Women's Golf

Leading by example

By Andrew Rosen · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:47 a.m.

Leadership is a key ingredient in all aspects of sport, and to juniors Becky Obrecht and Audrey Giesler of the women's cross country team, leadership is something that comes with experience.

Twin runners look for successful year after redshirt season

By Steve Hinson · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:43 a.m.

In 1998, Colorado coach Mark Wetmore was able to lure two of the top recruits in the nation to his university, identical twins Ed and Jorge Torres. Last year the Torres twins were able to lead Colorado to a national championship and are a favorite to repeat this year.

Trophy winner walks away from NFL career

By Alyson Brodsy and R.B. Fallstrom · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:31 a.m.

Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch walked away from an NFL career, worn down by injuries and the challenge of learning a new position.

Humanity in Hitler?

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:09 a.m.

TORONTO -- It's a delicate matter, putting a human face on a monster. Two entries at the Toronto International Film Festival present personal, often uncomfortable glimpses of Adolf Hitler, one in a fictional setting as an aspiring artist, the other in real, firsthand recollections from an aide.

Comedic play addresses eating disorders

By Roseanne Hennessey · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:08 a.m.

Wendy MacLeod's play "School Girl Figure," a social satire on eating disorders, opens at the Bloomington Playwright's Project this Friday. In this dark comedy, the high school "in-crowd" is the "thin crowd." At this high school, girls are competing to be the thinnest.

Indy to host gay film festival

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:06 a.m.

The second annual Indianapolis Gay & Lesbian Film Festival starts this coming weekend in Indianapolis. "We've worked really hard to get a broad mix of films that would cater to the entire community," festival co-director Pam Powell said. This year the festival will try to embrace diversity even further and "look for more movies about women, youth, and people of color."

Greenspan: Economy has withstood blows

By Alyson Brodsy and Martin Crutsinger · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 1:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress on Thursday that a year after the terrorist attacks, the U.S. economy appears to have done a good job of withstanding a series of severe blows, "although the depressing effects still linger."

Tuition raise necessary

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:58 a.m.

Early this summer, the University announced that with the start of the 2003-2004 academic year it would increase tuition $1,000 for incoming freshmen as part of a "commitment to excellence." There is also a tuition increase for students at IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis and IU's regional campuses. The money will be used to pay faculty salaries, undergraduate financial aid and graduate fellowships.

You are rare, not special

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:57 a.m.

You are not special. I am not special; we are not special. There is not a privileged person among us.

An anniversary by the tracks

By Nic Halverson · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:55 a.m.

Sept. 11's grim anniversary has come and gone, passing through our lives like a phantom. Retrospection was inescapable as many of us scrolled through our memoirs with trepid ceremonies, shaky recollections and lumps in our throats. Despite our often competitive, political affiliations, we deflated our opinions and partook in soft vigils. Some lit candles and waved flags. Some sat sullenly, glued to the television's spectacle and sensational coverage. Others prayed and baked cakes. I sat under a dead apple tree alongside railroad tracks, sipping beer and swapping stories with vagabonds.

More West Nile reports in Indiana

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:50 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Fifteen additional probable human cases of West Nile virus have been reported in Indiana, state health officials said Thursday. The new reports bring the total number of probable or confirmed cases in Indiana to 57, the Department of Health said.

'Walk for Diabetes' this weekend

By Bryan Delaney · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:49 a.m.

The American Diabetes Association will host its sixth annual "Walk for Diabetes" tomorrow. The event will start at Memorial Stadium, where coordinators expect hundreds of students, families, children and adults to come and support the fight against diabetes.

Simply Living fair this weekend

By Stephanie Sims · Friday, Sept. 13,2002 12:48 a.m.

Did you know houses can be built out of straw bales? Do you know how to collect solar energy? The answers to these questions can be found at the fourth annual Simply Living fair this weekend at Third Street Park. The fair's theme is "an Exploration of Sustainable Living" and features over 40 workshops, 20 vendors, live music and a children's tent.

11 reflections on 9/11: Sharon Stephens Brehm

Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 12:29 p.m.

In the hours, days, and weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11, there was a constant stream of references to the great change that had taken place. At work, at home, in informal settings and on formal occasions, one heard, "We're living in a new world now. Things will never be the same." For the victims and their families, as also for those who died or were seriously injured in military service and their families, there is no going back to the way things used to be. But for those of us in the United States who were not affected directly by the attacks and the war that followed, that sense of a turning point is not nearly so sharp as it used to be. Life, after all, goes on, things get done, people adjust. The impact of 9/11, once so powerful, becomes muted.

Piecing their lives back together

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 12:09 p.m.

NEW YORK - On Sept. 11, students and faculty at the Borough of Manhattan Community College were a block from hell. While phone calls and news bulletins tore into our morning, a plane ripped through theirs. Students were in class that day giving speeches and taking tests when they heard a crunching noise, which they would soon learn was the first plane colliding into Tower 1.

'The impact it's had'

By Ryan Lengerich · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 11:51 a.m.

One year ago yesterday, Julie Doi sat on one of three couches facing the television in a main room of the Delta Delta Delta sorority house. She was surrounded by what she said were nearly all of her sorority sisters. "The whole house was just dead silent watching the TV, wide-eyed," Doi said.

Arafat's cabinet resigns

By Hadeel Wahdan · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:04 a.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Cabinet resigned Wednesday after Yasser Arafat lost a showdown with parliament -- the most serious challenge to the Palestinian leader since he returned from exile in 1994. Earlier in the day, Arafat had set Jan. 20 as a date for presidential and parliamentary elections in an attempt to defuse the confrontation with disgruntled legislators who accused him of making only halfhearted efforts to reform his administration.

Bush to speak with U.N. today

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Guggenheim · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Before President Bush goes before the United Nations to make the case for action against Iraq, his administration is facing a tough audience closer to home: Congress. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs of Staff met for three hours Tuesday with Gen. Tommy Franks, the commander who would lead any military campaign in Iraq. Meanwhile, a push by senior Bush administration officials, including Capitol Hill meetings Tuesday with CIA director George Tenet and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, hasn't convinced key lawmakers that a war is needed.

Another crazy florida election

By Alyson Brodsy and Catherine Wilson · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 2:03 a.m.

MIAMI -- Despite a $32 million renovation, Florida's new election system crashed in an embarrassment that, like the 2000 election, left voters wondering whether their votes counted, candidates pondering recounts and everyone asking who's to blame. "You guys have NO idea what a mess this has been," state election monitor Mike Lindsey wrote his Tallahassee bosses in a pre-dawn e-mail from Broward County on Wednesday. "The mess was the result of no planning, poor leadership, lack of 'process ownership' and passing the buck."

IU heals one year later

By Jackie Corgan · Thursday, Sept. 12,2002 1:59 a.m.

Students, faculty and Bloomington locals gathered around Showalter Fountain for the "9/11 Remembrance Ceremony," in honor of those whose lives were lost in last year's terrorist attacks. The event's keynote speakers included Chancellor Sharon Brehm, professors of English Kevin Young and Scott Sanders, Student Body President Bill Gray and IU President Myles Brand. The ceremony also included the presentation of three Sept.11 scholarships to memorialize IU's victims of last year's events. "We gather in sorrow of the tragic loss of these individuals," Brehm said as she stood in front of the IU Auditorium. "We stand in solidarity with all of the families. We have no guide books, no clearly marked path and no previous traveler to show us the way. The task of the living is to be defiant. To stand up for the new birth of freedom."