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Men begin spring season

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Schroeder · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 1:20 a.m.

The IU men\'s tennis prepares to open its spring season as freezing temperatures remain the norm. After limited action in the fall and two weeks worth of practice in January the men\'s team is ready to enter the spring season this weekend. What lies ahead for Ken Hydinger\'s crew, a team that went 5-5 in the Big Ten and 14-9 overall last year? That's anyone\'s guess. Still, a cheat sheet couldn\'t hurt.

Activist speaks Monday

By Justin Allen · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 12:47 a.m.

Mary Frances Berry has been at the center of numerous controversies throughout her life. As one of the founders for the Free South Africa movement, she launched protests in support of South African democracy, for which she was arrested and jailed many times.

Service aims to unify

By Alex Hickey · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 12:45 a.m.

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed of the day that "all of God's children… will be able to join hands and sing..." At 9 a.m. Monday in the Indiana Memorial Union's Whittenberger Auditorium, members of the Bloomington religious community will try to play their part in making that dream a reality with an interfaith prayer service.

Showdown for first place

By Jason Recker · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 12:45 a.m.

Two weeks ago, Saturday's IU-Ohio State matchup seemed like a normal Big Ten game. But since the start of the conference season, the Buckeyes have bounced all four of their foes. IU has done the same.

Search begins for new budget boss

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 12:39 a.m.

Maynard Thompson, IU vice chancellor of budgetary administration and planning for the past 14 years, announced his retirement effective at the end of the school year. In a nationwide search for a replacement, Chancellor Sharon Brehm has created a 19-member search-and-screen committee and hired consultants from California search firm Morris & Berger.

Volunteers to build house

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Friday, Jan. 18,2002 12:38 a.m.

While many IU students will be enjoying an extra day off this weekend, a group of volunteers will spread the message of diversity while building a home with Habitat for Humanity's Diversity Build Saturday. Religious leaders representing the Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist faiths, as well as international student groups, will be present at the build's opening ceremony. Chancellor Sharon Brehm, Associate Vice Chancellor for Multicultural Affairs Gloria Gibson and Director of the Monroe County Habitat chapter Kerry Thomson will speak.

Council passes road renovations, resolutions

By James Boyd · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 11:48 p.m.

Westside residents who travel near Curry Pike and state Road 48 might soon see a decrease in traffic congestion. The Bloomington Common Council unanimously approved a joint city-county plan to extend Profile Parkway to connect with Wayne's Lane, situated near the General Electric facility. The county will move Wayne's Lane approximately 75 feet to the west and then connect it with Profile Parkway.

Thieves still running from police

By Ana M Contreras · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 11:45 p.m.

Bloomington Police are still looking for two suspects who took five diamond rings from Victor Settle Jewelry Store, 109 S. Walnut, on Tuesday according to Capt. Joe Qualters.

Welcome to my column; let's talk

By Rachel Miller · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 11:35 p.m.

Mark Twain once said, "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt." However, I have found it very difficult to keep silent, even before I could truly form words. The real challenge here is to make sure all my utterances are well supported. So despite this great advise, and even against my own better judgment, I will bear the burdens of expressing my opinions in this column throughout the semester. I hope to prove this adage wrong, if only to my family and friends.

Steel ticket looking to past experience as strength

By Katherine Helmke and Kathryn Helmke · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:51 a.m.

Campaigning for IU Student Association Elections began Monday, and tickets are already announcing their candidacy. Current Vice President of Administration Jeff Wuslich has helped form the Steel ticket. Wuslich, a sophomore, is running for student body president. The rest of the executive ticket is made up of sophomore Casey Cox running for VPA, Brooke Lang, a junior, for vice president of congress, and senior Ilia Smith as student body treasurer.

IUSA election campaigns commence, first two tickets formed

By Katherine Helmke and Kathryn Helmke · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:50 a.m.

Another IU Student Association ticket has formed. The Synergy ticket has junior Brian Daviduke as candidate for student body president. The other executive positions are filled by junior Aimee Dawson as vice president of congress, Justin Barnes, a junior, for vice president of administration and junior Kerry Hall as student body treasurer.

Gas tax fuels budget debate

By Erin Meyer · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:48 a.m.

