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New A's manager named

By Janie McCauley · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:27 p.m.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ken Macha was promoted from bench coach to manager of the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday to replace Art Howe. The A's didn't wait long to replace Howe, who officially was hired Monday as manager of the New York Mets. After interviewing for years, the 52-year-old Macha didn't have to leave to finally become a manager.

Doubles duo fall in sweet sixteen

By Janie McCauley · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:26 p.m.

Despite a strong performance from one doubles pair, the men's tennis team returned home early this weekend disappointed after being eliminated from regional action. The team competed in the ITA/Omni Hotels Midwest Regional Championships held in Madison, Wis. Coach Ken Hydinger said he was proud of the team's efforts, but said the squad fell short at important times. The Hoosiers singles teams were eliminated in the first two days of competition. The remaining two players were ousted from the tournament Tuesday as sophomore Jullien Vulliez lost to Michigan State's Cameron Marshall, 6-4, 6-2 and sophomore Tom Bagnato lost to Dipesh Rao of the University of Toledo, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4.

Competition lurks for Lakers

By Benjy Ekhaus · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:24 p.m.

With the NBA season now underway, the annual question is again being asked: "Will anyone stop Shaq and the Lakers?" For three years now, the answer, of course, has been no. This year, however, there are some teams that can challenge the league's latest dynasty, and depending on the world's most famous big toe, the end (or at least delay) of an era could be on the horizon. Dethroning the Champion By now, we all know about the Lakers. Here are the teams that could give them trouble.

Noonan rewrites record books

By Janie McCauley · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:20 p.m.

After leading IU to a 1-1 record on their West Coast road trip last weekend and tallying three of the four Hoosier goals and one assist, senior forward Pat Noonan was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for the second consecutive week. This marks the fourth conference Offensive Player of the Week award Noonan has garnered this season and the seventh of his career. Noonan paces the Hoosiers with 34 points on 13 goals and eight assists as IU has a 13-2-2 record heading into this weekend's final regular season match against IUPUI.

Baseball predictions pan out

By Val Tsoutouris · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:19 p.m.

Think back to what you were doing April 2. You probably had either college basketball or Prom on the mind and pepper spray in your eyes. I, however, made predictions on the baseball season in that day's IDS. Not to be self-serving, but let's see how they turned out. What I said: "Whenever the Phillies feel optimistic about themselves, they usually go in the trash bin." What happened: They didn't finish in last like I thought, but they did drop from 86 to 80 wins.

Another in-state test for IU

By Alex MelloanRuiz · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 11:17 p.m.

Tonight the IU women's soccer team finishes its regular season at Bill Armstrong Stadium against Butler at 7 p.m. The game also marks senior night, the last home game for the seniors who will be competing in their first Big Ten tournament next week. The game figures to be intensely emotional as the seniors have expressed feelings of sadness as well as exhilaration in these final days of the season. "I have mixed feelings, it's been a good season and I'm tired, but then again, I never want it to end because I know this is my last season," senior tri-captain and forward Kristen Sprunger said.

Unveiled artwork inspired by changes after Sept. 11

By Brett Martel and Michael Wessenstein · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:58 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The sounds of boat engines recorded beneath the Hudson River echo through a World Financial Center walkway. In another, photos of landfill containing the twin towers' debris cover windows overlooking the World Trade Center site. Nine works focusing on changes Sept. 11 wrought on lower Manhattan were unveiled Tuesday in the public spaces of the battered World Financial Center, in what organizers call a vital part of its revitalization.

Guest conductor leads orchestra

By Adam Sedia · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:55 p.m.

Those who were looking for entertainment last Sunday afternoon certainly found it. The University orchestra performed its second concert this year under the baton of the world-famous guest conductor Uri Mayer. As is typical of IU's musical ensembles, the orchestra gave a masterful performance of a wonderful program. And perhaps the best thing about the concert was that it was completely devoid of the dissonant monstrosities that slightly dampened most other performances.

No need for thrillers, real life is enough

By Brett Martel and Frazier Moore · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:54 p.m.

