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THE BALL STATE THURSDAY September 10, 2003 DAILYDAILY NEWS NEWS Vol. 83, Issue 12 MUNCIE WWW.BSUDAILYNEWS.COM INDIANA

STATE GOVERNMENT Doctors discover brain damage; O’Bannon’s recovery uncertain

process, perhaps as early as In Chicago, Northwestern porarily carry on business without Rehabilitation With the governor in a coma, lieutenant Wednesday. Memorial Hospital spokes- a formal transfer of power. They would need to send a peti- woman Kelly Sullivan said doc- ‘‘I think all of us are in state of About half of the people who governor assumes control of state tion to the Indiana Supreme Court tors saw evidence of brain dam- disbelief that this could happen to suffer strokes have some sort for its approval. age, but the extent of it was not someone who is so vital, who has of disability for at least six ■ Mike Smith Associated Press for several days. The legislative leaders have yet clear. The effects of such so much energy,’’ Kernan said. months after the stroke occurs. State lawmakers on Tuesday asked for a written statement out- damage could range from ‘‘But at the same time, we’ve got The degree of a person’s INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s held off invoking a process lining O’Bannon’s condition from slurred speech to paralysis. to realize, in his absence, it is our lieutenant governor assumed the spelled out in the state constitu- his attending physician. They said O’Bannon is expected to responsibility — and it is exactly disability following a stroke duties of acting governor as Gov. tion for formally transferring they also want the O’Bannon fam- remain under sedation for at what he would tell us — that we depends on four factors: which Frank O’Bannon lay in critical con- authority to Lt. Gov. Joe Kernan. ily’s approval before proceeding. least several days. Patients with need to step up.’’ side of the brain was affected, dition Tuesday following a stroke. Kernan said he believed he O’Bannon, a Democrat in his such injuries are often placed in The acting governor met with which region of the brain was Doctors on Tuesday said that could conduct the state’s business second term, was found in his drug-induced comas to help Tim Joyce, the governor’s chief of damaged, how much of the O’Bannon, 73, had evidence of without a formal transfer, but pajamas, unconscious and near relieve the pressure on the brain staff, who said they had discussed brain was damaged and the brain damage and that it was too Republican Sen. President Pro death, on the floor of his Chicago and allow it to rest and heal. how to carry on the office’s day- soon to say whether he would Tem Robert Garton said he and hotel room Monday morning. He Kernan became acting governor to-day duties — everything from general health of the person recover. They said he would prob- Democratic House Speaker had suffered a type of stroke that under a provision in the state con- reviewing agency vacancies to before the stroke. ably remain in an induced coma Patrick Bauer could initiate the involves bleeding in the brain. stitution that allows him to tem- issuing proclamations. SOURCE: WWW.WEBMD.COM

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RADAR Credit as police Could Omaha be the new Seattle? and the Saddle Creek crew think so. PAGE 3 officer at DN@#&*!? Think Muncie’s messed up? catch- Scheidler Look what’s happening in other towns. 22 Person approaches residents, DALLAS asks about vacation schedules Man ships himself from New York to Texas. Charles Leah Snyder ■ Chief Reporter McKinley found a unique way to save a few bucks getting to An unauthorized person in plain clothes is impersonating a University Police officer at his parents’ house: He crawled Scheidler Apartments and seeking information on into a wooden airplane cargo residents’ vacation schedules. crate and succeeded in ship- Scheidler residents received an e-mail yesterday ping himself from New York to warning them of the suspicious person. Texas. After hours of traveling, University police are requesting that anyone who McKinley, 25, of New York City, has spoken with this person should contact the pried open the crate with a University Police immediately at 285-1111 to pro- THE CONS vide a description. crowbar Saturday morning. He Credit cards tempt students to fall “Residents should not disclose information about popped up outside his parents’ their whereabouts unless (the person questioning doorstep in the south Dallas into significant debt for students if not them) can show proper identification,” said Alan suburb of DeSoto, shook the used right, and sometimes ruin credit. Hargrave, director of Housing and Residence Life. hand of a shocked deliveryman University Police are patrolling the area as and walked away. they have in the past, but they do not randomly ask residents information of this nature, accord- ~ FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ing to the e-mail. Summer Sowers, a Scheidler resident, said a per- WISCONSIN THE PROS son seeking information about residents is very Suspects charged in Wisconsin Credit cards allow students to earn frightening. “I felt safe here until I heard that,” she said. marijuana bust. Two people credit before graduation. Credit were charged Friday in Hargrave is warning residents to use common allows people to get loans, connection with what officials sense to avoid any problems. purchase cars and other “I think it sounds kind of silly,” Scheidler-res- called the largest marijuana ident Jenny Kardatzke said. “I feel safe here, and bust in western Wisconsin. The payment-related objects. arrests followed the confisca- Please see STRANGER, page 2 tion of 650 pounds of marijua- na from a warehouse in the La Crosse area, which originated HEALTH in New Mexico, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman said. ~ FROM THE BADGER HERALD Advocate WISCONSIN Obey seeks Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz resignations. U.S. speaks on Representative David Obey, D-Wausau, put it bluntly Friday when he told President Use caution Bush that Defense Secretary Building credit vital for college students, abstinence Credit card issuers are required Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Erica Pluff ■ Staff Reporter Defense Secretary Paul to tell you the following but beware of cards’ high interest rates information either verbally Wolfowitz should step down “God wants you to have great sex,” Pam because of their massive mis- Melissa Skopelja ■ Chief Reporter dents how to manage credit, personal or in a table format: Stenzel said Tuesday at Emens Auditorium. handling of the war in Iraq. finances and better understand the mon- “It just needs to happen in the boundary for Credit cards: Plastic, powerful and ■ The annual percentage rate ~ FROM THE BADGER HERALD etary system. which it was created,” she added. puzzling. “The idea that you can live now and for purchases made. That boundary is marriage, the abstinence “I would not recommend one unless pay later is what gets everyone into ■ How the APR is determined speaker said, and throughout her “Sex, Love and DNNOTES you absolutely need to have it,” said trouble,” Sundaram said. “There’s no if it is a variable rate. Relationships” program, Stenzel mixed STD sta- sophomore Whitney DeBruler. She owns point carrying on debt from years at ■ The method the issuer uses tistics with Christian values. WEATHER four credit cards. the university to the day when you to compute the balance for The facts and beliefs balanced well, sopho- Associate professor of finance and High: 82 start earning money when you already purchases. more Jenna Doerffler said. 57 insurance Srinivasan Sundaram said the have to start paying off loans. It just “She didn’t push God so much, and that was Low: ■ The amount of any minimum Sunny university should train students how to gets expensive.” important,” Doerffler said. “The statistics properly use their credit cards. Some cards will give students teaser finance charge. helped. That way we knew that she wasn’t just “A college student has to establish interest rates of about 5 percent, which ■ Any transaction fee for making it up.” credit because the day they graduate and last about six months. After the time is purchases. For example, Stenzel said only 30 percent of the look for a job, there are huge investments up, the rate could jump to 19 percent, ■ Transaction fees for cash world’s 30 known STDs are curable. Human REMINDER to be made,” Sundaram said. Sundaram said. advances and fees for Papilloma Virus (HPV) kills more people than AIDS, Fraternity and sorority Sundaram said it’s important for stu- and tests for it cost $1,000, she said. Even then, “The interest is what kills you,” paying late or exceeding the recruitment continues dents to establish credit for the costly DeBruler said. detection could take up to three years, she said. all this week. items they will buy after college, includ- DeBruler said she always makes her credit limit. Facts like these shocked sophomore Kristina ing a car, a home or a loan. payments on time and tries to pay more ■ The amount of any type of Wood. DeBruler obtained her first card at age than the minimum amount. annual fee that you will be “That’s something we should have heard CONTACT US 18 for this very reason. DeBruler said she was lured to get a before college,” Wood said. News desk: 285-8255 charged. To keep students aware of credit cards store credit card because of the deals ■ When charges made to a The teenage girls who Stenzel counseled at the Sports desk: 285-8245 and other finances, Sundaram is hoping Editor: 285-8249 that came with them, such as a percent- charge card are due and Crisis Pregnancy Center in Chicago were always to include a finance class in the universi- afraid of pregnancy, Stenzel said. But they Classified: 285-8247 age discount at the mall. payable. Fax: 285-8248 ty’s core curriculum. The class would be similar to Finance 110, which teaches stu- Please see CREDIT, page 8 SOURCE: WWW.FTBSF.ORG Please see SPEECH, page 2 PAGE 2 l NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 l THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS

