A cap on open containers
The Indiana State Senate recently introduced a bill to amend the current open-container law, removing the requirement that the driver of the vehicle have a minimum blood alcohol concentration.
The Indiana State Senate recently introduced a bill to amend the current open-container law, removing the requirement that the driver of the vehicle have a minimum blood alcohol concentration.
If you have a fetish for old churches like I do, France is an absolute haven. I don't practice a religion personally, but I still have to say the French know how to build a house of God.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- If the IU men's basketball team was looking for love on Valentine's Day, West Lafayette was the last place they were going to find it. A game in which the Hoosiers picked up 26 fouls compared to the Boilermaker's 11, ended in Purdue's favor, 71-56. Purdue coach Gene Keady said he told his team it would be their biggest game of the year to see how they would handle the pressure. Sure enough, Purdue handled the pressure just like Keady wanted them to. They played with effort, and three different Boilermakers scored 17 points a piece.
FORT WAYNE -- Anne Marie Lett was stunned by the phone call. A Carroll High School staff member told her if she didn't pay her son's student fees, the school would have to turn her account over for collection. As she leafed through four pages of financial statements, she still didn't know how she was going to pay more than $500 in fees for her four children: $30 for preschool, $107.69 for kindergarten, $161.85 for sixth grade, $222.18 for ninth grade. It's a real-life example of how public school fees can add up but a situation local officials said parents can get help for when faced with the cost of their children's education.
Seussical The Musical" broke the mold in its debut at the IU Auditorium this weekend. Though "family show" is a term that generally brings to mind sappy stories, screaming brats and unrefined musical scores, the show based on the works of Dr. Seuss entertained children of all ages. From the rhyming request for patrons to turn off their cell phones, to the green eggs and ham finale, "Seussical" had a level of energy and humor that made it stand out from its genre. The opening number assured that "this ain't Mother Goose," and indeed it wasn't. It maintained its childhood sense of wonder without being childish, as it whirled through the tales of Horton the Elephant, the town of Whoville and Gertrude McFuzz.
Uzbekistan, an important U.S. ally in Central Asia, may soon become more free despite a recent tightening of control by the government, said an Uzbek sociologist Friday in Ballantine Hall. Alisher Ilkhamov, director of the Open Society Institute in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, spoke to an audience of more than forty people on the contradictory political and economic situation in his country, a nation that is home to a U.S military base and assists the U.S. in its fight in Afghanistan.
IU put up 69 points Sunday, good for its largest point total in a Big Ten game this season, and also shot at an impressive 50 percent for its second-best shooting game of the season. Yet the scoring was just not enough as the Iowa Hawkeyes (14-9, 8-4 Big Ten) defeated IU (10-14, 3-10).
The IU men's tennis team traveled to Louisville in hopes of extending their winning streak to four matches but came up short against the Louisville Cardinals, 4-3. The loss dropped their record to 3-2 in the season.
Indiana Daily Student Editor in Chief Adam VanOsdol was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of driving while intoxicated. VanOsdol, 20, was booked into Monroe County Jail at 1:03 a.m. with bond set at $500 surety and $500 cash. He said he was initially pulled over for not having his headlights on.
Read Center will begin more aggressively patrolling IU's new smoking policy outside residence halls today. The new rules, which were passed by the University last semester, require students to be 30 feet away from buildings before lighting up. Signs have been hung around Read Center informing residents of the rule and warning that "staff will document anyone smoking within 30 feet of doors, walkways, etc ..."
The IU Student Association's student readership program took off with such popularity that it has led the Indiana Memorial Union administration to question whether or not it would participate in the program should it be passed.
Steve Schalchlin was diagnosed with HIV in 1993. He was part of the first group ever to take the drugs that kept the AIDS virus from replicating, and as a result, he is still alive today. Tonight, in the Indiana Memorial Union's Fran-gipani Room, Schalchlin will perform an entertaining and emotional profile of what it is like to live with HIV and AIDS as part of IU's AIDS awareness week.
Forty-one years ago, only nine IU students showed up for coach Jerry Yeagley's inaugural club soccer meeting at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Saturday night, at a banquet honoring the legendary coach's tenure at IU, more than 1,000 people -- including former and current players -- gathered to honor soccer's all-time winningest coach.
A once-fertile farmland, vacant for years, will be productive again when dotted with hundreds of homes striving to imitate the feel of a big city. The historic 80-acre plot of land now known as Ramsey Farm will be transformed into a Smart Growth Community, which will hold 400 homes, a shopping square and green spaces for its residents.
The IU men's golf team will return to competition today at the UCF/Rio Pinar Invitational in Orlando, Fla. The 18-team invitational marks the opening of the spring season for the Hoosiers, who are hoping to continue the success the fall season brought them. The Hoosiers closed out the 2003 fall season with three consecutive tournament titles and four consecutive first place finishes for junior Jeff Overton. Such performances have garnered the Hoosiers national attention.
The IU wrestling team had an unsuccessful weekend, as it went 0-2 in Big Ten action. Friday night, No. 2 Michigan came to University Gym and beat the Hoosiers in a hard-fought match. IU also went down Sunday to in-state rival Purdue. The two losses move IU to 17-7 on the year and 1-5 in Big Ten play.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- When IU and Purdue met Jan. 27 in Bloomington, the Boilermakers only got to the foul line twice in the game and missed both. Saturday was a completely different story, as Purdue (16-8, 6-5 Big Ten) made a season-high 24 free throws on its way to a 71-56 win in Mackey Arena.
WEST LAFAYETTE -- Since Dec. 1, four of IU's big men have had to sit out games, some due to injury and some for academic reasons. For one forward, it meant the rest of the season, for an IU center it was a month, for yet another forward it only meant one game.
RIMINI, Italy -- Prosecutors investigating the sudden death of 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani are looking into whether medicine found in his hotel room had a role, officials said Sunday. News reports said an initial examination pointed to cardiac arrest as the cause.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Clyde Drexler won an NBA title as a player, Jim Calhoun won an NCAA title as a coach and Dick Vitale won a legion of dedicated fans as a broadcaster.