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Hoosiers welcome Illini, Boilermakers

By Jackie Faine and Jacqueline Faine · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:25 a.m.

The IU women's volleyball team will welcome Illinois and Purdue this weekend in a battle with Big Ten rivals. The Boilers come into the match ranked No. 17, but the Hoosiers say they are ready for their in-state rival. "Purdue will be tough, especially with the enlistment of their solid freshman," assistant coach Matt Affolder said. "They might be difficult to defend, so this will really bring out passion between us and our biggest in-state rival."

With post-season looming, Hoosiers enter home stretch

By Steve Brennan · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:24 a.m.

With three games remaining in the regular season, the IU women's soccer team (6-8-1, 2-5 Big Ten) needs two wins to qualify for the Big Ten tournament. To some, that might cause a sense of panic. But the Hoosiers, who welcome Illinois (8-4-3, 4-2-1 Big Ten) and Iowa (2-10-4, 0-5-2 Big Ten) to Bill Armstrong Stadium this weekend, remain focused and steadfast.

Saturday sold out, but lawn seats available

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:22 a.m.

For the first time this season, an IU home football game is sold out. To pack even more fans in "The Rock," Memorial Stadium officials are opening the north end zone lawn to fans without a ticket. Fans can buy $10 tickets that grant them admission to the lawn and services of the east concourse today at the Assembly Hall ticket office or at the stadium's east box office starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.

The Big Ten bully

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:21 a.m.

Imagine for a moment a playground at Big Ten Elementary -- the school of hard knocks. On this playground, some kids are playing on the monkey bars, the swings or throwing a football back and forth. Ohio State, or, as the bullied call him, "OSU," is the big kid on campus. He was the last one to win a national championship or the last kid to win the big race among all the other schools. But lately, OSU has shown signs of weakness. Texas, the steroid-induced kid from Big 12 Elementary, embarrassed him in a race early in the school year. Penn State, the kid who has been in a body cast for two years, defeated him in a race a few weeks ago.

Hoosiers ready to shed underdog label

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:16 a.m.

Maybe the underdog is in the eye of the beholder. A week after a loss to favored Iowa, the Hoosiers are still looking for their first chance at a Big Ten team upset. They might have their biggest opportunity of the year when No. 14 Ohio State comes to town Saturday, Just don't tell the Hoosiers they can't do it.

O.S. who?

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:15 a.m.

#1 This year we've got coach Hep It can't be reiterated enough: Hep helps win games. There is something different in the air. The IU campus has caught a crazy case of coach Hep, and students are loving it. The difference between this year and the previous 10 years is people believe the Hoosiers can win every game, even the one against Ohio State this weekend. What the coaches think, the players echo, and how the players play reverberates through the student body. In his press conference Tuesday, coach Hep was asked whether he was a program builder or a gameday coach. Hep replied that a coach cannot not be one without possessing the qualities of the other. Hep's already proving that he can be a program builder. Come Saturday, against the toughest opponent yet, we'll find out how good of a gameday coach he can be.

DeLay booked, released on $10,000 bail

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:09 a.m.

HOUSTON -- Rep. Tom DeLay turned himself in Thursday at the sheriff's office and was fingerprinted, photographed and released on $10,000 bail on conspiracy and money laundering charges.

U.S. defense in leak case 'difficult to prove'

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:09 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The evidence prosecutors have assembled in the CIA leak case suggests Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff sought out reporters in the weeks before an undercover operative's identity was compromised in the news media, casting doubt on one of the White House's main lines of defense. For months, the White House and its supporters have argued top presidential aides did not knowingly expose Valerie Plame, the wife of administration critic Joseph Wilson, as a CIA operative.

Cancun evacuated for storm

By Alyson Brodsy and Will Weissert · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:08 a.m.

CANCUN, Mexico -- Tourists packed Cancun's airport and shuttled from luxury hotels to spartan emergency shelters Thursday, desperately trying to escape Hurricane Wilma as its outer bands battered the resort's white-sand beaches. Cuba evacuated more than 200,000 people.

Body found identified as man wanted in 3 shootings

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1:02 a.m.

GARY -- A man wanted in the shooting deaths of a suburban Cincinnati teenager and two convenience store employees in northwestern Indiana probably shot himself to death the day after the slayings, a coroner said Thursday.

U Club offers restaurant, bar mix

By Pat Giese and Patrick Giese · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 1 a.m.

A patient's examination chair that the IU School of Optometry donated sits in the lobby with a sign across it reading "The doctor is out." U Club, located at the corner of Walnut and Seventh streets, is now open for business, but customers might have to wait a while to try U Club's signature shot: the "Hoosier Optometrist."

Web site enables students to bid on Bloomington housing via Internet auctions

By Shanda Rude · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:55 a.m.

Students at IU now have a new way to get their hands on the most sought-after properties in Bloomington -- by bidding on them.

Celebrity oops

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Dorman · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:54 a.m.

It has been the day from hell: You woke up an hour too late for class, failed your statistics test and managed to spill a Starbucks latte all over your white T-shirt. When you finally get home, you vent to your roommates. Sometimes you just need a little help from your friends.

Week helps grad students

By Chip Cutter · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:54 a.m.

When Joe Link first came to IU four years ago, he remembered feeling anxious, physically and financially overwhelmed and unconnected to the University. He was taking on multiple roles, acting as both student and instructor.

IU asking contractors for new Service Building plans

By Michael Sanserino · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:53 a.m.

A new project will solve IU's problem of erecting buildings on sites with already existing buildings. The IU Technical Review Committee will begin its process to build a new Service Building Friday. The new building has a $5 million budget and is expected to be operational in August 2006.

Thinking the 'unthinkable'

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Stewart · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:52 a.m.

Even after the success of last week's constitutional referendum, it is routine to hear that Iraq's emerging democracy is "lost." The policy recommendations of those who say this might vary, but the desire to abort Iraqis precipitately is plain. This has only contributed to losing Iraq to the extremists. The defeatists are aided in this effort by a stampede of former supporters of the war who, having seen the arduous work ahead, have defected from the cause. Though they credit their conversion to "conscience," the abandonment of Iraq to fascists seems more a spectacle in abject political cowardice.

Half-witted Hoosiers

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:50 a.m.

I don't like to see people cry. I tend to be an upbeat person and prefer the company of upbeat people. The other day I was walking back to my dorm behind a girl who was talking on her cell phone, clearly distraught. Now, I don't make it a habit to eavesdrop but she was very loud. "How could you forget? I reminded you over and over and you still forgot! You knew how much I was looking forward to it!"

Is the Board of Aeons IU's secret society?

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:49 a.m.

In theory, student government is the medium for change and progress. But, alas, at IU, our student government spends its efforts on false, foolish promises. Thankfully, as the Indiana Daily Student reported Tuesday, we have another group that allegedly serves as the link between the University and its students -- the mysterious Board of Aeons.

Stevie Jay to focus on sex, religion and life

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:47 a.m.

Performer Stevie Jay will perform "Life, Love, Sex, Death ... And Other Works in Progress" at 8 p.m. Friday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 114 E. Kirkwood Ave. The show, which is free for IU students, faculty and staff, has been in development for five years.

'Mar Adentro' screening a cultural experience

By Jonathan Daugherty and John Daugherty · Friday, Oct. 21,2005 12:46 a.m.

The intimacy of a small group of four people gathered to watch a movie is not just something for friends to organize -- the University also sponsors events like these. Such a gathering occurred Wednesday at La Casa Latino Cultural Center in a viewing of "Mar Adentro" ("The Sea Inside").