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Racing is a sport

By Colin Nowling · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:27 a.m.

After last weekend's rain-shortened Daytona 500, journalists took advantage of their opportunity to take cheap shots at auto racing and specifically NASCAR for not completing the allotted 200 laps.

Team tuning-up for Big Ten meet

By Steve Hinson · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:26 a.m.

Starting this Saturday, the No. 14 men's track and field team hosts the Hoosier Hills meet as a tune-up for the conference meet, which takes place March 1 and 2 in Champaign, Ill. Teams from across the country will travel to Gladstein Fieldhouse for the meet, which starts at noon. As the team will work to beat the competition, the focus will be on the Big Ten Championship.

Hoosiers try to end losing skid

By Tyler Rainey · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:24 a.m.

The No. 52 IU women's tennis team (5-5 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) looks to rebound from a three game skid when it takes on the No. 12 ranked Tennessee Volunteers (6-2) at 7 a.m. this Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.

IU returns home to Hoosier Hills Open

By Kristen Louderback and Kristin Louderback · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:23 a.m.

IU women's track and field coach Randy Heisler said he is looking for big performances from all of his athletes this Saturday as the team hosts the Hoosier Hills Open.

IU tries for ninth straight win

By Stephanie Sims · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:22 a.m.

The men's tennis team will look to add to a season- opening eight game winning streak this weekend when they travel to Nashville, Tenn., to battle Vanderbilt. The Hoosiers are trying to keep their confidence up before they walk onto the court to play against a team ranked No. 28.

A weekend of ranked rivals

By Charlie Cunningham and Charlie Gillingham · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:21 a.m.

As the regular season winds down, the IU wrestling team will face a weekend of tough competition followed by a 13-day break to prepare for the Big Ten Championships, March 8 and 9 in Madison, Wisc.

Hoosiers have last title shot

By Jesse Laffen · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:20 a.m.

The IU hockey team will get only two games to erase last weekend's Great Midwest Hockey League tournament semifinal loss before it goes to the American Collegiate Hockey Association finals next weekend.

Team to play Florida tourney

By Dan Patrick · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:19 a.m.

Coming off a strong 3-2 tournament, including an 8-3 victory over San Jose State, the Hoosier softball team faces a five game weekend in Tampa, Fla. The South Florida Tournament pits IU against Maryland and Hofstra Friday and then Seton Hall and the hosting South Florida Bulls Saturday.

How young is too young?

By Kevin A Switaj · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:18 a.m.

LeBron James will, most likely, be the first pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. Two other players have an outside shot of meeting David Stern before the Ohio high school phenom: Syracuse forward Carmelo Anthony and Darko Milicic, a seven footer out of Yugoslavia.

IU in first after two days

By Jeff Fuldauer · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:16 a.m.

The IU women's swimming and diving team finished the first day at the Big Ten Swimming and Diving Championships in a fourth place tie, but within eight points of co-leaders Wisconsin and Penn State.

Season opening weekend games canceled by weather

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:14 a.m.

The IU baseball team will have to wait at least another couple days to start their season. The squad had been scheduled to play Morehead State over the weekend in Morehead Ky., but rain, snow and ice canceled the season opener.

Turkey may accept proposal

By Barry Schweid · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 1:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday "there may be some creative things we can do" to gain acceptance of a proposed U.S. aid package meant to pave the way for Turkey to help in a war against Iraq. During a State Department news conference with NATO Secretary Lord Robertson, Powell did not elaborate on those refinements but said he expected to hear from Turkey by day's end. As for the United States, "Our position is firm," Powell said.

Around the Campus

Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:54 a.m.

The Neal-Marshall Education Center will hold its annual Neal-Marshall Lecture in Public Policy at 2 p.m. today in the building's Grand Hall. The topic for the lecture will be this year's legislative agenda for the Indiana Black Caucus.

Road rally formed to give students active role

By Mary DeBrunner · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:53 a.m.

This Saturday the Extreme Road Rally is rolling into town, and it isn't the first time. For three years now an organization run through the School of Public and Environmental Affairs called "Students Taking Active Roles Today" has organized this event as a way to get people, mostly students, to see what volunteer opportunities are available in the local area.

Crimson heads campus lighting concerns

By Jake Rossman · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:52 a.m.

The Crimson ticket, who is running in the upcoming IU Student Association election, said it hopes to improve safety on campus by adding new emergency beacons, fixing existing ones and adding more lights in certain campus locations.

Sigma Nu accused of hazing

By Jess Huffman · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:51 a.m.

Sigma Nu Fraternity is currently under investigation after a reported hazing incident that allegedly put one student in the hospital.

Discussion depicts academic freedom in good light

By Brandon Morley · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:50 a.m.

In keeping with the spirit of the year-long celebration of IU biologist Alfred Kinsey, the American Association of University Professors held a discussion exploring the moral rights, traditions and other issues of academic freedom at IU.

Donation to IUPD helps save lives

By Colin Kearns · Friday, Feb. 21,2003 12:49 a.m.

When the IU Police Department arrived on the scene, Allen Clouthier was a body, nothing more. His heart had stopped. He had no pulse. He was not breathing.

R&B foundation to honor George Clinton

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:54 p.m.

NEW YORK -- When George Clinton started his band decades ago, he hadn't yet come up with the wild costumes or tripped-out funk grooves that define it today.

Recalling a half-century of music

By Anita Snow · Thursday, Feb. 20,2003 11:53 p.m.

HAVANA -- When 85-year-old trombone master Generoso Jimenez learned he was up for a Grammy, he flashed back to a night more than a half-century ago when legendary band leader Benny More shouted a compliment that became the title of his award-nominated album.

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