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While you were out

By George Lyle IV · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:13 p.m.

The bar culture in Bloomington is a mainstay of the student experience. Every weekend, makeup and fine clothing are applied, collars popped and breathmints taken, and the masses converge on Kirkwood and Walnut Avenues for a night of libations and pick-up lines.

Go 'sea' this worthwhile cartoon

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:10 p.m.

Who sticks to his formula to placate his viewers? Spongebob Squarepants! Absorbent, yellow and comically safe is he! Spongebob Squarepants!

Keep the ball rolling

By George Lyle IV and George Lyle IV and Kris Sanschac · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:09 p.m.

Bowling is one of the oldest sports in existence. Yet even today it thrives and can be played by practically everyone with different skill levels.

At least it's not 'Surviving Christmas'

By Rhett Umphress · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:07 p.m.

"Christmas with the Kranks" is this year's final Christmas release, and it is probably the best of the season. Much like "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," the film uses the idea that during the holiday season, Murphy's Law is in effect. Fortunately, it is able to pull off this idea rather well.

New Cage flick a real 'treasure'

By Laurinda Lee · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:05 p.m.

From the producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean" comes a new movie about -- you guessed it -- buried treasure.

More homoerotic than 'Spartacus'

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 10:02 p.m.

Oliver Stone's overly ambitious and ultimately lacking $150 million take on the life of Alexander the Great has already taken a drubbing via scathing reviews and dismal box office returns.

Beating cabin fever

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 9:59 p.m.

Indiana's winter is arriving and there's no hiding from it. Unless you're a first year student from out of state we all know what this means: boots, huge coats, no more short shorts and tank tops, not wanting to get out bed for that long trek to your 8 a.m. class in Swain West, slippery roads and frostbite.

Kelley MBA students win $10,000

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 6:34 p.m.

When searching for some of the best and brightest graduate students, look no further than IU's Kelley School of Business Masters of Business Administration program.

Hoosier community honors AIDS awareness day

By Hina Alam · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 11:46 a.m.

Daniel O'Neill has seen first-hand the complacency that IU students have toward AIDS in his four years here. "Repeatedly it is couched as a disease that only affects those over in Africa, and sadly, some still deem it to be a gay disease," said the senior and coordinator of World AIDS Week on campus.

MADNESS MEMORIES

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 1:32 a.m.

At 6:30 p.m., March 22, 1984, former IU men's basketball player Dan Dakich got the assignment of a lifetime -- guard Michael Jordan. "I opened up my door in the hotel and threw up right outside my door," Dakich said. "But it was actually because I was sick."

Student spending revealed

By Jessica Levco · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 1:32 a.m.

Makenzi Travis remembers the nights where she would stand outside the Bluebird, waiting for a cab to pick her up and take her back to her home on the north side. "I lived so far away," said Travis, a junior. "I was always calling a cab to take me back."

Win streak ends for Mr. Jeopardy

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 1:32 a.m.

Seventy-four "Jeopardy" wins later, the man who some may proclaim to be the greatest television gameshow contestant to live was sent packing Tuesday night with $2.5 million reasons to be jolly this holiday season.

Ridge gives up position

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 1:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, whose name became synonymous with color-coded terror alerts and tutorials about how to prepare for possible attacks, resigned Tuesday, saying he was confident the United States is significantly safer than before the 2001 terrorist strikes.

Star-studded

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:57 a.m.

History and a homecoming surround tonight's battle of two legendary programs.

Hoosiers look to win 3rd-straight game

By Matt Ostrega · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:50 a.m.

The Hoosier women's basketball squad is coming off a two-win weekend after claiming their home Hampton Inn Classic Tournament Title by defeating Belmont and Central Michigan. IU coach Kathi Bennett is hoping her Hoosiers can continue their winning ways as they travel to Arkansas Wednesday night against yet another tough non-conference foe.

Role players provide spark for Hoosiers

By Brian Janosch · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:44 a.m.

Last season, then-freshman midfielder Josh Tudela waited until just the right moment for the first goal of his college career.

Flag champions finally crowned

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:41 a.m.

With IU's football team failing to reach a bowl game for the 10th consecutive year, the Bloomington football community focused its attention on the Mellencamp Pavilion and the RecSports flag football championship last week. After weather delays and scheduling conflicts, the flag football season crowned five division champions.

Suicide bomber hits U.S. convoy

By Alyson Brodsy and Mariam Fam · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:37 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives next to a U.S. convoy on Baghdad's dangerous airport road Tuesday, and several casualties were seen lying next to a damaged vehicle, witnesses and authorities said. The U.S. military also said its November death toll of at least 135 equaled the highest for any month of the war.

Ukraine's opposition pulls out of compromise talks

By Alyson Brodsy and Vladimir Isachenkov · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:36 a.m.

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's shivering but determined political opposition dug in its heels in Kiev's frigid central square Tuesday, rejecting an offer of the prime minister's job from the declared winner of disputed presidential election and withdrawing from talks aimed at reaching a compromise.

Hoosiers impress against defending champ Oakland

By David Resnik · Wednesday, Dec. 1,2004 12:36 a.m.

While most IU students were at home eating leftover turkey and watching football, the IU ice hockey team was preparing for a holiday weekend series with defending national club champion Oakland University.

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