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It does a body good

By Brittany Hite · Tuesday, Dec. 7,2004 12:03 a.m.

She just finished her daily workout routine. After a 30-mile cycling trek across the county's winding roads, sophomore Kristen Holmes returns home satisfied, but exhausted. She unlaces her shoes and heads to the kitchen, opening the refrigerator and retrieving a bottle of -- chocolate milk?

Hundreds sample exotic cuisine at McNutt Dining Hall

By Cecelia Wolford · Tuesday, Dec. 7,2004 12 a.m.

The McNutt Quad North Dining Room was filled with people of all ages waiting for one thing: free food. The room was also filled with Indian music and bits of conversation in many different languages while people of all ages waited in the 25-minute line. In all, there were eight restaurants, each offering a different dish representative of its culture.

Becoming a man

By Jessica Levco · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:59 p.m.

Sophomore Chris King has 15 Republican Guard IDs that he keeps as souvenirs from his military tour of the Middle East. He found them in an administration barrack.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:54 p.m.

Time for a new mentality toward IU football The firing of Gerry DiNardo doesn't shock or disappoint me at all. What I am shocked, disappointed and downright appalled at is the disgusting sense of apathy and defeatism exhibited towards our football program as manifested by the three opinion pieces reacting to the Athletic Department's decision. If there is a better example of Monday morning quarterbacking from the bench, I've never seen it.

Yep, my nipple exploded

By Colin Dugdale · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:49 p.m.

Breast. Bone. Lung. No matter how you wear it, one fact remains undeniably clear. Cancer is so hot right now! Totally vogue. It's like the iPod of diseases -- anyone who's anyone is getting it.

Is Latino the new white?

By Felipe Maya · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:48 p.m.

Latinos living in the United States are becoming whiter. These days Latinos are trying too hard to be "American" and disregarding their culture.

With a bloody smile

By Brett Warnke · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:47 p.m.

Want to see a nifty trick? I am going to write a word, and you, the reader, will sigh and begin speed-reading through the rest of this column: Sudan. For those of you who don't like current events -- who the hell cares -- it doesn't concern you -- read on about another IU basketball defeat or a campus lecture on a noted ethnomusicologist who will speak Thursday.

It never ends

By Amanda Trost · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:47 p.m.

I started this semester with the overwhelming decision to avoid graduate school like the plague and dive head-first into the pool of adulthood. It was a scary decision, but somehow I thought my final semesters of college would prepare me for the big, bad world. Boy was I wrong.

Letter To The Editor

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:46 p.m.

Crimson misrepresents Some of us attending IU are minorities, and yes, a select few of us are even female. Crimson, the current administration of the IU Student Association, selected a committee of 14 students to review the election code for next year.

Privacy not the issue

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:44 p.m.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, it's impossible to watch the news without mention of terrorist attacks, death tolls and suicide bombers. And among the news-speak mainstays, "privacy issues" rank high.

Hospital investigated after wrong meds distributed

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:41 p.m.

TERRE HAUTE -- A hospital will implement a bar code system and take other steps to prevent a repeat of an incident in which a patient lapsed into cardiac arrest after being given the wrong medication.

Community finds happiness in charitable organizations

By Beth Litwak · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:41 p.m.

Someone, somewhere once said, "Money can't buy happiness." Well, if happiness equates to Range Rovers or iPods, then he or she was completely wrong. But what if happiness actually had a different meaning? If happiness meant helping others, inspiring, uniting and learning, then this whole community would be in luck.

Negotiators reach deal on intelligence bill

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:39 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a deal Monday with the chief House Republican opponent of legislation revamping the nation's intelligence agencies, clearing the way for a final vote, a House GOP leader said.

Battleship Oklahoma honored 63 years after Pearl Harbor attack

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:38 p.m.

HONOLULU -- Sixty-three years after the sneak attack that plunged the United States into World War II, hundreds of men who died aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma are finally getting their own special tribute.

Student vigil commemorates 20th anniversary of disaster

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:38 p.m.

As the sun set over Dunn Meadow Monday, supporters of the Association for India's Development, stood at the corner of Seventh Street and Indiana Avenue, and quietly sang over the traffic, remembering the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical disaster.

Ireland brings thoughts of home

By Stephanie Fedor · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:34 p.m.

Wow. I cannot believe this semester has flown by so quickly. Hopefully you're on the other end of this thinking the same thing. It really is incredible to imagine that only four short months ago I was awaiting and anticipating what Ireland would be like.

A comedy with serious undertones in 'Happy Birthday, Wanda June'

By Jennifer Griffin · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 11:33 p.m.

A birthday cake, a long-lost father and a vacuum cleaner salesman set up the plot for the play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June." Complete with mid-1970s bell bottom pants, and animal heads mounted on the wall, the play transports the audience back 35 years to a time when women had little power.

Closing Time

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 5:32 p.m.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Saturday afternoon, the Hoosiers let another one slip away. Ahead 54-41 with just more than 13 minutes left in the game, No. 7 University of Connecticut went on a 17-1 run, taking the lead and never looking back on its way to a 74-69 win in Hartford.

Hoosiers squeak past Louisville for win

By Dan Click · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 4:58 p.m.

After letting a 58-51 lead dwindle to a point with just more than a minute remaining in the game, the IU women's basketball team looked like it might fold under the pressure. Instead, timely free throw shooting and defense saved the day for the Hoosiers Friday in a 61-57 win against the University of Louisville.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 6,2004 4:50 p.m.

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