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UPDATE: Daylight saving time bill passes

By Alyson Brodsy and Mike Smith · Friday, April 29,2005 12 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - When 47 states spring forward an hour next April to mark the beginning of daylight-saving time once again, all of Indiana is expected to join them for the first time in decades. It will mark the end of Indiana's holdout on changing its clocks, and a freshman state representative who just a few weeks ago vowed to oppose the time switch is sure to get plenty of statewide fame - and blame - for making it so.

Hoosier offense takes on Ohio State's conference-best defense

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 29,2005 2:23 a.m.

Coming off a 16-2 thrashing of IU-Southeast on Wednesday, the IU baseball team packs its bags for a four-game set against Ohio State this weekend. So far this season, IU has established a dismal 4-12 record against the Big Ten. The Hoosiers have finished with one win and three losses in each of the last four conference series games they have played. The 20-14 Buckeyes are coming off a doubleheader sweep against Central Michigan. OSU has a Big Ten leading .971 fielding percentage and is second in the conference with a 3.80 ERA, despite its 4-9 Big Ten record and .290 team batting average.

Mavericks beat Rockets 106-102 in shootout

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 29,2005 2:22 a.m.

HOUSTON -- Playing with the desperation of a team facing elimination, even though they weren't, the Dallas Mavericks clawed their way back into their first-round series against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night. It took a rejuvenated Dirk Nowitzki to save them in a 106-102 victory. Nowitzki emerged from a two-game slump to score 28 points and keyed a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter that deflated the Rockets in Game 3.

4-year finale

By Megan Hubartt · Friday, April 29,2005 2:14 a.m.

By 6 p.m. Thursday night, the nearly 700 students from the graduating class of 2005 who attended the Senior Salute, hosted by the IU Alumni Association, had started to dwindle.

Exams week leaves main library crowded; students find other places to study for tests

By Michelle Manchir · Friday, April 29,2005 2:14 a.m.

Finals week is the time of the year that makes college students shudder with disgust. Nonetheless, it's just around the corner.

Students raise funds for Crouse award

By Mike Wilson · Friday, April 29,2005 2:14 a.m.

There's a new scholarship at IU named for Ashley Crouse. But big donors won't be behind this award. Instead, it will comprise crumpled $5 bills, change, checks, books and skipping meals -- it is a scholarship funded by the students whose lives Crouse touched. The Ashley Crouse Memorial Scholarship will ensure that she will continue to touch students in the years to come, said Senior Adam Nevel, a friend of Crouse's and a member of a linguistics class that is spearheading the scholarship effort.

Air Canada can't save New Jersey against Heat

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Sheridan · Friday, April 29,2005 1:49 a.m.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- One of the luckiest bounces of Vince Carter's career -- five or six bounces, actually -- couldn't keep the New Jersey Nets from falling behind 3-0 to the Miami Heat. Carter forced double overtime with a shot that danced all around the backboard and rim before dropping through, but there was no more magic for the Nets after that in a 108-105 double-overtime loss to the Heat on Thursday night.

'Boom Baby!' still alive as Pacers win

By Alyson Brodsy and Steve Herman · Friday, April 29,2005 1:48 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Reggie Miller had no sympathy for the Boston Celtics. He didn't need any favorable treatment from the officials, either. Miller scored 33 points Thursday night, including 15 in the fourth quarter, and Indiana pulled away to a 99-76 victory and a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven first-round playoff series. Game four will be in Indianapolis Saturday night and the series will return to Boston on Tuesday.

Hoosiers look to finish strong

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Friday, April 29,2005 1:46 a.m.

After beginning its six-game road trip on a high note Wednesday, the IU softball team will travel this weekend to Ohio State and Penn State to play four crucial Big Ten games. Wednesday, the Hoosiers started their road trip right, defeating the Evansville Aces 5-0 behind junior Mariangee Bogado, who threw her first career no-hitter.

