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IU opens with Indiana Community 5K

By Jackie Faine and Jacqueline Faine · Sunday, Sept. 3,2006 7:13 p.m.

These guys don't believe in easy days. In the grind of everyday practice, the IU men's cross country team has only one way to train since its equipment consists only of running shoes. Running 70 to 100 miles per week with a seven-day training schedule, the Hoosiers hope to put their training to use in this weekend's Indiana Community 5K, which begins Friday at 6 p.m. at the IU cross country course.

IU crowned tournament champs

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, Sept. 3,2006 3:11 p.m.

The IU women's volleyball team cruised through the West Virginia Tournament this weekend, sweeping all three teams it faced in straight games. The Hoosiers added three more wins to IU coach Katie Weismiller's already impressive career record as the winningest women's volleyball coach in IU history.

UPDATE: Hoosiers dominate season opener with 39-20 win against Western Michigan

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Saturday, Sept. 2,2006 10:27 p.m.

The IU football team kicked off the 2006 season on a positive note Saturday night, defeating Western Michigan University 39-20 behind strong efforts from both the offense and defense.

UPDATE:After UConn tie, Hoosiers ready to fight the Irish Sunday

By Michael Sanserino · Saturday, Sept. 2,2006 9:34 p.m.

Lying on the ground, Chay Cain was overcome by a "helpless" feeling. With the Hoosiers up 1-0 and 16 minutes remaining in the game, Hoosier goalkeeper Cain made a save to preserve IU's lead.

Men's recruitment kicks off this weekend

By Kasey Hawrysz · Saturday, Sept. 2,2006 9:33 p.m.

Sophomore and Phi Kappa Tau member Jordan Loeb has some words of wisdom for the approximately 1,000 men who are expected to begin men's fall recruitment Friday night: do your homework.

UPDATE: Two top basketball recruits visit town

By Stephen Graham · Saturday, Sept. 2,2006 10:07 a.m.

Two top high school basketball recruits were in Bloomington Friday night.

UPDATE: IU soccer ties UConn in first round

By Michael Sanserino · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 11:47 p.m.

The IU men's soccer team tied the University of Connecticut 1-1 in the first round of the adidas/IU Credit Union Soccer Classic.

UPDATE: COAS dean announced

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 10:55 p.m.

IU officials announced today that Bennett Bertenthal, professor of psychology and computational neuroscience at the University of Chicago will take over as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

ONLINE ONLY: Event benefits cancer patients

By Ari Shifron · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 10:57 a.m.

More than 400 people showed up to Arts of the Table, a two-day event to raise money for Jill's House. Jill's House, much like Ronald McDonald's house, is a place for adults to stay while their children receive care at the IU Cyclotron Facility, where patients seek radiotherapy treatment for cancer. The house is named after the late Jill Behrman, an IU student who was killed after disappearing May 31, 2000, while riding her bike.

Hoosiers finish well at NCAA's

By Ari Shifron · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 10:55 a.m.

The Indiana men's track and field team earned its best finish in 13 years in 15th place at the 2006 NCAA Track and Field Championships.

IU announces 2006 Hoosier Presidential Scholars

By Ari Shifron · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 10:54 a.m.

Paying for college just got a little easier for several incoming IU students. Sixty students recently received IU's 2006 Hoosier Presidential Scholarship and will have anywhere between $6,000 and $12,000 of their college costs covered annually. These students will also receive a free laptop computer and an additional $1,000 to go toward studying abroad beginning their junior year.

High-energy debate

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:27 a.m.

The three candidates for the 9th Congressional District seat debated several issues on the IU campus Thursday night, but the topic that came up repeatedly was energy. Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-9th, Democratic challenger Baron Hill and Libertarian Eric Schansberg agreed America must reduce its dependence on foreign oil but each had different ideas on how to do it. Hill proposed more research into new energy sources such as hydrogen and solar power.

Burn victim's friends hopeful

By Sarah Core · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:25 a.m.

Electrician Robert Eury, 29, of Bloomington was in Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis Thursday with second- and third-degree burns covering nearly 90 percent of his body. It has been nearly a week since he was critically injured in an electrical blast at the site of the not-yet-complete Super Wal-Mart, where 12,000 volts of electricity created an arc that lit him and two of his co-workers on fire Aug. 26.

Soccer team looks to knock off No. 2

By Chris Engel · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:25 a.m.

Each year the IU men's soccer team invites some of the best teams college soccer has to offer to Bloomington for the Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic. This year's field lives up to the Classic's reputation with three ranked teams taking the pitch this weekend at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Former Illiniweks express dismay

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Paul · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:09 a.m.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Former University of Illinois students who portrayed Chief Illiniwek are concerned about a new report of the tradition's imminent demise and may pull out of discussions about the Chief's future if it already is a "foregone conclusion," a former Chief said Thursday.

Illinois mulls steriod testing for high schools

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:08 a.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- Chicago Heights Bloom Athletics Director Joe Reda says it's time steroid testing trickles down from big-league and college sports to Illinois high schools, but weeding out cheaters is the least of his worries. "My opinion on cheating or not cheating is that I don't have one. But when kids feel the pressure to alter their bodies at such an impressionable age, it's just not a good situation. It's about health, not competition," said Reda, who heads sports programs at the 3,500-student school.

Team 'hungry' for success

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:04 a.m.

Sometimes sports can be all about luck. Last year the women's cross country team had what some would call a lack thereof.

Hoosiers to host tourney

By Mike Abrams · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:03 a.m.

Home-court advantage? For the IU women's volleyball team, try new court advantage.

IU focuses on getting better shots, more goals this weekend

By John Wustrow · Friday, Sept. 1,2006 12:02 a.m.

Thirty-eight shots. One goal. That was the story last weekend for the IU women's soccer team, which dropped two matches in the Wisconsin Tournament against the University of California and Creighton University. In preparation for this weekend's games against two Big 12 opponents, the Hoosiers are trying to focus more on the positive aspect of those 38 attempted shots.

IU accounting society to hold fall kick-off

By Ryan McLaughlin · Thursday, Aug. 31,2006 11:44 p.m.

The Student Accounting Society will hold an informal recruiting event from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Briscoe Tennis Courts at the intersection of Jordan Avenue and Fee Lane. The cookout event is the fall kickoff for the SA.g will be held 7 p.m.