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Air attack grounds Hoosiers for fourth loss this season

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:19 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Hoosiers may have been outplayed by the Spartans in the 31-3 loss Saturday, but the team wasn't helped by a slew of loose balls that rarely seemed to bounce in the Hoosiers' favor. MSU had four fumbles and lost none of them. The Spartans caught a pair of passes on balls knocked straight up in the air by Hoosier defenders.

Sosa's HR not enough

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:17 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Mike Lowell sure wrecked this Wrigley Field party in a hurry. With the old ballpark still shaking after Sammy Sosa's tremendous, tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning, Lowell led off the 11th with a pinch-hit home run that sent the Florida Marlins over the Chicago Cubs 9-8 Tuesday night in the NL championship series opener.

Dennisonwins, IU in second

By David Paulen · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:16 a.m.

Senior Karen Dennison fired a final-round 69 to claim her second consecutive Shootout at the Legends title Tuesday. Her three round score of 213 (72-72-69) was only one stroke shy of the school record she set at the Shootout in 2002. She finished three strokes ahead of TCU's Brooke Tull and Missouri's Denise Knaebel.

Alumni come home for weekend festivities

By Andrea Minarcek · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:14 a.m.

Anticipation has been building this week, and tomorrow IU's 2003 Homecoming, "Sweet Home Indiana," will officially begin. Senior Jo Marchi, Student Athletic Board Homecoming director, has been working since July to help plan the week's events. "Homecoming week creates a good atmosphere in the town overall," Marchi said. "I really think it'll be a lot of fun. It's a great chance for alumni to come back to campus and remember what it's like to be a student and for students to welcome back the alumni.

Skating through college

By Alyson Brodsy and Jake Rossman · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:12 a.m.

My old roommate thought he was getting a first rate education. He was an artist. Not with paints or clay or words or music. His canvas was college. His medium: slacking.

Sentenced to life for looking

By Alyson Brodsy and Matthew Schoettmer · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:11 a.m.

Let's face it. The old adage "You do the crime, you do the time" just isn't accurate. To make this antiquated proverb truly reflect reality, it would have to be rewritten as "You do a crime that is revolting to the voting public and happens to be a hot topic in the news media, you do the time plus another couple of hundred years to prove a point."

Zen and the art of highway upkeep

By Alyson Brodsy and Bonnie Real · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:09 a.m.

Over the summer, my good buddy and I realized that we were both exhibiting symptoms of acute wanderlust. It was no wonder. She hadn't seen an ocean since toddlerhood, and I had never ventured more westerly than St. Louis. It seemed the only treatment for our condition was to hop in her Daewoo and head for the American West. So, off we went, bright-eyed and brave, determined to start curing our Indiana girl naivety.

First Health Care to open second clinic

By Jessica Levco · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:03 a.m.

Since 1995, First Health Care has operated a clinic on the westside of Bloomington.

National Guard unit returns home

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 2:03 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Months of worry ended in tears and hugs for dozens of families as about 250 Indiana National Guard troops returned home from the Middle East.

Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush questioned whether investigators would be able to determine who leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer Tuesday, but said his staff was cooperating.

Turkish parliament approves troop deployment in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:52 a.m.

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to allow troops to be sent to Iraq, a move that could lead to the first major contingent of Muslim peacekeepers there. But Iraq's Governing Council said it opposes any deployment of Turkish soldiers.

Report outlines diversity progress

By Maura Halpern · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:51 a.m.

IU's Office of Student Development and Diversity, along with the office's vice president Charlie Nelms, released a comprehensive report last week that tracks and describes IU's progress in becoming a more diverse campus, including recruitment of more minorities.

Office begins entry process

By Brian Janosch · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:51 a.m.

The admissions office at IU has been flooded with mail lately.

Hotels booked, prices rise as visitors swarm into town

By Adam Van Osdol and Adam VanOsdol · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:51 a.m.

Looking for a hotel room this Homecoming Weekend?

Windfall celebrates 25 years of dance

By Jacquelyn Janowski · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:45 a.m.

Windfall Dance School, a not-for-profit organization that accepts participants of any age, is celebrating its 25th year of teaching and performing, but they have not gotten there without a struggle. A passion for dance and determination has helped the school not only continue, but grow in the past 25 years.

'Timeline' offers new take on time travel

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:43 a.m.

Michael Crichton, one of the modern masters of science fiction, has once again bent the laws of reality to create an engrossing tale of corporate greed and scientific irresponsibility. This time the heroes of his novel "Timeline" are faced with sword-wielding ancestors of medieval times in the search to rescue one of their own. This novel, the latest of Crichton's work to be adapted to film, is certainly worth the read before the movie hits theaters in November.

Hoosiers win Collegiate Classic

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:35 a.m.

After completing the first two rounds of the 49ers Collegiate Classic on Monday, the fifth-ranked Hoosiers stood five strokes behind first place Xavier and tied for second with Furman. That deficit was erased during Tuesday's final round as the Hoosiers came back to take their second consecutive tournament victory. Junior Jeff Overton once again paced the Hoosiers by finishing in first place for the individuals. Overton, who is ranked No. 4 in the country, opened the tournament with a first round score of 64, a school record. He did not slow down in the second or third rounds as he shot scores of 67 and 68, respectively.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:29 a.m.

The men's a capella group "Straight No Chaser" will be holding tryouts today and Thursday for next year's group. Today's tryout will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Tudor Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. More tryouts will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday in the Bryan Room of the IMU. Call backs for both tryouts will be Friday.

Accidental cheaters

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:24 a.m.

We might not be cheaters at heart, but chances are, many of us have committed the ethical wrongdoing of plagiarism. As students, we know the struggles of late night paper-writing. We do it all: essays, research compositions, articles. Multiple pages.

Lack of funding will not stop CALMFEST

By Obaid Khawaja · Wednesday, Oct. 8,2003 1:24 a.m.

The Citizen's Alliance for the Legalization of Marijuana will go ahead with plans to hold its annual festival despite the IU Student Association's denial of funds for the event, members said.