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Sparks' Leslie makes WNBA's first dunk

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 31,2002 9:02 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Lisa Leslie went where no one else in the WNBA has gone before -- above the rim for a dunk.

It's almost time

By Yahya Chami · Wednesday, July 31,2002 8:59 p.m.

We can make it. The wait is almost over. Real football is less then a month away. No longer do we have to watch the development league in Europe or the arena brand of the game.

IUSA accused of discrimination, witholding funding

By -Meghan Dwyer · Wednesday, July 31,2002 12 a.m.

Students for Justice in Palestine are claiming IU Student Association executives have mishandled its application to receive money from the Grass Roots Initiative Fund (GRIF), composed of IUSA credit card revenue interest totalling close to $10,000 annually.

IU student remembered

By Ryota Kashiwa · Tuesday, July 30,2002 8:57 p.m.

Meaghan Ann Buis was one girl, but she was always in a huddle with people extremely close to her. People touched by Buis became not only her good friends, but great friends.

Bloomington company bought for $3 billion

By Jackie Corgan · Tuesday, July 30,2002 7:55 p.m.

Cook Group Incorporated, a Bloomington-based group of medical device companies, has agreed to a $3 billion acquisition offer from Guidant Corporation based in Indianapolis. Guidant, a world-class company in the development and design of cardiovascular medical products, will now take over the 40-year-old company.

Eurasia discovered in Indiana

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:44 p.m.

In from the hot Saturday sun, the cool sounds of the East were inviting many to venture into the Buskirk-Chumley for an afternoon of culture, music and unity. The Central Eurasian Concert and Art Exhibit set up shop in the early afternoon and closed down at 6 p.m. Throughout the day, the audience was delighted by dancers, storytellers, painters and singers.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:42 p.m.

'God' in Allegiance bastardizes pledge Boy Scouts encourage close-mindedness, hatred IDS printing material of questionable value Lowriders appreciative of media acknowledgement

What one can assume

By Joe Grace · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:41 p.m.

I was planning on writing a serious column this week, but unfortunately I have no idea what has gone on in the world lately since I stopped using the Internet and watching the O'Reilly Factor a couple of weeks ago.

Around The Region

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:39 p.m.

Police crack three-state burglar ring Supreme court rejects convicted murderer's appeal Doctor reinstated after writing 140 personal prescriptions Burglar gets 12 years for Pacer break-in

Departments request for 2003 budgets approved

By Joe Aamidor · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:38 p.m.

The Bloomington City Council gave preliminary approval for two proposed departmental budgets last Thursday night. Both the planning department and the housing and neighborhood development (HAND) department received praise from the council for their budgets for 2003.

Supercomputer, super feats

By Rebekah Carpenter · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:36 p.m.

IU is home to one of the largest supercomputers in the U.S. In June, it was listed No. 78 on the list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world.

RPS increasing dorm capacity

By Jackie Corgan · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:33 p.m.

As the largest incoming freshman class is scheduled to flock to Bloomington this fall, questions have surfaced involving space concerns while dorm renovations are taking place in Eigenmann Hall and Foster-Harper.

Student Code to get facelift

By Josh Sanburn · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:33 p.m.

The University's Student Code of Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct will be getting a facelift soon as IU Bloomington and IU-Purdue University in Indianapolis form committees to revise and update portions of the code.

Miners emerge safely

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry Neumeister · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:28 p.m.

SOMERSET, Pa. -- One of the miners pulled from a cramped, flooded shaft where he and eight others were trapped for three days said Sunday he thought he was going to die. "I didn't think I was going to see my wife and kids again," a teary-eyed Harry B. Mayhugh told reporters, several hours after being pulled out of the Quecreek Mine in western Pennsylvania.

IU Parks and Public Lands blaze nation-wide training trail

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:25 p.m.

The National Park Service and the IU Eppley Institute for Parks and Public Lands are working together to provide training for new park service employees.

You \'schmooze\' you lose

By Elise LeBlanc · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:23 p.m.

It's 7:30 p.m. on a Tuesday, and the students in Professor Irving Katz's two-hour American History class are actually laughing and participating, even if the latter is against their will.

The final frontier

By Joe Aamidor · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:18 p.m.

The scenery along Tapp Road is about to undergo a drastic change. A new elementary school, an inn, a conference center and approximately 8,000 residential units are a part of the Bloomington Planning Departments proposal for the city's southwest side.

Boy scouts 'scouting' the campus

By Ryota Kashiwa · Sunday, July 28,2002 11:13 p.m.

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is holding a national conference at the Indiana Memorial Union through Thursday while some organizations are upset over the Scout's opposition to homosexuality.

Jordan's King blasts military intervention in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Jordan's King Abdullah II finds "somewhat ludicrous" the idea of intervention in Iraq while the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has the Middle East in turmoil.

Ukrainian jet crash takes at least 83 lives

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 28,2002 10:38 p.m.

LVIV, Ukraine -- Hundreds of tearful relatives waited anxiously outside an overcrowded morgue Sunday while forensic officials tried to identify the mangled remains of victims of a Ukrainian military jet crash that killed at least 83 people at an air show.

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