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Hoosiers conclude season

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 1:28 a.m.

The IU women's golf team stumbled through the finish line of their season this weekend, finishing 10th in the Big Ten Championships in less than desirable conditions on the University of Michigan Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Mich.

IU loses pair of heartbreakers

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Monday, April 25,2005 1:27 a.m.

With only a few weeks remaining in the season before the Big Ten tournament, the IU softball team took the field this weekend for four games against the two teams directly ahead of them in the standings.

Hoosiers fall short of division title

By Steve Brennan · Monday, April 25,2005 1:26 a.m.

Trailing by five goals in the third period of the College Water Polo Association Western Division Championship game, the No. 8 Hoosiers refused to quit. Over the next period and a half, IU scored six of the last seven goals of regulation to force overtime against No. 10 Michigan Saturday night in Grove City, Penn.

IU seals No. 3 spot after splitting weekend matches

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, April 25,2005 1:24 a.m.

Seven days before the Big Ten championships, the IU men's tennis team ended its regular season run by splitting its last weekend on the road, losing to No. 64 Michigan, 5-2, before bouncing back and taking down Michigan State, 6-1.

Draft winds unfamiliar to IU

By Matt Glenesk · Monday, April 25,2005 1:22 a.m.

As a soon-to-be graduate of this fine university, I must say I'm a bit worried. Especially if the journalism industry is as harsh to IU grads as the National Football League has proved to be. During this weekend's NFL Draft, Hoosier receiver Courtney Roby joined the ranks of professional footballers when the school's all-time leading receiver was selected at the beginning of the third round by the Tennessee Titans.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 1:21 a.m.

Colts ups defense with Michigan cornerback in draft INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis wants a bigger, more physical defense next year. Saturday's draft has them moving in that direction.

IU senior tackles Boston Marathon

By Megan Hubartt · Monday, April 25,2005 1:19 a.m.

The first marathon senior Kelley Ann Schilke ever ran she "got suckered into." Two years ago, her friends talked her into running the Chicago Marathon with them -- and then they dropped out. Determined to prove herself, she decided to run it anyway. "I trained all winter and beat all their times," she said. "After that, I was just hooked."

Student seeks removal of Benton mural section

By Michael Zennie · Monday, April 25,2005 1:18 a.m.

The infamous section of the Thomas H. Benton mural hanging in Woodburn Hall room 100 that features members of the Ku Klux Klan and a burning cross is in the spotlight again after former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Rev. Al Sharpton said the mural is offensive and should be removed after his speech in the IU Auditorium Thursday evening.

Environmental awareness targeted during Earth Day

By Trevor brown · Monday, April 25,2005 1:17 a.m.

With menacing clouds looming overhead, nearly 150 people who attended the Earth and Music Festival Friday to celebrate Earth Day were rewarded as the rain held off for most of the day-long celebration.

Daniels defends donated recreational vehicle, plane trip

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 1:12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Mitch Daniels said using a donated recreational vehicle and accepting a free private plane trip to Washington did not fall under a strict gift ban for state employees he imposed when he took office. Daniels said the items were not personal gifts to him, but donations to the state that allowed him to conduct state business. "I won't say I resent the question, but I find it very misguided," Daniels told reporters Friday.

South Bend teachers facing large cut-backs

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 1:12 a.m.

SOUTH BEND -- As many as 380 South Bend teachers -- about one-fourth of the staff -- will be notified that their jobs might be eliminated, the superintendent said. Also, at least 10 central administrators will be notified by the end of next week that their jobs might be eliminated, South Bend schools Superintendent Joan Raymond said Friday. The reduction in force -- or RIF -- is the largest in Raymond's five years leading the corporation.

'Underground' to close Wednesday

By Pat Giese · Monday, April 25,2005 1:11 a.m.

Dennis Laszlo, owner of The Underground retail store at Kirkwood Avenue and Walnut Street, walked slowly across his showroom floor Saturday afternoon to tell a customer that everything was half off in the store, which would be closing its doors for good Wednesday. "We're disappointed," Laszlo said of his brief stint in downtown Bloomington.

Farmers' Market to offer locally grown produce

By Ben Woodson · Monday, April 25,2005 1:10 a.m.

Fast food, pizza delivery and microwave ovens are common staples of today's American diet. As a result, home-grown produce and organic foods are often high in price and much in demand. So for Hoosiers wishing to obtain fresh, locally grown foods, the Bloomington Community Farmers' Market offers residents, students and guests a chance to buy tasty treats and neighborhood goodies from the hands that grow them. The market opened April 2, but as summer approaches more and more items become available.

Bargaining for textbooks

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 1:05 a.m.

On Friday, you probably got an e-mail from the IU Bookstore telling you that beginning next fall, bursar billing wouldn't be available to anyone except athletes and recipients of Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, Perkins Loans and Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.

It's not easy being green

By Evan Ross · Monday, April 25,2005 12:27 a.m.

April 22 was Earth Day. I'm sure many of you participated in Earth-conscious activities in the warm afternoon. Then you took time out from preparing for finals to help preserve Mother Earth. And then you planted a tree or cleaned up the dirty sidewalk in front of your dorm. At the end of the day, you joined in sing-alongs celebrating all the great things our planet has given us.

The other right

By Brian J. McFillen and Brain J. McFillen · Monday, April 25,2005 12:26 a.m.

Last week, I received a letter from Milton Friedman. Not a personal letter, unfortunately -- no "Brian, How's it hanging? Best, Milty" -- just a mass mailing. Still, I was pretty jazzed.

Queerly reared

By Aubrey Donaldson · Monday, April 25,2005 12:25 a.m.

With the staggering surplus of loving homes available to foster children right now, we'd better start weeding some out, eh? According to Reuters News Service, the Texas House of Representatives passed a bill this week banning gays from becoming foster parents. Says State Representative Robert Talton (R): "There's a risk that more of the children will go into homosexuality because it's a cultivated and learned behavior."

Car bombings in Iraq kill at least 21 people

By Alyson Brodsy and Thomas Wagner · Monday, April 25,2005 12:21 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An emboldened Iraqi insurgency staged carefully coordinated dual bombings in Saddam Hussein's hometown and a Shiite neighborhood of the capital Sunday, killing at least 21 people. An American soldier was killed in a separate attack.

Chinese-Japanese relations could do with some work

By Cameron Thibos · Monday, April 25,2005 12:21 a.m.

China and Japan have been on even worse terms than usual for the past month. Recent developments in Japan and the United Nations set off an outcry of anti-Japanese sentiment from Beijing. In the past two weeks, thousands have taken to the streets of the Chinese capital to fight over past wrongs, present ambitions and the future balance of global power.

George Lucas appears at convention

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 25,2005 12:19 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Fans of "Star Wars" took advantage of a rare opportunity Saturday to listen to the Jedi Master himself, George Lucas, who took center stage at a convention for the first time in about 18 years. "It was phenomenal. The best thing in the world, better than hearing the president speak," said Nicole Ryker, a lifelong fan.