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Trustees to discuss Knight's most recent lawsuit

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:57 p.m.

The IU board of trustees will meet tonight to discuss Bob Knight's lawsuit filed in Monroe County Court last week. The meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. in Myles Brand's residence Bryan Hall, is closed to the public because it concerns personnel matters. Knight is suing IU for $2 million as a result of his firing in Sept. 2000. The suit, filed by the law firm of Voyles, Zahn, Paul, Hogan and Merriman in Indianapolis, claims he would have received $2 million from his "non-enumerated" shoe contracts, radio and TV deals and basketball camp fees if he had not been fired.

Equal access for campus groups

By Josh Sanburn · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:57 p.m.

The IU Student Association passed a bill Monday that would allow all student organizations to apply for a Student Organizational Account, which would give all groups equal access to monetary services provided by the University. The standing policy, approved by the IU board of trustees in 1978, excluded political and religiously-affiliated student groups from receiving an SOA. "I was talking to the president of the Muslim Student Union who said he didn't feel like a real student because he couldn't get a phone in his office because that falls under telecommunications," IUSA Vice President Judd Arnold said following the meeting Monday.

A river runs through it

By Alison Grant · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:57 p.m.

A babbling brook can tell many stories. Each twist and bend of the Jordan River, the winding stream that meanders through campus, marks a new chapter in its storied history at IU. The river, which is older than the University itself, was originally part of the Dunn family farm. According to the IU Archives, IU bought 20 acres of the land in 1884; three years later, the University purchased an additional 51 acres, creating the campus students know today.

Tensions in meeting

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:57 p.m.

Interruptions, yelling and the banging of a gavel amid fighting between two sides of the room characterized the IU Student Association meeting Monday night. Tensions arose between IU Student Association Treasurer Blair Greenberg and School of Public and Environmental Affairs Graduate Senator Dietrich Willke when Willke accused Greenberg of mismanaging funds. Also, Willke, along with junior Samir Patel, sponsored a bill that resolves to "suspend the treasurer's budgetary stipend until he submits a full and accurate budget."

Giving thanks

By Benjy Ekhaus · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:46 p.m.

As 'Turkey Time' approaches, I thought that it would be a good idea to glance over the sports world and give thanks to those who deserve it. Thank you Major League Baseball; you actually realized that it might be a bad idea to upset the fans, and avoided a strike. Thank you, Marc Bulger for going 5-0 as a starter and proving once again that any ol' scrub can successfully quarterback the St. Louis Rams and win. Maybe now, finally, people will realize that Kurt Warner was never anything special, and perhaps the success has to do with a terrific offensive surrounding.

This is a tale of two Wildcats

By -Val Tsoutsouris and Val Tsoutouris · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:44 p.m.

Of the 21 schools in the Big Ten and Pac-10, only one has never played in the Rose Bowl -- Arizona. Of the 21 schools in the Big Ten and Pac-10, only one had failed to win a conference football game prior to last weekend -- Arizona. Of all the schools in the country, only one had 40 players approach the university president with complaints about verbal abuse from its head coach -- Arizona.

IU boasts tough schedule

By Jesse Laffen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:43 p.m.

Last weekend, the IU hockey team faced two tough opponents on the road. This weekend, the team will face two top-ranked teams at home. Next weekend, IU will take the ice against a 7-0-0 Liberty University. See a pattern developing? The team is in the middle of one of the toughest schedules any collegiate hockey team will undertake this year. The Hoosiers conference, the Great Midwest Hockey League, sent five of six teams to the national tournament last year, and IU coach Rich Holdeman said he expects all six teams to be in Anaheim, Calif., this year for the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II tournament.

Hoosiers looking to make a run at nationals

By Andrew Rosen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:42 p.m.

For the first time since 1990 the IU women's cross country team is headed back to the NCAA Championship. On Sunday the Hoosiers finished fourth overall in their regional with the top two teams automatically advancing. Yesterday, however, the Hoosiers along with five other teams from the region were given at large bids to the NCAA Championship.

In Indiana, players are gods

By Zach Rocha · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:38 p.m.

The line from Hickory High School principal Myra Fleener in the movie Hoosiers was used in a negative manner. "A basketball hero around here is treated like a God." But for Bobby Plump and the 1954 Milan Indians, being treated like a God isn't as bad as it sounds. "Let me put it this way," Plump said in a Feb. 2001 article for the Palladium-Item. "If I had missed it (the shot), I wouldn't be standing here talking to you today."

