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Team rows to strong finish

The women's crew team rowed to a sixth place finish in the First Novice Eight at the Lexus South/Central Region Sprints last weekend in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The team's performance capped off one of the most successful seasons in the program's brief history.

Celtics able to overcome Game 1 woes

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jim O'Brien stood in front of a board in the Boston Celtics locker before Game 2 and wrote the keys to winning. Most of them were about defense and rebounding.

Centerfielder earns award

IU junior centerfielder Kennard Jones was one of three Big Ten standouts named 2002 Big Ten Conference Player of the Year. Jones led the conference in overall hitting (.411), runs (72) and overall hits (88). In addition, Jones was second in hitting (.397) in conference games only. He led the league in hits (46), runs (30) and overall stolen bases (22). Minnesota junior second baseman Luke Appert and Michigan State junior outfielder Bob Malek were also named Player of the Year.

IU baseball advances in Big Ten

No. 4 IU played its first game of the Big Ten Tournament Wednesday against No. 5 Iowa and won 7-4. Junior pitcher Nick Vitieliss (8-1) picked up the win, and junior pitcher Ryan Smith got his 9th save, setting a new single season school record.

Women place 2nd, men 4th

17.74 miles per hour; approaching third gear. That's how fast Danielle Carruthers was going Saturday when she recorded this year's second best time in women's 100 meter hurdles on the planet. Carruthers' run concluded a weekend of personal bests at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in Madison, Wis.

Beijing University students, faculty visit

Half a world away, nine students and seven faculty members from the Beijing University of Physical Education are planning to visit IU May 30-June 10 for recreational and educational activities planned by the IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Bush appoints IU professor to Holocaust museum

Professor Alvin Rosenfeld has secured IU more national attention -- for the second time. Rosenfeld, director of Jewish studies, has been appointed by President George W. Bush to a council that oversees the world renowned United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. A former member of the Memorial's education committee, as well as a special advisor to its chairman, Rosenfeld has been a diligent researcher of the Holocaust for over 30 years.

Jordan River Forum

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IU to teach Afghan languages

IU is slated to receive approximately $1.5 million from August 2002 to July 2006 to develop language learning materials for five languages spoken in or near Afghanistan. The languages include Pashto (Afghanistan), Tajik (Tajikistan), Turkmen (Turkmenistan), Uyghur (Uyghur autonomous region of Xiangjian province, northwestern China) and Uzbek (Uzbekistan).

Nelms withdraws candidacy

Charlie Nelms, IU's vice-president for student involvement and diversity, was the frontrunner for Florida A&M University's presidency, but withdrew from consideration for the position early Friday. Nelms, according to The Tallahassee Democrat, was the only candidate who appeared to have met the expectations of the association and the search committee. He withdrew from consideration Friday, prompting the board of trustees to choose Tallahassee native Fred J. Gainous as the university's ninth president.

ALF: Tactics are "non-violent"

The Animal Liberation Front, an animal activist group, claimed responsibility late Wednesday for the fire that destroyed a Sims Poultry truck on May 3. The group said they aimed to cause economic sabotage to the business. David Barbarash, spokesman for the ALF, described the group's tactics in the poultry attack.

Cheney: terror near

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday he is almost certain that terrorists will attack the United States again. "It's not a matter of if, but when," he said.

Panelists discuss Ernie Pyle

DANA, Ind. -- The big yellow C-SPAN school bus pulled into Dana, Ind., Sunday for its "American Writers II" series, with two hours of live coverage devoted to Ernie Pyle. Pyle attended IU's journalism school in the 1920s before heading across the United States to write columns about people's lives and then around the world as a respected war correspondent for Scripps-Howard news service.

Geology class heads to California

During the next two weeks, 15 students will be playing ultimate frisbee in Death Valley, Calif. They will be hiking in craters formed by volcanic eruptions, skiing down California's Mammoth Mountain, and observing 5,000 year-old bristlecone pine trees with the U.S. Forrest Service. They will also be receiving three credits.

Violence in India raises concerns of full-scale war with Pakistan

NEW DELHI, India -- Fierce gunfire across the India-Pakistan border and attacks by militants killed at least 15 people in disputed Kashmir over the weekend, as India considered on Sunday whether to take further military action against its rival.

Judges rule against housing restrictions

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Court of Appeals has struck down Bloomington's ban on three or more unrelated adults living together, jeopardizing similar ordinances elsewhere in the state. In an unanimous decision, the three-judge panel on Friday ruled that Bloomington's ban violates the Indiana Constitution.

Please don't read this mom!

My mother is not allowed to read this column. Probably because it is about an independent film the cast and I affectionately nicknamed "Sex, Violence, and the Word (for the sake of my grandmother's I'm going to change this word a bit) 'Quack-Quack.'" It also includes other long-held family movie traditions like smoking, consuming large amounts of alcohol and one joke involving the male genitalia and a one-eyed penguin. (Okay, the joke doesn't really involve a one-eyed penguin. For some odd reason, the director never subscribed to my script changes.)

Away from home for the holidays

Thanksgiving Day, Mo McNally loads her plate with a slice or two of turkey (white meat only please), mashed potatoes, salad, cranberry sauce, green beans, a pile of gravy-saturated stuffing and mom's sweet potatoes (the secret is in the marshmallow and brown sugar). Food covers rim to rim, heaped inches off the plate. "I love the eating," said McNally, a senior. "I eat so much that I have to unbutton my pants. And then I eat more."

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The Replacements: Letting it be

I couldn't help it. I had to write about this album, no matter how obvious of a choice it may be for unearthing a lesser-known but very influential album.