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Team impresses against constellations of Stars

By Zach Eldridge · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:26 p.m.

When a well-devised movie script goes according to plan, an Oscar-caliber film is usually the result. The same applies to basketball. The women's basketball team did not stray from the script Friday night when they defeated the Reebok Lady All-Stars 93-50 in Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers tallied five players in double-figures, while IU freshman guard Cyndi Valentin led all scorers with 16 points. Every Hoosier player scored except freshman Kali Kullberg, who added seven assists.

Hoosiers rout Team Nike

By Matt Pera · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:25 p.m.

Before Mike Davis begins a post-game press conference, he always speaks a trademark phrase into the microphone. "I thank God for this opportunity," is what he usually says. But Saturday night, after IU beat Team Nike 74-49 in their last exhibition game, Davis stepped to the podium in Assembly Hall and began the press conference a bit differently. "Well I thank God that game is over," he said. "What can I say? (It was an) exhibition game."

Looking back on 'Hoosiers'

By Zach Rocha · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:24 p.m.

Only a handful of sports movies in the history of American cinema leave audiences with the feeling they have viewed not a great sports movie, but instead a great movie that happens to be about sports. That's what the 1986 Orion Pictures film "Hoosiers" does. "It was a great movie because not all sports movies translate to the mainstream," said Andy Katz, senior college basketball writer for ESPN.com.

Seniors left out in the cold in final performance

By Alex Hickey · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:23 p.m.

For nearly one half, IU (3-8, 1-6 Big Ten) fought like a dog that was tired of being beaten and battered and finally snapped back against No. 16 Penn State (8-3, 4-3 Big Ten), a team they have never defeated. And then Larry Johnson came to play. The Nittany Lions senior running back shredded the IU defense and the record books Saturday with 327 yards rushing on 28 carries and led Penn State to a 58-25 win in the final game of the season at Memorial Stadium.

Penn State upends IU in Big Ten semifinals

By Colin Nowling · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:22 p.m.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Heading into the Big Ten Championships, the IU men's soccer team had played 236 games on the road at a total of 73 different facilities. The Hoosiers owned a winning record at all of those road facilities they had played more than four games at except for Penn State's Jeffrey Field, the host for the Big Ten Championships. Friday, Penn State showed why as they downed IU 4-2 on penalty kicks after tying 1-1 in regulation and two overtime periods.

Don't filter content

By Jason Grinblat · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:20 p.m.

In December of 2000, Congress passed the Children's Internet Protection Act, requiring that schools and public libraries receiving federal funding purchase Internet filtering software designed to block access to pornography. Congress and the Justice Department choose to ignore the flaws of these filtering programs, which mistakingly block many Web sites that have nothing to do with pornography whatsoever. The law aroused much protest from groups such as the American Library Association, who want to protect the nation's libraries from the suppression of free speech.

Indiana holds community corrections

By Charles Wilson · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:18 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Work-release programs aimed at reducing jail overcrowding have become increasingly popular, with more than half of Indiana's 92 counties now part of the community corrections program. Last month, Union County became the 65th Indiana county to join the program, and state officials say Clark County may join within months. About 5,000 Indiana residents are currently out working in the community while on work-release or home detention programs.

Should we kidnap Antwaan?

By Joe Ptak · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:17 p.m.

IU's football program is in shambles. If it were a major fast food burger chain, it would be adding tacos to the menu right about now. So who's responsible for yet another disappointing season? Well, it would be easy to focus the blame entirely on the players, but this time it's everyone's fault.

Indiana sales tax to increase

By Charles Wilson · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:17 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A looming increase in Indiana's sales tax has retailers taking to the airwaves and newspapers to urge consumers to buy big-ticket items now to avoid paying extra. The advertising campaigns by auto dealers and retailers of household appliances are meant to boost their sales and also save customers a few dollars if they buy before the increase takes effect Dec. 1.

Go big crimson!

By Katie Flege · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:16 p.m.

At the men's basketball game versus Athletes in Action something seemed a little off as our cheerleaders, dressed in crimson, cheered "Go Big Red!" Now that former Athletic Director Michael McNeely is out and interim director Terry Clapacs is in, I urge him to reverse this hideous change.

Opponents of Augusta policy have options

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:15 p.m.

America is wealthy, in part, because good ideas are allowed to be tested, cultivated and developed. It is also wealthy because of its significant natural resources.

