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Condoms can't prove consent

Wearing black pants, only a summer out of a high school full of prom queens and most-likely-to superlatives, some freshmen girls visit the frats, ready to find the perfect college guy that they are sure will be their boyfriend. Drunk after two beers, some freshmen guys join the same party, happy they are finally surrounded by chicks with breasts who are actually willing to go further than second base on the first night.

Top guard chooses IU

Top recruit Bracey Wright has verbally committed to attend IU and play basketball beginning in the 2002-03 season. Wright, a 6-4 guard from The Colony, Tex., who is considered by experts to be among the top 15 high school recruits in the nation, called Coach Mike Davis Wednesday afternoon and gave him the news.

Saying goodbye

A shattered glass door now bars the way to an empty Bloomington venue, a home to all styles of music and political leanings. Where once there was rocking loudness, now there is the echo of empty walls. Where once there was Secret Sailor -- a collective of mostly liberal learned B-towners who hosted Pages for Prisoners meetings, shelves of zines and puppet shows -- now there is a dusty floor.

Student loan cost might increase

Student loans might cost more in the future with the passage of Senate Bill 1762. The bill, which changes the formula used to figure interest rates on student loans, was passed by the House by a vote of 372 to three, and will now go to the President, who is expected to sign.

Theta Chi party prompts charges

Campus judicial officials will consider charges against about 25 students for alcohol-related violations of the University Code of Ethics that occurred at a Theta Chi fraternity party. The University expelled Theta Chi and its nationals revoked its charter after the Jan. 27 party, where alcohol was served. An IU freshman died a week later of head injuries he sustained at the party.

On Ice and in the Sky

Junior Brown

Armed with his "guit-steel," which looked like a pair of Fender Twin Reverbs (the amps were facing the back wall!) and a three piece backup band including a drumset that consisted solely of one cymbal and a snare, Junior Brown walked up on stage like it was his living room. Brown should be comfortable there, after all he is "a Kirksville boy." Brown's rhythm guitarist Dave Gallup even said after the show that it was "definitely a Junior crowd tonight. Everybody screamed in the right places."

'High Crimes' guilty of following cliche structure and story

Stand up, stop silence

There's another shirt for next year's Clothesline Project, unfortunately. Just days after students, faculty, administrators, and community members marched through campus in support of women's rights, another woman reported she had her's stripped.

Artistic progression shown on 'GHV2'

Madonna's GHV2 or Greatest Hits Volume 2, speaks for itself. After summing up her '80s career so well with The Immaculate Collection in 1990, a decade later GHV2 sums up the her career in '90s just as accurately. Whereas The Immaculate Collection is a bit of a shallow ride through '80s pop music at its best, GHV2 shows the remarkable growth of Madonna as an artist and a person.

Bloomington IN THE DARK

Suze has had a long night. She's been waiting tables at the Waffle House for nearly four hours now, and the night's just starting to pick up. She's doing her own bussing and putting in orders, pausing to help the restaurant's sole cook when she can. She's hoping business will die down so she can take a breather. But the possibilities of such luck are slim. A gaggle of well-dressed, polished and hairsprayed young women sits down at a center table. They're ready for their drink order, but Suze hasn't gotten to them yet.

Roadrunners repeat top finish in women's race

Jenn Wangerin did it again. Last year, the junior took the Roadrunners' final exchange and led her team to victory. This year was no different. With 20 laps to go, Wangerin took the bike and kept near the front of the pack.

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Parking fraud out of operation

If not already, those who wish to park in an on-campus garage will find something new when they pull in. Since June 17, IU Parking Operations has been utilizing a new swipe system -- a yellow box through which patrons must run their parking permits in order to enter and exit the four garages: Poplars, 11th and Fee, Jordan and Atwater.

Depth players lead team to wins

Saturday night, there weren't many smiles bigger than that of Hoosier center Rhys Anderson. It wasn't just that he had picked up a goal and an assist for his first multipoint game of the season. It wasn't just that he had done so against IU's biggest rival, Michigan State. It wasn't just that his efforts helped result in a 4-1 victory for the Hoosiers (6-2).

IU political leaders react

The heated Washington debate of weeks past -- on issues ranging from Arctic drilling to social security -- was set aside last Tuesday in the face of the deadliest terrorist attack in United States history. The millions of Americans glued in shock and horror to their TVs following the attack witnessed members of Congress, standing together on the Capitol steps, singing "God Bless America."

Anti-Taliban fighters disadvantaged by ethnic divisions, inadequate equipment

DAHAN-I-MAIDAN, Afghanistan -- Sitting behind sandbags on a rooftop just yards from the Taliban, a front-line opposition commander complains that his men haven't received their salaries in six months.

Let kids learn the hard way

My mother lives 456.38 miles from my doorstep. Not bad when you are going Delta, even though there are no direct flights, but it's hell after six hours through the entire, flat, morbid Bluegrass State.

Hoosiers win opening game

The women's volleyball team played its season-opening game Friday against the University of Maryland and recorded the ninth season-opening win for coach Katie Weismiller.

Online voting available

On Feb. 26 and 27 the IU Student Association will be electing new officials.