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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.

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.