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Women try to get back on track; men seek revenge

Homecoming might have been in Bloomington last weekend, but don't tell that to some of the members of the IU men's soccer team. For six Hoosiers, this weekend's road trip will be a homecoming of sorts as the team travels to the Chicagoland area for two Big Ten matches.

Women try to get back on track; men seek revenge

IU coach Mick Lyon likens his team to a train. Recently, Lyon said the train has been struggling to keep its wheels on the track. That track runs through Evanston, Ill., and Madison, Wis., this weekend as the Hoosiers (5-7-1, 1-4 Big Ten) take on Northwestern and Wisconsin. "We need to find a groove," he said. "Right now we have one foot on the track but the second keeps slipping off. If we can get both feet on, we'll be cruising."

Hoosiers look for first Big Ten road win

Before the football season began, Terry Hoeppner had a simple request for his team. "We challenged (the team) in the spring," Hoeppner said. "We want to play 12. What we do between now and then will determine how realistic that goal becomes." Halfway through their schedule with five games down, the Hoosiers will march toward their goal of extending their season to a 12th game, beginning with a trip to Kinnick Stadium to face Iowa Saturday.

U.N. official: Earthquake relief effort needs helicopters, financial support

UNITED NATIONS -- Relief crews need helicopters and cash more than anything else to help the estimated 4 million people affected by the earthquake in the disputed Kashmir region, a U.N. official said Thursday.

Russian rebels attack police, government offices; 85 dead

NALCHIK, Russia -- Militants attacked police and government buildings in Russia's volatile Caucasus region Thursday, taking hostages and turning a provincial capital into a war zone wracked by gunfire and explosions that left at least 85, mostly insurgents, dead.

Fears of attacks loom as Iraq readies for constitutional vote

HADITHA, Iraq -- U.S. Marines handed out thousands of fliers and copies of Iraq's new constitution Thursday, urging people to vote in this Sunni Arab town that only a week ago was the target of U.S. airstrikes.

What a difference a year makes for Tate, Powers

A year ago, IU sophomore quarterback Blake Powers went seemingly unknown. While Powers sat on the bench and watched the Hoosiers struggle, Iowa quarterback Drew Tate earned All-Big Ten honors and led the Hawkeyes to a tie for first place in the conference. What a difference a year makes. So far this season, Powers has accumulated more passing yards and touchdowns than Tate, en route to the Hoosiers holding a better record than the Hawkeyes.

Out with the old, in with the new

Times are changing in the land of the Hoosiers. A major component of basketball in Bloomington for the last few years is gone. After what can only be described as a disappointing career, highlighted by flashes of brilliance followed quickly by maddening mental breakdowns, a player decided it was time for a new challenge. In the spring, he ended months of speculation by confirming most of our fears and leaving the IU program. It was like someone punched the entire Hoosier nation in the gut. It was official. The Patrick Ewing Jr. era was over.

Coach Versyp makes debut at Hoosier Hysteria

Midnight Madness is no more. Or at least the way IU fans have come to know it in the past. The men's and women's basketball teams will still hold their annual first practice of the year Friday night, but under a new name and at a new time. "I'm not sure how I feel about it," said junior center Sarah McKay. "It's always been tradition."

Weekly Rant

All sit and no play makes Marco a hungry boy

For more than a year, senior forward Marco Killingsworth has been trying to break down the door to Assembly Hall. He flirted with the court last season but kept a coach's eye view from the bench as he served his year of ineligibility after transferring -- enough to drive a man mad.

NAACP event to address national conscience

The first step to solving problems is awareness of the problems. That's why the theme for this year's NAACP Monroe County Branch's Annual Freedom Fund Banquet is "Conscience of the Nation."

Annual bike race to attract more than 4,000

Soon to be riding bikes on narrow country roads against the backdrop of Indiana hardwood forests, more than 4,000 cyclists have entered the 38th Annual Hilly Hundred.

IUSA president caught in web of parking tag theft

Not even high-ranking student officials are immune to the parking permit theft fever of 2005.

Asians bring visibility to GLBT issues

Graduate student Yu-ting Su said she thinks students view being gay as a "white thing." That's why she agreed to facilitate the discussion "Asian Homosexuality: A cross-cultural experience of a different kind," Thursday night at the Collins Living and Learning Center.

Students promote democracy in Belarus

IU Students for Global Democracy will hold its Worldwide Walk for Democracy in Belarus Saturday in Brown County. Money raised will go to groups directly contributing to democratizing Belarus, a part of the former Soviet Union.

Rebuilding black colleges

The Indiana Daily Student and other local and national newspapers have appreciably highlighted the trauma that New Orleans-based academic institutions have suffered recently. A front-page story in The New York Times, "Storms stretch thin safety net for black colleges" (Sept. 25), underscored the plight of Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana, the two prestigious black universities in New Orleans.

Reporter to speak about Gatorade

If Bobby Boucher, Adam Sandler's water-toting, Gatorade-despising character in "The Waterboy," were real, he would have hated Darren Rovell. Rovell's newest book, "First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turned the Science of Sweat into a Cultural Phenomenon," details how Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo Inc., created a near-monopoly of the sports drink market. Gatorade currently owns an 80-percent share of the sports drink market, hye said.

Drafting America

Iraqis will vote on a draft of their country's first democratic constitution Saturday, yet insurgents have continued their murderous attempt to disrupt the constitutional referendum. Even though President Bush renewed America's pledge to secure Iraq's future and to continue the country's lead in the global War on Terrorism during a speech Aug. 24, insurgents have killed about 400 people since then. As a result, many Americans continue to ask: "What exactly are we fighting for and how do we achieve that goal?"

Macho macho man

Brad Pitt and David Beckham have been labeled one. So have Jude Law, Johnny Depp and Ewan McGregor. But if the latest reports prove to be at all true, these metrosexuals and others like them must change their ways and do so quickly.