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Police prepare for hectic weekend

By Colin Kearns · Friday, May 9,2003 1:31 a.m.

Commencement weekend at IU brings together the high spirits of graduates with a temporary invasion of students' friends and relatives.

Lugar to address seniors

By Christina Galoozis · Friday, May 9,2003 1:31 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Richard "Dick" Lugar will deliver his first IU commencement speech to the Class of 2003 Saturday after years of the University asking the senator to address outgoing seniors.

Moving-out blues

By Jenny Davis · Friday, May 9,2003 1:31 a.m.

Aaron Goldsmith looks tired. This week, the culmination of an entire semester's worth of learning came crashing down on the sophomore's head, compounded by the details that only the end of the academic year brings.

Graduate star Jenny Mann looks to the future

By Chad Bohm · Friday, May 9,2003 1:30 a.m.

Sitting with her legs crossed at Starbucks and her blonde hair pulled back in a bun, senior Jenny Mann, who is graduating from IU and leaving the women's soccer team, blows the steam away from her coffee.

No. 9 Hoosiers look to bring home NCAA title

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 9,2003 1:29 a.m.

The No. 9 water polo team will compete in their first NCAA Championship this weekend at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, Calif. The Hoosiers' first game is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday against No. 1 seed -- and last year's national champion -- Stanford Cardinal. The Hoosiers played the Cardinal earlier this year at the Stanford Invitational, losing 15-3.

IUPD Blotter

Friday, May 9,2003 1:23 a.m.

The IU Police Department reported the following activity: May 2 • An employee reported the theft of three laptop computers from Graduate Business School, Room #0011E. Estimated loss is $4,000.

Security a big factor in college selection

By Steve Giegerich · Friday, May 9,2003 1:21 a.m.

Academics, cost, lifestyle. And this spring, as parents and high school seniors have considered which college to choose, another factor has been gaining more attention -- crime on campus.

South swamped by rain

By Bill Poovey · Friday, May 9,2003 1:10 a.m.

Some of the heaviest rainfall in more than a century swamped parts of the South with flooding Thursday, forcing hundreds of people to flee homes and businesses in Georgia and Tennessee. Some 300 people left West Point, Ga., 75 miles southwest of Atlanta, as the Chattahoochee River rose toward its highest level since at least 1961, fed by several days of rain from pounding thunderstorms.

Victim's husband testifies

By Tim Talley · Friday, May 9,2003 1:08 a.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The husband of a nurse killed in the Oklahoma City bombing testified Thursday as part of the prosecution's effort to send conspirator Terry Nichols to trial on 160 state murder charges.

NATO expands, adds 7 nations

By Ken Guggenheim · Friday, May 9,2003 1:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate unanimously endorsed the addition of seven former communist nations to NATO on Thursday in what would be the largest expansion of the alliance formed as a bulwark against Soviet military power.

Bush builds postwar support

By Jennifer Loven · Friday, May 9,2003 1:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A day before kicking off another U.N. battle over Iraq, President Bush tried to build support Thursday for his postwar goals, filling the White House with leaders of countries allied behind the U.S.-led military campaign.

Bush budget director may run for governor

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Friday, May 9,2003 12:39 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- It was no big surprise, but Mitch Daniels' decision to leave Washington as President Bush's budget director still made a big splash in Indiana.

Low turnout for primary elections

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 9,2003 12:39 a.m.

Indiana communities reported record low or near-record low voter turnout for the primary election, which featured few high-profile races and plenty of uncontested ones.

Large cat may have attacked car

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, May 9,2003 12:38 a.m.

FAIRLAND, Ind. -- A large cat mauled a car early this week belonging to a Shelby County woman, flattening its front tires and chewing off part of the bumper, authorities said.

Bush to campaign in Indiana

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Davies · Friday, May 9,2003 12:37 a.m.

President Bush is expected to promote his tax-cut plan during a speech at the Indiana State Fairgrounds coliseum on Tuesday.

'TIME' had bad timing

By Amy Orringer · Friday, May 9,2003 12:31 a.m.

Throughout my four years in Bloomington, IU has been propelled into the national spotlight many, many times.

The 'Metamorphosis'

By Katherine Helmke and Kathryn Helmke · Friday, May 9,2003 12:30 a.m.

When I started college, I knew graduation day would eventually come, but I could not imagine it actually happening. My sister, who is four years older than me, had just graduated.

Around The Arts

Friday, May 9,2003 12:30 a.m.

LONDON -- Police have arrested four people on suspicion of stealing two copies of the eagerly awaited new Harry Potter novel that were found dumped in a field in eastern England.

Sitting here thinking

By Bennet Haeberle and Bennett Haeberle · Friday, May 9,2003 12:29 a.m.

"To the moon to study dust," will be my response to the next person who asks me where I'm going after graduation. My plans for post-graduation life currently remain steadfast within a plethora of attainable possibilities.

Rocker Townshend cleared of possessing child porn

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Lawless · Friday, May 9,2003 12:28 a.m.

LONDON -- Rock guitarist Pete Townshend, co-founder of The Who, was cleared Wednesday of possessing pornographic images of children but still was placed on a national register of sex offenders. That registration was part of a formal police caution Townshend received for accessing a Web site containing images of child abuse.

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