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Congresswoman highlights health policies, black issues

By Kara Salge · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:13 a.m.

Julia Carson knew there was something wrong when she was running for the Indiana General Assembly. She had all the symptoms. It was her heart.

Sorority sponsors lecture about drunken driving

By Katie Mackey · Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:11 a.m.

One bad decision changed Mark Sterner's life forever. While on spring break with his best friends in Sanibel Island, Fla., during his senior year of college, Sterner changed the lives of countless people with one act of drunken driving. Sterner, who was charged with the deaths of three college fraternity brothers while drunk driving in 1994, spoke to the greek community at 8 p.m. Monday in Assembly Hall.

Around the Arts

Wednesday, Feb. 21,2001 12:07 a.m.

Classic filmmaker Stanley Kramer dies at age 87 Producer-director Stanley Kramer, whose nearly three dozen films included such classics as "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Inherit the Wind," died Monday at the Motion Picture & Television Hospital in Woodland Hills. He was 87 and had been ill with pneumonia.

Fuel, Buckcherry play powerfully

By Jason Gaddis · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:56 p.m.

\"Now this is an official rock and roll show," said Fuel lead singer Brett Scallions as he held up a bra. But to say that the show began there, during the three-song encore, would be incorrect. Fuel powered through an hour and a half, start to finish, with pure rock and roll Sunday at the Egyptian Room of the Murat Theatre in Indianapolis.

Commission gets arts council on track

By Joseph S. Pete · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:55 p.m.

Last September, Mayor John Fernandez appointed a study commission to help the Bloomington Area Arts Council out of its mounting debt. Renovation of the long-vacant Buskirk-Chumley Theater had put the council $1.1 million in the hole. Now, five months later, the study commission has finished its work, and the arts council is in better financial shape.

Recital features student violinist

By Kailash V. Murthi · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:52 p.m.

Demonstrating her dedication to music, senior and violinist Ju-young Kim performed last night at Recital Hall. "I started playing the violin at the age of 5 when my mother took me to a violin shop," Kim said. "At first I was uncomfortable with it, but then I started getting used to it and fell in love with the violin."

If you could fix these things, I'd vote for you

By James Boyd · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:28 p.m.

Well, the polls are just hours from closing, and it appears as though I'll lose my third straight run at the IU Student Association presidency. It's not much of a disappointment, though, considering I wasn't even running. Nevertheless, if I were president, I'd try my best to get some things done. This campus is plagued with many problems that even the IUSA can't tackle, but here are some issues that are worth fighting for.

Greek Generations

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Reed · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 11:18 p.m.

The greek system at IU after the Great Depression reflected the attitudes and beliefs of the time: conservative, modest, with an emphasis on conformity. Fraternities and sororities played a bigger part in the university than they do now. Each era in the greek system has had its own particular beliefs, fashions and ideals, each different from one another. The contrast with today is especially marked, say some greeks, including sophomore Sarah Iba, president of Alpha Chi Omega.

Make the most of college

By Matt Csanyi · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 10:49 p.m.

I have a confession to make: I am not ready to leave college. I am the guy in the bar who's had a bit too much to drink and is not ready to leave at closing time. Myles Brand is the bouncer, clumsily trying to shove me in the back of the cab headed for the real world as I'm yelling there's no way I could've had that many drinks. Taverns prohibit people too young to drink; colleges prohibit young people overstaying their welcome and turning into old people. And so, as that one rock group said, "I believe it's time for me to fly."

Why I am on the opinion page

By Mark A. Price · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 10:47 p.m.

If opinion consisted solely of unique perspective, that would be the reason I'm here. For in no other way do I make any great effort to be contemporary. In fact, this column is relentlessly self-referential, a full-on blast of what I think.

Censorship should not be tolerated

Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 10:44 p.m.

According to Renee Cox, Jesus is a black, naked woman, and when she went to the last supper, she was flanked by 12 black apostles. At least, that is what her photograph "Yo' Mama's Last Supper," now being shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, conveys. Cox, a Catholic herself, has inspired plenty of controversy with her piece, especially now that New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani wants to take away her freedom to exhibit it, and the people's right to see it.

'Billy Elliot' sleeper hit of the year

By Kate Lewis · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 3:10 p.m.

Who would have thought a movie about a boy's love for ballet would turn out to be one of the best films of the year. The British sleeper hit "Billy Elliot" does just that.

'Almost' perfect

By Jim Poeppelman · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 3:04 p.m.

1973 is infamous as the year America lost its morality, and Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" knows this. Of course it captures the immediate highs of the period, but it never loses sight of the long-term.

Shadow of the Vampire

By Sally O'Brien · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 3:01 p.m.

• Directed by E. Elias Merhige • Starring Willem Dafoe, John Malkovich • Rated R • Now playing at ShowPlace West 12

Hollywood addresses politics as usual with 'The Contender'

By Jodi Miskell · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 2:53 p.m.

It was only a matter of time before Hollywood addressed the concept of sex scandals and the U.S. presidency -- or in the case of Dreamworks' new film "The Contender," the vice presidency.

Outgoing IUSA president recalls election night, offers advice

Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 1:12 a.m.

IU Student Association President Meredith Suffron, a senior, said she is watching this week's IUSA elections from the sidelines. She said she chose not to support one of the five executive tickets. Suffron said election days and nights are full of stress and intensity for the candidates, while the campus is bombarded with fliers, signs and campaigning candidates.

Tickets' platforms address campus issues

Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 1:09 a.m.

Primary goals of the House ticket are student involvement and administrative accountability, candidates said. The ticket consists of freshmen Dale Drizd for president, Jim Brueggemann for vice president for Congress, Heath Voegerl for vice president for administration and Adam Traylor for treasurer.

Tickets ready for elections

Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 1:05 a.m.

Covered with several fresh layers of paint, the bridges of Jordan Avenue are a cutthroat battleground for candidates for IU Student Association offices. The Supernova ticket had someone watch their bridge until 2 a.m. Monday morning, said sophomore Jeff Wuslich, Supernova candidate for vice president for administration. But when the person left, their advertisement was painted over by a rival ticket, he said. Signs of the IUSA elections -- including the bridges -- have been appearing all over campus in the last few days.

Hoosiers looking for sweep

By Alyson Brodsy and Heather A. Dinich · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 1 a.m.

There is no question men's basketball interim head coach Mike Davis has his heart set on postseason play, and time is running out to get there. There are four games left in the regular season, and if Davis wants to reach 19 wins, the Hoosiers must win three of them. But with No. 5 Michigan State, Wisconsin and intra-state rival Purdue left on the schedule, Davis said the Hoosiers are entering the toughest part of the season. The Spartans are first on the list. The Hoosiers (16-10, 7-5 Big Ten) will face Michigan State (20-3, 9-3) at 7 p.m. in the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.

Victim's mother to speak

By Alyson Brodsy and Jennie Arnold · Tuesday, Feb. 20,2001 12:55 a.m.

Judy Shepard, mother of the slain gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard, will speak about the prevention of hate crimes Wednesday in West Lafayette, and some IU students will make the trek to hear the speech. Shepard became a proponent of hate crime ordinances after her son's death in 1998. The event was re-publicized this year by MTV, with the movie "Anatomy of a Hate Crime -- the Matthew Shepard Story."