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Nothing's sacred for Mo Rocca

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, May 1,2003 1:35 a.m.

Everything was fair game Wednesday night in Alumni Hall and the result, by all accounts, was hilarious. Mo Rocca, a senior correspondent and comic for "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," shared his views on everything from the war in Iraq to reality television to life on "The Daily Show," entertaining a near capacity crowd of students.

Knight lawyer hopeful for settlement

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, May 1,2003 1:31 a.m.

The attorney for former men's basketball coach Bob Knight said he is optimistic a new president at IU will lead to a settlement in the coach's nearly three-year-old lawsuit against the University. "I am hoping we will be able to settle," said Denver-based attorney Russell Yates. "Especially with Myles Brand gone, I feel we will be able to work things out." Knight is currently in legal battles with IU after he claimed he lost more than $2 million in media and shoe contracts, camps and endorsements following his firing after he violated IU's zero-tolerance policy.

Rumsfeld tours heart of Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Kelley · Thursday, May 1,2003 1:30 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In the heart of Iraq's capital, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld walked through the massive doorway of one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces to tape a reassuring message to the Iraqi people.

Protester scales crane downtown

By Ryan Lengerich · Thursday, May 1,2003 1:30 a.m.

Around sunrise Saturday, an IU student with more than three years climbing experience prepared for an unconventional ascension -- up a 150-ft. crane in downtown Bloomington.

10 years later, tennis world recalls Seles stabbing

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:53 a.m.

Women's tennis changed dramatically 10 years ago, altered forever in the middle of an otherwise ordinary match by a man with a knife.

Caught in the April coach shuffle

By Kevin A Switaj · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:52 a.m.

Every year March Madness fades away and gives way to April Madness. March Madness is about which team is the best on the court. April Madness is about teams trying to get deep into the next year's March Madness.

Predicting the winners is not always easy

By Colin Nowling · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:49 a.m.

As the semester comes to a close and we all prepare to pack up and head for home, it seems appropriate to discuss and make predictions for the summer of sports ahead.

A View From The Outside

By Pedro Pontual · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:49 a.m.

As the semester approaches its end, I look back in retrospect at my first year at IU. The first thought that crosses my mind regards the idea that one can actually put life "on hold" while pursuing some specific goals or plans -- going to grad school, traveling abroad or working on a temporary job to save some money.

Why I'm great

By Michael Tapscott · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:47 a.m.

Both Voltaire and Kris Kristofferson decried the "best of all possible worlds," claiming that it could never exist. They're pessimists, and I never believed the president woke up, rubbed his feet together and thought about how he could destroy some people's lives. The best of all possible worlds does exist, and it lies somewhere between blissful ignorance and inspired critical thought.

Math, music make me merry

By Jason Gaddis · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:47 a.m.

I have this general impression that people think I'm weird, strange or just plain out there. All the journalism majors think I'm nuts for being a mathematics major, and the math majors can't figure out what I'm doing in the journalism school. I spend all my time between Ernie Pyle Hall and Swain East and West. My life, for the past year, has been consumed by words and numbers. What amazes me is that more people don't readily see the correlation between the two.

2 plead guilty in bingo scam

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:40 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A college professor and a retired accountant pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony charges in a scam that skimmed more than $3.5 million in profits from bingo parlors.

O'Bannon denies clemency

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Coyne · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:40 a.m.

Gov. Frank O'Bannon denied clemency Wednesday for Kevin Hough, who is scheduled to be executed early Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City for killing two Fort Wayne men in 1985.

Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:39 a.m.

GENEVA -- In a play on the deck of cards distributed to U.S. troops in Iraq, anti-nuclear campaigners from Greenpeace on Wednesday issued their own most-wanted list -- with President Bush replacing Saddam Hussein as the ace of spades.

Abortion law in place

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:39 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Attorneys for Indiana abortion providers plan to appeal a judge's decision not to extend a court order that blocks a state law requiring women to receive in-person counseling before an abortion.

Bush signs new Amber Alert legislation

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- News of missing children will speed to the public over radio, TV and electronic highway signs in more states under the Amber Alert legislation, signed Wednesday by President Bush.

Big savings with a smile

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, May 1,2003 12:34 a.m.

Marion County Judge Gary Miller last Tuesday said 113,000 current and former Wal-Mart employees in Indiana can move forward with a class-action lawsuit that claims the $218 billion company neglected to pay them for working off-the-clock.

Album promises mix of folk, goth and techno

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, May 1,2003 12 a.m.

Xiu Xiu takes on the American pastime of going over the top, being so immediately commercial and recognizable that the emotions expressed are undeniable. It's new album plays in this aesthetic, but with a grain of salt. Though the songs rush up from quiet, folky strumming beginnings to the unadulterated crescendos of techno beats and gizmo flailings, they all include a deconstructive element of what Lester Bangs once called "horrible noise."

Hey, at least they're not Dogstar

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, May 1,2003 12 a.m.

Boomkat, comprised of brother-sister duo Kellin and Taryn Manning, has made a debut album that's equal parts tricky trip-hop and overproduced pop pap. Boomkatalog One is entertaining when left to its own devices, but also grating with overly shimmery pop sensibilities that'd make Pink blush.

Creative Concoctions

By Melanie Hayes · Thursday, May 1,2003 12 a.m.

David Wilkerson tosses a can of pineapple juice behind his back and catches it above his shoulder with his other hand. He pours it into a plastic cup, adds half a shot of coconut rum and melon liqueur, and splashes it with grenadine.

Barely worth 50 cents

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, May 1,2003 12 a.m.

After viewing 50 Cent's "The New Breed," one can come to the conclusion that rappers are just as egotistical, sexual and violent as they've always been. While the DVD does offer two of 50's hottest videos, "In Da Club" and "Wanksta," the rest of the DVD is just an open forum for 50 and his crew, the G-Unit, to say whatever they want.