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Wrestlers look to end season with wins

By Linnea Coulter · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12 a.m.

The IU wrestling team usually ends practice with scrimmages in which coach Duane Goldman simply tells the squad to wrestle. These scrimmages are sometimes sluggish after hours of practice and lifting. There was no such sluggishness this week.

Men's golf set to open spring season in Mexico

By Mandy Eid · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:59 p.m.

The IU men's golf team will travel across international borders this weekend to Guadalajara, Mexico for its first match of 2007. The two-day Club de Golf Santa Anita Classic will begin at 8:15 a.m. on Sunday with 36 holes. Monday morning, golfers will tee off at 7:30 a.m. for 18 holes.

Coach focuses on shooting during lay off

By Lee Hurwitz · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:59 p.m.

Lately, the question for the IU women's basketball team hasn't been a one of talent. It's been whether or not the shots will fall.

Hoosiers look to rebound after loss to Boilermakers

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:58 p.m.

No sooner than the No. 24 IU men's basketball team lost to Purdue on the road Thursday were the Hoosiers faced with the prospect of yet another Big Ten road game. Less than 48 hours after their loss in West Lafayette, IU will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday to face Michigan. The game is the second of four remaining road games on IU's schedule. The Hoosiers play three of their next four on the road, including trips to Michigan State (Feb. 24) and Northwestern (Feb. 28).

Hoosiers look for return to the win column

By Kevin Kane · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:58 p.m.

After winning its first eight matches of the season, the IU women's tennis team now looks to end its two-match losing streak at home this weekend against a pair of undefeated teams, Wake Forest (4-0) and Kentucky (6-0).

Purdue puts a number on Hoosiers

By Ryan Corazza · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:57 p.m.

Carl Landry and David Teague came to play. Let me put this one in perspective for you, with the aid of some numbers.

Senior duo sparks Purdue to win against in-state rival

By Aaron Beard and Cliff Brunt · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:57 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- This is why David Teague went through all the grueling rehab. Teague, a senior guard who missed last season with a torn ACL, was at his best Thursday night, scoring a career-high 32 points as Purdue beat No. 24 IU 81-68.

Student mistakes police car for taxi

By Paige Ingram · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:11 p.m.

IU student Jordan A. Howard may have fooled those checking IDs at the bars he visited Wednesday night, but he was not able to fool a police officer, whom he flagged down during a drunken walk down a street, according to IU Police Department reports.

Provost's office provides $2 million for faculty research

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 11:08 p.m.

A $2 million grant from the Office of the Vice Provost for Research will help faculty members start research projects that will aid them in securing larger grants.

Democrats' budget would increase school spending

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 10:35 p.m.

Public schools would get spending increases of about 4 percent in each of the next two years under a budget drafted by Democrats, who now control the Indiana House of Representatives. It would also provide money to begin a phase-in of statewide, full-day kindergarten, party leaders said Thursday.

Bush: NATO allies must provide additional troops in Afghanistan

By Jennifer Loven · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 10:33 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Describing a country on the brink, President Bush on Thursday exhorted NATO nations to send additional troops to Afghanistan and allow their soldiers already there to fight in the violent south and under other dangerous circumstances.

Tuition at Notre Dame to increase

By AP Reports and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 10:32 p.m.

Tuition at the University of Notre Dame will increase 5.4 percent for undergraduates next fall to $35,187 a year, the school announced Thursday. Add that to the average room and board rates of $9,290 and a typical undergraduate will pay $44,477 to attend the university.

U.S. government plans to shun a future Hamas-Fatah coalition

By Mohammed Daraghmeh · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 10:30 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that U.S. diplomats told them Washington plans to shun a future Hamas-Fatah coalition government because it will not explicitly recognize Israel.

Report slams Indy prison conditions

By AP Reports and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 10:27 p.m.

Prisoners and staff at the Marion County Community Corrections Center must endure conditions that include poor sanitation, a suspect emergency sprinkler system and breathing air from moldy ventilation, a state report said.

Hungarian animation on display tonight

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 9:30 p.m.

Friday marks the screening of the second film in the IU Hungarian Cultural Association's Film Series. The HCA will show the animated feature "Fehérlófia" ("Son of the White Mare") at 6 p.m. in Swain Hall East 140.

Concert piece a 'marathon of fury and passion'

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 9:29 p.m.

For those willing to brave the snow, wind and ice, Wednesday evening's University Orchestra concert was a welcome respite from the toils of the week.

BCT to host 2nd Cinephile indie film festival

By Yeonjoo Son · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 9:28 p.m.

The second annual Cinephile Festival of Independent Film & Video will be held at 3 p.m., Feb. 17 at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The festival consists of mostly short film features by several local filmmakers, many of whom received grants from Cinephile Film Arts to help with production costs.

Camerata to warm up listeners with 'Russian Favorites'

Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 9:27 p.m.

The Camerata Orchestra Series, in its 18th season, will present "Russian Favorites" at 3:30 p.m. Sunday in the Bloomington High School North Auditorium.

Ugly Bettys

By Indira Dammu · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 6:59 p.m.

I've always been intrigued by America's fascination with beauty. Never mind that no two individuals have similar conceptions of what makes someone attractive -- we've gotten the art of "being pretty" down to a science. Fashion magazines are proof of that. Makeup, shaving kits and hair products are proof of that. With all this, we're supposed to find time to be a perfect student, perfect wife, perfect mother.

Grammy for best dissent

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 6:58 p.m.

Patriotic dissent and free speech won big at the 49th annual Grammy Awards last Sunday. Four years after the Dixie Chicks were vilified, threatened and shunned for exercising basic freedoms, their voices -- both musical and political -- were finally honored with five Grammy awards.