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Team winless in Big Ten matchups

Team performs well in Fla.

Team take 32nd in NCAA championship

Team finds no success in Big Ten Tournament

The IU women's softball team found no success in its Big Ten opening weekend. Yesterday, the Hoosiers dropped both doubleheader games to Northwestern 9-1 (six innings) in the first game and 4-3 (11 innings) in the second. Sunday's game's followed two losses to Iowa on Saturday. The Hoosiers are 9-14-1.

IUSF ruling challenged by team, BSU over racial issues

A controversial ruling by the IU Student Foundation last week questioned the eligibility of the men's Little 500 team, Team Major Taylor. The team challenged the IUSF ruling, which will be decided this week. If IUSF continues with their original decision on the matter, it will disqualify Team Major Taylor from the 2002 race. Speculation surrounds a rider who might have had too much riding experience to race in this intermural event.

Hoosiers take low-key approach

ATLANTA -- IU will play in the national championship game tonight, but you couldn't tell Sunday.

New sorority approved

A vote by the chapter presidents of the Panhellenic Association has paved the way for the organization to expand. The Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority has passed the first hurdle to becoming an established IU chapter.

Queen Mother dies at age 101

LONDON -- The great State Bell of St. Paul's Cathedral tolled Sunday in remembrance of the Queen Mother as people across Britain prayed for her at Easter services and admirers lined up at royal palaces to sign books of condolence.

State police crime lab faces backlog

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State Police crime lab still faces several years of work to whittle away a burgeoning backlog of evidence, despite a last-minute maneuver by state lawmakers to earmark more money for the lab. The additional funding -- about $12.23 million over four years -- is not expected to keep up with the number of cases referred to the lab, police say.

Around The Arts

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'Panic Room' draws big crowds

LOS ANGELES -- Movie-goers were on full alert for "Panic Room." Starring Jodie Foster and Forest Whitaker, the thriller about a mother and daughter hiding from burglars in their home's fortress-like sanctuary took in $30.2 million to debut as the top weekend film, according to studio estimates Sunday.

'Monty Python' producer, comedian writer dies at 73

Barry Took, one of Britain\'s most famous comedians and comic writers who helped produce such shows as "Monty Python's Flying Circus," died Sunday at the age of 73, his family announced. Took, once described as one of the funniest men in Britain, died at a north London nursing home after a battle with cancer, his family said. Took had an unusually long career as a standup comic, radio scriptwriter writer, television executive and film critic

Al Qaeda not POW status

Although less discussion has been heard in recent weeks, a literal war of words is quietly being waged both here and abroad. What is the subject of this ongoing debate? The treatment and lack of classification of al Qaeda prisoners in Cuba. As the leading nation of the free world, our country prides itself on the superiority of our legal system and the right to a fair trial based on the premise that one is innocent until proven guilty. In this case, however, lives may very well be at stake if POW designation and the legal rights that correspond are granted to the prisoners.

Coverdale availability still in question

ATLANTA -- The question mark continues to loom over Tom Coverdale. Coverdale didn't practice during IU's 50-minute session in the Georgia Dome Friday, instead resting his twice-sprained left ankle by sitting on the bench and conversing with IU coach Mike Davis. He status is still listed as questionable for IU's Final Four battle with Oklahoma Saturday.

Playing the 'what-if' game

Kirk Haston is enjoying IU's ride to the Final Four. But the former Hoosier is on the outside looking in. Haston, who left IU after his junior season and opted for the NBA Draft, is with the Charlotte Hornets, not the Hoosiers. A season after his departure, Haston is watching IU's longest NCAA Tournament run in 10 seasons instead of playing in it.

Students abroad following team

It was 10 years ago this month that Kirkwood Avenue and Showalter Fountain last heard the hoots and hollers of the Final Four-bound IU faithful. A short walk through campus reveals a sense of pride that has been restored here in Bloomington. "This is a really exciting time for students to be at IU. I think it's just great," Telecommunications lecturer and Public Information Director of WTIU, Suzann Mitten Owen said.

Alumni prepare for Saturday's game

We're ready. Ready to flood Kirkwood Avenue and jump in Showalter Fountain in the event of a Hoosier victory Saturday. But, for alumni who can't join in the jubilation here or in Atlanta, the party will have to occur elsewhere.

Sweet home Atlanta: 'P.O. Boys' back

Jeff Newton and A.J. Moye will enjoy their trip back to Atlanta, the city they both call home. It's a warm and fuzzy story, full of anecdotes and emotion. But make no mistake, IU's two top bench scorers aren't headed to the Final Four to visit family and friends or their old stomping grounds.

Keeping the Faith

One hour before the Hoosiers started their NCAA Tournament run against Utah two weeks ago, IU coach Mike Davis wasn't drawing up plays or lecturing his team. No, he was watching the New York Knicks play the Sacramento Kings on a television inside of Arco Arena in Sacramento, offering his description of the play to arena workers

Freshman thrust into Final Four spotlight

Freshman Donald Perry ended up at the free throw line 10 times in the last 2:14 of last Saturday night's South Regional final against Kent State. The free throws were insurance to the Hoosiers' lead, which was 72-58 when Perry was fouled at the 2:14 mark. Perry promptly missed the front end of a one-and-one.