TODAY IN HISTORY WEATHER THIS WEEK Stranger: Description 1893 Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Cleveland, gives birth to a daughter in the White Sunny Mostly Sunny Isolated T-storms requested by police House. She was the first child born there. High: 82 High: 80 High: 79 1956 Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show, Low: 57 Low: 60 Low: 61 Continued from PAGE 1 vacations and traveling times scandalizing the audience with his hip-gyrating when they leave emergency-con- choreography. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY I have lived in Scheidler for two tact numbers with the office. 1971 A riot broke out at Attica Prison in upstate New Scattered Storms Few Showers Mostly Sunny The contact information is not years now.” York. Inmates took 39 guards hostage. The High: 73 High: 69 High: 70 According to the e-mail, the shared with anyone unless there is apartment office only takes an emergency in the apartment, standoff ended four days later. Low: 52 Low: 50 Low: 52 information about residents’ the e-mail stated. DN DAYS AHEAD RELIGION Speech: 70 percent TODAY Panel speaks of STDs are incurable ALPHA PHI OMEGA Continued from PAGE 1 Got service? Find more about this co-ed service fraternity at our info. night from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Student Center 301. Everyone welcome. should’ve worried more about Call Lauren at 281-8825 for more information. diseases, Stenzel said, because CHRISTIAN STUDENT FOUNDATION of Islamic faith the girls had four times greater Bible study and worship at 8 p.m. at the Christian Campus House on chance of contracting them. the corner of Riverside Avenue and Dicks Street. Call Mark at 289-7133 None of the three young Muslim venting about Wood said she was so for more information. how much he disliked going to impressed by the speaker’s pro- weddings because of their gram that she bought the CD VARSITY WOMEN’S TENNIS panel members length. and book “Sex Has A Pricetag” Come to open try-outs. For more information call Kathy at 285-5174. “It made me realize that we for her roommates. were Muslims are all the same, really,” Wolfe “I think everyone needs to hear THURSDAY said. this stuff,” Wood said. It’s worth Jessica Kerman ■ Staff Reporter Herb Stahlke, a linguistics the $15. At least I know that I did CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST professor, said religions need something to help them.” On Tuesday, three people not to learn to tolerate and Freshman Kim Cherry said she Join hundreds of students for the weekly meeting at Pruis Hall of the Islamic faith spoke about embrace one another as indi- at 9:15 p.m. Bring a friend or come alone. already knew the show’s facts their encounters with the reli- viduals. and punchlines. She attended gion and their thoughts after CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS “There is a family relation- five of Stenzel’s prior perfor- DN PHOTO/DANIEL JOHNSON ■ Learn more about Ball State’s exchange program in southern India interacting with its members. ship between Christians, mances, including the Teen in SC 102 at 1 p.m. Meet with administrators from Annamalai University The Muslim Student Muslims and Jews,” Stahlke Mania’s youth conference PAM STENZEL warns students about and find out how you can spend a semester abroad. Call Kelly Association, in conjunction said. “Acquire the Fire” in the dangers of premarital sex Tuesday at 285-5422 for more information. with the Islamic Center of The Muslim Student Indianapolis. night in Emens Auditorium. ■ Public lecture, “Population Dynamics in India with special emphasis Muncie, organized Islamic Association hopes to accom- “It’s always interesting, “ on fertility” presented by L.B. Venkatrangan, vice chancellor Awareness Week for Muncie plish much over the week. Cherry said. “The way she Stenzel will visit Muncie’s of Annamalai University in India. Speech begins at 3:30 p.m. in AJ 175. residents and Ball State stu- “(We want to) expand dialogue, speaks... she tells the truth bla- Southside and Central high Call Kelly at 285-5422 for more information. dents. This event, titled “Islam increase understanding, (and) tantly. She’s really dynamic.” schools on Wednesday. In Their Eyes,” was the first of FRIENDS FELLOWSHIP get rid of stereotypes,” said Stenzel’s speech featured an Southside student Whitney many events scheduled this Come converse with friends! We will meet in Student Center 305 Fahad Alqurashi, a member of opening act. Jeff Hughes, the Jones hopes that students will week. the Muslim Student OnEighty (180) youth worship receive the same performance at 7 p.m. to discuss Quaker testimonies, such as peace and simplicity. Reverend Thomas Perchlik, E-mail Nicole at [email protected] for more information. Association and host of leader at Muncie’s Union Chapel, they did at Emens. one of the speakers at the Tuesday’s event. performed songs with four of “I’m praying that God will open event, said they were there to The last part of the discus- his friends. kids’ hearts, minds and ears.” promote a better understand- sion allowed the audience to “I thought they were awe- Jones said. “(I hope) that her ing of the Islamic religion question the panel’s views of some,” Jones said. “I’m a big fan message doesn’t fall on closed BRACKEN LIBRARY NEWS YOU CAN USE through the eyes of non- Islam or their opinions on con- of worship music.” hearts and ears,” she continued. Islamics. troversies affecting the world The evening started with ■ VHS and DVD movies available for three-day circulation in Educational today. One audience member speakers recounting the times Resources. said the problems that cause they spent with Muslims. ■ Music CDs and music scores available in music collection. the strife in the world are due George Wolfe, a representa- ■ Award-winning juvenile book collection available in Bracken’s to misunderstandings and tive of Muncie Interfaith Educational Resources. ignorance. Fellowship and the director of ■ Best seller books available for two-week circulation. “It’s all a way of life,” she the Center for Peace and ■ “Reference by Appointment” for individualized help with a librarian on said, “and if I do something research projects or papers. Call 285-1101. Conflict Studies, said he saw different from someone else, ■ Faculty can have reserve readings on e-reserve for anywhere, anytime the similarities among people it’s because I live in a different access. 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ACROSS 1 Standing by 6 Part of a fish- hook 10 Liquid asset 14 Jerry Stiller's Anne 15 Upolu Island city 16 Puget Sound whale 17 Presidential candidate Ralph 18 Ohio team 19 Food thicken- er 20 Comment from the non- plussed 23 Tad's dad 61 Louver Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved 24 Me, in Paris 62 Go in 25 Properly posi- 63 Pub potables tions 64 Scrabble 29 Look furtively piece 31 Arctic surface 65 Violinist Isaac 34 Crevasse pin- nacle DOWN 35 Merit 1 Potent begin- 36 Pronto letters ning? 37 Comment 2 Orderly from the non- 3 Small boys plussed 4 Locality 40 See socially 5 Idiom 41 Nice sum- 6 Canal boat mers? 7 Mimic 27 Very angry stopover 42 V-formation 8 Hound 28 Dished out 47 Adhesive mix- fliers 9 Cellar 29 Beeped ture 43 Afore 10 Raccoon's kin 30 Greek Cupid 48 Rick's 44 Overwhelmed 11 Jason's craft 31 Wight and ''Casablanca'' 45 Shoots wide 12 Swindle Capri love 46 CIA prede- 13 Fabled 32 Bring about 49 Hard work cessor dawdler 33 Fencing 50 A few 47 Mrs. Nixon 21 Wt. incre- swords 51 1970 Julie 48 Comment ments 35 Din ending? Andrews film, from the non- 22 Keystone kar- 36 Sharpshooters "Darling __" plussed acter? 38 Informative 52 Israeli airline 57 Writer Anita 25 Stage whis- television 53 Transmitted 58 Feels poorly per 39 Shakes up 54 One of a pair 59 Rib 26 "The Merry 44 Ninnyhammer 55 Exploitive fel- 60 California val- Widow" com- 45 Disfigure low ley poser 46 Caravan 56 Actor Bruce WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 l THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS FEATURES l PAGE 3

