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IU women's tennis team strong in home invitational

By Lauren Savitskas · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:43 a.m.

The IU women’s tennis team concluded play for the fall with its second home tournament this year Sunday. The Indiana Invitational brought DePaul, Western Michigan and Wisconsin to the IU Tennis Center to showcase their skills. IU coach Lin Loring said his team had been working on movement during the past two weeks, which seemed to pay off in the results of the tournament. The first day of competition started Friday with singles matches against Wisconsin. IU senior Sigrid Fischer had the most exciting match of the tournament when she faced Angela Chupa of Wisconsin. Fischer lost the first set 4-6, won the second 6-2 and won the tiebreaker 13-11.

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Nothing but a one-half wonder

By Dave Leno · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:41 a.m.

Thirty minutes of hard-nosed, gut-wrenching football simply doesn’t cut it. Not against a non-conference opponent, not against a Big Ten enemy and certainly not on the FBS stage. Since Michigan State’s week four shellacking of the Hoosiers, IU coach Bill Lynch has often repeated the Hoosiers “need to play two halves of football.” Fast-forward six weeks to Wisconsin’s 55-20 manhandling and Lynch’s order remains MIA. “(After halftime) it was such a turn of events,” safety Brandon Mosley said following his team’s fifth conference loss, this one on senior day. “We’ve made a lot of mental mistakes. And as you can tell, mental mistakes can cost you the game.”

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IU volleyball team suffers costly loss to Michigan State

By Ari Shifron · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:40 a.m.

What appeared to be a winnable match in the IU volleyball team’s quest to make the NCAA Tournament turned out to be anything but Saturday. On paper, Michigan State appeared to be one of the easier matches the Hoosiers had left, as the Spartans came in with a 4-9 Big Ten record and losers of seven of their last eight games. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, came in as winners of four out of their five previous matches, putting themselves back into postseason contention.

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No. 23 IU men's soccer upsets No. 8 Northwestern

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:39 a.m.

Like Jordan and  Pippen, Montana and Rice, sophomore forward/midfielder Andy Adlard and freshman forward Will Bruin make a good couple. Bruin’s header off Adlard’s corner kick in the 26th minute gave IU a 1-0 lead in Friday’s match. Together the duo has scored 10 out of the 26 total team goals for the season. They have also notched a combined total of five game-winning goals.   Later in the game, Adlard notched another assist when senior midfielder John Mellencamp put the ball near the right post after Adlard’s miss in the 38th minute for a 2-0 advantage.

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Transition game will be key this year

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:37 a.m.

For Hoosier nation, Friday night was something akin to a baby’s first flu shot – scary, but in the end, really not that bad. Oh, there was dread. For weeks, there hung over Assembly Hall like a Big Ten championship banner lingering questions: “Can these Hoosiers even beat Anderson? Are they really that bad?” No.

IU sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell lies face down on the field after being injuried during IU's 55-20 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Chappell did not return to the game after the play.

Hoosiers bowl hopes blown away by Wisconsin

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:35 a.m.

Ben Chappell saw daylight and sprinted toward the end zone. Preparing to slide at the Wisconsin 4-yard line, he hoped to put IU in position to take a 27-21 halftime lead. For a brief moment, it seemed as if the collective fan base thought maybe, just maybe, this Hoosier team could pull out a win and keep its bowl hopes alive. Only Wisconsin defensive back Jay Valai popped Chappell near the neck, sending the sophomore quarterback out of the game, the ball tumbling into the Badgers’ possession and effectively starting the rout that resulted in a 55-20 Wisconsin win. “We lost our players,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. “I think the turning point of the game was it’s 21-20, we recover a fumble and our quarterback, who’s playing awfully well, runs the ball, gets hit and loses the ball. We lost our quarterback, we lost the ball.”

IU coach Tom Crean instructs from the sideline during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Saturday at Assembly Hall.

IU wins Crean’s coaching debut

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:33 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team went on an 11-0 run to start the game and never looked back, easily defeating Division III Anderson 103-71 in Tom Crean’s coaching debut. Pacing the Hoosiers were junior guard Devan Dumes and freshman forward Tom Pritchard. Dumes scored 22 points, while Pritchard added a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. “It’s good to have a game that they played against somebody else,” Crean said. “And now they really feel like the season’s here.” The exhibition game marked not only Crean’s coaching debut, but also the first time the new-look Hoosiers competed against another team. IU overwhelmed the Ravens, scoring 35 points off turnovers while committing just 10 turnovers themselves. For what is likely to be one of the few times this season, IU had a size advantage over Anderson, which resulted in the Hoosiers taking just 11 3-point attempts and outscoring the Ravens 50-28 in the paint. Freshman guard Verdell Jones said part of IU’s game plan was to to exploit Anderson’s lack of size down low. “They were sort of an undersized team compared to us,” Jones said. “I think Tom (Pritchard) and Tijan (Jobe) and Nick (Williams) and those guys did a great job of getting the ball down low and making plays. That was pretty much our game plan.”