Heiress gives $100 million to Chicago poetry journal

Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:13 p.m.

CHICAGO -- The influential literary magazine Poetry has rejected Ruth Lilly's verse for decades, but it's not about to snub her latest offering -- a multimillion-dollar gift. The ailing, 87-year-old billionaire heiress to the Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceutical fortune will give the publication, which ran the first major works of Carl Sandburg, T.S. Eliot and Wallace Stevens, millions of dollars a year under a new estate plan. "Ruth Lilly has ensured our existence into perpetuity," Poetry editor Joe Parisi said in announcing the gift Friday at a dinner at the Arts Club of Chicago.

Terror films, fashion stir German left wing revival

By Brett Martel and Stephen Graham · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:12 p.m.

BERLIN -- They kidnapped business leaders, gunned down police officers and hijacked an airliner. But even after Sept. 11, the failed German revolutionaries who spread fear in the 1970s and '80s have acquired a certain chic. Left-wingers were always nostalgic for the ideals of the student movement from which the feared Red Army Faction terrorists sprang -- strident opposition to the Vietnam War, rebellion against their parents' silence on World War II, a society still not completely purged of old Nazis.

Titanium Chef pleases crowd

By Adam B. Steer · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:11 p.m.

Over 200 students crowded into the Marketplace in the Indiana Memorial Union last Tuesday to see the first ever showing of Union Board's Titanium Chef. The event, a cook-off between the chefs at Malibu Grill and the City Grille, was a large draw for students interested in the culinary arts. Though the event started an hour late, the crowd was eager to see some quality competitive cooking. The wait was well worth it, as the event was a true crowd-pleaser. Full Frontal Comedy served as the emcee for the event.

'Tales of Hoffman' has it all

By Adam Sedia · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:09 p.m.

Looking for an all-around good time? Ever try the opera? If you've seen this weekend's performances of "The Tales of Hoffmann," you know exactly what I'm talking about. This opera has more enjoyable experiences rolled into it than the mind can possibly imagine. It has engaging stories, hilarious comedy, tear-jerking tragedy, incredible singing, imaginative costumes, spectacular scenery and, of course, wonderful music. It was magical yet sophisticated, light yet dramatic, and fanciful yet meaningful -- a work truly appealing to all ages and tastes.

Ridge says alleged al Qaeda letter contains no new threats

By Aida Sultanova and Darlene Superville · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- With the Senate set to approve the agency he's expected to lead, President Bush's homeland security adviser on Sunday played down as "really nothing new" an alleged al Qaeda threat of attacks in New York and Washington. Tom Ridge also said he doubted the Bush administration would create an agency separate from the FBI to gather domestic intelligence. Several senators said the White House should not pursue that idea with congressional input. Ridge declined to discuss whether he wants to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Iraqi Paper addresses inspections

By Aida Sultanova and Sameer N. Yacoub · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq hopes for fair treatment from U.N. weapons inspectors because the stability of the entire Persian Gulf region depends on their work, a newspaper owned by Saddam Hussein's son said Sunday. At the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad a day ahead of the inspectors' expected arrival, workers were seen cleaning the three-story building, while others were working in the garden and fixing the ceiling of the car park.

Protestors arrested at fort

By Aida Sultanova and Elliot Minor · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 10:59 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ga. -- More than 90 people, including at least six nuns, were arrested for marching onto Fort Benning grounds Sunday during an annual protest of a U.S. military program that trains Latin American soldiers. "I feel anger at the deliberate teaching of violence," Caryl Hartjes, a nun from Fondulac, Wis., said as she entered the compound, where she was arrested.

Around the Campus

Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 10:52 p.m.

Horizons of Knowledge lectures planned, Latvian Independence Day program today, Organic chemistry seminar set for today.

'ID swipe cards' replace money for students

By Becky Bartindale and Deborah Peterson · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 10:49 p.m.

ST. LOUIS -- Dan Morrison, a 23-year-old graduate student at the University of Missouri at Columbia, could conceivably finish out his school career without ever opening his wallet. Like about 13,000 other students at the campus, Morrison uses his student ID card, which is attached to something called an EZ account, to do everything from getting a burger to washing a load of clothes. "It's a real convenience," Morrison said of his ID-swipe card, which has the nickname because of a magnetic stripe on the back that records all the information campus accountants need to tote up charges on Morrison's account.