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By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:48 a.m.

Free city, campus busing all week Through Sept. 5, all public transit services in Bloomington, including the Bloomington Transit, BT Access, IU Campus Bus and Rural Transit, are free to all students and community members. Bloomington Transit will also start several new routes in the downtown area. Major stops will include the Indiana Memorial Union, Kelley School of Business and the IU Library.

Officials dedicated to University

By Mike Malik · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:47 a.m.

Move-in day, the induction ceremony and roommate meet-and-greets, are just some of the many things freshmen face. They will read and hear countless names of administrators, faculty and staff without having a clue who those people are or what they have to do with the University. For that matter, students who have been at IU for years may not know these key individuals, such as the board of trustees, one of the most important branches of the University government.

Officials, rebels accept peace offer

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:16 a.m.

NAJAF, Iraq -- Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces. The renegade Muqtada al-Sadr accepted the proposal in a face-to-face meeting Thursday night with the 75-year-old al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite cleric. Hours afterward, the government also agreed to the deal.

Release of Siegfried & Roy tiger attack video debated

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Goldman · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:12 a.m.

LAS VEGAS -- The company that produced the Siegfried & Roy magic show said Wednesday that it won't give federal investigators a video of the tiger attack on illusionist Roy Horn because it's protecting the performer's privacy. Feld Entertainment Inc. said it's offered on several occasions to show footage of the October attack to the U.S. Department of Agriculture but the agency has not accepted the invitation.

Music Video Awards expected to be tamer

By Alyson Brodsy and Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:11 a.m.

NEW YORK -- In the 21-year history of MTV's Video Music Awards, viewers have been treated to some eye-popping moments -- Prince's bare buttocks, Lil' Kim's sequined pasty, Britney and Madonna's steamy kiss last year. After the firestorm over the MTV-produced Super Bowl halftime show, in which Justin Timberlake ripped off part of Janet Jackson's costume to reveal her bare breast, might we see tamer VMAs when they air Sunday?

Illinois sues Dave Matthews Band

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:11 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Illinois' attorney general sued Dave Matthews Band Tuesday for allegedly dumping up to 800 pounds of foul-smelling waste from a tour bus into the Chicago River, dousing a tour boat filled with passengers. The lawsuit accuses the band and one of its tour bus drivers, Stefan Wohl, of violating state water pollution and public nuisance laws. It seeks $70,000 in civil penalties.

Tactual museum offers exhibits for the blind

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:10 a.m.

ATHENS, Greece -- Dimitris Dovas runs his fingers over the face and body of Venus de Milo. "What incredible art!" he exclaims. Dovas might be breaking the cardinal rule of museums, where visitors can look at but not touch the prized exhibits guarded behind ropes or in glass cases. But in an unassuming building on a quiet side street in central Athens, something is different.

Eating disorder play returns Sunday

By Jenica Schultz · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:10 a.m.

After years of struggling with an eating disorder, IU alumna Amy Fortoul has put her life experiences into a play detailing the highs and lows of her illness and recovery. Fortoul is the writer, director and sole actor in her autobiographical movement and spoken word theater piece "This is My BODY."

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:09 a.m.

Tibetan monastery displays relics A collection of Buddist relics is coming to the Chamtse Ling Temple, 3655 Snoddy Rd., this weekend. Collected by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, The Heart Shrine Relic Tour, which features pearl-like deposits often found in the cremation ashes of Buddhist spiritual masters, will be on display from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Hot air balloons to race through Bloomington sky

By Brittany Terwilliger · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:08 a.m.

If you look up to the sky to find bunches of cheerful orbs drifting slowly, you might be witness to this year's second annual Bloomington Balloon Fiesta. This event, coordinated by balloonist Travis Vencel, Cook Aviation and Bill Oliver of Oliver Winery, takes place Saturday and Sunday at the Monroe County Airport, 972 S. Kirby Rd. Hot air balloon races may be observed throughout the day and night. Launches are at 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday. Pilots from across the country are coming to Bloomington to compete for a prize of $3,000.

IUAM displays symbolic Malian puppets

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:07 a.m.

The puppets of Mali, now halfway around the globe displayed in the IU Art Museum, come in all shapes and sizes. One is a large, wooden animal head, manipulated by a rod from underneath by a puppeteer whose body is concealed. Another is worn on the top of the head of a masquerader. For another, more delicate puppet, the puppeteer can open and close the jaw and twitch the puppet's ears.

