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Dozens of new laws go into effect Tuesday

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:35 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Take note uninsured motorists and spam scammers out there. Indiana's tolerance level for your transgressions will officially drop at 12:01 Tuesday morning.

Senate approves aviation center

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:35 p.m.

GARY, Ind. -- A Senate committee has approved almost $15.6 million for the first phase of construction of an Indiana Army National Guard aviation center at the Gary/Chicago Airport.

Metropolitan Indy faces industrial issues

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:34 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The economic rift between metropolitan Indianapolis and the industrial cities of Indiana appears to be widening, leaving industrial cities fearful the state is neglecting their needs.

Festival promotes health

By Aaron Uslan · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:33 p.m.

A gorgeous summer day was the scene at last Saturday's 2nd annual Bloomington FitnessFest, held in downtown Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue. Crowds of bystanders attended the festival which included a health fair and a bike race. The health fair was organized by senior Jamie Kivett and sponsored by the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, Bloomington's Parks and Recreation, IU RecSports, and Bloomington Hospital. Organizing the health fair was part of Kivett's senior project.

Supreme Court makes ruling in many historic cases at end of term

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled last week on two historic civil rights cases -- one striking down bans on what some states have called deviate sex acts and the other mandating public libraries make it harder for Internet surfers to look at pornography or risk losing government funding.

Conservative court steps back in term marked by affirmative action, gay rights cases

By Alyson Brodsy and Anne Gearan · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- In blockbuster rulings on affirmative action and gay rights and in less heralded decisions this term, a Supreme Court dominated by conservative jurists looked less conservative than it has in years.

Celebrating freedom

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice Worthy · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:27 p.m.

The annual African American Cultural Juneetenth festival kicked off Saturday at Bryan Park. The "Celebration of Freedom" was host to many activites and many families from the Bloomington community. There were little children running around dancing to music with their mothers, and plenty of people taking advantage of the $2 plates being served.

IU Trustees approve budget

By Joe Grace · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:27 p.m.

The IU Board of Trustees approved a $2.08 billion operating budget Friday created by the Indiana General Assembly for the 2003-04 fiscal year and a new science precinct on the north side of the Bloomington campus. The budget is $120 million more than the 2002-03 budget of $1.96 billion.

IU team receives NASA grant

By Sarah Webb · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:27 p.m.

A team led by an IU professor is trying to discover exactly what kind of creatures reside deep below Earth's surface as part of a NASA grant. IU geology professor Lisa Pratt is directing a new team of researchers that received a five year grant worth $5 million from the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Astrobiology is the study of the origins, evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe, according to the NAI Web site.

Ball State improves faculty diversity

Sunday, June 29,2003 9:19 p.m.

MUNCIE -- The College of Sciences and Humanities at Ball State University has created a task force to improve diversity among its faculty members.

Guaranteed tuition still poses problems

Sunday, June 29,2003 9:18 p.m.

URBANA, Ill. -- It sounds like a simple proposition: Guarantee that tuition won't rise during a university student's four years of school.

IU gives arts grant to 34 professors

By Nicholas J. Schmidt · Sunday, June 29,2003 9:18 p.m.

Students aren't the only ones that get money for college from IU. Because of the Arts and Humanities Initiative, teachers will be receiving IU money as well.

Jordan River Forum

Sunday, June 29,2003 8:55 p.m.

Unhumorous Association The comic strip by Michael Teague entitled "Blender Kitty" (June 19, shown at right) provoked a series of emotions from members of various Latinos organizations on and off campus. We are writing collectively to voice our disgust over the insulting message found in that particular comic strip.

Working reforms

Sunday, June 29,2003 8:52 p.m.

When the state of Pennsylvania took control of the Philadelphia public schools last summer and decided to privatize them, many dubbed it the grandest school reform experiment in the history of American education. The decision ignited strong opposition from teachers' unions and bands of students who protested with signs reading: I AM NOT FOR SALE! SAY NO TO PRIVATIZATION! Students had a legitimate reason to be upset; 45 of the city's schools would be managed by two nonprofit companies, three for-profits and two universities.

Filtering right to privacy

Sunday, June 29,2003 8:51 p.m.

When it comes to battles fought over the constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech, the persistent reality is that they have mostly been fought over the unsavory issue of pornography. The U.S. Supreme Court delivered another blow to the First Amendment by ruling for the Children's Internet Protection Act on June 23 in United States vs. American Library Association.

Of Dogs and Men

By Alyson Brodsy and Lize Kolar · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:49 p.m.

Recent developments in pet policies have sent landlords "howling," according to a June 26 New York Times article. Tenants have taken to insisting that their 70-pound black labradors or Berneses are as essential to their mental health as seeing dogs are for the blind.

U.S. forces launch massive new operation to stem insurgency

By Borzou Daragahi · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:42 p.m.

CAMP BOOM, Iraq -- U.S. forces launched a massive operation early Sunday to crush insurgents and capture senior figures from Saddam Hussein's ousted regime, arresting mored to last several days, military officials said. More than 20 raids involving air and ground forces were carried out, military officials said. The region has become "the nexus of paramilitary activity in central Iraq," the military said in a statement.

Syria asks for return of guards

By Sam F. Ghattas · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:42 p.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria's foreign minister said Sunday that Damascus wants to avoid escalating tensions with Washington and is quietly seeking the return of five Syrian border guards wounded and taken by U.S. forces during a battle on the Iraqi border. The June 18 border clash, during which U.S. forces attacked what they suspected were fleeing officials of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, threatened to stoke already strained relations between Washington and Damascus.

'Angels' top, replace 'Hulk' at box office

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:42 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The "angels" have lost a little of their kick, but they can still pulverize the opposition, even if he's big and green.

Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah declare suspension

By Ibrahim Barzak · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:41 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups and Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement declared immediate suspensions of attacks against Israel on Sunday. Israel began pulling troops out of Gaza, in breakthrough attempts to end almost three years of fighting. The militant groups announced three-month truces and Fatah's cease-fire was for six months.