POP ICONS: ‘Bennifer’ nuptials scheduled for Saturday The much anticipated wedding of Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck will take place this Saturday, Sept. 13. The couple, better known as “Bennifer”, will wed in Montecito, California at a private estate. Many people involved with organizing the wedding have been forced to sign confiden- tiality agreements. The event is being planned by Sharon Sacks, who also organized Lopez’s wedding to Cris Judd. Affleck and Lopez have arranged for their guests to stay at the Bacara resort and spa, RadarRadar where the presidential suite costs a steep $5,000 per night. That sum allows the guests access to an ocean view, a plasma TV, two bedrooms, and an outdoor fireplace. ~ Lindsay Spaulding, Chief Reporter Desaparecidos The Good Life

Conner Oberst’s Fronted by angry young Cursive’s Tim man side project, t e Kasher, The Desaparecidos Good Life plays the Hyde weaves tales of to Bright Eyes’ h disappointment Conner Oberst Jeckyl. Their with keyboard- debut Read Music/Speak Spanish is driven and electronically-enhanced an incendiary indictment of pop melodies. “Blackout” is an American culture as one of created album of both conceptual and musi- needs and consumption. cal depth. Kasher and other mem- bers of The Good Life have taken Sound like: Nirvana, but from time away from their main bands to Omaha create a lush disc that will appeal to Radiohead and Cursive fans alike. Sorry About Dresden new

