Women's Golf

Vatican studying condom use in AIDS prevention, though debate continues

By Alyson Brodsy and Nicole Winfield · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:48 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is studying whether condoms can be condoned to help stem the tide of AIDS, but it has given no indication that a pronouncement is expected, officials said Tuesday. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, who heads the Vatican office for health care, was quoted over the weekend in La Repubblica daily as saying his office was preparing a document on the question of condoms and AIDS, and that it would be released soon.

Bush halts deposits into federal oil reserves until fall

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline Tuesday, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly curb prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve. The moves came as political pressure intensified on Bush to do something about gasoline prices that are expected to stay high throughout the summer. Bush said the nation's strategic petroleum reserve had enough fuel to guard against any major supply disruption over the next few months.

MAN SENTENCED--

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:45 p.m.

William C. Davis is escorted by officers in Mount Vernon, Ind., Monday after a judge gave him a 52-year prison sentence on sex abuse charges. Davis, of Wadesville, Ind.,was profiled on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He disappeared in the summer of 2004, after learning that police were looking for him, authorities said. Davis was arrested Oct. 6 in Fargo, N.D., two days after Winfrey broadcast his picture during her talk show and offered $100,000 for information leading to his capture.

Barbershop uses sex appeal to profit

By Megan George · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:41 p.m.

Sex sells. Businesses already incorporate sex appeal in television, magazines and the occasional restaurant. Next stop: the barbershop. Indianapolis businessman Kris Pierce of managing company Pierce Group, Inc., dreamed up a sexy idea when he decided today's salons are too female-focused. He created BombShell Barbers -- his solution to giving men a relaxing retreat in a masculine-based environment.

Man threatened with shotgun

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:40 p.m.

A tow truck driver reported he was threatened with a shotgun while driving through Bloomington Monday.

Quarry worker still in critical care

By Sarah Core · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:39 p.m.

Jon Day, 29, of Williams, Ind., remains in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, five days after suffering an accident at the Maple Hill Quarry on Rockport Road. Day was one of two workers injured when a slab of limestone block broke loose from the wall of the quarry. The men were on a ledge preparing to work on the limestone when it partially fractured and fell, said Assistant Chief Joe McWhorter of the Perry-Clear Creek Fire Department.

HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION

By Alyson Brodsy and Georgia Perry · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:37 p.m.

HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION - Marija Krupoves performs Yiddish folk songs in a program titled "Cultural Life in the Vilna Ghetto" during the George J. Stolnitz Holocaust Memorial Program, held Monday in the Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union. Her concert consisted of songs composed by survivors of the Vilna Ghetto.

IU's diving program gives students chance to explore underwater environment

By Josh Bagriansky · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:35 p.m.

Charles Beeker is a scuba enthusiast. Involved with scuba for nearly 40 years, he is the head of the IU Academic Diving Program. But Beeker said he wants students to know that they don't have to be enthusiasts like him to get involved with the 43-year-old program, which is run through the kinesiology department.

Famed adviser to speak on campus

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:34 p.m.

Larry Diamond has traveled the world to teach, lecture and conduct research. And when Diamond comes to Bloomington, he will share what he has learned, especially from his stint in Iraq as senior adviser of the Coalition Provisional Authority, an organization -- now dissolved -- that multiple countries set up to help with the democratization of Iraq.

Fletchall Room honors Union pioneer

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:33 p.m.

High atop the Student Activities tower, the Fletchall Room pays tribute to one of the Indiana Memorial Union's greatest supporters.

Harvard student unforgiven for cheating 'accident'

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:31 p.m.

NEW YORK - Teenage author Kaavya Viswanathan has acknowledged taking material from fellow novelist Megan McCafferty but says the borrowing was an accident. McCafferty's publisher doesn't believe her.

TRASHY

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:30 p.m.

TRASHY- One Thousand so-called "Trash People" by the German artist HA Schult are installed in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany Friday. The art installation has been exhibited in Egypt, China and Russia and can be seen in Cologne for the first time.

