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Men's track finishes second at Big Tens

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Monday, May 16,2005 3:36 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Big Ten Outdoor Track Championships provided plenty of highlights and excitement for Hoosier fans as IU athletes brought home a number of individual titles and a large number of top finishes.

Hoosier rowers finish 9th at Regionals

By Bill Meehan · Monday, May 16,2005 1:53 p.m.

IU capped off the season in style Sunday at the Aramark South/Central Region Sprints on Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. All four Hoosiers boats not only lined up in the petite finals but also gained 187 points to clinch seventh out of 11 teams in the Central Region and ninth out of 21 squads in the overall standings.

Campus buses free during summer, fall

By Carrie Ritchie · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:48 p.m.

As the days get longer and the heat index rises, students feel less motivated to walk anywhere, especially across campus.

IU, city offer support for base

By Joelle Petrus · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:27 p.m.

IU President Adam Herbert pledged IU would help recoup job losses as the Pentagon proposed to cut back workers at Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. The base is located 30 miles southwest of Bloomington.

Robbery reported at ATO fraternity

By Megan Hubartt · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:27 p.m.

Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on 720 East 3rd Street was once again the scene of a crime, currently under the investigation of the IU Police Department.

City street vendors take a hit during summer season

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:27 p.m.

Before the hot dog bun or street stand, Homer's "Odyssey" spoke to the joy of encased meat in 9th Century B.C.E. Hot dog sales on Bloomington streets, however, runs frigid as the summer temperature and humidity rises.

Year after fire, cause still unclear

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:27 p.m.

A year after three IU students died in an electrical fire, investigators have yet to announce the official cause of the spark igniting the deadly blaze.

President greets IU soccer team

By Steve Slivka · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:25 p.m.

Pat Yates began his IU career as a walk-on in 2001. He ended it Friday on a stage in the East Room of the White House with President Bush.

Hershey remembered online

By Carrie Ritchie · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:06 p.m.

Ever since it began a few days after IU student Brett Hershey's death, the Web site www.rememberhersh.com has been a place where family and friends can share pictures, stories and information about Hershey and events to honor him with each other and the world.

More than 100 teams invade city for adidas May Classic

By Cordell Eddings and Cordell M. Eddings · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:04 p.m.

Rumors floated around Assembly Hall this weekend at the annual adidas May Classic about the whereabouts of Indiana prep stars and teammates Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr. "Oden and Conley quit the team, you heard it here first," joked Michael Conley Sr. the coach of Oden and Conley Jr.'s team, Spiece Indy Heat.

Uncommon courtesy

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, May 15,2005 9:03 p.m.

Aside from the occasional jerk, Bloomington residents are very courteous people.

Local photographers show work at Waldron

By Ronni Moore · Sunday, May 15,2005 8:58 p.m.

Competition for a photography exhibition is not something reserved entirely to big cities. Bloomington, too, features an exhibition of local photographers who applied for the display.

Study: Overcrowded jails costing taxpayers thousands

Sunday, May 15,2005 8:16 p.m.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- A paperwork backlog and inadequate computer software are contributing to crowding problems at the Clark County Jail that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars a day in extra costs, consultants found.

State officials to unveil new agriculture plan

Sunday, May 15,2005 8:15 p.m.

BROOKSTON, Ind. -- The head of Indiana's newly christened agriculture department will announce the agency's long-range plan for Hoosier agriculture during a three--day tour of the state this week.

Man arrested with 2 tons of marijuana

By Alexandra R. Moses · Sunday, May 15,2005 8:14 p.m.

CORYDON, Ind.-- Federal agents have seized more than two tons of marijuana and charged a man with distributing the drug in southern Indiana and the Louisville, Ky., area.

Bloomington businesses miss students in summer

By Laila Hayat · Sunday, May 15,2005 8:13 p.m.

After the stress of final exams and moving out of the dorms is over, lazy days by the pool and moving back home beckons IU students.

The fate of feminism

By Alyson Brodsy and Lindsay Kerrigan · Sunday, May 15,2005 8:01 p.m.

Feminism is dying. The funeral procession for the movement of the equality of the sexes has long since come and gone.

IU's support can aid Crane

By Abra Oliver · Sunday, May 15,2005 8 p.m.

The Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center in Bloomfield, Ind. is cutting back jobs, which means Bloomington residents might be losing them. Based on the recommendation of the Defense Department in Washington D.C., the Bloomfield base could face 700 job cuts.

Blind blues pianist Henry Butler doubles as photo artist

By Brett Martel · Sunday, May 15,2005 7:49 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- Renowned blues pianist Henry Butler imagined a human knee as he put his hands against the knots of a tree limb in New Orleans' Audubon Park.

Hoosiers no match for Wolverines

By Josh Sacks · Sunday, May 15,2005 7:40 p.m.

With only nine games left in the season and a Big Ten tournament bid on the line, the IU baseball team needed to play well against the team they are competing with for the last spot in the tournament -- Michigan.

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