This Chapel Hill, N.C.-based quar- t and Blake tet is more likely Sennet’s Rilo to appeal to the e e Kiley has 23-30 set than a prompted com- some of the t parisons to Liz other Saddle s Phair, and with Creek signees. Fronted by Conner good reason. The pair play an Oberst’s big brother, Matt, Sorry eclectic form of alt-country and use About Dresden pairs lush instru- Not since Kurt & Co. made Seattle ground narrative-style songwriting to draw mentation with musings about being the audience into their world. stuck somewhere in the middle of Originally on Barsuk records, Rilo innocence and adulthood. zero for the grunge movement has one city Kiley moved to Saddle Creek with their latest, “The Execution of All Sound like: Soul Asylum are still Things.” around made so much noisel in the music world. Sound like: Alanis Morisette got a Now, Conner Oberst and the Saddle Creek lobotomy, and some pop sensibilities crew have everyone’s eyes firmly Mayday focused on Omaha. Yep, Omaha. Bright Eyes The biggest name to come out of Saddle Creek. Bright Eyes, fronted by Conner Oberst, has made some serious noise on the indie rock scene. New to Saddle Their latest, “Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Lullaby for the Creek via WARM Ground” is the label’s biggest seller at more than 75,000 copies to date. Working Class Records, Orenda Oberst’s confessional lyrics and raw delivery make listening to one of his frontman Ted Fink and Maria discs almost voyeuristic. It’s worth all the hype. Stevens heads Taylor of Azure up this effort Sound like: The sound of the hopeless kids as they scream from the Ray continue the along with basements of the houses of their parents, at least he’d like you to think Saddle Creek Saddle Creek theme of tortured adolescence. do-it-alls A.J. and . Love and loss are up front here and Mayday’s Old Blood echoes with a Azure Ray have no problem being controlled but immediate appeal, starkly intimate. owing to both the rustic instrumen- tation and the Mogis’ producing tal- Sound like: This is the sound ents. of emotional baggage Sound like: Good music for a long summer drive Son, Ambulance Now It’s Overhead Cursive All of a sudden kids that weren’t socially conscious in the ’80s are making ’80s music sound fresh again. The A happy kid? In this crew? Son, Faint’s “Danse Ambulance (Joe Knapp) first Macabre” is the new new wave. The first non- appeared on the disc “Oh Holy Already remixed by top deejays on Making almost as much noise as Bright Nebraska band Fools” with Bright Eyes and has “Danse Macabre: Remixes,” The Faint Eyes, the Cursive play a brand of music on Saddle Creek, since released his full-length debut, are positioning themselves to overtake that hints at punk and emo, but throws in Now It’s “Euphemystic.” A glass-half-full kind Bright Eyes as Saddle Creek’s biggest some stacatto strings for good measure. Overhead hails of guy, Knapp’s eclectic song-writ- name. Heavy on the synth and the Fronted by , the band tear from Athens, Ga. ing ranges from piano ballads to sneer, “Your Retro Career Has Melted” through their album “.” It’s True to the Spanish bossa-nova. is a standout track from a standout highlighted by “Art is Hard,” which takes label’s history, the band delivers album. an ironic look at the notions of integrity and selling out in the masterful pop songs heavy Sound like: Happy pills on keyboards and honesty. Sound like: The ’80s are back and art world. they’re synthier than ever. Sounds like: Satanic Dixie Chicks fronted by Robert Smith Sound like: REM’s kids CMYK CMYK

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THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS ■ EDITORIAL BOARD “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of RACHEL PERKINS, EDITOR IN CHIEF CHRIS MIHAL, MANAGING EDITOR religion, or prohibiting the free Emmet Smith, news night editor Andrew Brooks, photo editor exercise thereof; or abridging the Tara Clifton, news editor Chris Bergin, asst. photo editor freedom of speech, or of the Teresa Auch, asst. news editor Allyn West, Forum editor press; or the right of the people Cole McGrath, sports editor Stephen Jendraszak, asst. Forum editor peaceably to assemble, and to Mike Genet, asst. sports editor Jon Seidel, copy editor petition the Government for a Penny Moore, features editor Chet Baumgartner, copy editor redress of grievances.” Forum Candace Beaty, asst. features editor Mark Slagle, Web master The First Amendment Forum to the U.S. Constitution Lindsay Hurni, 72 Hours editor Andy Zeigert, Web master

OUR VIEW Varsity blues AT ISSUE: Vanderbilt restructures athletic program; chancellor cites ‘obligation to make things better’ Collegiate athletics has seen better days. But now Vanderbilt, a school with one No athletic programs or positions will Conference, but Gee said they will operate In the past year, according to an of the cleanest athletic progams in the last be eliminated, but Vanderbilt will now “consistent with the values of a world-class Associated Press report, Georgia and half-century, has “declared war” on the control its varsity athletics under central university.” Fresno State cancelled postseason appear- “wrong culture in athletics,” as Chancellor university administration. According to a Gee, Williams and the university are ances because of academic fraud. At Baylor, Gordon Gee announced yesterday, accord- press release from Vanderbilt’s Web site, making an example of themselves. They are former basketball coach Dave Bliss was ing to the same AP report. assistant Vice Chancellor Brock Williams acknowleding the ills of collegiate athletics, accused of attempting to persuade players Gee said, according to a press release will operate the new Office of Student and wrong or right, are igniting a contro- to portray slain athlete Patrick Dennehy as on Vanderbilt’s Web site, “For too long, Athletics, Recreation and Wellness, which versial attempt to correct the problems as a drug dealer. Larry Eustachy, former Iowa college athletics has been segregated from is now responsible for 14 varsity sports, they see them. State basketball coach, resigned when the the core mission of the University. ... As more than 300 varsity student athletes, Whether this action will become a trend Des Moines Register printed photos of him educators, we have an obligation to try to 37 club sports with more than 1,000 par- (and a remedy) is yet to be seen. drinking and partying at another university. make things better. ... However, institutions ticipants and an active student intramur- But when, for many universities, win- Ohio State football player Maurice Clarett of higher learning are in danger of being al program. ning games and procuring funding is the was suspended and charged with lying to torn apart by the win-at-all-costs culture we Vanderbilt’s teams will still compete at only line, the courage displayed by Gee and police about stolen iems. have created for ourselves.” the NCAA level in the Southeastern the Vanderbilt administration is rare.

