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Hoosiers play host for IU Invitational

By Chris Hopper · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:47 a.m.

This weekend the No. 13 IU women's swimming and diving team will be holding the IU Invitational at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center. This will be the first three-day event for the team and the field will include No. 23 Missouri and Big Ten foes Michigan State and Illinois among other schools.

Hoosiers hope to end bad streak

By Scott Lipsky · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:46 a.m.

With the men's swimming and diving season in full swing, the No. 24 Hoosiers (1-4) are still looking for that killer instinct that was apparently absent during their string of defeats on the road. They dropped four close meets in a row, losing to Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Northwestern.

Team happy to start season

By Colin Burns · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:45 a.m.

IU opens its wrestling season Sunday by competing in the Missouri Open, a national tournament that features some of the best wrestling schools in the nation. The team, which is coming off a 16-9 record last season, returns a healthy dose of tested sophomores and welcomes a large freshman class, creating a young group of wrestlers.

'I know now, because I was there'

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:44 a.m.

ALLAS -- I never knew JFK. I never voted for JFK. I was never one of his constituents. I wasn't even born until 20 years after his death. But the second I stepped foot on the corner of Elm and Houston in downtown Dallas, I knew I was a part of history. The movies and the pictures can show you the story, but actually being there tells the story. As my friends and I made our way through the halls of what is now the Dallas County Administration Building, once known as the Texas School Book Depository, I could start to feel a calm settling over them.

IU faces injury issues as it prepares for opener

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:44 a.m.

On a team with no seniors and just two juniors, injury problems are the last thing a coach wants to see. But that is exactly what IU coach Kathi Bennett is facing heading into her squad's regular season opener against Cornell tomorrow night at 6 p.m. in Assembly Hall.

Basketball season officially begins

By Natalie A. Trout · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:43 a.m.

The 104th season of IU basketball officially kicks off tonight at Assembly Hall with a contest against UNC-Greensboro. Even after two wins in their exhibition campaign, IU coach Mike Davis said they still have a lot to think about. "We just have to figure out who's going to score," Davis said. "I can't sit here and tell you what guys are going to be in double figures, because I don't know."

Destroy the Purdue drum

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:42 a.m.

The advantage of Purdue choking against Ohio State last week is that I can say things like: This week, Kyle "I look like a dirty hippie" Orton and Ben "Wide Left" Jones will try to rebound from gagging away a shot at the Big Ten title.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1:40 a.m.

Green's fiancee pleads innocent WESTLAKE, Ohio -- William Green's fiancee pleaded innocent Thursday to charges she stabbed the Cleveland Browns running back at their home. Green was wounded under his left shoulder blade during a fight Wednesday, police said.

Why a bucket?

By John Rodgers · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 1 a.m.

It's hard to believe that one of the most famous trophies in college football came from a farm in southern Indiana. But that farm, between Kent and Hanover, Ind., is where the Old Oaken Bucket called home before becoming the winner's prize in the IU-Purdue football game. The bucket's inaugural appearance came in the 1925 game, which ended in a 0-0 tie. Purdue's Fritz Ernst and IU's Wiley J. Huddle were given the job of finding the trophy. The pair found what they were looking for at the old Bruner Farm.

Blood drive competition sets new record

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:55 a.m.

It was a long and bloody battle, but in the end Purdue University pulled ahead to win the seventh annual Blood Donor Challenge. This year marked a new record for the blood drive, with Purdue and IU rallying a total 5,021 donations, beating last year's total of 4,678. "When it comes to saving a life, the bottom-line is competition stirs people up for a good cause," said Kellie Cox, director of Alumni Clubs for Purdue.

'Beyond belief'

By Colin Kearns · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:55 a.m.

By the time the news spread, everything stopped. Professors canceled classes. IU and Purdue University postponed the weekend's Old Oaken Bucket match. For the rest of the day, radios and televisions buzzed all over the quiet campus as students with pale faces and trembling nerves gathered and waited to hear any developments in the tragedy.

Jackson booked on latest charges

By Jeff Wilson · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:55 a.m.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Trailed by a phalanx of TV cameras, a handcuffed Michael Jackson was booked on suspicion of child molestation Thursday after arriving by private jet to face charges that could finish off his already declining career and send him to prison for years. The self-styled "King of Pop" immediately posted $3 million bail and waved to reporters and flashed a V-sign before leaving the Santa Barbara County jail in a black Suburban escorted by three sheriff's motorcycle officers.

Gros Louis to be named interim chancellor

By Brian Janosch · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:47 a.m.

Former IU-Bloomington Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis will be named interim chancellor today when IU President Adam Herbert makes his recommendation to the board of trustees. Gros Louis will take over the role Jan. 1 from Chancellor Sharon Brehm, who announced her resignation Oct. 30. IU Trustee Jamie Belanger said the president is expected to make his recommendation today and it will be discussed by the board of trustees at their Dec. 5 meeting.

Hoosier pride on the line as Purdue defends Old Oaken Bucket in final game

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:42 a.m.

The IU football team may be long out of bowl contention at 2-9, but that won't matter this weekend. The Hoosiers play host to No. 16 Purdue with the Old Oaken Bucket and bragging rights on the line.

Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:39 a.m.

Eight dead in flooding from Eastern storms BALTIMORE -- Searchers on Thursday found the body of a third construction worker swept away as storms flooded roads and overflowed creeks across Appalachia and the Eastern Seaboard.

Army seeks answers in 17 military suicides

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:35 a.m.

Rebecca Suell wants answers, and not the ones the U.S. Army is giving her. Why does the Army keep calling the last letter her husband sent to her, the one he mailed from Iraq on June 15, a suicide note? Can taking a bottle of Tylenol really kill you? And how did he get his hands on a bottle of Tylenol in the middle of the desert anyway?

Thousands protest Bush visit in Britain pull down statue of Bush in central London

By Alyson Brodsy and Jane Wardell · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:33 a.m.

LONDON -- Tens of thousands demonstrators marched through the heart of London on Thursday, toppling a 17-foot-tall papier mache statue of President Bush to show their anger for the Iraq war and Prime Minister Tony Blair's support of the invasion.

Truck bombs hit British consulate in worst terrorist blasts in Turkish history

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:32 a.m.

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Trucks packed with explosives blew up at a London-based bank and the British consulate Thursday, killing at least 27 people and wounding nearly 450. Security forces were put on highest alert after the blasts at the high-rise headquarters of the HSBC bank and the British consulate occurred five minutes apart at about 11 a.m.

Suicide bomber strikes U.S.-allied party in Iraq's Kurdish north

By Alyson Brodsy and Mariam Fam · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:31 a.m.

KIRKUK, Iraq -- A suicide truck bomb exploded at the office of a U.S.-allied Kurdish political party in this northern oil center Thursday, killing four bystanders and wounding about 30. It was the second car-bombing in as many days against Iraqis cooperating with the U.S.-led occupation. A pro-U.S. politician was assassinated in the southern city of Basra, his party said Thursday.

Health Center raises funds for ill friend

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Nov. 21,2003 12:27 a.m.

When IU Health Center employee Trent Whitaker heard from his doctor that he was "cancer free as of now," he said he felt overjoyed. His battle with sinus cancer was almost through. Now, he has to go through an MRI to see if he can move on with his life. "It's like I'm in my finals right now," he said. "Hopefully, I'll be able to beat this."