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Booker prize to exclude Americans

Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:54 p.m.

LONDON -- American writers won't be given a chance to win Britain's most prestigious literary award, organizers of the Booker Prize said Monday. The organizers rejected a proposal to expand eligibility for the annual prize beyond writers from Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth of former British colonies.

'George' tries out teaching

Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:52 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Jason Alexander, best known as the underachieving George Costanza on "Seinfeld," has a new role -- he's a college professor. Alexander, who dropped out of Boston University in his junior year to pursue acting, has been sharing his smarts this term with undergraduates at the University of Southern California as the School of Theatres first George Burns Visiting professor.

'Fever' hits Auditorium stage

By Brandon Morley · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:51 p.m.

"Saturday Night Fever," the stage version of the 1977 film that helped rocket John Travolta to stardom, will play at 8 p.m. Nov. 19 and 20 at the IU Auditorium. The stage version, originally produced in London's West End, takes us back to a time when Jimmy Carter was Chief Executive, bell-bottom pants were the rave and disco was hotter than the surface of the sun.

Attempted hijacking called terrorism

By Abdullah AlShihri and Laurie Copans · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:46 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- A struggle aboard an El Al Airlines jet in which security agents wrestled an Israeli Arab to the floor was "to all appearances a terror attack," the Israeli government said Monday in a statement. Airline officials concurred and said their security guards prevented a hijacking, but officials at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv played down the confrontation. Relatives said the passenger, Tawfiq Fukra, 23, had a simple argument with a flight attendant.

U.S. authenticates bin Laden audiotape

By Abdullah AlShihri and John J. Lumpkin · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. intelligence have concluded that a new audiotape of Osama bin Laden is an authentic, unaltered and recent recording of the al Qaeda leader, U.S. officials said Monday "Intelligence experts do believe that the tape is genuine," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "And it is clear that the tape was made in the last several weeks as well."

Business in Brief

By Adam Geller · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:43 p.m.

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Is 'Generation Y' ready to buy?

By Josh Garfinkel · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:42 p.m.

From 1965 until 1975, about 40 million American babies, destined to become a generation of society's blacklisted slackers, were born. Generation X could not compete with the ranks of the Baby Boomers, who by 1965 were 75 million strong and looking forward to their chance to take over the world. Generation X was forced to grow slowly in the looming shadow of the free-spirited Baby Boomers, which created a stigma that has never been diminished.

Hoosier football a 'hike' behind Penn State

By Sara Meinecke and Sarah Meinecke · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:40 p.m.

I was running a little behind Saturday, so instead of watching the IU-Penn State kickoff from the press box, I watched it on television from home. I left after the first offensive play of the game, an IU freshman running back Yamar Washington carry for four yards. In the five minutes it took to get from my house to the stadium, the IU football team had gone three and out and Penn State had already scored. Not a good sign.

Calm, quiet linebacker learning to lead on field

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:38 p.m.

His football coach calls him the quiet type. So do some of his teammates. He even considers himself a goofy guy. But when sophomore linebacker Herana-Daze Jones steps on the field, he is all business. Jones is second on the team with 66 solo tackles and 32 assists for a total of 98 despite missing last Saturday's game against Penn State with a shoulder injury. He is averaged 9.8 tackles per game which is good enough for fourth in the Big Ten conference for all games played.

'Hoosiers' comparing the movie with the real story

By Zach Rocha · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:38 p.m.

Whenever a movie is based on a true story, it begs the question how much of it is fact and how much is fiction. So how much of "Hoosiers" really did stay true to the story that the movie was based on? "The only thing that was exactly the same was the last second shot," said Ray Craft, who was a starting guard on the "real" team, the 1954 Milan Indians. "They tried to authenticate it as much as they could. I guess we didn't have as much controversy, though."

Faulk on sidelines for Monday night

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:37 p.m.

ST. LOUIS -- Marshall Faulk was scratched from the St. Louis Rams' game against the Chicago Bears on Monday night. Faulk left last week's victory over the Chargers with a strained tendon in his left foot and a sprained right ankle, and did not practice last week. Coach Mike Martz said Saturday night that Faulk would run a bit before the game, but he did not dress.

Hoosiers hold out for Big Ten tourney

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:36 p.m.

The men's tennis team was eliminated from the Big Ten Singles Championships on the second of three days of the tournament. Only two Hoosiers made it to the final 16. Sophomore Jakub Praibis suffered a tough loss to Ohio State's senior Vincent Ng, losing 6-0, 6-1. Sophomore Ryan Recht played a intense match against freshman Andrew Wakefield from Penn State. Recht lost in three sets, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Postseason tourney bid in Hoosiers' grasp

By Dan Patrick · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:35 p.m.

Dropping two matches against conference rivals Ohio State and the 13th ranked Penn State in a single week, the IU volleyball team has fallen to seventh in the conference with an 8-8 record. The stumbles have caused IU to lose some of its thrust in trying to secure a 2002 NCAA Tournament bid.

Hijack attempt foiled

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:58 p.m.

ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Security guards on Israel's national airline El Al overpowered a man who tried to hijack a flight from Tel Aviv to Istanbul on Sunday. None of the 170 passengers on board the Boeing 757 was harmed and the plane landed safely, said Oktay Cakirlar, an official at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport.

Too many under one roof?

By Josh Sanburn · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:58 p.m.

As Bloomington awaits the Indiana Supreme Court decision on whether the city can limit the number of non-related people living under the same roof, some IU students are concerned with how the zoning ordinance could affect where they live in the next few years.

Strip club creates controversy

By Adam Aasen · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:58 p.m.

Grasping a metallic pole on a black hardwood stage, a young woman beholds the attention of a man in a denim jacket. Looking through a long row of bar stools surrounding the stage or tan couches used for lap dances in this Bloomington strip club, one might think these customers appear younger than expected.

A golden moment

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrice Worthy · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:58 p.m.

The young women dazzled on stage as they strutted down the runway in their colorful evening gowns. The elegantly dressed women were contestants in the 10th annual Alpha Phi Alpha Miss Black and Gold scholarship pageant Saturday night. Each woman was escorted by distinguished Alpha Phi Alpha members wearing black suits and gold patterned ties.

Taking the 'ski' out of Ski World

By Lori Geller · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:55 p.m.

Ski World guests will be tubing, camping and maybe even ice skating this winter, but for the first time in 14 years, they will not be skiing. The decision to close the slopes was made last week by owner Phyllis Riskey.

Team opens league season with losses

By Janie McCauley · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:32 p.m.

The IU ice hockey team started the Great Midwest Hockey League season with a pair of road losses against the University of Michigan and Oakland University. The Hoosiers struck at the end of the first period on Friday against Michigan when freshman forward Pete Johnson scored his fourth of the year on a pass from sophomore defenseman Todd Lorenger. Michigan responded immediately, less than two minutes into the period. Junior forward Matt Howard again put the Hoosiers ahead in the second, but Michigan answered shortly after with a powerplay goal and added another powerplay goal to go up 3-2 in the third.

Johnson runs wild on Hoosiers

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Sunday, Nov. 17,2002 11:31 p.m.

Penn State senior running back Larry Johnson needed 158 yards Saturday to break the school's single season rushing record. Johnson cruised to 194 yards in the first half alone on his way to setting several records on the day in a 58-25 win over the Hoosiers. The IU defense had no answer for Johnson. He finished the day with 28 carries for 327 yards and four touchdowns. IU only had 275 yards of total offense. The defense has now given up 200 points in their last four games.