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No. 2 Hoosiers knock off Wisconsin

By Sarah Trotto · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 2:22 a.m.

Wisconsin, a team that has knocked off top-25 teams this season, worried Coach Jerry Yeagley. He stressed to his men's soccer team that it needed to capitalize off of corner kicks and free kicks in a game that could determine this year's Big Ten champion.

Stop wasting your time, start supporting soccer

By John Koluder · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 2:21 a.m.

Let me just start by saying I really hoped it wouldn't come down to this. Although the thought has been in the back of my mind for months, I truly hoped I wouldn't have to write this column. With that said, here it goes.... Students of dear old IU... what the heck are you thinking?

Men's soccer team tops Wildcats

By Nick Bowton · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 2:19 a.m.

Coach Jerry Yeagley knew before his men's soccer team took the field Sunday that it wasn't ready to play Northwestern.

Women's basketball appears in first Midnight Madness

By Aaron Sharockman · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:52 a.m.

While the men's basketball team waited patiently inside their locker room, much of the women's team hovered around the floor of Assembly Hall waiting for their first official practice to begin.

Fans support team despite Knight's firing

By Heater A. Dinich and Heather A. Dinich · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:50 a.m.

Freshman guard A.J. Moye rolled on the court laughing as junior forward Kirk Haston struggled from the three-point line. Even interim coach Mike Davis had trouble keeping a straight face as his big man competed against junior guard Heather Cassady in the final round of the three-point contest Saturday morning at Midnight Madness, the first official basketball practice of the season. Cassady outshot Haston 17-12.

Hoosiers please crowd at Midnight Madness

By David Uchiyama · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:48 a.m.

The excitement of Midnight Madness concluded with a flurry of fast breaks, alley-oops and 3-point bombs.

McBride adds signature to neoclassical jazz

By Brian Zell · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:45 a.m.

Jazz -- the unbridled interpretation of emotion through music, invented by former slaves who applied African rhythms to European musical traditions -- is the only purely American art form. Wednesday night, Jazz from Bloomington, the city's jazz society, brought a few of its practitioners, the Barber Brothers Quintet and the Christian McBride Band, to the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave.

Yoga relieves stress, keeps students healthy

By Ellen Ast · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:39 a.m.

Students who walk into Cherry Merritt-Derriau's one-credit yoga class at the Student Recreational Sports Center take a deep breath. They are part of growing number of people who are using yoga to relieve stress and stay healthy. Since the 1960s, when instructors from India began teaching in America, yoga has adapted through two generations to meet health and stress management needs.

Technology stocks take sharp dive

By Troy Barratt · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:37 a.m.

Investors appear to have lost their love affair with technology and Internet-related stocks, marked by the nearly 35 percent drop from its high in March of this year. Technology bellwethers such as Yahoo!, Intel and Lucent Technologies have been hit especially hard by the continued sell-off.

Raise the Roof bolsters homes for winter

By Alyson Brodsy and James Echelbarger · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:35 a.m.

Soaring fuel costs and plummeting temperatures of an Indiana winter will soon force residents to do all they can to bolster their homes for the harsh months ahead. But for the 12,000 people in Monroe County the U.S. Census Bureau reports are living below the poverty line, preparation for the harsh months ahead can be difficult, even impossible. One Bloomington program developed to fight the onslaught of winter was last week's second annual Raise the Roof program. Organized by the city's Housing and Urban Development department, Raise the Roof employs area volunteers to help needy residents by fixing up homes and tuning furnaces at no cost.

Mystery author leads writing workshop at local Barnes & Noble

By Alexis Silas · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:30 a.m.

The world's largest writing workshop started out small Saturday in Bloomington. Just two writers appeared at the Barnes & Noble at 218 E. Third St. for the start of what was, according to Barnes & Noble, the 'world's largest' writing workshop. Co-sponsored by Writer's Digest Books, the workshop took place at 2 p.m. in 500 Barnes & Noble bookstores across the country. Brown County native Michael Newton, author of crime novels such as "Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons," "The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers" and "Century of Slaughter," led Bloomington's workshop. Newton, who has had 165 books published, is best known for his true crime novels.

A pitiful rallying call

By Duncan Teater · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:26 a.m.

Millions of Americans are asking the same question: When will this campaign be over? As much as I'm supposed to enjoy all of this politicing, I sympathize. How much more can we read into Al Gore's sighs? How many more times do we want to talk about George W. Bush's boyish charm? Is it doing us any good to hear repeatedly from one candidate that the other candidate's prescription drug plan requires seniors to crawl naked under barbed wire on their way to the pharmacy?

Teammates turned rivals

By Sarah Trotto · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 1:19 a.m.

They played on the same grass field for the last time in 1997, when the men's soccer team lost to UCLA in the NCAA Final Four in Richmond, Va. They left behind a 23-game winning streak crushed by the Bruins in a triple-overtime loss. Chris Klein, went on to a professional soccer career with the Kansas City Wizards after the 1997 campaign. Dema Kovalenko stayed at IU for the 1998 season, when the Hoosiers won their fourth NCAA championship. He then left school a year early and joined the Chicago Fire in 1999.

Gore's plan offers targeted tax cuts

By Travis Thickstun · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:27 a.m.

America's priorities can be determined by how we decide to spend our collective resources. This year's election highlights the key distinctions between how Democrats and Republicans spend our money. Democrats support targeted tax cuts focused on our national priorities, such as education and health care, just to name two.

Conflict requires U.S. leadership

Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:08 a.m.

In Israel and Palestine, the situation might get worse before it gets better. Israel confirmed Sunday that a soldier was kidnapped by a militant Islamic group.

Jordan River cleanup efforts expand

By Rebekah Carpenter · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:06 a.m.

Saturday, while many students were anticipating the start of the IU-Michigan football game or enjoying the unseasonably sunny weather, about 35 students spent almost two hours in different sections of campus picking up trash and debris from the Jordan River and recording the condition of the riverbanks. Led by Penney Waggoner, coordinator of the Council for Environmental Stewardship, the group focused on returning the natural beauty of the Jordan River to a state of ecological health and balance. The group stressed the importance of the river as an animal habitat.

Illustrating African culture

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:04 a.m.

More than 150 students and faculty gathered Friday evening at the International Center to celebrate African Unity Night. The free event, sponsored by the African Languages Program, included skits, poetry reading and African pop music by local group AfroHoosier International.

Power out, students left waiting

By Cory Schouten · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:03 a.m.

Electrical power at Collins Center went out at 8:37 p.m. Saturday and won't return until tonight at the earliest, said Donald Burks, Physical Plant utilities coordinator. "All of our clocks are frozen at that magic hour," said Sara Ivey Lucas, Collins residence manager.

Lecture to honor late professor

By Tim Street · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:02 a.m.

For 30 years, James P. Holland served IU as a biology professor and recruiting and interim dean of the Graduate School. Known as Jim to his friends, faculty and the over 11,000 students he taught, his career with IU ended March 24, 1998, when he died of cancer.

Events raise awareness

By Sean F. Driscoll · Monday, Oct. 16,2000 12:01 a.m.

The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community wrapped up a week of celebration and education Saturday as the annual Gay Pride Week drew to a close. The week mainly focused on Wednesday's National Coming Out Day, but all the activities were aimed to bring a greater awareness of GLBT issues to the IU community.