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Road continues to bring Hoosiers trouble

By Jackie Faine and Jacqueline Faine · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:39 a.m.

Road travels were again hard on the IU women's volleyball team as it was defeated by Big Ten rivals Iowa and Minnesota over the weekend. Both squads held "Pack the House" nights against the Hoosiers, adding momentum to the competitive environment, and IU coach Katie Weismiller said feedback from the fans was astonishing.

Bears alone in 1st place in NFC North after 19-13 win

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:37 a.m.

DETROIT -- The Detroit Lions were bailed out after one ill-advised Jeff Garcia play in the fourth quarter, then the Chicago Bears burned them on another in overtime. Garcia's across-the-body pass was picked off by Charles Tillman and returned 22 yards for a touchdown with 8:43 left in overtime Sunday, lifting Chicago atop the NFC North with a 19-13 win over Detroit.

Gophers topple No. 9 Hoosiers 167-137

By Adam Boizelle · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:31 a.m.

The No. 9 IU men's swimming team fought a tough battle on the road at Minnesota, but came up short 163-137 despite an impressive diving performance. No. 11 Minnesota claimed a sum of nine titles at the meet while IU took seven.

Loukas leads No. 16 IU in 177.5 - 122.5 victory

By Steve Harris · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:30 a.m.

The No. 16 IU women's swimming and diving team emerged with an impressive road win Saturday by defeating the No. 23 Minnesota Golden Gophers 177.5-122.5. The Hoosiers were able to respond appropriately to what IU coach Ray Looze called a "prize fight" between the two talented Big Ten teams.

Best race of season comes just in time for team

By Ryan Goode · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:27 a.m.

What a difference a month has made for the Hoosiers. Only a month ago, the IU women's cross country team returned to campus from Minnesota's Roy Griak Invitational with a disappointing 15th-place finish. On Sunday, the Hoosiers captured fourth place at the Big Ten Conference cross country meet on the same Minnesota course that had flustered them earlier in the season.

Hoosiers finish 6th at Big Ten championships

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:24 a.m.

The No. 22 IU men's cross country team caught a tough break just prior to the start of the 2005 Big Ten championships and finished in sixth place. The finish marks one of the lowest in recent history for the Hoosiers, who were hurt by senior All-American John Jefferson being unable to compete due to a chronic hip injury. IU was left with only two members of its front-running trio.

Dream season ends for IU

By Jordan Majewski · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:21 a.m.

After 64 minutes of play, the No. 9 IU field hockey team held a 3-2 advantage over No. 6 Penn State and appeared poised for the Big Ten title-clinching upset Friday. That was until the Nittany Lions' Annelise Legel broke free and tied the score at 3-3. Legel's goal sent the match into overtime, when in the 74th minute, Penn State's Kiersten Wood netted the game-winning goal.

Defensive lineup changes might be in store for IU

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:20 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Hoosier defense couldn't have asked to start its afternoon any differently. On Michigan State's first three offensive plays, IU's seemingly stout defense flew to the ball, gang-tackled and pushed the Spartans back eight yards into their own end zone, where a hurried MSU quarterback Drew Stanton was called for intentional grounding and a safety.

Fun with numbers

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:18 a.m.

In its first five games of the 2005 season, IU hit the ground running with a 4-1 record. In their last three, the Hoosiers have run straight into a wall. I never liked mathematics. If an equation equals above 10, I need to use a calculator. I never achieved a grade above a C in high school math, and so I found my calling -- journalism. Of course, when you have driven six hours and stayed a night at the creepy Days Inn to attend a football game that is over from the opening kickoff, your mind starts to wander.

Hoosiers' Big Ten road woes continue

By Matt Mattucci · Monday, Oct. 31,2005 12:16 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Just 13 seconds into Saturday's game, the Hoosiers found themselves in a familiar position: forced to come from behind on the road against a Big Ten opponent. Michigan State's Demond Williams returned IU's opening kickoff 98 yards for the first score of the game, en route to the Spartans' 46-15 victory. It marked Michigan State's first touchdown on an opening kickoff return since 1947.

Daylight-saving time debate alive in 17 Indiana counties

By Jamie Ward · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:58 p.m.

