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Weekend drops IU to 1-5 in Big Ten

By Colin Burns · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:45 a.m.

The IU wrestling team had an unsuccessful weekend, as it went 0-2 in Big Ten action. Friday night, No. 2 Michigan came to University Gym and beat the Hoosiers in a hard-fought match. IU also went down Sunday to in-state rival Purdue. The two losses move IU to 17-7 on the year and 1-5 in Big Ten play.

Foul trouble, Purdue free throws put IU in hole

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:42 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- When IU and Purdue met Jan. 27 in Bloomington, the Boilermakers only got to the foul line twice in the game and missed both. Saturday was a completely different story, as Purdue (16-8, 6-5 Big Ten) made a season-high 24 free throws on its way to a 71-56 win in Mackey Arena.

Injury hurts second big man on team

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:40 a.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- Since Dec. 1, four of IU's big men have had to sit out games, some due to injury and some for academic reasons. For one forward, it meant the rest of the season, for an IU center it was a month, for yet another forward it only meant one game.

Former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani found dead

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:38 a.m.

RIMINI, Italy -- Prosecutors investigating the sudden death of 1998 Tour de France champion Marco Pantani are looking into whether medicine found in his hotel room had a role, officials said Sunday. News reports said an initial examination pointed to cardiac arrest as the cause.

Drexler, Calhoun, Vitale among Hall of Fame finalists

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:35 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Clyde Drexler won an NBA title as a player, Jim Calhoun won an NCAA title as a coach and Dick Vitale won a legion of dedicated fans as a broadcaster.

3 cloned mules displayed

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Recer · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:32 a.m.

SEATTLE -- Three young mules who are the first members of the horse family to be cloned are all healthy, normal and energetically enjoying life, say researchers who put them on display Sunday. Idaho Gem, born May 4, 2003, was the first successful cloning of an equine. He was followed by siblings Utah Pioneer on June 9 and Idaho Star on July 27. The clonings were a project of the Northwest Equine Reproduction Laboratory at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.

St. Valentine's Day massacre

By Alex Hickey · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:30 a.m.

Valentine's Day is better associated with tragedy than happiness. Al Capone's rivals learned that love meant getting pumped full of hot lead from the end of a Tommy gun. Others have found themselves stood up by a date, relegated to do nothing more than drink a bottle (or two) of wine by themselves and eat the rose petals that were meant for an unrequited love. For Red Sox fans, it meant their pathological hatred toward the Yankees increased tenfold as it was revealed the Bronx Bombers would decide to get a second all-star shortstop.

New online statewide registry requires information submissions by sex offenders

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:31 p.m.

MUNCIE -- Many convicted sex offenders remain missing from Indiana's online registry months after its launch as sheriff's departments struggle to find those who have not met the requirement to submit information for the list. When the Indiana Sheriff's Association launched its statewide Web site last summer, every person convicted of crimes, such as rape, child molestation or kidnapping and released from prison within the last 10 years was required to register.

Site aids parents of disabled kids

By Michael Zennie · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:24 p.m.

A new Web site created by the IU-based National Center for Accessibility aims to help the parents of children with disabilities find a suitable camp this summer. The Discover Camp Web site, ncaonline.org/discover/, was devised by the NCA to expand upon a booklet published with much the same information a year ago by the group, said Jennifer Skulski, director of marketing for the NCA.

Iraqis arrest No. 41 on most-wanted list

By Alyson Brodsy and Lee Keath · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:22 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid Sunday on his home in a Baghdad suburb.

SOAP hopes to give to the community

By Mark Carlson · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:22 p.m.

College students love to talk about how poor they are when they are going through school; how they once survived three full days on just a jar of apple sauce.

Subpoena order stirs activists

By Ashley Rhodebeck · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:20 p.m.

Members of the IU community who have discussed politics in student organizations were put on alert last week. According to a story by The Chronicle of Higher Education, four people who attended an anti-war meeting in November at Drake University received subpoenas, which were later dropped, that ordering them to face a federal grand jury.

Students prime for drug testing

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:19 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A 19-year-old woman who committed suicide this month while participating in an Eli Lilly and Co. drug trial was among the hundreds of college students recruited to become human research subjects. Although it is uncertain how many college students offer themselves for the tests, they are exposed on their campuses to notices for the thousands of ongoing research projects via e-mails, Web sites, fliers and word of mouth.

IU graduate one of few left to be buried at Dunn Cemetery

By Vanessa Caruso · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:18 p.m.

Though Dunn Cemetery existed six years before IU's first buildings, its history is narrower than the plot of land where it lies. While the cemetery is located within campus grounds, IU does not own it, nor do many people know much about it.

Saxophone Cartel more than a brass band

By Laura Glesing · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:15 p.m.

The Saxophone Cartel, a local saxophone sextet, will be featured on 'Live from Bloomington,' a CD which hits shelves later this spring. The cartel' s main focus is on creating a unique sound using an array of different instruments. The brainchild of cartel composer Benjamin Himpel, the group came together in 2003 after Himpel found "very good woodwind players with the right mindsets."

Confessions of a metrosexual

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Welfe · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:13 p.m.

Hello. My name is Andy, and I am a metrosexual. Instead of the wide range of people you may see at an AA meeting, Metrosexuals Anonymous is filled with 20 and 30-something men -- all well-dressed. We sit up straight in the chair, and our coats are either tucked neatly underneath our chairs or hung in the closet by the door.

Aides want Dean to quit if unsuccessful in Wisconsin

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Howard Dean's top aides are urging him to abandon the Democratic presidential race if he loses Wisconsin's primary, officials said Sunday.

What kills me about murder

By Lucretia Fernandez · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:09 p.m.

The sentence hit me. "It turned out that the U.S. military lost fewer soldiers to hostile fire in Iraq in 2003 than Philadelphia lost residents to murder" (Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 2).

Attendance deficit disorder

By Tony Sams · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:08 p.m.

I'm not a military person. It's one of those jobs, like a physicist or a ventriloquist, that I could never perform well, no matter how much time I devoted to it. But I do have immense respect for the military -- for its service to our country. I mention this because last week's big story concerned President Bush's military service. The political pressure cooker has been revved up on high: "How did he get there, where did he serve, how often did he report, did he fill obligations?" What everyone is looking for is something, anything, that will account for the many gaps in the President's service in the National Guard.

Call for cell phone vaccines

By Stephanie Morris · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:06 p.m.

I belong to a dwindling minority of students who successfully attend class, organize a work schedule and conduct an active social life ... all without the aid of a cell phone. There are many people (probably reading this while on their phones) who cannot identify with this lifestyle and have probably moved on to another column now. For those of you still reading, this is our chance to address a very serious medical issue -- one that might be affecting the people around you right now.