Women's Golf

Social responsibility is fair way

By -Meghan Dwyer and Megan Dwyer · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2002 12:01 a.m.

Augusta National has said it has no exclusionary policies. In fact, women played more than 1,000 rounds last year at the course. They just refuse to admit women members. Sounds a bit contradictory to me. Granted, as a private club they certainly have every right to discriminate on the basis of gender. The Masters however, is not a private event.

Don't boycott Starbucks

By Josh Hamerman · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:59 p.m.

Last week, members of Students for Justice in Palestine distributed flyers in front of the Starbucks coffeehouse on S. Indiana Ave. urging students and community members to boycott the chain. Why? The SJP members had a bone to pick with the chairman and chief global strategist of Starbucks, Howard Schultz (an American Jew) because of the vocal and financial support he's given to the State of Israel.

Better late than never

By Jamieson Hawkins · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:58 p.m.

Another Thursday rolled around, and once again I found myself running late to class. This, I will admit, seems to have become a weekly ritual, permanently woven into the tapestry that is my senior year. Yes, Wednesday nights at the Bird are my weakness. And as much as I try to make myself stay away, I am weak, and end up going anyway, despite the vows I made to myself only one week before, that I would never again return for that drink special. But, that is just my excuse for Wednesdays -- the rest of the week's blunders in punctuality are up for grabs.

Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy vs. Sniper?

By George Lyle IV · Monday, Nov. 18,2002 11:57 p.m.

In Mad Magazine's "Spy vs. Spy," the White spy goes up against the Black spy (real colors, not racial identities) for the contents of a secret briefcase. They two blow each other to bits on a regular basis to obtain the case, the contents of which neither knew. Now, Americans can watch a new comic: FBI vs CIA vs. Homeland Security vs. A yet to be named Domestic Espionage unit.

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.

Business shorts

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.