Longform

Hoosiers pound Purdue in meet

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Monday, May 3,2004 1:53 a.m.

IU finished its final dual meet of the season by trouncing in-state arch rival Purdue 108-76. The Hoosiers put on a dominant display, winning 14 of 18 total events.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 1:52 a.m.

CWPA honors 3 IU All Americans Three water polo players represented IU on the Collegiate Water Polo Associations All American team. The CWPA announced the team Tuesday, and Juniors Krista Peterson, Kandace Waldthaler and Jessica Goldner were all named to the team.

Women's team upset by No. 40 Iowa; Regionals next

By Jeff Fuldauer · Monday, May 3,2004 1:51 a.m.

After notching upset after upset to clinch a share of the Big Ten regular season title, the second seeded IU women's tennis team found themselves on the wrong side of an upset for the first time all year. The No. 21 Hoosiers fell in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten championships to No. 40 and seventh seed Iowa, 4-3.

Hoosiers ousted from Big Ten tournaments

By Dan Click · Monday, May 3,2004 1:50 a.m.

The No. 61 Hoosiers (12-12, 6-6 Big Ten) continued their battle in the Big Ten conference tournament Saturday against No. 35 Minnesota (14-8, 9-2 Big Ten) in East Lansing, Mich. In a match typifying the season for the sixth-seeded IU, the Hoosiers lost to the third seed, Minnesota, 4-3, which could have possibly ended their season. The team will find out Wednesday, whether or not it is selected for the NCAA Tournament.

What does the future hold?

By Alex Hickey · Monday, May 3,2004 1:49 a.m.

What does the future hold? It's a question a lot of us graduating types are asking right now. And it's a tough question to answer when the hardest decision you are used to making each day is "Do I want fries with that?"

Professor studies swimming, aging

By Chris Jesse · Monday, May 3,2004 1:22 a.m.

Sophomore Emily Schmitt reluctantly awakens at 6 a.m., four times a week during water polo season and goes to the Student Recreational Sports Center pool for practice.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 1:16 a.m.

I would like to point out a discrepancy in the story "Independent Candidate Nader Speaks to Full House" published April 26. The article states that outside the Union, student groups supporting candidates Kerry and Bush protested Nader's speech.

Wait. I'm graduating?

By Alyson Brodsy and Jack Silverstein · Monday, May 3,2004 1:02 a.m.

The first thing I learned at IU three and-a-half years ago was it's pronounced "Loo-vle," not "Louie-ville" as I had always assumed. The next thing I learned was it takes a while for them to figure out you're not actually in the Optometry building, which means you can park there for free for a couple of weeks.

A certain sense of Bloomington

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Musgrave · Monday, May 3,2004 12:51 a.m.

SHANGHAI -- I have been in this city of 16 million people for nearly three months now. Already, Bloomington is a memory, and a faintly unbelievable one at that. Can any city really have only 100 thousand people living there? Does the town really have that many ethnic restaurants? Are college students really rich enough to have their own cars, computers and apartments? I exaggerate. Slightly.

Oh gee, let's beat Purdue

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 12:50 a.m.

IU and Purdue came together last week, and in the spirit of that famous school rivalry we know all too well, asked their respective seniors to donate money to their imminent alma mater. Ah, there's nothing like one last attempt to stick it to the other school.

One token making change

By Alyson Brodsy and Melanie Sims · Monday, May 3,2004 12:49 a.m.

Every college admissions brochure has its black person. I'm that black person. OK, not exactly, but I did offer up smiles for the noticeably diverse admissions Web site, which makes me -- as my girl Ronnie has declared -- "officially, a University token." And since I'm Black, Filipino and female, my value's triple-the-average.

Sharon's Likud Party defeats plan for Gaza withdrawal

By Alyson Brodsy and Ravi Nessman · Monday, May 3,2004 12:41 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud Party rejected his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank Sunday, media polls indicated, an embarrassing defeat for the premier.

U.S. oil employees killed

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 12:40 a.m.

YANBU, Saudi Arabia -- American and European families packed their bags Sunday after a deadly attack on foreigners, and traumatized Saudi schoolchildren recounted how the attackers proudly summoned them to watch them drag a victim's body through the streets.

Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 12:25 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two fuel tankers exploded Sunday in a bustling marketplace in western Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people in what appeared to be an accident, the Afghan government said. A provincial official said 32 were killed.

Check out end-of-year opportunities

By Kye Lee · Monday, May 3,2004 12:19 a.m.

Kids! Cinema! Action! Volunteer as an usher or festival assistant for Bloomington's first annual film festival, May 8 and 9. The Buskirk-Chumley Theater will be showcasing national and international works produced by amateurs and professionals. Volunteers are needed to help decorate, take tickets, hand out programs and clean.

Film festival explores the blind

By Jennifer Gunnels · Monday, May 3,2004 12:10 a.m.

As a seeing person with no blind relatives or friends, I don't often think about what my life would be like without sight. But after attending the Accessibility Awareness Film Festival Thursday put on by Bloomington's Council for Community Accessibility, I was forced to consider how differently blind people must go about their lives and yet how similar our lives are in the end.

IU students intern with Stella McCartney

By Mallory Zalkin · Monday, May 3,2004 12:09 a.m.

The main purpose of the internship experience, according to the views of many, is to learn and work in a position relating to the career the intern desires. Though this might be true to some extent, some internship opportunities serve to help students realize they might not be interested in pursuing the designated career. Ashley Sadler, a junior majoring in accounting, and Tiffany Kraft, a junior majoring in finance, are two IU students currently interning in London.

The final night of hip hop

By Benjames Derrick and Benjamin Derrick · Monday, May 3,2004 12:08 a.m.

Thursday night, an audience saw the culmination of the year with the last hip-hop blow out. Hip Hop Congress hosted a MC battle and DJ battle at Vertigo night club. There was a large and interactive crowd bobbing their heads to the music and cheering as each DJ stepped up to show off his vernacular.

His name is Prince, again

By Greg O'Neill · Friday, April 30,2004 12:12 p.m.

Conservatives taking reign? Economic turmoil? Music business scandals? Blam! Prince is relevant again. Like freaking clockwork, the Purple One has descended from his velvet clouds of soft jazz and internet-only releases 2 put together his first industry-released studio album since 1999's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.

The sounds of summer

By John Barnett · Friday, April 30,2004 11:53 a.m.

Unlike in the film world, where summertime is a breeding ground for blockbusters and epics, most musicians wait until off-peak times to release their much-awaited material.