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A new beginning

They'll walk through the Sample Gates and descend upon Kirkwood one last time. They'll stroll into Nick's English Hut for a celebratory drink with their parents, embraced this time as alumni. They'll take a final splash through Showalter Fountain, fleetingly remembering those fragile first nights in Bloomington, when four years seemed a lifetime away. But tomorrow they'll realize that time is elusive. Those years passed more quickly than they could have imagined.

Hillel sponsors bagel lunch, lecture

Herbert Marks, adjunct associate professor of religious and Jewish studies, outlined the major issues concerning kingship in ancient Israel over a bagel lunch at the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center Wednesday afternoon. Marks explored the historical problems of kingship in ancient Israel, drawing upon the Bible to illustrate his points, although he pointed out that the book may be historically inaccurate.

Campus needs a renaissance

Dear Dr. Brehm, Don't worry about making friends once you get to Bloomington. Just about everyone has something they think you need to know, and I've been given lists of important issues to bring to your attention.

Hoosiers' efforts not quite enough

The women's volleyball team started its Big Ten season this weekend with away games at Penn State Friday and Ohio State Saturday. The Hoosiers could not pull off a win against either team.

Hoosiers hang close but fall to N.C. State

The women's basketball team kept up with its second top 10 foe in a week. But yet again the Hoosiers couldn't manage an upset as IU (1-2) stumbled 50-44 to No. 10 North Carolina State Friday at Assembly Hall. IU failed to score in the final 2:40 minutes after senior center Jill Chapman pulled her team ahead 44-41. She fouled out with 1:41 remaining.

Not the Huxtables: Wayans, Campbell use unorthodox means in 'My Wife and Kids'

Club Sports Update

Women's soccer ends season with win Ultimate frisbee finishes 9th at Illinois

Hoosiers struggle to score, drop two

While searching for their first victory of the year, the IU field hockey team was unsuccessful. They lost to the University of Massachusetts and the University of Michigan in weekend competition. The match against UMass was the Hoosiers' last before opening Big Ten conference play against the Wolverines Sunday.

Uncle Tupelo channels spirit of Byrds and Young

Latest Britney clone disappoints

Add Lindsay Pagano to the list of young, female singers producing albums that try to prove how efficiently they can imitate Britney Spears. Pagano isn't as well-dressed and perky as Mandy Moore or as annoying as Jessica Simpson; in fact she doesn't really try anything with her image or music to even minutely distinguish herself from her fellow clones. This is unfortunate because it proves yet again that record execs haven't realized that dressing up a teenage girl in slinky outfits and giving her obsessively perky songs to sing isn't going to sell millions of copies the way it did for Britney.

How to be aware of scams

OK, so I have blonde hair and I may appear gullible, but when it comes to money, I'm no fool. I recently spent six hours at a car dealership wheeling and dealing for a beautiful gold Toyota Camry. If you feel like a good laugh, go to your nearest dealership and act interested in a car. They'll treat you like a king and offer to take you out to Malibu Grill if they think you're good for profit.

A look back

Simpson files suit against NASCAR

Bill Simpson, former head of Simpson Performance Products, Inc. and resident of Avon, Ind., filed suit against the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing Wednesday.

Grade inflation on the rise

Statistics show that getting a B on your transcript is a little easier than it used to be. According to information from the Office of the Registrar, the grade point averages of IU students have been on the rise during the last 8 years. In 1994, the Bloomington campus had a GPA of 3.03, which has steadily increased since then, reaching 3.11 in the first semester of 2001.

Powerful Debut by "Biggest Band in the World"

Records shattered in Illinois

Last year at the Legends Invitational hosted by IU in Franklin, Ind., the Hoosiers shot a round of 296. That marked the team's best effort of the year, three tournaments into the season. This year, at the Northern Invitational in Champaign, Illinois, on the second day of their first tournament, the Hoosiers matched that low round as they finished in fourth place. "It means a lot that in the first tournament we all of a sudden meet our goal from last year," sophomore Danah Ford said. "Overall, if we got that much better from last year to this year, it means we can get even better." The Hoosiers also set the IU team record for cumulative score in the history of the Northern Tournament with an 898. The Hoosiers' eventual fourth place finish in the tournament is perhaps more indicative of the much-strengthened field of play than anything else.

IUSA launches auction site

Students looking for furniture, tutors or even something to do on a weekend can now go to Iubid.com. IUbid.com., a Web site created by the IU Student Association, was launched April 2. The online auction site enables students to bid on items ranging from a 1996 Ford Mustang Cobra to a 1940s antique lamp.

Plane crashes in Queens, NYC

NEW YORK -- A jetliner en route to the Dominican Republic broke apart minutes after takeoff and crashed in a waterfront neighborhood Monday, engulfing homes in flames and sowing initial fears of a new terrorist atrocity. All 260 people aboard were killed, and at least six others were reported missing on the ground. "All information we have currently is that this is an accident," said Marion Blakey, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board. If there was an explosion on the plane, and many witnesses heard one, it was probably caused by a catastrophic mechanical failure, investigators said. American Airlines Flight 587, a European-made Airbus A300, left Kennedy Airport at 9:14 a.m., 74 minutes late because of security checks put in place after the World Trade Center attack, according to American Airlines chairman Don Carty. It took off into a clear blue sky.

Fiden looks to future

Sarah Fiden splashed onto the scene for IU swimming last year as a freshman. In her first year as a Hoosier, Fiden set three individual school records in the 500-yard freestyle, 1000-yard freestyle and the mile. She was also a part of the Hoosiers school record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team. Fiden also received IU's Freshman of the Year award.

Umphrey's McGee jams for fans

The jam-band market faces some stiff competition. You've got moe and String Cheese Incident. Deadheads and Phish fans abound, and the jazz improv of the likes of Medeski Martin & Wood and Herbie Hancock usually draw the same fan base. Of course, these are all generalizations. So, when I go out to see a group billed as a jam band, I'm expecting two things: • To have a good, danceable time with some laid back kids. • To be surprised with something new.