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INDOT accused of unnecessarily spending $68M

By Elizabeth Peacock · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:56 a.m.

A report from the state inspector general found that the Indiana Department of Transportation spent $68 million on "change orders," unexpected events that lead INDOT to spend more money than it had planned on projects, in 2004. It has been recommended that INDOT's change order process be revamped, partially because of excessive spending on a road construction project in Ellettsville last year.

2 runners head to national meet

By Ryan Goode · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:48 a.m.

While most IU students are only thinking about Thanksgiving break, two members of the IU women's cross country team have a much different focus. All Jessica Gall and Lindsay Hattendorf can think about is the NCAA Cross Country Championships. When many students are already on their way home, Gall and Hattendorf will be traveling to Terre Haute to race early Monday afternoon.

Hoosiers head to Terre Haute for NCAAs

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:48 a.m.

Monday's NCAA Cross Country Championships mark the end of an era in IU men's cross country. The race, set to begin at noon in Terre Haute, will be the final collegiate cross country race for the athletes who spearheaded IU's return to national prominence. For seniors Sean Jefferson, Stephen Haas, Eric Redman and Charlie Koeppen, toeing the line will bring both a hint of sadness and a rush of exhilaration.

Team snags 16 championship

By Steve Harris · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:47 a.m.

The No. 15 IU women's swimming and diving team played host to an elite contingent of athletes during the IU Open Invitational this weekend at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center. The Hoosiers faced contestants from several universities, including Arkansas, Cincinnati, Hawaii, Louisville, Pittsburgh and Toledo. This year, the IU Invitational was altered to eliminate the naming of a team champion and given "open" status in order for more swimmers and divers to participate in the meet.

IU Invite given 'open' status

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:46 a.m.

The No. 10 IU men's swimming and diving team played host to the IU Invitational this weekend at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, racking up four titles and many individual honors. This is the first season the IU Invitational did not have a team champion because the meet changed into an open format to include more swimmers and divers in the event. Sophomore Todd Patrick led the Hoosiers, earning seven titles overall and climbing into the record books in several categories.

Hoosiers fall to No. 6 Baylor

By Steve Brennan · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:46 a.m.

For 20 minutes, the unranked IU and No. 6-ranked Baylor women's basketball teams appeared to be equals. Unfortunately for the Hoosiers (0-1), they had to play a second half where the defending national champions pulled away for a 74-62 victory Saturday at Assembly Hall. In the first half, the lead changed four times. Sophomore guard Nikki Smith contributed to the lead changes when she hit two key three-pointers to tie or give IU the lead.

Hoosiers fall on road; streak extends to 8

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:45 a.m.

The IU volleyball team extended its losing streak to eight matches this weekend with road losses at the hands of the Illinois Fighting Illini and the No. 18 Purdue Boilermakers. The Hoosiers have lost 15 of their last 16 matches and finish winless on the road in conference play. The pair of losses drops IU's record to 2-16 in Big Ten play this weekend and 9-21 overall with two matches left in the season.

IU squares off against Irish in tourney

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:45 a.m.

The IU men's soccer team enters the NCAA Tournament looking to do something no team has done in championship history of the program: win three national championships in a row. After a first-round bye, the No. 3-seeded Hoosiers begin their quest for a three-peat when they play host to Notre Dame 7 p.m. Tuesday. Because this is an NCAA event, students will be charged $7 for tickets.

Bengals' Chad left hanging

By Alyson Brodsy and Joe Kay · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:44 a.m.

CINCINNATI -- In a game of pinball offense, Peyton Manning showed he's still the greatest wizard of them all. He called the right plays. He made incredible passes. And, ominously, he showed that the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts are just starting to hit their stride.

Hoosiers say goodbye to seniors

By Matt Mattucci · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:43 a.m.

With his surgically-repaired left hand bound in a thick cast, senior linebacker John Pannozzo put on his No. 34 Hoosier uniform and pads for the very last time Saturday. Pannozzo and the other IU seniors hoped that by the end of the day they would raise the Old Oaken Bucket high for more than 50,000 fans in Memorial Stadium to see. Instead, they held their heads high after a season finale loss.

Reeling in reality

By Andrew Shaffer · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:43 a.m.

Do you think the IU football team is tired of losing? Well, I'm tired of writing about them losing. It is optimism one day and reality the next. Every Monday I write about how this week the hopes of Hoosier fans were hampered by a Big Ten opponent. The results are so despairing that I cannot even make a joke about it, which is what I do best.

Colonel 'Killing'

By Andy Romey · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:42 a.m.

Three IU players rewrote their personal history books Friday night after the 99-65 victory over Nicholls State in Assembly Hall. Among the Hoosiers posting career-best performances was senior forward Marco Killingsworth. The Auburn transfer showed the Hoosier faithful what they were missing last season -- posting career highs in points, rebounds, assists and blocks.

Black faculty to urge support for President Herbert

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:41 a.m.

The IU Black Faculty and Staff Council will hold a 12:30 p.m. press conference today to express their support for IU President Adam Herbert then will request the Bloomington faculty vote "no" on the proposed resolution calling on the IU board of trustees to conduct a performance review of Herbert.

TV star hosts opera awards

By Verena Dobnik · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:38 a.m.

NEW YORK - Emotionally, opera is "a direct whammy," "Law & Order" star Sam Waterston said as he prepared to co-host the first Opera News magazine awards. The awards, presented Sunday, went to three Americans - mezzo-sopranos Susan Graham and Dolora Zajick, and conductor James Conlon - plus Spanish tenor Placido Domingo and French soprano Regine Crespin.

'Chicks With Dicks' gone wild

By David A. Nosko · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:38 a.m.

As a college student learning to live and work as a theatrical artist, I am always weary of play reviews. Because, after all, who decides what is good theater? Despite my appreciation for tried-and-true classic theater from the likes of Sophocles and Shakespeare, this reviewer left "Chicks With Dicks," written by Chicago playwright Trista Baldwin and directed by Bloomington Playwrights Project's Artistic Director Richard Perez, speechless.

Catherine the Great's necklace auctioned

By Alyson Brodsy and Bradley S. Klapper · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:37 a.m.

GENEVA - A diamond necklace believed to have been made for Russian Empress Catherine the Great fetched more than $1.5 million at auction, but sold at just below the high-end estimate.

Defense secretary says he was not Woodward's source

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld added his name Nov. 21 to the list of senior Bush administration officials who say they were not the source who told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that administration critic Joseph Wilson's wife worked for the CIA.

Thanks, little giving in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and David A. Nosko · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:35 a.m.

While Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this week by gnawing on turkey legs before eating pumpkin pie, millions of Iraqis continue to suffer from the murderous oppression of, well, just about everybody from our global neighborhood and their militant-idolizing brother.

8 suspected terrorists killed after U.S. raid

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert H. Reid · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:35 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. forces sealed off a house in the northern city of Mosul where eight suspected al-Qaida members died in a gunfight -- some by their own hand to avoid capture. A U.S. official said Sunday that efforts were under way to determine if terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was among the dead.

IUSTV moves to Read Center

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Monday, Nov. 21,2005 11:34 a.m.

IU Student Television is on the move. The student media station will transfer into a newly built, 2,000-square-foot studio in Read Center, where the staff hopes to have all equipment and furniture in by Thanksgiving break. "It's a big step for the organization," said senior Anthony Leong, executive director of IUSTV.