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Rugby club cleared of wrongdoing

By Chip Cutter · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8:04 p.m.

The IU women's rugby club is in compliance with University alcohol policies, according to results from a recent investigation from the Department of Recreational Sports. Following a Sept. 14 article published in the Indiana Daily Student, "Team throws down competition, brews," the investigation found that members of the club -- called the Red Storm -- did not drink as a team during club-sponsored activities, although recreational sports officials declined to provide further details.

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Double-OT loss in finals prevents victory for IU

By Josh Sacks · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8:03 p.m.

While the IU student body took a break from school, ate leftovers and watched football, the IU hockey team stuffed itself with a full plate of hockey. During last week's break, IU took home second place in the Hoosier Thanksgiving Classic held in Carmel, Ind. With three familiar Division I teams competing, including Liberty University, Ohio State and Illinois, IU felt good about its chances coming into the tournament. The Hoosiers were able to win their first-round matchup against the Fighting Illini 6-1, but lost a heartbreaker in the championship to Ohio State 4-3 in double overtime.

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Virginia governor spares life of inmate

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8:02 p.m.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Gov. Mark R. Warner on Tuesday spared the life of a convicted killer who would have been the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976. The governor commuted Robin Lovitt's death sentence to life in prison without parole.

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Vatican defends ban on priests

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8:02 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican defended a policy statement designed to keep men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies from becoming priests, but said there would be no crackdown on gays who are already ordained.

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Monroe to lead team effort in stopping Redick

By Andy Romey · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8:01 p.m.

For all of last season, senior guard Lewis Monroe sat on the bench in street clothes watching his team play. But despite sitting out, the Auburn transfer got some experience that would eventually prepare him for tonight's daunting task -- guarding Duke guard J.J. Redick. Monroe's defensive assignment in practice was often former IU swingman Bracey Wright, whom he chased around screens and pressured up the floor during scrimmages.

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Hoosier Coach Versyp gets 100th career victory with win over Belmont

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 8 p.m.

With her second victory at IU, women's basketball coach Sharon Versyp reached 100 career wins. In the team's first road game of the season, the Hoosiers (2-3) defeated Belmont University 68-51 Tuesday night. After struggling with poor shooting in a loss to Bowling Green State University in the championship game of the Hampton Inn Classic Saturday, the Hoosiers responded by shooting 44.9 percent from the field in handing Belmont its first loss of the season.

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Dickie V is gonna show up, so should you

By Ryan Phillips · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:59 p.m.

Tonight is one of those few occasions in life when you can make a difference. It's the kind of moment where you (yes, YOU) have a chance to impact history. It's the sort of thing some college students only dream about. It's the chance to help your basketball team topple the consensus No. 1 team in the country on national television, and help bring our beloved basketball program back to national prominence.

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In honor of IU's newly acquired top 20 ranking, the IDS presents 17 storylines to watch for when No. 1 Duke squares off with No. 17 Indiana

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:58 p.m.

No. 1: The battle inside between IU's Marco Killingsworth and Duke's Shelden Williams Between IU's Marco Killingsworth and Duke's Shelden Williams, the paint of Branch McCracken court will be weighed down by more than 500 pounds tonight. Both perennial All-American candidates average more than 18 points and eight rebounds a game, and neither shoot below 60 percent. The 6-foot-9 Williams has an inch of height on Killingsworth, but the 268-pound Alabama native brings an additional 18 pounds to the post. A key factor in tonight's game will be which player forces the other into foul trouble first.

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Indiana guardsman begins sentence for Iraqi's death

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:57 p.m.

FERDINAND, Ind. -- An Indiana National Guard soldier convicted in the shooting death of an Iraqi police officer has begun serving his 18-month sentence in a military prison at Fort Knox, Ky., an Army spokeswoman said.

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High-definition radio has sound future

By Roy Maurer · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:57 p.m.

The future of radio is at the door. It's being touted as the most significant advance in radio broadcasting since the debut of FM stereo. There's talk of the new technology "saving the industry." What is it? Say hello to high-definition radio.

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Gros Louis to honor 6 staff members

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:56 p.m.

Interim IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis will award six IUB staff members with his 2005 Staff Merit Awards in the next few weeks. Each winner will receive a $1,000 prize and a plaque.

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RHA takes home residence hall awards

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:56 p.m.

Thirteen residence hall residents and two Residence Hall Association advisers started the Thanksgiving holiday early so they could attend the annual Great Lakes Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls Conference Nov. 18 to 20 at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

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Researchers at IU debunk 'Googlearchy'

By Allie Townsend · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:55 p.m.

A team of IU researchers from the School of Informatics came to an unexpected defense of major World Wide Web search engines with a recent study. The findings contradict a popular view of the presence of a hierarchy among the engines, which suggests they cater to more predominant sites, known as the "Googlearchy" hypothesis.

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Breaking from news

By Mallory Simon · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:54 p.m.

The first newspaper following a break from classes always creates a problem -- the news doesn't stop when we leave Bloomington. So as a staff, we always have a dilemma about where certain news needs to be placed on a page and how to write the stories differently.

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Political pulpits

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrick Schoettmer · Wednesday, Nov. 30,2005 7:53 p.m.

Since the time of Richard Nixon and his abuse of the Internal Revenue Service it's a common joke that anyone who angers the president is highly likely to get an audit. It's unfortunate, though, that such a threat doesn't always remain in the land of jest and conjecture.

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