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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.

NCAA bid secured despite loss

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:11 a.m.

Saturday's 3-1 loss to Illinois was potentially dire for the women's volleyball team. The loss placed them into a three-way tie with Northwestern and Michigan for sixth place in the Big Ten. All three teams stood at 10-10 in the conference with varying overall records. With only five to seven conference teams expected to make it into the bracket, a Hoosier post-season bid was in jeopardy.

DiNardo disappoints

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:09 a.m.

U football coach Gerry DiNardo came in the 2002 season with high hopes for his team. Wins, a post-season and a strong graduation record were what he promised to anyone who would listen. Well, I guess one out of three isn't bad.

IU on the road again

By Natalie A. Trout · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:09 a.m.

When the IU women's basketball team travels to Tallahassee for its game against Florida State, one thing will be on the players' minds: last year's game. The two teams met in Bloomington last season and the Seminoles claimed victory over the Hoosiers 62-61. It was a shot at the buzzer by Indiana native April Traylor that bumped the Seminoles up as the victors.

Revenge on their minds

By Matt Pera · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:08 a.m.

No. 9 Maryland (3-0) is not the same team that beat the Hoosiers in the National Championship game last year, there's no arguing that. But as IU travels to Conseco Field House in Indianapolis tonight, senior forward Jeff Newton said vengeance will still be on their minds.

Wabash paper loses funding

By Ab D. Phillip · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:03 a.m.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- The Wabash College student senate said it canceled funding for a conservative student newspaper after the publication insulted a professor's wife. The Commentary, a 10-year-old, bimonthly publication, must now support itself if it wants to continue publishing.

IU has second lowest loan default rates in Big Ten

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:02 a.m.

IU has one of the lowest loan default rates for Federal Perkins loans of Big Ten universities, according to data compiled by Purdue University. For the 2001-02 school year, IU had a 2.63 percent default rate, compared to Northwestern University's 2.89 percent and the three-time leader University of Wisconsin with a 2.35 percent default rate. Ohio State had the highest default rate at 10.04 percent.

Around the Campus

By Ab D. Phillip · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2002 12:01 a.m.

The Office for Women's Affairs is sponsoring a Commission of Personal Safety Fall Night Walk. The annual walk around campus serves as a way to observe whether or not there is adequate lighting on campus for the safety of students, faculty and staff. Anyone interested should meet in the lower level of Jordan Avenue garage at 7 p.m. tonight. For more information, contact the Office for Women's Affairs at

Kenyan farmer speaks with suicide bomber

By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, Dec. 2,2002 11:39 p.m.

MOMBASA, Kenya -- A Kenyan farmer said he spoke with suicide bombers moments before they blew up an Israeli-owned hotel here. Khamis Haro Deche, 39, a subsistence farmer and fisherman, lives about a half mile from the Paradise Hotel, where at least 15 people were killed in the attack last Thursday.

Cruise leaves 200 sick

By Abdullah AlShihri and John Pain · Monday, Dec. 2,2002 11:38 p.m.

MIAMI -- A Carnival cruise ship returned from a three-day voyage Monday carrying nearly 200 people sickened by a gastrointestinal virus, with symptoms similar to those plaguing other cruise liners.