Crime show to air update on homicide case involving IU student Saturday night

By Tony Sams · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:05 a.m.

The FOX investigative crime series "America's Most Wanted" will air an update Saturday night on the homicide case involving IU student Jill Behrman. The show will air at 8 p.m. tomorrow on Bloomington cable channel 11 and Indianapolis local channel 59. After a 34-month search, the skeletal remains of the 19-year-old, last seen riding her bicycle in Bloomington May 31, 2000, were found by a hunter and his son in March 2003 in rural Morgan County, near Paragon, Ind.

Law targets repeat drunk drivers

By Karen Yancey · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:04 a.m.

A new Indiana state law requiring Ignition Interlock Devices, or Breathalyzers, to be installed in the vehicles of drivers who have been convicted of drunk driving was enacted this summer. Still, Monroe County currently doesn't have its own Vehicle Ignition Interlock Program. This law, which is supposed to prevent repeat violations, affects only offenders who are driving with probationary licenses.

Hamm on a skewer

By George Lyle IV · Friday, Aug. 27,2004 12:02 a.m.

Ihave a lot of respect for the American Olympic athletes. They train hard for years, and travel to a half-finished Athens to compete under international scrutiny all while trying to either follow or ignore the presidential campaign mudslinging.

Mascots are cheap cheap, fun fun

By Stephanie Susman · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 11:58 p.m.

So I'm from St. Louis. It's a city too small to compete with Chicago but too big to actually be considered part of Missouri. But St. Louis isn't so bad. Where else can you find such flamboyant and joyous area franchise mascots like Becky Queen of Carpets, the Dirt Cheap bird and Mr. Happy Crack? Perhaps other cities have well-known mascots as well, but ours are just more colorful.

Real fans cheer in any weather

By Mike Malik · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 11:56 p.m.

As the Major League Baseball season draws to a close in the coming months, everything begins to change. The teams begin to play their best as the number of games dwindle. The players begin to focus more every at-bat, pitch or catch during the game. The managers start to consider every possible situation. Even the beer vendors reach deep inside themselves to find every extra ounce of energy to sell all they can.

Information classified

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 11:55 p.m.

When it comes to counterterrorism, we always hear both sides of a story, but we never get to hear the whole story. Yet again, the public is kept in the dark as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently revoked the work visa of a Swiss Muslim scholar who was supposed to teach at Notre Dame.

Photojournalist shares intense experiences

By Jamie Lusk · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 6:24 p.m.

Not many people are willing to live and travel with Nazi Skinheads for two and half years to photograph and write about them. Not many people hang around gravediggers for a year and a half to see what makes them tick and to capture it on film. Marc Asnin has been there and done that, and he has a passion for it. Asnin delivered a public informal lecture for the Institute of Advanced Study as a Distinguished Citizen Fellow Monday night. He discussed his work, how it has shaped his life and why he does it. This vociferous Brooklyn man, sporting a goatee, glasses and a black brim hat, captivated his listeners with his photos, experiences and a New York accent. "The job does get overwhelming," Asnin admits, when asked if it was hard to live amongst a group filled with as much hate as the Nazi skinheads. "Even though they are very nice people on a personal level, I was surrounded by such a concentration of hate." As he spoke of this experience, he clicked through images on his slide show involving crosses engulfed with flames, skinheads holding guns, skinheads involved in clan rallies and skinheads with large Nazi tattoos on their bodies.

Downtown apartments bring more students, business

By Daria Kamalipour · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 1:42 a.m.

Local downtown business owners are hoping a new apartment complex that houses mostly students will enhance commerce in the area. Smallwood Plaza, located at 455 N. College Ave. in the heart of downtown Bloomington, is a newly built apartment complex that has attracted many students.

Class of 2008 inducted to IU

By Rick Newkirk · Thursday, Aug. 26,2004 1:41 a.m.

In the backward world of post-secondary academics, commencement comes at the end. In the beginning, there is induction. For the class of 2008, that beginning arrived Wednesday night. With an audience of thousands filling the seats in half of Assembly Hall, IU President Adam W. Herbert emceed the annual Freshman Induction Ceremony. With all the décor and pomp of an old academic ritual, Herbert and other University officials delivered their bombasts with the necessary air.