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'Vagina Monologues' intimate, engaging

By Amber Nash · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 11:03 p.m.

It was like the tampon section at Kroger: nothing but women and a few sparsely scattered men, looking like deer caught in the headlights. Performing for an estrogen-packed house, Eve Ensler\'s "The Vagina Monologues" took the Buskirk-Chumley stage by storm last week as it succeeded in bringing many closeted women\'s issues to light. Beautifully performed, the show sparkled with energy, emotion and integrity, leaving the audience whooping for more.

You are not your khakis

By Charles Cutrera · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 10:59 p.m.

It was my junior year of high school. I was the public relations officer on student council. She was a cute freshman cheerleader, also on student council. She had volunteered to stay after school to help me with some publicity. Though we had only recently met, we seemed to really be hitting it off. She needed a ride home, and so I offered to take her.

Thanksgiving's healing power

By Jack M. Silverstein · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 10:56 p.m.

I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. It is, in my opinion, the greatest holiday that does not involve my birthday. Between food, football, friends and family, it is everything that a holiday should be. It is one of the highlights of what I consider to be the best stretch of the year: Halloween to the last day of winter break.

Sticking it to the terrorists

By Jeanne Wilson · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 10:53 p.m.

I had finally begun to relax a little bit about flying to Florida this Saturday. Then I woke up Tuesday morning to yet another plane crash, which did nothing to assuage my fears. I'm a tense flier under the best of circumstances, so the crash this week, combined with those in September, have ensured that I am going to jump right out of my skin every time two men on my plane stand up to go the restroom simultaneously or there is the slightest change in engine noise.

Civil liberties violated again

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 10:49 p.m.

In yet another attack on civil liberties, President George W. Bush issued a military order last Tuesday that allows noncitizens accused of crimes of terror to be tried by a military tribunal. According to Bush's order, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is to be responsible for deciding all rules of such trials, including who to appoint to the military commission and whether to keep any or all of the procedures secret.

Elizabeth Dole tells student crowd about vision of 'an America we can be'

By Camile Constantin and Camille Constantin · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:38 a.m.

The Sept. 11 attacks have given the United States an opportunity to recognize its blessings and strive toward improving character and public policy, former American Red Cross president and Senate hopeful Elizabeth Dole said at the IU Auditorium Friday. Dole's main message was that Americans should be appreciative of what they have and help the less fortunate through public service. "Look at us here today -- all of the wonderful opportunities we have," Dole said in her speech. "We've received that we might give. We don't fully appreciate this great right, this great freedom. We need to be cognizant of all of these wonderful blessings."

RPS eliminates miss-a-meal giving options

By Adam Van Osdol · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:37 a.m.

The Meal Plan Committee voted Friday to eliminate the charitable but increasingly contentious miss-a-meal program. It was terminated, committee members said, because many students thought it was not an efficient fund-raiser. Miss-a-meal was designed as a way for charities to raise money through meal points. Any student wishing to participate swiped his or her ID card and gave $7.50 to that charity. But of that $7.50, only 40 percent went to the charity involved. The remaining 60 percent was kept by dining services to cover overhead costs.

Taliban offers conditional surrender

By Alyson Brodsy and Ellen Knickmeyer · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:35 a.m.

BANGI, Afghanistan -- The Taliban offered Sunday to surrender their last northern stronghold if Arab and other foreign fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden in the city are spared, an anti-Taliban commander said. The northern alliance, meanwhile, agreed to a conference on neutral ground to plan a multiethnic government. The offer to surrender Kunduz came after U.S. bombers unleashed their heaviest strikes so far on the city. Warplanes were also reported in action near the Taliban southern stronghold of Kandahar and areas of eastern Afghanistan where bin Laden is believed to maintain camps and hide-outs.

Collins Center annual fruit sale to begin today

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:33 a.m.

During the days before Thanksgiving break and winter break, residents of Collins Center and volunteers from the Bloomington Central Lions Club will be selling fruit at the Indiana Memorial Union.

Defense saves day for Hoosiers

By Dan Cortez · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:15 a.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Men's basketball coach Mike Davis said he heard everything from the raucous crowd at Halton Arena last night, especially from the student fans near the Hoosiers' bench.

Team effort brings Monon Spike home

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:08 a.m.