Aleshia Haselden: Ben ‘Mouse’ McShane: THE PRICE OF TEA IN CHINA CLASSICAL GEEK THEATRE Location of favorite Commercials in soda in Wal-Mart theaters irksome They came out of nowhere about five to ten years ago. Beneath the radar of the average befuddles columnist moviegoer, they crept into our cultural institution. They had magazines, television and the Internet. Now they have our movie theaters. Since the beginning of time, journalists have Advertisements are now shown before the trail- worked to expose the wrongdoings of the “Big Bad ers in movie theaters. Corporate Wolf” to the “Three Little Consumer Pigs” “Of course they show commercials before the of the day. I feel, therefore, that it is my civic duty movie!” you say. as a writer who compulsively goes to Wal-Mart Well, I am a seasoned veteran of 21 years, and I everyday to keep the public on its collective toes, remember a time when, after the houselights went especially about the undeniable fact that Sam down, the first thing you saw was a green screen Walton is actively depriving and the words, “The Following America of its fad soft drinks. Preview Has Been Approved for All Audiences by the Motion Some among us may think Sam Drew Sheneman is a syndicated cartoonist. His views do not necessarily agree with those of the Daily News. Walton is actually doing America a Picture Association of America.” service. I recall the days of Josta, So why then did they approve Coke II and Surge (which I under- running megacorporation com- stand is still served at King’s Gail Koch: AND ANOTHER THING mercials before my beloved Island) with little fondness. The movies? only redeeming factor in this era The truth to that answer is of fad pop was Pepsi Clear, which that it isn’t the theater’s fault. was pretty much the bee’s knees. American troops forgotten in fog of war Ben “Mouse” There exists a three-tiered struc- The beverage world has since McShane is a senior ture to the movie business: stu- Aleshia Haselden is a dios, distributors and theaters. moved away from scary, green col- Five months ago, picking up to forget about the “problem According to the telecommunications junior journalism The studio makes the movie; the oring, guarana and motor oil and a newspaper or turning the over there,” focusing instead Department of Defense, as of major and writes major and writes ‘The distributor makes the studio leaned toward Mother Nature’s television to CNN meant inun- on that first term paper or Aug. 31, 282 U.S. military per- ‘Classical Geek Price of Tea in China’ money, and the theater makes most precious gifts to mankind: dating yourself with news pop quiz because, let’s face it, sonnel have died since Theatre’ for the Daily you watch commercials so they for the Daily News. lemon and vanilla. about the men and women it’s easier that way. President Bush declared war News. His views can make some money after the Her views do not I became a loyal follower of who were serving our country A close friend recently told in March. Major fighting do not necessarily distributor makes the studio necessarily agree Pepsi Twist in the summer of in Iraq. me that one of our high ended on May 1, and 144 of agree with those money. See? It’s perfectly clear. with those of the 2001. I laughed in the face of From school classmates stationed the 282 deaths occurred on of the newspaper. I’m not fooling myself, though. newspaper. Coke, the older generation’s brown heroic res- with the 101st Airborne that day and after. The utopian ideal of a commer- seltzer of death, when it jumped cue tales to Division outside of Baghdad As that number continues cial-free moviegoing experience has never existed. on the lemon bandwagon with — saddening wrote home to tell his family to swell, less and less is said I realize that Hollywood was plenty commercial brace yourself for the insurmountable creativity — memorials, that many soldiers have about those who are part of way before there were premovie commercials. “Coke with Lemon,” subtitle: lemon-flavored Coke. Americans become depressed. They feel its count. We have gone from Product placement, which is just as offensive, has Shortly after, Coke started its own cult following: couldn’t hear been around for years. Vanilla Coke. I never tried it. I refused to abandon enough In the movie “Demolition Man,” while America my fair Pepsi in its time of need. about the We have gone from sweeping tributes and cryogenically freezes its prisoners, John Spartan troops over- (Sylvester Stallone) is released from stasis to track seas. They glorified obituaries to marginalized news clips ... Gail Koch is a down a dangerous, escaped villain. Thankfully, we After I tried it for the first time, it bled yellow senior journalism are blessed to know that in the 21st century, the along with major and writes last restaurant in the universe is Taco Bell. turned out to be the elixir of life. red, white forgotten since Baghdad fell in sweeping tributes and glori- ‘And Another Thing’ The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (a toy com- and blue. April, and they believe there fied obituaries to marginal- mercial in themselves!) don’t prefer penicillin on for the Daily News. They cleaned may be no end in sight to the ized news clips that tell us their pizza. They prefer Domino’s. Yo! Noid. Much later, and in much more time than it took Her views do not out cup- fighting. fewer and fewer details E.T. would never have phoned home without Coke to do the lemon thing, Pepsi introduced Pepsi necessarily agree boards to Hearing this classmate’s about the most recent soldier those Reeses Pieces. Vanilla. After I tried it for the first time, it turned with those of the send food thoughts made me ashamed to have been killed. We know Spider-Man drinks Dr. Pepper; the out to be the elixir of life. newspaper. and toiletries to know that I am one of the I’d like to think the rea- Incredible Hulk drinks Mountain Dew; and when Naturally, my supply dwindled and expired, so I to soldiers in countless Americans who has son I have failed to pay zombies take over England, 28 days later man’s went to the local Muncie Wal-Mart to purchase the desert. taken this soldier’s service closer attention to this thirst will be quenched by a Pepsi vending more. I looked high and low for my beverage of They flooded USO offices with and the service of every other inattention is because I am machine. choice, and it was nowhere to be found, even thousands of letters filled active-duty soldier for grant- young, naive and busy with Are we, as participants in the cultural catharsis though an employee was giving samples away at the with prayers for safe returns, ed. a million other trivial of moviegoing, okay with this? door. and they sponsored dozens of Why have I forgotten about things on my mind — Thankfully, we are not. After I thought all hope was lost, I asked the support rallies to boost every- the troops? Because, like things that no longer seem When advertisements first started showing employee if there was any Pepsi Vanilla left, and she one’s spirits. everyone else, I am fed up so important. before the trailers, the ads had not yet become a said, “Yes. It’s back in the gardening section.” So what has happened to with the fighting, with In the days ahead, I will part of theater-going grammar; audiences had not Of course! How silly of me! What a logical place that compassion? Why is it America stretching itself too certainly try and give more yet decided how they would react to them. Since for carbonated drinks! suddenly as elusive as the thin and with the recent thought to the men and that trend started ten years ago, audiences have That evening I spoke with Andy Martin, an nuclear weapons no one has counterattacks that women I know — and those made their decision. employee in Wal-Mart’s cash office and asked him been able to find? destroyed the U.N. headquar- I don’t — who remain stuck It used to be, when the lights went down, the why the Pepsi Vanilla was back with the plants. His Perhaps our disdain for the ters in Baghdad and killed a in Iraq. I only hope that theater went quiet. Not so anymore. Now, when reasoning was that Pepsi Vanilla kills weeds. Bush administration and the respected Shiite Muslim something as trivial as a let- the lights go down, we keep talking! Since Martin has the gardening expertise of con- way it has handled this deba- leader. ter will be enough to remind Yes! As a culture we have decided that it is okay crete, I went online and searched for food or bever- cle called war has clouded our Last week’s news that more at least one stranded soldier to make conversation during the advertisements. ages with weed-killing capabilities. Pepsi Vanilla was thoughts of the soldiers who soldiers have died in post-war that there are those of us We are not attentive as a typical television male not among them, but surprisingly enough, the U.S. continue to faithfully serve Iraq than the number killed who still care. hogties an automobile. We don’t care about the Department of Agriculture found that vinegar is an our country overseas. during the war shocked me Write to Gail at jeans commercials. We do not sit obedient as a car effective organic weed killer. Or maybe we’ve just chosen out of my stubborn stupor. [email protected] The point is that there is no reason for Pepsi flips itself in a fully justified quest for “The Dew.” Vanilla to be exiled to the gardening section when We, as Americans, have decided not to pay a loyal fans are trying to find and consume it. Wal- lick of attention to that movie screen until after Mart already censors its music, movies and maga- the commercials have ended. zines; must it move on to soda? DN FORUM POLICY This gives me faith, people. You still buy shoes I suppose in comparison to disasters such as war, made in sweatshops. You still buy clothes from famine, destruction and the continuance of The Daily News opinion page appear as space permits each day. decides this on an individual basis stores that objectify our youth with pornographic Mountain Dew Livewire, the placement of Pepsi aims to stimulate discussion in the The limit for letter length is approxi- and must consult the writer before catalogues. You still want to watch the VMAs. But Vanilla in a retail store is of little importance. If any- Ball State community. The Daily mately 350 words. All letters must withholding the name. at least you won’t pay attention to commercials one has any information about it, however, I would News welcomes reader viewpoints be typed. The editor reserves the Lengthy letters that focus on an before movies! very much like to hear the voice of reason in a and offers four vehicles of expres- right to edit and condense submis- issue affecting students might be There is a ray of hope still left in you. Now get world of chaos. sion for reader opinions: letters to sions for length as well as clarity. considered for “Your Turn” columns down to the Showplace 7 and drown those com- Until then, I will stop worrying. Unless Wal-Mart the editor, guest columns, feedback The name of the author is usual- at the editor’s discretion. Those mercials out. starts carrying Pepsi Vinegar. on our Web site and phone ly published but may be withheld for interested in submitting responses Write to Ben at Write to Aleshia at responses. compelling reasons, such as physi- can submit a typed copy to the Daily [email protected] [email protected] Letters must be signed and cal harm to the author. The editor News office, located in AJ 278. www.classicalgeektheatre.com