The debate over a proposed gas tax increase is one of many money issues that will be voted on at this session's General Assembly. Rep. Ron Liggett, D-Redkey, introduced a bill Monday, which calls for a graduated 10-cent increase in the state's gasoline tax. If approved, the tax would raise the current 18 cents per gallon gas tax to 25 cents over the next three years.

The NFL: Anyone can win it all

By Benjy Ekhaus · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:45 a.m.

There is no argument that the National Football League is full of parity. It's been that way ever since 1998, when the Atlanta Falcons came from nowhere to run off a 13-3 season and a trip to the Super Bowl. The following season, the St. Louis Rams and Indianapolis Colts went from cellar dwellers to powerhouses. Every team now knows it has a shot at the Super Bowl every year. Critics have been having a field day. This parity, they claim, has taken away one of sports' greatest phenomena -- the dynasty.

Hoosiers losing respect, votes

By Ryan Lengerich · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:39 a.m.

IU basketball gets no love. I don't put all of my faith in college basketball polls. But let's be honest -- they're a necessary evil. And evil they have been to the red and cream…or whatever we are now. IU is currently playing the best basketball of the season and is arguably the hottest team in the Big Ten along with Ohio State. But the Hoosiers find themselves at the bottom of one poll and left out of another. Only the computers give them any respect.

Hoosiers ready for Boilermakers

By Sarah Trotto · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:37 a.m.

Purdue coach Kristy Curry admits she feels insecure about her No. 11 Boilermakers playing IU tonight at Assembly Hall. Why would she think this way about her 2001 NCAA runner-up and Big Ten champion squad? For one thing, Purdue (13-3, 4-2 Big Ten) has dropped two Big Ten games on the road. In fact, all three of the Boilermakers' losses have occurred away from the normally-packed Mackey Arena in West Lafayette.

Jeffries adjusting to being 'the man'

By Jason Recker · Thursday, Jan. 17,2002 12:35 a.m.

Jared Jeffries was having a hard time adjusting to being IU's go-to guy. Coach Mike Davis said it, and Jeffries admitted it. That was before last week. The 6-foot-9 sophomore forward torched Michigan State and Iowa, leading the Hoosiers to back-to-back victories over ranked opponents and carrying them to the top spot in the Big Ten. His efforts earned him Big Ten Player of the Week honors, the conference announced this week. It is Jeffries' second Player of the Week award this season -- his other came Dec. 10, 2001 -- and the second of his career.

Shoe bomber charged as terrorist

By Karen Gullo · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2002 11:50 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A federal grand jury Wednesday charged alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid with being an al Qaeda trained terrorist in an indictment Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed as fresh proof of the government's ability to prosecute terrorists. Ashcroft said the charges "alert us to a clear, unmistakable threat that al Qaeda could attack the United States again."

Stopping terrorism starts at home

By Erin White · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2002 11:14 p.m.

Dec. 22, Richard Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63. He wanted to die that day, and he was willing to take 184 passengers with him. Prior to his departure, he obtained a British passport and packed his shoes with plastic chemicals and TATP (triacenton triperoxide). While the plane crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he started his death wish by lighting a match. A cautious flight attendant luckily smelled the sulfur and confronted the 6-foot-4 man. With assistance from other passengers, they restrained the man for more than two excruciating hours.

IU grad finding niche with environmental group Green Corps

By Josh Hamerman · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2002 10:52 p.m.

During her undergraduate tenure at IU, Cassie Wyss' goal was to make a difference in the fate of the environment. "I always knew I wanted to do something with the environment, but I didn't know exactly what," Wyss said. "When I was a senior at IU, I worked with the Indiana Forest Alliance to help protect state forests in Indiana and we got some victories and some losses. I wanted to learn how to get more victories." After graduating in 2001, Wyss decided to make her dream a reality by enrolling in Green Corps, a year-long environmental leadership training program with bases in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

Playing with emotions in only 30 minutes

By Ryan Whirty · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2002 1:48 p.m.

In many ways, I am a very stubborn man. For years, when asked to name the best rock albums of the 1970s, I would give the same three answers: Who's Next by the Who, Exile on Main Street by the Stones and Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young. That's it. Period. I would consider nothing else. I was without pity or remorse.