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Coach Versyp makes debut at Hoosier Hysteria

Midnight Madness is no more. Or at least the way IU fans have come to know it in the past. The men's and women's basketball teams will still hold their annual first practice of the year Friday night, but under a new name and at a new time. "I'm not sure how I feel about it," said junior center Sarah McKay. "It's always been tradition."

Weekly Rant

All sit and no play makes Marco a hungry boy

For more than a year, senior forward Marco Killingsworth has been trying to break down the door to Assembly Hall. He flirted with the court last season but kept a coach's eye view from the bench as he served his year of ineligibility after transferring -- enough to drive a man mad.

NAACP event to address national conscience

The first step to solving problems is awareness of the problems. That's why the theme for this year's NAACP Monroe County Branch's Annual Freedom Fund Banquet is "Conscience of the Nation."

Annual bike race to attract more than 4,000

Soon to be riding bikes on narrow country roads against the backdrop of Indiana hardwood forests, more than 4,000 cyclists have entered the 38th Annual Hilly Hundred.

IUSA president caught in web of parking tag theft

Not even high-ranking student officials are immune to the parking permit theft fever of 2005.

Asians bring visibility to GLBT issues

Graduate student Yu-ting Su said she thinks students view being gay as a "white thing." That's why she agreed to facilitate the discussion "Asian Homosexuality: A cross-cultural experience of a different kind," Thursday night at the Collins Living and Learning Center.

Students promote democracy in Belarus

IU Students for Global Democracy will hold its Worldwide Walk for Democracy in Belarus Saturday in Brown County. Money raised will go to groups directly contributing to democratizing Belarus, a part of the former Soviet Union.

Rebuilding black colleges

The Indiana Daily Student and other local and national newspapers have appreciably highlighted the trauma that New Orleans-based academic institutions have suffered recently. A front-page story in The New York Times, "Storms stretch thin safety net for black colleges" (Sept. 25), underscored the plight of Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana, the two prestigious black universities in New Orleans.

Reporter to speak about Gatorade

If Bobby Boucher, Adam Sandler's water-toting, Gatorade-despising character in "The Waterboy," were real, he would have hated Darren Rovell. Rovell's newest book, "First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon," details how Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo Inc., created a near-monopoly of the sports drink market. Gatorade currently owns an 80-percent share of the sports drink market, hye said.

Drafting America

Iraqis will vote on a draft of their country's first democratic constitution Saturday, yet insurgents have continued their murderous attempt to disrupt the constitutional referendum. Even though President Bush renewed America's pledge to secure Iraq's future and to continue the country's lead in the global War on Terrorism during a speech Aug. 24, insurgents have killed about 400 people since then. As a result, many Americans continue to ask: "What exactly are we fighting for and how do we achieve that goal?"

Macho macho man

Brad Pitt and David Beckham have been labeled one. So have Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor. But if the latest reports prove to be at all true, these metrosexuals and others like them must change their ways and do so quickly.

Accountability: Too high a price?

By creating the Office of University Planning, Institutional Research and Accountability, IU President Adam Herbert has the right idea. But having a bright idea might not be enough to create a successful system of accountability at a University already pressed for funds.

Witty story much more than 'junk'

At first glance, Christopher Largen's narrative titled "Junk" seems to be just that: junk.

Yoga taught at Tibetan Center

Bells from a Buddhist ritual begin to toll softly in the next room as Allana Radecki's weekly hatha yoga class gets underway at the Tibetan Cultural Center's Chamtseling Temple. From tortoise and thunderbolt to cobra pose, Radecki and her students strive for balance and well-being through a series of simple breath and positioning exercises.

Veterans recall plights of war, emotional scenes of fallen comrades in battle

In a mine field in Vietnam, U.S. soldiers had not been told about undetectable plastic mines buried beneath the surface.

IU student veterans attempt to cope with readjustment after service overseas

Nathan Bobay and Matt Rybka don't fit the typical image of veterans.

Memorial service focuses on celebration of fallen soldier's life, bittersweet memories

With their heads bowed and hands clutched, friends and family of Spc. Brett Hershey prayed together in the remembrance of the fallen soldier.

McDonald's representatives plan meeting with RPS

The McDonald's Corp. is scheduled to make a presentation to Residential Programs and Services and IU's Meal Plan Committee Friday concerning McDonald's contract with IU, which will expire after the 2006-07 school year. The meeting will be at 2:30 p.m. in the large conference room of the RPS building at 801 N. Jordan Ave. The meeting will be open to the public.

Boxing approved as club sport

After a 15-year absence from participating in any IU-sponsored boxing activities, IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis can finally climb back into the ring again. The Club Sports Federation voted to grant club status to the Gros Louis-sponsored boxing organization Tuesday night in the HPER building. Founding seniors Charles Benson and Jamie Kleinschmidt, accompanied by club coach John Bradshaw, gave a 15-minute presentation to the CSF. During the presentation they distributed the club's provisional constitution and disclosed how they would provide safety to club members.