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Roark throws perfect game against IPFW

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Coming off a tough seven-game road trip, the IU softball team returned to Bloomington this weekend for its first home games of the season. "We wanted to come out and show everyone what we're capable of," said sophomore Tory Yamaguchi.


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Varsity rowers take 1st in Clemson

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Senior Amanda Walker, the stroke in the IU rowing team's top boat, knew the assignment for the Hoosiers' training trip to Clemson, S.C. They had to prepare for a race at the end of the week instead of their usual scrimmage. "We have to put it together over spring break," she said in the IU weight room on the team's last hard day of practice before departing Bloomington.


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Gall finishes 14th at NCAA finals

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Junior distance runner Jessica Gall went into the 2005 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships on March 12 at Purdue as IU's only female representative and seeded seventh in her event -- the 5000-meter run. "It wasn't my best race, but it was a great learning experience and I was glad I had the opportunity," Gall said. Gall started the race strong. The first mile of the about three-mile race was the second-fastest mile she has ever run.


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Calrton wins 2-of-3 events at NCAA qualifications

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The IU swimmers might have enough help to propel the Hoosiers to a national title. Only seven spots were available for divers at the Zone C Championships toward the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis -- IU made huge strides to a national title by capturing three spots, more than any other school during the competition this weekend in West Lafayette.

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IU comes back to win 1st regular-season title

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For the first time in program history, the IU water polo team is the regular season College Water Polo Association Western Division champion. The No. 9 Hoosiers defeated No. 11 Michigan 7-6 Friday in Ann Arbor, Mich.


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NIT game draws smallest crowd in IU history

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If Hoosier fans were displeased at IU not making the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, they showed it Wednesday night. IU took on Vanderbilt in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament in front of a record low crowd of 5,113 in the 17,257-capacity Assembly Hall -- the smallest crowd ever to watch a game in the 33-year history of the building. The previous low was 7,249 Jan. 3, 1999, against Illinois.


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Freshman leads teams to 3rd place at Pioneer Classic

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In the best tournament of his young collegiate career, freshman Santiago Quirarte was one of three Hoosier golfers to finish at even par or better as the men's golf team shot a 54-hole 859 total to place third at last week's Pioneer Classic. The Hoosiers finished one shot behind second-place Northern Colorado and 38 shots behind first-place Wichita State.


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Hoosiers improve, finish 14th in Vegas

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The IU women's golf team bounced back despite a troubling first round to finish 14th in a 17-team field at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Spring Invitational. The team was paced by the consistent play of freshman Elaine Hake and improved play after the first day of the tournament.



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Senior diver Cardinell grabs 1st NCAA title

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WEST LAFAYETTE -- Only eight IU swimmers and divers went to the 2005 Women's Swimming and Diving Championships during the weekend, but the team's motto, "small but mighty," proved to be true. The team overcame all odds as it finished ninth, the best placing IU has had in history, led by national champion diver Cassandra Cardinell.


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Kiva employee brightens day with personality

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Customers of Kiva Café and Sugar and Spice in the Union know Mary Frohliger. The recognition, though, is most likely not by name. Frohliger is known by the students who pass through her cashier line for her array of unique headbands that she has been wearing daily for the past seven years.


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Spring broken

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Let me extend my most sincere "Welcome Back," to all you students who dared travel outside this wonderful region. While many IU students basked in the glaring sun, whether it was from the deck of a cruise ship or the pool of a third-rate motel in Acapulco, your friendly local basketball columnist was being held hostage by 14 men donning cream and crimson.



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Davis addresses rumors surrounding uncertain future

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No one was surprised when the topic came up. After Wednesday night's 67-60 loss to Vanderbilt in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament, IU coach Mike Davis addressed the media with a glum look on his face, knowing his Hoosiers won't have a chance to play in Madison Square Garden for the NIT title -- what could have been a reviving end to a rollercoaster season. But it was on question No. 4 that the flood gates opened.


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Coming up EMPTY

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CHICAGO -- With their NCAA Tournament hopes on the line, the Hoosiers played like they were on a sandy beach and watched their post-season wash away like the tide.



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Democracy represents possibility in the Middle East

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The past few weeks have seen a rush of democracy across the Middle East. Popular protests in Lebanon, elections in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and the announcement of multi-candidate elections in Egypt have the potential to transform that embattled region.



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'Ray' dominated NAACP Image Awards

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LOS ANGELES -- The biopic "Ray" about the life of legendary singer Ray Charles won four NAACP Image Awards, including an outstanding-actor trophy that added to its star Jamie Foxx's armful of honors. "Ray" was nominated for a leading seven awards, including outstanding motion picture and outstanding actor in a motion picture for Foxx, who received the best-actor Oscar at last month's Academy Awards. Foxx exchanged long embraces Saturday night with presenters Sidney Poitier and Diahann Carroll as he accepted his NAACP trophy.


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Around The State

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Museum obtains rare copy of 13th Amendment FORT WAYNE -- A museum benefactor has paid an undisclosed price for one of 13 known copies signed by President Abraham Lincoln of the congressional resolution that led to the constitutional abolition of slavery. The Lincoln Financial Group Foundation paid a "record-setting price" for the 1865 sheepskin copy of the resolution authorizing the 13th Amendment that will be displayed in Fort Wayne's Lincoln Museum, museum officials said Friday.