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Police foil fake ID network

IU police arrested two students before spring break on charges of creating and distributing hundreds of fake IDs on campus. The discovery of the IDs stemmed from an IUPD narcotics investigation that began in November, led by IU police officer Dave Hannum.

Maintaining a quality staff

Maintaining a large, dependable staff is very important to maintaining the quality of the IDS and there is almost never a time when the paper turns away students who want to write. Given that there are thousands of students at IU and hundreds in the journalism school alone, why is it that the IDS never seems to have as many writers as it wants?

Hoosier pride has returned

What a special season this has turned out to be for the IU men's basketball team, the fans and IU coach Mike Davis. No one expected IU to come this far, but the Hoosiers have beaten the odds that just about everyone stacked against them and are headed to the Final Four for the first time since 1992.

'Children' combines ASL, theater

The upcoming play "Children of a Lesser God" combines the love of theater and practice of American Sign Language held by much of its cast. Directed by senior Ingrid Torres, the show is being produced as an independent project. "It blends the two things I studied in college -- sign language and theater," Torres said. "Children of a Lesser God" follows the story of a speech therapist, played by senior Stuart Ritter, who falls in love with Sarah, a deaf student. They marry and seem happy, but through the course of the play, their relationship begins to crumble over a litigation suit against the School for the Deaf. Sarah decides she wants to make her own statement in court and not let others continue to speak for her, and the marriage between the two begins to fall apart.

Hoosiers defeat Spartans

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The defeated Michigan State Spartans had silently filed off the field. The MSU coaches and cheerleaders were long gone, and the Spartan Marching Band was doing its post-game show. But the Hoosier football team was not stepping off the field until it got what it wanted: the Old Brass Spittoon. It's a trophy that has been awarded to the winner of the MSU-IU game since 1950, and IU wanted what it rightfully earned on the field. "This is a tradition," senior quarterback Antwaan Randle El said after the game, holding the Spittoon. "When you win, you get the Spittoon. That's what we've been talking about all week. We said we wouldn't leave until we got it, but we got it and now we can go home."

15 years in the making

Workmen were on their hands and knees Wednesday afternoon, smoothing cement on the last few blue-green tiles to secure them to the floor of the new Theatre/Neal-Marshall Education Center. The smell of finished wood and fresh paint filled every corridor of the building, from the glass-lined staircases to the top row of the theater. Friday, the quiet hallways and silent atriums will be filled with people for the center's official inauguration.

Police stop attempt on Chirac's life

PARIS -- A man described as an emotionally disturbed neo-Nazi allegedly tried to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac on Sunday, pulling a rifle from a guitar case and firing off a shot before being wrestled to the ground during a Bastille Day parade. There were no reported injuries. It was not immediately clear how close the shot came to Chirac, who was passing about 130 to 160 feet away in an open-top jeep near Paris' Arch of Triumph as he reviewed troops in a military parade to celebrate France's national holiday.

University boasts record-breaking enrollment for third straight year

Enrollment across IU's eight campuses continues to grow, IU officials said Thursday. The latest numbers show a record 96,219 students taking classes at IU-Bloomington or one of its seven satellite campuses.

Kentucky public health board to vote on contraception funding

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Both sides in the nation's abortion debate will be watching on Wednesday when a Kentucky public health board decides whether to turn down federal family-planning money that is used to dispense birth control pills to women.

Arts center presents famous musical

"Please God, I need this show!" sings the company of "A Chorus Line," the show opening this week at the John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St., by the B-town Players. The hit 1970s musical by Musical Theater guru Marvin Hamlisch has at its core the drive of all artists trying to make a name for themselves in a difficult business.

'Coming together' for 'I Am Sam'

The Beatles will probably always be the most influential band in music history. But despite their incredible legacy and the industry's ever-willingness to capitalize on a sure thing, cover albums of the Beatles have been almost nonexistent. Some have said it's too hard to remake something that's already perfect; the songs couldn't possibly be improved upon and mixing one's own voice with such recognizable staples might be akin to paraphrasing the Constitution. Nevertheless, I Am Sam collects some of the biggest and most interesting figures in music today in tribute to the greatest band of all time.

A performance to remember

"Sunflower and Blue," the newest play to open at the John Waldron Arts Center, exceeded all expectations. The best word to describe the performance as a whole would be: Engaging. There wasn't a point in the play where the audience drifted away from the story, despite the play's highly complex plot. The play told the story of a young painter named Alex Templeton (Adam Fisch) hired by Hieronymus Bosch (Ryan Gass) to reproduce a Vincent Van Gogh painting. During Alex's struggle to recreate a masterpiece, he receives unwanted encouragement from his girlfriend Lilya (Kate Emswiller) and constant criticism from his grandmother Alice Templeton (Joss Marsh).

An inspired Chris Thomas King is revitalizing traditional blues

Exploring a beautiful place

Veteran rocker Michael Angelo leads his latest expolsive band, C4

Hot-shooting Hoosiers down Spartans

After an impressive 85-72 victory at Ohio State Thursday, the IU women's basketball team won its second consecutive game Sunday with a 67-55 win over Michigan State.

1 band, 2 distinct records.

Tests determine remains are Chandra Levy's, Washington police chief says

WASHINGTON - Bones found in a Washington park Wednesday are the remains of Chandra Levy, the federal intern who disappeared more than a year ago, police announced Wednesday. Police chief Charles H. Ramsey said the identification was made through dental records.

Aman steps down as dean

Alfred C. Aman, Jr., dean and professor of law at IU, announced this year will be his last as dean of the Law School. Tuesday, Aman said this was an opportune time for a transition in the deanship. Aman, who has served as dean since 1991, plans to serve as a fellow in the Law and Public Affairs Program at Princeton University after the end of his current deanship, which ends June 30, 2002.

Farmer builds amusement ride on farm

BRUCEVILLE, Ind. -- When John Ivers feels the urge to ride a roller coaster he just walks out to his front lawn and hops on the Blue Flash, a 188-foot-long, 20-foot-high amusement ride he's built for his two daughters and four grandchildren.