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Coach Heisler urges team to step up and compete with more intensity

By Steve Slivka · Friday, May 7,2004 12:43 a.m.

The IU women's track and field team is coming off what coach Randy Heisler called an "unacceptable" performance against Purdue in the schools' annual dual-meet last weekend as the Hoosiers look to turn things around in Friday's Billy Hayes Invitational.

Billy Hayes Invitational attracts top talent

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, May 7,2004 12:42 a.m.

The men's track team will host its final track meet of the year Friday evening at the Robert C. Haugh track complex. The meet is named for Earle C. "Billy" Hayes, who served as IU's track and cross country coach from 1925 to 1943. The meet will boast abput 800 athletes competing within just a few hours.

Hoosier hysteria just overhyped?

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Friday, May 7,2004 12:41 a.m.

I actually used to hate IU basketball. I despised coach Knight, laughed at the team's bikini shorts and basically just loathed the "Hoosier" style of basketball. I was like everyone else outside of Bloomington; a Hoosier hater. And then I arrived in Bloomington. Before I had a chance to open a book, I was running down Fee Lane chanting slurs in protest of coach Knight's firing.

Moving out induces mixed emotions

By Cecelia Wolford · Friday, May 7,2004 12:38 a.m.

Beginning at spring break time, a nasty little thought enters students' minds -- move out. For freshmen in the dorms that means goodbye and some good riddance to people and things. Freshman Trisha Johnson, who will move out today, is concerned about getting herself up and down the stairs.

Graduating college students exchange books for military combat

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 7,2004 12:35 a.m.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- Months after Andrew Vincent walks off the stage this May, proudly clutching a University of California diploma, he expects to go into combat. The 22-year-old says he's ready to fight for his country.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 7,2004 12:33 a.m.

Musical Arts Center closes for asbestos abatement The Musical Arts Center has been closed temporarily for abatement of asbestos in the ceiling of the lobby of the facility.

The final goodbye

By Alex Hickey · Friday, May 7,2004 12:31 a.m.

I'm not very good with farewells. I have a tendency to get all teary-eyed and at a loss for words, and I become very touchy-feely with persons who don't necessarily care to be touched or felt.

Student response spurs arrest

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, May 7,2004 12:30 a.m.

The IU Police Department arrested an assault suspect hours after the incident, thanks to the work of two students who witnessed it, chased down the assailant and wrote down his license plate number. "The couple of witnesses that interceded were instrumental in getting this individual arrested," IUPD Sergeant Don Schmuhl said. "Our thanks to them for that."

Around The Region

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 7,2004 12:24 a.m.

Two wounded in fight outside track meet in Fort Wayne

Drug plan aims to help seniors

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Friday, May 7,2004 12:23 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Eligible low-income seniors will receive bigger discounts on individual prescription drug purchases under changes made to the state's HoosierRx program, Gov. Joe Kernan announced Thursday. The changes are designed to dovetail Indiana's program with the new Medicare-approved discount cards, allowing qualified seniors to receive benefits from both programs.

Bank One to cut 300 jobs

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 7,2004 12:23 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Bank One Corp. will cut nearly 300 jobs in Indiana and Ohio as a result of its pending merger with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., a company spokesman said. The cuts include about 185 positions in the Indianapolis area and 120 in Findlay, Ohio, Bank One spokesman Tom Kelly said Wednesday. The bank also will cut another 15 jobs nationwide. Bank One notified employees of the cuts in a memo that said the bank will convert its mortgage-lending operations to the platform used by Chase Home Finance, the nation's fourth-largest mortgage provider.

Rumsfeld comes under fire

By Alyson Brodsy and Sonya Ross · Friday, May 7,2004 12:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C., -- Escalating criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the U.S. military's abuse of Iraqi prisoners raised new questions Thursday as to whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would hold on to his job.

Pakistan leader backs Bush

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Haven · Friday, May 7,2004 12:20 a.m.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- The prime minister of this deeply conservative Islamic nation waded into U.S. politics during an interview with The Associated Press, saying he wishes President Bush well in his re-election bid this November.

Michael Moore's Sept. 11 documentary looking for distributor

By Alyson Brodsy and Christy Lemire · Friday, May 7,2004 12:19 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," which criticizes President Bush's handling of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden's, won't be released through Miramax Films on orders from parent company Disney. Moore believes The Walt Disney Co. is worried the documentary will endanger tax breaks the company receives from Florida, where Bush's brother Jeb is governor.

'Cosa Nostra' reveals Sicilian Mafia

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Friday, May 7,2004 12:18 a.m.

Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia," the exhaustive survey of the Mafia's history in Italy, written by British-based author John Dickie, can be described with one word: fascinating. A non-fiction survey of the history of one of crime's most misunderstood groups, it is an engrossing narrative outlining the rise, fall and rebirth of the Sicilian Mafia. "Cosa Nostra" is also one of the few complete histories of the Italian Mafia that is available in English.

'Patty Red Pants' comes to BPP

By Jenica Schultz · Friday, May 7,2004 12:17 a.m.

Faced with a murder of a young girl in the nearby woods, two women are jolted into a roller coaster-ride trip through their memories of growing up in suburban America in playwright Trista Baldwin's "Patty Red Pants." The play will premiere 8 p.m. Friday in the Bloomington Playwrights Project's Timothy J. Wiles Stage.

Look good in leather

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Friday, May 7,2004 12:14 a.m.

SEVILLE, Spain -- The Spanish, they all look the same. Remarkable, but it's heartwarming to know that Bloomington is truly a diverse campus. "Blasphemy! A naïve statement from a suburban youth who doesn't know what it feels like to stick out." Welcome to the fun house that is America.

Home sweet home

By Jenna Hess · Friday, May 7,2004 12:13 a.m.

Hi, I want to place a delivery order to Colt Street in Pennington." "Sorry, we don't deliver there." "It's only 10 minutes away!" "Sorry, miss." "I'll give you 20 dollars! I want one plain…" "Miss, I'm sorry, but it's out of our delivery range, and --" "Fine! Make it 50 dollars! This is crazy! Now I want one plain…" "Miss, we don't deliver outside five miles, and no amount of money will change that."

Hope is a thing with feathers

By Bonnie Real · Friday, May 7,2004 12:11 a.m.

After 17 years in the formal education system, you'd think I might be hard pressed to identify the most significant influence in my academic career. But filter through the fruit breaks, the multiple choices and the basketball coach who "taught" history, and you too might find that the truth behind life-long learning can be answered with an honest response to the following question: Is there ever a more fruitful period in life than the stage you spend with "Sesame Street?"

More caps and gowns?

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 7,2004 12:10 a.m.

Thousands of high school seniors will march toward their graduation and get their hands on a diploma this spring. But as they either begin that intimidating search for something in the real world or pack up for college, it's important to remember there will be untold thousands of students across America also who won't be graduating. On Tuesday, in a discussion of education in New Mexico, Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry vowed that if he's elected president, he will push for one million more students to graduate high school within five years.