Women's Golf

Stepfather shopping guide

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 9:07 p.m.

Holiday shopping for just about everyone on Santa’s (read: your) list can be pretty difficult. I, as a faithful public servant, appreciate the fact that “Black Friday” and the subsequent days are very turbulent times for America’s young adult population. We have all been there. We finally complete buying presents for our mothers, siblings, close friends and advisers we need to suck up to. We happily check them all off our lists and prepare to sit back with a nice cup of spiked hot chocolate and relax until Christmas morning.

Taxi

Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 9:05 p.m.

A line of taxis are parked on a street downtown Rome on Thursday.

Silent buzz

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 9:05 p.m.

Earlier this week, “Empire” magazine’s Web site displayed a series of eerily placed playing cards that began to reveal themselves slowly. Eventually, the cards were replaced by a brand-new image of Heath Ledger as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.”

Something wicked this way rings

Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 9:04 p.m.

Montclair State University in New Jersey has a plan to keep students safe – a cell phone plan, that is. All students are required to pay an extra $420 per year for a new wireless device, cleverly named “School Phone.” The fee also includes a plan that provides 50 peak minutes per month, unlimited text messaging and “student-activated” GPS emergency tracking. (It’s unclear how students activate the system, or more importantly, how they deactivate it.)

Police say seized radioactive material was weapons-grade

Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 9:03 p.m.

Two Hungarians and a Ukrainian arrested in an attempted sale of uranium were peddling material believed to be from the former Soviet Union, police said Thursday.

Broadway shows back in the spotlight after 19 days

By Verena Dobnik · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 8:53 p.m.

NEW YORK – Theatergoers lined up for tickets Thursday as Broadway returned to business following a crippling 19-day strike that cost producers and the city millions of dollars. Tickets sold at a discounted $26.50 as people lined up for the musical “Chicago.”

Nobel winner to miss ceremony

By Louise Nordstrom · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 8:52 p.m.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Doris Lessing is unable to travel to Stockholm to receive her Nobel Prize in literature on Dec. 10 due to back problems, the Nobel Foundation said Wednesday.

International Vocal Ensemble show to feature movements, songs of 7 countries

By Ashlyn McNeal · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 8:44 p.m.

Audience members at this weekend’s International Vocal Ensemble performance will be treated to the harmonic sounds of seven different countries in one show.

Senior dancers bring final works to stage with ‘On the Verge’

Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 8:43 p.m.

Eight seniors from the IU Contemporary Dance Program will perform a free concert this weekend at the John Waldron Arts Center. The performance is titled “On the Verge” because the students in the program are on the verge of finishing one chapter in their lives and are moving on to the next.

Bob and Tom bring comedy to IU

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 8:42 p.m.

A rotating tour of comedians put together by nationally-syndicated Indianapolis radio program “The Bob and Tom Show” will make a stop at 8 p.m. Saturday at the IU Auditorium.

IU Student Media Director''s death ruled an accidental drowning

By Alberto D. Morales · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 4:18 a.m.

Monroe County Coroner David Toumey has declared IU Student Media Director David L. Adams, an 18-year member of the Indiana Daily Student newsroom professional staff, dead from accidental drowning.

Hopeful hands

By Natalie Avon · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 1:03 a.m.

Professor Wayne Mnich walked into his first-level sign language class at 8 a.m. on a Monday and asked the students a question. “I’m getting my haircut Thursday,” he said while signing. “Should I just have them shave it off?” While Mnich would normally just get a trim, he recently discovered that a relapse of his lymphoma and the chemotherapy treatments accompanying it would leave him without hair in two weeks.

Pre-Kwanzaa festivities features music, quilting

By Sarah Hutchins · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:55 a.m.

Healing after Hurricane Katrina was the focus of the annual Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration Wednesday night at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. The keynote presentation highlighted the aftermath of Katrina with stories, music and textile art.

World AIDS Day honored on campus

By Chelsea Merta · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:54 a.m.

Suggestive sculptures personify a slippery subject today at IU’s second annual Latexhibition in observation of World AIDS Day, which will be held Dec. 1.

Bradley holds back IU

By Linnea Coulter · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:53 a.m.

The Hoosiers’ season ended Wednesday night when they were knocked out of the NCAA Tournament by the Bradley Braves in penalty kicks.

Penalty kicks haunt Hoosiers again

By DeAntae Prince · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:21 a.m.

The whole season of two teams rested upon the shoulders of two goalkeepers as the NCAA tournament game between IU and Bradley came down to penalty kicks. The shoulders of Bradley goalkeeper Mike Haynes’ proved to be a bit broader as the Braves squeaked a win by the Hoosiers 5-4 on PKs.

Missouri’s campus embraces football

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:18 a.m.

There’s a cry of “We’re No. 1” on campus, and it has nothing to do with Missouri’s renowned journalism school. A football team reduced to mediocrity for decades now flirts with a chance at the national title. The success on the field seems contagious. The admissions office reports a 20 percent increase in undergraduate applications. Development officers find donors more receptive to opening their wallets. The alumni association hears from forgotten graduates eager to reconnect with their alma mater.

Rested Colts look to take advantage of break

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:10 a.m.

The schedule-makers didn’t make things easy for the Indianapolis Colts. After a month-long span that included six games, four road trips, two short weeks and a rash of injuries, the Colts finally got what they needed most – an unusually long midseason break that seems to have re-energized some weary players.

Sean Taylor: From hero to human

By Ben Homrig · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:09 a.m.

I have learned something from seeing sports tragedies unfold in front of my very eyes on ESPN. Professional athletes at their core are two things – heroes and humans.

Belated Thanks

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Nov. 29,2007 12:08 a.m.

You have cordially been invited to the belated Mike Abrams’ Thanksgiving dinner. At this dinner, each dish represents a different topic. It’s kind of like the Sedar plate on Passover, except this dinner works for sports fans and is printed in the paper instead of nasty books filled with crumbs from the past 20 years of family feasts.