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Home meet battle with Illini looms

By Colin Burns · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:45 a.m.

The Hoosier wrestlers return home after being on the road since the middle of December. The long, successful road trip saw IU go 4-1, with the only loss being to a top-10 Wisconsin team. The team finally returns home this weekend after many miles logged on the road. Awaiting them Saturday in Bloomington at University Gym is No. 2 Illinois. IU, 16-4 on the year, is coming off last weekend's split in Big Ten conference action. The win over Northwestern Saturday was a quick turnaround from Friday night's loss, and IU coach Duane Goldman knows positives can be taken out of the rebound win.

Men up for challenge

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:44 a.m.

After finishing second between Ohio State and Purdue in Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday, the men's track team is heading south to Missouri to compete against the Tigers, Nebraska and Wichita State. Each team has individual strengths the Hoosiers will have to contend with.

Teams readying for Super Bowl

By Aaron Beard and Jimmy Golen · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:43 a.m.

HOUSTON -- Eugene Wilson joined the New England Patriots with the wide-eyed excitement of any rookie. That lasted exactly one game.

IU out west for road swing

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:43 a.m.

Still glowing from a hard-fought 4-3 upset over No. 10 Tennessee, the Hoosiers get a change of venue for their next test. This weekend, IU leaves the snowy confines of Bloomington for the sunny tennis courts of Arizona as they face underdog University of the Pacific and national powerhouse Arizona State. Admittedly, the IU coaching staff knows very little about their first opponent, Pacific. But IU coach Lin Loring sees the match as a good experience, nevertheless.

Hockey needs road wins down the stretch

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:42 a.m.

After winning three of four in a two-week home stand, the IU club hockey team takes its show on the road as they look to finish strong in a tight race for the National Tournament in February. Taking two games from Purdue and a game from Ohio State, the Hoosiers find themselves in a tight battle for third in the central division the last position to advance to nationals with Bowling Green.

Throwback game pivotal in Big Ten race

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:42 a.m.

Bring out the platform shoes, the bell-bottoms and K.C. and the Sunshine Band on the 8 Track because it's "Turn Back the Clock" night Saturday as the Hoosiers travel to Michigan State to take on the Spartans at 8 p.m in the schools' 100th meeting.

Losing streak at 2

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:41 a.m.

After duking it out with No. 8 Purdue and No. 16 Minnesota, the IU women's basketball team will get a break from nationally ranked opponents when the Hoosiers go up against the Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday.

Around the Sidelines

By Aaron Beard · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:40 a.m.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Standing in his goaltender's crease during a morning skate, Martin Brodeur saw his New Jersey Devils teammates coming toward him, and he kicked out his leg. A dull thud echoed through the empty Continental Airlines Arena as the slapshot hit off his pad.

Team looks to rebound from 'flat performance'

By Steve Slivka · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:40 a.m.

After what IU coach Randy Heisler called 'a flat performance' in the women's track and field teams' tri-meet last weekend in Columbus, Ohio, against Ohio State and Purdue, IU will travel to Colombia, Mo., to compete against Missouri, Nebraska and Wichita State tonight. The meet will not keep a team score.

Teen pleads guilty to second-degree murder, released after 3 years in prison

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Barton · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:29 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The teen whose life sentence for killing a playmate stirred national debate over Florida's treatment of juvenile criminals, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, finalizing his release after three years in prison. Lionel Tate, who was 12 when he beat 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death almost five years ago, declined to speak, but offered through his attorney to meet with the girl's mother.

Israel, Hezbollah swap prisoners

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:28 a.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A long-awaited prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on Thursday freed more than 420 Palestinians and other Arabs, two Lebanese militia leaders and an Israeli businessman. Tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters lined an airport road in Beirut to welcome home the former prisoners, including Shiite cleric Abdel Karim Obeid and Lebanese guerrilla leader Mustafa Dirani.

The death of NASA

By Cameron Thibos · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:03 a.m.

