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I'm richer than I thought

How was your spring break? Did you hit the beach? Head home for free laundry and balanced meals? Or, like me, did you do something more unusual, perhaps? While my friends headed to New Orleans, I headed to Central America with 25 other IU pre-med students. We traveled to Honduras with a team of doctors on a medical brigade. Although I tried to keep from forming expectations before the trip, I was still unprepared for what I encountered there. Honduras is poor. Honduras is hot. And Honduras is dusty. Picture any Clint Eastwood Western and you'll have an idea of the landscape. I've discovered that there's nothing like a week in a poor, hot and dusty third world country to make one appreciate all that American life has to offer.

A giant step for Americans

Amidst little pomp and circumstance this weekend, President Bush promised to sign what is, in my view, the most important piece of legislation to come out of Congress in recent years. The legislation that Bush gave his endorsement to is the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.

Professor remembers heritage

Although IU professor of anthropology Wesley Thomas currently lives in Bloomington, he said he will never be able to call it home. "Every place I go to is just a place I reside, but it never is home," Thomas said. For Thomas, home is New Mexico Navajo Indian reservation, where he was born. "Home is very much based on family," he said. "Everyone of my family members is there."

Phi Sig philanthropy blitz continues

Phi Sigma Kappa will continue "Four Weeks of Phi Sig," a month-long philanthropy blitz, all day tomorrow at various locations throughout the Bloomington community.

Pow wow slated for this weekend

In celebration of Native American culture and tradition, First Nations of IU will present the first annual Native American Pow Wow this Friday and Saturday in the IU Fieldhouse. Organized by Wesley Thomas, a professor of anthropology, the pow wow is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday. Along with the pow wow, a lecture series is also being held. It started yesterday afternoon and is scheduled to run through today.

Kelley nearly complete

This fall the sidewalks on 10th Street and Fee Lane will be clear of debris, fencing and construction materials. The covered walkway will be gone, and with it, the heavy machinery. These eyesores, a constant since construction of the Kelley School of Business Graduate and Executive Education Center began, will be eliminated with the opening of the state-of-the-art facility in August.

Arab summit showcases anger, not peace

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- At a tumultuous summit opening marked by angry words and walkouts, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah proposed Wednesday that the Arab world offer Israel "normal relations" and security in exchange for full withdrawal from Arab lands held since 1967 and the right of return for Palestinian refugees.

Ressurecting A Landmark

There is a little bit of history that thrives in Bloomington. Sitting across from the IU campus at 114 Indiana Ave. is a building remembered and revered as an icon of the University. Some know it as the Gables, some recall it as Garcia's Pizza Parlor and few know it as the Book Nook. And now, nearly a century later, the landmark will be the new home to Roly Poly, a wrap-sandwich restaurant chain. Roly Poly, based in Athens, Ga., is franchising Roly Poly in Bloomington and will celebrate its grand opening April 26.

Hoosier lotto favors few

There are 53,250 seats in the Georgia Dome. The only problem for IU students and basketball devotees is actually getting one of them. Each of the schools headed to the Final Four have been granted 4,526 tickets for all three games. But for students, getting their hands on University-delegated tickets has proven a tremendous challenge -- and coming up with the money to pay for public seating has only compounded the headache.

Best-selling poet to discuss diversity in art

Nikki Giovanni, the first poet to make the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union.

'Time Machine' stalls intermittently

Don't Call Him Kenny G

Quiet leader helps improve team

Junior Kristen Stanford has a very specific goal in mind. She wants to go to the NCAA Championship. But first, they have to get through the Collegiate Water Polo Association Eastern Championships.

Not wild about 'Van Wilder'

Titan Series continues as Hoosiers look for first victory since 1995

Rivalry. That word in sports conjure up thoughts about the Bears-Packers, Celtics-Lakers or North Carolina-Duke matchups. It also reminds people of another fiery rivalry, IU-Purdue; universities within a stone's throw of one another.

The best of a tough situation

Senior Rahman Smiley could have surrendered hope; instead, his unremitting injury and the team's struggles have only inspired him to make the best of a complicated situation. Maybe that is the lesson tennis has taught him. No matter how difficult a challenge, if you simply try to do your best, you might be presently surprised at the results.

Hoosiers take on top NCAA competition

Basketball is not the only IU sport being played this weekend in Georgia. Four members of the swimming and diving teams qualified for the NCAA championship, held today through Saturday at the Gabrielsen Natatorium in Athens, Ga.

Revealing forgotten history

We have been lost to each other for so long. My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust." Thus begins Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent," the story of Dinah -- daughter of the famous Jacob, sister of the 12 tribes of Israel. Since the Book of Genesis does not contain any information about Dinah beyond her apparent rape and the subsequent revenge of her brothers, the story is mostly fictionalized, but with a ring of truth to it. Diamant does it with flair and insight as few have been able to do.

With the Beatles

When he was about eight, Glenn Gass ran over to a friend's house to say he had just heard a Ricky Nelson song they both liked. Until then, Ricky Nelson was the boys' favorite musician. But that was all about to change.

City council wrestles with bike lane, sidewalk decision

Last week, the Bloomington city council discussed whether or not to install bike lanes on Southdowns Drive, near Bryan Park. That debate brought out the issue of whether or not bike lanes are a safe, effective means of transportation for citizens who choose to walk or ride rather than use a car.