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Little 50 Quals

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, April 5,2004 1:28 a.m.

Little Fifty Running Race contestants ran Sunday to see who qualified for the second annual addition to the 'world's greatest college weekend.' The IU Student Foundation sponsors the second annual event April 18 to kick off IUSF's week of Little 500 activities.

Miss-N-Out

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Monday, April 5,2004 1:27 a.m.

The best of the best showed up again Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Literally. The leaders of the pack continued to show their prowess at the third of four Little 500 Spring Series events Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Miss-N-Out, the bike equivalent of musical chairs, featured close, pack riding and crowned senior Teter rider Bri Kovac and junior Team Major Taylor rider Simeon Commissiong the winners of the day-long event. The men's and women's winners, both who have already been successful in the previous series events, led their respective heats through four rounds of competition.

IU names soccer field after coach Yeagley

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Monday, April 5,2004 1:25 a.m.

For the first time ever, the Hoosier soccer team will take the field next year without coach Jerry Yeagley, but beginning next season, the Hoosiers will play on newly-named Yeagley Field, in honor of the team's former coach. Athletics Director Terry Clapacs made the announcement at the IU board of trustees meeting Friday.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 5,2004 1:23 a.m.

Roddick wins Key Biscayne title over hobbled Coria KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Andy Roddick battled a queasy stomach in the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open, and he was the healthiest player on the court. The curse of Key Biscayne struck again Sunday, and it hit Guillermo Coria hardest. He retired because of back spasms after losing the first three points of the fourth set trailing 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1.

Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 5,2004 12:35 a.m.

9-11 panel to query Rice on flaws WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The commission looking into the Sept. 11 attacks will ask Condoleezza Rice why governmental bureaucracy became so flawed as to allow the terrorist strike and how the Bush administration plans to fix the problems, panel members said Sunday.

Alleged ringleader of Spain bombings dies in explosion

By Alyson Brodsy and Mar Roman · Monday, April 5,2004 12:34 a.m.

MADRID, Spain -- The apartment house suicide blast that killed the alleged ringleader of last month's Madrid, Spain, train bombings and four other terror suspects has left the core of the terror group either dead or in jail, Spain's interior minister said Sunday.

Nature preserve offers stress relief

By Monica Dix · Monday, April 5,2004 12:33 a.m.

With her nine-month-old son strapped on her back and her husband and dog at her side, Bloomington resident Tania Jarosewich set out for a Sunday morning hike at Griffy Lake. The sun was glistening off the water, and the cool breeze made for comfortable hiking conditions.

Desserts display student diversity

By Rick Newkirk · Monday, April 5,2004 12:32 a.m.

Add two eggs, one-half cup of sugar and some caramel and you've got flan. Add tapioca pearls, coconut milk and palm sugar and you've got Malaysian tapioca. Add phyllo dough, walnuts and cinnamon and you've got baklava. Add flan, Malaysian tapioca and baklava and you've got "Desserts from Around the World," an international dessert festival uniting different people with the common interest of desserts.

Visitors flood new location

By Russell Puntenney · Monday, April 5,2004 12:32 a.m.

For WonderLab's Executive Director Catherine Olmer, the toughest question she could answer would be what is her favorite exhibit is. Though she may eventually decide on the bee colony, the question leaves her flustered.

Reality check for school

By Kye Lee · Monday, April 5,2004 12:30 a.m.

Eighth-graders piled into the gym at Jackson Creek Middle School Thursday afternoon, anxious to start spending their paychecks at the Reality Store. Thanks to the Business and Professional Women of Indiana, middle school students throughout Monroe County have been given a chance to see how the decisions they make now can affect their lives in the future.

IU holds conference on EU's expansion

By Michael Zennie · Monday, April 5,2004 12:28 a.m.

Experts on Europe and the former Soviet Union met in Bloomington to attend a two-day conference on the eastward expansion of the European Union. "Public Opinion About the EU in Post-Communist Eastern Europe," an event sponsored by IU, the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation and the University of Oxford took place Friday and Saturday. Professor Robert Rohrschneider of IU and Professor Stephen Whitefield of Oxford organized the conference.

Group raises funds for Middle East trip

By Aishah Hasnie · Monday, April 5,2004 12:25 a.m.

Students for Justice in Palestine held a charity dinner and auction for students and community members Wednesday evening with hopes of raising money to send one SJP member to Israel and Palestine this summer.

No adults allowed?

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephanie Morris · Monday, April 5,2004 12:24 a.m.

Early last week, Warner Brothers released a new full-length trailer for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" on its official movie Web site. As soon as I found out about it, I went straight to the site and watched it with unrestricted glee, marveling at the spooky character design of the Dementors and giggling at a cute little exchange between Hermione and Ron. Suddenly, for a moment, I felt sheepish. Why was I getting so excited about some silly kids' movie?

Site aids students in class, professor choices

By Dan Patrick · Monday, April 5,2004 12:24 a.m.

As advisers begin to pour registration information into the e-mail inbox of every returning IU student, the task of tailoring a class schedule to specific needs weighs heavily on the minds of these students. And the creators of www.pickaprof.com think they might have a proverbial dose of aspirin for the headaches of student registration.

Liberal radio will fail

By Alyson Brodsy and Tony Sams · Monday, April 5,2004 12:23 a.m.

Air America, a new all-liberal talk radio station, premiered last Wednesday in five markets, and already, commentators are prophesying its demise. Conservative commentators are on the attack, claiming there's no likelihood for the station's survival. The thing is -- they're right.

Why you're really single

By Alyson Brodsy and Jenna Hess · Monday, April 5,2004 12:22 a.m.

We've come to buy some horses!" "Sorry, but we don't have any horses for sale here." "Then what are we gonna ride?" "Well, there are all these ladies … " No, this isn't from a bad 1950s western -- it comes from a fraternity's philanthropy skit. Greeks are frequently stereotyped as exclusive, superficial socialites who care about nothing but themselves and their brother or sisters.

Spanish soup and salad

By Suzanna Lindemann and Suzanne Lindemann · Monday, April 5,2004 12:21 a.m.

Spring is finally here! The flowers are blooming and the weather is getting warmer. Spring brings back the colors and fresh air we all miss during the winter, and, believe it or not, it also brings change in the food we eat.

Guns and carnations

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 5,2004 12:20 a.m.

For the record: pink is not the new black. It's pink. Or maybe I'm wrong. In any case, the color's been banned in the Merrillville, Ind., school district. Fashion faux pas or not, administrators at the school have come to associate pink with gang activity and banned it for the remainder of the school year. Check the logic: "There is no evidence of gang activity," says Associate Superintendent Michael Berta, according to the Associated Press. "But because of the growing use of the color pink, we decided to be proactive. Girls and boys are supposed to avoid wearing pink."

Tuition raise passed, athletic fee delayed

By Ab D. Phillip · Saturday, April 3,2004 2:08 a.m.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- The board of trustees voted Friday to raise tuition 4 percent and to delay the controversial $30 athletics fee until a May 5 meeting in Bloomington. The tuition for in-state students who enrolled at IU Bloomington before summer 2003 was increased from $4,756 to $4,945.60 or 4 percent. For in-state students new to the campus beginning in summer 2003, tuition will increase by $229.60, from $5,756 to $5,985.60 or 4 percent.

Students rush to register voters by Monday deadline

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Friday, April 2,2004 1:42 p.m.

For Kayla Pelter, combating political apathy among college students has become an obsession of sorts. She's ardently committed to issues concerning local government -- an area most undergraduates tend to neglect, she notes -- and has devoted hours upon hours to furthering one of IU's newest political organizations -- Grand Old Cause.