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Bush unveils $2.4 trillion budget

By Alyson Brodsy and Martin Crutsinger · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:32 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent Congress a $2.4 trillion election-year budget Monday featuring big increases for defense and homeland security and a pledge to cut this year's projected record deficit of $521 billion in half by 2009.

Gaza strip to be evacuated

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Weizman · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:32 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his stunned Likud Party Monday he plans to dismantle the Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip, participants in the meeting said.

Bush orders investigation of WMD intelligence failure

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush, reversing field, said Monday he will order an independent investigation into intelligence failures in Iraq and conferred with former chief weapons inspector David Kay. "I want to know all the facts," Bush said.

Interior design students create art

By Jenica Schultz · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:30 p.m.

Inspiration can come from almost anywhere. Students in the interior design program learned their personalities greatly affected their designs when recently completing projects for a statewide competition. The contest was put on by the International Interior Design Association. Seniors participating in the interior design project created 26 chairs as part of a class required for their major. It is mandatory for seniors in Cynthia Landis' senior studio H476 Interior Design VI to enter the annual competition.

Business Briefs

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:28 p.m.

WASHINGTON - America's economy cooled from its red-hot pace in the final three months of 2003 but still advanced at a 4 percent annual rate -- strong evidence the recovery was on solid ground heading into the new year.

SwissAir, here I come!

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 11:21 p.m.

Two checked bags. Wow, SwissAir has got to be kidding on this one. I am packing up to live in Europe for six months, and SwissAir thinks I can do it with only two checked bags? Funny.

A Very Brady Ending

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 1:12 a.m.

HOUSTON -- Houston, we have a champion. And once again, the New England Patriots have Adam Vinatieri's foot to thank for a Super Bowl victory. Vinatieri gave New England its second NFL championship in three seasons with a 41-yard field goal with four seconds left for a thrilling 32-29 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday night. Vinatieri earlier missed a field goal and had another one blocked. But as he did in 2002 when he kicked the winning field goal to beat St. Louis on the final play of the Super Bowl, he proved he is perhaps the NFL's best clutch kicker.

Chandler, Curry still developing for Bulls

By Alyson Brodsy and Nancy Armour · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 1 a.m.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls gambled big three summers ago, entrusting the future of the franchise to a couple of teenagers just out of high school. Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry were raw and inexperienced, but they were also 7 feet tall and incredibly talented. Give them time to develop and the two could be the best big men in the East -- and the cornerstone of a new Bulls dynasty.

Grand times for Federer in Australia

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 1 a.m.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Roger Federer skipped the sobbing this time. He is, after all, getting familiar with the honor: Grand Slam tournament champion. Playing shrewd and confident tennis that has left him at No. 1, Federer won the Australian Open 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2 Sunday against a weary and frustrated Marat Safin.

IU drops third game in a row

By Dan Patrick · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:59 a.m.

With 1:05 left on the clock and IU down 69-57, junior Jenny DeMuth has already labored for 39 minutes and is on the free throw line. She sinks both free throws and goes on to score seven points in the final minute of the game. But DeMuth's efforts weren't enough, as IU fell to Ohio State 71-65. The loss drops IU to 3-5 in the Big Ten and 10-10 overall, while OSU improves to 4-4 in conference action and 12-7 overall. The first 15 minutes of the contest was back-and-forth, with neither team gaining more than a four-point lead.

Hoosiers defeat Ferris State, drops one to the Spartans

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:58 a.m.

Needing wins down the stretch, the IU club hockey team went on the road with hopes of knocking off two division opponents. But a relentless offensive attack by Michigan State gave IU all they could handle, as the Hoosiers dropped one to MSU before defeating Ferris State 8-4.

Local Muslim community celebrates traditional festival

By Obaid Khawaja · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:57 a.m.

While some IU students spent their Sunday morning sleeping in, hundreds of Bloomington Muslims congregated at the Islamic Center of Bloomington to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the 'Festival of Sacrifice.'

Center drops 32 on weak IU inside defense

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:57 a.m.

With 3:22 left in the second half Saturday, the Michigan State students in the "Izzone" started to chat, "You can't stop him." They were talking about MSU sophomore Paul Davis, and they were right.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:57 a.m.

Elway, Sanders elected into Hall of Fame HOUSTON -- The stirring comeback and spectacular escape were unnecessary this time around. John Elway and Barry Sanders were elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame without a sweat. As expected, two of the NFL's most dominating and exciting players made it in Saturday on their first attempt. Elway, the king of the comeback, and Sanders, the master of escape, cemented their status among the all-time greats and were joined by Bob Brown and Carl Eller.

Trustees approve Cronin for SLIS dean

By Brian Janosch · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:57 a.m.

The board of trustees approved Blaise Cronin as the new dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences Friday. This decision comes exactly one year after Cronin originally stepped down from the dean's position. Cronin served as SLIS dean for 12 years and brought the program national recognition during his tenure. Last January, he decided to take a year-long sabbatical but remained a member of the faculty. "I don't think it's unusual for deans to take leave of absences," trustee Patrick Shoulders said in a previous Indiana Daily Student article.

5-game winning streak ends for IU

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:56 a.m.

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Losing for the first time Saturday since its 34 point loss at Wisconsin Jan. 6, the IU men's basketball team fell to second place in the Big Ten after its 84-72 loss to Michigan State. "Michigan State is really good," IU coach Mike Davis said. "I told the guys that before the game."

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:56 a.m.

Powers highlights Missouri meet The men's track team turned in a number of solid performances Friday night at the Tiger Classic in Columbia, Mo. The men's highlight came in the form of junior All-American Chris Powers, whose 8:13.46 season debut in the 3,000-meters garnered him a victory and a Hearnes Fieldhouse record. Sophomore Stephen Haas finished third by one-tenth of a second in 8:23.34. In the mile, junior Charlie Koeppen finished sixth in 4:22.

Columbia memory lingers as NASA evaluates manned missions

By Rami Chami · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:55 a.m.

On the first anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, NASA is fraught with questions about what happened one year ago and about the future of its manned space missions. A memorial for the crew of the space shuttle will be dedicated today at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington D.C., by NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The memorial will be unveiled next to the monument for the crew of the Challenger space shuttle.

Another frustrating loss

By Alex Hickey · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:55 a.m.

At halftime of Saturday's "Turn Back the Clock" game, I had a pretty good feeling that this would end up being one of those games they would be showing highlights of on say, the 50th Anniversary of ESPN. Alas, after another prolonged IU scoring drought, we know that will not be the case, unless it is to show us the game where Paul Davis emerged as a beast among men.

Legend or fact?

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Monday, Feb. 2,2004 12:55 a.m.

Have you heard the IU urban myth about the fish and the virgin? No? Legend has it that should a virgin ever graduate from IU, a fish from the Showalter Fountain will swim away.