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Students abroad witness sympathy, gain perspective

Before Sept. 11, studying overseas for many American students was filled with unbridled enthusiam and unchecked anticipation. The terrorist attacks in the United States and the retaliatory bombings in Afghanistan have altered the experience for more than 75,000 American college students who are studying abroad this Fall, causing many to change their daily routines and reconsider their future plans.

Fall means flu season

Late October brings at least three things to the IU campus: the changing of the fall colors, the first basketball practices and -- less auspiciously -- the start of flu season. Each year students come to the IU Health Center with questions about influenza. How do I distinguish the flu from the common cold? Is it safe to get a flu vaccine? Can the flu be treated with antibiotics?

Judicial program offers new option

Students being tried by IU's judicial system will now have access to the Student Judicial Program, a new initiative sponsored by the IU Student Association. The program will provide students with a case manager knowledgeable about University legal processes.

Alumni bridge generation gap

Generations, old and new, came together Saturday night in the McNutt Quad Flame Room for the Neal-Marshall Alumni Club Reunion Old School Party and Unity Step Show. The apparent age gap and difference in attire between old and new school disappeared in the excitement and togetherness between the attendees.

Jordan River Forum

World not a shiny, happy place Staff editorial wrong to condone bombings

Brooding over brain cells

Talk about irony. In spite of my best efforts to ignore and/or forget that I am at least eight years older than 98 percent of the IU student body, the Age Gods keep devising new and inventive ways to smack me upside the head with geriatric reality.

Being white lacks identity

What does it mean to be white in America? It means that you only have to think about race if you choose to. It means that you can live your whole life without looking at any racial conflicts. You don't even have to know what it means to be white, because you probably don't feel a connection to a white community. I certainly don't. I don't feel a calling to any particular white culture, or white traditions. My Judaism, (which I don't subscribe to as a religion), is part of my identity because of my home life growing up -- but my whiteness?

Protesters rally at Von Lee

A group of about 30 protesters and onlookers gathered in front of the Von Lee Cinema, 517 E. Kirkwood Ave, on Saturday to voice concerns about the future of the historic downtown building.

Liberals defeat Sandinistas in Nicaraguan elections

On Monday Sandinista candidate Daniel Ortega conceded defeat to Liberal Constitutionalist Party candidate Enrique Bolanos. This ends the possibility of the Sandinista government coming to power in Nicaragua in the next five years. However, some think the election was tampered with by the United States, despite ex-President Jimmy Carter's supervision of the elections.

IUSA proposes smoking ban

A resolution calling for a nonsmoking zone of 30 feet around all academic buildings was entertained by the IU Student Association at its meeting last Thursday. The meeting -- a biweekly Congress session -- ended with heated debate and few conclusive results.

Dole tickets on sale today

Former presidential candidate and once president of the American Red Cross Elizabeth Dole will speak 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the IU Auditorium. Tickets are free with a valid student ID and go on sale 10 a.m. today at the Indiana Memorial Union Activities Desk and the IU Auditorium box office. One student can obtain up to four tickets with four student IDs. Remaining tickets will be distributed to the general public 10 a.m. Friday with a two-ticket limit.

Recruit's trip financed

IU trustee Stephen Ferguson accompanied former IU basketball recruit Sean May and his father to Lubbock, Texas, to visit Bob Knight last weekend, using a jet Ferguson provided, Ferguson said. The plane is owned by Cook Group, Inc., where Ferguson is executive vice president.

Women's golfers wrap up season

In their final tournament of the fall season today, the Pine Needles Invitational, the Hoosiers look to improve on the fourth place finishes that have characterized all three of the year's tournaments.

Team falls in conference opener

The Hoosiers fell to the Michigan Wolverines Friday at the Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Mich. 160.5 to 82.5, dropping their record to 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the Big Ten.

Hoosiers use outside shots to earn win

Kyle Hornsby's season might depend on Mike Davis' fingers. They're crossed. That's how Davis will spend this season, hoping Hornsby can stay healthy and shoot the ball the way he did in IU's exhibition opener Sunday against Athletes in Action.

Soccer team finds net in offensive outburst

The men's soccer team found its offense Sunday with a 6-0 shutout of the IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis Jaguars at Bill Armstrong Stadium, marking the end of IU's regular season.

Retailers anxiously await Christmas shoppers

Cash registers ringing are as much a part of the holiday season as candles, snowmen and trees. But the piles of gifts may not be as high this year with consumer confidence hitting low levels in this retail quarter.

Locals fear Crane naval center may shut down

CRANE, Ind. -- Though the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center is helping supply weapons America needs to win the war against terrorism, the facility could lose the battle to survive government cost-cutting.

Arab foreign ministers denounce bin Laden

Osama bin Laden is waging a war against the world and does not represent Arabs and Muslims, senior Arab officials said Sunday during a gathering of foreign ministers in the Syrian capital.