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4 named honorary academic fellows

By Steven Chung · Friday, April 16,2004 1:57 a.m.

Author Kurt Vonnegut, late photographer Ansel Adams and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger are among the many distinguished recipients of a Guggenheim fellowship in its 80-year history.

IUSA Crimson executives sworn into office

By Michael Zennie · Friday, April 16,2004 1:57 a.m.

Hours after Adam W. Herbert was officially inaugurated as the 17th president of IU, another ceremony welcomed a new president on the Bloomington campus. Senior Tyson Chastain was inaugurated as the new student body president for the IU Student Association Thursday evening in the Oak Room of the Indiana Memorial Union.

IU welcomes Adam W. Herbert

By Rick Newkirk · Friday, April 16,2004 1:57 a.m.

In the lobby of the IU Auditorium Thursday, IU President Adam W. Herbert reflected on his first eight months as president only minutes after his inauguration. Mounds of his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies beckoned, but he only had time for one. Thursday was a day to celebrate, as Herbert became the 17th president to be inaugurated at IU.

Season rolls on, honors roll in for Overton

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Friday, April 16,2004 1:42 a.m.

As the men's golf team continues its stretch of five tournaments in five weekends this Saturday and Sunday at the Kepler Intercollegiate in Columbus, Ohio, its has many advantages going for it. The Hoosiers are coming off a fifth-place finish at the Boilermaker Invitational last weekend, their fourth consecutive top-five finish.

2nd place Hoosiers take on rivals

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, April 16,2004 1:41 a.m.

Coming off its most impressive road performance of the spring season, the IU women's tennis team (13-6, 5-1 Big Ten) looks to round out its four-game road stretch by adding two more tallies to the win column. The Hoosiers go back out on the road to face No. 37 Iowa Saturday before taking on the Golden Gophers of Minnesota Sunday morning.

Split team heads to Nebraska for meet

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, April 16,2004 1:40 a.m.

The men's track team will compete in two different meets this weekend. The bulk of the team will compete at Nebraska in a quadrangular meet, and IU distance runners with a shot at qualifying for the NCAA regional will travel to California to compete in the Mt. SAC Relays -- a traditional gathering place for top-flight distance competition.

IU swinging one more time

By David Paulen · Friday, April 16,2004 1:39 a.m.

The IU women's golf team will travel to the Lady Boilermaker Invitational this weekend as it draws toward the end of the spring season. The tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday at the Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette. Teams will play 36 holes Saturday and the final 18 Sunday. Nine of the 11 Big Ten schools will be participating at the tournament, as only Ohio State and Penn State will not make the trip.

Hoosiers begin quest for conference championship

By Matt Ostrega · Friday, April 16,2004 1:38 a.m.

After wrapping up a solid regular season two weeks ago in the Fluid Four Invitational, the IU women's water polo team is gearing up for another run at the Collegiate Water Polo Association conference championship and a trip back to the NCAA Final Four.

IU hits road in search of first conference victory

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 16,2004 1:37 a.m.

The Hoosiers (23-23, 0-6) have been looking to snap their five-game losing streak for almost a week now. When their game Tuesday against the Evansville Aces was canceled, they had to look ahead to this weekend to get the bad taste out of their mouths. IU starts another Big Ten road trip Friday when it travels to Madison to take on Wisconsin (23-19, 3-5).

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 16,2004 1:36 a.m.

McKinney resigns as Bloomington North coach BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Tom McKinney, who coached Bloomington North to the state's final single-class boys basketball championship, has resigned after 17 years as the Cougars' coach. McKinney's Bloomington North teams went 303-99, including the 1997 state championship and a finish as runner up in the 2000 Class 4A tournament.

IU awaits Golden Gophers, Hawkeyes in home matches

By Dan Click · Friday, April 16,2004 1:34 a.m.

When the No. 56 Hoosiers (10-8, 4-2) hit the courts this weekend, they'll be facing polar opposites, as they'll put their three-match winning streak on the line against Minnesota at noon Saturday and Iowa at noon Sunday.

Hoosiers attempt to find consistency, wins

By Cory Steger · Friday, April 16,2004 1:33 a.m.

With a full week to prepare for Iowa, the Hoosiers have been working hard to overcome their recent struggles in conference play. Since IU (19-12, 3-5) has begun Big Ten action, the team has been plagued by errors and stranding runners on base. This weekend, the Hoosiers will get a chance to redeem themselves when they meet the Iowa Hawkeyes (8-19, 1-7 Big Ten) for a three-game series.

Ready, set, go: 2nd Little Fifty takes off

By Colin Burns · Friday, April 16,2004 1:32 a.m.

When people think of Little 500 week, thoughts of bicycles zooming around a track with spectators cheering pop into minds. The famed race caps off a wild week here at IU. However, a 12.5-mile foot race is what kicks off all the weekend festivities.

Brand portrait unveiled at IMU

By Craig Ginsberg · Friday, April 16,2004 1:27 a.m.

More than 100 attendees, including former IU presidents John Ryan, Tom Ehrlich and Gerald Bepko, as well as several trustees, came to the Indiana Memorial Union Thursday morning to witness the unveiling of the portrait of IU's 16th president, Myles Brand.

Lilly displays IU history

By Brittany Hite · Friday, April 16,2004 1:25 a.m.

Photos, hand-written speeches, letters and other mementoes from past presidential inaugurations are currently on display at the Lilly Library, coinciding with Thursday's inauguration of President Adam W. Herbert.

Low-income students find equal education comes with high price

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 16,2004 1:20 a.m.

Ever since she was in fifth grade, Lyah Holmes has wanted to be a doctor. But as she worked toward her diploma at Milwaukee's Rufus King High School, she began to worry. "I knew I couldn't afford the college tuition," Holmes said.

IMU art holds special value

By Krissy Wynkoop and Kristin Wynkoop · Friday, April 16,2004 1:19 a.m.

Shirley Colavito knows not to take what she sees for granted. If it weren't for the artwork that has greeted her at work everyday for 32 years, she could have been looking at blank walls.

Circle K to hold baby shower

By Jennifer Gunnels · Friday, April 16,2004 1:16 a.m.

The United Presbyterian Church will look like a nursery center Saturday as students and community members are encouraged to "shower" the location with diapers, baby formula, pacifiers, toys and other essential baby items.

Inflatables to take over Alumni Hall

By Matt Mattucci · Friday, April 16,2004 1:15 a.m.

As an alternative to the parties and chaos of Little 500 weekend, the Indiana Memorial Union Board will be giving students the opportunity to relax and expand upon their weekend activities.

'Googling' for research papers made easier

By Cecelia Wolford · Friday, April 16,2004 1:14 a.m.

For college students, researching is about to get a whole lot easier. The popular search engine www.Google.com has announced it will be adding a new feature for result sorting. Alongside 15 other universities, IU-Purdue University Indianapolis will be adding its collections of scholarly papers to the bank.