The Daily News encourages U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar U.S. Rep. Mike Pence Rep. R. Tiny Adams Sen. Allie Craycraft Jr. U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh its readers to voice their views 306 Hart Bldg. U.S. 6th District Indiana Dist. 34 Indiana District 26 B40-2 Dirksen Senate on legislative issues. The fol- Washington, D.C. 20510 1208 Longworth Bldg. 2105 N. Walnut St. 200 W. Washington St. Office Bldg. lowing legislators represent (202) 224-4814 Washington, D.C. 20515 Muncie, Ind. 47303 Indianapolis, Ind. 46204 Washington, D.C. 20510 the Ball State community: (202) 225-3021 (765) 288-7622 1-800-382-9467 (202) 224-5623 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 l THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS ADVERTISEMENT l PAGE 5 PAGE 6 l NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 l THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS LOCAL ARTS ACCIDENT Car strikes 10-year-old child on Music continues as search bicycle near Muncie Mall goes on for joint director

16. Richter is a professor of harp Guest conductors, at Ball State and has served as the Current Season Muncie Symphony Orchestra’s Friday musicians will fill in principle harpist since 1982. Buswell will serve dual posi- 11:30 a.m. for the rest of the year tions as guest conductor and With guest-conductor guest violinist on Jan. 24. Patrick Flynn and guest Natasha Sperry ■ Chief Reporter Buswell debuted at age 7 in a pianist Christopher Taylor solo with the New York Philhar- Symphony audiences can still monic. He plays a Leveque Saturday enjoy guest directors this season Stradivarius of 1720. while a search to fill the joint posi- Kirk Trevor’s international 7:30 p.m. tion of the Muncie and Ball State experience as a guest conductor With guest-conductor Symphony director continues. will combine with the accomplish- Patrick Flynn and guest Musicians from around the ments of 16-year-old violinist pianist Christopher Taylor world will join each of the eight Chloe Trevor. The two will per- guest conductors. form on Feb. 22. On Friday and Saturday, Patrick Guest-conductor Nobuyoshi Sat., Oct. 11 Flynn, director of California’s Yasuda of Japan will team up with 7:30 p.m. Inland Empire Philharmonic, will cellist Mihai Tetel of Romania on Third Annual Fisher-Shafer act as guest conductor. Flynn has March 28. Tetel is an associate Pops Concert, with guest DN PHOTO/CHRIS BERGIN previously held a conductor’s professor of cello at Ball State. Larry McWilliams and jazz position with the English National On April 24, pianist Jose MUNCIE POLICE OFFICERS Eric Henry, and Joe Barrett videotape the car that hit a 10-year-old girl who sacrificed Ballet. Joining Flynn will be pianist Feghali will perform under the vocalist Dianne Reeves herself for a friend. Tuesday night the two girls were riding their bicycles on East Purdue Street when one of their Christopher Taylor. direction of guest-conductor pants legs snagged in the chain. As the girl was trying to get free, a van passed them. The girls then saw another Vocalist Dianne Reeves will Tomasz Golka. Sun., Nov. 16 car coming. One of the girls pushed the other out of the way and was hit. Police said she was in serious condition. show off her jazz styles on Oct. Previous-director Leonard 2:30 p.m. A Lifeline helicopter was called. 11. Reeves won a Grammy Atherton, a tenured faculty at Ball With guest-conductor Award for “Best Female Jazz State, retired after serving 54 sea- Murray Gross and Elizabeth Vocalist” in 2001. sons with the orchestra. Guest-visiting around the The Muncie Symphony Orches- Richter - harp, guest artist world, conductor Murray Gross, tra is currently working on former director for Michigan’s appointing a search committee to For more info see West Shore Symphony, will join find a new director, executive www.munciesymphony.org/ 72 HOURS harpist Elizabeth Richter on Nov. director Sandra Kelly said. Get your weekend scoop, each Thursday in the DN

