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Sage advice

By Joe Grace · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:15 p.m.

(A letter composed by the columnist to his nephew who just celebrated his third birthday.) Dear Timmy, At the age of six, I believed everything I was told. Everything! Even when my mother told me the reason the tooth fairy wanted my teeth was to make a giant sculpture of herself. Being older, I now know the tooth fairy uses the teeth in her quest to take over the world. Fortunately, she is stupid and collects teeth instead of nuclear missiles.

Protest is not extortion

By Cherry Blattert · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 11:14 p.m.

Today the Supreme Court will review the infamous case, Joseph Scheidler v. the National Organization for Women (NOW). The justices will be determining whether organized protests can be considered extortion under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) -- legislation initially meant to convict mobsters. In this case, NOW sued a man who helped organize protests against clinics back in the 1980s. According to NOW's statements, even peaceful pro-life protests are "campaigns of terror against abortion clinics" and should be stopped with RICO.

State traffic fatalities decline significantly

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mark Jewell · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:50 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Traffic deaths in Indiana are on pace to drop nearly 23 percent this year compared with 2001, further boosting the state's ranking as one of the nation's safest places to drive. Several factors are believed to be behind what could turn out to be the biggest one-year decline in Indiana traffic deaths since record keeping began around World War II -- more people using seat belt, tougher traffic law enforcement, stricter drunken driving laws and favorable driving weather last winter.

Not much of a break

By Samantha Ganop · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:49 p.m.

Whether to sponsor holiday gift-giving, spring textbooks, or just to feed midnight pizza cravings, many IU students choose to work over winter break. Money is often the primary motivator in seeking seasonal employment. Junior Theresa Yaecker will be returning to her New Jersey job to have money for rent and food next semester. "My bills don't go away when I go away on vacation," Yaecker said.

Candyland for children

By Lindsay Baron · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:48 p.m.

Whoever thinks hunts for candy take place on a certain spring day in April hasn't heard about Bloomington's Candy Cane Hunt, a family-fun event celebrating winter's chilly arrival. The city's 3rd annual Candy Cane Hunt will take place this Sunday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Thomson Park, located southwest of downtown. The event, sponsored by Bloomington Parks and Recreation and the Village Deli, is open to pre-school through elementary age children and their parents. Admission costs $2.

Around the Arts

Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:31 p.m.

Eminem's former home up for auction, Lacroix to design Air France uniforms, Oasis members held after bar fight.

Operas, symphonies faces woes

By Verena Dobnik · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:28 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Tenor Placido Domingo, who always packs the house at the Metropolitan Opera, didn't always this fall. The Lyric Opera of Chicago and the San Francisco Opera have each dropped plans to produce two operas they had announced for next season. The San Jose Symphony declared bankruptcy last month.

Turkey fears Iraqi influence

By Abdullah AlShihri and Louis Meixler · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:22 p.m.

HAKKARI, Turkey -- To understand why Turkey is hesitant to back a U.S. attack against Iraq, just look at Hakkari, a mountain town near the Iraqi border where poverty and unemployment fuel anger at the government and support for Kurdish nationalism. Turkey's backing is crucial to any U.S. attack on Iraq, but the overwhelmingly Muslim nation fears that Saddam Hussein's removal could lead to the split-up of Iraq, with Kurds in the north declaring a separate state and providing an example for Turkey's Kurds.

UN teams inspect palace

By Abdullah AlShihri and Charles J. Hanley · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 10:21 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- International inspectors roared up to one of Saddam Hussein's presidential palaces Tuesday and demanded and received quick entry, in an early test of new powers to hunt for weapons of mass destruction anywhere, anytime in Iraq. In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan described Iraq's cooperation as good but cautioned "this is only the beginning." Annan's assessment appeared at odds with that of President Bush, who said Monday that early signs from Baghdad "are not encouraging."

Bloomington police report holiday break-ins

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

While many students were stuffing their faces with food, burglars stuffed their bags with belongings from Bloomington homes, police said. Over Thanksgiving break, Sgt. Bill Parker of the Bloomington Police Department said he received reports of several homes broken into and burglarized over the IU student vacation.

