Two sides in Bob Knight lawsuit argue meaning of contract\nIU fulfilled its obligation to former basketball coach Bob Knight by continuing to pay him after he was fired, an attorney for the University said Monday.\nAttorney Dave Mattingly asked Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth Todd for an order that would effectively dismiss Knight's lawsuit without a trial. Todd did not indicate when he would make a ruling in the lawsuit against the University.\nMattingly said Knight's contract allowed the University to end his employment, for any reason, as long as the school continued paying him through the rest of the contract. If the University had fired Knight for cause, he said, the compensation would have stopped immediately.\nKnight was fired in 2000 for violating a "zero tolerance" behavior policy by grabbing the arm of a student who he said greeted him by his last name. Knight sued two years later, claiming the University violated his employment contract. \nRussell Yates, a Denver lawyer who represents Knight, said Knight effectively was fired for cause.\n"The president of the University goes on national TV in front of 40 million people and says, 'Bob Knight's personal conduct is bad, and therefore I'm going to fire him,'" Yates said in arguments to the judge. "Everyone in the world, with the exception of the people at Indiana University, knows this man was terminated for cause."\nHe said IU had to pay Knight until his contract expired regardless of whether he was fired for cause.
IU geologist slides into national post\nIndiana Geological Survey Director John Steinmetz has been elected president of the Association of American State Geologists, an alliance of geologists from all 50 states and Puerto Rico.\nDuring his one-year term, Steinmetz will oversee AASG's projects with several federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Science Foundation and the National Park Service.
IUSF to hold first callout meeting\nThe IU Student Foundation is holding a membership call-out from 7 to 8 p.m., today in the Psychology Building, Room 100. IUSF organizes IU Sing, the Little Fifty and Little 500. For more information, e-mail iusf@indiana.edu.
