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Dean discusses alcohol abuse

As a student at the University of Florida 25 years ago, Gerardo Gonzalez founded an alcohol awareness program he hoped would change students' perceptions of drinking.

A sad day for the news business

In this country, journalists are free to report the news. Because of the First Amendment, Congress, which is broadly interpreted as the whole of government, cannot suppress the press.

Bus, biking student collide

Graduate student Shakila Shayan, 27, a resident of the 400 block of South Henderson Street, collided with an IU bus early Thursday afternoon when she turned her bicycle into the side of a bus near the intersection of Seventh and Fess Streets.

State budget closer to needs

The Indiana Legislature's House Ways and Means Committee proposed its state budget Tuesday, with a 3.8 percent increase in spending for higher education. This news comes after weeks of dismay over Gov. Frank O'Bannon's proposed budget, which would flatline state spending for higher education.

Around The Arts

Roosevelt lecture canceled The Fine Arts lecture, "The President's Two Bodies: Stagings and re-stagings of the New Deal body politic," which was to be given by Sally Stein, associate professor of art history at the University of California at Irvine at 5:30 p.m. today in Fine Arts 102, has been canceled.

Second Story heats up Fridays with Plasma

"Plasma" is a noun derived from a Greek word that means "to shape." But Friday nights beginning this month, Plasma is an event at Second Story Nightclub, 201 S. College Ave., where local and national DJs and their audiences come together to shape a sound, light and movement experience.

IU Opera to perform Verdi's 'Rigoletto'

Absent for the last three years from the Musical Arts Center during the school year season, the work of Giuseppe Verdi will return on the 100th anniversary of his death with his tragic opera "Rigoletto."

Benefit supports food bank

St. Mark's United Methodist Church will play host to its seventh annual Soup Bowl Benefit, a community event to raise funds for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 5 p.m. Sunday. As is the custom, local potters donated hundreds of handmade bowls. Local restaurants contributed soups and breads, and entertainment is provided to add to the atmosphere.

Learn to think for yourself

Almost everybody complains about the mass media, but who does anything about them? Most people I've known who say they despise television still watch a lot of it.

Service industry failing in service

Last July, syndicated columnist Ann Coulter actually decried low unemployment rates, relating in a half-joking way it had become so easy to get a job, managers at lower-paying retail and service outlets were left to hire the worst employees, many of them teens with their heads in the clouds.

Honegger might get to play today

Until Wednesday, senior basketball player Rachael Honegger had little hope she would be allowed to play during her last game in Assembly Hall today. Honegger has been suspended from playing since Feb. 7, when athletics director Clarence Doninger sidelined her pending investigation into her guilty plea to forgery.

Club co-sponsors Web site contest

An online site design competition co-sponsored by the Web Technology Club and Discover Financial Services began at noon today when the contest topic was posted on the technology club's Web site www.indiana.edu/~wtc. The entrants have two days to build a Web site to be evaluated on its operation.

Sweet November

'Moesha' needs mo' comedy

The truth is obviously out there

Needles & Pins

Freshman Heather Couch got her belly button pierced two years ago during spring break. Like many teenagers, she says getting her belly button pierced with her closest friends was a great bonding experience to help her remember their crazy time in Florida.

'SSX' displays PS2's many talents

I have found perfection, and it's called PlayStation2. Well, at least until the newest offering from PlayStation comes out. After pining away, this lucky reviewer was finally able to land her hands on a PS2.

Bring It On

McDonald's, library offer space for math homework assistance

Burgers, fries and math homework help is a combo option twice a week at McDonald's locations in Bloomington and Ellettsville. From 7-9 p.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday, middle and high school students can receive math homework help at the Ellettsville McDonald's or the Bloomington McDonald's at 2910 W. Third St.

Chuck D addresses students

Chuck D, co-founder of Public Enemy, entered Alumni Hall to a standing ovation and catcalls Wednesday. "I don't give lectures, I give conversations … vibe sessions," he said. He spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in the Indiana Memorial Union about topics such as hip-hop, rap, George W. Bush and MP3s. Chuck D has been on the lecture circuit for 11 years, giving lectures at colleges around the country. He is a rapper, writer and social advocate, and is creating a Web site called Rap Station.