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Oscar notes

8 p.m.:With a wonderfully amusing video featuring past Oscar hosts passing on the role of Emcee to Jon Stewart, the Oscars kicked off in full force with some smart and quirky laughs. 8:03 p.m.:Wearing a fantastically bizarre beard, director/actor/producer/preacher Mel Gibson does some shameless self promotion for his upcoming film "Apocalypto" by making an opening remarks in the ancient Mayan language, proving he may, in fact, be losing his marbles.

Campus quiz

Where on campus is this? See tomorrow's IDS to find out.

Trustees react to diversity worries

Members of IU's Black Student Union assembled Friday to let IU administrators know they're concerned about a lack of diversity in University leadership.

Grad insurance might rise

A substantial increase in health insurance costs could mean changes for many graduate student health plans, even as the University offers to cover a majority of the rate hike.

Did Vote for Pedro make your wildest dreams come true?

After nearly a year of achievements and setbacks, Vote for Pedro will wrap up its term of working for the IU Student Association when the newly elected ticket, Hoosier, takes office April 15.

Tissue recall might affect local patients

Bloomington Hospital announced Friday that eight of its patients who underwent anterior cervical fusion surgery -- an operation that relieves pressure on nerves and the spinal cord -- might have received infected tissue.

Tournament hopes brighten with road wins

For the past several weeks, IU coach Mike Davis has been quick to respond to questions about the NCAA Tournament. No sooner than the question is asked, Davis usually insists that the team is simply focusing on the next game.

Hoosiers take weekend set, improve to 11-7 overall

Before this weekend, the IU water polo team was a combined 38-0 all-time against the six schools it would face over the weekend. By Sunday's end, it was 44-0.

Hoosiers swept for 2nd straight week

The IU baseball team was swept in a three-game series for the second consecutive weekend, this time at the hands of the No. 24 Miami (Fla.) Hurricanes and a pitching staff that held down the Hoosiers' bats nearly all weekend.

IU bounced from Big Ten Tournament

INDIANAPOLIS -- In a Feb. 19 game at West Lafayette, the IU women's basketball team was able to come back from a first-half deficit to ultimately upset then-No. 10 Purdue.

2006 Big Ten Basketball Tournament

IU grapplers finish in 10th place at Big Ten Championships; 5 advance to NCAAs

With 43.5 points, the IU wrestling team finished in 10th place in the Big Ten Championships this weekend at Assembly Hall.

I was right, you were wrong

I hate to say I told you so -- wait, no I don't. Hell, I revel in telling you how smart I am. So, to all of you in the Hoosier nation who e-mailed me and told me I was crazy for staying optimistic about this team -- don't you just hate that I was right?

Hoosiers open Big Ten season with home win

The IU women's tennis team earned its 10th win of the season in its Big Ten opener Sunday against Penn State, winning 6-1. On Saturday at the Indiana Tennis Center, the Hoosiers fell to No. 6 North Carolina, 5-2.

WANTED: KILLer instinct

Big Ten beware: Several reports have cited a 6-foot-8, 270-pound man terrorizing several cities throughout the Midwest. Known as the "Killer," he appears to have no tregard for those who cross his path - no matter what size. Most recently, he tortured 255-pound Graham Brown of Michigan for 19 points and 13 rebounds. His coach, Mike Davis, called it his best game. He only appears to be getting stronger.

Stay involved in fee review

Any student intrigued by the recent restructuring of the University's senior leadership should be equally interested in the new administration's attitude toward student involvement in institutional decision-making. Will the board of trustees' trumpet call-to-action, with its apparent move away from our deliberative business-as-usual, maintain or minimize the role of students in campus decision- making?

Give me a break!

Yay! Spring break! Woo-hoo! What's that? It doesn't start for another week? No! Oh NO! For the love of God, have mercy! Haven't we learned enough? There's been eight weeks of class already this semester! Some animals' lifespans don't last eight weeks.

Hairdos & interviews

Timothy sends out ten resumes. He gets one callback. Taariq sends out fifteen resumes. Nevertheless, he gets one callback, too. Moral of the story: White is still right in 2006 -- and the bearer of a so-called "black-sounding" name must do more work and have more patience than the next guy if he wants to snag a job, or even an interview, in corporate America.

A diverse IU is the best IU

Recent initiative taken by the Black Student Union gives us an occasion to comment on the pressing issue of diversity in hiring. BSU representatives met Friday with the IU board of trustees, requesting that the board stay committed to diversity on campus, especially with respect to positions in the upper levels of administration. We're proud of the BSU and commend it for its involvement and concern. We hope that its actions serve as an example of the value of student participation -- after all, how many of you were up at 7:30 a.m. on a Friday meeting with the IU trustees? We're guessing not many.

Israel planning further withdrawal from West Bank settlements

JERUSALEM -- Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to withdraw from more West Bank settlements immediately after forming Israel's next government and to set Israel's final borders within four years if it wins upcoming elections, a top political ally said Sunday in the most explicit statement yet of Olmert's plans.