Freshman guard Verdell Jones goes in for a layup during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Friday at Assembly Hall. Jones had 18 points in the win.

Crean era off and running in 103-71 win

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:26 a.m.

The differences between last season and this season for IU men’s basketball are endless. But perhaps this became most apparent on Friday night, when the new-look Hoosiers took the floor against an opponent for the first time.     PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

IU coach Bill Lynch calls a play from the sidelines during IU's 55-20 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. A group of students held up a bed sheet with the words "Fire Bill Lynch" painted on it during the loss.

Fans losing faith in Lynch

By Ryan Gregg · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:24 a.m.

IU coach Bill Lynch appeared angered when asked about his team’s morale after losing its seventh game, ending any hope of going to a bowl.“We’re going to keep battling, that’s what that morale is,” Lynch said forcibly.Others who were upset after Saturday’s 55-20 loss to Wisconsin were some of the Hoosiers’ most loyal fans.One of those fans is Brad Snyder, who went to Saturday’s game. A 1987 graduate with multiple degrees, Snyder said he has been following the Hoosiers for about 30 years. Snyder disagreed with Lynch’s belief that the team has been battling.

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Alumni and faculty honored by College of Arts and Sciences

By Nicole Vargas · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 10:31 p.m.

The College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Board hosted its annual recognition banquet in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Alumni Hall to honor the literary achievements of alumni Michael Koryta and Cabot as well as to award the research accomplishments of IU professor Olaf Sporns.

Junior Ashley Carter adds finishing touches to her Harry Potter wand Sunday evening in Collins Brown. Collins is celebrating their third annual Hogwart's Week in celebration of the series.

Students celebrate Hogwarts week

By Brian Welk · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 10:28 p.m.

The third annual Hogwarts Week kicked off Sunday at the Collins Center with a wand-making seminar and a screening of the first Harry Potter film, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”

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ACC discusses arranged marriage opinions

By Sara Ko · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 10:26 p.m.

Twice a month, members of the Asian Culture Center meet to address issues affecting Asian Americans. During a discussion Friday, participants expressed their opinions and stereotypes of arranged marriages.

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Rice, Lavrov seek to ease US-Russia tensions

Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 10:02 p.m.

In what might be one of her last such sessions as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice met with her Russian counterpart in an effort to cool simmering tensions between the two superpowers in the final months of the Bush administration.

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Change: It’s trash

Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 9:22 p.m.

I fear that Kristi Lafree’s being a John McCain supporter might sway readers to believe she is playing bias or complaining because there’s nothing else to do now that McCain has lost. But I’d have to say that, as an Independent, I felt the same way. Sky-blue fliers, stickers and pamphlets. These are all great ways to educate voters on candidates, but that’s not what happened. The students and organizations who were distributing and accepting literature destroyed the campus. Everywhere I walked, “Change We Can Believe In” trash covered streets, sidewalks, classrooms, University buildings and virtually anything you can think of.

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The day I voted

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 9:19 p.m.

Last Tuesday will be recorded in our children’s history books as a day America was changed forever. I will be able to give my own children a firsthand account of Nov. 4, 2008, the way I remember it: The day I voted in a presidential election for the very first time and experienced a sensation where I felt powerful, important and American. They say every vote counts, and they weren’t kidding. Indiana was one stubborn state. Barack Obama had already been announced president-elect, yet Hoosiers still didn’t know which color they should be shaded. It’s a good thing we chose Obama. Indiana looks better in blue.

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Change: It’s trash

Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 9:18 p.m.

I fear that Kristi Lafree’s being a John McCain supporter might sway readers to believe she is playing bias or complaining because there’s nothing else to do now that McCain has lost. But I’d have to say that, as an Independent, I felt the same way. Sky-blue fliers, stickers and pamphlets. These are all great ways to educate voters on candidates, but that’s not what happened. The students and organizations who were distributing and accepting literature destroyed the campus. Everywhere I walked, “Change We Can Believe In” trash covered streets, sidewalks, classrooms, University buildings and virtually anything you can think of.

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