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Pershing rifles take 2nd place competition

By David Bracho · Monday, April 11,2005 1:51 a.m.

The sound of boots and the buttstock of weapons hitting the drill pad resounded during IU's first hosting of the National Pershing Rifle competition Saturday in Assembly Hall. Twenty-three Pershing rifle teams gathered in Assembly Hall to compete for top honors as the best Pershing Rifle company in the land.

Hoosiers extend spring preseason winning streak to 3

By Steve Slivka · Monday, April 11,2005 1:49 a.m.

Before the start of the spring soccer season, IU coach Mike Freitag said redshirt freshman Kevin Noschang was one of the emerging players from the class of 2008. In the team's first two games, Noschang had three goals and he scored his fourth in the team's 2-0 win over St. Louis Friday night.

IU competes before largest regular season crowd ever as team travels to West Coast

By John Fischer · Monday, April 11,2005 1:48 a.m.

Imagine traveling back to the days of the ancient Olympics, when neither football nor basketball could fill a stadium like track and field did. The Hoosiers could have confused the present for the past when they arrived Saturday at the annual Pepsi Invitational to a marvelous stadium and a crowd in the thousands in Eugene, Ore.

Neville takes 2 victories at Pepsi Invite

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 11,2005 1:45 a.m.

Competing without its top distance runners, who will debut next weekend, IU finished third in its first trip to the Pepsi Team Invitational with Oregon capturing first. Sophomore All-American David Neville offered IU's best performance, sweeping the 200 and 400-meter dashes. After posting an NCAA Regional qualifier in the 200 meters last weekend, Neville got his 400-meter qualifier in a narrow 46.20 second victory.

IU sweeps Illinois for 1st Big Ten wins

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Monday, April 11,2005 1:40 a.m.

After struggling last weekend against Michigan State and losing a heartbreaker to Louisville Wednesday, the IU softball team traveled to Illinois and Iowa this weekend for four conference games. The Hoosiers wasted no time turning things around, beating the Illini 4-3 Friday evening.

Hoosiers hope for 'Wright' decision

By Matt Glenesk · Monday, April 11,2005 1:35 a.m.

Mike Davis has been frustrated over the past few seasons as he struggles to find players who can comprehend and execute his system. Davis is a system coach, and believe it or not, that offensive system that fans groan and moan about can work and has. However, Davis -- a system coach -- needs system players. It has become apparent some of his players simply haven't caught on.

New IU football coach Terry Hoeppner brings a balanced personality for 2005 -- full of passion, enthusiasm and loyalty

By Dan Click · Monday, April 11,2005 1:33 a.m.

The Indiana fight song echoes through IU football coach Terry Hoeppner's office. It's not from game tape. It's not from a CD. It's his crimson-colored cell phone. It's just one of the little things Hoeppner does to show his recently acquired passion and dedication to IU.

COACH HEP: On the field, Off the field

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, April 11,2005 1:31 a.m.

Ten days after IU students "Met Coach Hep," new football coach Terry Hoeppner made further appeals to the student body, speaking to representatives of IU greek houses Thursday at the Hoosier room in Memorial Stadium.

Successful Mozart opera closes season

By Adam Sedia · Monday, April 11,2005 1:26 a.m.

The occult is not only a recent obsession. It has centuries of cultural history behind it, and is now written into one of the most popular operas in America: "The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)."

Prince Charles marries longtime companion Camilla Parker Bowles

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Gardiner · Monday, April 11,2005 1:22 a.m.

WINDSOR, England -- Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles wed in a modest town hall ceremony Saturday with the blessing of the queen and the Church of England, sealing a tangled love affair ignited at a polo match more than 30 years ago.

Israeli police arrest 31 Jewish demonstrators at holy site

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Lavie · Monday, April 11,2005 1:21 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Thousands of Israeli police mobilized at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site Sunday but confronted only a handful of Jewish extremists intent on scuttling a Gaza pullout by tying up security forces. In Gaza, militants fired dozens of mortar shells after Israeli forces killed three teenagers.

Loan program aims to lure key teachers to urban schools

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 11,2005 12:46 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Efforts to draw teachers to critical math, science and special education jobs in Indiana's poorest schools could get a boost from a new loan forgiveness program. But many teachers say they are unaware of the benefit, which President Bush signed into law in October.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 11,2005 12:45 a.m.

Statehouse bomb threat creates minor disturbance INDIANAPOLIS -- A Rushville man arrested for threatening to bomb the Statehouse never posed a serious threat to state government, an Indiana State Police spokesman said Sunday. Local police found two crude bombs in the trunk of a car belonging to Randal A. Robbins on Saturday, and state police explosives experts safely detonated them later, 1st Sgt. Dave Bursten said.

Senate Republicans reject proposal to use gambling funds for education

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Wrenn · Monday, April 11,2005 12:44 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans who control the Senate rejected Democrat proposals Friday to put devices similar to slot machines at Indiana's two racetracks to help funnel more money toward public schools. Among other proposals to boost education funding, Democrats suggested splitting 5,000 pull-tab slot machines operated by the Hoosier Lottery between racetracks in Anderson and Shelby County.

Indonesia rocked by earthquake

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 11,2005 12:42 a.m.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- An undersea earthquake that hit Sunday near the Indonesian island of Sumatra sent people fleeing from their homes in panic, but the temblor was not strong enough to generate a tsunami, seismologists and meteorologists said.

Pakistan official kidnapped in Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Monday, April 11,2005 12:41 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The family of a Pakistani embassy employee kidnapped in Baghdad appealed Sunday for his captors to release him, and al-Qaida's ally in Iraq claimed to have kidnapped and killed a senior police official. The kidnappings came as Iraq's most feared terrorist organization issued an Internet statement rejecting any efforts by the new government to make peace.

Eric Rudolph to plead guilty in Olympic Park bombing case

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 11,2005 12:39 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The lawyer at the center of the deal that will spare serial bomber Eric Rudolph's life has helped keep other big-name defendants off death row -- including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski. Judy Clarke has been described as a "one-woman Dream Team" by a colleague who helped her defend Susan Smith, the South Carolina mom who avoided a death sentence after being convicted of drowning her two little boys in 1995.

Social Security needs open conversation

By Alyson Brodsy and Brad Jones · Monday, April 11,2005 12:38 a.m.

Every so often a major economic or social issue is brought up by one of the political parties, and, more often than not, both sides have good arguments to support their points of view. Invariably, in their desire to win, the extremists in the opposing camps begin to create alarmist scenarios to scare the public into supporting one proposal over the other. We are currently witnessing this phenomenon in the debate over Social Security.

Record crowds give final farewell to John Paul II

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Monday, April 11,2005 12:36 a.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Presidents, prime ministers and kings joined pilgrims and prelates in St. Peter's Square on Friday to bid an emotional farewell to Pope John Paul II at a funeral service that drew millions to Rome for the largest gathering of the powerful and the humble in modern times.

I think Afri-can

By Melanie Sims · Monday, April 11,2005 12:35 a.m.

Hey, y'all, I'm a black Catholic! So, I'll confess: While everyone in Sister Celine's fourth grade class talked about church revivals and first-Sunday oyster crackers, I was singing "Ave Maria", Latin and all, in my nine-year-old head.