Team gains national ranking

By Steve Hinson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:37 p.m.

Men's cross country coach Robert Chapman wants to know how many top teams there are at IU. "How many top-15 programs do we have this school?," the coach asked. In any event, his team became one yesterday as the new poll released by the NCAA ranked the Hoosier men as No. 15 in the nation. "I'm really proud of these guys," Chapman said. "They've done an amazing job, and everybody has played an integral part.

Hoosiers disappointed with seed for tournament

By Aarno Retherford and Aaron Retherford · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:36 p.m.

Where's the BCS when you need it? The IU men's soccer team has spent the majority of the season ranked in the top five in the nation. The Hoosiers' reputation precedes them having advanced to the College Cup 15 times in the team's 29-year existence. But some players said these records meant little to the NCAA selection committee. "We may have gotten the shaft a little bit," senior Ryan Mack said. "I think it's good for us to get a shot in the face, so we realize where we are right now, and what we need to do to get ready."

Homeland security bill passes test

By Aida Sultanova and Jim Abrams · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate defeated an attempt by Democrats to kill what they called special interests measures in a homeland security bill, bringing a lame-duck Congress close to granting President Bush's demand for a new Cabinet agency to protect Americans from terrorists. The Senate voted 52-47 to reject an amendment that would have removed from the bill seven provisions that Democrats said were favors to friends of Republicans. The president and his key advisers actively lobbied wavering senators to defeat the amendment, saying its approval could doom passage of the bill this year.

Iraqi officials to meet deadline

By Aida Sultanova and Bassem Mroue · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:26 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials promised to meet next month's deadline for disclosing information about banned weapons, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday, as differences emerged between the United Nations and Washington over what constitutes Iraqi violations of the U.N. resolution that authorized the inspection mission. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iraqi officials made the commitment during talks with chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix and other team members after they arrived Monday to resume the weapons inspection program after a four-year hiatus.

Oil spill creates hazard

By Aida Sultanova and Mar Roman · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:25 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two off the northwest coast of Spain and sank Tuesday, threatening an environmental disaster. The rear half vanished first, then the bow slipped under the surface. Images broadcast from the scene showed pieces of the boat some 150 miles out to sea. If the Bahamas-flagged Prestige were to lose its entire cargo, the spill would be nearly twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska.

Around the Campus

By Becky Bartindale · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:11 p.m.

Musical Theory Colloquium set for today, Apparel Merchandising meeting today.

Teachers move into dorms

By Becky Bartindale and Patrick Kampert · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:09 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Sanver Deren is new to the country and new to the University of Chicago. He's an 18-year-old freshman from Turkey and, well, getting used to America and being away from his family. He lives in Palevsky Commons,and so do U. of C. music professor Martin Stokes and his family. A few Sundays ago, Deren wandered down the hall to the open-house brunch that Stokes and his wife, Lucy Baxandall, have for students every few weeks. And there was Stokes, a stranger, welcoming him.

Library starts building a 'hub of high technology'

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:06 p.m.

IU Dean of Libraries Suzanne Thorin and Associate Professor of Information Systems Brad Wheeler announced a $1.5 million renovation to the Main Library, adding the Information Commons, a 27,000 sq. foot "hub of high technology." The project, which has been in the planning stages for the past few years, finally received approval from the IU board of trustees last week.

Around the Region

By Charles Wilson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11 p.m.

Historical marker stolen, Men wearing 'FBI' jackets rob credit union

Pharmacy filled 120 prescriptions

By Charles Wilson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:57 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor wrote four prescriptions for OxyContin in less than a month for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, said the attorney for the pharmacist who filled the orders. Nora Apothecary records show Irsay received a total of 400 40-milligram tablets of OxyContin from March 20 to April 12, said the store's attorney, Ferd Samper. The prescriptions were written by Dr. W. Gregory Chernoff, a prominent Indianapolis plastic surgeon, Samper told The Indianapolis Star Tuesday.

Other I-69 route in works

By Charles Wilson and Kimberly Hefling · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:56 p.m.

EVANSVILLE -- State officials could push back a year-end deadline to announce a route for Interstate 69 through southwestern Indiana to allow more time to consider an alternative proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. But the goal is still to announce an interstate route from Indianapolis to Evansville by the end of the year, State Transportation Commissioner J. Bryan Nicol said Monday. "It will be a couple weeks before we know if it's going to take a little bit longer," Nicol said.