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IUAA makes alumni feel welcome for Homecoming

By Brandon Morley and Brandon S Morley · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:25 a.m.

The IU Alumni Association will sponsor several events as part of IU's Homecoming festivities this weekend including today's annual Homecoming Parade, pre-game party and a brunch for alumni on Saturday. Each Saturday beginning two hours before any home football game, an indoor party called a "Big Red Warm-up" is held at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center located on 17th Street across from Assembly Hall. The warm-up is sponsored by the IU Student Alumni Association.

From drop-out to dorm room

Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:24 a.m.

Indiana, bless your heart for not giving up. A legislative proposal called P-16 Plan for Improving Student Achievement is up in the air in Indiana. It's a massive education reform that plans to link early childhood learning to one's high school career. One of its marketable tenets: It raises the minimum age at which a child can drop out of high school from 16 to 18.

Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:23 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- Mayor John F. Street tried to get his re-election campaign back on track Thursday after FBI bugging devices were discovered in his office, insisting that he has done nothing wrong and that prosecutors have assured him he is not the target of the investigation.

Israeli special forces enter camp

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:20 a.m.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- A large Israeli armed force rolled into the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border early today on a mission to destroy tunnels used for smuggling arms, witnesses and military sources said. Witnesses said a large number of tanks and other armored vehicles entered Rafah from two directions. They were joined by special forces, including engineering units with dogs trained to uncover tunnels.

Suicide car bombing kills 10, wounds scores

By Alyson Brodsy and Hamza Hendawi · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:19 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide car bomber crashed a white Oldsmobile into a police station in Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim enclave Thursday, killing himself, nine others and wounding as many as 45. Earlier, gunmen -- one dressed as a Shiite cleric -- shot and killed a Spanish military attache.

Basic tools might repair space shuttles

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Recer · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 1:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Repairing the space shuttle heat shield in orbit may be simpler than NASA once thought, requiring one of the most basic of home repair items -- a foam paint brush. NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said that engineers studying ways for spacewalking astronauts to fix a hole in the panels that protect the space shuttle from re-entry heat have found that an ordinary foam paint brush could be used to spread a special compound while the craft is in orbit.

IU alum talks of NASA work

By Lauren Schaefer · Friday, Oct. 10,2003 12:38 a.m.

During the Cold War, science and technology were revolutionized, leading to such creations as weapons of mass destruction and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics program -- later to be known as NASA. Such progression required the skills and expertise of scientists, historians and politicians. Greats such as Werner Von Braun and Robbert Goddard gathered in the United States to transform the way the world looked at science. One such man, Joseph N. Tatarewicz, stood in Room 140 of the Student Building Tuesday before his lecture, fumbling with one of the great products of this technological age -- a projector.

2 killed in plane crash southwest of Bloomington

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Adrian Sainz · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 12:48 p.m.

A small ultralight aircraft crashed in southwest Lawrence County this morning. The aircraft was found around 7:46 am behind a rural house off of State Road 54 near the Crane area, said Master Trooper Jackie Taylor of Indiana State Police.

Nappy Roots rocks the countryside

By Natalie A. Trout and Natalie Trout · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 12:38 p.m.

The weather was chilly, but the music and performers were so hot that steam literally rose from their heads. Sponsored by Kilroy's Sports, Chicago's very own 17th Floor and Kentucky's Nappy Roots gave a concert at Pic-a-chic Farms that Clutch from Nappy Roots said was real "nappy."

Jefferson named Athlete of the Week

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:52 a.m.

IU cross country runner sophomore Sean Jefferson was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week Wednesday for his effort in the Murray Keating Invitational. Jefferson was the first Hoosier to cross the finish line and fifth overall in an elite field which included No. 1 ranked Stanford.

Senior 'Brews' success on and off court

By Matt Glenesk · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:51 a.m.

Since IU senior middle blocker Melissa Brewer has been dissecting opponents for four years on the court, it is only fitting that after her volleyball career concludes she'll be doing much of the same in medical school. But just because Brewer is hanging up her knee pads at the end of this season doesn't mean the Bloomington native's career has not been filled with consistently solid play.

Former players produce in MLS

By Zack Eldridge · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:50 a.m.

Every player who has played men's soccer at IU for four years has competed in at least one College Cup, a statement that no other program can make.

Boston beans Yankees 5-2 in first game of ALCS

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronald Blum · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:50 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The Boston Red Sox won their first skirmish with the Evil Empire, putting aside curses and fatigue to burst ahead in the AL championship series.

Cubs avenge Game 1 loss; Red Sox steal opener

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:49 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Once the ball flew off Sammy Sosa's bat and soared toward the juniper bushes in dead center field, there was no telling how far it might go.

Pitching is key in playoffs

By Colin Nowling · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:48 a.m.

The old adage in football and even basketball is that offense wins games, but defense wins championships. Over recent years, this axiom has held fairly true. Sure, you do have to score points to beat your opponent, but most often it is the team which can put the clamps on its opponent that ends up victorious.

Dedication and hard work crucial for runners

By Alex Witteveld · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:47 a.m.

The average college student starts his Sunday in the afternoon, waking up late in the day recovering from the previous night. For a member of the IU cross country team, this time is spent recovering from something different.

Trash-talking corner backs his words

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:47 a.m.

Line up across from Leonard Bryant on a Saturday game day and you'd better be prepared to get an earful. For the sophomore cornerback, trash-talking is as natural a part of football as tackling. "I always come up to 'em," Bryant said, "and first thing I say is 'Hey man, why aren't you looking at me. You scared? What are you, tired? You tired? I'm telling you, I'm going to make a play. It's going to be on ESPN -- Dee da dee, dee da dee (ESPN theme).' I'm from Florida. I'm from the same area as Deion (Sanders), Jevon (Kearse) and Edgerrin (James). That's just how we do it down South."

Famed conductor to come to IU

By Kye Lee · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:45 a.m.

Sergiu Comissiona, a world-renowned conductor, will lead an IU School of Music orchestra at 8 p.m. Sunday at the Musical Arts Center. Thomas Wieligman, coordinator of instrumental ensembles at the Music School, said that very few schools in the country can call on someone like Comissiona, who has worked with some of the best orchestras in numerous countries.

Creative writing students share poetry, fiction works

By Jennifer Jackson · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:44 a.m.

Going to a fiction and poetry reading can help students escape the reality of the daily grind, and IU's creative writing program offers exactly that. The program fills the need with its year-long series of readings by visiting lecturers and students in the Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. Tonight marks the first of the readings.

Shriver balances news role, political work

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Thursday, Oct. 9,2003 1:44 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Maria Shriver will huddle soon with NBC News executives to decide how her job as a correspondent will change now that she's about to become California's first lady.