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Environmentalism with an altitude

A 1,000-year-old redwood tree named Luna was home to activist Julia Butterfly Hill for 738 days, 1997 through 1999. Hill lived in the tree for two years to protest the Pacific Lumber Company's plans to cut down a section of northern California's famous redwood forests. While 180 feet in the air in Luna, Hill founded the Circle of Life Foundation to work for solutions to environmental and social problems. After descending Luna, Hill began traveling around the country to speak to schoolchildren, college students, labor unions and others.

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Around The Game

Men's golf team finishes 11th in tournament The men\'s golf team finished tied for 11th place in the rain-shortened Dr. Pepper Intercollegiate this weekend in Pottsboro, Texas.

Parents fund services

The Parents Fund, an IU Foundation program, makes many student programs a possibility. These programs include services for students with disabilities, the Campus Safety Escort Program and "The Financial Aid Survival Kit."

COAS revamps requirements

Senior Leanne Dodge is ambitious, to say the least. The Bloomington native and Wells Scholar spends her days conducting trials in a cognitive science lab on campus.

Team to battle in doubleheader

Chilly weather kept the softball team from playing its doubleheader against Ball State Sunday. Today the Hoosiers will get another chance to do battle if the weather cooperates.

Defense doesn't dwell on past, looks ahead to future

Scoring 30 or more points per game was not a problem for the IU football team last season. It was the 40 or more points given up by the defense that drew concern.

Hoosiers take on struggling Jaguars

Before the baseball team faces 2000 Big Ten champion Minnesota this weekend in Bloomington, the Hoosiers will prepare for the Golden Gophers with a mid-week game against a team that's won less than one fifth of its games.

More to Las Vegas than just gambling

First I would like to say that I enjoyed reading Michael Moy's column ("Vegas mirrors life," March 22), and I do on a regular basis. But I would like to respond to this column about Las Vegas.

Chancellor will be missed by many

Lost in the giddiness of the beginning of a new basketball era last week was the beginning of the end of a far more important time period -- the tenure of Bloomington Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis.

Coaching decision taken too lightly

The choice of Mike Davis as head coach is not as interesting as the way this was handled by a questionable staff.

Coach Davis knows how to keep cool

I wish to applaud the administration and the seven-member committee that decided to appoint Mike Davis as head coach of the men's basketball team. Coach Davis has led the team with dignity and integrity this season, representing the University with the class his position demands.

Bloomington poets to take part in global peace event

Today, poets in 200 venues around the world will make an effort toward peace by reading their work. One of those readings will take place in Bloomington. The Leo R. Dowling International Center, 111 S. Jordan Ave. will be host to a poetry reading event entitled "Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry" as part of a weeklong celebration of poetry throughout the world. Organized by graduate student Phil Metres, the reading is meant to comment on peace and humanity through poetry.

Independent artist performs, discusses craft of songwriting

Singer and songwriter Allette Brooks performed live Thursday night for a crowd of about 50 in Collins Center's Cheshire Cafe, playing two one-hour sets. The sets included songs from her latest release, Silicon Valley Rebel, in an event sponsored by Collins Living-Learning Center Arts Council and the IU Women's Student Association.

Dr. Brehm, let me give you some advice

Dear Dr. Brehm, Welcome to campus! Although you won't officially be our chancellor until sworn in by the trustees, I thought it best to dispense with formalities and get in touch with you as soon as possible. You see, I have what could be some vital information -- information that's not in the reports you've been reading, and that might not circulate at the high-profile cocktail parties you've been attending. I want to give you the inside scoop: all the dirty little secrets they haven't told you.

Lucent networking unit seeking to lower debt

Lucent Technologies, once a symbol of America's technological might, is again having troubles. The company plans to launch its optical networking unit, Agere Systems, in an attempt to lower its level of debt and raise-much needed cash. Unfortunately for Lucent, the initial public offering has hit speed bump after speed bump. As the old adage goes: The worst time to ask for money is when you really need it. Since announcing the spin-off, lead underwriter Morgan Stanley has done many things to attract investors.

Female faculty receive awards

Honoring the accomplishments of women on campus, the Office of Women's Affairs announced the recipients of five awards Friday, including the Gros Louis Special Recognition Award, named for Bloomington Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis. Betty Jo Kish Irvine, librarian in the School of Fine Arts and Fenton Martin, librarian in the Department of Political Science were co-recipients of this award.

WIUS: Behind the music

The house at 815 E. Eighth St. might seem like just another college hangout. The rooms are filled with worn and mismatched couches and chairs. A stuffed black gorilla wearing a green Hawaiian shirt sits next to a wrestling trophy and a little paper house on a mantle over an unused fireplace. The smell of pizza lingers in the air, and empty pizza boxes fill the trash cans. Students often hang out there -- chatting about events at school, joking around, maybe tossing a football. But this isn't a typical college student's haven. This is home to the WIUS family.

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Chicago-based Polish group to perform Sunday

Students and faculty have a chance to get a taste of the Polish Gorale, or Highlander, culture. From the Polish Highlander's Alliance of America located in Chicago, a group of musicians and dancers will perform songs and dances of the Gorale culture at 3 p.m. Sunday at the University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union. It is free.