Seventeen of Indiana's 92 counties still have no idea what time it will be when Indiana begins observing daylight-saving time in April. In response to the Department of Transportation's deadline of Sept. 16 to petition for a time zone change, 17 counties in the state requested to move from their current time zone of Eastern to Central. If these requests are granted, it would place 27 counties in the state on a different time zone for the entire year. Ten counties currently observe Central Daylight Time and are aligned with the Central time zone. For Bloomington residents, the potential switch means neighboring Bedford and Lawrence County could be in a different time zone and an hour behind Bloomington's time year-round.

Free "The Onion"

By Alyson Brodsy and Bryan Schmidt · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:42 p.m.

An important story concerning our government is lost among the jungle of recent news. Don't let the clamor about Supreme Court nominations, hurricanes, earthquakes or the federal investigation into "Plamegate" distract you from something much more important. The Onion is using the presidential seal.

Antisocial Scientist

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:39 p.m.

Given that today is Halloween, this seems the ideal time to address an oft-overlooked issue affecting the quality of life on campus. IU is insufficiently haunted. Now I'm not saying IU isn't haunted. Nor do I mean to disparage the fine work of those ghosts already calling the University home. The Indiana Memorial Union, for instance, is particularly well supplied. In seeking to provide a wide variety of services for the college community, the IMU not only boasts a Burger King and bowling alley but the spectre of a little boy inhabiting the Tudor Room's creepy Halloween painting. Over the years, ghostly happenings have been witnessed in other parts of the building and, according to legend, it proved so unsettling as to cause a dog to commit suicide by leaping from one of the upper-story windows.

How to cut a budget

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Obermeyer · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:37 p.m.

The IU board of trustees announced a probable tuition rate hike more than the expected 4.9 percent. To be blunt, that really sucks for all returning students, but we can't blame the trustees. When a university with a long history receives a little more than one-fortieth of the expected appropriation for maintenance, there's not much else to do. IU is not alone. Federal financial aid funding is facing cuts again by $14.5 billion, and state funding across the country is decreasing alarmingly. Compared to other Big Ten schools, we're lucky tuition rates aren't rising at a greater rate.

Harriet Miers' judicious withdrawal

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:31 p.m.

We commend Harriet Miers for withdrawing her nomination to the Supreme Court. Ideally, though, she should have realized she wasn't qualified for the highest court in the land long before she "flunked" a simple questionnaire from the Senate Judiciary Committee and was requested to do it over.

Hundreds arrested in Wisconsin celebration

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:22 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. -- Police used repeated bursts of pepper spray early Sunday to break up a crowd of Halloween celebrants, part of a weekend of revelry in which more than 400 people were arrested. No serious injuries or property damage were reported. Police declared an unlawful assembly early Sunday and used officers on horseback to move chanting and beverage-tossing revelers off State Street. The pepper spray was used after cups filled with beverages and ice were thrown at officers.

IU senior envisions run for U.S. presidency in 2020

By Gavin Lesnick · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:21 p.m.

Jon Schloesser spends a lot of time Googling the terms "president" and "2020." But Schloesser isn't just fascinated with a presidential campaign more than a decade away. Presuming the next 15 years go according to his plan, the senior education major is staking out the competition. He announced his candidacy for the election -- the first he'll be eligible for -- this summer. Schloesser said his Google searches retrieve about four other Web sites from similar students around the country who have declared their candidacy for the 2020 election. He said the candidates communicate with each other, spurring one another to take stances on various issues. "It's exciting just to compare ideas with other people," Schloesser said. "It's in the back of our minds, like our own little election. If one person on the Web site makes a statement, how are you going to respond?"

Rowdy with rubbers

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike McElroy · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:20 p.m.

"Let's go hand out some condoms!" Junior Cara Berg, president of the group Raising Awareness of Interactions in Sexual Encounters, has just finished prepping her group of 26 volunteers for Friday night's main event. In a moment, they will descend on the Bloomington nightlife to distribute 5,000 condoms at downtown bars and restaurants. The goal is to advocate safe sex and raise awareness of sexual assault.

Pakistani Student Association raises $4,500 for victims

By Chip Cutter · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:18 p.m.

After a three-day campaign across campus, the Pakistani Student Association said it has raised $4,500 for victims of the Oct. 8 earthquake in South Asia. The money, which was collected at five campus locations Oct. 24 through Wednesday, represents 45 percent of the $10,000 goal the PSA set for the campaign.

4 men plead guilty in California State hazing incident

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 30,2005 11:13 p.m.

OROVILLE, Calif. -- Four fraternity members pleaded guilty in the death of a college student who was forced to drink large amounts of water during an initiation rite.