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10th place finish ends season

The men's golf team entered their last tournament of the season, the Bruce Fossum/Taylor Made Invitational, with the hopes that a solid finish would help propel the team closer to an invitation to the NCAA Tournament.

Council approves new city development

The Bloomington City Council heard two pieces of legislation Wednesday night and had inquiries for petitioners to answer before they take final action. Many had questions regarding one development, proposed by L & M Rentals, some of which they want to be resolved before they take final action.

Letters to the editor

Graf's columns trivialize women In my time at IU, there have been opinion columns that have captured my attention, either for good or ill, but none of them has elicited so violent a response from me as some of the columns that Ms. Bridget Graf has written this semester.

Merritt's latest is disappointing

'Toots' brings a touch of Jamaica to Bluebird

The reggae stylings of Toots & the Maytals filled the Bluebird nightclub with a touch of Jamaica Tuesday night. As showtime approached, students who have remained here for the summer and adults alike filed into the Bluebird, resulting in a packed house. Once the lights dimmed, and the Maytals took the stage, there was an air of anticipation as the opening riffs of that oh-so-familiar reggae groove began.

'A Beautiful Mind' wins four Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "A Beautiful Mind" was named best drama, and its star, Russell Crowe, won the top dramatic actor trophy as the Golden Globes rewarded stories of love under the duress of madness, despair and illness. "A Beautiful Mind" collected a leading four Globes Sunday night and was followed by triple-winner "Moulin Rouge," which was awarded the Globe for best musical or comedy and earned a best actress honor for Nicole Kidman.

Practice pays off in trials

Phi Delta Theta senior Josh Beatty beat three friends to win the most anticipated heat of the 2001 Little 500 men's individual time trials. He also beat everybody else. Beatty won Wednesday's individual time trials at Bill Armstrong Stadium with a time of 2:29.87. Beatty's heat, which was contested at 7:20 p.m., featured four of the event's top riders.

'Summoner' Powerful but overwhelming

Games in the "Final Fantasy" or "Zelda" series were the basis for which THQ created its flagship PS2 role-playing title, "Summoner."

Bomb hurts 2 cops at Belfast school

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- A bomb exploded outside the entrance to a Roman Catholic primary school Wednesday as schoolgirls faced shouting, stone-throwing Protestant protesters for a third day. Two police officers were injured in the blast and later treated for shrapnel injuries. A police dog also was hurt. None of the girls were hurt, however, and they continued on to Holy Cross school under heavy police presence.

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Theater, drama complex to open

After years of preparation, Herman B Wells and William Metz' vision of a new theater and drama complex is finally complete. William Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" is the perfect performance to debut the new venue and display its innovative features. The cast of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" delivered a stellar performance in the Wells-Metz Theatre Saturday. This particular rendition of Shakespeare's 16th-century play included a unique and creative twist. Instead of a 16th-century English town, the characters are placed in America at the turn of the 20th century.

New generation of music needs a voice

Woods wins again

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- One by one, the best golfers in the world stepped aside. It was Sunday at the Masters and Tiger Woods was in the lead. "After the front nine, I knew it was all over for me," U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen said. He wasn't alone. Woods won his third green jacket by proving he was far more daunting than a toughened up, redesigned Augusta National. He seized control with an early burst of birdies and watched his rivals crash in a desperate and reckless attempt to catch him. The result was another march into history, with Woods becoming only the third player to win back-to-back titles.

Morgan Deputy dies

MARTINSVILLE -- It long looked like Dan Starnes would make it. But the 46-year-old Morgan County Sheriff's Deputy succumbed Tuesday to complications from a wild shootout at close range in mid-June. An untreatable bacterial infection caused Starnes' condition to deteriorate, and his family decided to take him off life support. After a 27-day struggle, Starnes died in the intensive care unit at the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis at 8:14 a.m. Flags hung at half-mast throughout Martinsville Tuesday.

Glimpse into 'Garage' is pleasant, touching

Welcome to "Stanton's Garage." It's old and dingy and hasn't been kept up since its owner fled the country to escape the police. But the people are nice and friendly, if you can get a word in edgewise.

An evening of corndogs, stuffed frogs and bumper cars

Where else do people opt for a corndog dinner with a lemonade shake-up and an elephant ear on the side? It's the same place where young and old anxiously wait to hop on their favorite rides. Four carnival tickets to make their stomachs flip, three to make their hearts jump and four more to make their heads spin.

IU student killed in one-car accident

A 19-year-old IU student was killed in a one-car accident Thursday evening. Sophomore Meaghan Buis was on her way to work in Eminence, Ind. when she lost control of her car on a rural road in northwest Morgan County. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Morgan County Sheriff's Sgt. Robert Brown said Buis was on her way to work when her car drifted across the center line. Police said she may have over-corrected the vehicle and lost control at that point. Her vehicle flipped over in a ditch and landed on the roof, Brown said. The force of the accident threw her partially out of the vehicle.

Around The Game

Davis to be honored at annual luncheon Sophomore Jeffries withdraws from Team USA Volleyball adds local standout Cameron to speak at South Bend luncheon series

Hoosiers tie for 4th place at Northern Invitational

After having their first tournament canceled following the terrorist attacks on the United States, the women's golf team finally had their chance to compete. They tied for fourth place in the Northern Invitational in Champaign, Ill., with an 898 cumulative score.

Guiding Principles

In her first months in her new Bryan Hall office, Sharon Brehm has stood with the IU community and watched the shape of the world change. Wednesday, as she was formally installed as the new Bloomington chancellor, Brehm said the Sept. 11 attacks, though life-altering, have not changed the University's principles of education, but reaffirmed them.