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Stress in College: What you should know

Stress is a person's physical, emotional or mental response to change or challenge. The stress response can occur whether the change or challenge is positive or negative. Most of us are not used to thinking about stress in a positive sense. But we need change and challenge to keep our world interesting, to motivate us to study for a test, to excel in competition and to respond to everyday demands. It is when we have too much, or sometimes too little, demanded of us that stress becomes overload or negative.

Colts back will miss final tune-up

INDIANAPOLIS- Edgerrin James will be starting the NFL regular season without having taken any hits from opposing defenses on his surgically repaired left knee. Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy made it official Thursday that Edgerrin James would not play in the team\'s final preseason game Friday at New Orleans.

Down to the deadline: Players may walk today

NEW YORK -- Baseball negotiators worked relentlessly Thursday to avert a strike just hours before the deadline, leaving players, owners and fans across the country wondering whether the season would continue.

Senior a perfect fit for new position

The women's volleyball season begins this weekend with a three game invitational. The Northern Illinois Best Western Invitational will pair the team against Drake on Friday followed by two matches against IUPUI and Northern Illinois on Saturday.

Team on the attack for season opener

For the IU field hockey team, the saying "third times a charm" sounds more than fitting as the Hoosiers prepare for their third season of existence.

Fan absence baffles visitors, vendors

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Tip-Off Celebration wasn't much of a celebration as few people came out to attend the festivities at the Pan American Plaza Thursday. To kick off the 11-day 2002 World Basketball Championships, an opening ceremony was planned. While bands performed and celebrities made appearances, there was a noticeable lack of fan interest and most obvious was that hardly any U.S. fans were found milling around outside the RCA Dome.

On the sidelines

Maui Invitational schedule set Rain plagues U.S. Open, sun shines on Agassi With a 'Spark' in their eye, LA defeats NY

Hoosiers kick off 2002 season with Lyons

The IU women's soccer team kicks off their 2002 campaign tonight in the Nike/Tiger Invitational, hosted by the Missouri Tigers. The two games are the first of the regular season, and begin the tenure of new coach Mick Lyon.

Team begins as No. 1

The IU soccer team begins the 2002 season as the consensus No. 1 team in the nation. They will be facing two fellow top ten teams this weekend, No. 9 Rutgers and No. 8 Clemson. Coach Jerry Yeagley will embark on his 30th season with Indiana this Friday. Yeagley, the winningest coach in college soccer history, has led IU to five straight Final Four appearances in the NCAA tournament including a trip to the championship game last season.

U.S. smashes Algeria in opening round

INDIANAPOLIS -- It didn't matter that at the end of the first period the U.S. team only scored 11 of its 20 field goal attempts. Or that U.S. team member Elton Brand scored all but 2 of the first 13 points for the team that has admitted an offensive weakness.

Career Fest orients new students with Development Center

Welcome freshmen. The phrase has spread itself all over campus this week. And once again, the class of 2006 are the centerpiece at a proverbial table filled with welcoming dishes.

Safety escort, sense keep students safe

With move-in and Welcome Week comes many lessons in survival, how to navigate campus, how to buy books and how to remain safe at IU. Before the academics start, IU works to ensure the safety of its students.

Honors college chooses new dean

Philosophy professor Karen Hanson has been named the new dean of the Honors College, and she began her position Aug. 1. Hanson has experience in administration. She became the chair of the philosophy department in 1997. She will teach classes in addition to her duties as dean, and she is also an adjunct professor of comparative literature, of American studies and of gender studies.

French join chorus, urge restraint

PARIS -- French President Jacques Chirac insisted Thursday that any military action against Iraq be decided by the U.N. Security Council, joining the chorus of leaders urging Washington to exercise restraint in its plans against Baghdad.

Bush backs off flight restrictions

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration backed off a proposal Thursday to restrict foreign air carriers from flying over the three Sept. 11 crash sites during the anniversary of the attacks, a senior administration official said.

Sanctions aren't working

UNITED NATIONS -- The al Qaeda terror network has the money and recruits to strike again whenever and wherever it wants because a global campaign and U.N. sanctions have failed to stop the financing and support for Osama bin Laden's backers, a U.N. draft report said Thursday.

Around the Arts

WASHINGTON -- The Postal Service is heading for Broadway to honor one of the nation's most prolific and beloved songwriters.

'Party Animals' pose problem in capitol

WASHINGTON -- The idea seemed simple enough. Scatter some whimsical donkey and elephant statues around the nation's capital to coax some smiles. So what do the locals do? Turn it into politics, as usual.

London couple poses for art, safe sex

LONDON -- It may be the ultimate in public displays of affection. A London couple are spending a week in bed, on public view in the storefront window of a photography gallery, exposing themselves to curious gazes for the sake of art -- and safe sex.