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Coach looks for 'flawless' performance

By Steve Brennan · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:19 a.m.

IU coach Mick Lyon demands perfection. He also wants his team to have a winning record before the Big Ten season starts. Lyon hopes both will happen this weekend as the IU women's soccer team (2-3-1) welcomes Butler and Bowling Green State to Armstrong Stadium. Winning both games will give the Hoosiers a winning record before Big Ten play begins next weekend.

Pitching staff key to Hoosier success

By Michael Sanserino · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:16 a.m.

The women's softball team ended last season with a 3-2 loss to rival Purdue. This last game was one of eight Big Ten games the Hoosiers lost by two runs or less. Head coach Stacey Phillips said she believes an improved pitching staff will turn those close losses into wins.

Zayner's return should improve Hoosier defense

By Chris Engel · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:14 a.m.

The last time junior defender Jed Zayner wore a Hoosier uniform he was celebrating IU's back-to-back national championship last season. After starting every game last season, Zayner has yet to see action four games into the 2005 season. The Hoosiers have gone 3-0-1 in their stint without their defender, who has to sit out to keep his NCAA eligibility after trying out for professional teams in France.

Seniors hope to guide Hoosiers

By Joe Syzmusiak · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:10 a.m.

After returning from its first tournament of the season late Tuesday night, the IU men's golf team only had one day of practice this week before it heads to Minneapolis to play in the Gopher Invitational this weekend.

U.S. to pay for Gulf Coast rebuilding

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:08 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- President Bush promised Thursday night the government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects the world has ever seen. "There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise again," the president said.

The good, the bad and the kicker

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:08 a.m.

Two weeks have passed. Two wins have transpired. One pretty, one not-so-much. And ahead lies an opponent so close in distance to Bloomington you would be hard-pressed not to label it a "rival." Still, coach Hoeppner has had enough time to evaluate the talent of the 2005 IU football team. But why wait for what coach Hep has to say? I say, trust your local columnist. I'll plug in the holes.

Plugging up the holes on defense

By Matt Mattucci · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:06 a.m.

The IU defense surrendered 415 rushing yards in last Saturday's 35-31 win over Nicholls State University. A year ago, the Hoosier defense gave up 51 points to Kentucky in the team's first loss of the season. But as senior defensive back Will Lumpkin said during Monday's press conference, it's a new week and a new year.

Gov't employee told to destroy data

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday.

Recent gas price hike leads to increasing number of drive-off thefts at pumps

By Laura Jane Hyde · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:47 a.m.

As gasoline prices increase, so does the temptation for customers to drive away from convenience store pumps without paying for their gasoline. Gas purchaser Jack Barger said his organization experiences approximately two drive-offs per store each week. He does point out, however, that some stores are more vulnerable than others.

French Quarter to be reopened soon

By Alyson Brodsy and Brett Martel · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:47 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- In a big step toward restoring the pulse and soul of New Orleans, the mayor announced plans Thursday to reopen over the next week and a half some of the Big Easy's most vibrant neighborhoods, including the once-rollicking French Quarter.

BFD: Origin of building blaze unknown

By Kristin Huett · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:45 a.m.

The flashing lights above a train of fire trucks speeding down First Street were barley visible through the black smoke billowing out of an abandoned lubricant building once known as Johnson Oil Company.

Geologist speaks on future of oil

By Dan Hopmann · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:44 a.m.

Nearly all the seats were filled at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater Wednesday night in anticipation of Richard Heinberg's presentation titled "Peak Oil: The Challenges and Opportunities of Petroleum's Waning Days."

Suicide attacks rock Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Slobodan Lekic · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:44 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide bombers inflicted another day of mayhem in the capital Thursday, killing at least 31 people in two attacks about a minute apart that targeted Iraqi police and Interior Ministry commandos. The carnage left nearly 200 people dead in just two days.

A pitiful display

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:42 a.m.

At about 9 p.m. last Saturday, I returned from dinner at Applebee's with two girls on my floor. We were hanging out in the doorway of one girl's room, talking and listening to music, when we noticed four guys walking up and down the hall. Our floor is girls-only. At first I thought they had come to pick a girl up and she was taking a long time getting ready.

Roberts presses for fairness on Court in day 3 of hearings

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Chief Justice nominee John Roberts said Thursday there is no room for ideologues on the Supreme Court, declaring an "obligation to the Constitution" and to no other cause as he concluded three grueling days of confirmation testimony.

U.S. Constitution honored Friday

By Christine Lunde · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:41 a.m.

Seven articles. Forty signatures. Twenty-seven Amendments. One Constitution. Forty-three presidents later, on Dec. 8, 2004, George W. Bush signed into public law Constitution Day as Sept. 17. The purpose of Constitution Day, according to www.constitutionday.com, is to "perpetuate the Constitution to each succeeding generation ... to educate each generation the uniqueness and brilliance of our Constitution."

In memory of hurricane Camille

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:40 a.m.

When my mother was 9 years old, she watched from her aunt's house in Pass Christian, Miss., as the flood waters from Hurricane Camille rose to the doorstep and 200 mph winds ripped huge pecan trees from the ground.

Hilltop Garden an 'oasis on the outset of campus'

By Caitlin Brase · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:38 a.m.

When confronted with the idea of nature, most IU students will automatically think of the Arboretum located in the center of campus. But there's another place, not far from the Arboretum, that is even richer with natural beauty. The Hilltop Garden and Nature Center sits behind Tulip Tree Apartments just off 10th Street and the Bypass at 2301 E. 10th St.

Judging Roberts

By Alyson Brodsy and Amanda Dorman · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:37 a.m.

In the past 30 years, our nation has made tremendous strides regarding women's rights. We now have the right to privacy, the right to an abortion and the right to equal opportunities, including the right to join men in the hockey rink, the tennis court or the football field. These issues -- along with others guaranteeing women equality before the law -- are being compromised by our nation's appointment of right-wing male judges.

PHA discourages 'facebooking' pledges

By Michelle Manchir · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:36 a.m.

Students planning to participate in women's recruitment this year should think twice before requesting friends on Facebook.com during the next few months. Recruitment directors from IU's sorority chapters and executive board members of the Panhellenic Association agreed in a recent meeting to discourage current sorority members from accepting friends and messages from potential pledges, said Zeta Tau Alpha recruitment chair Johnna Kingery. "It sounds like a flashy idea but it's pretty basic and simple," said senior Jaclyn Reinking, PHA's executive vice president of recruitment.