Community Arts

IU ready for first test

By Lisa Kates and Lisa Marie Kates · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:40 a.m.

The last time the IU men's swimming and diving team met the Michigan State Spartans in regular dual meet season was Jan. 30, 2000 at Michigan State. The Hoosiers lost 148 to 95. At 5 p.m. today at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center, the Hoosiers will look to avenge that loss and win their conference opener.

Thankless positions making an impact

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:39 a.m.

All guts, no glory. That's the kind of play liberos and setters have to put together for every match. The proverbial point guard of volleyball, a setter simply puts the ball where the hitters want it, and watch them crush the balls down to the cheers of the crowd. Without the glory of scoring points, save the occasional trick play, a setter lives a relatively boring offensive life.

Volleyball team back on a roll

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:38 a.m.

The Hoosier volleyball team is on a roll again. The squad has risen from a four game losing streak to begin anew with three straight wins. IU is now looking to extend this streak with two home matches this weekend against Iowa and Minnesota Friday and Saturday, respectively.

IU hungry for Boilermaker blood, conference win

By Alex MelloanRuiz · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:35 a.m.

The Hoosiers confront their rival Friday afternoon when the women's soccer team travels to West Lafayette for its final game of the Big Ten season. IU's biggest rival, No. 13 Purdue, has had a successful season thus far and will provide stiff competition.

Hoosiers set to spoil Champaign Homecoming

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:25 a.m.

Last year, Illinois spoiled IU's Homecoming with a 35-14 win en route to the Big Ten Championship and a berth in the Sugar Bowl. This year, the Hoosiers are obliged to try and return the favor as Illinois takes them on for its Homecoming in Champaign, Ill.

Suspects arrested after tip

By Alyson Brodsy and Allen G. Breed · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:24 a.m.

FREDERICK, Md. -- Two men, one of them described as an Army veteran who recently converted to Islam, were arrested at a roadside rest stop Thursday for questioning in the three-week wave of deadly sniper attacks that have terrorized the Washington, D.C. area.

Schools show heart

By Lauren Claytor · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:24 a.m.

Once again IU and Purdue are face to face, battling to emerge as the better university. This challenge does not involve a basketball game at Alumni Hall or a soccer game at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Instead, the two schools face off in a competition to collect the most pints of blood for area hospitals.

Star light, star bright

By Erin Bergmann · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:24 a.m.

This weekend, the Astronomy Department will bring out Bloomington's brightest stars. The first ever Astrofest is a combination of three events for the public, students and alumni, including a rededication of the Kirkwood Observatory, IU's second WIYNfest and also a celebration of astronomy professor Frank Edmondson's 90th birthday.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:16 a.m.

There will be an inorganic chemistry seminar entitled "What Silanes Can Do for You: Production, Chemistry and Application of Organofuctional Silanes," at 2 p.m. today, in the Chemistry building, Room 033.

IU awards top Indiana businesses

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:05 a.m.

The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, a part of the Kelley School of Business, honored Indiana's leaders in Business at its Ninth Annual Growth 100 Awards Luncheon Thursday. The presentation, which was held at the Ritz Charles in Carmel, Ind., gave awards to 75 businesses which are Indiana's fastest growing entrepreneurial companies with annual sales of over $1,000,000. All the companies also have achieved over 15 percent sale increase over the last two years.

HPER library offers up books, massages in auction

By Jennifer Whalen · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:03 a.m.

On Friday, October 25, the Indiana School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Library will host a benefit auction in hopes of improving its library facilities. There is no charge to attend and all students, faculty and staff of the IU campus are welcome to come. Those who attend will have a first glimpse at the items waiting to be auctioned at a preview on Friday between 11:30 a.m. to noon. The actual auction will then be held from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 125 of the HPER building. All proceeds from the benefit will benefit the HPER Library.

Senior awarded inaugural Gros Louis scholarship

By Jackie Corgan · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 1:02 a.m.

Optimistic, outgoing and dedicated. These are the words senior Erin McGonigal used to describe herself -- clearly the same qualities others noted when she was named the first-ever recipient of the Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis scholarship.

Giants grab 3-2 lead with convincing win

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:58 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Teased and taunted for tiptoeing around Barry Bonds, the Anaheim Angels decided to challenge him. Whack! Bonds lined an RBI double that sent the San Francisco Giants zooming to a big lead that not even these pesky Angels could overcome, winning 16-4 in Game 5 Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the World Series.

Fair Trade coffee to be discussed at Buskirk theater tonight

By Danielle Gingerich · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:55 a.m.

At 8 p.m. Friday, Bloomingfoods Market & Deli and Equal Exchange Coffee Co-op will present "Fair Trade Hope & Vision: Response to Crisis in Coffee Country" at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. This event is free and open to the public. This talk and slide show will feature hosts Porfirio Zepeda and Ellin Blandon from Miraflor Cooperative in Nicaragua. They will address fair trade in the coffee business and how Americans can create a more fair and environmentally friendly economy.

Dance marathon kicks off tonight

By Katie Pellar · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:54 a.m.

Tonight the HPER gymnasium will host one of IU's largest philanthropic events, the IU Dance Marathon. Six hundred IU students will give up 36 hours and two nights of sleep to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis.

I-69 foes to visit path areas

By Micah Maidenberg · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:53 a.m.

County Under New Terrain US I-69, a local group opposed to "new terrain" routes for the Interstate 69 extension, has organized a driving tour along four of the proposed routes of the highway. The tour is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, and students and the public are invited to attend.

Ivy league professor lecture focuses on Middle East issues

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:52 a.m.

Wednesday night, Professor Bernard Lewis, a worldwide authority on the Middle East, gave a free lecture at IU on the historical problems with Muslims in the Middle East.

Handel's 'Julius Caesar' premieres tonight

By Adam Sedia · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:47 a.m.

Tonight the IU Opera will perform George Friderick Handel's "Julius Caesar," an opera that tells the story of Caesar's affair with Cleopatra that resulted in her being made queen of Egypt. Dr. George Calder, head of IU's opera department, said the opera (first produced in 1724 in London) is the most popular of Handel's 35 operas. The story, which is based on actual events, is a tale of political intrigue and a woman's use of her charms to gain power. It may be historical, but "The plot is eternal. It could take place as much today as 2000 years ago," Calder said.

At 80, Finkel lives an actor's life

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:45 a.m.

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.-- On a studio soundstage filled with friends and colleagues, 80-year-old Fyvush Finkel bends over his birthday cake, takes a deep breath -- and then breaks up the room with an off-color joke.

'Hot Wet Fun' opens

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:42 a.m.

IU Graduate Student Carmen Meyers will star in a cabaret of her own creation opening tonight at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 312 S. Washington St. "Hot Wet Fun" is the title that came from an inspiration Meyers had while in Brown County.