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You got two faces

By Cory Steger · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:51 a.m.

This weekend we saw the true face of the Hoosiers. The problem, though, is that there's two of them. On one hand, you have the team that played in the first half against the Spartans. This is the team that dominated Central Michigan and upset Oregon in Autzen Stadium.

Peterson nets hat trick as IU wins

By Steve Slivka · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:50 a.m.

Sophomore Jacob Peterson put on a show for his home state as the IU men's soccer team moved to 6-2 while opening up its Big Ten season in East Lansing, Mich., by defeating Michigan State 3-1 at Old College Field. The Portage, Mich., native scored all three goals as he joined a group of three former IU players and one current IU player, junior midfielder Mike Ambersley, to score a hat trick in a game.

Hoosiers control first half only to be blanked in second

By Dan Patrick · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:49 a.m.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for the Hoosier football team Saturday. If Charles Dickens himself could have written the script for a football game, it would probably look like IU's 30-20 loss against Michigan State as the Hoosiers played drastically different between the two halves.

Spittoon Squandered

By Dan Click · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:49 a.m.

In a battle for ownership of The Old Brass Spittoon, the trophy turned from IU crimson to Michigan State green in a matter of 30 minutes Saturday as a flat second half saw the Hoosiers squander a 20-7 halftime lead and fall to the Spartans 30-20.

Students plan to continue Wells legacy

By Ashley Rhodebeck · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:43 a.m.

Senior Brett Warnke describes walking through Ballantine's halls as "boring, dull, isolating and alienating," but he's working to change that. Warnke is president of One for Diversity, a student organization that strives to add more artwork to the academic buildings, starting with Ballantine Hall.

Students celebrate Moon Fest

By Lori Snow · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:43 a.m.

She loaded her rubber band onto the wooden gun and aimed it toward one of the CDs labeled "HIT ME." With the cultural music blaring from above, she fired and scored. Freshman Jade Yamamoto chose her prize from the box with a smile on her face. She was one of more than 250 people to play the rubber band game and many others Saturday night at Moon Fest in McNutt Dining Hall.

CORE program accepting applications

By Lindsay Lyon · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:42 a.m.

Adventurous students who have considered careers in outdoor leadership and instruction might want to spend their spring semester participating in the Conservation and Outdoor Recreation/Education program. Applications for CORE can be turned in as early as this week, but no later than Oct. 22.

U.S. commander expects troubled Iraqi election

By Alyson Brodsy and Laura Meckler · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military commander for Iraq said Sunday he expected flawed elections and much violence ahead of the voting scheduled for January. Gen. John Abizaid's assessment followed a week in which President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi spoke optimistically about the situation despite the beheadings of two more Americans and the deaths of dozens of people in car bombings. Friday, the military said four Marines died in separate incidents, adding to a toll that has topped 1,000 since the U.S.-led invasion.

Car bomb kills senior Hamas operative

By Alyson Brodsy and Albert Aji · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:31 a.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- In a hit claimed by Israeli security officials, a senior Hamas operative was killed in a car bombing Sunday outside his house in Damascus, the first such killing of a leader of the Islamic militant group in Syria. Izz Eldine Subhi Sheik Khalil, 42, died instantly in the explosion, which wounded three bystanders. Witnesses said he was speaking on his mobile phone as he put his white Mitsubishi SUV in reverse before it exploded about 10 yards from his home.

Namibian choir to visit IU on first American tour

By Melissa Harrold · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:21 a.m.

The University of Namibia Choir will visit IU classes and give a performance this week as part of their first-ever American tour. The performance will take place from 7:30 p.m to 8:30 p.m., in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The choir, with conductor Bonnie Pereko, will visit Yale University, Rutgers University and IU as part of a tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, said Shawn Reynolds of the IU International Resource Center.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:20 a.m.

IT to hold training session Databases are ideal tools for tracking large volumes of related information, and Microsoft Access is the most commonly used desktop database application in use today. The help session presented by Information Technology is intended for people with little or no experience using Access.

Amethyst House raises thousands at benefit

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:19 a.m.

A full crowd packed into the studio of the John Waldron Arts Center Saturday for an evening of dancing, food and dessert, with not a drop of alcohol served. The Amethyst House, a non-profit organization for recovering addicts, held its fifth annual benefit titled Hope Café; Dance Performance & Celebrity Art Auction. In honor of September being National Recovery Month, Amethyst House decided to make the focus of the benefit hope for recovery from addictions.

Scorpion mutants inevitable

By Joanna Borns · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:19 a.m.

With scorpions comes venom. And with venom come neurotoxins. And with all of that comes glory. Last week Nur Malena Hassan, a Malaysian woman, reclaimed the world record for staying in a locked glass case with 6,000 scorpions for more than 32 days.

Getting my $550,000 worth

By Waddel Hamer and Waddell Hamer · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:17 a.m.

This past week, the Federal Communications Commission ended the seven-month fiasco surrounding the exposure of Janet Jackson's right breast by fining CBS $550,000 for the incident that occurred during this year's Super Bowl.

'La Bohème' filled with sea of emotion

By Adam Sedia · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:17 a.m.

The 2004-2005 IU Opera Season opened Friday at the MAC with one of the most emotional and beloved operas of all time -- Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème." Set in the Latin Quarter of 1830's Paris, "La Bohème" details the lives and loves of four struggling artists sharing an old attic apartment. Act I portrays the difficulty of the artists' lives through their inability to keep warm and pay rent. Rodolfo, a poet, stays behind as his friends leave for the café. While he writes, his neighbor Mimi, a destitute seamstress, enters and asks him to relight her candle, which has blown out from the wind. The two fall in love immediately.

Nader excluded from debates

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The formal invitations went out Friday for the presidential debates, and there was no gold-embossed card for independent Ralph Nader. The Commission on Presidential Debates asked President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry to meet for their first debate next week. The commission also invited Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards to a single debate on Oct. 5.

Morality for sale

By Jonathan Blanks · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:16 a.m.

Aman is sitting in a bar next to a beautiful woman. He asks "Would you sleep with me for $10 million?" The woman says, "Of course." He then asks her, "Would you sleep with me for a dollar?"

Obama inspires Democrats across U.S.

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:16 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Democrat Barack Obama may soon be coming to a town near you -- whether you're in Illinois or anywhere else in the country. Since giving the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, the U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois has become a sought-after commodity at national party functions and fund-raisers. With polls showing him well ahead in his race against Republican Alan Keyes, the young, Harvard-educated state senator is using his star status to lend a hand to other Democrats.

Birthright Israel offers unique trip

By Cecelia Wolford · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:15 a.m.

Jewish students who have never been to Israel on an organized trip can receive an all-expenses-paid 10-day tour. But what's the catch? There isn't one as long as they are between the ages of 18 to 26. Birthright Israel is a program that covers round-trip airfare, lodging, meals and transportation for a 10-day trip to Israel.

Trustee should not resign

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 27,2004 12:15 a.m.

The debate between advocates and opponents of abortion raged into IU last week, when an anti-abortion group issued a statement asking trustee Clarence Boone to resign his post.