Affirmative action admissions on trial again

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether race can be taken into consideration in college admissions, a controversial subject the court last ruled on nearly a quarter of a century ago.

Strategic planners consider wish list

By Adam Van Osdol · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The first phase of Strategic Planning, the year-long project to identify and strengthen campus academics, is complete.

Movies back on Buskirk's screen

By -Meghan Dwyer and Megan Dwyer · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theatre is back in the movie business, following a surprising agreement reached last week between Kerasotes movie chain and Buskirk-Chumley Management Inc. Ever since 1995, when the theatre was donated to the Bloomington Area Arts Council, Kerasotes insisted that no movies be shown in the historic venue, so business at their other Bloomington based Kerasotes' owned theaters wouldn't be jeopardized. Not anymore.

A Flicker of Hope

By Ab D. Phillip and Obaid Khawaja · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:46 a.m.

There was a somber glow about Indiana Avenue and Dunn Meadow last night as members of Student Global AIDS Campaign and Outreach Kenya Development Volunteers lit luminaries to commemorate those who have died as a result of AIDS. The event was one of several that have been planned for this week, which began with a memorial service Sunday (World AIDS day).

Thome agrees to $87.5 million contract with Phillies

By Aaron Beard and Rob Maaddi · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:43 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- Jim Thome hit a lot of home runs and helped the Cleveland Indians sell out Jacobs Field for several years. The Philadelphia Phillies hope he does the same at their new stadium.

Jordan River Review

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:34 a.m.

Starbucks protesters not anti-Semitic In response to Josh Hamerman's column, "Don't boycott Starbucks" (Tuesday, Nov. 19), I find it amazing how much people generalize. To simply call them anti-Semitic is simply an attempt to justify ignoring the issues that they raise, and it de-values all of the suffering that the Jewish people really have gone through at the hands of anti-Semitics. For instance, Hamerman states that, "Heaping blame for the Israeli-Palestinian and Arab-Israeli conflicts onto Israel, without mentioning the human rights abuses committed by the Arab states and the Palestinian Authority, is anti-Semitic." Does this justify Israeli war crimes by saying that, in effect, "They started it!" Maybe both sides should be sat down in two corners and given a time-out. They act like children, so treat them that way. And to also try to justify Israeli actions in comparison to Iraq (genocide), China (massacres with tanks) and Russia (tanks, again) does not exactly place Israel in a good light.

Truth in Israel- Palestine conflict

By Deema Dabis · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:23 a.m.

Imagine walking home from class on any given day to discover that your home, apartment or dorm has been destroyed because you are an IU student. Now imagine that your landlord gave the group who ruined your home the tools to carry out the demolition.

Holiday season ... Prepare for war!

By George Lyle IV · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:21 a.m.

Now that Thanksgiving is done and we've all seen and shared love with our family and friends, the winter warfare season is upon us. From now until Christmas day, people of all ages will battle for places in long lines, get frustrated with frazzled customer service representatives and spend unnecessary amounts of hard-earned money on frivolous and outlandish manifestations of material possession. Christmas shopping time is here and all of the consumer violence that comes with it.

Home and other 4-letter words

By Jamieson Hawkins · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:20 a.m.

hen you're at college, you live your life. No parents are around to nag you, give you curfews or make you clean. Then the holidays roll around and it's once again time to return to the nest from whence you came. This week's column comes to you straight from the front lines in Wisconsin where I am home for Thanksgiving. Like most, I have to readjust to my parents' rules in attempts to slide under their radar while trying to not get yelled at.

City's decency stripped down

By Abra Oliver · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:14 a.m.

Are you the type of guy who wouldn't mind a little topless entertainment? Danny Jordan, owner of newly established After Hours Topless Bar and Dance Club, is. And he's not ashamed to admit that he would rather have his son watching women dance in a liquor-free, smoke-free establishment than getting alcohol poisoning at a house party. That's right. After Hours, due to problems obtaining the $40,000 necessary to install a sprinkler system required for a liquor license, is an 18-and-over establishment.