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Team sees highs, lows at Big Ten singles event

Junior John Stone finished his first-round match at the Big Ten Singles Championship Saturday a beaten man. Despite his consistently solid play, he still lost to Andres Osorio of Minnesota.

Local business owner gives back to community schools

The back wall of Bloomington Hardware is dotted with colorful scribbles reaching nearly to the ceiling. They come in all designs; pictures showing stick figures playing tetherball or sitting under rainbows. All bear the same message: "Thank you, Victoria Temple."

Hoosiers plagued by costly penalties

During Saturday's game against Penn State, IU was on the wrong end of eight penalties. The Hoosiers have been plagued with penalties all season long, as they racked up 15 total flags in the last two games alone.

Who you callin' a slacker?

About 11 percent of undergraduates are nerds. That is, according to the latest National Survey of Student Engagement (a study based at IU), 11 percent of undergraduates actually study 25 hours per week prepping for classes, as recommended by their professors. While their slacker counterparts, about 44 percent of undergraduates, spend 10 hours or less hitting the books.

College seniors face better job prospects this season

BOSTON -- The recovering economy and looming retirement of the baby boomers are making this a very good year to be a college senior looking for a job after graduation. Recruiters, career counselors and students say the fall recruiting season has been the most active since the dot.com boom.

Iran suspends nuclear development program

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Monday that it was suspending uranium enrichment and related activities briefly, voluntarily and in hopes of building confidence in the world that its nuclear ambitions are peaceful.

U.S. forces fight insurgents across Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi forces fought deadly battles with insurgents across central and northern Iraq on Monday. The worst reported fighting took place in Baqouba, where the military said at least 20 insurgents were killed. Militants hit at least four different U.S. troop convoys with car bombs, wounding nine Americans in and around the Sunni stronghold of Ramadi and in the northern city of Mosul.

Letters to the Editor

Weird is relative "Lueck described his time on 'The Real World' as the best four months of his life, saying it was not weird living with two gay guys, and that he believes the show portrayed him accurately" ("Real World star visits IUDM" Nov. 8). How nice. Would the writer have said the same thing had she interviewed a gay man, and said it wasn't weird for him to live with six straight people? Or a black man and said it wasn't weird to live with six white people?

Around The Arts

'Superstar' comes to IU Auditorium Through the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the lyrics of Tim Rice, the story of Jesus' last seven days will be told rock-opera style in "Jesus Christ Superstar" at 8 p.m. tonight and Wednesday at the IU Auditorium.

Elderly couples and swollen ankles

The elderly population in Spain is so crazy that sometimes I feel like I'm at home in Florida. But these Spanish women are tough ... I wouldn't mess with them.

A fitting farewell

Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" opened this past weekend at IU's Ruth N. Halls Theatre. It is the last IU production directed by Professor Howard Jensen before he retires, and given how excellent the production is, he will be missed.

Jordan River Forum

American action Waddell Hamer contends, French-like, that the Bush administration's "arrogance" lends it to believe that "the world revolves around the United States" ("Looking into the crystal ball," Nov. 8). To start, it does. And, excusez-moi, we excessively arrogant compared with whom? Absent America, I am inclined to ask, who would uphold a just international order? The United Nations? The Europeans? China? This is not intended as arrogance, but rather a statement of fact.

Competition reveals sexual designs

IMU security guard arrested at fraternity dance scuffle

IU Police Department officers responded to a call early Sunday morning about a fight involving about 20 subjects at the Indiana Memorial Union. According to IUPD reports, the incident resulted in the arrest of Rob Dubinski, an IMU security officer, for battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.

Belly dancing class healthy for body, mind

Belly shaking and hip shimmying isn't the only thing going on in IU's belly dance classes. The Student Recreational Sports Center's Middle Eastern Belly Dance classes not only offer physical exercise through a unique form of dance, but also offer aspects of mental health.

Students prepping for spring break

As most students prepare to head home for the holidays and brace for the winter ahead, some students are looking forward to the third week in March with thoughts of spending spring break on a warm beach. Although spring break is nearly three and a half months away, some eager students have gotten a head start on making their plans for 2005.

The end as we know it

It's the end of the world as we know it. Wait, no -- it's just IU. Everyone has a prediction. Most people who make predictions are kind of crazy. I'm not crazy because I have evidence. It's just like the Bible says, an IU apocalypse is coming. Think about it, the semester is a little more than halfway finished, and so many strange and horrible things have already happened.

Sailing beyond the sunset

What am I going to do with my life? This is the question I am asked each time I walk into a holiday party, a family shindig or even a visit with my parents. Where am I going after May? Which company am I applying to? What will I do over the summer? How often am I going to visit? How much money do I want to make in 10 years? I feel like Aretha Franklin is tap dancing on my chest and the world is watching every choice I make with skepticism and scorn. I guess the answer to all of these questions is "I don't know."

Pop Quiz: Lilly or McDonald's?

A report released by the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Indiana Government Efficiency Commission Thursday held the answer to all of Indiana's education and economic problems: a further increase in the divide between rich and poor. Well, maybe it didn't say that in so many words, but the report implied that for Indiana's higher education institutions to be more effective, they'd have to focus on money and not students.

Bowling event empowers disabled athletes

The only thing louder than bowling balls thundering down the allies this weekend at Classic Lanes Bowling was the laughter, cheers and screams coming from the athletes who threw them. Saturday afternoon kicked off the 24th annual Special Olympic Bowling Tournament for athletes with mental disabilities and, like every other Special Olympic event, began with the Special Olympics Oath.