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Wrestlers ready for Missouri

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:17 a.m.

After spending nearly two months practicing against each other in the IU wrestling room in the Assembly Hall basement, the wrestling team is eager to get the 2002-03 season underway this Sunday. The Hoosiers will travel to Columbia, Mo. this weekend to participate in the Missouri Open where they are eager to compete.

IU hungry for first conference win

By Jesse Laffen · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:16 a.m.

IU is only two games into the Great Midwest Hockey League season, but it may already be do-or-die time for the Hoosier hockey team.

Team looks to continue streak

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:15 a.m.

The Hoosiers take to the pool this weekend with hopes of remaining undefeated. IU will host the Indiana Open Invitational, a three-day competition, this weekend beginning Friday at 9:30 a.m. The No. 13 ranked Hoosiers will host No. 19 Miami (Fla.), Tennessee, Arkansas, Clemson, Evansville, New Mexico, and Cincinnati in the swimming competition.

Hoosiers host Indiana Invitational

By Lisa Kates and Lisa Marie Kates · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:15 a.m.

The undefeated IU men's swimming and diving team will play host to four other teams at the Indiana Invitational this weekend at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Indiana Invitational is a three-day event that is set-up like a championship meet with preliminary races during the morning sessions and finals occurring in the early evening.

New sailors making a difference

By Ryota Kashiwa · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:14 a.m.

New and veteran sailors in the IU Sailing Club will compete at a top event in its conference for the first time in its four-year history. The club will race in Timme Augsten Memorial, the highest event hosted by the Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association (MCSA). Some teams from other conferences also participate in the event.

On the sidelines

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:12 a.m.

Men's golf team announces signing McNabb won't have surgery Lakers say O'Neal won't start Friday

A 'classic' test for Hoosiers

By Zack Eldridge · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:10 a.m.

A little more than eight months ago, the IU women's basketball team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers' magical season ended abruptly and with disappointment. After several practices and two exhibition games this year, IU begins the regular season this weekend along with its quest to return to the tournament. IU hosts the Hampton Inn/Fazoli's Classic as they play Wofford 6 p.m. Friday night at Assembly Hall. The second game between Ball State and Houston is set for 8 p.m. The winners battle in the Championship 4 p.m. Saturday, while the consolation is at 2 p.m.

Walk-ons take different paths to making basketball team

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:09 a.m.

For 45 agonizing minutes, freshman Joe Haarman sat outside IU men's basketball coach John Treloar's office waiting for the news of whether or not he would be the next walk-on to join the team. Haarmon watched two other players walk in the office and get the news, including junior Jason Stewart, who got his good news right before Haarmon.

No love lost between rivals IU and Purdue

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:09 a.m.

The hatred between the Hoosiers and Purdue runs deep. One hundred six years deep. One of the nation's most storied rivalries will take place again this weekend as IU travels to West Lafayette this Saturday.

Battle for the bucket

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:08 a.m.

This is it -- the game that every practice of every season builds up to. It's a chance for every freshman to see what bitterness really tastes like. It's a chance for seniors to go out in a blaze of glory.

Around the campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:04 a.m.

Union Board sponsoring events this weekend Songbirds lecture sure to sing Horizons of Knowledge lecture to be presented

IUPD Blotter

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:02 a.m.

The following activity was reported by the IU Police Department:

Abroad Ambitions

By Andrea Hebert · Friday, Nov. 22,2002 12:01 a.m.

National statistics were released Monday that ranked IU seventh among research institutions for the number of students going abroad. With spring around the corner, potentially 500 IU students are planning a trip to study abroad.

The musical taste sampler

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:57 p.m.

Wednesday night saw the Concert Orchestra in an unique concert atmosphere. Instead of the usual overture, concerto, symphony sequence all under one conductor, Wednesday's concert saw six different pieces under the batons of six different conductors. Although somewhat strange, this unique setup gave the audience a sort of "sampler-plate" of a broad range of musical styles and conducting personalities. And here's what was on the menu for Wednesday night:

Around the region

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:52 p.m.

Bayer offers a million square feet for a buck Second jail escapee caught after crime spree in many states Groundhogs cause destruction at Angel Mounds

Gambling lobbyists gain new member

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:50 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- When state Rep. Mike Smith announced earlier this week that he was resigning to head a gambling group, he joined a string of lawmakers who have left the Legislature to become lobbyists.

Muncie to name alley after comedian David Letterman

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:50 p.m.

MUNCIE -- David Letterman, who suggested that his home town of Indianapolis name an Interstate after him, finally has something close to home that bears his name. It's an alley.

Mayor plans walk to help homeless

By Lauren Claytor · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:49 p.m.

Imagine a problem that affects 4,000 citizens of Bloomington each year. Imagine that 30% of those affected are children. This problem, that has threatened 300,000 Indiana residents at some point in their lives, is neither a disease nor a crime. Instead, it is a problem of low-income and unaffordable housing. Homelessness has grown to be a crisis that can no longer be ignored in Bloomington.

Threat of war brings attacks

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Garwood · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:43 p.m.

KUWAIT CITY -- A Kuwaiti traffic policeman shot and seriously wounded two U.S. Army soldiers Thursday on a highway south of here, the Kuwaiti government said. The incident was the latest in a string of attacks on American troops as the United States prepares for a possible war in Iraq.

North Korea nuclear agreement collapsed

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 21,2002 11:42 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Thursday that a 1994 nuclear agreement with the United States collapsed because of the U.S.-led decision to suspend fuel oil deliveries to the communist country.