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Covered bridges are cause for celebration

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:53 a.m.

ROCKVILLE, Ind. -- Parke County's claim to fame is covered bridges, but taste-tempting country cooking and friendly, encouraging words from the amicable residents make repeat visits to this annual event a must for thousands of families nationwide.

Making the streets safe

By Obaid Khawaja and Obaid Khawaja lr · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:52 a.m.

The room, which had been silent only twenty minutes ago, was alive with debate, as maps were unfurled and proposals were put forth. An hour and a half later all was calm again, the people in the room having made decisions that may well alter the lives of tens of thousands of people… The Hague? Nope. The UN General Assembly? Hardly. All of these life-changing decisions are made every month at the Bloomington Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission meetings. The cause? Safer roads for cyclists and pedestrians.

Building Trust

By Alyson Brodsy and Laura Lacci · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:51 a.m.

The Liberal Arts and Management Program held its annual Sophomore Leadership Retreat Sunday, but this year, despite its name, sophomores were not the only ones to participate. The event had previously been led by an outside team, but now LAMP's own advisory board is responsible for the facilitation of the retreat, said Assistant Director Jane Rogan. She said she hopes the new set up will allow sophomores to become better acquainted with the older students in the program who comprise the advisory board. The retreat, which was held at the Belmount Girl Scout Camp, was a chance for students to get to know each other better and also provides an opportunity to learn important skills, Program Director Tim Tilton said.

Nigerian awaits death squad

By Scott Shoger · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:49 a.m.

For birthing a child out of wedlock, the young woman awaits her punishment. After a proper period for weaning, she shall be buried up to her neck in sand and then stoned to death, her skull crushed beneath a hailstorm of rocks and bricks. A tribal court says the punishment is proper and just, as the accused partner flees with nary a scratch.

Jazz performance entertains all

By Alyson Brodsy and Katie Killebrew · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:47 a.m.

Some people came to see friends, others came for the love of jazz, and yet some people came for their love of music in general. For whatever reason, people came to listen to the Jazz Ensemble conducted by Pat Harbison Monday night at the MAC. Almost every Monday there is a performance of an ensemble at the MAC. This was the second Jazz ensemble that has performed in the MAC, but the first time that Harbison's Ensemble has performed. The concert started out with a piece called "It Could Happen to You", which was arranged by Harbison himself. This was not the original song, "It Could Happen to You," but a jazz piece composed by Burke and VanHeusen. Nine other songs were performed, ranging from jazz ballads, to pieces composed by friends and students of Harbison, and a piece by a Hoosier himself, Al Kiger.

Networks tune out President's primetime speech

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:46 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The White House has no quarrel with the decision by ABC, CBS and NBC not to carry President Bush's speech about the threat from Iraq, press secretary Ari Fleischer said Tuesday. "The White House did not request them to do so, so I think it would have been unreasonable for anybody to suggest that they should have," Fleischer said. The three biggest broadcast networks all said they routinely set aside time for a presidential speech when the White House requests it. What made Monday's speech somewhat unusual was the decision by Fox, after initially saying it would not air Bush's address, to switch gears and cover it. The start of the baseball playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves had been delayed.

History of TV program published

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:44 a.m.

NEW YORK -- A new season, the 28th, dawns on "Saturday Night Live" this week and, as always, the question is how the pendulum will swing. The NBC comedy institution is uniquely elastic in quality. You can chart its health on a graph like the stock market, from glory years to gory years and all sorts of middling seasons in-between. Right now, the show is on a high. After a descent into bathroom humor during the mid-1990s, the comedy is now sharp and topical. The "Saturday Night Live" writing staff, largely together for about seven years, returns to work this week with a new Emmy Award in hand.

Demand just doesn't exist

By Kelli Brea Gaston · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:43 a.m.

One of Kirkwood Avenue's oldest businesses plans to close within the next two months. Hazel's Camera Center has sat at 425 E. Kirkwood Ave. for 70 years but declining sales will force Russell and Marjorie Shaw to shut down the store they've owned for 14 years.

Indiana's income disparity increases

By Jackie Corgan · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:43 a.m.

The gap between the rich and the poor in Indiana grew in the 1990s, according to information released late last month by The Associated Press. Indiana's overall economic disparity -- the gap between the richest and the poorest Hoosiers -- rose by 2.2 percent in the 20th Century's final decade. Two Indiana counties, Union and Orange, were most heavily affected. They had a 17.6 percent growth in economic disparity.

