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By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:57 a.m.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- One of Texas Tech coach Bob Knight's former players at Indiana was named Thursday to be an assistant coach for the Red Raiders. Stew Robinson played for Knight from 1982 to 1986 and was part of the Hoosier team that won the Big 10 Championship in his first year at IU.

IU's Yeagley starts one last season

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:55 a.m.

After 31 years of coaching excellence, Jerry Yeagley will open the season one last time as the Hoosiers start the 2003 schedule by hosting their 21st annual adidas/IU Credit Union Classic this weekend in Bloomington. This weekend's classic features three nationally ranked programs including No. 17 California, Alabama-Birmingham and No. 12 Notre Dame. No. 7 IU will face California Friday night, followed by Saturday night's tilt with the Blazers from Birmingham.

IU on cutting edge with state-of-the-art field surface

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:53 a.m.

IU players still have bad memories of losing to Penn State late last season on a Memorial Stadium turf made more of sand than grass. "The turf got so bad last year, it was basically a beach in the middle of the field," senior safety and captain Joe Gonzalez said. "They were painting the sand green to make it blend in."

A fresh start

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:51 a.m.

The Matt LoVecchio era of IU football is about to officially begin. The junior quarterback who sat out last season after transferring from Notre Dame will make his Hoosier debut Saturday in IU's season opener at Connecticut. And although LoVecchio has been a big-game quarterback before -- leading Notre Dame to a Fiesta Bowl berth as a freshman -- he isn't getting ahead of himself.

Callers told to stay put after first 9/11 attack

By Alyson Brodsy and Sara Kugler · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:39 a.m.

NEW YORK -- After a plane struck the first of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, callers from the top floors of the neighboring tower were told by Port Authority police to remain where they were.

Freshman dorm policy enacted

By Jake Rossman · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:38 a.m.

This year's freshman class must deal with one more rule than those of years past: All first-year students are now required to live in dormitories and other on-campus housing. Chancellor Sharon Brehm suggested the change in policy last year. She presented a proposal to the IU board of trustees, who approved the new policy in September for the incoming class of 2003.

U.S. struggles for cooperation in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Barry Schweid · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:38 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is making little headway in its new efforts to draw other nations into contributing peacekeeping troops to Iraq by having the United Nations endorse the operation.

North Korea plans nuclear test

By Alyson Brodsy and George Gedda · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- North Korea startled a six-nation conference on East Asian security by announcing its intentions to formally declare its possession of nuclear weapons and to carry out a nuclear test, a Bush administration official said Thursday.

Job fairs inform and entertain

By Adam Aasen · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:37 a.m.

Sophomore Meghan Seto walks through the College Mall with her arms weighed down. She's been to almost every store and has spent hours in the mall. Yet, Seto's arms aren't weighed down with shopping bags. She has her hands filled with job applications she has collected in her search for a part-time job.

Remembering the dream

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:36 a.m.

For thousands of students who filled the IU Auditorium Thursday during CultureFest, the world 40 years ago was a lifetime away. But for those who lived during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s era, it wasn't such a distant memory.

Minister sentenced to death in anti-abortion case

By Alyson Brodsy and David Crary · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:36 a.m.

Barring the unlikely possibility of a stay, a Presbyterian minister who gunned down an abortion doctor will next week become the first American executed for anti-abortion violence.

UMich enacts revised 'holistic' admission criteria regarding race

By -Kehla West · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:34 a.m.

The University of Michigan released a new undergraduate admission process Thursday, dropping a point system the U.S. Supreme Court found unconstitutional in June. The university's new policy takes race into account as a part of a 'holistic' application process. New criteria will include a student's intellectual interests, meaningful extracurricular activities and possibly household income.

Festival celebrates diverse cultures on Bloomington campus

By Maura Halpern · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:34 a.m.

Junior Amber Smoot tested her advanced skills using chopsticks as she transferred M&M's from one bowl to another, making it look easy. After completing the task, she left with a free cup and a stash of M&M's. Smoot participated in one of the activities at the Asian Culture Center's table during Thursday's CultureFest, one of the main events of Freshman Welcome Week.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:22 a.m.

I am writing to voice my concern over a title of one of your articles that ran on the front page of Wednesday's edition of the IDS. Normally I am an avid reader and supporter of the IDS, but I was shocked and very concerned when reading the title "African studies chair replaced." (When the article was clearly meant to refer to the department of African American and African Diaspora Studies AAADS).

A 'healthy' value meal?

By Vince Carr and Vincent Carr · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:20 a.m.

Modern American health care is starting to look like an out-of-control keg party. The only problem: the keg is running low and a lot of people are thirsty. While calls for "nationalized" and "affordable" health care captivate many dreamers, a sobering reality exists for the rest of America. Politicians do very little but milk their geriatric constituency; the doctor's office more than ever resembles a McDonald's drive-thru lane and health care big-wigs ignore the fact that America needs more good physicians to relieve the ongoing dearth of qualified doctors.

A writer's Big Apple slice

By Tony Sams · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:19 a.m.

Writers -- and ask almost any of us, we'll confirm this -- like to travel because it gives us an excuse to enjoy ourselves while simultaneously creating something to write about. That's why a few weeks ago, when asked if I'd like to travel to New York City, as a writer, I had two responses: Response 1: Holy [comical series of compound bad words]! I've never been to New York! I'd love to go!

Illness prevents Cash from attending VMAs

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:14 a.m.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Johnny Cash's plans to attend the MTV Video Music Awards were scuttled by his hospitalization for an unspecified stomach ailment. He was in stable condition Thursday.

Getting back the gold

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:14 a.m.

Last week, the sad news reached our humble Bloomington campus: IU had fallen from the No. 1 to the No. 3 party school in the nation. Aside from the strong gust of wind generated by the cumulative sighs of relief emanating from the administrative offices of Franklin Hall, a joint tear was shed by the editorial staff here at the IDS.

'Hack' brought back for second season

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:13 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA -- It's sweltering and he's wearing a buttoned-down shirt and blue jeans, but actor David Morse appears cool as he hops out of his cab and saunters up the steps of a row house on the set of "Hack" in West Philadelphia.

Jazz festival honors legend

By Alyson Brodsy and Jane Charney · Friday, Aug. 29,2003 1:11 a.m.

Brent Wallarab was still in high school when he first heard a live jazz performance. He had been playing in the school's band, but jazz wasn't something the orchestra performed.