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Cost-saving report released

A report on the implementation of cost-saving procedures for non-academic administrative services at IU and IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis was released this week. It marks the completion of the second stage of a long-term project to make IU's administrative services more cost-effective.

Madcap comedy offers a few chuckles

Local ads challenge big cities

This college town is an oasis of liberalism in a resoundingly conservative state, a place where tree sit-ins have become as routine as sign-waving protests against Starbucks and other corporate operations. But in a new effort to attract high-tech businesses and entrepreneurs, the home of Indiana University has turned to an advertising campaign that drops the index finger on the peace sign and gets, well, borderline belligerent.

Former cheerleader to bring anti-drunk driving message to campus

Kelly Craig started her IU career on a positive note. She was a cheerleader for the Hoosiers, and during her freshman year she pledged the Chi Omega sorority. But in the summer of 1999, she was paralyzed from the neck down when a drunken driver hit the car she was driving in with her brother and then-boyfriend Luke Recker. Craig is no longer an IU student, pursuing her education closer to her family.

Hoosiers thrill eager crowd at scrimmage

Men's basketball coach Mike Davis said he wanted to have a good time at Midnight Madness as Friday night turned into Saturday morning at Assembly Hall. Judging by his reactions to his players' loose style of basketball, Davis at least somewhat enjoyed himself.

Making the transition: Prep coaches join IU's staff

Middle school physical education teacher in the mornings and afternoons. College football coach in the late afternoons and early evenings. That was how Ted Huber spent his long work days in the early 1980s when he served as Lee Corso's defensive ends coach at IU. In 1980, Huber left his job as Bloomington South football coach to join Corso's staff. "I had a secret desire to become a college coach," said Huber, who now coaches centers and guards at Ball State. It's easy to forget Huber once coached at IU. Hundreds of players, dozens of assistants and three head coaches have come and gone since the time Huber and Corso left Bloomington.

Coach to meet former team

Tonight's match for the women's volleyball team will present an unfamiliar challenge for the players, but a familiar opponent for head coach Katie Weismiller. Indiana meets St. Louis tonight at the Bauman-Eberhardt Center on the St. Louis campus. This is the first meeting in six years between the two teams, but Weismiller's ties to the Billikens makes this matchup interesting. Weismiller, a native of St. Louis, began her career at SLU as head coach from 1989-1991. SLU won more than 75 percent of their matches under Weismiller, posting a 50-24 record. Weismiller also made an appearance at the Midwestern Collegiate Conference Championship in 1989.

Coaches bring new style to IU

Patrolling the 50-yard line at Memorial Stadium Saturday, coach Gerry DiNardo eyed his football team as it participated in pre-practice stretches. Piercing through the 40-degree wind blowing toward the north end of the stadium was the scratchy, Boston accent of defensive line coach Joe Cullen.

Shelter finds ad offensive

When Hardees executives launched an advertisement that asks customers to "make a homeless person happy," they had no idea how unhappy a Bloomington transitional housing center would be. Shelter Inc., 919 South Rogers St., is demanding an apology for a Hardee's Restaurants ad campaign because shelter officials say it is offensive toward homeless people.

Council passes athletics proposal

IU's faculty unanimously approved a plan Tuesday which puts an emphasis on academics, not athletics. The vote, supported by Athletics Director Michael McNeely and basketball coach Mike Davis, is the first step in a process of overhauling collegiate athletics across the country. The Bloomington Faculty Council passed the intercollegiate athletics resolution after much deliberation and separately added three addendums to the proposal with almost full support from the council.

'Ice Age' best thawed on video

University, rival team up with GM

IU and Purdue will combine some of their strengths in January, offering a distance education double-degree program to employees of General Motors, Indiana's largest private-sector employer, University officials announced last week.

Coach hurt in wreck

Women's basketball coach Kathi Bennett remained in stable condition at Bloomington Hospital Sunday night after breaking the second vertebra in her neck in a two-car accident Friday morning in Bloomington.

De La Soul ends set with solid effort

Self-styled and trend defiant, De La Soul continues to maintain diversity in the hip-hop landscape. It's latest album, AOI: Bionix, is the second of three Art Official Intelligence discs. Triple disc sets are ambitious attempts for any group, but by releasing each CD separately, De La Soul lets them have souls of their own.

Tensions flare over insurance regulation

The insurance industry has been regulated under states' sovereignty for more than a hundred years. Although many people still acknowledge that it is best for states to hold the control over the insurance industry, others think it is time for the federal government to intervene in the industry.

Hollywood finally getting it together in 2002

This past year was rather disappointing from the perspective of your run of the mill filmgoer. Many films were about as entertaining as a colonoscopy. For every "Memento" there was an onslaught of bottom feeders such as "Tomb Raider."

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Black rules 'Orange County'

"Orange County" is the rare teen comedy that doesn't play dumb for its youthful audience. That's not to say it's an extraordinary cinematic achievement, but unlike many flicks of its ilk, it's genuinely funny, has solid acting and boasts equal parts humanity and humor. Relatively ignored upon its release this past January (traditionally a dumping ground for Hollywood crap), "Orange County" is well worth a look now that it's on DVD.

Forget success, focus on love

Yesterday people everywhere celebrated the love they have for others, and it seems like a great opportunity to take a break from politics (I know, it's a crazy idea!) and reflect on what is really important in life.

Time to bring criminals to justice for crimes

The ultimate test of a Democratic people is the ability to look one another in the eye and say, "We disagree, but we are still of the same nation, the same people, and the same community."