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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.

Markets looking to future

By Trevor K. Davis · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 10:38 p.m.

This week, the amount of companies reporting earnings will begin to slow. Many companies have already reported their earnings to Wall Street. According to Thomson Financial/First Call, third quarter earnings are likely to show a decline of 21-22 percent when compared to last year. Investors will continue to look for signs that the economy is going to rebound.

Right message, wrong time

By Gabriel Lewin and Gabe Lewin · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 10:33 p.m.

The patriotism of this country is showing a change in overall sentiments from its citizens. Never since World War II have the American people come together, showing fully that cynicism and apathy have not ruined the spirit of this country. Recently, I viewed a performance of an opera in Indianapolis where the performance began with the cast and orchestra playing and singing the "Star Spangled Banner." Also, in the middle of the opera, during a processional for war heroes coming home (the Egyptians at war with Ethiopia), Indianapolis sheriffs, policemen and firefighters came out on stage and received a standing ovation.

The beginnings of a police state

By Andy Gammill · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 10:30 p.m.

Imagine living in a country, perhaps in the Third World, where the police were given sweeping new powers. The police could enter your house and search it without ever telling you they had been there. They could tell a judge that tapping your telephone is part of an investigation into terrorism -- simply tell him or her that, not give any other proof -- and be given a warrant to tap your phone.

Tackling Ramadan

By Joshua Claybourn · Sunday, Oct. 28,2001 10:27 p.m.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan will soon cast its long shadow over the "War on Terror." Ramadan, which begins Nov. 16 (depending where you live), is a month when Muslims believe the Holy Quran was sent down from Heaven" During that time, Muslims abstain from food, drink and sex from sunrise to sunset and are supposed to be charitable toward others.

Wishful thinking

By Jack M. Silverstein · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 2:03 a.m.

I've got some requests for my birthday and Hanukkah, both of which are coming up. I want Astroturf outlawed, not just for the sake of Wendell Davis's kneecaps, (blown into his hips on a play at Veteran's Stadium in Philly in 1993), but just for the sanctity of football. Field problems should consist of mud and slush, not the carpet coming loose.

Team faces Wildcats at home

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 2:01 a.m.

The hockey team will face the University of Kentucky in a home-and-home series this weekend, beginning at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Frank Southern Center, 1965 S. Henderson St. The second game will be played at midnight Saturday in Kentucky's Lexington Ice Center.

Hoosiers travel to Big Tens

By Tyler Hoeppner · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 2 a.m.

The women's cross country team has some big plans for the end of the season. The first goal might be met this Sunday at the Big Ten Championships in Savoy, Ill.

Saturday marks season's end

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:58 a.m.

The women's rowing team will wrap up its fall season Saturday at the Head of the Elk regatta in Elkhart, Ind. The race will take place on the St. Joseph River, a 2.5-mile stretch of numerous bends and curves. The Hoosiers are excited about the coming weekend and look forward to a competitive race. Indiana will face off against the 2001 Big Ten Conference Champions University of Michigan, Purdue, Notre Dame and Michigan State.

Big Tens mean business

By Pat Crowell · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:57 a.m.

This Sunday in Savoy, Ill., the No. 23 Hoosiers will compete in the Big Ten Cross Country Championships at the University of Illinois golf course. Last season, the men's team finished second, and this year's Hoosiers are looking for a similar performance. The Big Ten's strength in distance running will make this a difficult task.

Texas Tech called for cancellation

By Dan Cortez · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:56 a.m.

The decision to cancel the men's basketball game in December of 2002 against former coach Bob Knight and Texas Tech at Assembly Hall was initiated by Texas Tech and was agreed upon by IU administrators, said Jeff Fanter, IU Athletics media relations director. The cancellation was originally announced through a press release Oct. 13.

Facing best of the Midwest

By Beau Wicker · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:55 a.m.

The women's tennis team is competing in the Omni Hotels Regional Championships this weekend at the Neilsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wis. The tournament consists of the best players in the Midwest. The singles champion, singles finalist and champion doubles team from each region will earn an automatic berth into the Omni Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships in November.

Team pleased with progress

By Colin Nowling · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:54 a.m.

Heading into its final weekend of regular season play, the field hockey team is concentrating on its own play and improving for the future. The Hoosiers are 1-13 overall and 0-4 in conference play going into the weekend, but Hoosiers said they have come a long way in their second year as a varsity sport.

Anti-terror bill passes

By Jesse J. Holland · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:53 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate sent President George W. Bush a package of anti-terror measures Thursday that gives police sweeping new powers to search people's homes and business records secretly and to eavesdrop on telephone and computer conversations. Bush said he will sign the bill "so that we can combat terrorism and prevent future attacks."

Team heads to Region IV

By Beau Wicker · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:53 a.m.

The three seniors on the men's tennis team are looking to lead the Hoosiers this weekend at the annual Region IV Championship hosted by Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. Both singles and doubles matches will be played in single elimination tournaments with no consolation brackets. The Championship consists of the top men's players in the Midwest.

Planes blast Taliban

By Don Pathan · Friday, Oct. 26,2001 1:52 a.m.

BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- U.S. jets dive-bombed Taliban positions on the front line north of the Afghan capital on Thursday, eluding at least one missile and sending thick columns of black smoke climbing into a cloudless sky. Warplanes later pounded Kabul in the strongest attack on the city in days.