MUNCIE LIBRARIES Three programs offered to public this month Muncie Public Libraries will hold three programs before the end of September. On Sept. 19, a “Night Owls at the Library: Genealogy After Hours” will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The program will be held at the Local History building at 210 S. Jefferson St. To reserve a space, call 747-8208. “Fall Plantings and Peren- nials,” with Larry Simmons of G & M Pet and Garden Center, will be at the Kennedy Library at 1700 W. McGalliard Ave. at 7 p.m. on Sept. 22. At 6 p.m. on Sept. 25, “Getting Started in Digital Photography” with Tom Nahre from Jack’s Camera Shop will be at Carnegie Library, located at 301 E. Jackson St.

DIVERSITY Multicultural Center commemorates Hispanic heritage The Multicultural Center will present the movie “The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Work- ers’ Struggle” on Monday. It will be shown at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., and 5 p.m. at the Multicultural Center located at 325 N. McKinley Ave. as part of Hispanic Her- itage Month.

SCANDAL Catholic Church to pay $85 million in abuse cases BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Archdiocese agreed Tuesday to pay $85 million to 552 people who claim sex- ual abuse by Roman Catholic priests devastated their lives, giving victims long-awaited recognition of their pain and the U.S. church a chance to move forward from its worst scandal ever. The deal is the largest publicly disclosed payout by a U.S. diocese to settle molestation charges. Finalized after months of negotiations, the pact came with a new pledge from the church to prevent abuse in the future and a sense from victims that the burden of their anguish has been lightened. ‘‘This piece of paper means one thing to me and many men I represent here today. From this day forward I am not an alleged victim of clergy abuse. I am recog- nized; I’m a survivor,’’ said Gary Bergeron, who sued for molestation by the late Rev. Joseph Birmingham. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 l THE BALL STATE DAILY NEWS SPORTS l PAGE 7

