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Megan Roark: From walk-on to starter

Many athletes give up the dream of playing college sports soon after they graduate from high school. They wait and wait for recruitment letters and visits from college coaches. But eventually, day after day of peering into empty mailboxes spells disappointment. They pack their letter jackets and trophies into boxes and stuff them into the back of the closet, accepting their fate.

Business in Brief

A large rental truck will be driving around campus as Global Sales Leadership Club members attempt to pack it with donated T-shirts for the "Tees Please" clothing drive. The goal is to send T-shirts to Paraguay to benefit a targeted indigenous Hispanic population in the region.

Chick-fil-A store sees catering growth, looks to expand

While many stores have decided to leave College Mall within the last few years, Chick-fil-A owner Bryan Kelso saw an opportunity and took over the mall restaurant in March 2004.

WorldCom a 'perfect storm of corruption'

NEW YORK -- Money, power and pressure combined to form a "perfect storm of corruption" that led WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers to commit an enormous fraud, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday in closing arguments.

Student retracts rape story

An 18-year-old student who reported being raped in an Assembly Hall restroom last week during the IU-Purdue basketball game admitted to fabricating the story to authorities, according to the IU Police Department.

IUSA petition for run-off denied

After an unusually clean election, things are starting to get messy. The IUSA Elections Commission denied Kirkwood's petition for a run-off Tuesday night. The ticket plans to appeal to the Student Body Supreme Court today.

Hoosiers lose last-second heartbreaker

MADISON, Wis. -- With 10.1 seconds left and IU and Wisconsin tied at 60, the Hoosiers faced the same situation as they did in Sunday's win against Michigan State.

Women's basketball coach to leave after 5 seasons

After three straight losing seasons, IU women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett will step down at the end of the season. Bennett will remain coach through the Big Ten Tournament. The Hoosiers play Wisconsin at 3 p.m. Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis against Wisconsin.

BFC takes on athletics, Web service

The Bloomington Faculty Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution Tuesday for a three-year renewal of IU's subscription to the plagiarism-detection service TurnItIn.com. Both BFC undergraduate student representatives voted against the measure.

Hoosiers face off against in-state rival Butler

After a weekend at the Service Academics Classic in Millington, Tenn., where IU came out 2-1, the Hoosiers come home to face Butler, scheduled for a 3 p.m. start today at Sembower Field. All eyes will be on senior outfielder and pitcher Joe Kemp as he tries to extend his 2004 hitting streak to 12 games. Last week Kemp was named Big Ten Conference Player of the Week. In the four games the Hoosiers have played, Kemp went 6-for-17 -- a .353 batting average -- including two home runs, seven RBIs and five runs scored.

Sonics sharpshoot Pacers for win

INDIANAPOLIS -- Rashard Lewis had 30 points on 14-of-19 shooting and the Seattle SuperSonics rallied in the fourth quarter for a 101-93 victory against the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.

Rock Steady

The fifth annual Hip-Hop Awareness Festival kicked off Feb. 22 in full force as hip-hoppers from across the nation flooded Bloomington to take advantage of a week of hip-hop culture. "The Art of Rhyme," a documentary film on the art of freestyling and battle rapping, began the week Feb. 22. A lecture by Afeni Shakur, activist and rapper Tupac Shakur's mother, and actress Jasmine Guy attracted a packed IU Auditorium Feb. 23. The event foreshadowed the success of the weeklong event, which included a poetry slam with guest poets Psalm One and Thaione Davis from Chicago.

Athletics reform proposal passed at council meeting

Things are beginning to change for the IU athletics department. The Bloomington Faculty Council passed a proposal Tuesday by The Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics that outlines academic recommendations to NCAA bylaws and a proposal by the Budgetary Affairs Committee to mandate the participation of the athletics department in the annual budgeting process.

Concert extends tradition another year

Soprano Virginia LeBlanc emerged from the wing of Recital Hall in the IU School of Music. She walked humbly, with heels lightly clicking on the wooden floor, to the center of the stage, where she was accompanied by Brad Whiteley on piano performing four sections of the piece: "Fret Not," "Clean Hands," "Whom Shall I Fear" and "New Song."

Experts: Settlement makes sense for Kobe

DENVER -- Experts believe a settlement between Kobe Bryant and the woman who has accused him of rape makes the most sense for both sides because it allows them to avoid a potentially embarrassing trial that would bring out intimate details of their lives. ABC News Radio reported Tuesday that the NBA star and his 20-year-old accuser have reached an agreement in principle, with a settlement possible as early as this week.

Hoosiers' struggles continue as team finishes 15th of 15

A new week but the same results for the IU women's golf team. The Hoosiers remained in the cellar this week with a 15th-place finish out of 15 teams in competition at the Verizon 'Mo'Morial Invitational in Houston.

ESPN shows Charlotte loss 'a mistake'

MADISON, Wis. -- If the Hoosiers' recent string of success before Tuesday's loss at Wisconsin wasn't an indicator that things were going IU's way come March, then ESPN helped the team out a bit. During the first television timeout of Tuesday's telecast of the IU-Wisconsin game, broadcasters Brent Musberger and Steve Lavin reviewed the controversial 3-point buzzer beater by Charlotte Dec. 22 at Assembly Hall.

Ruffled Feathers

March 1, 1954 An early morning slumber deadens IU. Through the darkness, five students creep with their arsenal of protest in hand.

Students finish film to graduate

Adam Carroll owes a large part of his livelihood to Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches. The sandwiches help him earn income to support his project, "Conversations with the Almighty." He also hopes he can provide sandwiches to his cast after filming.

Africana explores the motherland