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Pope undergoes tracheotomy to aid breathing

By Victor L. Simpson · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 1:23 a.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II underwent a successful operation Thursday night to insert a tube in his throat to relieve his breathing problems, hours after he was rushed back to the hospital for the second time in a month with flu-like symptoms of fever and congestion, the Vatican said.

Scary 2nd half ruins IU's upset attempt

By Dan Click · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 1:22 a.m.

As much as IU has tried to get away from nightmarish halves in conference play, the Hoosiers were haunted again last night in the second half. IU's most recent episode resulted in a 52-35 loss to No. 15 Minnesota Thursday, only hitting three of their 27 shots after the break. The Hoosiers' 35 points stand as the second fewest allowed by Minnesota in their history.

Finish line in sight as Big Tens kick off

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 1:21 a.m.

When an IU track and field athlete looks back at his career, only two indoor meets matter -- the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Championships.

No. 6 IU rides momentum to West Coast

By Steve Brennan · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 1:20 a.m.

The IU water polo team has posted a 4-3 record so far this season, with losses to the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 teams in the nation. Competition will be tough again this weekend as 19 of the top 20 teams in the nation await the Hoosiers in Santa Barbara, Calif., at the Gaucho Invitational. Still, the No. 6 Hoosiers are ready.

30 killed in attacks across Iraq Thursday

By Todd Pitman · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 1:15 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber wearing a police uniform blew up his car at police headquarters in Tikrit, killing at least 15 people in Saddam Hussein's hometown in the bloodiest of several attacks Thursday that claimed 30 lives. Two American soldiers were among the dead.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:51 a.m.

IU hockey team will hold senior game at 9 p.m. tonight IU's club hockey team is finishing its season on a high note. The team ended with a 19-8-2 record and will be heading to Rochester, Mich. with a No. 1 seed in the national tournament this Tuesday. The team will honor its graduating seniors at 9 p.m. tonight at the Frank Southern Ice Arena in Bloomington.

Improving Hoosiers prepare for Tulsa tourney

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:50 a.m.

With tournaments in Las Vegas and Baton Rouge, La. now behind them, the IU women's softball team will travel to Oklahoma this weekend for the Holiday Inn-Select Tulsa Festival. Last weekend after winning their first two games in Louisiana, one of which included pitcher Megan Roark's complete game no-hitter, the Hoosiers lost their next two games against Southern University and a nationally ranked LSU team.

No. 27 Hoosiers to face an 'upsetter' in Western Mich.

By Andy Romey · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:48 a.m.

No. 65 Ohio State, No. 41 Purdue and No. 45 Illinois -- all of these teams have something in common, and it's not that they're all in the Big Ten. Western Michigan's women's tennis team has upset all of them.

IU slips up in Muncie, looks ahead to Vandy

By Eamonn Brennan · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:47 a.m.

This is not how the IU men's tennis team planned on starting the weekend. Two days before its impending home date with No. 17 Vanderbilt, the Hoosiers stumbled in their visit to the Muncie YMCA, falling to No. 72 Ball State, 4-3.

Underclassmen turn to veterans to lead

By Evan Harris · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:45 a.m.

IU's most experienced swimmers and divers hold more than records. They hold the responsibility of mentoring a new crop of talented underclassmen, whose performances this year indicate that the latter may be more impressive than any records they garner.

2 championships in team's radar

By John Fischer · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:44 a.m.

Junior distance runner Jessica Gall may have already qualified for the NCAA Championships, but the rest of the Hoosiers will have to get there a different way. That way will be this weekend's Women's Big Ten Indoor Championships held by Michigan, which will begin 10 a.m. Saturday.

Cooking up some home victories

By Matt Glenesk · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:41 a.m.

It's Friday night, and that means it's time for the weekly dinner at Grandma's. They say there's nothing like a home-cooked meal, but last year, Grandma either misplaced her cookbook or was forced to spend her money on Canadian imports instead of quality ingredients. I hate to say it Granny, but last year your food had me running straight for the can and then off to bed because of exhaustion.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:38 a.m.

The acquisition of Chris Webber didn't stop the 76ers from making another deal. Philadelphia pulled off another trade Thursday as the hours ticked down toward the 3 p.m. EST NBA deadline, acquiring Rodney Rogers and Jamal Mashburn from New Orleans for Glenn Robinson.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:10 a.m.

Kelley School stock analysts demonstrate value For more than 15 years, about 20 second-year students for the IU Kelley School of Business managed a stock portfolio. This year the analysts, who manage the Reese Fund portfolio, saw a 5.9 percent return on their investment.

Purdue climate scientist sees clues to tomorrow in Earth's past

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Callahan · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:08 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Matthew Huber spends hours each week at a Starbucks on Purdue University's campus, hunched over a laptop with a cup of java as he ponders the ancient calamities that repeatedly altered Earth's climate. While students chat nearby, he might run a simulation of the dinosaur-slaying global winter believed to have followed an asteroid impact 65 million years ago.

Indiana sees increase in out-of-state students

By Ryne Shadday · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:07 a.m.

Universities around the country have been facing declining numbers of out-of-state students, but colleges in Indiana have seen no such trend at this point. Jo Ann Brown, the senior associate director of admission at Purdue University, said Indiana seems to have an increasing number of in-state enrollment.

Price of legitimacy

By George Lyle IV · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:06 a.m.

In every election cycle, controversy rears its ugly head. The IU Student Association elections are no exception. This time, however, that ugly head had what appeared to be an innocent face on it.

Students write in election hopes

By Eric Tash · Friday, Feb. 25,2005 12:04 a.m.

Just imagine socialite Paris Hilton as an IU Student Association off-campus representative. The halls of Ballantine would be draped in red carpet, Cristal would flow from HPER water fountains and Rick Salomon would give guest lectures in the telecommunications department about night-vision video editing.

Canada will not join U.S. missile defense

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 11:46 p.m.

TORONTO -- Prime Minister Paul Martin said Thursday that Canada would opt out of the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a move that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please Canadians who fear it could lead to an international arms race.

Bush, Putin agree on need to check nuclear proliferation around world

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 11:46 p.m.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday on new efforts to keep nuclear arms out of dangerous hands, but their sharp differences over Russian backsliding on democracy spilled into an open and sometimes prickly exchange.