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Colleges get more strange donations

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:43 a.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Quirky donations. It's hard to find a college that hasn't gotten at least one. At University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill there's the gift of 26,000 comic books. Appalachian State University had bestowed upon it, years ago, a chair that former President Nixon once sat in. And Winthrop University in Rock Hill? It would be a tossup between a 5-foot python and more than 200 tuxedos. When you hear what happened to the tuxedos, they win.

Former CEO returns to IU

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:37 a.m.

IU professor Leslie Lenkowsky, who has served as the chief executive officer for the Corporation for National and Community Service while on a leave of absence, is returning to Bloomington. Lenkowsky, who was appointed to the position by three U.S. presidents, is a professor of public affairs and philanthropic studies in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Center on Philanthropy.

SPEA offers D.C. internships on the Hill

By Lori Geller · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:34 a.m.

IU students are taking to Capitol Hill as part of the Washington Leadership Program sponsored by the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The program, now in its 18th year, offers 30 juniors and seniors a full-time internship in the nation's capital and the opportunity to live in Falls Church, Va., for an entire semester.

Birth control may lower sex drive

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:33 a.m.

While the media has focused on the controversy of easier access to birth control pills, not many have paid attention to the possible sexual side effects of this contraceptive, until now. IU's Kinsey Institute and the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care of Indianapolis are in the midst of a study investigating the correlation between oral contraceptives and sexual dysfunction in women.

Two meets in two days for IU

By Colin Burns · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:19 a.m.

A busy weekend awaits the Hoosier wrestling team as they host a meet Saturday afternoon and go on the road to Indianapolis Sunday. The grapplers will face off against Duke, Eastern Michigan, and Missouri Valley in Bloomington with matches starting at 11 a.m.

Lady runners take on Michigan

By Steve Slivka · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:18 a.m.

The IU women's track and field team begins the 2004 season with high expectations this weekend as the Hoosiers take on Michigan. After losing 13 runners to graduation, the Hoosier's season began to look slow, but the appointment of Randy Heisler as the director of track and field in August and Heisler's signing of three in-state sprinters in December have brought the program back up to speed.

Hoosiers start season off against Notre Dame

By Dan Click · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:17 a.m.

After starting the season traveling throughout the Midwest playing in fall tournaments, the No. 51 Hoosiers will begin the regular season by facing the No. 49 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at noon, Saturday at the IU Tennis Center. The Hoosiers will look to continue their success against the Irish, as last year they traveled up to South Bend and defeated Notre Dame, 4-3.

Home never seemed so good for IU

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:16 a.m.

The women's basketball team gets the privilege of returning home this weekend for a match-up with Northwestern on Sunday. Assembly Hall has been a stranger to the Hoosiers in recent weeks. IU has played just one home game since Dec. 22, a 60-39 rout of Wisconsin on Jan. 8. In that same frame, the Hoosiers have trekked to four different schools, including last night's contest at Iowa. Needless to say, the team is eager to return.

N'wstrn Wildcats no pushover

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:15 a.m.

Most IU fans were probably more than a little relieved to see the Big Ten home schedule open with Northwestern at Assembly Hall. It's easy to think a home date with the Wildcats means certain victory, as it has every year since 1969. That's before there even was an Assembly Hall.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:14 a.m.

Colts fans line up for free posters INDIANAPOLIS -- Hundreds of Indianapolis Colts fans lined up at Circle Centre Mall on Thursday to pick up free posters being handed out by the football team. Colts cheerleaders were also on hand to autograph the posters, which featured a photo of quarterback Peyton Manning in action.

Title game to be a battle of giants

By Alyson Brodsy and Dave Goldberg · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:12 a.m.

FOXBORO, Mass. -- Here's how the Colts and Patriots stack up for Sunday's AFC Championship game. WHEN THE COLTS HAVE THE BALL This is the matchup likely to decide the game. Peyton Manning (18), the NFL's co-MVP this season, has been near-perfect in playoff wins over Denver and Kansas City, posting a 156.9 passer rating. He has eight touchdown passes with no interceptions and has spread the ball around to Reggie Wayne (87) and Brandon Stokley (83), as well as to his favorite target, Marvin Harrison (88). Edgerrin James (32) has averaged 101.5 yards on the ground as Indianapolis has scored 79 points. But the Colts haven't faced a defense like New England's, which allowed just one touchdown in its final six home games. The Patriots often have most of their front seven stand near the line of scrimmage to disguise the defense.

In-state rival visits IU

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, Jan. 16,2004 12:10 a.m.

After a grueling road trip against the Division I Arizona Icecats, the IU Hockey team returns to the ice this weekend with two games against in-state and conference rival Purdue. Despite losing one game and tying another, the Hoosiers outplayed Arizona in front of more than 3,000 fans, who were treated to a closer contest than most expected. Offensive play from freshman forward Richard Young and sophomore forward Reed Schafer put the pressure on the Icecats, while freshman goalie Sam Veith tallied an impressive 33 and 38 saves in Friday and Saturday's games, respectively.

Jackson draws media circus

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:26 p.m.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- The world press descended in full force Thursday on the normally quiet Santa Maria Valley, setting up mini TV studios with satellite dishes to beam news around the globe when pop star Michael Jackson is arraigned on child molestation charges.

This means war

By Patrice Worthy and Patricia Worthy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:26 p.m.

For some reason, fashion seems to bring out the dark side in people. A person can be a designer making beaucoup money, a model that looks perfect 24 hours a day or a consumer that has the right outfit and will carry the "no one can touch me" attitude. Fashion people are notorious for being high browed, snooty and nasty people. During my short time in the fashion industry, I have come across a lot of people.

Life is a Cabaret at the BPP

By Liv Cole · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:24 p.m.

Life is a cabaret. This is a phrase that many are familiar with, hailing from the musical with the same title. This weekend, audiences can watch a new cabaret, "Candy & Friends," at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. The show is produced by Candace Decker who performs several times throughout the year at the BPP in various cabarets.

It's all Java to me

By Scott Gorsky and Scott J. Gorsky · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:08 p.m.

When I registered for spring semester classes my junior year, I thought it would be a good idea to take a computer programming course. My older sister told me on several occasions she would have majored in computer science if she could do it all over again. I thought she knew what she was talking about. If taking an introductory computer programming class doesn't sound wholly unreasonable to you, please take a moment to look at my byline where it tells you what my majors are. Go ahead, I'll wait. That's right -- English and history.

The five-month summer

By Cameron Thibos · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:06 p.m.

In a world monopolized by economic woes, national security and sex scandals, education is usually a topic that gets swept under the rug. However, with the democratic primaries just around the corner, education has managed to grab some of the spotlight.

Initiative to vaccinate 250 million children by 2005

By Alyson Brodsy and Naomi Koppel · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:05 p.m.

GENEVA -- Health ministers from six countries where polio is still endemic announced plans at the World Health Organization Thursday to immunize 250 million children during 2004 and wipe out the final reservoirs of the disease.

In defense of the bullies

By Jonathan Blanks · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:04 p.m.

A bi-partisan alliance in the Indiana State Senate is proposing legislation to curb bullying and violence in Indiana public schools. The front page article in Monday's Herald-Times outlined the bill which "creates a statutory definition of bullying, sets up an outreach and training program for educators, issues guidelines that call for schools to include a ban on bullying in their policies and requires schools to have 'safe school committees' as a part of their school improvement efforts."

Playing for keeps

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 15,2004 11:03 p.m.

College athletics have forever been the last line of amateurism in sports. It's the last chance for athletes to play for pride and bragging rights. It's a time when the name across their chests means more than the name on the back of their jerseys.