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Team comes home after 19 days away from IU

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:45 a.m.

The IU women's basketball team (4-2) will finally get to see some action on its home hardwood when it faces Maine (4-2) at 7 p.m. tonight in Assembly Hall. The game will end a 19-day absence for the Hoosiers from their home court. "It feels good," junior guard Jenny DeMuth said. "We have been on the road for a long time, and the traveling just gets to you. We're just happy to be back home."

Hoosiers ready for tough foe

By Natalie A. Trout · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:45 a.m.

Two very different teams with the same 3-3 record will fight for their fourth win of the season Saturday at Assembly Hall. IU will host Butler in a contest that historically shows IU as the favorite. The Hoosiers lead the series 34-12. Sophomore guard Marshall Strickland said the team's confidence is high after their 66-63 road win at Notre Dame on Wednesday night but adds they aren't taking the Butler game lightly. "We went into Notre Dame thinking we could win it," Strickland said.

We've got a winner

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:43 a.m.

Last week, I complained about the lack of a winning team at IU. But that was before the discovery of Ryan Tapak. And I also managed to neglect the IU men's soccer team. I admit, I grew up a soccer-hater. I thought soccer players were just pansies that couldn't handle a real tackle and it was a game for them durn furinurs anyway.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:41 a.m.

LSU's Nick Saban wins AP Coach of the Year award NEW YORK -- This is one honor LSU coach Nick Saban won't have to share. Saban's steady leadership helped earn him The Associated Press Coach of the Year award Thursday, beating Pete Carroll of Southern California. "Even though I'm accepting the honor, it's for all of the players and coaches and support staff, also," Saban said. "They all had as big a part in it as I did. I'm very flattered and honored."

Area clinic to close

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:05 a.m.

After 20 years of business, the Martinsville Planned Parenthood of Greater Indiana will close its doors Dec. 15. The Martinsville clinic is one of three clinics scheduled to close this year, with others closing in Salem and New Castle. A statement released last month from Planned Parenthood of Greater Indiana, said after a demographic evaluation, the clinic was said to be unnecessary.

Ohio authorities caution fans

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 1:02 a.m.

IU fans traveling to Columbus, Ohio, for this weekend's College Cup are advised to proceed with caution due to recent shootings off Interstate 270. A total of 15 cases, including one fatality, have been reported, and all are believed to be related, according to Columbus authorities. The NCAA and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department are working together to ensure safety for the teams and their fans. "Basically, we had a conference call with all four teams where we had a person from the County Sheriff's Department to fill everybody in on what has been going on and to answer any questions the schools would have," said Mark Bedics, media coordinator for the Division I Soccer Championship.

Haitians voice discontent

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Norton · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:58 a.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police fired tear gas and warning shots at thousands of university students who spilled into the streets Thursday in the latest protest aimed at ousting President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. One bystander was killed, and at least five protesters were hurt.

Schools provide services for student internships

By Stephanie Susman · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:55 a.m.

Across IU, most students have two common needs: jobs and internships. Regardless of their major, students often use internships to learn more about their field, gain real-life experience and get future jobs. Each school at IU provides resources and advice for students trying to find jobs and internships.

Title quest starts tonight

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:54 a.m.

In 1976, IU coach Jerry Yeagley led the Hoosiers to the College Cup for the first time in school history. Tonight, 27 seasons later, Yeagley will lead his Hoosiers to the College Cup for his 16th and final time as IU faces Santa Clara in Columbus, Ohio.

Greeks find new home

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:54 a.m.

The old Sigma Phi Epsilon house is about to get "Deke-ified." Delta Kappa Epsilon has announced a deal to lease the former Sigma Phi Epsilon house beginning Aug. 2004. The house, located at 815 N. Jordan Ave., will be the home of Delta Kappa Epsilon until 2007.

Dead Week adds stress

By Jacob Surface · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:54 a.m.

It comes but once per semester with the promise of a break from the rigors of a normal school week, but for many students, "dead week" is just as stressful as any other time of year.

Local non-profit group to play host to concert

By Daniel Castro · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:53 a.m.

The Bloomington chapter of the Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project will host two benefit concerts tonight. The first will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at Rhino's All Ages Club, featuring the bands Mt. Gigantic, The Door Keys and Sex Tiger. The second begins at 10 p.m. at Vertigo, with Turn Pale, John Wilkes Booze, Bobby Conn and Puppy Vs. Dyslexia.

IU examining new file sharing policies

By Danielle Gingerich · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:52 a.m.

As a freshman last year, Brian Collins stared in anger at his computer waiting for the movie "Analyze That" to download from Kazaa. After about an hour, the movie still had not finished, and Collins gave up and went to bed.

Warm winter trends

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:52 a.m.

Throwing fashion to the wind to stay warm is a very practical approach to winter. Then the holiday sales come, and I black out in the mall. I usually give in to winter trends. As I look down at my hands clad in lambswool hand warmers, I am thinking: "why did I buy these?" They are really pretty, but they serve no function -- they don't actually cover the fingers.

IMU garden receives facelift

By Emily Hendricks · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:52 a.m.

While artist William Snapp's sculpture is no longer in the center of the Indiana Memorial Union courtyard, it is still the focal point of the area.

New dance troupe begins first season

By -Jenny Kobiela · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:51 a.m.

IU graduates Katie Kasper and Katie Smith are collaborating their dance and theatre troupes into "Ignitio," to be presented over the next two weekends at the Peine Theater at Marian College. While at IU, Smith wrote and Kasper choreographed the original full-length musicals "Neenog" and "Fish for a Long Time." Now, Smith, founder of Loose Cannon Productions, and Kasper, founder of the Motus Dance Theater, have collaborated once again -- this time on a multi-arts presentation.

Suicide bombers attack U.S. troops

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Torchia · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:17 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three suicide bombers in a furniture truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14. It was the third suicide attack on American troops in Iraq this week.

Holiday profits put stores back in black

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:16 a.m.

Many stores around Bloomington have recently stocked their shelves just in time for Christmas with gifts to suit every whim and need. Stores such as Barnes & Noble, Radio Shack and Victoria's Secret have holiday items on sale to lessen the dent shopping can make on the customer's pocketbook. Overall retail sales on the first day after Thanksgiving jumped 4.8 percent from last year to this year and totaled $7.2 million, according to ShopperTrak.

Dow's rise might forecast future economic growth

By Lee Cleary · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:16 a.m.

IU Business professor Robert Klemkosky offered insight into the Dow Jones industrial average's brief foray above the 10,000 mark Tuesday for the first time in 18 months. Although reaching the 10,000 mark is promising for stock owners, the number itself doesn't hold a lot of significance, said Klemkosky, the Fred T. Greene professor of finance at the Kelley School of Business. "Ten thousand really doesn't mean much," he said. "It has been there before, but it gets a lot of attention because people get excited about that number."

The little man

By Phil Kijak · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:13 a.m.

There was once a little man Peter. Peter was from New Zealand, also known as the birthplace of the Bushwackers.