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Lawmakers push back bill requiring passports at borders By Lara Jakes Jordan The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – A plan to tighten U.S. borders by requiring passports or tamper-resistant identification cards from everyone entering the country by land from Mexico and Canada has been delayed. House and Senate lawmakers agreed to push back the program by 17 months, saying they want to make sure new ID cards being developed by the Bush administration will better secure borders against terrorists without slowing legitimate travelers from Canada and Mexico. The new ID’s will be required for Americans and all others entering the U.S. The delay would only apply to travelers entering the U.S. over land borders from Canada and Mexico. It would not affect travel rules for people coming into the country by airplane or boat, who will have to show their passports to customs officials as of Jan. 8, 2007, to gain entry. The border crackdown was wrapped up in an overall $34.8 billion spending plan for the Homeland Security Department. The House and Senate each aim to approve it later this week, before lawmakers recess for the elections. The spending bill reflects “a dramatic step forward toward making sure that our borders are secure,” Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., who helped negotiate the measure, said Tuesday. Gregg added: “We still have a

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A forest firefighter turns away to protect himself from the intense heat as the fire, jumps Lockwood Valley road in Ventura, Calif. Tuesday. Despite the renewed intensity, no homes had been lost to the fire, which began on Labor Day and has burned more than 143,100 acres in wilderness about 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Firefighters battle flare-up in Southern California blaze By Jeremiah Marquez The Associated Press

LOCKWOOD VALLEY, Calif. – Fire trucks, bulldozers and water tankers guarded homes within sight of a massive wildfire Tuesday as officials urged rural residents of Southern California mountain communities to evacuate. Thick smoke turned the sky gray and purplish as flames roiled through pines and juniper trees on slopes of Los Padres National Forest, where more than 3,500 firefighters have battled the blaze since it started on Labor Day. No homes had been lost to the fire, one of the largest and longest-burning wildfires in state history, burning some 70 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Overall, containment was

SMOKING: Students want to clear the air CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 was the research of Stephen Jay of the IU School of Medicine. Jay’s research concluded that secondhand smoke is the third leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. “People should be able to walk into Ballantine Hall without having to go through a gauntlet of smoke,” Morgan said. Smokers outside of Ballantine Hall were unenthusiastic about the proposed ban Tues-

just 43 percent. Authorities recommended evacuation of Lockwood Valley, Pinon Pines, Pine Mountain Club and Lake of the Woods – remote Ventura County communities arrayed along roads west of Interstate 5. Wind-whipped flames jumped a road during the day, said U.S. Forest Service fire spokesman Larry Comerford. “It sounded like a jet engine,” Forest Service firefighter Greg Valencia said of a towering wall of flame he saw blow past a home, leaving it unscathed. Water- and retardant-dropping helicopters and aircraft attacked the flames from the sky. On the ground, crews staged equipment at the widely spaced homes for structure protection. At almost every house there

was at least one engine and a few firefighters clearing brush, hosing down roofs and decks. A bulldozer plowed a firebreak around one home. Bits of ash fell from the sky. The new fire activity was a surprise setback for firefighters. The blaze that had been moving relatively slowly with the dying of weekend Santa Ana winds that had the potential to greatly spread flames but did not. The blaze, which has burned more than 143,100 acres – 223 square miles – of wilderness, was ignited by someone burning debris. Firefighting costs have topped $41 million. Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Ventura County. The move clears the way for government assistance with costs related to the fire.

day afternoon. “It’s different smoking indoors; I can understand the ban on that,” sophomore Eric Aiken said, preparing to light a Camel Light. “Indoors you’re circulating the same air over and over again, but outdoors you should be able to have free roam. There’s a plentiful supply of oxygen. I think (the ban) is silly.” Junior Jon Wargo shared much of that sentiment as he smoked outside Ballantine. “Since Kilroy’s banned smoking outside there’s not a place for a smoker to go rest anymore,” he said. “I think

we should have the freedom to have a cigarette outside. As long as there’s a place to put it out, I don’t see the problem.” Morgan said since IUPUI has already shown that such a smoking policy is viable on a large campus, he hopes the Bloomington campus will adopt a smoking ban within the next six months. IU Director of Media Relations Larry MacIntyre said he was not aware of any discussion about the issue at the administrative level yet, and such a plan might have to be approved by the board of trustees.

