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Postseason play begins

The IU water polo team begins its postseason play Friday as it competes in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern District Championships. The top five teams in the District advance to the Eastern Championships.

Golfers confident playing top-notch Ohio course

Akron, Ohio, is known as the "Rubber Capital of the World." It is also home of the well-respected Firestone Country Club, host of the FirstEnergy Intercollegiate. IU will play in the 54-hole tourney Saturday and Sunday. The Hoosiers will play in Ohio at a course with a championship pedigree for the second-straight week. Last week, it was the Ohio State Scarlet course, where IU finished in sixth place at the site of the 2002 NCAA Championships.

Among the nation's best: IU in line for top-10 finish in Sears Cup standings

IU is currently eighth in the Sears Directors' Cup standings, according to the latest release. If IU were to finish the 2001-02 sports season at the current ranking, it would be IU's highest finish since the overall collegiate sports award -- which is given to one NAIA school and one from each of the three NCAA divisions -- was introduced eight years ago.

Hoosiers hope to transfer momentum to conference contests

Coming off a 9-0 shutout of IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis Tuesday, the IU softball team returns to the field today as it travels for the weekend to play two games at both Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Spring finale played tonight

Fourteen down, one more to go. The IU football team concludes its spring practice schedule with the Cream and Crimson Scrimmage 7 p.m. Friday at Memorial Stadium after the women's Little 500. The scrimmage marks the 15th and final practice in the spring, and this will be the last time new Head coach Gerry DiNardo and his staff get to look at their inherited team until camp in the summer.

Showdown at Sembower

The IU baseball team faces a big challenge when it plays host to Big Ten front-runner Ohio State in a four-game series this weekend. The second-place Hoosiers (27-8, 8-4 Big Ten) will attempt to overtake the Big Ten lead from the Buckeyes (21-9-1, 9-3), who have three first-team 2001 All-Big Ten honorees in first baseman Nick Swisher, designated hitter Doug Deeds and starting pitcher E.J. Laratta.

'Digital Underground' approved by city council

Bloomington City Council debate ran late Wednesday night because of an approved appropriation ordinance that grants $600,000 to complete a loop of fiber-optic cable underneath the city. The project is part of a program known as the Bloomington Digital Underground, which will provide city agencies with a connection that is faster and higher in capacity than the existing connection that is leased from Ameritech.

Governor gives Fort Wayne special message

FORT WAYNE -- In campaign-style mode Wednesday but without any promises for a rosy tomorrow, Gov. Frank O'Bannon asked Hoosiers to help sell his message to lawmakers: Put election-year politics aside, get back to work and fix the state's pressing financial problems.

State dishes out first fines from law

INDIANAPOLIS -- Nine telemarketers that made unwanted calls to Indiana consumers are being fined a total of nearly $29,000 in the state's first enforcement of a new telephone privacy law.

Labels leave little room

Those were the days. And you knew who you were then. Girls were girls, and men were men." These are the great opening lines to the classic 1970s sitcom "All In The Family," which relied on comedy to address serious stereotypes and discrimination. Using humor was not a new concept then, and it continues today. Margaret Cho, in her lecture April 15 at the IU Auditorium, said laughter can save us, helping to rise above our current situations.

Two sides to a story

Legend Bob Marley said it best in his 1973 hit "Get Up, Stand Up," in the line "…you can fool some people sometimes but you can't fool all the people all the time…" While Marley wasn't talking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, propaganda in America continues to filter our view there. The Palestinian struggle has been missing in mainstream media for decades, resulting in a one-sided view of the conflict.

Human rights for everyone

In a relatively quiet move last month, Gov. Frank O'Bannon signed legislation restricting the use of the death penalty. This legislation, which among other things restricts the death penalty to those over 18, is a step in the right direction. It's time that Indiana joins the rest of the civilized world in completely abolishing the death penalty.

Administration was wrong

Little 500 week has not only been blessed with beautiful spring weather but also with several special events sponsored by greek organizations. Tuesday, more than 2,000 people flocked to the Kappa Sigma fraternity to listen to the sounds of the band O.A.R. The show had no problems maintaining order in a "dry" environment.

Summer releases questioned

LOS ANGELES -- So many summer movies, so many question marks. Is The Rock actor enough to carry "The Scorpion King" without the digitally grafted insect body he wore in "The Mummy Returns"?

Fabolous wasn't so fabulous

Fabolous came, he saw, he drank and he left. And for a crowd of approximately 500 people who waited more than an hour to see him perform, Fabolous only played for 33 minutes (10 of which were spent in a contest to determine which third of the crowd could yell the loudest…sweet).

Anyone for some Candy?

Listen to the buzz around town lately and you will hear local arts lovers and Bloomington Playwrights Project patrons proclaiming "We Want Candy!" Not the savory treat one would find in a candy store, but Candace Decker, the company manager of the Bloomington Playwrights Project. Under her direction, the project has created a new series so popular that it has been able to sell out each of its previous performances. Decker got the idea for her Cabaret Nouveau series through her love of cabaret performance.

'Triple Play 2002' legs it out

'Sled Storm' has speed but no air

'Iris' worthy of its Oscar sucess

Bodily fluids take center stage in 'The Sweetest Thing'