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Jeffries, Haston to stay put

By David Uchiyama · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 9:47 a.m.

Interim head coach Mike Davis said forwards Kirk Haston and Jared Jeffries will not enter the NBA draft following this season. NBA draft expert Chris Monter said it's for the better. "They're not going anywhere," Davis said. "They're both having good seasons and when you have good seasons like they're having, things tend to fly around like that." Jeffries, a freshman, said Sunday after IU's 72-59 victory against Michigan that he was considering a jump to the NBA.

Police seek suspect in local shooting

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 4:57 a.m.

Bloomington police are still looking for the person or persons involved in a Monday evening shooting that ended with a local youth being lifelined to a hospital in Indianapolis. Police believe the victim, who was shot in the right abdomen, is "out of the woods." The victim was lifelined to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis late Monday evening. Police will not disclose the name because the victim is a juvenile. According to police, the shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. Monday. Police found out about it when the victim, a 16-year-old local youth, was transported to the Bloomington Hospital late that evening.

Coach turning team around

By Jason Recker · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 1:24 a.m.

Dorsey Tierney seems organized. Emphasis on the word "seems." For the most part, the women's swimming coach likely is -- she's rebuilt IU's women's swimming program, radiates a hard-working persona and receives praise from her swimmers. But she's a tad disheveled in a few departments. Take her four gold medals, for instance. Most people would put the death grip on those treasures, place them in an air-tight case and put them on display for every Tom, Dick and Harry who happens to stroll by.

The sweetest, strangest, funniest... Valentine's Day

By Kate Armbruster · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 1:18 a.m.

When he was 17, senior Mike Huang spent Valentine's Day night writing poetry on the sidewalk outside his high school girlfriend's house. His original Valentine's Day plans to take her out had been spoiled that afternoon by an argument with his girlfriend's parents. So he formed a new plan and went to the nearest Wal-Mart, where he bought a jumbo pack of colored street chalk.

NBA play putting fans to sleep

By Alex Hickey · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:50 a.m.

Something occurred to me the other day as I turned off the NBA All-Star Game in favor of watching "The Iron Chef": The NBA has come to stand for the National Boredom Association. But there are several questions as to how a league that was so prestigious and exciting from the mid-1980s to the mid-90s could fall to such depths of udder disinterest.

Performance to highlight love

By Lisa Chapman and Lisa J. Chapman · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:50 a.m.

Until recently, cabaret was something that only happened in New York or Chicago. Award-winning Chicago actress Candace Johnson brings the art of the cabaret to Bloomington. in the Bloomington Playwrights Project production, "Love, Candy," complete with entertainment, champagne and dessert at 8 p.m. today.

Young sprinters lead team's indoor season

By Aarno Retherford and Aaron Retherford · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:47 a.m.

During this men's indoor track season, school records have been shattered and vast improvements have been made by some unexpected surprises.

Around The Campus

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:44 a.m.

Conference to address service learning IU's Civic Literacy Project and the Indiana Department of Education will co-sponsor the Indiana Conference on Service Learning and Volunteerism March 1-2 at the Adam's Mark Airport Hotel in Indianapolis. The conference will provide an exciting opportunity for those building communities through service and service-learning, said Will Morgan, executive director for the civic literacy project, in a press release.

Professor, ratings guru help Mavericks owner

By Guy Cipriano · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:43 a.m.

Professor Wayne Winston attended a Dallas Mavericks game during a trip to Dallas last spring break and bumped into a former student. It turned out the student was Mavericks' owner Mark Cuban. Cuban casually approached Winston. The owner told his former professor that if he had any ideas to make the Mavericks better, Winston should let Cuban know.

Wildcats whimper into Bloomington

By Heater A. Dinich and Heather A. Dinich · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:43 a.m.

Northwestern coach Bill Carmody was blunt, honest and somewhere between despair and hope at this year's Big Ten media day in Chicago. After four years as head coach at Princeton, where he guided the Tigers to the postseason every year, Carmody took the head coaching job with one of the worst teams in the Big Ten. And he knew it.

Playwrights Project debuts award-winning 'Outrage'

By Juliet Eichberg · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:35 a.m.

Another opening, another show. But this was not the case at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 308 S. Washington St., where the world premiere of "Outrage" opened this weekend. This work runs weekends through Feb. 25.

Transportation Services offers late-night bus runs

By John Helling · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:30 a.m.

After hanging out at the bars or partying on the weekends, many students don't want to walk, drive or spend money on a taxi to get where they need to go. But there is a little-known alternative that only requires a student ID card.

Columnist addresses AIDS

By Peggy Trytko · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:27 a.m.

To help bring AIDS issues to students, graduate student Mark A. Price read reader responses to his IDS HIV Live column to about 50 people Monday at "Another Year of AIDS: Conversation with Mark Price" in the Collins Center Coffee House.

University adds new Internet connection for on-campus use

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:24 a.m.

Computing at IU might have just gotten a bit easier. University Information Technology Services announced Tuesday it has implemented a second high capacity Internet connection for on-campus residents. The new connection allows students living in residence halls to link to Web sites separate from the University without campus Internet activity interference.

County council debates parking lease from city

By Joseph S. Pete · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:18 a.m.

Brad Wetnight, the owner of a downtown paint supply store, pays $3,000 a year for parking spaces for his employees. "It's money well-spent," he said. "It guarantees efficiency. And I feel I have a responsibility to take care of my employees."

Power crisis a possibility for Midwestern states

By Sarah Tolson · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:16 a.m.

It's a possibility that Indiana could face the rolling blackouts and sky-rocketing electricity prices that have plagued California and the West for the past few months. The state's energy crisis could ripple throughout the Midwest. "All regions of the country are vulnerable to inadequate power resources because of increased demand and a lack of development of additional capacity or supply," said Linda Williamsom, Cinergy's executive director in the Bloomington Economic Development Corporation.

A cappella groups resurging

By Lindsay Schoenfeld · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2001 12:15 a.m.

A cappella music is not only making a comeback, but also a name for the University.

IUSA abuses power, acted unlawfully

By James Morris and James T. Morris · Tuesday, Feb. 13,2001 11:42 p.m.

I have been a student at the Bloomington campus for three years, and I have always heard of the rampant corruption of the IUSA. However, until reading about the disqualification of the TOGA party, I have never been so thoroughly revolted. IUSA has abused its power by forcefully and fraudulently eliminating a party ticket simply because they are afraid of TOGA's popular support. I don't remember any portion of the IUSA constitution that says the current people in power are allowed to have dictatorial powers over the students. This pattern of corruption in order to maintain the status quo is reminiscent of the "purges" that were prevalent during the reign of Joseph Stalin.

Losers of the world unite

By Chris Edwards · Tuesday, Feb. 13,2001 11:06 p.m.

It has recently come to my attention that I'm a loser. Apparently it had already come to everybody else's attention, it just took a while for it to get to me.

Dorms must go smoke-free

Tuesday, Feb. 13,2001 11:04 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services is considering a proposal to declare all dorms smoke-free by 2003. Seven other Big Ten schools, most recently Purdue, have instated smoke-free dorms with little resistance from students. This proposal should be supported by students -- smokers and nonsmokers -- because it will provide long-term benefits to the student body.