Women's Golf

Hoosiers looking to make a run at nationals

By Andrew Rosen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:42 p.m.

For the first time since 1990 the IU women's cross country team is headed back to the NCAA Championship. On Sunday the Hoosiers finished fourth overall in their regional with the top two teams automatically advancing. Yesterday, however, the Hoosiers along with five other teams from the region were given at large bids to the NCAA Championship.

In Indiana, players are gods

By Zach Rocha · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:38 p.m.

The line from Hickory High School principal Myra Fleener in the movie Hoosiers was used in a negative manner. "A basketball hero around here is treated like a God." But for Bobby Plump and the 1954 Milan Indians, being treated like a God isn't as bad as it sounds. "Let me put it this way," Plump said in a Feb. 2001 article for the Palladium-Item. "If I had missed it (the shot), I wouldn't be standing here talking to you today."

Team gains national ranking

By Steve Hinson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:37 p.m.

Men's cross country coach Robert Chapman wants to know how many top teams there are at IU. "How many top-15 programs do we have this school?," the coach asked. In any event, his team became one yesterday as the new poll released by the NCAA ranked the Hoosier men as No. 15 in the nation. "I'm really proud of these guys," Chapman said. "They've done an amazing job, and everybody has played an integral part.

Hoosiers disappointed with seed for tournament

By Aarno Retherford and Aaron Retherford · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:36 p.m.

Where's the BCS when you need it? The IU men's soccer team has spent the majority of the season ranked in the top five in the nation. The Hoosiers' reputation precedes them having advanced to the College Cup 15 times in the team's 29-year existence. But some players said these records meant little to the NCAA selection committee. "We may have gotten the shaft a little bit," senior Ryan Mack said. "I think it's good for us to get a shot in the face, so we realize where we are right now, and what we need to do to get ready."

Homeland security bill passes test

By Aida Sultanova and Jim Abrams · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate defeated an attempt by Democrats to kill what they called special interests measures in a homeland security bill, bringing a lame-duck Congress close to granting President Bush's demand for a new Cabinet agency to protect Americans from terrorists. The Senate voted 52-47 to reject an amendment that would have removed from the bill seven provisions that Democrats said were favors to friends of Republicans. The president and his key advisers actively lobbied wavering senators to defeat the amendment, saying its approval could doom passage of the bill this year.

Iraqi officials to meet deadline

By Aida Sultanova and Bassem Mroue · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:26 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials promised to meet next month's deadline for disclosing information about banned weapons, a senior U.N. official said Tuesday, as differences emerged between the United Nations and Washington over what constitutes Iraqi violations of the U.N. resolution that authorized the inspection mission. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Iraqi officials made the commitment during talks with chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix and other team members after they arrived Monday to resume the weapons inspection program after a four-year hiatus.

Oil spill creates hazard

By Aida Sultanova and Mar Roman · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:25 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two off the northwest coast of Spain and sank Tuesday, threatening an environmental disaster. The rear half vanished first, then the bow slipped under the surface. Images broadcast from the scene showed pieces of the boat some 150 miles out to sea. If the Bahamas-flagged Prestige were to lose its entire cargo, the spill would be nearly twice the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska.

Around the Campus

By Becky Bartindale · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:11 p.m.

Musical Theory Colloquium set for today, Apparel Merchandising meeting today.

Teachers move into dorms

By Becky Bartindale and Patrick Kampert · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:09 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Sanver Deren is new to the country and new to the University of Chicago. He's an 18-year-old freshman from Turkey and, well, getting used to America and being away from his family. He lives in Palevsky Commons,and so do U. of C. music professor Martin Stokes and his family. A few Sundays ago, Deren wandered down the hall to the open-house brunch that Stokes and his wife, Lucy Baxandall, have for students every few weeks. And there was Stokes, a stranger, welcoming him.

Library starts building a 'hub of high technology'

By Adam Aasen · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11:06 p.m.

