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Fire destroys downtown building this morning

By Alexandra R. Moses · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 10:27 a.m.

A fire destroyed a vacant downtown building early this morning. Smoke continued to billow hours later from the building's remaining hotspots, leaving much of the area of a light haze. The fire spread through the warehouse at 316 S. Washington St. around 2:30 a.m. Bloomington Police Officer Tiffany Willingham was on duty shortly after that when she noticed the fire. Fire crews were dispatched at 2:56 a.m.

Men's tennis has subpar weekend

Monday, Oct. 29,2001 1:04 a.m.

The men's tennis team struggled this weekend at the Region IV Championships in East Lansing, Mich. Hoosier coach Ken Hydinger thought it was a subpar performance.

Team takes winning streak to 17 games

By Michael Sherman · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:56 a.m.

It had all the makings of a Hoosier football game when senior quarterback Antwaan Randle El dropped the ceremonial opening faceoff at Friday night's hockey game between IU and the University of Kentucky.

Starting on a high, ending on a low

By Natalie A. Trout · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:53 a.m.

It was a weekend that began with victory and ended in defeat. The volleyball team experienced a win against Iowa Friday that boosted confidence high for Saturday's game against Minnesota, where IU nearly pulled off an upset.

Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:49 a.m.

Women's swimming team completes 1st road trip Women's crew closes season, Novice 8 victorious in finale Women's tennis making history

Big Ten media rank Hoosiers 3rd

By Dan Cortez · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:47 a.m.

About a year ago to the day, men's basketball coach Mike Davis sat at a table similar to the one he was at Sunday morning. Of course, then he was the Hoosiers' interim men's basketball coach. Sitting in a large ballroom at the Doubletree Hotel-O'Hare Rosemont just outside of Chicago Sunday for the 2001 Big Ten Basketball Media Day, Davis reflected on how things have changed. Now, he is the Hoosiers coach, without the interim.

Hoosiers struggle, place 9th

By Tyler Hoeppner · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:45 a.m.

Savoy, Ill. -- Head coach Judy Bogenschutz couldn't come up with the words to describe her disappointment. Her team had just placed ninth in the Big Ten Championship, their worst finish since her first year as coach at IU.

Meal plan alternative approved

By Adam Van Osdol · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:44 a.m.

A Residential Programs and Services committee will implement a new, cheaper meal plan tailored for off-campus residents beginning next semester. The Meal Plan Committee discussed the plan, an effort to entice more students who live outside the residence halls to buy into the meal program, at their meeting Friday. The plan will be worth $300, much smaller than any current plan offered.

Team disappointed

By Pat Crowell · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:42 a.m.

SAVOY, Ill. -- This Sunday the men's cross country team competed in the Big Ten Championships. IU was disappointed with their fourth place finish.

Field hockey goes winless in conference

By Colin Nowling · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:39 a.m.

Going into Friday's match against No. 9 Ohio State, the women's field hockey team knew they would get the best the Buckeyes had to offer because with a win the Buckeyes would clinch a tie for the regular season Big Ten championship.

Families mourn at Ground Zero

By Verena Dobnik · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:37 a.m.

With the smoldering gray rubble of the World Trade Center a sorrowful backdrop, the families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack gathered Sunday for a memorial service filled with prayer and song. Thousands of mourners, some holding photographs of their loved ones, rose from their plastic chairs as Police Officer Daniel Rodriguez opened the service with "The Star-Spangled Banner." Cardinal Edward Egan delivered the invocation, standing at a podium draped in black.

Team splits, but misses tourney

By Nate Rau · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:36 a.m.

Public address announcer Jeff Smith made the declaration with two minutes remaining in Friday night's women's soccer match. At the time, IU trailed Purdue 1-0. A Northwestern win combined with an IU loss on Friday night would mean the Hoosiers would not advance to the Big Ten tournament, Nov. 8-11 at Purdue.

A tale of 2 teams

By Brian Longly · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:32 a.m.

Saturday night's World Series opener between the American League's New York Yankees and National League's Arizona Diamondbacks pits two teams against each other with very different paths to the championship series.

Singing in the rain

By Heather Murphy · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:28 a.m.

London has never looked so good. After five days of a much-anticipated fall break in Barcelona, many of us have realized that this quirky gray city is starting to feel like home. In fact, after only two days of sun, beaches and the musical cacophony of the Spanish language, more than a few of us were whining that we missed London. Part of it was probably culture shock…again!

Conference confronts minority employment

By Aaron Sharockman · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:18 a.m.

Nearly 60 of the world's leading minds on diversity in today's college culture shared their ideas at a conference hosted by IU this weekend. The three-day event, directed by IU professor of Afro-American Studies A.B. Assensoh and Yvette Alex-Assensoh, associate professor of political science, stressed individual-level and international resources that facilitate the incorporation of minority faculty on predominantly white college and university campuses.

Health Center stresses need to deal with pressure

By Christina Pace · Monday, Oct. 29,2001 12:15 a.m.

Stress and college: two words that sometimes fit together perfectly. To help students deal with pressure, the Health Center is offering a three-week seminar, "The Body-Mind Connection and Depression: Strategies for Change." "This seminar is designed to provide participants with a menu of ideas about ways they can help themselves feel better and less depressed," said Dr. Carolyn Lee, the program's creator.

Local race ends after 19th year

By Dorene Englert · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 11:23 p.m.

Sounds of determination perforated a quiet neighborhood and eager spectators awaited the winners at the finish line. Dry leaves crackled as participants traveled through the residential streets of Bloomington.

Bloomington Playwrights Project comes into 'Bloom'

By Kristina Muren · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 11:08 p.m.

"What happens when the observer becomes the observed?" asks playwright Suzanne Bradbeer in "Full Bloom," featured at the Bloomington Playwrights Project, 312 S. Washington St.

Exposing truth in Chechnya

By Travis R. Thickstun · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 11:01 p.m.

Western news agencies have failed miserably to report on the 2-year-old war between Russian soldiers and Chechen rebels, mainly because Western journalists are not permitted to witness the struggle for themselves unless on a tour put together by the Russian military. Foreign journalists who do evade authorities through numerous checkpoints in and around Chechnya must still avoid being taken hostage by cash-strapped Chechen guerrillas.

Afghans mourn slain leader

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ellen Knickmeyer · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 10:46 p.m.

Grizzled comrades-in-arms of slain Afghan guerrilla Abdul Haq gathered at his family's home on Sunday to pay their respects and weep over what they saw as their old commander's abandonment by the United States. Haq had ventured back into Afghanistan on a maverick mission to encourage defections among the ruling Taliban. Instead, he was captured, despite a last-minute U.S. effort to protect him, and was executed Friday as a spy.