Young Cuban girls embrace Spanish heritage with dance

By Alyson Brodsy and Anita Snow · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:28 p.m.

HAVANA -- Little Cuban girls fantasize about being flamenco dancers -- strong, beautiful women in ruffled skirts and swept up hairdos who evoke wondrous, thunderous magic by stomping their black strapped shoes.

Sound advice

By Alyson Brodsy and Derek Kagemann · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:27 p.m.

Not a day goes by that I don't see someone listening to an iPod and think to myself, "Man, what crappy headphones." OK, I'm slowly deafening myself listening to Fantomas on my mammoth studio headset, which has a cord long enough to play jump rope with in-between classes. Still, though I admire the iPod's guts and glory approach to music, sacrificing sound for style is a tough decision for any audiophile, and out-of-the-box earbuds just don't cut it.

UPDATE: 29 children checked into hospital after school bus crash

By Sarah Core · Tuesday, April 25,2006 10:08 p.m.

Twenty-nine students of Summit Elementary School were sent to the hospital after a pick-up truck crashed into a school bus Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at 8:45 a.m. on Rockport Road, about 145 feet south of Graham Drive. The school bus had stopped and was boarding students when a brown pick-up truck traveling southbound hit the bus head on. "The stop arm was out, and the lights were flashing," said Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. David Drake, reading from the police report. The 17-year-old driver of the truck said he was attempting to stop for the bus when his wheels slid on the wet pavement, according to the report.

SWIM SEASON

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bracho · Tuesday, April 25,2006 9:04 p.m.

Cool waters and warm sunbeams filled the IU Outdoor Pool as the men's and women's swimming teams dove into the season's first outdoor practice.

IU places 13th at Lady Buckeye Invite

By Sam Story · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:19 a.m.

At the start of the season, the message was simple from IU women's golf coach Clint Wallman. "We just want to score better with every round," he said. While the Hoosiers were steady in their play this weekend at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, there was only so much they could do against the best of the Big Ten and two Southern powerhouses in the University of Florida and Auburn University. The Hoosiers fired rounds of 306, 307 and 308. If a team could shoot as consistently, Wallman would never be convinced of it.

Teams captures 2nd title of season

By Kevin Kane · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:18 a.m.

In its last tournament before the Big Ten Championships, the IU men's golf team won its second title of the season. Defeating runner-up Minnesota by four strokes, IU left East Lansing, Mich., as the 39th winner of the Fossum/Spartan Invitational. The team will now focus on the upcoming conference championship. Eight events into the season, the Hoosiers had not secured a tournament championship. After inclement weather denied the team the chance to play the third round and move up on the leaderboard at Pinehurst, IU has since tallied two championships in the past three events with a second-place finish as well.

IU edges out in-state rival Cardinals 2-0

By Chris Sauer · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:17 a.m.

Playing its fifth game in four days because of a rain out earlier in the season, the IU softball team took on in-state rival Ball State Monday. The Hoosiers won 2-0, improving their record to 25-22 overall. "We did what it took to win," IU coach Stacey Phillips said. "Everyone is a little worn out from the past weekend, but we still pulled through for the win." Senior Megan Roark, pitching for the second consecutive game, pitched a three-hit shutout against the Cardinals with eight strikeouts. Junior Christy Wahl entered the game in relief in the seventh inning and recorded her first save of the season.

Hoosier skipper faces former team for 1st time

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:17 a.m.

When IU baseball coach Tracy Smith glances right from his perch atop the steps of the Hoosier dugout today, he's going to see a team on the visitor's side with which he is very familiar. Scouting reports aside, Smith will know everybody in the Miami of Ohio dugout because he spent nine seasons as the head coach there, compiling a .590 winning percentage and two NCAA tournament appearances as the Redhawks' skipper. Smith took over the IU program after completing the 2005 season with Miami, and while he looks forward to the reunion with his former team, he remains focused on the task at hand on the field.