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By Rick Newkirk · Friday, March 26,2004 12:54 a.m.

If hot dogs, apple pie and camouflage-clad soldiers mean vintage Americana, the second annual "Support Our Troops Day" held Thursday on Dunn Meadow was as American as Old Glory.

Accident injures 2

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Friday, March 26,2004 12:54 a.m.

An IU graduate student was briefly hospitalized Thursday after she was struck by a motorcyclist on Seventh Street between Union and Jordan avenues. IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger said pedestrian Donna Queen was hit by a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle operated by junior Terry Stewart as Queen attempted to cross the two-lane road.

RIAA suits still not received

By Rick Newkirk · Friday, March 26,2004 12:54 a.m.

With impending litigation threatening to send a stern message to IU file-sharers, the legitimacy of the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuits has come under question.

Former Pi Kapps allowed to ride

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, March 26,2004 12:54 a.m.

After four long months of meetings and anticipation, the IU Student Foundation Appeals Board unanimously decided Wednesday evening to allow the former Pi Kappa Phi cycling team to ride in the Little 500 as deactivated members on an independent team.

IU centralizing Web services

By Matt Mattucci · Friday, March 26,2004 12:54 a.m.

Checking grades, paying the bursar bill and registering for classes are just a few of the tasks IU students are able to do on the Internet. Soon, even more conveniences will become accessible through the Web.

Hoosiers start conference action

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, March 26,2004 12:49 a.m.

After two tough spring break road losses to close out the pre-conference season, coach Lin Loring's Hoosiers round out the last two games of a four-match road stretch with their Big Ten season openers against Wisconsin and Northwestern.

Hoosiers look to even things up with Badgers

By Dan Click · Friday, March 26,2004 12:48 a.m.

After a non-conference season which concluded with a 6-6 record, including losing four matches by the score 4-3, the No. 72 Hoosiers (6-7, 0-1) resume Big Ten play against Wisconsin (5-6, 0-1) tomorrow at noon at the IU Tennis Center or the IU Outdoor Tennis courts depending on the weather.

Team travels to Stanford and Florida

By Steve Slivka · Friday, March 26,2004 12:47 a.m.

The change in seasons on the calender marks the change in venues for the IU women's track and field team as it opens up its 2004 outdoor season this weekend with athletes traveling to California and Florida.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 26,2004 12:46 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The future of Gene Keady as Purdue head men's basketball coach came into doubt Thursday, with reports pointing to a new job at San Francisco.

No. 12 Hoosiers look to return to winning ways

By Matt Ostrega · Friday, March 26,2004 12:45 a.m.

The No. 12 IU water polo team is coming off a pair of tough losses to No. 2 Stanford and No. 6 Hawaii, its first two-game losing streak of the season. IU dropped to 10-6 for the season, but it will look to put the losses behind it and get back on track this weekend as the Hoosiers travel to Grove City and Slippery Rock, Penn.

IU runs west, south for the weekend

By Rob DeWitte and Rob eWitte · Friday, March 26,2004 12:44 a.m.

The IU men's track team plans to split the weekend between Stanford, Calif. and Gainesville, Fla. The team's distance runners will head to Stanford, perennially a prime spot given that its weather is typically conducive for fast distance races. The bulk of the team will travel to Gainesville to compete at the Florida Relays, a solid meet in all other events.

Mission: keep bats hot for tourney

By Brian Janosch · Friday, March 26,2004 12:43 a.m.

The Hoosier softball team is preparing to host the Hoosier Invitational this weekend, welcoming Western Kentucky, St. Louis and Notre Dame. The team enters the tournament on a three-game winning streak, scoring 22 runs in the process.

Junior Peters named Big Ten Golfer of the Week

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Friday, March 26,2004 12:41 a.m.

Showing the depth and talent of the IU men's golf lineup, junior Heath Peters became the second Hoosier golfer in three weeks to be named Big Ten Golfer of the Week.

UN official discusses India in lecture

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, March 26,2004 12:40 a.m.

Sophomore Samprati Kenny Lalwani attended the lecture by Shashi Tharoor, the United Nations under-secretary general for communications and public information, to get a book signed for his father but left with new-found pride in his Indian heritage.

Be careful what you wish for

By Alex Hickey · Friday, March 26,2004 12:40 a.m.

So you wanted to see Mike Davis take a long walk off a short pier. It didn't look like there was any chance of that happening, so you rubbed your genie lamp with a little extra fervor. And then "voila!," out popped a genie, and he bore a strange resemblance to Charles Barkley. Wait, it was Sir Charles, who looks rather genie-like already. And he was quoted in the Birmingham News as saying Auburn would be the right fit for Davis.

UConn closes door on Vandy

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 26,2004 12:36 a.m.

PHOENIX -- Connecticut hit from outside, pounded the ball inside and just plain dominated Vanderbilt most of the night. Now the Huskies are a win from becoming the Final Four team they were expected to be.

Hot-hitting Hoosiers face Wright State

By Alex Witteveld · Friday, March 26,2004 12:35 a.m.

After a dominating performance this week, which included two victories by a combined total of 42 runs, the Hoosiers (13-7) will take on Wright State in a three-game series this weekend. IU beat Indiana Wesleyan 13-5 Tuesday and easily took care of Chicago State Wednesday, 29-5. Those two wins extended the Hoosiers' winning streak to five games, dating back to their spring break trip.

Collins debuts first fashion show

By Jaime Cohen and Jaimie Cohen · Friday, March 26,2004 12:29 a.m.

The first annual Coquette Fashion show sponsored by Collins Living Learning Center, the Union Board and People magazine kicks off at 8 p.m. tonight in Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union. The show is the first campus fashion show that allows non-design majors a chance to display their design skills.

'Laramie Project' opens with threat of anti-gay protestors

By Jenica Schultz · Friday, March 26,2004 12:27 a.m.

The IU Department of Theatre and Drama's production of "The Laramie Project," a docudrama, has been reproduced throughout the nation since its New York premiere in 2000. The play was originally produced by members of the Tectonic Theater Project and captured the attention of Pastor Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., an anti-gay group that has picketed many of the performance locations. Phelps and his group recently announced they will be picketing IU's production of "The Laramie Project" April 1 through 3.

Friends remember econ professor

By Erika Biga Lee · Thursday, March 25,2004 11:41 p.m.

Elmus Wicker was a new faculty member in the economics department -- he's now a professor emeritus -- when professor Arthur Schweitzer asked him, like he asked all new faculty members, if he played ping-pong.