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Health Center offers counseling for students

Every day, about 86 Americans commit suicide and another 1,500 make an attempt, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Tuesday night, one of those 86 suicides occurred on campus with the death of sophomore Jason Schwab.

On-campus suicide a surprise to friends, family

Sophomore Jason Schwab died Tuesday in what IU police and Monroe County Coroner George Huntington deemed a suicide.

Muslim holiday begins today

Thousands of people around the world will not eat or drink for the next 30 days. Ramadan, the holiest Islamic holiday, began at dawn today. Islam's holy book, the "Qur'an", says, "The month of Ramadan is the month in which the Qur'an was revealed and became a guidance for mankind, and clarifies right from wrong."

Team splits final matches

Losses to Penn State and Ohio State dented the volleyball team\'s postseason hopes. Friday\'s five-match loss to Purdue sealed the Hoosiers\' fate and handed the Boilermakers the 2000 Monon Spike Match win.

An open letter to the NCAA

To whom it may concern, Greetings from lovely Bloomington. Now, I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I truly believe that you, the fine people at the NCAA, have something against our fine soccer team here at IU. You can throw phrases like "competitive balance" and "a variety of factors determine these sites" at me, but I'm not buying it. I know that the only factors you care about are money, exposure and money. And once I lay down the following facts, I believe that even the NCAA (whoops, that's you) will see the pattern of bias that has been shown against the Hoosiers by your selection committee during the past two weeks.

Hoosiers' offense struggles against Longhorns in NIT consolation game

NEW YORK -- In IU's loss to Temple, the Hoosiers lacked toughness, interim head coach Mike Davis said. In the consolation game of the National Invitational Tournament, IU lacked toughness and a shooting touch.

Temple shuts down Hoosiers

NEW YORK - Freshman guard Andre Owens came off IU's bench to lead the Hoosiers with 16 points, but it wasn't enough as IU lost to Temple 69-61 in the semi-finals of the National Invitation Tournament Wednesday.

Basketball team slips past South Carolina

Solid defense and excellent free-throw shooting down the stretch lifted Kathi Bennett and the Hoosiers to their third straight win in a 69-58 victory Wednesday against South Carolina.

St. Louis judge right to keep polls open

I find it difficult to understand how the editorial staff at the IDS could vote unanimously that the decision of Judge Baker to keep polls in St. Louis open was unfair ("Judge's order in St. Louis was unfair," Nov. 16). You write that "voters in a single district should not be afforded an extra opportunity to vote while the rest of the state sits by and watches." The voters of St. Louis were not afforded an extra opportunity; they were afforded an opportunity to vote, as were all the other voters of the state. There were no similar technical problems reported in any other voting district of Missouri, so the voters of all the other districts had an opportunity to vote. Those who waited hours in line in St. Louis would not have had it not been for the judge\'s decision.

Butterfly ballot study flawed

Nov. 19, the IDS reported on a "study" performed here concerning the butterfly ballot ("Butterfly ballots put to the test"). A spokesperson claimed that "one could infer that about 12,000 ballots were intended for Gore by taking the 4.64 percent difference between Bush and Gore found in the study and applying it to Palm Beach County" but that it would "only be an estimate."

Court must allow officers to do their job

The men and women of America's police forces put their lives on the line every day to protect us and ensure our safety. They deal with many incidents and many different people, and they make many judgment calls. Mistakes inevitably happen, as they do in every profession. The news media has shown us numerous incidents of alleged police brutality or misconduct.

Don't try this at home

\'Tis the season for bad weather, pine needles and long lines at the store. I am a brilliant man, to be sure, but I made the not-so-brilliant move of trying to shop on the day after Thanksgiving. This was one of the worst mistakes I've ever made.

All I want for Christmas is a president

No matter what, this election is going to be a joke. Whoever wins can choose the four-year plan when he's renting a television for the Oval Office. And for at least the first two of those four years, no one is going to let George W. Bush or Al Gore forget that his presidency is the result of our country's closest, most contentious election ever.

Book blurs lines of propaganda, art

Tom Paine\'s short story "Will You Say Something Monsieur Eliot?" details the saga of a smug and wealthy Princeton grad on top of the world. The piece kicks off Paine's sparkling debut collection of fiction, "Scar Vegas." Everything in life has been presented to Eliot on a silver platter. But his luck turns a sharp 180 degrees one fateful day. When out sailing off of the Florida coast, a fierce storm lays waste to his yacht. After drifting on his mast for days, he's picked up by a boatload of Haitian refugees.

Rare documents a part of Lilly Library display

One of the first printings of the Declaration of Independence, letters from George Washington and the New Testament of a Gutenberg Bible are just a few of the rare items visitors to the Lilly Library can see.

Musicology professor receives 3 awards

If a sports analogy can be applied to the musicology department, Distinguished Professor of Music Thomas Mathiesen recently won the triple crown of national awards.

Hoosiers' confidence helps in first-round NCAA win

I arrived in San Jose and tried to adjust accordingly. Although I was promised sun and warmth, I quickly found out shorts are not necessarily appropriate attire year-round in "Cali." Getting to the hotel at 5:45 p.m., I turned on the television to find out the Duke-Villanova game that started at seven was actually almost over. The time change was worse than I thought, but I did get a kick out of watching the 11 p.m. PST SportsCenter at 11 p.m. The time change allowed me to get to the second half of the Stanford-Fullerton match Saturday night, where I was fortunate enough to listen to the best hecklers I've come across so far at a soccer match. Although I was 2,000 miles from home, for the first time, I felt I was truly among my people.

The numbers don't lie

The drop finally ended at Purdue University. From talk of a bowl berth and the nation's most improved defense to a 3-8 season, a last-place finish in the Big Ten and the nation's second-worst defense, the Hoosiers' season set the record for the longest roller-coaster drop ever.

Hoosiers head to the Garden

Sophomore guard Tom Coverdale has always wanted to play a basketball game on the floor of Madison Square Garden. Coverdale will live out that dream when the Hoosiers face Temple at 7 p.m. Wednesday in New York. IU advanced by defeating South Alabama in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament Friday. Should the Hoosiers win, they'll play in the NIT finals at 9 p.m. Friday. If they lose, they'll play in the consolation game at 7 p.m. Friday.

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