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Houston wins wild race for final National League playoff berth

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:58 a.m.

HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros charged into the playoffs with their 18th consecutive home victory, capping an incredible turnaround by beating Colorado 5-3 Sunday to win the NL wild card.

Tequila and rum don't mix

By Cory Steger · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:57 a.m.

Saturday was a most uneventful day in the realm of college football. Yes there were some upsets and some games between ranked teams, but everything turned out to be a little bland.

Defense's inability to prevent big plays plague team

By Dan Patrick · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:55 a.m.

It was the same song, different day for the Hoosiers. The Michigan Wolverines put away an IU team in the second half of Saturday's contest, 35-14. After threatening from the red zone three times and keeping the game within a touchdown in the first half, Michigan went on a 21-7 rout in the latter half to secure the 35-14 win.

WOLVERINED

By Dan Click · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:55 a.m.

Plays come in all ranges and sizes, from small plays that net a few yards to medium plays that keep the team on the field. But Saturday, it was Michigan's "big plays" that resulted in the Hoosiers losing their third straight game, 35-14.

Dance Marathon week begins

By Maggie Bozich · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:38 a.m.

Let the boogie begin a little bit early. Sunday kicked off IU Dance Marathon week with Fiji and Phi Mu holding a chicken wing eating contest in Dunn Meadow. IUDM raises money every year for the Riley Hospital for Children.

dog's day Out

By Lindsey Fox · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:38 a.m.

One-hundred and fifty dogs invaded Third Street Park and roamed the downtown streets of Bloomington Sunday to help celebrate the bond between humans and their canines by participating in the Monroe County Humane Association's ninth-annual "Walk for the Animals."

Students 'scratch' file-sharing itch

By Brian Janosch · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:38 a.m.

Illegal file sharing and colleges have become synonymous in the past few years because of the countless crackdowns on university students nationwide. But illegal file sharing isn't just happening at IU. It's happening on the IU server, and because of IU privacy policies, there is nothing the University can do.

IU, Purdue compete in blood drive

By Lori Snow · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:38 a.m.

Students, faculty and alumni are continuing the competition between IU and Purdue University by going head to head for the next six weeks in the eighth annual Blood Donor Challenge. The sponsors of the blood drive are the IU Alumni Association, Purdue Alumni Association, Indiana Blood Center and American Red Cross.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:23 a.m.

German professor to discuss flooding The IU Institute for Advanced Study will present a lecture today entitled "Lesson Learned?: Two Years After the Elbe Flood Disaster in Germany," by Robert Juepner.

Indiana Memorial Union holds open house event

By David A. Nosko · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:15 a.m.

The Indiana Memorial Union's limestone walls pulsated Friday with hundreds of campus community members as the heart of campus presented "Openin' Up the House." In a full-day of games and activities organized by the IMU, Back Alley, Student Activities Office, IU Outdoor Adventure and the Union Board, campus community members explored various recreational opportunities the University offers.

Kerry: No flip, just flop

By Jonathan Blanks · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:10 a.m.

One debate down, two to go. We all know President George W. Bush isn't eloquent -- and now we know Sen. John Kerry, (D-Mass.), can be. But if a man's message was less important than how well he said it, then Jesse Jackson would have been president by now. What is important is what was said ... and Kerry said plenty.

After 26 years, cafeteria worker retires

By Brett Warnke · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 1:01 a.m.

Most freshmen remember Lou Crouch from their first admissions tour of IU's campus or hearing her buoyant chuckle while waiting in the lines at Wright Food Court. Her jolly smile, plume of silver hair and grandmotherly demeanor have given new and current students a taste of southern Indiana's charm.

Hazard level upped at Mount St. Helens

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:57 a.m.

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Wash. -- As scientists warned that an eruption of Mount St. Helens appeared imminent Sunday, eager tourists camped out along park roads, hoping to catch a glimpse of the seething volcano without being overcome by ash and smoke.

Rice defends intelligence on Saddam's nuclear capability

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:56 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice defended her characterization of Saddam Hussein's nuclear capabilities in the months before the Iraq invasion Sunday, even as a published report said government experts had cast doubt at the time. In the run-up to the March 2003 war, Rice said in a television interview in 2002 that the Iraqi president was trying to obtain high-strength aluminum tubes to rebuild his nuclear weapons program. The tubes, she said, were "only really suited for nuclear weapons programs."

Departments, volunteers register new voters

By Haley Beck · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:54 a.m.

The biology department and the School of Education did their part last week to register students in preparation for the voter registration deadline expiring today.

PIKE fraternity to come back to IU

By Maggie Bozich · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:52 a.m.

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity will begin colonizing this week on campus. Two chapter consultants will be at the University recruiting men to help build a strong foundation for the fraternity.

Group discusses religion in politics

By Rick Newkirk · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:51 a.m.

During a discussion held Friday at the Poynter Center, law professor Daniel Conkle addressed the intersection of politics and religion, including the "religion gap" among voters and the separation of church and state.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:51 a.m.

Motorcycle patrols return to state force FORT WAYNE -- Indiana State Police are patrolling on motorcycles again for the first time in 65 years. Mobility, cost and even gas mileage have factored into a decision to try four new Harley-Davidsons as patrol vehicles. They began patrols over the weekend. Motorcycles cost thousands of dollars less than a patrol car and they get 42 miles to a gallon of gas, compared with 21 miles for a squad car, Beamon said.

Not easy being green

By Brett Warnke · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:49 a.m.

Robin Hood was a Communist. Or at least that's what some members of the 1954 Indiana State Textbook Commission thought. According to "What Did It Matter? The Legacy of Protest" from the IU Alumni Web site, Mrs. Thomas White, a leading member, had wished to remove Robin Hood from all student textbooks because his character had "Communist connotations." The opinions of these state officials and the widespread conservatism in postwar America catalyzed a student group, "The Green Feather Movement," which decried McCarthyism and stood as the forerunner of Indiana's student activism and protest in the 1960s. The new millennium has ushered in a world of terror and fear. But is the GFM's legacy alive at Indiana or has the era of student activism burned out?

Donation of Hope

By David A. Nosko · Monday, Oct. 4,2004 12:48 a.m.

International educational reformers and community leaders convened in Bloomington to celebrate a new facility donated by the Hope Foundation to various community youth organizations Saturday. The building is a warehouse located on the west side next to the General Electric plant and will be used by the Boys & Girls Club, Girls Inc., and the Bloomington Playwrights Project