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Battling back

Senior Ryan Parker's list of accomplishments as a member of the IU baseball team is impressive -- two-time member of the Academic All-American Team, Academic All-Big Ten selection and a .340 batting average with 51 RBIs last season, to name a few. But perhaps the most defining aspect of Parker's career as a Hoosier is the fact that he is a cancer survivor.

Protesters expected at Coulter speech

Ann Coulter not only expects protest wherever she goes, she depends on it. "I love the question-and-answer," Coulter said on Fox's "Hannity and Colmes" in May. "I love to see liberals try to thrash their way to a coherent argument. And actually, I think it's fun to debate."

IU community discusses cartoon controversy

A panel of IU experts Tuesday said recent controversy over cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad is about more than drawings and insults. Several panelists concluded that the outrage and protests in Muslim countries were not merely because of the drawings, but were a response to consistent anti-Muslim sentiments outside the Islamic world.

Design double duty

When the news about Mike Davis' possible resignation began breaking last Wednesday, Indiana Daily Student reporters and editors worked to report and write the story before the paper's midnight deadline. While those staffers attempted to get the scoop on Davis, the front page of the paper was in limbo. Would Davis resign? Would he be fired? Was it all just speculation? Before reporters had confirmed what would happen with Davis, the front page had to be designed multiple times to cover our bases for the different possibilities.

Fear the birds

It's coming. Oh, you know it's coming. It's been coming for a long time.

Hunting Cheney

By now it's more than likely you have heard about Vice President Dick Cheney's hunting accident in Texas. What at first seemed a mere, at some times amusing misfortune (David Letterman joked, "We can't get bin Laden but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney") soon became much more tragic as we learned that Harry Whittington, the man Cheney shot, suffered from a mild heart attack. The accident became even more somber as Americans finally started to question Cheney's controversial and secretive behavior.

With us in mind

Like some of my Indiana Daily Student colleagues, last week I was surprised to hear only two tickets are running for the IU Student Association elections. In years past, the IUSA election seasons have been much more, let's say, colorful, than this year's looks to be.

Free your mind

Last week, the Arizona state Senate's Higher Education Committee approved a bill that would allow college students to opt out of required reading assignments they consider personally offensive. The legislation would permit students to forgo assignments that "conflict with the student's beliefs or practices in sex, morality or religion."

So what can we all do to retain more black students?

Sometimes dialoguing is all you can do. So when IU sophomore Sara Alghani and senior Rodney Cobb invited IU's historically black greek organization members to join fellow students and faculty to discuss and explore the issues preventing nearly half of IU's black students from graduating, I was more than happy to RSVP.

Student warns of new phishing method

As the ever-expanding age of the Internet develops further, so do the problems, such as identity theft and computer viruses, that accompany it. University Information Technology Services provides IU students with information about security to prevent identity theft over the Internet and even free anti-virus software for IU students at its Web site.

I'm being serious this time

OK, I really mean it this time. The Hoosiers can win at home versus Penn State tonight. In fact, I still can't believe they lost the first time. The Hoosiers forced 18 turnovers while only committing 13 and still lost, 71-68.

Africana Festival joins community with campus

Free dinner and entertainment isn't a hard sell, and Oyibo Afoaku knows it. The director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center and inspiration behind Thursday's Fourth Annual Africana Festival, Afoaku said the event has been a yearly success. She brought the idea of the Africana Festival to IU from her former job. The event started out as a way to celebrate Black History Month and has grown into a large festival attracting 600 to 700 people.

Students gather clothes for Katrina-stricken area

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a little girl from Mississippi might have unknowingly provided the inspiration for a drive that will deliver more than 250 pounds of clothing to fellow Katrina survivors this week. During winter break, a group of 220 IU students traveled to Mississippi for a week to help clean up the devastation Katrina left behind. But when junior Christina Barniak left Mississippi, she knew she could do more. She said she was inspired in part by the young Mississippi girl, who Barniak guesses was 10 or 11 years old. The girl lost her clothing in the hurricane and Barniak said when she gave her a wrinkled and torn T-shirt adorned with Mickey Mouse, it made the girl's day. "It may be only one piece of clothing that we're giving away, but it's another change in her eyes," Barniak said she remembers thinking. "I don't want this to end when I get on the bus and go home."

Hoosiers advance to tournament

After winning both of its regional tournament games this weekend in Aston, Pa., the Hoosier hockey squad will be competing in its 12th straight American Collegiate Hockey Association Championship Tournament -- the longest active streak in ACHA Division II hockey.

Table Tennis Club small in size, large in spirited competition

Most people wander into the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation for their usual workouts or for the start of the intramural basketball playoffs. However, a group of five people enter twice a week for an entirely different reason--the IU Table Tennis Club.

Hoosiers advance to tournament

After winning both of its regional tournament games this weekend in Aston, Pa., the Hoosier hockey squad will be competing in its 12th straight American Collegiate Hockey Association Championship Tournament -- the longest active streak in ACHA Division II hockey.

Basketball in March?

Don't fret Hoosier faithful -- odds are we'll see the cream and crimson compete in the NCAA Tournament next month. Now before you reel off another e-mail to the Indiana Daily Student complaining about our overly optimistic stance on the basketball team, let me specify something for you.

TRUNK KEPT ON ICE

Davis: White might play this season

Sophomore forward D.J. White could return to action this season, IU coach Mike Davis said on his radio show Monday night.

Monroe County Sheriff's Department reports

A 6-year-old Templeton Elementary student ran into a passing vehicle while crossing the road to catch the school bus Tuesday morning, a police report states. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, which received the call at 8:25 a.m., the girl was crossing Rolling Ridge Way when she ran into the side of a northbound car. The driver of the vehicle, Kirsten Paster, reported hearing a thump on the right rear passenger side of her car. When she stopped and looked behind her she saw a pedestrian lying on the roadway, the report said.