long way to go. Nobody is going to argue about that.” The massive spending bill also includes plans to: –Spend $1.2 billion on border fencing, vehicle barriers and technology to prevent illegal immigrants and criminals from sneaking into the country. –Overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency to give its director a direct line to the president during catastrophes, and remerge disaster preparedness planning with response missions. –Give the Homeland Security Department authority to shut down chemical plants that fail to meet security standards. –Buy nuclear detectors to scan shipping cargo, and hire more Coast Guard inspectors and customs agents at seaports. –Allow Americans to legally import a 90-day supply of prescription medications from Canada by carrying them back across the border, while retaining bans on importing drugs by mail or the Internet. Lawmakers who represent states on the Canadian border have long opposed the tamperproof ID program that was urged by the 9/11 Commission. They fear the plans will slow cross-border commerce with Canada – the largest trading partner of the U.S. – and scare away tourists. Currently, border crossers need only a picture ID card, like a driver’s license, and a birth certificate to get into the United States. Neither document would be accepted

under the proposed rules because they can be easily forged. Instead, the administration is seeking to require border crossers to show passports or a cheaper alternative, dubbed a “PASS” card, that is still being designed. But technology to read the cards, as well as security standards to make sure they work, is not ready. The congressional agreement worked out Monday night would delay the program until June 2009. “This has been shaping up as a train wreck in slow motion,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Tuesday. “Poor planning and premature implementation of this system could clog our borders while making us even less secure.” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told Congress Tuesday he would consider permitting travelers to use alternative forms of ID, such as driver’s licenses, if they are improved to prevent tampering or other forgeries. “Our interest here is in an efficient and inexpensive, but nevertheless reliable, form of identification that achieves the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission,” Chertoff told the House Homeland Security Committee. Democrats said the spending plan doesn’t go far enough and called for more money for emergency responders and ports, as well as stronger protections at chemical plants. “We need to do all that we can to protect this country, and I don’t think this bill does that,” said Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark.

Nature article says U.S. government blocked report on global warming By Randolph E. Schmid The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – A government agency blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disputed the Nature article, saying there was not a report but a two-page fact sheet about the topic. The information was to be included in a press kit to be distributed in May as the annual hurricane season approached, but it wasn’t ready. “The document wasn’t done in time for the rollout,” NOAA spokesman Jordan St. John said in responding to the Nature article. “The White House never saw it, so they didn’t block it.” The possibility that warming conditions may cause storms to become stronger has gener-

ated debate among climate and weather experts, particularly in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. In the new case, Nature said weather experts at the NOAA – part of the Department of Commerce – in February set up a sevenmember panel to prepare a consensus report on the views of agency scientists about global warming and hurricanes. According to Nature, a draft of the statement said that warming may be having an effect. In May, when the report was expected to be released, panel chair Ants Leetmaa received an e-mail from a Commerce official saying the report needed to be made less technical and was not to be released, Nature reported. Leetmaa, head of NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in New Jersey, did not immediately respond to calls

seeking comment. NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher is currently out of the country, but Nature quoted him as saying the report was merely an internal document and could not be released because the agency could not take an official position on the issue. However, the journal said in its online report that the study was merely a discussion of the current state of hurricane science and did not contain any policy or position statements. The report drew a prompt response from Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., who charged that “the administration has effectively declared war on science and truth to advance its anti-environment agenda ... the Bush administration continues to censor scientists who have documented the current impacts of global warming.”

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Iraq moves ahead with constitutional reform

LOCUSTS – Raul MIguel Pech uses a branch to scare away a cloud of locusts in the city of Cancun, Mexico, Monday. A locust plague has invaded the outskirts of this resort city.

