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Knight criticizes IU again

INDIANAPOLIS -- Texas Tech coach Bob Knight once again criticized IU and its administration during a lengthy television interview about his firing from the school and his new job.

New Age at its best

DVD a good bite of dark comedy

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The ESPN Zone restaurant in Atlanta has events planned for the Final Four weekend, including a Dick Vitale Sound-Alike Contest and several ESPN Sports Center broadcasts, Marketing Manager for ESPN Zone, Hassy Braggs said. The restaurant also has about 200 TVs (including some in the restrooms), and an interactive sports arena. Customers can shoot half-court shots, shoot pucks in the 30 ft. hockey rink, race in the Daytona Special car tracks, and take part in a boxing match.

'Hippies' fizzles out

Tin soldiers and Nixon's coming / We're finally on our own / This summer I hear the drumming / Four dead in Ohio." What may strike students today most about Kent State University are the lyrics to "Ohio," that folksy cut by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young mourning the four dead students of the May anti-Vietnam demonstration in 1970. It was a time of confusion, long hair, arguments with parents, political do-good activism and love -- or so says the new college-student-geared novel "Hippies." Across the country in 1969-70, 20-somethings were shipping out to Vietnam, protesting the violent war and discovering life. Author Peter Jedick spins back to his time as a student at Kent State to depict the sometimes groovy, sometimes foretelling, school year before hell broke loose at Kent State.

New exhibit explores the abstract

Jared Janovec is interested in the parallels between human portraiture and botanical phenomena. He never had a particular flair for horticulture, but that didn't stop him from using fruits and vegetables as his medium in a School of Fine Arts exhibit that is now showing ceramics, metal works and paintings by last semester's masters of fine arts students. SoFA gallery director Betsy Stirratt said there will be a reception to officially kick off the show on Friday, Jan. 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The reception will be open to the public.

Movies aren't what they use to be

Hoosiers to begin road series

After completing a 12-game homestand, the baseball team packs its bags for a weekend trip to Ann Arbor to face the University of Michigan Wolverines in a four-game series.

Divers head south for championship

As most students head home for the summer, three IU divers have been preparing for the FINA/USA Grand Prix Diving Championships which will be held in Coral Springs, Fla. this weekend.

Even Osama needs PR help

Dear Mr. bin Laden, Although Thomas E. Ricks of The Washington Post (Feb. 25) reports that you might still be alive and kicking in the rugged territory between Afghanistan and Pakistan, you seem like a distant memory over here in the states. I wonder if they're still selling Osama voo-doo dolls in Times Square.

Administrator described as 'friendly workaholic'

IU's new chancellor and vice president for academic affairs, Sharon S. Brehm, has been widely described as a "friendly workaholic," with an infinite amount of energy and a commitment to excellence. But really she just likes to read, travel and ride in fast planes. "I adore reading, and I always have like six books going," she said. "The ability to open a book and open a world will never lose its excitement for me."

Retaliation necessary

Missing: 4,763 Confirmed dead: 576 That is 5,313 fellow Americans who will always be a part of America but who will never again walk this great land. A town's worth of fellow citizens who were felled by an act of terrorism. At least 50 of them were soldiers and sailors who swore an oath to defend our country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Implicit in that oath is the understanding that we, the American people, have a part in this pact. Our part is to not let their deaths go unavenged.

'Hart's War' a losing battle

In Hollywood's post Sept. 11 patriotic fervor, there was a literal invasion of War movies. Luckily, most moviegoers took a pass on "Hart's War," a dangerously flawed film. This Bruce Willis driven tank hits tons of landmines from start to finish.

Hoosiers have flawless weekend

Having just completed a road trip, the women's tennis team wanted to make a statement at the IU Tennis Center Saturday. Mission accomplished. The Hoosiers (10-6, 1-2 Big Ten) ripped through two opponents, defeating Illinois-Chicago in the morning and Butler in the afternoon, both by a flawless 7-0 score.

N. Ireland peace process needs more momentum, Irish leader says

The British and Irish governments must give renewed momentum to the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said Sunday as he called on all sides to help ease simmering sectarian tensions.

Taken under advisory

Music censorship is nothing new to American culture. In fact, government officials and special interest groups have been trying to censor music since before the 1950s. From Elvis' appearances on the "Ed Sullivan Show" to Marilyn Manson concerts, popular music always seems to make someone mad. With "Parental Advisory: Music Censorship In America," author Eric Nuzum, a pop-culture critic and program director of WKSU-FM at Kent State University, details and follows the evolution of music censorship in America.

Housing laws continue debate

In June 1985, when most of the incoming class of freshmen was less than two-years old, the Bloomington city council passed an ordinance disallowing more than three unrelated adults from living in the same single family residence. Almost 17 years later, a panel of three appeals judges on May 17 unanimously ruled the ordinance unconstitutional.

Eastern conference always a battle

(1) New Jersey Devils vs. (8) Carolina Hurricanes This matchup features the deepest lineup in the playoffs against the shallowest. Heading into the playoffs, the defending champion Devils are undoubtedly the most likely candidate to take the East. Having Patrik Elias as white hot as he is (16 goals, 34 points in the last 19 games) only makes the Devils a scarier opponent.

6 athletes qualify for NCAA meet

Coach Randy Heisler did not have high expectations for his athletes going into this weekend's 15-team meet at Arizona State because of his team's recent intense training. Instead, he got a surprise from the three-day Baldy Castillo Invitational. The Hoosiers won six events and provisionally qualified six athletes for the NCAA Championships in six events.

Court nixes bid by smoker's widow

ORLEANS, France -- An appeals court denied a request Monday for damages by the widow of a three-pack-a-day smoker, ruling that it was the state-owned tobacco company's job to make money for the government. The tobacco company, Seita, "was not unaware of the correlation between smoking and the risk of cancer, notably to the lungs," the court said. But the court said Seita's status as a state-run company did not permit it to "make this information known to the public." The widow's lawyer called the decision a "total defeat" not only for his client but for public health, and said he would file a new appeal.