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Woman cited after giving tarot card readings

By Michael Zennie · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:37 a.m.

IU Police Department officers cited Tracy Lange Friday afternoon on preliminary charges of driving on a suspended license after she allegedly stole a wallet from the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger. Members of the sorority reported a blue leather wallet stolen after Lange, 34, a resident of 909 Eminence Way, said she "entered the house through the cafeteria doors (and) went through the house asking to perform tarot card readings," according to the IUPD report. No sorority members asked her to go through the house, and she was there uninvited, according to the report.

IU spelunkers work to clean up Buckner's Cave

By Kim Cullman · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:36 a.m.

There exists an underworld where IU students go to explore the darker corners of the state -- a system of caves that runs through much of southern Indiana and surrounding states, including Kentucky and Tennessee.

State testing site of tainted sludge

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:27 a.m.

MEDORA, Ind. -- State environmental officials are testing soil and water in a southern Indiana town where some residents fear that tainted sludge dumped decades ago by a metal-plating company could be damaging their health. The investigation focuses on whether sludge containing potentially harmful hexavalent chromium was left behind on a farm from which it was supposed to have been removed long ago.

Senator wants to criminalize protests at military funerals

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:27 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A state senator angered by a recent protest at an Indiana soldier's funeral wants to make disorderly conduct a felony offense if it occurs at military funerals. Sen. Brent Steele, R-Bedford, said he would propose legislation in response to an anti-gay group's protest at the Aug. 28 funeral for Army Staff Sgt. Jeremy Doyle, an Indianapolis native killed in Iraq.

Bloomington woman educates African youth

By Jessica Wolfe · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:26 a.m.

Ann Marie Thomson sees untapped potential everywhere in Africa's war-torn Congo, where she grew up. It's teeming in the Congo River, which could provide enough energy to power the whole continent, as well as in the country's people, most of whom can't receive the educational training they strongly desire, Thomson said.

Malaysian belly dancers shake up controversy

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:24 a.m.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- To the hypnotic strains of Middle Eastern drums and flutes, Nancy Bakhshy shouts instructions to nine students who shimmy, shake and undulate in fluid movements.

New SoFA Gallery exhibit explores human bodies

By Mary P. Hansell · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:24 a.m.

Visitors will find something a bit familiar lined along the walls of the School of Fine Arts Gallery this month. The newest gallery exhibit is not of landscapes or abstract thoughts. Instead, the pieces that fill the gallery explore our very bodies. "Human Measures" is a look at eight contemporary American painters who work primarily with the human figure. "These are some of the best figurative painters in the painting field," said public relations coordinator Erin Devine.

Tibetan Cultural Center provides meditation courses

By Katie Peck · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:23 a.m.

Meditation has been seen in movies and on television shows as a way to work out problems. It has also become increasingly popular in today's fast-paced world as a way to calm the mind and re-energize -- if something is particularly perplexing, meditate on it and the solution will come more easily.

Where the girls are

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:19 a.m.

On Wednesday, USA Today reported that, in May, the Minnesota Office of Higher Education posted statistics that suggested for the first time in history women earned more than half the college degrees granted statewide in every category. This comes at a time when women outnumber men in colleges 57 percent to 43 percent, even though there are more men in the United States between the traditional college ages of 18 to 24.

Hurricane Wilma races across Florida, knocking out power to 6 million

By Alyson Brodsy and Curt Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:16 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Hurricane Wilma knifed through Florida with winds up to 125 mph Monday, shattering windows in skyscrapers, peeling away roofs and knocking out power to 6 million people, with still a month left to go in the busiest Atlantic storm season on record. At least six deaths were blamed on the hurricane in Florida, bringing the toll from the storm's march through the tropics to 25.

White House aide to replace Fed chairman

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:16 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday in place of near-legendary Alan Greenspanas the official in closest control of interest rates.

Shift reality and chase your dream

By David Weisburd · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:14 a.m.

Confucius once said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Thousands of years later, this quote still rings true. Nothing worthwhile in this world has been achieved without persistence and a little vision into the future.

Around Business

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:13 a.m.

IU's Kelley School of Business renamed its Graduate and Executive Education Center in a ceremony Friday to honor William J. Godfrey, an alumnus and successful businessman who has bequeathed land valued at $25 million to the school.

New IU master's program combines fitness, management

By Amy Carol Wolff and Amy Wolff · Tuesday, Oct. 25,2005 12:13 a.m.

The recent obsession with fitness has demanded the increase of fitness facilities around the nation. Rarely does one ever pass a main road without seeing some type of fitness center. The question is, who will manage these facilities? Furthermore, who will manage them with full knowledge of both business and fitness? Enter the new fitness management master's program at IU.

Group to begin Pakistani earthquake relief effort

By Chip Cutter · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 1:26 a.m.

IU's Pakistani Student Association and other groups will begin a fund-raising effort today to raise money for victims of the earthquakes in South Asia. The movement comes more than two weeks after the 7.6-magnitude quake left an estimated 79,000 people dead and millions more homeless, according to The Associated Press. Through Wednesday, the PSA, along with the volunteers from the Leo R. Dowling International Center, the Kelley School of Business' Civic Leadership Development Program and the Beta Alpha Psi accounting fraternity will be manning five stations throughout campus with the goal of raising $10,000.

Damaged asbestos likely in 4 dorms

By Audrie Garrison · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 1:26 a.m.

Extensive damage to asbestos in some dorms at IU is likely exposing students to the hazardous material, said Tomas Beauchamp, a former employee of the Office of Environmental, Health and Safety Management. Ceilings of some dorms and common rooms in Briscoe, McNutt and Forest Quads and Tulip Tree Apartments contain damaged asbestos, Beauchamp said, leaving open the possibility of inhalation of the substance's fibers by the public.

IUSA addresses lack of attendance

By Hannah Lodge · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 1:26 a.m.

During its first meeting of the year, the IU Student Association Congress was powerless to vote or make decisions as a unified body because too many people skipped meetings. As a rule, to vote on or pass legislation, IUSA Congress must meet quorum, a two-thirds showing of the 62 elected representatives.

IUPD completes internal investigation

Monday, Oct. 24,2005 1:16 a.m.

The IU Police Department has completed an internal investigation of officer conduct and response to the incident outside the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation on the morning of Sept. 18 after a dance at the Indiana Memorial Union. It concluded that officers responded appropriately and within IUPD training procedures. The report recommended no disciplinary action or change in policy for IUPD. The Indiana Daily Student met with IUPD officials to discuss their findings on the investigation.

IU to play waiting game after OSU tie

By Steve Slivka · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:47 a.m.

Since 1976, Mike Freitag has been connected to IU soccer. Sunday afternoon, the second-year coach experienced "one of the most disappointing games" of his career. In the team's final Big Ten game of the season and with tournament seeding at stake, the Hoosiers left Yeagley Field with a 2-2 tie against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Field Hockey: No. 11 Iowa snaps IU's 10-game win streak in OT

By Jordan Majewski · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:46 a.m.

The No. 8 IU field hockey team's winning streak is over. After 10 consecutive wins, the Hoosiers were defeated by No. 11 Iowa 2-1 in overtime. The loss is only the Hoosiers' second of the season, and their first since a Sept. 4 loss at No. 1 Wake Forest. IU's record now stands at 13-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. "Iowa played a great game," coach Amy Robertson said. "They contained us defensively and negated our speed."