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The Indiana Daily Student

RecSports promote health, activity

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Two single-file lines engulfed the entrance to the Student Recreational Sports Center Tuesday, while a constant stream of people exiting the gym created a scene reminiscent of a crowded city subway.


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Freshmen receive free entry to 1st football game

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In its latest marketing strategy to draw more fans to Memorial Stadium to see the football team play, the IU Athletics Department is giving all freshmen free tickets to this weekend’s IU vs. Indiana State football game.

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First 30,000 fans will get ‘Hep’ buttons

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Terry Hoeppner will be long remembered within the IU community for his character and personality. For those looking for a keepsake to remember the late coach will get their opportunity this Saturday night.


IU Football

IU football prepares for 1st game Saturday

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The Hoosiers are hoping to learn from last season’s mistakes. After jumping out to a 2-0 start in 2006, the IU football team dropped its next two games – both at home – to Division I-AA Southern Illinois and Division I-A Connecticut. Had they been able to win just one of those two games, IU would have been bowl eligible for the first time in 13 years.


Jay Seawell

No. 2-rated recruits impress early, often

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In 2006, the IU men’s soccer team earned its 12th Big Ten regular season championship and its 11th Big Ten tournament championship. This year, the Hoosiers will have a different look as a team, but they will still be in search of the same achievements after signing a freshman class rated No. 2 in the nation by College Soccer News. This class includes four high school All-Americans and last year’s top scorer in the state.


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Freshman scorer to miss season

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IU freshman Alec Purdie will sit out this men’s soccer season with a medical redshirt because of an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury he sustained during the summer.


NYOTK US Open Tennis

Favorites have U.S. Open field day

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Lleyton Hewitt served up a shutout, Martina Hingis needed only an hour and Svetlana Kuznetsova neatly slid into the second round Tuesday at the U.S. Open. Maria Sharapova and Andy Roddick hoped to keep up that run by former champions in the featured night matches.



Woeful White Sox Baseball

White Sox go from first to worst, quickly

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Confetti fell and euphoria reigned as manager Ozzie Guillen and his team paraded through the streets of the city after the White Sox won the World Series for the first time in 88 years. That day seems so long ago now, although it’s been less than two years.



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Comcast, Big Ten Network gridlocked

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So much for making nice. After weeks of negotiations, the Big Ten Network officially announced last Thursday that it will not come to an agreement with the cable provider Comcast in time for the network’s Thursday launch. As a result of this decision, viewers who subscribe to Comcast or Insight, which will become Comcast, will miss out on the network’s opening telecasts, including the IU versus Indiana State game this Saturday.



Vick Plea Football

Judge accepts Vick’s guilty plea

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Looking somber and speaking “from the heart,” Michael Vick apologized Monday for “using bad judgment and making bad decisions” and vowed to redeem himself after pleading guilty to a federal dogfighting charge.


IDS File Photo
Junior guard A.J. Ratliff drives past Dion Harris during the second half of the IU victory over Michigan Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at Assembly Hall.  Ratliff scored nine points off the bench for the Hoosiers.

Ratliff academically ineligible for first semester

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IU men’s basketball senior guard A.J. Ratliff is academically ineligible to play during the first semester, coach Kelvin Sampson said at a press conference Saturday. The former Indiana Mr. Basketball cannot play with the Hoosiers until they host Western Carolina on Dec. 15, the day after final exams wrap up for the first semester.


Jay Seawell

IU men's soccer defeats New Mexico in exhibition match

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It’s a good thing the IU men’s soccer team has been scrimmaging regularly in preparation for the upcoming season, because its Saturday night contest against the University of New Mexico was the only game experience it will have in preparation for the 2007 season.



IU Volleyball

Volleyball team take 2 of 3 matches on weekend

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Despite having their opening match postponed due to bus problems and severe weather, the IU volleyball team won two out of three matches as they began their season in DeKalb, Ill., playing in the Northern Illinois Invitational.