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No. 22 grapplers hope to bounce back after 2 tough dual meets

Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:31 p.m.

It has been a rough two weeks for the No. 22 IU wrestling team. After losing their first dual meet of the season against Illinois on Jan. 21, the Hoosiers went on to lose their next three meets, the most recent loss coming against North Carolina State last weekend.

IU squads hit road for 1st time

By Ryan Gregg · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:31 p.m.

The young Hoosier track teams are packing up their shoes, speed suits and toothbrushes as they hit the road for the first time this season. The teams are heading to Fayetteville, Ark., the home of this year's NCAA Indoor Championships and this weekend's Tyson Invitational.

IU looks to defend Big Ten title

By Brian Buckey · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:29 p.m.

Last year, IU junior swimmer Ben Hesen helped lead the men's swimming and diving team to its first Big Ten title in 21 years. While he believes that experience will help the team at this year's conference tournament, he said he expects that the upperclassmen will find this meet similar to last year's.

Hoosiers drop halftime lead, fall in second half to Badgers

By John Wustrow · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:28 p.m.

You win some and you lose some. Just one week ago, the IU women's basketball team snapped a five-game losing streak against Wisconsin, beating the Badgers 83-56. But last night, the Badgers got their revenge on their home court, taking a 60-53 win against IU.

Re-assembling at 'The Hall'

By Matt Mattucci · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 11:23 p.m.

Round 1 went to Illinois coach Bruce Weber and the Fighting Illini. On Jan. 23, the IU men's basketball team suffered a 51-43 road loss to the Illini, which snapped a five-game winning streak. The Hoosiers shot just 29.4 percent from the 3-point line in the loss and failed to reach the free-throw line in the second half of play. Round 2, the Hoosiers say, won't be so easy for Illinois.

BorgWarner to shut down plant, eliminating more than 780 jobs

By AP Reports and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 10:44 p.m.

Auto parts maker BorgWarner, Inc. will close its plant in the city, costing 780 people their jobs, the company announced Thursday.

Childcare provider accused of shaking and throwing baby

Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 10:43 p.m.

The operator of an unlicensed day care admitted she threw a 4-month-old infant to the floor and violently shook the boy, Fishers police said.

Indiana Senate pushing for HPV bill

By Alexandra R. Moses and Deanna Martin · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 10:41 p.m.

Indiana Senate leaders are pushing for a bill they hope will encourage sixth-grade girls to become vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer -- legislation they say is a good balance between parental rights and protecting women's health.

The Complete Moron's Guide to: Digital Art

By Lindsey Landis · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 9:27 p.m.

Digital art, as its name implies, is almost entirely computer-generated. It is rising in popularity among artists and is often shown in the SoFA gallery here on campus.

Sad clown kills mime over trapeze artist at BCT

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 9:25 p.m.

A clown killing a mime is quite possibly the saddest thing in the world. It happened in the first "circus opera" adaptation of "Acic and Galatea" at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The scene began with greetings from a mime, clown, bear, ringmaster and trapeze artist. It was, by all accounts, G.F. Handel's opera "Acis and Galatea" disguised as a traveling, big-top circus. Though not set up in an early 1900s tent, it might as well have been.

Saturation circus

By Rachel Fullmer · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 6:41 p.m.

When considering all of the media circuses that have paraded around our nation's front pages and news stations recently, there is certainly no shortage of stories so sensationalized that they approach the point of stimulating a gag reflex. The general public has been over-saturated with more than its fair share of ongoing sensational coverage: the Monica Lewinski scandal, the 2000 election, which quickly became the Florida recount, and then led into the "hanging chad" fiasco, a full year of Sept. 11, the continual beating of the dead horse that is the war on terror, Hurricane Katrina -- the list is nearly endless.

Jailhouse blues

By Indira Dammu · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 6:40 p.m.

It's hard to feel sorry for prisoners. They're not exactly model citizens. Often in jail for serious crimes like murder and rape, communities would rather have wrongdoers locked up behind bars, no matter what the circumstances or the offense.

Anti-Semitic allegations

By Kirk Nathanson · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 6:40 p.m.

Not only did America re-engineer modern democracy, we tamed the wild, wild West and harnessed the power of the atom. Although, I guess when you get right down to it, our modern democracy was built on the backs of African slaves. Oh, and then there were those natives exploited and massacred for land rights. You know what, let's just move on and forget about the repercussions of nuclear power for now.

Flowing from the (out) source

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 6:40 p.m.

Outsourcing. It's a word that has the power to make executives foam at the mouth with profit-envy, all the while making angry union organizers tout the necessity of keeping jobs on American soil.

For the children

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 6:40 p.m.

I've heard recently that gay folks like me shouldn't be allowed to adopt children. Britain is the latest battle ground in this "culture war." A Catholic Cardinal is fighting for Catholic orphanages to be exempt from a nondiscrimination law that includes sexual orientation. After all, the argument goes, children need a mother and a father in order to be "normal," "healthy" and to understand gender roles. The Catholic Church and other fundamentalist religious groups don't believe the sexually "immoral" have any business raising innocent children. What kind of "queer" role model could those fathers or mothers possibly provide?

Women's track team finds much success

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 3:13 p.m.

The IU women's track and field team stormed the track last weekend, competing against the defending national champions, Auburn, and many other notable opponents at the Hoosier Relays. The Hoosiers had a strong showing across all events throughout the two-day meet. Seniors Courtney Johnson and Lindsay Hattendorf led IU by posting NCAA provisional qualifying times.

I told you so

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 3:11 p.m.

We all know that L.A. and Philly stay jiggy, but on the sneak, Indiana bringing heat for real. Y'all don't understand … the Colts just won the Super Bowl! Can you believe it? Did you ever actually think it was going to happen? Did you think that Peyton Manning could overcome that perennial "monkey" to win the big one? I sure did. And I have proof.

'Grapes of Wrath' to be made into opera

By Patrick Condon · Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 3:07 p.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- If John Steinbeck's fictional Joad family had actually existed, they'd probably be just about the last people interested in watching an opera.

Around the Arts

Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 3:06 p.m.

Union Board presents NOISE WHEN: 7 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Indiana Memorial Union Gallery MORE INFORMATION: This weekly concert brings local bands to the IMU Gallery for rock shows that are free and open to the public. This week's lineup features Kentucky Nightmare, The Alarmists (Calm Down.) and Found Objects.

Nation and World

Thursday, Feb. 8,2007 2:49 p.m.

Austrian authorities said Wednesday they have uncovered a major international child pornography ring.