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IU athletes compete in 2000 Olympics

With the first Olympics of the new millennium officially beginning today, some local athletes and a professor ' who is gaining national attention for his stand against a new trend in swimming ' will be paying close attention. Former IU softball player Michelle Venturella, junior diver Sara Reiling, former IU track and field athlete De Dee Nathan and IU assistant wrestling coach Charles Burton are among thousands of athletes reaching for gold at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

Peg Brand speaks out

Philosophy professor Peggy Brand, wife of University President Myles Brand, told reporters in the gardens of Bryan House Thursday she's afraid - afraid to live in her house and to teach. "Life for the past five days hasn't felt normal. I haven't felt safe," Brand said. "I've been forced to teach my class with a policeman."

Internet ads fail to attract

As U.S. Internet advertising revenue dropped 7.6 percent to $1.41 billion in August, some might worry about the continuing economic prosperity of "dot-com" businesses in the current climate. But others speculate that it is just another reminder that no corporation, online or otherwise, is invincible.

Kentucky game a must win for Hoosiers

There's no doubt about it, the Kentucky game Saturday is do or die for the Hoosiers. Lose and go 0-2 in a good, but not great, nonconference schedule and kiss this season goodbye, as six wins and a bowl bid become very unlikely as the schedule only gets harder into the conference. Win and go 1-1 and at least there's still a chance for a successful season. Cincinnati will be tough although the game will be in Bloomington. But then it's Big Ten's basement dwellers, Iowa and Northwestern, up to bat.

Volleyball hopes to continue undefeated run

The volleyball team has been undefeated in each tournament thus far, and hopes the trend continues as they host the Blimpie/Hoosier Invitational this weekend.

Going wild

Game information Indiana (0-1) at Kentucky (1-1) When: Saturday Time: 5 p.m. Where: Commonwealth Stadium Capacity: 67,530 Series Record: Indiana leads overall series 16-13-1 Last Meeting: Sept. 18, 1999 at Memorial Stadium, Kentucky won 44-35 TV: ESPN 2 Announcers: Mark Jones (play-by-play), Gino Torretta (analyst), Rob Stone (sideline) Radio: IU Radio Network - B97, 96.7 FM, WIUS 1570 AM

Soccer junkies of the world unite

Let's stop being selfish for a moment, fellow Hoosiers. Sure, IU is a haven for college soccer, but for a change I'd like to ask for you to think globally, or at least nationally, because for soccer fans in America in the next few weeks, it doesn't get much better than this.

Team focused on Big Ten match-ups

Whether the women's soccer team wanted it or not, they received an added challenge this week. As if starting the Big Ten schedule wasn't enough and playing one of the top teams in the conference wouldn't suffice, a certain Sunday press conference added another aspect to this week's practices ' focus.

Men's soccer takes on top teams at Butler Classic

The men's soccer team took more than 84 minutes to score a goal against unranked IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis Wednesday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Fullbacks play vital role for Hoosiers

Fullbacks are often the players on a football team who are suppose to do the dirty work. Whether it's clearing the way for the tailback or throwing a block to protect a quarterback, fullbacks often do things that don't find their way onto the stat sheet.

Progress versus inconvenience

Try driving down the 45/46 Bypass between 17th and Third Streets just about any time of day other than 3 a.m. Chances are you'll get nowhere fast. Since IU students have returned to campus, cars clog this main artery, inching along at a snail's pace. Bicyclists and pedestrians take their lives into their own hands. This road desperately needs to be expanded, and if the project causes inconvenience while the construction is taking place, that is the price of progress.

A different kind of legacy

Alright. I'll be the one. I'll be the moron who tells the truth. Bobby Knight is not a general. He is a criminal. Anyone who wraps their fingers around someone else's throat deserves that label.

Council approves funding for health care, programs

Bloomington will make it easier for people with disabilities to be involved with recreation activities, educate people about noise disturbances, help the arts thrive and provide health care to employees ' all without a tax increase.

Ignorance knows no boundaries

A couple of years ago, I wrote a column for the IDS in which I satirically applied Religious Right, anti-gay rhetoric to the greek system. I criticized it as a "deviant, so-called alternative lifestyle" and warned against a "Hellenic curriculum" for elementary schools which would attempt to recruit "our children". At the end, I explicitly labeled it as "satire." In reply, I got one threatening anonymous phone call and one letter to the editor from a sorority woman cluelessly dissecting my essay point by point, as though it could have been meant seriously.

Knight deserves proper send-off

President Brand should reinstate Coach Knight, but if he refuses to do so, he should at the very least organize a proper and official send-off for him.

It's college, not basketball camp

It was disheartening and embarrassing to see the 6 p.m. news Sunday. The entire state of Indiana, not to mention the nation, saw thousands of IU students threatening Kent Harvey with "Wanted: Dead" signs and screaming angrily at media crews. These people represented to the world the whole of IU that night, and that representation was one of ignorance and hatred.

'Real world' knows truth about Knight

The students and boosters at IU should be ashamed of themselves. They hang an effigy of the school president; they publish the e-mail address, picture and phone number of the young man who made the dastardly mistake of calling this egomaniac "Knight," with a note that says "Wanted: Dead or Alive." The students riot. Over a basketball coach? Grow up people!

BPD Blotter

University should not expect perfection

The president of IU must be out of his mind if he thinks I will support IU basketball with the unnecessary firing of Coach Knight. This was neither the time or place for this type of sanction.

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