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By Qassim Abdul-Zahra The Associated Press

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s feuding ethnic and sectarian groups moved ahead Monday with forming a committee to consider amending the constitution after their leaders agreed to delay any division of the country into autonomous states until 2008. As legislators formed a 27member committee to begin talking about amending Iraq’s constitution, official observances of Ramadan were punctuated with violence around the country. British forces reported they had killed Omar al-Farouq, a top militant leader, identified by Iraqi officials as an al-Qaida leader who had escaped from a U.S. prison in Afghanistan and returned to Iraq. Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders in parliament formed the constitutional committee, which will take about a year to review any changes and get them approved. A separate Shiite-sponsored federalism bill will be read to the legislature Tuesday and then debated for two days before parliament breaks for the Iraqi weekend. The legislation would be read again, with any changes made by legislators, Oct. 1. A vote would come four days after the second reading, with the bill needing a simple majority for passage. If approved, it would be implemented 18 months later – in 2008 – according to the deal made by the parties. The deal was a victory for Sunni Arabs, who had been fighting the federalism bill proposed by Shiite cleric Abdel Aziz alHakim, the leader of the United Iraqi Alliance. They fear that if not amended, it will splinter the country and deny them a share of Iraq’s oil, which is found in the predominantly Kurdish north and the heavily Shiite south. They agreed to break a twoweek deadlock after all parties accepted a Sunni demand that the parliamentary committee be set up discuss amending the constitution. Sunni Arabs hope to win an amendment that would make it more difficult to establish autonomous regions. Although the deal was struck and endorsed by Adnan al-Dulaimi’s Sunni Arab Accordance

CINEPHILE: Filmmakers can win $500 grants CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 because of their interns, seniors Courtney Wiesenauer and Matt Seegers. Before the founders moved away, much of the interns’ work was split among Pruett, Jankovich and Landis. The central focus of Cinephile is to help area filmmakers. One way of helping is that they now provide resources in return for volunteer work. “We’ve been focusing so much on helping other people that (Jankovich, Pruett) and I haven’t had a big film project in a while,” said Landis.

SPEAKER: Kadeer attracts wide audience CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

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Iraqi Shiite Muslims read the Quran, Islam’s holy book, on the first day of Ramadan at the holy shrine of Imam Ali, in Najaf, Iraq, Monday. Front, which has 44 seats in the 275-member parliament, it was rejected by the hard-liners. “We reject any attempt to promote the regions legislation or federalism because it will pave the way for the partitioning of Iraq,” Hamid al-Mutlaq, a senior official in the Sunni Arab National Dialogue Front, told The Associated Press. He added that his bloc, which has 11 seats in parliament and is run by Saleh al-Mutlaq, was distressed that other groups such as the Accordance Front either helped strike the deal or supported it. “The groups, especially the Iraqi Accordance Front, that helped pass this legislation and ignored the will of the Iraqi people bear a historical responsibility regarding this issue,” he said. Although federalism is enshrined in the constitution approved by Iraqis in a referendum a year ago, the right to seek amendments to the charter was a key demand made by Sunni Arabs when they agreed to join Shiite Prime Minister Nouri alMaliki’s national unity government in the spring. The deal opened the way for Iraq’s communities to move ahead politically and solve an impasse that threatened to worsen relations among them. If left

unresolved, the deadlock could have further shaken Iraq’s fragile democracy and led to more sectarian violence. The depth of enmity between Shiites and Sunni Arabs was evident in their disagreement over the day the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was to begin. Sunni Arabs began observing the month of daytime fasting Saturday, while Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, declared the start to be Monday. The Shiite-led government followed al-Sistani’s lead. The observances started with violent attacks around Iraq, including an assault on a police station and the discovery of more apparent victims of sectarian death squads in the capital. Iraq has seen increased violence during Ramadan in the past, and Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell, spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition, warned last week it was anticipated that Iraq’s already severe sectarian violence would escalate during the holy month once again. Al-Farouq was killed in the raid against his home in Basra, 340 miles south of Baghdad, when he opened fire on British soldiers entering the building, British forces spokesman Maj. Charlie Burbridge said.

When Cinephile started its weekly fundraising project Atomic Age Cinema (held at the Cinemat at midnight on Saturdays), the founders did not know what they would do with the money until they thought of the grant program and film festival. “We started the fundraising program and decided to find a way to give the money back to filmmakers,” Landis said. Cinephile hopes to gain status as a nonprofit organization to make growth easier. It also plans to eventually have a partnership with the University that would give credits to IU students for taking classes through Cinephile, Pruett said.

