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Actors shine in 'Our Town'

By Alyson Brodsy and Stacey Laskin · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 2:48 p.m.

A boy threw up on the stairs of the school bus on my fourth-grade field trip to see "Our Town" at Indianapolis Civic Theatre. I remember the teachers didn't want the rest of us walking over his pile of vomit, so they opened up the emergency exits on the bus and made us all crawl out into the streets. To this day, that is all I remember about the play. But after watching the world premiere of Ned Rorem's opera, "Our Town," Friday night at the Musical Arts Center, I realized it's perfectly OK if that's all I remember. Because those little moments in our lives, "ticking clocks and shoes and socks," according to J.D. McClatchy's libretto, are the most important parts of life.

U.S. dances away with 25 medals

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:46 a.m.

TURIN, Italy -- Across 16 topsy-turvy days in Turin, the U.S. Olympic team teetered somewhere between torment and triumph, each step up to the medal stand tempered by one step back somewhere else.

Around the game

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:45 a.m.

Softball falls despite no-hitter Excellence in the pitching circle is becoming quite common for the IU women's softball team this season.

Angry White Sox GM lashes back at Frank Thomas

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Gano · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:40 a.m.

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Angry and disgusted with the latest comments from former slugger Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox general manager Kenny Williams fired back Sunday, calling the two-time MVP "an idiot."

Hoosiers drop 3 straight in opener

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:38 a.m.

The IU baseball team opened its season by dropping a three-game set to the Charlotte 49ers, with the final game slipping out of the Hoosiers' grasp after 14 innings.

No bye for IU in Big Tens

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:37 a.m.

With a Big Ten Tournament seed on the line, the IU women's basketball team fell at Iowa 79-70 Sunday afternoon in its regular season finale.

Hoosiers Big Ten champs once again

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:35 a.m.

For the first time since 1985, members of the IU men's swimming and diving team can call themselves Big Ten Champions.

Davis gets last Assembly win

By Andy Romey · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:33 a.m.

On Sunday afternoon, the emotion in Assembly Hall was thick enough to hold off even a late Spartan surge. IU fought out a 78-71 victory against Michigan State to make its coach's final stint on Branch McCracken Court a memorable one. The No. 16 Spartans contended with an inspired Hoosier team that was battling for its place in the NCAA Tournament, honoring its four departing seniors and recognizing the achievements of its 1981 national championship team.

Sexual assault groups endorse Red Hot

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:33 a.m.

Five student organizations that work to stop sexual assault on campus endorsed the election of IU Student Association ticket Red Hot Sunday night. About 25 representatives from the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, the Friends of Middle Way, the Men's Coalition, Raising Awareness of Interactions in Sexual Encounters and the Women's Student Association voted unanimously to back IUSA presidential candidate and junior Lenny Weiss' Red Hot party.

Final IUSA issues debated

By Stephanie Susman · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:33 a.m.

At a university with approximately 38,000 students, making IU accessible is essential to both IU Student Association tickets. Hoosier calls for providing busy students with more time to work out by increasing the hours at the Student Recreational Sports Center and for increased lighting on campus so those busy students can get home safely. Red Hot calls for increased bus service and digital clocks at some bus stops to help students make their time effective.

The first step of a new season?

By Ryan Phillips · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:31 a.m.

Wow, how good does that feel? Seriously, Sunday's 78-71 win over Michigan State was more refreshing than a breeze up your shorts during the summer.

Landon's legacy

By Brian Janosch · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:31 a.m.

Drive. The word carries so many meanings to former IU forward Landon Turner. Twenty-four summers ago, a drive to Cincinnati left Turner paralyzed. His basketball career was over, feeling below his chest was lost and for all intents and purposes, he had struck a dead end on the road of life. But Sunday Turner found himself back in Assembly Hall. Back on the floor he once dominated. Back in front of thousands of cheering Hoosiers. How did he make it?

A chance to dance

By Andy Romey · Monday, Feb. 27,2006 12:29 a.m.

A team reminiscent of the one from the season's beginning reappeared during Sunday's win over No. 16 Michigan State. And with it IU re-entered the NCAA Tournament conversation.

Iran, Russia reach deal on uranium enrichment

By Alyson Brodsy and Ali Akbar Dareini · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:46 p.m.

BUSHEHR, Iran -- Iran and Russia agreed in principle Sunday to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture, a breakthrough in talks on a U.S.-backed Kremlin proposal aimed at easing concerns that Tehran wants to build nuclear weapons. But further negotiations on the details lay ahead, and it was not known whether Iran will entirely give up enrichment at home, a top demand of the west.

Rioting inmates seize wing of high-secuirty Afghan prison

By Alyson Brodsy and Amir Shah · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:44 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Afghan soldiers with tanks and grenade-launchers surrounded Kabul's main prison Sunday after rioting inmates seized control of much of the facility in an uprising that officials blamed on al-Qaida and Taliban militants. Local media reported several people were killed and dozens injured. But it appeared security forces had yet to gain access to parts of the jail under prisoners' control, so officials could not confirm reports of casualties. One official said at least four inmates were injured.

Oral sex and democracy

By Amy Obermeyer · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:44 p.m.

When the Indiana Daily Student ran a story on oral sex, we took a little flak from the community. So it's no surprise that a similar article intended for the Noblesville High School student newspaper, The Mill Stream, stirred up a little bit of controversy.

Seeking students

By Brian J. McFillen and Brain J. McFillen · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:42 p.m.

So, IU-Bloomington, I read in Thursday's Indiana Daily Student that you're looking to raise your admissions standards. Good for you! Really -- there's nothing worse than going out and hooking up with the first high school senior who gives you the eye, only to regret it in the morning. Too much of that can ruin your reputation. Next thing you know, you're picking up sailors in waterfront bars -- like Ohio State.

AIDS still a problem

By Melanie Sims · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:40 p.m.

Back in the '60s, third graders faced atom bomb drills. Youngsters in the '70s confronted drug-addicted uncles returning from Vietnam. Eighties babies worried about their parents being laid off. And in '92, when I was 7 years old, I was worried about developing AIDS.

Neighborhood watch unites community, police officers

By Elizabeth Peacock · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:39 p.m.

Jack Baker, a resident of Bloomington's McDoel Gardens neighborhood since 1977, has heard of several break-ins in his area in the past year. He joined more than 50 other Bloomington residents at the Neighborhood Watch Program meeting Thursday night to discuss residents' top crime concerns and methods for improving the safety of Bloomington. "Whatever happens, you need to tell everybody," Baker said. "People who commit crimes don't hang in one place. They like to take a walk."

Big Brothers Big Sisters raises more than $22,000 at fundraiser

By Laura Jane Hyde · Sunday, Feb. 26,2006 11:39 p.m.

Superheroes like Catwoman, Captain Planet, Pizza Express Man and Superwoman made appearances Wednesday and Thursday nights at Suburban Lanes for this year's superhero-themed Bowl for Kids' Sake IU Bowl party. The IU Bowl raised $22,000, and more donations are coming in. The organization had hoped to raise $32,000. Revenue from the event will go to support about one-third of the organization's operating budget, said Renee Tetrick, an IU student and Big Brothers Big Sisters intern.