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IU loses 13th consecutive game to Ohio State, 41-10

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:43 a.m.

Saturday's version of "The Rock" couldn't have been what IU coach Terry Hoeppner envisioned. Hoeppner and the IU football team were greeted by 52,866 Big Ten football fans Saturday, the sixth largest crowd in IU history, but an estimated 15,000 of those fans weren't clad in cream and crimson, but rather Buckeye scarlet and gray.

'ROCK'ED AND ROLLED

By Matt Mattucci · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:42 a.m.

The IU offense entered Saturday's game against Ohio State averaging nearly 30 points and 250 passing yards a game. The Buckeye defense came in giving up an average of 15 points and 208 passing yards.

Cyber academia

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:31 a.m.

Friday's The Chronicle of Higher Education carried the news that Stanford University has forged a deal with Apple Computers to make lectures, student-produced music and sports commentary available as free downloads via the iTunes Music Store. This follows www.pickaprof.com's move to offer lectures as free downloadable MP3s (Indiana Daily Student, Sept. 29), and Purdue University's announcement that lectures, previously available on library cassettes, will be podcast (The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 31). Not to be outdone, IU is making its iStream lectures available as iTunes podcasts.

Judiciary Democrat says Miers lacks votes now to be confirmed

By Alyson Brodsy and Hope Yen · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:29 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Democrat on the Senate committee that will consider Harriet Miers' nomination said Sunday that President Bush's Supreme Court choice lacks the votes now to be confirmed, saying there are too many questions about her qualifications.

Category 2 Hurricane Wilma churns toward Florida

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:28 a.m.

KEY WEST, Fla. -- After crawling slowly through the Caribbean for several days, Hurricane Wilma pulled away from Mexico's Yucatan peninsula as a Category 2 storm and, forecasters said, began picking up speed "like a rocket" as it headed toward Florida with expected landfall Monday.

March of the idiots

By Bryan Schmidt · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:28 a.m.

Penguins are my favorite animal. Simply watching them waddle about in their tuxedos invariably causes me to laugh. My love of this animal drove me to see "March of the Penguins." This remarkable documentary details the hardships emperor penguins must endure to procreate in Antarctica, one of the harshest environments on the planet. Whereas my enjoyment of penguins is limited simply to observing them, apparently others on all sides of the political spectrum see more in this marvelous animal than I do.

'Freedom can't protect itself'

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:26 a.m.

More than 100 student organizations and antiwar groups recently petitioned the Department of Defense to cease the collection of basic personal information (such as Social Security numbers and e-mail addresses) for a military recruitment database.

Daniels to move into official residence after renovations

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:20 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov. Mitch Daniels said Friday that he and his wife Cheri would move into the official governor's residence once major renovations on the home are completed next year. Daniels held his weekly media availability in the three-story house, which is mostly gutted as workers continue a major overhaul that includes new plumbing, wiring, heating and cooling systems and other renovations.

Beer Fest gives breweries chance to market drinks

By Mike Wilson · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:20 a.m.

Beer-drinking enthusiasts sprinted up the escalator, hurriedly grabbed their tasting cups and burst through the doors Friday night at the Bloomington Convention Center with Christmas morning-like smiles. Big Red Liquor's annual Beer Fest had begun. "I've wanted to come since I heard about it," said IU senior Todd Berry, one of the first tasters to run into the room. "It's the chance to try 300 beers, and I'll be damned if I pass it up."

Tailgate crowds remain tame

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:16 a.m.

With a sea of red in the parking lots and stands Saturday at Memorial Stadium, the IU versus Ohio State football game was not only hyped up to be a great game but sent countless numbers of tailgaters into states of euphoria.

Civic group membership down 47 percent in 3 years

By Sonia Rana · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:16 a.m.

A recent study published by IU researchers found a decline in the number of members in civic organizations such as veterans groups and fraternal organizations. These groups reported a 47 percent decline in membership between 1999 and 2002, according to the Oct. 19 study. Kirsten Grønbjerg, a professor of nonprofit management in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the chair of philanthropy at the Center on Philanthropy at IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis, developed the project six years ago.