“A lot of dedicated film schools are really expensive. Some of them you can’t get financial aid for, and that’s definitely a gap that I think we’re in a position to fill,” Pruett said. Another way Cinephile is trying to expand is by holding a kids film workshop in the summer. Pruett and the founders are very excited to bring children in and increase involvement to a younger audience. With community support and enough volunteers, Cinephile hopes to continue expanding. Pruett said he hopes that someday Cinephile will help “make the Bloomington film scene look like the Bloomington music scene.”

that Uyghur people should be granted rights in solution to the Chinese government’s unity problem, Kadeer was stripped of her titles and put on house arrest. Kadeer said she was warned about disclosing information to outside sources but said she didn’t care. After sending documents to congressional delegates in the United States, Kadeer was put in jail. “It wasn’t a secret,” Kadeer said during her lecture. “I just told them what was happening.” Six years later – a year and a half earlier than expected – Kadeer was sent to the United States. She was able to set up residency in Washington, D.C., but not without help. Amnesty International and other human rights groups acted on her behalf while she was in jail.

SPAM: Filter available to all Webmail users CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 cost of e-mail, not just at IU, but across the Internet, Jackson said. Though the filter has been available for a few years, very few people enrolled in it every year because they were forced to find it and register for it, he said. Under the current system, if people have spam in their

BRAILLE: Blind benefit from new menus CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 restaurants receive two copies. Without the new initiative, if a restaurant wanted to have a menu translated, Stores estimated a professional translator might charge 50 cents per page, plus a translation fee per page and possibly an hourly charge as well. The IU Adaptive Technol-

Christy Campoll, an IU graduate student and a local Amnesty International volunteer, was enthusiastic about what Kadeer had to say and was interested in her status now that she has been released. “She is a high-profile human rights activist on a global level,” Campoll said. “I’m heavily interested to hear what she’s doing for her community back home.” After being released from prison and moving to the United States, Kadeer’s life would appear to have greatly improved. However, last June three of Kadeer’s sons were imprisoned and her daughter was put on house arrest as part of the Chinese government’s reaction to her activism in America. Though self-described as the “mother who loves her children the most,” Kadeer will continue to act and speak out for her people. “I want to become a voice for the Uyghur people who live under Chinese rulings,” she said.

Kadeer assures that her activism will not stop there. She hopes to eventually speak for minorities under oppression, which is mainly why she is a nominee for the Peace Prize. Facing harsh criticism from the Chinese government that now considers her a terrorist, Kadeer, the “mother” for the Uyghur people, said she is proud of the nomination and thinks the award would help her cause. “It would be a pleasure if I won it because it would work to help the Uyghur people,” she said. “Mother is often known as peace, not violence.” Kadeer drew a plethora of questions from audience members, who ranged from children to professors. “I care a lot about anyone who has to struggle to keep their existence,” former IU student Ken Steele said. “I don’t know much about her, and I’m sure a lot of people don’t, but I’m always willing to listen about human rights.”

mailboxes, they might not even identify it for a few days, and even if they do, the message is still saved on IU’s storage disks for several more days. But the new system will immediately identify junk mail and get rid of it faster. “For IU, the last e-mail update cost $1.7 million,” Jackson said. “Almost $900,000 was for storage.” The new implementation of the spam filter will free up a

lot of disk space, Jackson said. When spam is disposed of efficiently, there is more disk space, and IU doesn’t have to buy more disk space as often, he said. While this automatic filter system is solely for Webmail, other users can benefit from a different filter, Native protection, that comes with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange, other e-mail systems available for users with an IU account.

ogy Center is handling the cost of producing the menus, said Craig Brenner, who is involved in the initiative as the special project coordinator of Community and Family Resources for Bloomington. Brenner said because of the availability of menus in Braille and large-print, “more people with visual impairments will try new restaurants and feel welcome.” Michael’s Uptown Cafe has had Braille menus for about

10 years and recently had its Braille menu updated through the IU Adaptive Technology Center. “It’s a good way to reach that audience,” said owner Michael Cassady. According to a news release, the city’s Web site, www. bloomington.in.gov, will provide a complete list of Bloomington restaurants that use Braille or large-print menus starting in October.