President George W. Bush threw a bit of a shocker to us two weeks ago. He wants to go to the moon. In the immortal words of Han Solo, "I've got a bad feeling about this." When Bush made the announcement Jan. 14, skeptical commentators immediately pounced on it as a pre-election carrot that will be dropped into a JuiceTiger after the November elections. At this point, Darth Vader Bush counters, "I find your lack of faith disturbing."

Curbing civil disobedience

By Scott Gorsky and Scott J. Gorsky · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:53 p.m.

In open letter to Doug Porter, IU Parking Operations Manager: We in Bloomington are a simple people. We till our lands. We fish our waters. We like our burritos to be as big as our heads. While I expect to pay outlandish prices in big cities and airports, never did I expect to pay $40 for a parking ticket here on campus. When more than half of the Parking Operations annual $5 million revenue is generated from parking tickets (Sept. 16, IDS), it says to me this campus has a parking problem. And it's not us.

Ready for 'Rent'?

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:53 p.m.

Calling it one of its "most highly-requested shows," the IU Auditorium will host the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT for the second time in only two-and-a-half years. RENT, written by the late Jonathan Larson, opened in 1996 and soon became a mega hit both on Broadway and across the country. Utilizing a pop-rock idiom and addressing contemporary issues such as AIDS, heroin and homosexuality, the show was as groundbreaking as it was entertaining.

Read, dummy!

By Jonathan Blanks · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:51 p.m.

Having spent several years in the "real world," I have come to truly appreciate the value of education, and more importantly, the work needed to acquire it. If I have observed anything in my return to IU last semester, it is the fact that many students could care less about their education and, consequently, their futures.

House passes kindergarten bill

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:49 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- With help from Republicans on Thursday, the Democrat-controlled Indiana House passed a retooled version of Gov. Joe Kernan's plan to expand state-funded, full-day kindergarten. The House approved the bill 56-40 and sent it to the Republican-controlled Senate, where its prospects seem dim. Among other objections, Senate Republican leaders say a state facing a $1 billion deficit and other money problems should not start an expensive new program.

State goes to kindergarten

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:48 p.m.

It's hard to say no to a child's education. And still, Gov. Joe Kernan's proposal to expand state-funded, full-day kindergarten to 20,000 more Indiana children by this fall -- and all children by 2007 -- isn't turning out to be a black-and-white debate. We have our own concerns on each side of the issue. Certainly, before any government proposal can go into effect, one must ask how it is going to be paid for. The question, as always, is, can we afford it? And if so, where will the money come from?

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:45 p.m.

PFC presents panel discussion The IU Progressive Faculty Coalition is presenting, "Policing Professors: Professors, Academic Freedom, National Security, and House Bill 3077," as part of its spring forum series at noon today in Wylie Hall 005. HB 3077 envisions a state-appointed advisory board with the authority to remove the funding of area studies programs when its curriculum or faculty members' research is deemed too critical of U.S. policies and values, according to a press release.

Frat goose cruelty angers activists

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:42 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Fraternity brothers have dropped a puppy off a Mississippi River bridge, beaten a goose to death with a golf club and abandoned an unconscious, intoxicated pig in a park. More recently, Phi Kappa Psi members killed, skinned, burned and ate a raccoon at the University of Georgia. These and other acts on campuses across the country have drawn the fury of animal lovers who say such abuse has grown into a dangerous trend because it is too often treated as innocent college hijinks.

IUPUI seeks housing increases

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 11:41 p.m.

The Board of Trustees Finance and Audit Committee struck down an increase in housing costs Thursday for an enhanced freshman learning community at IU-Purdue University-Indianapolis but gave preliminary approval to raising rates to cope with higher living costs. IUPUI Vice Chancellor of Student Life and Diversity Karen Whitney proposed an 8 percent increase for students living in Ball Residence Hall next year, a dorm exclusive to freshmen, to pay for the "Living the Freshman Experience" initiative. The plan would have been part of an overall 4.25 percent housing increase for the campus.