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Shopping around in B-town

By Vince Carr and Vincent Carr · Monday, Sept. 22,2003 1:35 a.m.

To my dad, coupon clippers are mere amateurs. Coupons are not enough. You have to have a near encyclopedic knowledge of price points, copious member discount cards and the ability to predict big sales. That's the stuff hardcore shoppers are made of.

Camp David daydream

By Paul Musgrave · Monday, Sept. 22,2003 1:27 a.m.

This Thursday and Friday, President Bush will host Russian President Vladimir Putin at the presidential retreat in Camp David. Let's pretend that Bush isn't just trying to get Putin to support a new U.N. resolution on Iraq to ease the burden of the U.S. occupation.

The price of living

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 22,2003 1:14 a.m.

Later this year, it appears that the Bloomington's city council will take another step in progressive government reform by thrusting its fingers into the pies of the Bloomington market by proposing a "living wage" for our fine city.

Lincoln University art moved

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 22,2003 1:13 a.m.

OXFORD, Penn. -- The trustees of Lincoln University voted Saturday to approve a deal with the Barnes Foundation to allow one of the world's most significant private art collections to be moved from a suburban gallery to downtown Philadelphia.

New poet laureate to be named

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Wills · Monday, Sept. 22,2003 1:12 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- The state's next official poet could be a 38-year-old single mother of a son with Down syndrome. Or a nationally known force behind the popularity of poetry slams. Or a soft-spoken minister and Champaign County board member.

U.S. finds no smallpox in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Dafna Linzer · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 5:47 p.m.

Top American scientists assigned to the weapons hunt in Iraq found no evidence Saddam Hussein's regime was making or stockpiling smallpox, The Associated Press has learned from senior military officers involved in the search.

IPFW receives record gift

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:39 a.m.

FORT WAYNE. -- A businessman has donated $3 million to IU-Purdue University's Fort Wayne campus, the largest gift in the school's 40-year history.

Hurricane Isabel pounds N.C.

By Alyson Brodsy and Emery P. Dalesio · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:38 a.m.

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. -- Hurricane Isabel plowed into North Carolina's Outer Banks with 100 mph winds and pushed its way Thursday up the Eastern Seaboard, weakening to a tropical storm by evening but not before swamping roads and knocking out power to more than 2.5 million people.

Kelley School program ranked 12th in the nation

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:36 a.m.

The Wall Street Journal has ranked IU's Kelley School of Business's MBA program 12th in the nation. The ranking, released Wednesday, is part of the publication's annual survey rating business schools across the country. This year's announcement moves the program up from 14th place in 2002 and 23rd in 2001.

Freshman Family Weekend kicks off today

By Jacob Surface · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:32 a.m.

Today is the beginning of IU's annual Freshman Family Weekend, a three-day event in which many academic and athletic facilities across campus will open their doors to the families of IU freshmen.

IU holds martial arts festival

By Christie Mehrlich · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:29 a.m.

Bloomington may seem an unlikely center for Iaido martial art demonstrations, but the city's abundance of Asian culture, including the only Asian Culture Center in the Midwest, attracted a major martial arts event this weekend.

Team kicks off fall season at UM

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:24 a.m.

The men's golf team kicks off its fall season this weekend with the Northern Intercollegiate in Ann Arbor, Mich. hosted by the University of Michigan. The Hoosiers had three weeks to prepare for the two-day, 15-team event, and they are eager to finally get the season under way at the U of M golf course.

Conference play begins this weekend

By Cory Steger · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:23 a.m.

The Hoosiers open the Big Ten play this weekend as they travel to Madison, Wisc., to take on the Badgers Friday night. Then they travel to Minneapolis on Sunday to face the Golden Gophers. After a good week of practice, Coach Mick Lyon said he's excited about beginning Big Ten play this weekend. Sophomore forward Kristen Zmijewski said the team is anticipating two tough games.

Fall debut to show preparation

By David Paulen · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:21 a.m.

The IU women's golf team will travel to East Lansing, Mich., this weekend for their first tournament of the year, the Mary Fossum Invitational. The first and second rounds begin Saturday at the Forest Akers West Golf Club, with the final round concluding on Sunday.

IU seeks third tourney win

By Matt Glenesk · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:20 a.m.

This weekend the IU women's volleyball team will be hosting its second home tournament of the season, the IU Credit Union Invitational. This year marks the third time the Hoosiers (4-4) have hosted the event, and the team is a perfect 6-0 in the tournament's history, capturing the title on both occasions.

Rivalry here. Fans wanted.

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:18 a.m.

It's time for the Kentucky game, and as always, my good friend and somewhat trusted associate Stanley Q. Studmuffin is quite excited. In fact, if you asked him yourself, he might even say that he's "geeked."

Hoosiers can't finish against Notre Dame

By Zack Eldridge · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:17 a.m.

SOUTH BEND -- The word heartbreaking best characterizes the men's soccer team's match at Notre Dame last night. The No. 18 Hoosiers (2-3-2) were outlasted by the Fighting Irish, 1-0 in double-overtime at Alumni Field.

Kentucky senior QB Lorenzen ready to take on Hoosiers for 4th time

By John Rodgers · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:15 a.m.

He's been called the 'Round-Mound of Touchdown.' He's been called 'mobile, agile, hostile and hungry.' He's senior Jared Lorenzen. He weighs 260 pounds. And he's the quarterback of the Kentucky Wildcats who are preparing to face IU this Saturday.

Regional rival Kentucky visits Memorial Stadium Saturday

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:14 a.m.

In his second year at IU, coach Gerry DiNardo has yet to lead the football team to consecutive victories. But that could change when the Hoosiers play host to Kentucky 4 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium after beating Indiana State 33-3 last weekend. A win would secure bragging rights in one of IU's fiercest regional rivalries. "When coach DiNardo came in last year, he wasn't really sure about the rivalry," senior wide receiver Glenn Johnson said. "He didn't really know the meaning of it, but then when he saw how those guys played, he bought into it, and he saw where it was coming from, as far as it being a pretty intense game and you gotta go out and lay it all on the field against Kentucky."

Group discusses GLBT issues

By Brian Janosch · Friday, Sept. 19,2003 2:03 a.m.

The Bloomington chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays kicked off its new year on Wednesday night with a panel made up of four educators and experts on related topics. The panel included Jennifer Bass, the Head of Information Services at the Kinsey Institute; Frankie Presslaff, who runs a program called "Teen Options" at Bloomington Hospital; Kathryn Brown, who moderates panels of educators for the IU Health Center; and Carol McCord, a sexuality and marital therapist and assistant dean for women's affairs.