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Crews make use of summer to work on new buildings

While many students were out of town or fighting Bloomington summer road construction, a few campus construction projects began to materialize into new campus landmarks. While the Theatre/Neal-Marshall Education Center is set to open, the Graduate Executive Education Center has another year until it's completion. In the planning stages are a Multidisciplinary Science Building and a new classroom building near the Arboretum.

Team Major Taylor not disqualified

Team Major Taylor will not be disqualified from the Little 500, an arbitration panel announced yesterday. It was a reconvening of the arbitration panel that ruled unanimously on April 4 to keep the team in the race after new evidence surfaced from USA Cycling suggesting Team Major Taylor captain Joshua Weir was ineligible under Little 500 rules.

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Harsh qualifying conditions no match for Roadrunner team

Saturday morning's cold front made for tough riding conditions in the women's Little 500 qualifications at Bill Armstrong stadium. Some riders described track conditions as the worst they had ever seen. Despite the poor conditions, the Roadrunners, an independent team, took the pole for the 14th running of the women's race with a time of 2 minutes, 52.75 seconds. Last year's pole setters, Delta Zeta qualified second at 2:56.94 and Phi Mu completed the front row at 2:57.37.

Los Angeles police accused of brutality in arrest of 16-year-old boy

As public outrage mounts, various law enforcement agencies have opened investigations into the arrest of a teenager who was videotaped being slammed onto a police car and punched in the face while he was handcuffed.

The end of Operation Anaconda

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan declared Monday that the operation to destroy Taliban and al Qaeda in the eastern mountains was "an unqualified and absolute success" despite claims by Afghan allies that most of the enemy fighters got away.

Arts graduates pursue their dreams

There are not many times in life when such a clearly defined ending point is in front of you. Graduating college is one of those times. Yet for many seniors, graduation marks a time for choosing which door to go through. It is a time to take all the knowledge acquired during undergraduate years and apply them to their new lives. This is especially true for students who are graduating with an arts degree.

Front line play key to 1st-round game

SAN DIEGO -- Kent State is right where they want to be: in San Diego, as the underdog. "We really thrive in this role," guard Trevor Huffman said. "You can't be in a better spot than being the underdog because there's no pressure on you, it's all on the other team. We just go out there and play free." The Hoosiers, seeded No. 4, face Kent State, seeded No. 13, in the first round of the NCAA championships at 8 p.m. today in Cox Arena.

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Hoosiers turn to defense in battle with Buckeyes

The women's basketball team continues to apply the Big Ten's best defense like troublesome super glue. Believe it or not, the Hoosiers (9-11, 3-6 Big Ten) hold opponents to a league-best 63.9 points per game. But in a 75-60 loss to No. 22 Minnesota Sunday, the ever-steadfast pressure vanished in the final four minutes. The Hoosiers relinquished 49 points in the second half after tying the game 26-26 at halftime.

Letters to the editor

RHA article misinforms about organization I am writing in response to Brittany Ausmus' article ("Students seeking change from IUSA," Feb. 18). In the article, misleading comments are made that may give students an incorrect understanding of RHA.

Final 4 Destination

Behind two second-half goals by junior forward Pat Noonan, the men's soccer team beat the No.5 Clemson Tigers 2-0 Sunday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The win put the No.4 Hoosiers (17-3-1) in the College Cup, the Final Four of college soccer, for the fifth straight year. Virginia is the only other school to have ever strung together five consecutive College Cups, achieving the feat through the 1991-1995 seasons.

Clubbin' time

It's college, and you're supposed to meet people. One of the premier ways to achieve this is getting involved in some sort of extracurricular club. But with a campus so big, it is hard not to see some groups getting lost in the shuffle. Therefore, I have decided to help out some of our lesser-known clubs by putting in a blurb for them in this very publication.

Resolutions for a new year

We will not forget 2001. We inaugurated a president who had fewer popular votes than his opponent, and the nation's economy sank into recession for the first time in a decade. Of course, everything seemed to pale in comparison to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. For better or worse, 2002 is shaping up to be quite the unforgettable year as well. The whole nation still seems relatively unified and optimistic, the economic decline seems to have bottomed out, and the Taliban are running or just plain giving up. On the other hand our "War on Terror" continues and may shift focus. Nuclear powers India and Pakistan inch closer to war and Rosie O'Donnell is still on the air.

Guided by Voices rock Bluebird

True to form, college rock revolutionaries Guided by Voices ambled on stage in a drunken stupor Friday night at the Bluebird. However, unlike most artists, their inebriation didn't detract from the show. If anything, it enhanced their set and established camaraderie between them and their hard-drinking fan base.

Back in Bloomington

He did not wear a red sweater or give an inspirational speech. But he didn't need to. Throngs of fans clad in the red of IU and Texas Tech eagerly waited in line at Barnes and Noble, 2813 E. 3rd St., hoping to catch a glimpse of the man known as The General, Bob Knight, upon his return to Bloomington.

'Echoes' sounds out greatest hits

SHOWDOWN for the CROWN

Not many people -- experts, coaches, players -- thought a late-February battle between Ohio State and IU could settle the Big Ten title. A lot of those people -- those who picked Illinois and Iowa to win the conference -- were wrong. But when the dust settles tonight at Assembly Hall, either the No. 19 Buckeyes or the No. 23 Hoosiers will be in sole possession of first place and prime position to claim the Big Ten title.

Military strikes include food drops to Afghan people

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. military strikes Sunday in Afghanistan included airdrops of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies.

New Democrats convene in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS -- A Democratic centrist group concluded a three-day boot camp for local and statewide candidates across the country Tuesday. The Democratic Leadership Council, now chaired by Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, preached a gospel of moderate social policy. More than 650 Democrats -- including about 250 elected officials -- descended on the Westin Hotel in downtown Indianapolis to discuss centrist policy initiatives. The general consensus was that the party will have to reposition itself with the cultural mainstream if it hopes to win another national election. Founded in 1985 by South Bend native Al From, the "New Democrat" council made its mark on the oldest political party in the world by staking out conservative fiscal positions, such as support for free trade. It's now the largest coalition group in both chambers of the U.S. Congress. Several Democratic leaders, such as Bayh and Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman, made the case Monday that liberal views on issues such as gun control and abortion have alienated many voters, particularly white males. Instead of gun control, From said Democrats should talk about "sensible gun safety" and try to assuage widespread fears of an imminent governmental seizure of firearms. But he insisted the party's lackluster performance in the last election goes beyond any one issue -- he said it's a matter of cultural distance from rural and suburban voters.