UITS warns students of 'Thing from the Internet'

By Allie Townsend · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:15 a.m.

University Information Technology Services enters into the fourth week of the National Cyber Security Month campaign by asking users to beware of "The Thing from the Internet." The invasion of a personal computer can happen through many outlets used by parties attempting to corrupt a computer's data. The most common forms of infection are obtained by clicking links through AOL's Instant Messenger, e-mail attachments or downloads. The dangers of viruses or adware and spyware infections are daily, coming standard with a vast number of possible entryways into your computer system.

IU opera produces another success

By Alyson Brodsy and Adam Sedia · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:12 a.m.

"Così Fan Tutte" was such an impressive starter that it gave me high expectations for this opera season, but Friday's performance of Charles Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" raised those expectations even further. Not only was the opera well-chosen for its excellent music, but every aspect of this performance was well-executed enough to create another world on the stage and draw the viewer into it.

Matt Nathanson in concert tonight

By Pat Giese and Patrick Giese · Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:10 a.m.

Not many touring acts plan to celebrate their first trip to Bloomington by "Googling" John Mellencamp's private recording studio so they know where to break and enter. Singer/songwriter Matt Nathanson did. "I don't want to steal anything," Nathanson said. "I just want to walk around and play some 'Jack and Diane.' It might be kind of hard to get in though. Do you know any ninjas?"

Flamenco show electrifies audience

Monday, Oct. 24,2005 12:10 a.m.

Lead dancer and artistic director José Porcel used his troupe of four women and four men -- including himself -- to present the percussive multicultural spectacle of flamenco dance Saturday at the IU Auditorium. Dancers performed 10 pieces, stomping their thick-heeled shoes while twisting and spinning their arms, legs and torsos. This created an overall interesting visual interpretation of the music played by a line of musicians behind them.

Circuit lecturer touts 'intelligent design'

By Audrie Garrison · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 2:08 a.m.

Walter Bradley, a professor at Baylor University, gave evidence that a higher power created the universe using mathematics, physics, quantum mechanics and chemistry. Bradley spoke to a crowd of more than 500 at Alumni Hall Thursday night about the merits of the "intelligent design" theory. Although he did not speak about the intelligent design of the evolution of life, he discussed his theory as it applied to the formation of the universe, the order of nature and the origin of life.

Judith Miller: Defender of ethics?

By Mike Wilson · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 2:08 a.m.

Journalists have both hailed and criticized New York Times reporter Judith Miller, who was jailed for 85 days for refusing to reveal a confidential source to a federal grand jury. Miller was subpoened by the grand jury to reveal the source because the source allegedly leaked the name of an undercover CIA agent to a member of the media, according to Associated Press Reports.

10 gunmen kidnap Saddam trial lawyer

By Alyson Brodsy and Omar Sinan · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 2:08 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Ten masked gunmen kidnapped the lawyer for one of Saddam Hussein's co-defendants Thursday, police said. Saadoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, who was in the courtroom for Wednesday's opening session of the trial, is one of two lawyers for Awad Hamed al-Bandar, one of seven Baath Party officials being tried with Saddam.

Student's convoy attacked in Iraq

By Meredith Colias · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 2:08 a.m.

Senior and Indiana National Guard artillery 1st Lt. Matt Schoettmer was involved in a roadside bomb incident while deployed in Iraq Thursday morning. His convoy passed a Tikrit gas station 90 miles north of Bagdad when an explosion lifted his vehicle into the air. He was not injured in the attack.

Hep, Hoosiers to be featured on ESPN

By Matt Mattucci · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:53 a.m.

IU coach Terry Hoeppner has become a household name in Indiana. But by the end of the month, coach Hep will be on more than just billboards and T-shirts. ESPN will feature the IU football team in its mini-documentary "The Season," following coaches and players around during practices, games and off-the-field activities.