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Students invited to 'Miss a Meal'

Next week, IU students will have the opportunity to donate meal points to charity through the "Miss a Meal" program. But it might not be as much as they think.

Kroger agrees on contract

FORT WAYNE -- Kroger Co. and the union that represents more than 2,000 of its workers in Fort Wayne, South Bend and Decatur, Ill., have reached tentative contract agreements.

Hoosiers can't miss in blowout victory

It was the same offense IU had run all season. A carbon copy, Mike Davis said. Just this time around, Tom Coverdale couldn't miss. Dane Fife couldn't either.

Suicide attacks prompt Israeli tank offensive

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli troops backed by armor intensified an offensive across the West Bank on Monday, pounding a Ramallah building with anti-aircraft guns, briefly pushing into the biblical town of Bethlehem and sending the deafening echo of tank shells through Palestinian streets.

ATMs: Access allowed

Thanks to the efforts of IU Student Association, Bank One ATMs will soon be installed at limited locations around campus. IUSA treasurer Emily Kolles said bringing Bank One ATMs back to campus has been a project IUSA has been working on since April, the beginning of their term.

Tree sit misguided

Tracy "Dolphin" McNeely is planning to sit in a tree on Bloomington's west side until a developer planning to build affordable apartments on the land stops the project. Although this effort is noble, the actions it involves are misguided.

Kirkwood debate goes over time

The stress of democracy began to take its toll about 1 a.m. Thursday. After debating an ordinance outlining the plans for the future of West Kirkwood Avenue for more than five hours, an exhausted Bloomington City Council gave preliminary approval to the plan, which is aimed at stimulating development in an eight-block section between Adams and Rogers streets.

Green Day remains trapped inside punk cage

Punk can be a very limited music form. Very few punk bands are able to expand their sound and style very far. Those punk groups that do manage to transcend the genre end up creating a whole now identity for themselves. The Clash, for example, evolved from a straight-ahead, angry-Brit punk combo into a funky, cutting-edge dance band. And like other punks, the guys of Green Day are really trapped inside a musical straitjacket.

Guitarist plays pop without cliches

IU freshman carries torch in Terre Haute

As a soccer player at Bloomington High School South, Stephanie Rohl's experiences were marked by injuries and hard times. But when she was upset she knew that her friend, IU freshman Sarah Hall would be there to push her to keep going.

Team seeks solid lineup

The men's golf team is almost one month into its season, and only two of its positions are finalized.

Kirkwood wins race

After nearly three weeks of controversy, the IU Student Association election is finally over. Campaigning with the slogan "work hard, play hard," the Kirkwood ticket emerged as the winning ticket. Joe Walterman, Elections Commissioner, said six of the 11 Supreme Court justices have certified the following vote count: 3,184 for Kirkwood, 2,030 for Synergy and 2,000 for Steel.

Jeffries explodes for career high

With 6 minutes, 41 seconds remaining in IU's home opener against Notre Dame Tuesday, Jared Jeffries picked up his fourth foul. IU led by five, and it appeared Jeffries would retreat to the Hoosier bench. He didn't. He knew he wouldn't. And it's a good thing. Jeffries' career-high 28 points, including five during a two-minute stretch, helped IU (5-2) fend off the Fighting Irish (7-1) for a 76-75 victory that jump-started the hearts of an Assembly Hall sellout crowd of 17,456. "I knew coach wasn't going to take me out," Jeffries said. "I know he has confidence in me and how smart I am out on the court." Jeffries was just that, with IU holding a 63-58 edge.

Malevolent Femmes

The movie pairs Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt as a mother-daughter pair who live their lives by bouncing from city to city, seducing and scamming wealthy men out of small fortunes as they go along.

Healing with prayer

On any typical Sunday, Father Dan Atkins of St. Paul's Catholic Center says parishioners file into church minutes before the mass. Chairs are empty and there's a place to park. But for the last six weeks, that's a thing of the past.

Attacks on Carter wrong

Former President Jimmy Carter got ambushed last week. Carter has done nothing but good for the disadvantaged peoples of the world since leaving the presidency in 1981. But he was treated like a political chew toy by those who wished to discredit his trip to Cuba, which advocated freedom for the Cuban people and a lifting of the United States' embargo.

Good luck, Coach DiNardo

Welcome to Bloomington, Gerry DiNardo. We are anxious for you to start turning around a mediocre football team and be a part of bringing IU back to a Big Ten standard of athletic excellence in both football and basketball.

Students react to tragedy.

Sweet 16 match-ups offer suspense

Like a suspenseful movie starring someone other than Steven Seagal, the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament have held just the right amount of intriguing characters, tense moments and captivating plot twists to keep its audience interested. But now, as they say, the plot thickens, as the regional semifinals tipoff Thursday and Friday night.

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Sigma Nu fraternity will honor one brother each year with a chapter award created in memory of former IU President and University chancellor Herman B Wells, a Sigma Nu alumnus.