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Napster agrees to block files

In a blow to free music lovers everywhere, Napster has agreed to block the downloading of files containing copyrighted music. In a press release, Napster said it agreed to this in an attempt to prevent a looming injunction from forcing it to shut down entirely. Many believe this still isn't enough to allay the record industry's concerns. Court of Appeals Judge Marilyn Hall Patel said she still plans to issue an injunction that will severely handicap Napster. "It's no longer a question if we should issue an injunction. It's what it will look like," she told The Washington Post.

No spark from Matchbox Twenty

With a bill like Tuesday's Matchbox Twenty, Everclear and Lifehouse concert, two things are obvious. One: Lifehouse lucked out in scoring the opening act. Two: Everclear got shafted getting stuck as an opening act.

Play replicates dialect, costumes with care

The University Theatre audience erupted with applause at the conclusion of the opening night's production of "Translations." But that was only after more than a month of practicing four hours a day, five days a week.

Notre Dame joins group that monitors sweatshops

When it comes to sweatshop abuses, the University of Notre Dame would rather err on the side of caution. Tuesday, officials announced that the university will join the Workers Rights Consortium, a watchdog group that monitors factories that produce collegiate apparel. Notre Dame already belongs to the Fair Labor Association, another such group, and conducts its own independent reviews of seven of its subcontracted factories. With 74 schools signed on, the consortium excludes corporate involvement, which the group feels would create a conflict of interest. But the Fair Labor Association involves manufacturers and human rights groups in the process.

Honegger might remain in jail

While her former teammates are practicing in hopes of a tournament bid, senior Rachael Honegger is languishing in a jail cell where she might remain for more than two months. Bloomington police arrested the former women's basketball player, convicted of forgery in October, Sunday for violating the terms of her home arrest. Chief Probation Officer Linda Brady said Honegger made an unauthorized trip to Robinson, Ill., where her fiance, Chad Killinger, coaches at Lincoln Trail College.

Hoosiers on bubble for tournament

It's out of their hands. After 29 games, the Indiana women's basketball team rested its case for a NCAA tournament spot Friday with a loss to Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. The Hoosiers (19-10, 9-7 Big Ten) can now only wait and see if they are one of the 34 lucky teams chosen to fill the field Sunday.

Ford gives $2.5 million to IU school

The Kelley School of Business received a $2.5 million gift from Ford Motor Co. Tuesday as part of its continued participation in Ford's College Relations Sponsor Program. The gift, to be distributed over five years, will help fund the construction of a new high-tech auditorium, support recruitment and retention of faculty and students through fellowships and endow scholarships and departmental grants.

Hoosiers lead after Day 1

After 36 holes of golf, the IU women's golf team is atop 18 teams participating in the "Mo"morial tournament at Texas A & M.

Tennis player has 'big' game, successful record

Standing at 6-foot-4 and 214 pounds, men's tennis player Rahman Smiley would be an intimidating tight end. Just imagine stepping on the tennis court against him. And if the junior's size failed to frighten an opponent, a tennis ball flying his way at about 130 mph surely would.

Team ready to play after canceled games

The baseball team just wants spring break to get here so it can play in Florida for a week. Tuesday's game against Xavier was canceled because of cold weather and even with a slight warm-up forecasted for today's game with Wright State, it will still be cold. Today's game will be the last one before the Hoosiers head south to Florida to play seven games in eight days during spring break.

4 women qualify for NCAA championships

If three athletes had thrown farther than senior shot putter Jenn Brown this season, she would have missed a trip to the NCAA indoor track and field championships for the first time in four years. Instead, Brown hovers near the bottom of the list of shot put qualifiers with the 14th best throw. Only 16 women qualified for the event, but Brown said she doesn't mind where she stands.

Title IX

For four years, senior Tania Hults wrote e-mails to set up field hockey tournaments. For four years, she washed uniforms she bought with her own money. So when the athletics department decided to elevate her team to the varsity level, she elected to stay at IU for a fifth year. Hults was the president of the women's field hockey team. Now, because of Title IX, she focuses on being a varsity athlete.

Courthouse lawn not 'private' land

Knox County Councilman George Lane has proposed a solution to prevent a court battle over displaying the Ten Commandments on the courthouse square in Vincennes. Unfortunately, his solution is to deed the small area of land on which the monument sits to a private nonprofit organization, legally making the land private, not public. The Indiana Civil Liberties Union announced its intentions to sue last week.

Give McNeely's money to the professors

There are many things in life that baffle me. People with bumper stickers that say "Honk if You Like Cheese!" or the idiots who walk around campus with cell phones, describing every step to their next class. "Hey Mike, it's Rob -- yeah, I'm just walking to class right now, some guy just handed me an Add Sheet. Score!" But most of all, I don't understand how members of the IU administration are making such exorbitant amounts of money.

Abortion is not an excuse to murder children

There is no issue more divisive in our country today than abortion. Countless organizations and religious groups have been formed solely on the issue, in support of it and against it. Many people will not vote for a political candidate who does not comply with their views on the subject. And there is no foreseeable end to the madness in the future, so what are we to do? Before I go into that, though, I would like to give you all a warning. What I will say in this column may "offend" some people. So, if you find yourself easily "offended," do not proceed further.

Women should have control over their own bodies

My body is my temple. Whatever I choose to do with it is my decision. If I decide to get a tattoo, I will have to deal with the swelling and the image imprinted on my body for the rest of my time on earth. Last time I checked, I also have complete control over my uterus. Luckily, the Supreme Court assured me through its ruling in Roe v. Wade that I will be the one who gets to decide what will happen to my body; if I choose to have an abortion, I am legally allowed to get one.

Play deals with balance of careers, search for love

"Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, 'Respect me, I'm a respectable grown-up,' and other times I just want to jump into a paper bag and shake and bake myself to death." According to the Princeton Language Institute, those words were spoken by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, who wrote "Isn't It Romantic," which will be performed today and tomorrow at the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre.

Pianist seeks to inspire

Graduate student Ji-hye Chang is the most recent success story to emerge from the famed School of Music. Chang, who will receive her masters degree in piano performance in May, gave her graduate recital Sunday at Recital Hall.

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Former business manager dies

Iris Neal, longtime business manager of the Indiana Daily Student, died Monday afternoon at age 80. Neal retired from the IDS in 1981. "She always enjoyed the student aspect although she worked in the business side," her son, Byron K. Smith, said. "She always enjoyed contact with the students."