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Wildcats outscore Hoosiers 38-10 in paint

By John Rodgers · Monday, Dec. 13,2004 12:02 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky's version of the 'Empire State Building' and his fellow skycrapers towered over the Hoosier big men in the Wildcats' 73-58 victory Saturday in Freedom Hall.

'CAT'ASTROPHIC

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Monday, Dec. 13,2004 12 a.m.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- For the first 5 minutes and 27 seconds of Saturday's game against Kentucky, IU looked like it had taken the lessons learned from North Carolina, UConn and Notre Dame and was using them to its advantage.

Ukraine prosecutors reopen investigation

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:53 p.m.

VIENNA, Austria -- Ukrainian prosecutors reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors who treated the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin, as Yushchenko returned home Sunday to campaign for this month's presidential run-off vote.

Tech center assists disabled students

By Aliya Levinson · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:48 p.m.

Located on the first floor of the library and bordered by glass windows, the majority of students look straight past it. The Adaptive Technology Center often goes unnoticed by many students. But if they took time to look around, however, they might realize IU has many services that give the University its great reputation.

Some students stay on campus for 'victory lap'

By Kristin Fruehauf · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:47 p.m.

Books, booze and bars are staples in most college students' lives. Students rarely appreciate their freedom until they face graduating and entering the "real world."

Local bars, patrons brace for smoking ban

By Nellie Summerfield · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:41 p.m.

First in restaurants, then on campus and now even in bars ... lighting up a cigarette will be prohibited in all public buildings beginning Jan. 1, 2005.

Competing restaurants don't actually compete after all

By Cameron Thibos · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:39 p.m.

The Esan Thai Restaurant opened to little fanfare last October across the street from the Monroe County Public Library. Two other Thai restaurants, Siam House and Maung Tong Thai, are within the same downtown area. Nonetheless, Esan Thai survived the-make-or break first year, and now business is thriving.

The final judgement

By Felipe Maya · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:34 p.m.

It's the beginning of the end folks. And at this point all I have to say is: Screw finals, and all tests for that matter.

Britney Spears for president

By Joanna Borns · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:33 p.m.

What makes a good president? The exact qualifications might be impossible to pinpoint, but I know of someone who would make the perfect commander in chief.

Vilifying black athletes

By Jonathan Blanks · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:32 p.m.

There has been no indication whatsoever that race played any part of the brawl at the Pacers/Pistons game in Auburn Hills, Mich., last month. Yet, race has permeated the media coverage and commentary -- albeit covertly -- in the weeks since the melee.

Nudity not for necking

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:32 p.m.

While many IU students plan to resume business as usual when they return to campus after the holiday break, students at Bennington College in Vermont are preparing to uphold their right to college life in the nude. Reflecting the feel good attitude and free spirit conditioning of post-modern American ideology, some Bennington students have exploited an informal campus policy since the 1960s which allows them to conduct academic business and to participate in leisure activities while naked -- genitals blowing to-and-fro in the breeze in plain view for all to see.

Traditional country roots

By Brandon S Morley · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:24 p.m.

Just to give you an idea just how much time Willie Nelson spends playing: he's had the same guitar his whole career and, because he never used a pick guard, he flat out wore a hole through it.

'Pompeii' -- an overall explosive read

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:23 p.m.

It's a situation ripe for a Hollywood movie interpretation: rich and powerful people are living in the shadow of an impending disaster, unaware of the danger that is lurking near their homes. British novelist Robert Harris has done the next best thing. He's written a novel that dramatizes the disaster that befell Pompeii in A.D. 79.

Faltering Portugese government quits

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:18 p.m.

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal, already reeling from an alarming economic decline, plunged deeper into crisis Saturday when the conservative government quit a day after the president dissolved Parliament and called an early general election. The chaos in government will translate into months of political paralysis that Portugal, one of the European Union's poorest nations, can ill afford.

Homeland security pick forced to withdraw

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 11:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The White House renewed its search for a homeland security chief Saturday as the candidate President George W. Bush thought ideal apologized for an immigration problem involving a family housekeeper that forced him to withdraw.

IU WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 7:15 p.m.

It took regulation, 2 overtimes and a shootout, but IU won its second straight national championship Sunday. IU won the shootout 3-2 after playing to a 1-1 tie. With under 10 minutes left in regulation, UC-Santa Barbara's Drew McAthy scored a goal to tie IU 1-1 in the national championship game. Sophomore forward Jacob Peterson scored as IU opened a 1-0 lead in the first half. Check back for more updates.

Hoosiers face Santa Barbara for title

By Brian Janosch · Sunday, Dec. 12,2004 5:12 p.m.

CARSON, Calif. - Pure emptiness. That's what shot through Maryland coach Sasho Cirovski when the clock struck 48 seconds in the second overtime of Friday's semifinal match. Pure excitement. That's what overcame sophomore midfielder John Michael Hayden when the clock struck 48 seconds and he witnessed his header tickle the back of the net.

Military working hard to upgrade armor, officials say

By Alyson Brodsy and John J. Lumpkin · Saturday, Dec. 11,2004 12:33 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Military officials said Thursday they were working hard to upgrade the armor on Army vehicles in Iraq, a day after a soldier had pressed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the subject. President Bush said, "The concerns expressed are being addressed."

Canned art

By Tony Sams · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:26 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- With a closely shaven head, a thick goatee, a light blue sports jersey and a full smile, Matt Lawrence chatted and laughed with people beneath a tent set up in front of a large mural, roughly 20 feet tall and 30 feet across, that he and another artist had worked on earlier Saturday.

Trading Places

By Maria Fragnoli · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 1:22 a.m.

Indiana desperately wants Catherine Beechler to stay. The IU senior will graduate this December and is in the process of finding a job after college. Millions of dollars and countless hours of planning by state officials have already gone into convincing Beechler that Indiana will offer the best jobs, wages, and lifestyle.