NEW YORK -- NBC is promoting a night of Halloween-themed series as "Must Scream Thursday." The WB is pitching "Haunted Thursday." We can meet "Ghost Detectives" on Discovery Channel, cackle at Mel Brooks' masterpiece "Young Frankenstein" on Comedy Central, or, on VH1, get creeped out by a circa-"Thriller" Michael Jackson. Then we can throw the jack-o'-lantern out and clean the eggs off our car. But Halloween TV won't be over until Monday when, fashionably late, Stephen King's high-school horror "Carrie" premieres on NBC, starring Angela Bettis in the title role that launched Sissy Spacek a quarter-century ago.

President OKs election reforms

By Aida Sultanova and Sandra Sobieraj · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- One week before Election Day, President Bush signed legislation Tuesday revamping the nation's voting system and guarding against the kinds of errors that threw his own election into dispute two years ago. "When problems arise in the administration of elections, we have a responsibility to fix them," Bush said as he gathered several Democratic and Republican lawmakers behind him at a signing desk. "Every registered voter deserves to have confidence that the system is fair and elections are honest, that every vote is recorded and that the rules are consistently applied.

Snipers could face death

By Aida Sultanova and Curt Anderson · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The federal government plans to seek the death penalty in the Washington-area sniper case, Justice Department officials said Tuesday, setting up a legal joust with two states that already have filed capital charges in the case. The federal charges will be filed against John Allen Muhammad, 41, in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. The charging complaint does not name the younger sniper suspect, 17-year-old John Lee Malvo, because he is not an adult. A juvenile can be charged with a federal capital offense but cannot be executed.

Ho Chi Minh City fire kills 54, others injured

By Becky Bartindale · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 10:47 p.m.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam -- A fire swept through a building that houses offices of foreign companies, shops and a popular disco in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday, killing at least 54 people and injuring more than 100, officials and news reports said. At least one unidentified foreign man was among those killed, and six staff members of an American insurance company were missing, officials said. Dozens more people were believed trapped, firefighters said.

Virtual locks a good move

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 6:54 p.m.

Hooray for security. In this age of computers, interfaces and the Internet, personal privacy and security is becoming increasingly threatened. Online phonebooks make accessing almost anyone via phone or snailmail (depending on how often the Web site is updated) easy to everyone, not just well-meaning folks searching for old friends or the one that got away. Just check out www.switchboard.com and see what we mean. But IU has recently taken a step to protect the phone numbers and personal information of students from the rest of the world.

Waiting after the winds

By Elise LeBlanc · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:52 a.m.

On Sept. 20 a tornado hit Indiana and left 150 miles of destruction in its wake between Ellettsville and Indianapolis. Over a month later, the damage is still visible.

Police examine another assault

By Maura Halpern · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:52 a.m.

An 18-year-old female student was sexually assaulted at Read Center in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the IU Police Department. The case remains active and under investigation, and the IUPD reported the offender was an acquaintance of the victim and alcohol was involved.

Brilliant Genes

By Blaine Kavalsky · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:52 a.m.

Amid beakers and test tubes in the chemistry building exists a man bubbling with brilliance. Department of Chemistry chair David Clemmer was named one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" scientists this month.

Group clears wetland debris

By Lindsay Baron · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:52 a.m.

ELLETTSVILLE -- Beneath a gray, fog-filled sky, 25 people trudged through 10-foot high, rust-colored brush Saturday morning to clean up the Bean Blossom Bottoms Nature Preserve from the effects of a tornado that ripped through the area last month.

Campus groups pitch in to help student voters

By Corinne Reynolds · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:49 a.m.

Several campus groups want to make it as easy as possible for students to vote next week.

Business in Brief

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:38 a.m.

Zhu to announce free-trade framework UAW approves five-year contract

Mexico's border industry healing but still feeling pain of crisis

By Alyson Brodsy and Julie Watson · Tuesday, Oct. 29,2002 12:37 a.m.

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- The signs of crisis are everywhere. Homeless people sleep in abandoned factories where workers once assembled irons, toasters, shirts and other goods. Border migrant groups air radio announcements in the countryside, telling job seekers to stay away.