IU math curriculum makes national impact

By Anne Zelek · Friday, April 29,2005 1:45 a.m.

The Mathematics Throughout the Curriculum program, first formed in 1994, is facing its most ambitious project yet. MTC is going national. The program's focus has gone from creating course prototypes to a widespread process of "dissemination" -- taking its message across the country by way of books, newsletters and workshops.

IU ready to push into Big Tens

By Chris Engel · Friday, April 29,2005 1:44 a.m.

With only one week to go before postseason play beings, the IU men's golf team knows there is a lot of work to be done to complete a successful season. "Right now we are in a race for an NCAA berth," said IU coach Mike Mayer. "We need to really find ourselves and come together this weekend."

IU looks for NCAA tourney berth

By Steve Brennan · Friday, April 29,2005 1:43 a.m.

One team will advance this weekend to the Collegiate Water Polo Association Eastern Conference Championship. Seven will see their seasons come to an end. The eight teams will compete in Bloomington at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center this weekend, where the No. 10 Hoosiers are the top seed, for the chance to advance to the NCAA tournament May 13-15.

on the SIDELINES

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 29,2005 1:42 a.m.

Indiana House calls for single-class tournament INDIANAPOLIS --The Indiana House passed a resolution Thursday asking the Indiana High School Athletic Association to create a new single-class state basketball tournament. "I think the public really wants this," said Republican Rep. Larry Buell of Indianapolis, the resolution's sponsor.

Rough Waters Ahead

By Bill Meehan · Friday, April 29,2005 1:39 a.m.

Glistening arms stretched to the oars will bend and churn the water into foam in epic splendor when seven schools -- six of them nationally ranked -- compete for the Big Ten Championship Saturday on Bloomington's Lake Lemon. IU, the unranked entry, will play host to the regatta.

Books swapped online

By Trevor brown · Friday, April 29,2005 1:36 a.m.

With rising textbook prices and the recent decision by the University to eliminate bursar billing for the majority of the student body, many students are now looking at alternative options for buying textbooks.

Wisconsin 'cat'- tastrophe

By Felipe Maya · Friday, April 29,2005 1:29 a.m.

In "Shrek 2," whenever Puss-in-Boots was in trouble, he made that ultra cute and adorable face that no one could resist; everyone just stared in awe. Well, in Wisconsin, they would've shot his brains out.

Report: Bloomington gender equality in workforce could use large improvement

By Mike Wilson · Friday, April 29,2005 1:24 a.m.

In 2001, Indiana received a report card evaluating the status of women in the state that would put the Hoosier heartland on academic probation. Indiana's grade point average calculated out to 1.4, barely above failure, and included a grade of D- in employment and earnings and an F in reproductive rights, according to The Status of Women in Indiana Report.

Iran to resume uranium program if talks fail

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 29,2005 1:11 a.m.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Iran threatened on Thursday to resume its uranium enrichment program if talks with European nations this week fail. The comments put pressure on European negotiators before Iran's talks in London on Friday with political leaders from France, Germany and Britain. Speaking after a meeting with his Dutch counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Friday's talks were critical.

Palestinian leader threatens action against militants

By Alyson Brodsy and Josef Federman · Friday, April 29,2005 1:09 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas threatened to use "an iron fist" against anyone who violates a cease--fire with Israel, his toughest warning against militants since taking office in January. In a speech to Palestinian police, Abbas also pledged to maintain quiet during the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip planned this summer.

Dutch Institute offers summer courses about language, Anne Frank

By Kate FitzGerald · Friday, April 29,2005 1:07 a.m.

Far from windmills and wooden shoes, roughly a dozen students will be on campus this summer immersing themselves in Dutch language and culture through the Summer Dutch Institute. The program, an intensive introduction to society of the Netherlands, consists of two sequential language courses and a culture course, said Fritz Breithaupt, West European Studies director. All of the classes are taught during Summer Session I, from May 10 to June 16 on the Bloomington campus.