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3 children of slain pregnant woman found dead in Illinois apartment’s washer, dryer By Jim Suhr The Associated Press

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Authorities on Sunday were trying to pinpoint who killed three children an investigator says were found decomposing inside the washer and dryer of their apartment home, hours after a woman was accused of killing their pregnant mother and her fetus. Saturday night’s discovery inside apartment 28J at the John DeShields public housing complex came two days after the mother of the children – ages 1, 2 and 7 – was found in a weedy lot, her abdomen torn open and the baby she was carrying missing. Investigators carried out a furious two-day search, including scouring an 1,100-acre state park, for the children they said were last seen Monday with 24-year-old Tiffany Hall, a family friend prosecutors charged Saturday afternoon with killing Jimella Tunstall and her unborn baby. Hours later, Hall pointed authorities to Tunstall’s apartment that investigators had briefly visited earlier in search of photographs of the children for media outlets to publicize as the search pressed on, said Ace Hart, a deputy St. Clair County coroner. Hall “fessed up where the kids were. She didn’t say she killed them,” Hart said Sunday, saying he understood why investigators may have overlooked the children during their previous trip to the apartment. “Who would be looking in the washer and dryer?” But by Saturday night, Hart said, “you could find them by the smell.” Two of the children were found nude, the third wearing only underpants, Hart said. The oldest, 7-year-old DeMond

Tunstall, was found in the dryer, the younger two children – 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall-Collins and 1-year-old Jinela Tunstall – in the washer. Hall remained jailed Sunday in nearby Belleville on $5 million bond, charged with first-degree murder in Tunstall’s death and with intentional homicide of an unborn child. Preliminary autopsies showed that the children’s cause of death was drowning. Illinois State Police Capt. Craig Koehler declined to say late Saturday whether Hall was suspected in the children’s deaths. “Any time you have three deceased children, it’s a very emotional time,” Koehler said, fighting back tears. “All these investigators have worked tirelessly with one outcome in mind – to find these children alive.” An autopsy showed that Jimella Tunstall, whose body was found Thursday, bled to death after sustaining an abdominal wound caused by a sharp object, believed to be scissors, Hart has said. Authorities believe her womb was cut open after she was knocked unconscious. Relatives say Tunstall grew up with Hall and had let her babysit her children. Officials suspect Tunstall was slain on or about Sept. 15, said Robert Haida, St. Clair County’s prosecutor. The same day, Hall summoned police to a park, saying she had given birth to a stillborn child, Hart said. Hall and the 7-month-old fetus were taken to a hospital, where she would not let doctors examine her and offered conflicting reasons for why she went into labor, alternately saying she had consensual sex and was raped, Hart said. The dead baby showed no signs of trauma, and an autopsy the next

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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s feuding ethnic and sectarian groups agreed Sunday to consider amending the constitution and begin debating legislation to create a federated nation, while the Shiite prime minister appealed for an end to violence during Ramadan. Despite Nouri al-Maliki’s plea for peace, violence killed at least 20 Iraqis and wounded 37 a day before the official start of the Muslim holy month. Two U.S. Marines died in combat in restive Anbar province west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. Shiite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders broke a twoweek deadlock and agreed on a compromise that will allow par-

liament to take up Shiite-proposed draft legislation to permit creation of partly self-ruling regions. Sunni Arabs have fought the federalism bill, fearing it will splinter the country and deny them a share of Iraq’s oil, which is found in the predominantly Kurdish north and the heavily Shiite south. But they agreed to a legislative debate after all parties accepted a Sunni demand that a parliamentary committee be set up to study amending the constitution. The committee will be named Monday and the federalism bill will be read to 275member parliament a day later. Sunni Arabs hope to win an amendment that would make it more difficult to establish autonomous regions. see IRAQ, page 7

Democrats attack GOP with intelligence report By Nedra Pickler The Associated Press

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In this undated photo provided by the Illinois State Police, 7-year-old Demond Tunstall, 2-year-old Ivan Tunstall and 1-year-old Jinella Tunstall are shown. The children were found dead in the washer and dryer of their mother’s East St. Louis, Ill., apartment on Saturday. Police are questioning a 26-year-old woman in connection of the death of the children’s pregnant mother, whose fetus was cut from her womb. day failed to pinpoint a cause of death, Hart said. Authorities say Hall acknowledged to her boyfriend during the baby’s funeral Thursday that the child wasn’t his and that she had killed the mother to get it. The boyfriend, reportedly a sailor home on leave, told police, who arrested his girlfriend hours later, investigators said. Hall has two children of

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her own. Koehler said they are “safe and sound.” Hall likely will be arraigned Monday on the two charges, each carrying a 20 to 60 years or life in prison, Haida said. The murder count could be punishable by the death penalty. DNA tests should determine definitively whether the baby was the one Tunstall was carrying, Hart said.