Cole McGrath: SLAW SAYS MEN’S GOLF Playing the name game Cardinals bogey in season opener Coach: Team needs down here, it was kind of hard to said. “The scores on Monday we competed and kept our with Ball State Stadium get a read on how the rest of the were low. It was a very competi- focus, even though we did not fall will go,” head coach tive event.” play the way we wanted to.” work on consistency Mike Fleck said.“One Ball State was led by California captured its second Here at Ball State, it isn’t a My suggestion: The Nest. thing is for sure: We sophomore Patrick consecutive title at the Mid-Pines big secret that we have a less The association with the for successful fall have a lot of work to do. Wilkes-Krier, who shot Intercollegiate, shooting a 273 in than stellar football program. Cardinals is more than apparent, We have to get a lot a 143 (71-72) after two the final round for a three-round We haven’t produced a lot of I hope (Cardinals live in nests, Eric Salo ■ Chief Reporter more consistency.” rounds and a 76 in the score of 832. The team’s final NFL players, and we don’t win folks.). At only seven letters, it is The Cardinals fin- final round, giving him score broke the tournament very often. definitely short. And it sticks in If the Ball State men’s golf ished 11th in a 14-team a 3 over par for the record of 844 set by Texas Tech After Saturday’s showing the head like a cleat caught in team has its way, its most recent field that included four tournament. in 2001. against Astroturf. outing at the Mid-Pine teams that competed in “The team never BSU will travel next to Ann Missouri, it Granted, “The Nest” may not Intercollegiate in North Carolina last year’s NCAA WILKES-KRIER gave up,” Fleck said. Arbor, Mich. for the Northern doesn’t look be the most intimidating nick- will not foreshadow what is to Championships. shot two over par “We do not have a Intercollegiate hosted by the like either of name for a stadium ever. Then come in the fall season. “The competition at the Mid-Pine whole lot of experi- University of Michigan on these facts is again, a cardinal is not the most “We took such a young team was really good,” Fleck Intercollegiate. ence, but I like the way Sept. 20. going to change terrifying mascot either, even if it in the immedi- is the fiercest robin-sized fight- ate future, but ing bird in the world, according don’t worry to David Letterman. COLLEGE FOOTBALL COLLEGE SPORTS Cardinal fans, I For me, it is the combination Cole McGrath is a have a plan. of the two, and a fourth-grade junior English major I started memory of trying to peak into a and writes ‘Slaw thinking the bird’s nest to see eggs hatch, Clarett charged Vanderbilt eliminates Says’ for the Daily other day about that makes “The Nest” seem News. His views what separates scary (A note of advice: do not necessarily our program Cardinal parents will protect athletic department agree with those from the “big their young with freaky intensi- with misdemeanor of the newspaper. boys.” The obvi- ty and wicked sharp beaks). Amber McDowell ■ Associated Press job as special assistant to the ous answer is “The Nest” also gives a feeling suspended indefinitely chancellor for athletic and talent, but there isn’t a lot we can of home and ownership. It is as OSU star unlikely from the team, and proba- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — academic reform, a position in do about that as mere spectators. if we’re saying, “Hey, you bly will not play for the Vanderbilt will eliminate its which he would advance ‘‘a So I decided it would be better to Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, to return to team Buckeyes this season. He is athletic department in a major national agenda for the focus on what we can change Kent State, Miami and Western also being investigated by shake-up designed to curb the reform of intercollegiate ath- from our seats in the stands. Michigan! You can’t come into in 2003 season the NCAA. ills of big-time college athletics. letics.’’ Tressel was asked if it was Vanderbilt will continue ‘‘Let there be no misunder- I’m not saying that giving Ball State Stadium a Rusty Miller ■ Associated Press time for Clarett to move on. playing intercollegiate sports, standing of our intention: ‘‘I think that he needs to but the reorganization merges Vanderbilt is committed to nickname would instantly turn us into national COLUMBUS, Ohio — make, along with his family, the departments that control competing at the highest levels Maurice Clarett was charged whatever decision he thinks varsity and intramural athlet- in the Southeastern Conference contenders, but what could it hurt? Tuesday with lying about is best for him,’’ Tressel ics, putting sports and the NCAA, items stolen from his car, said. under the central Success but we intend on Like a Lorenzo Scott sack, it our house and mess us around, and Ohio State coach Jim If Clarett’s career at Ohio university adminis- ■ Vanderbilt was competing con- hit me: the stadium’s nickname. even if all of you also have some Tressel said the school is State is over, the running tration, the school sistent with the “What’s in a name?” you ask. type of bird for a mascot that ready to cut ties with the back’s last carry would rank said Tuesday. ranked in the Top 20th values of a world- Well, think on it for a minute. happens to be a lot bigger and star running back. among the most memorable ‘‘There is a percentile in last year’s class university,’’ Michigan has “The Big House.” more fearsome than a cardinal!” Clarett was charged with in school history. He scored wrong culture in national all-sports Gee said. Ohio State has “The Horseshoe.” Ah, I feel a swell of pride already. misdemeanor falsification, on a 5-yard run in the sec- athletics, and I’m championship. Vanderbilt’s Florida has “The Swamp.” These As I said, this nickname will not city attorney spokesman ond overtime in a 31-24 vic- declaring war on ■ Its women’s basket- sports programs three schools have cool nick- boost us into the upper tier of the Scott Varner said. If convict- tory over Miami in the Fiesta it,’’ Vanderbilt ball team reached the have had mixed names to go along with their college football “Parthenon” ed, Clarett would face up to Bowl, giving the Buckeyes Chancellor Gordon success in recent regionals of the NCAA home turfs. They also have overnight, but like all journeys, it six months in jail and a their first national champi- Gee said at a news years. national championships. begins with one little step. $1,000 fine. But probation is onship in 34 years. conference. Tournament last year. The football I’m not saying that a stadium So next time the Cardinals likely the harshest sentence Alan C. Milstein, the No NCAA sports ■ Vanderbilt’s men’s program has lost nickname would instantly turn play here in Muncie (Sept. 20 ver- a judge would impose, city Clarett family attorney, said programs or jobs tennis team finished last 18 straight us into national contenders, but sus Central Michigan), gather all prosecutor Stephen he wasn’t surprised by will be eliminated, season ranked second Southeastern what could it hurt? It obviously your friends together and say, McIntosh said. Tressel’s comments or the but just about nationally. Conference hasn’t hurt Michigan, Ohio State “Hey, Ball State has a football Tressel said he does not misdemeanor charge. everything else will games and 27 of or Florida. Plus, the athletics game today; why don’t we go expect Clarett to return this ‘‘Nothing Ohio State does change at a school its last 28 SEC department should like this; it down to ‘The Nest’ to watch?” season to the defending surprises me,’’ he said. ‘‘I that has run one of the coun- games. The women’s basket- won’t cost Ball State a dime to And when they ask where in the national champion don’t think the family rec- try’s cleanest programs in the ball team went to the NCAA have fans refer to Ball State world you got that nickname for Buckeyes. He would recom- ognizes what Ohio State’s last half-century. That includes regional tournament last year Stadium by a different name. Ball State Stadium, tell them that mend that Clarett be actions and motivations the elimination of the athletic and lost in the second round So what should this nickname a little birdie told you. released from his scholar- are, either.’’ director position, which Todd while the men’s basketball be? It needs to somehow relate to A little birdie named Slaw. ship if the request was made Milstein declined to com- Turner has held for seven team finished 11-18. The the Cardinals, come off the tongue Write to Cole at by Clarett, the coach said. ment on whether Clarett years. men’s tennis team was second quickly and be memorable. [email protected] Clarett has already been would consider transferring. Turner has been offered a in the nation.

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Campus Hero By Rockland Page Credit: Many cards compete Continued from PAGE 1 parking to travel-accident insur- DeBruler does not trust her ance. lendership and usually leaves Store credit cards, unlike stan- With all the options and fea- her cards at home. dard credit cards, can only be tures, students may feel a little No one need worry, however, used at the store. Retailers such overwhelmed. about the legitima- as Meijer and Wal-Mart offer Sundaram said the The benefits cy of a card. In such cards. best place to look for 1998, Congress “There is such great competi- the ideal card is Visa alone has five passed the Fair tion in the (credit card) indus- where a relationship cards with more than 12 Credit and Charge try,” said Patrick Barkey, direc- already exists — a benefits each. T Card Disclosure Act. tor of economic and policy stud- bank. he benefits range from It requires credit ies at Ball State. Cindi Bradley, a dining privileges to and charge card Barkey said companies get branch manager at guaranteed airport issuers to present ahead of the competition by Bank One, said peo- parking to insurance. their information offering benefits, such as fre- ple can obtain credit clearly so everyone quent-flyer miles. cards through the can understand and Visa has five cards with more Bank One, even if they do not find the best deal. than a dozen benefits each. The bank there. People of all ages Barkey suggested students benefits range from dining priv- and credit histories come in, research their options when ileges to guaranteed airport she said. looking for a card.

CAREERS Employers coming to Ball State The Ball State Career Center will host a Career Information Day on Sept. 17 in Worthen Arena. Employers and graduate-school representa- tives will be on site from noon to 4 p.m. to discuss employment, internships and gradu- ate-school programs with students. A list of the employers and graduate- schools that will attend the event can be found on the Career Center’s Web site at www.bsu.edu/careers/cid.