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Football could be going 'bowling'

I'm not too different from the everyday college football fan, except I get my thoughts published, so at least use me as a bathroom reader. Pick me up, read me, do your business and drop me. That's all I really want. But I will try to give some insight into IU's football program while introducing you to some of the unique Hoosier personalities and breaking down the team's strengths and weaknesses.

Alpha Sig coming back

Alpha Sigma Phi will likely be back on campus this fall after its Nov. 3, 1999 suspension for repeated alcohol violations, Dean of Students Richard McKaig said Monday night.

Bob Log III will rock Second Story

One-man-bands have always had something of a stigma attached to them. After all, the genre was pioneered by Wesley Willis, a certified schizophrenic from Chicago. He has spent the past 20 years touring, pounding out songs such as "I'm Sorry I Got Fat" on his keyboard.

Let Nader debate

Construction: When will it end?

Let me set you up with the situation: It's about 4 p.m., you can see the humidity in the air, your car has no air conditioning and you have been gridlocked in standstill traffic for what seems like forever. It sounds like Chicago traffic on a Friday afternoon, but it isn't. I'm actually describing Bloomington, with its booming street and building construction.

Bus plan wastes students' money

The new bus plan passed by the board of trustees this summer will phase in expanded services for students during the course of the next three years. It includes universal access to Bloomington Transit, extended hours on weekends for both BT and campus services and additional campus buses. All of these services will be funded by a mandatory fee paid by all students, regardless of whether they use the bus service. Exemptions will only be made for a few students, such as those studying abroad. The added expense of these fees does not benefit most students, especially on-campus students who are now forced to subsidize the Bloomington Transit system. These on-campus students will still primarily use the campus bus, for which they must now still purchase an additional pass. Those off-campus students who walk, drive or live far from a BT bus stop are paying for nothing.

BPD Blotter

Police responded Saturday to a report of a man beating his head against the wall of a building in the 900 block of N. Illinois Street and arrested a Bloomington man after he yelled at an officer, police said.

Goalie spectacular as Hoosiers shut out Xavier

In an eight-game span last season, the women's soccer team managed just two goals. Scores by junior Stacey Peterson and sophomore Kate Kastl were all IU had in nearly 25 days.

Festival to exhibit arts, crafts

Every year, returning students and incoming freshmen shop for furniture, rugs and items for decorating their apartments and dorm rooms. One place to start this decorative search is the 24th-annual Fourth Street Festival of the Arts and Crafts.

Soccer team prepares for season

Freshman midfielder Emily Hotz scored twice in the first half as the women's soccer team rolled to a season opening 3-0 win over Xavier Saturday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Green, Reform parties considering appeals

Eight third-party candidates were removed from Indiana's November ballot Thursday following a hearing before the Indiana Election Commission.

Living in lounges

Freshman Jasmyn Lagenour pictured moving to college and making her first home away from home special.

The good, the bad, the nasty

"Drop your cocks, and grab your socks: It's time to saddle a mule." That is the cry that sophomore Mary Solecki heard every summer morning in her outdoor tent cabin from Wayne, a rough and tumble, 60-year-old cowboy who was one of the lead mule drivers at Yosemite National Park in California.

Hoosiers' preseason begins with 4-0 win

Men's soccer coach Jerry Yeagley predicted a tough match Saturday between his Hoosiers and IU-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. The match indeed was a tough one. For IPFW.

Soccer 101: How to be a fanatic

With the Adidas Classic kicking off the men's soccer season Friday, it's time for campus to once again get excited about the school's most successful athletic program. Every season these matches are well attended, yet Bill Armstrong Stadium lacks one thing: atmosphere.

Defending champs roll through exhibition openers

FORT WAYNE ' After 67 minutes of flying mud and grass and brutal play, sophomore forward Mike Bock headed the ball into the goal to break a scoreless tie for the top-ranked Hoosiers, who defeated No. 20 Rutgers 2-0 in the final game at the IU-Purdue University at Fort Wayne Soccer Showcase Sunday. IU men's soccer coach Jerry Yeagley said his team's offense clicked during the first 30 minutes of the game when all starters were in the game. The substitution of Bock in the 70th minute, however, allowed the Hoosiers to end repetitive scoreless counterattacks from both teams.

Basketball program has turbulent summer

Even without mentioning coach Bob Knight, the IU basketball program found itself constantly in the news this summer. Some people involved with the program moved on the NBA. Others ran into some trouble with the law. Here are the highlights, and lowlights, from summer headlines.

Hoosierfest

It's been the story of the summer, an inconvenience to pedestrians and motorists, a bone of contention between local merchants and city government and an eyesore in the heart of Bloomington. It's the construction that closed Kirkwood Avenue earlier this summer. But Saturday night saw a new side of Kirkwood, and for the first time in a long while, people filled the street. Some stopped into local shops such as Smoothie King and Tracks. Some sipped ale in the beer garden, and most gathered around the stage at Grant Street and enjoyed the performances of musical groups Cracker, Karl Denson and others.

Grammy-winning reggae artist to play at Axis

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