WASHINGTON – Democrats on Sunday seized on an intelligence assessment that said the Iraq war has increased the terrorist threat, saying it was further evidence that Americans should choose new leadership in the November elections. The Democrats hoped the report would undermine the GOP’s image as the party more capable of handling terrorism as the campaign enters its final six-week stretch. Their criticisms came in a collection of statements sent to reporters Sunday amid the disclosure of a National Intelligence Estimate that concluded the war has helped create a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. The report was completed in April and represented a con-

sensus view of the 16 disparate spy services inside government, according to an intelligence official. The official, confirming accounts first published in Sunday’s New York Times and Washington Post, spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday because the report is classified. “Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration’s stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous for every American,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic effort to take control of the House. “It’s time for a new direction in this country,” Emanuel, D-Ill., said in the statement. “Press reports say our nation’s intelligence services have confirmed that President (George W.) Bush’s repeated missteps in see REPORT, page 7

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TOP REASONS TO WATCH THIS SEASON Erica Short. The sophomore outside hitter has already notched two tournament MVP honors this season - one at the IU Credit Union Tournament and the other at the TIS Bookstore Tournament. Mark Sept. 30 on the calendar. The Hoosiers will host “Jam the Gym” when they take on Ohio State in the University Gym at 7 p.m. Tickets are $1, and the first 500 fans receive a free IU women’s volleyball gift.

Tough schedule ahead for Hoosiers this season Big Ten features five nationally ranked foes for IU By Rick Harker rharkerj@indiana.edu

The start of another Big Ten season is barreling down on the IU volleyball team, and it holds 11 squads – five of which are ranked in the top 25 nationally. “We are definitely prepared,” sophomore defensive specialist Kari Morgenstein said. “We have played for a month and have worked hard to prepare for the Big Ten.” In that month of preseason, the Hoosiers have faced ranked

opponents, such as then-No. 22 Louisiana State University, which is the type of opponent they will face throughout the Big Ten season. Members of the team say going through this type of preseason schedule and playing a team like LSU will make them better. “A nice thing about preseason is we work out kinks in the team. We get to see where we are,” Morgenstein said. “Losing to LSU was a learning experience.” The teams from the Big Ten in the national top 25 include No. 2 Penn State, No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 16 Purdue, No. 22 Minnesota and No. 23 Ohio State. Even though the Big Ten schedule is laced with top-tier teams, familiarity with opponents is something that might help the Hoosiers

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in the long run. “We usually know what is going to happen in scouting since we play each team twice a year,” said Carrie Deal, sophomore middle blocker and outside hitter. The Hoosiers might think familiarity breeds contempt – or at least a little extra intensity – since IU coach Katie Weismiller said the stakes are raised a little higher in Big Ten play. “I think that every time you are in the Big Ten conference, the intensity picks up anyway,” Weismiller said. “When the Big Ten starts, it is a second season. We want to get better from a player and coach perspective, so the intensity goes up.” As the Hoosiers start the “second season” and the intensity increases, the team has circled a couple matches of interest that could be large and meaningful wins. Morgenstein said Purdue is a team at the top of the list for the Hoosiers to beat because of the rivalry between the schools. Weismiller has marked the No. 2 team in the nation Penn State as the victory that she most wants to have in conference play. “I think you have to look at PSU,” Weismiller said. “To beat them for the first time would be so rewarding.” Whatever happens in Big Ten play, the Hoosiers said they have each other’s backs. Team unity seems to be important to all of the players and coaches. “I think a good strength of ours is good team chemistry,” Morgenstein said. “We hang out on the weekends.” Since every team wins and loses, it is psychologically important to have team members who support each other through thick and thin to help pull through a tough and grueling season, the women said. “We pick each other up when they need it,” Deal said.

