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State treasurer speaks to College Republicans

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:13 a.m.

Standing in the Dogwood Room in the Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana State Treasurer Tim Berry began his presentation Monday night by asking the IU College Republicans in the audience a question.

McDonald's rep speaks to IU Real Estate Club

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:12 a.m.

IU does not yet have a replacement for the Read Center McDonald's, Bob , a real estate manager for the hamburger giant, said Monday night. The University would like to become a McDonald's franchise owner, but the company usually only allows individuals to run a franchise, according to an Oct. 13, 2005, Indiana Daily Student article.

Averatec laptop skin design contest ends Saturday

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:11 a.m.

Many students add a unique flair to the outsides of their laptop computers with stickers and drawings. Now, the computer company Averatec is offering a way for students to show the world their technological creativity.

Student and community groups meet to raise domestic violence awareness

By Beka Mech · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:10 a.m.

Alumni Hall would have to be filled 12 times to hold all the sexual assault victims from one year, Middle Way House representatives said Tuesday night at a meeting in Collins Living-Learning Center.

Soon to be graduates try on class rings, caps, gowns

By Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:09 a.m.

While the only costumes most IU students are thinking about in mid-October are for Halloween, it's time for those graduating in December to think about their caps and gowns as graduation creeps up on them.

New general education requirements might ease degree changes

By Pete Stuttgen · Wednesday, Oct. 18,2006 12:08 a.m.

With so many students changing their major during their college careers, some are finding they must remain in college an extra year to fulfill additional degree requirements. In an effort to make transferring between schools on campus and from other universities a little easier, the Bloomington Faculty Council has passed a new set of general education requirements.

Family of crash victim may sue over ID mix-up

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:38 p.m.

MARION, Ind. -- The family of a Taylor University student misidentified for weeks as a classmate who was killed in a highway crash has notified state and local officials of a possible lawsuit over the handling of the crash aftermath.

Woman sues over Bible class offering

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Martin · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:37 p.m.

NDIANAPOLIS -- A Mooresville, Ind., woman is suing her son's public school, alleging that its practice of allowing some students to attend Bible classes once a week on school grounds while others stay behind without instructional time is unconstitutional.

Indiana salad plant will close after spinach scare

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:36 p.m.

PLYMOUTH, Ind. -- A nationwide spinach recall caused by an E. coli outbreak is prompting Ready Pac Produce Inc. to close a salad processing plant that employs about 200 workers.

Candidates for Greene County judge face off in tight race

By Sandra Arao Ameny · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:35 p.m.

In Greene County -- the county directly west of Monroe County where circuit court judges have held on to their jobs for decades -- a newly appointed incumbent circuit court judge is facing a challenger. The race is now the most closely watched in the county.

Fantasy hairstyles to take runway

By Ariel Ivas · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:30 p.m.

While most people might not consider hairstyling an art form, Jocelyn Robertson, performance and events director for the Bloomington Area Arts Council, disagrees. Robertson and the Arts Council will team up with local hair salons to present Bloomington's first "Curl Up and Dye for the Arts!" fantasy hair competition at 8 p.m. Nov. 10 at the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium to prove that hairstylists can be artists, too.

Czech play to be 'unveiled' Friday

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:29 p.m.

The comedy "Unveiling" by Vàclav Havel will begin its two-week run Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center to raise awareness about Havel, the writer, and his struggles in communist Czechoslovakia. The play will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 26-28. Additional matinees are at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 and 28. General admission is $16; senior citizens and students with ID will be charged $13. Tickets are available at Bloomingfoods East or www.bloomingtonarts.info.

Sodrel denounces negative political advertisements

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:29 p.m.

Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-9th, expressed displeasure Tuesday with the influence outside groups are exerting on his closely contested race. Speaking to the Bloomington Rotary Club, Sodrel slammed so-called 527 groups, tax-exempt organizations not affiliated with specific candidates that try to sway voters with their own ads.

IU Art Museum director collects drawings for book

By Nicholas Mills · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:27 p.m.

Ten years of research have paid off for IU Art Museum Director Adelheid Gealt, whose reconstruction of 18th-century artist Domenico Tiepolo's New Testament drawings coincides with her latest book, "Domenico Tiepolo: A New Testament." The book features full-color photos of all 313 drawings, which were made with pen, along with titles and descriptions.

U.N sanctions North Korea after nuclear test

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:12 p.m.

[The Facts] The Washington Post reported that the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to enact a U.S.-drafted sanction on North Korean finances and weapons activity. North Korean U.N. Ambassador Pak Gil Yon has said the U.S. sanctions constitute a "declaration of war." Are the U.N. sanctions a proper deterrence for North Korea's nuclear program?

Brains and brawn

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:08 p.m.

Graduate students' lives are far from easy. Between research, coursework and grading papers, many are too busy to eat or sleep, let alone exercise or take time for themselves. This is why the Graduate and Professional Student Organization introduced a new program to bribe busy grad students to relax, recoup and get fit. Those who devote 10 hours in a month will receive a free bagel and be entered in a raffle to win basketball tickets, personal training sessions at the Student Recreational Sports Center, opera tickets and more.

Should the 'Crossroads of America' be closed to illegal immigrants?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:07 p.m.

On Oct. 10, the Indiana GOP proposed stiffer enforcement of illegal immigration laws by denying public social services and broadening police authority to investigate and detain offenders. While Democrats in the state legislature also oppose illegal immigration, they propose penalizing employers who hire illegal immigrants as opposed to the immigrants themselves. Republican state Rep. John E. Smith says illegal immigration harms Indiana taxpayers in the entire state. Our columnists debate the GOP proposal.

Abortion apathy

By Alyson Brodsy and Abram Hess · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 11:03 p.m.

"Why on earth would you spend your lunch break standing on a corner, holding a poster of an aborted baby?" This unspoken question was visible on the faces of many passers-by Friday afternoon as a dozen IU students and alumni held an anti-abortion protest in front of IU's Sample Gates.

Socket to me

By Abby Schwimmer and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 10:52 p.m.

Ah, October. In most places, it heralds a gradual drop in temperatures. But Bloomington isn't most places. If last week's cold snap is any indication, we might soon be in over our heads here in southern Indiana's frozen hinterlands. As silly as it seems to break out your long underwear just after the official end of summer, we can't fight Mother Nature. Trust me, I've tried.

It's raining men

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 10:47 p.m.

It rained Monday. The raindrops themselves were quite ordinary. They were wet and falling from the sky. There was nothing particularly masculine about them. In fact, the raindrops were incredibly asexual, more so than the most asexual things -- even peanut butter, TV stands and Nebraska.