypt invites Palestinians to Cairo to halt attacks on Israel

JERUSALEM -- Egypt has invited Palestinian factions to a meeting in Cairo on Wednesday to approve a joint declaration that includes a promise to halt attacks on Israeli civilians, Palestinian officials said.

NASA launches shuttle

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Columbia rocketed into orbit with Israel's first astronaut Thursday on a scientific research flight surrounded by unprecedented security -- and with religious and political overtones. Columbia shot off its oceanside launch pad and into a clear sky at 10:39 a.m. On board were seven astronauts, including Ilan Ramon, a colonel in Israel's air force and a former fighter pilot.

Health Center havoc

Some of us are straight 'A' students. Others are world-class athletes. And then there are the lucky few who are medical mysteries. There are people who literally have two left feet, or birthmarks in the shape of Cher, or strange rashes that have never been seen before.

Celebrating MLK Day

Students and Bloomington citizens looking to take part in Monday's "A Day On! Not A Day Off" activities, celebrating Martin Luther King Day, should have little trouble finding one that sparks their interest. Bloomington Transit will offer free rides to volunteers going to and from their projects. Inside is a list of Monday's many events.

Some teachers are failing

The following may fuel a student uprising reminiscent of Eastside High after Joe Clark was jailed in "Lean on Me." For that I apologize, but I'm merely the messenger.

Schools not receiving any more state aid

Gov. Frank O'Bannon played the educational grim reaper Tuesday night. "Believe me," he said during his State of the State address, "I'm very well aware that, at the very time when all of us are asking our public schools and universities to do more -- we cannot give them more resources to do it."

Smelling 'relatively' good

There's a girl in one of my classes who smells. I mean it, she reeks. She gives off one of those teasing, conniving odors that is too stubborn to strike right away. Instead it lingers in the hallway while she enters the room, then lazily wafts in behind her as she sits down. It waits patiently until she is comfortable, then it invades quickly-smiting all innocent nostrils in its path with the insulting aroma of … sun-ripened peaches. It burns.

U.N. inspectors find chemical warheads in Iraq

U.N. inspectors discover 11 empty chemical warheads in "excellent" condition in southern Iraq, a find that comes on the same day that other weapons monitors enter an Iraqi physicist's home and take him to check a mound of earth in a field just outside Baghdad. The dramatic developments suggest the inspectors are using new intelligence in their search.

Security at all-time high as shuttle Columbia launches

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Columbia rocketed into orbit with Israel's first astronaut Thursday on a scientific research flight surrounded by unprecedented security - and with religious and political overtones. Columbia shot off its oceanside launch pad and into a clear sky at 10:39 a.m. On board were seven astronauts, including Ilan Ramon, a colonel in Israel's air force and a former fighter pilot.

IU programs seek to spread Dr. King's message to campus

Local Kmarts survive closures

Local residents don't have to worry about missing out on "Blue Light Specials." The two Bloomington Kmart stores were not among the 326 stores -- including 12 in Indiana -- that will be closed as part of the store's Chapter 11 reorganization.

Indiana military units called to duty

Some reserve military units in Indiana have been called to active duty for the global war on terrorism and are preparing to deploy. About 140 members of the Marines' 6th Engineer Support Battalion in South Bend began getting their things in order after receiving notification of the activation on Saturday.

Committee refers bill on death penalty

INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana Senate committee on Wednesday delayed a decision on a bill requiring the state Supreme Court to consider newly discovered evidence in death penalty cases.

Coalition marches to oppose war

EVANSVILLE -- Members of an anti-war group who have been holding weekly rallies in Evansville plan on traveling to Washington for a mass protest against a possible war with Iraq. About 15 members from the June 1st Peace Coalition, which was founded in June 2002 by Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky residents, will board a bus on Friday for Washington, where thousands from across the country are expected to participate in the march Saturday.

US to be granted British air space

LONDON -- The British government said Wednesday that it intends to grant the United States permission to incorporate an air force base in northern England into its proposed missile defense network.