Defensive specialists key to squad’s success By Mike Abrams misabram@indiana.edu

IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson preaches that the best offensive is a good defense. This idea, one practiced among many sports, also holds true for the IU women’s volleyball team. The Hoosiers understand the importance of defense and have scholarship athletes in the defensive specialist positions. These players anchor the back row and start most plays, but they don’t get a lot of fan recognition. IU coach, Katie Weismiller said she understands their role and recognizes the importance of the position. “This is my 14th season, and we’ve always had a defensive specialist on scholarship,” Weismiller said. “That shows how important this position is to me.” Despite its importance, the positions are still widely overlooked by most spectators. That doesn’t keep senior Sara Diehl, the team’s libero, from loving the position. The libero is the defensive specialist who wears a different jersey color and can substitute with any player in the back row at any time. “The crowd doesn’t always

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Campus Calendar roundtable brown bag luncheon will take place in the Gallery Room of the Memorial Union. Free admission. 12:30 p.m. — “My Heart in a Suitcase” will take place in Stephens Auditorium for grades 4 to 9. Cost is $4. 7 p.m. — James Dickson of the Institute for Food Safety and Food Security and Charles Hurburgh, professor-in-charge of the Iowa Grain Quality Initiative and professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering and food science and human nutrition, will speak at a panel, “Are We Doing Enough? Food Safety and Biosecurity Issues” in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Free admission.

Thursday, February 9 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. — An art and poster sale will take place in the Cardinal Room of the Memorial Union. 10 a.m. — “My Heart in a Suitcase” will take place in Stephens Auditorium for grades 4 to 9. Cost is $4. Noon — Jo Meyers-Walker will give a brown bag lunch at The Left Bank Studio. Cookies and coffee will be provided. Free for members or $7 for guests. Noon — Damon Archibald, associate head men’s basketball coach, will speak in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. Free admission. 12:10 p.m. — A organization adviser

Police Blotter address, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance and theft in the 5th degree. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Cory Timm, 20, Roland, was arrested and charged with driving while revoked. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Travis Lampe, 25, 1128 28th St., was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office.

All the information in the blotter comes from the arrest records of the Ames Police Department. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. February 6 • Leonard Boyd, 18, Chicago, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Timothy Tucker, 20, 707 16th St., was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — A Shiite politician urged Shiite-led security forces Wednesday to pay attention to human rights, a gesture aimed at appeasing Sunni Arabs who accuse police of murder and abuse. The U.S. command reported three more American troops have died. Building a powerful Iraqi police force and army is crucial for the U.S. strategy of transferring security responsibility to the Iraqis.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A public library book issued in 1945 racked up more than $6,100 in late fees, but the fine has been waived. “The Punch Library of Humour” borrowed from the Rotorua Public Library 61 years ago was found in an attic. The library manager said she would waive the charges in return for displaying the book.

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ATLANTA — For the first time in more than 70 years, annual cancer deaths in the United States have fallen, a turning point in the war on cancer likely achieved by declines in smoking and better tumor detection and treatment. The number of cancer deaths dropped to 556,902 in 2003, down from 557,271 the year before, according to a review of U.S. death certificates by the National Center for Health Statistics.

February 8 • Ryan Meek, 21, 1214 N. 3rd St., was arrested and charged with domestic assault. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Michael Fouts, 23, Cedar Rapids, was arrested and charged with public intoxication. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Jamaul Montgomery, 24, Woodward, was arrested on a warrant for assault. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Devlin Lockman, 30, 4810 Westbend Drive, was arrested and charged with having no insurance and failure to stay on the right side of the road. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office.