It was a team effort for the volleyball team to win back the Monon Spike on their home court in the University Gymnasium in front of a crowd of 1,010. It took four games for the Hoosiers to defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 30-22, 30-25, 27-30 and 30-24.

Women dominant in defense of title; relays and team depth lead to championship

By Colin Nowling · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:06 a.m.

Going into the Indiana Invitational, the IU women\'s swimming team looked to defend its title as invitational champions and to use the championship format to help them prepare for the Big Ten and NCAA Championships. After the three-day competition, sophomore Sarah Fiden said she thought the Hoosiers were able to learn from the meet format and said the invitational is just another event as the team gears for the spring championship events.

Hoosiers dominate in Indiana Invite

By Gavin Lesnick · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:05 a.m.

Sunday, the third and final day of finals for the Indiana Invitational at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center, the Hoosiers had yet to place first in a single event. That changed in the second to last race, as freshman Murph Halasz posted a 1:49.78 time in the 200-yard butterfly to win the event. "I did pretty good," Halasz said. "I was definitely hurting for the last 75, but it's the 200-fly, you're supposed to hurt."

Dying sport can be blamed on lack of boxing greats still in ring

By Brian Longly · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:04 a.m.

Saturday night, there was a heavyweight title bout, and no one cared. Well, no, I shouldn't say that. I'm sure a couple people cared. Like the fighter's parents and all the people Don King pays to care. But that is about it. OK, well maybe I'm overstating things a little bit, but the fact is that boxing has seen better days. While in truth the golden age of boxing has been long gone, it would be better if things could even return to how they were during the late 1980s early 1990s when Mike Tyson was still known more for his ferocious punches and not his out-of-ring antics and penchant for nibbling on ears.

On the sidelines

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12:02 a.m.

Colts hold special business seminar Lewis and Tyson might fight

Runner to compete in NCAA tourney

By Pat Crowell · Monday, Nov. 19,2001 12 a.m.

The NCAA Cross Country Championships are being held today in Greenville, S.C., at the Furman University golf course. The race features the top 31 teams in the nation. It also features the top four individuals, whose teams did not qualify for the championship from each regional and two at large individual bids. This all adds up to a total of 255 runners. One is junior Chad Andrews. Andrews was one of the top four individuals in the Great Lakes Regional. Andrews finished 12th overall last weekend and was the only Hoosier to qualify for the championship.

Team one down on Lions

By Nick Bowton · Sunday, Nov. 18,2001 11:51 p.m.

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. -- Cam Cameron's motto -- score one more or hold them to one less -- works well when IU scores one more. The Hoosiers average just less than 30 points a game. But IU needed to hold Penn State to one less Saturday, and the Hoosier defense that made big plays in back-to-back victories heading into this weekend looked more like the one that ranks next-to-last in the Big Ten in points allowed. The Nittany Lions converted 9-of-13 third downs, and three players set career highs in a 28-14 Penn State victory that deflated IU's bowl hopes. The Hoosiers are 3-6 with two games remaining.

Revised smoking ban voted down

By Katherine Helmke and Kathryn Helmke · Sunday, Nov. 18,2001 11:51 p.m.

IU Student Association representatives backed down from a proposal Thursday that would have asked for a 30-foot non-smoking perimeter around all academic buildings.

Hoosiers eliminated from bowl race

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Sunday, Nov. 18,2001 11:50 p.m.

STATE COLLEGE, Penn. -- Penn State was up two touchdowns with just more than nine minutes left in the game, and the football team was at its three-yard line. Enough time remained on the clock to even the score, but it was crucial that the Hoosiers score on this drive. All senior running back Levron Williams had to do was follow the play and walk into the end zone. He did what was expected, but as the Hoosiers were celebrating, an official threw a flag. Holding, IU, on senior fullback Jeremi Johnson. No touchdown, no final momentum drive. And the Hoosiers lost 28-14, with IU's post-season dreams dashed after a dreary, mistake-filled game that was topped off with the controversial holding call.

Powell: Al Qaeda on run, but U.S. not relenting

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Sunday, Nov. 18,2001 11:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda network are on the run in Afghanistan and their Taliban supporters are in disarray, but the American-led military campaign to crush them is far from over, senior administration officials said Sunday.