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Don't 'waste' away your experience

A good friend of mine is an resident assistant in Briscoe this year. As we chatted this week about our summers, I asked her why she had decided to become an RA, especially in Briscoe. There's nothing wrong with that, but I was surprised because she seems more academically oriented. During her first two years, she lived in the Honors section of Ashton Center. It seems she didn't have a choice.

Candidates must follow set rules

The Indiana Election Commission voted to remove eight federal and state candidates from the November state ballot Aug. 24. Those candidates included Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and the Reform Party's John Hagelin. Other candidates, including third party candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, were also removed.

Around The Campus

The IU Police Department is looking for at least three people who were in a fight early Sunday morning outside McNutt Quad.

Wrestlers invade campus

As part of Welcome Week, Eigenmann Hall hosted an event by Extreme Wrestling Federation (EWF) of Marion, Ind.

Poster store opens on Kirkwood

Estate tax bill reaches Clinton

The estate tax bill impacts a small percentage of people, but John Hostetler (R-8th) said it's enough to hurt Indiana farmers and small business owners. Hostetler is calling on President Bill Clinton to accept rather than veto the bill, which would eliminate estate taxes ' laws that require heirs to pay taxes on their inheritance. The Republican Party sent the bill to Clinton Wednesday. Clinton promised to veto the measure.

Around the Game

Junior linebacker Justin Smith has been named to the Butkus Award Watch List. The Butkus Award is an annual honor given to top linebackers in college football. Smith is one of 70 players nationally to make the list. He started all 11 games at linebacker last fall and led Indiana in tackles with 89. Smith played the entire 1999 season with a broken wrist.

Get Legal

Plenty of students are experiencing being away from home for the first time, and money shortages are often a big problem. So when credit card companies offer students cards through the mail or even booths on campus, it's a tempting offer. Just what you need, right?

Around the Arts

Pearl Jam's live performance proves better than album

Short hair, tear-free clothing and not a flannel in sight. But, it was unmistakably Pearl Jam on stage at Deer Creek Aug. 18. Although the Seattle-based guitar band seemed impassionate on its last album, it could not disappoint fans ' new or old ' with a performance that matched the band's passion in days gone by. It proved it still could produce the magic made in the early 1990s.

Men's soccer faces top teams

Every coach uses preseason games to evaluate players and answer questions. Who should play where? Who will excel in game situations? Who's ready to play the nation's best teams before the season even starts? IU soccer coach Jerry Yeagley will get a chance to answer such questions this weekend, when his Hoosiers travel to Fort Wayne to play in the Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Soccer Showcase.

Parliament to decide on human cloning legislation

Britain could be the first country to authorize human cloning if legislation passes in Parliament to amend the current ban. Despite the current move, not everyone in the biology field agrees.

BPD Blotter

Aug. 23 • Law student Andrea L. Taylor, 21, of the 700 block of W. Gourley Pike, was arrested at the 11th and Monroe streets, police said. She was wanted...

Gophers look to return to bowl

No other team captured the hearts of football fans everywhere last season more than Minnesota. The Golden Gophers went to a bowl game for the first time in 14 years en route to an 8-4 record that included a stunning 24-23 triumph at Penn State. After last season's successes, with the Gophers climbing to No. 12 in the polls, it is back to square one for coach Glen Mason and Minnesota.

Young team bonds during 10 practice days

As the volleyball team prepared for its daily practice yesterday, it hardly resembled a 10-day-old team. Instead, the players sat in a circle and laughed like they've known each other for years. In truth, the team has only been together since the beginning of the preseason on Aug. 15. This isn't your normal, everyone's-returned team. There are seven new players on the team and all are freshmen.

'It Runs in the Family' playing at Brown County Playhouse

Sandwiched into the quaint, yet bustling Nashville shopping strip, the Brown County Playhouse always manages to put on an eclectic summer season for its patrons. Their most recent hit is "It Runs in the Family," an intelligent and wonderfully performed British farce by Ray Cooney, which was directed by Bruce Burgun.

'IDS' editor charged with 4 misdemeanors

A night of birthday celebration went horribly awry for IDS Assistant Arts Editor Joseph S. Pete, a sophomore. Pete, 19, of Wright Quad, was arrested at 2:27 a.m. Thursday at the Foster Quad Center Building and charged with possession of marijuana less than 30 grams, illegal consumption, resisting law enforcement and public intoxication, all misdemeanors, according to the IU Police Department.

Dual-sport star dismissed

Junior Greg Yeldell, an All-American triple jumper and a two-year starter on the football team, has been dismissed from both squads and released from his scholarship, IU athletics officials said Wednesday. Football coach Cam Cameron announced at training camp in Marshall, Ind., that Yeldell had been released for "a violation of team rules."

Hoosierfest returns to Bloomington

As soon as the street pavers are done and the backhoes are gone from Kirkwood Avenue, the workers for Hoosierfest will begin setting up. The Saturday festival features an evening of concerts and a beer garden on Kirkwood Avenue between Dunn Street and Indiana Avenue.

Class of 2004 officially inducted into IU

The faculty filed in wearing colorful caps and gowns, the administration evoked the wisdom of historical figures and the students sat with their parents, looking around at their new classmates. This all took place Wednesday at this year's installment of the Freshman Induction Ceremony, making the Class of 2004 officially a part of IU.