February 7 • Matt Harbour, 1329 Woodstock Ave., was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Ben Saunders, 28, Iowa City, was arrested and charged with operating while intoxicated, 2nd offense. He was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Amber Langwen, 23, Danbury, was arrested and charged with driving under suspension and harassment of a police officer. She was transported to the Story County Sheriff’s Office. • Richard Bouchard, 40, no permanent

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STAHL: BLACK GOLD Politicians have been echoing the phrase ‘Addicted to Oil’ since it was coined by President George W. Bush. Unfortunately for them, oil is a good thing. PAGE 4

Odyssey of the Mind participants speak out on the competition and their time in beautiful Ames. —Abby Christman, competitor from Wellsville, New York

—Bethany Audette, competitor from South Burlington, Vermont

‘X-Men’ Part III debuts Friday With “The Da Vinci Code” buzz behind us, the next big box office film finalizes the “XMen” trilogy. The climatic finale to the series leaves the characters torn between maintaining their mutant status or fitting in. Showtimes are located on the frontpage. PAGE 7

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Sports RACING TEAM FINISHES TOP-10 The ISU Formula Society of Automotive Engineers managed a seventh-place finish in the national competition, the highest in school history, despite competition-day setbacks. PAGE 9

ORTIZ: GLOOMY PERCEPTIONS Citizens of other countries have preconcieved notions about all Americans. It is up to Americans abroad to alleviate these stereotypes. PAGE 5

“We’ve tried to figure out how we can move here.”

“Our assistant coach couldn’t come. She’s in high school and it’s prom weekend.”

UNDEROATH VISUAL REVIEW A photographic recap of the Christian hard core concert preview in Tuesday’s Daily. PAGE 8

EDITORIAL: JUST ANOTHER LINE ON THE U-BILL The Board of Regents is considering a surcharge as an incentive for students to conserve energy on campus. We feel this solution is only a temporary fix. PAGE 4

“We just tossed our solutions on the bottom of the bus.”

—Amy Dockery, chaperone from Chattanooga, Tennessee

BOOK REVIEW: ‘RADICAL PRUNINGS’ The latest work from Bonnie Thomas Abbott reads like a cross between a diary and “Dear Abby” columns. Unconventional storytelling makes for a solid read. PAGE 8

Opinion

News ODYSSEY OF THE MIND BEGINS Students from across the United States and from 25 other countries meet on the ISU campus to compete their creative solutions to problems assigned by the organization. The event continues through Sunday. PAGE 1

SEARCH IS ON TO REPLACE BEN ALLEN Susan Carlson has been named the interim provost to replace Allen, who is moving to be the president of University of Northern Iowa. The search for a permanant replacement has begun. PAGE 1

RETROFIT SPRINKLERS BECOME A REALITY Students in the Greek community reflect on the City Council’s decision to require sprinklers in the houses. The houses have 10 years to implement the systems. PAGE 1

STUDENTS DIFFER ON PRIMARY Some students plan to vote in the Gubernatorial primaries on June 6. Others don’t know anything about the candidates and don’t plan to do any research. PAGE 6

PHILLIPS: AIR LEBRON? LeBron James may not be the next Michael Jordan. In fact, he’s probably better than Air Jordan at the same age. PAGE 9

Pulse ‘X-MEN 3: THE LAST STAND’ The Daily presents an in-depth preview of Friday’s blockbuster release of the final installment in the XMen movie trilogy. A time line of X-Men history also accompanies the article. PAGE 7

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I order what’s best for my budget, and sometimes that’s not the healthiest thing on the menu. Jorge Espinoza

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Photo Illustration: Lindsay Wheatley/Iowa State Daily Recent studies conducted by the Keystone Center, a science and public policy program and science school, have been the basis for the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation for the reduction of portion sizes at restaurants. Opinions vary among students whether the smaller portion size will affect the weight gain of America’s population.

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Photo: Emily Sadler/Iowa State Daily Thad Pothast, senior in horticulture, treats himself to shaved ice Wednesday afternoon at the Tropical Snow stand on the corner of Grand Ave and 30th St. Summer heat and high humidity has brought many out to enjoy the cool treats.

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posters,” according to the Web site. Cafes keep a nutrition notebook available upon request as well. ISU Dining also has staff nutritionists, who students can contact if they have concerns, said Justinn Jenkins, assistant manager of campus dining services. “Occasionally we get some students who come to ask,” she said. “Mostly, we haven’t had many. If they do, we go through the menu with them and talk them through it. We try to accommodate them as much as we can.” Jenkins said she didn’t know what kind of affect the nutrition information had on students. “Students are going to eat whatever they want,” she said. “They chose what they’re going to eat; we don’t keep track.” Some ISU students said portions outpacing appetites are a problem. “If you look at portion sizes

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