Business in Brief

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:42 a.m.

Markets continue slide, Dow nears 5-year low Bush looking to lift lock Airline's parent company to take $900 million charge

Cook to appeal ruling

By Michael Eisenstadt · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:38 a.m.

Bloomington-based Cook Inc. will soon turn to an appeals court after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday again supported Boston Scientific Co.'s assertion that a potential merger between Cook and Guidant Inc. violates a co-exclusive agreement that Boston and Cook signed in 1997 with Angiotech Pharmaceuticals.

Baseball managers and coaches fail to motivate

By Alyson Brodsy and Benjy Ekhaus · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:36 a.m.

In the closing weeks of the season and with his team out of contention, Chicago Cubs manager Don Baylor downplayed the importance of motivating players. "I get sick and tired of people saying you have to motivate," Baylor told the Houston Chronicle. "Motivation, everyone talks about it, but that's a bunch of (bull) if I ever heard it. Sometimes people get carried away with that term. I don't think I ever had to be motivated by a manager." Days later, Baylor was fired. Now, he has company. Man, does he have company. Since the start of the regular season in April, twelve out of thirty teams have parted ways with their managers. Head coaches are falling left and right, and many of them come from teams that were supposed to contend.

Baseball playoffs up to bat

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:34 a.m.

As a Cubs fan, telling the differences between the regular season and postseason approximates the differences between my everyday life and Michael Jackson's life. I have trouble comprehending. My life is ordinary. Jacko the Germ Fighter's life isn't. Nothing is more exciting than a tense, well-played baseball game except perhaps a tense, poorly played baseball game. Even Twins manager Ron Gardenhire found it comical when four Twins let Scott Hatteberg's routine pop-up fall between them for an RBI single. TV cameras caught Gardenhire laughing in the dugout. That's a good thing as the Twins settled down to win both the game and eventually the series.

Sympathy for the devil

By Rory Starks · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:33 a.m.

According to Jim Gilles, you can either spend your life "running with the Devil" or "walking with Jesus." I would prefer a brisk jog with the Devil, since he seems to be promoting the more invigorating of the two exercises. I'm also not too keen on this whole "Stairway to Heaven" thing because the cruising the "Highway to Hell" sounds much more convenient, especially for the handicapped.

Runner surprises coach, surpasses own expectations

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Hinson · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:32 a.m.

When men's cross country coach Robert Chapman designed his plan to rebuild his team, he wanted to use a base of Indiana high school stars and eventually land some high school All Americans. Last year, Chapman was able to take a step towards those national stars by bringing in three Foot Locker All-Americans in Stephen Haas from North Carolina and twins John and Sean Jefferson from Florida. He also brought in Eric Redman from Indianapolis, a signing that slipped under the spotlight. After redshirting his freshman cross country season, Redman has been the team's biggest surprise this year.

Stay away from the ostriches

By Joe Grace · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:32 a.m.

They are now giving out awards for studying ostrich sex. ("They" referring to people with way too much time on their hands.)

No child left behind

By Cherry Blattert · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:31 a.m.

President Bush's educational platform of "No Child Left Behind," aims to hold schools accountable. Schools who are chronically failing must have some incentive to turn things around. Vouchers are the best method to ensure that no child is ever left behind.

Profiling evil

By George Lyle IV · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

We need to live boldly and without fear. To do so means to go on and not compromise our standards and equal protection of human rights and dignity under law. Now men ages 16 to 45 from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen are fingerprinted and tracked when entering the U.S.

Democracy is process

By Judd Arnold · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

Great Britain used to be the greatest nation in the world. In earlier times, only Lords could vote. Lords were the most educated, enlightened and certainly the most capable people in Great Britain. Fittingly, only they had the right to elect the leaders of the country. "Ridiculous!" the leaders would cry when asked if commoners could have a say in the political process. "We know what is best, we will choose. They are uneducated, and uninformed."

Team hopes to step up performance

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Rosen · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:29 a.m.

For many teams, there comes a point during a season when they either step up or stay at their current pace. Following their fifth place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational, coach Judy Wilson said it is definitely time for the women's cross country team to step it up. "Our top three or four runners need to step it up," Wilson said. "The good thing is that we were in the top five (at the Notre Dame Invitational), but it wasn't a stellar performance. The exciting part is that we're capable of a lot more when we have everyone on all cylinders."