IU Dean of Libraries Suzanne Thorin and Associate Professor of Information Systems Brad Wheeler announced a $1.5 million renovation to the Main Library, adding the Information Commons, a 27,000 sq. foot "hub of high technology." The project, which has been in the planning stages for the past few years, finally received approval from the IU board of trustees last week.

Around the Region

By Charles Wilson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 11 p.m.

Historical marker stolen, Men wearing 'FBI' jackets rob credit union

Pharmacy filled 120 prescriptions

By Charles Wilson · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:57 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A doctor wrote four prescriptions for OxyContin in less than a month for Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, said the attorney for the pharmacist who filled the orders. Nora Apothecary records show Irsay received a total of 400 40-milligram tablets of OxyContin from March 20 to April 12, said the store's attorney, Ferd Samper. The prescriptions were written by Dr. W. Gregory Chernoff, a prominent Indianapolis plastic surgeon, Samper told The Indianapolis Star Tuesday.

Other I-69 route in works

By Charles Wilson and Kimberly Hefling · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:56 p.m.

EVANSVILLE -- State officials could push back a year-end deadline to announce a route for Interstate 69 through southwestern Indiana to allow more time to consider an alternative proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. But the goal is still to announce an interstate route from Indianapolis to Evansville by the end of the year, State Transportation Commissioner J. Bryan Nicol said Monday. "It will be a couple weeks before we know if it's going to take a little bit longer," Nicol said.

Lawmakers elect leaders

By Charles Wilson and Shannon Dinniny · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:55 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana lawmakers set aside their differences long enough Tuesday to swear in members and elect leaders for the upcoming legislative session during the largely ceremonial Organization Day. A budget crisis and three disputed House races loomed in the background, though, leaving lawmakers to urge cooperation before the real work of the 113th session had even begun. House members elected Democratic Rep. B. Patrick Bauer as the new speaker of the House.

Around the Arts

By Brett Martel · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:48 p.m.

Middle Hanson brother becomes father at 19, Three sue cops over Sydney arrest, Gardener says TLC member owes cash.

Possible Sept. 11 theft revealed

By Brett Martel and Tom Hays · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:45 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The author of a book accusing firefighters of looting ground zero after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks defended his work Monday against mounting criticism by union officials. Critics of William Langewiesche's American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center have focused on a passage about the discovery of dozens of new jeans -- still tagged, folded and stacked -- inside the cab of a fire truck pulled from the rubble.

Heart attack claims past Oscar winner

By Brett Martel and John Rogers · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 10:44 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- James Coburn, the lean and lanky actor who rose to fame playing villainous roles in early action films and won an Academy Award decades later as an alcoholic father in "Affliction," has died of a heart attack. He was 74. Coburn and his wife, Paula, were listening to music at their Beverly Hills home on Monday when he suffered the heart attack, said Hillard Elkins, the actor's longtime friend and business manager. He was pronounced dead at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Knight, IU need closure

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Gunterman · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 12:43 a.m.

From the very mentioning of the word "fire" concerning a hall of fame former men's basketball coach there was a mess. And now with the filing of a lawsuit by Robert M. Knight against IU in Monroe County Circuit Court Nov. 8, so begins another dismal chapter in the public saga between a former employee and his former employer. Knight says the University did not release him in accordance to his contract, therefore owing him more than $2 million in lost income and "damages." The University says they provided more than enough opportunities for the coach to repent of his ways.

Season basketball tickets arrive along with refunds

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 12:38 a.m.

When many students checked their mailboxes Monday, they found the envelope that has been the cause of much controversy over the last few weeks. Contained within those envelopes were the season tickets for the 2002-2003 men's basketball season. Each envelope had either six or seven tickets, as well a note from the IU Athletic Ticket Office explaining the reason for the decrease in season tickets per student.

Helping America Quit

By Kelli Long · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 12:38 a.m.

The 26 years of the American Cancer Society's annual Great American Smokeout have greatly increased awareness across the country about the harms of smoking, according to publications from the ACS. The tradition will continue on Thursday, the day of this year's Great American Smokeout.