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Robert Irsay, the blustery, Chicago construction magnate who became Baltimore's most reviled sports figure when he moved his National Football League Colts to Indianapolis, died yesterday. He was 73.Mr. Irsay died at 10: 15 a.m. at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis of apparent heart and kidney failure, said Pamela Perry, director of public affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine.Mr. Irsay had been in and out of hospitals since suffering a stroke on Nov. 29, 1995, which left him partially paralyzed, forced to use a wheelchair and unable to speak above a whisper.

Lynton Keith Caldwell, 92, who helped shape the nation's policy requiring environmental impact studies for major projects, died Tuesday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. Dr. Caldwell, a professor emeritus at Indiana University, helped write the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. His draft resolution, much of which was incorporated into the act, required environmental impact studies for all major federal projects that would significantly affect the environment. He helped create Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

THERE WERE no rules for Bobby Knight. The Hall of Fame basketball coach could get away with anything at Indiana University and remain untouchable. He could toss chairs, punch a sports information director or overreact to stupid questions from sportswriters with barrages of profanity. He could do all of this with impunity. These transgressions were minor matters to Indiana University officials. What mattered most to them were National Collegiate Athletic Association trophies and dollars.

Sandra A. O'Connor Occupation: State's attorney for Baltimore County In the news: O'Connor said she would step down when her term ends next year, ending a tenure of more than three decades as Baltimore County's top prosecutor. As state's attorney, she received support and criticism for her policy of seeking the death penalty in all eligible murder cases, except for those that fit narrowly defined criteria. She has not faced an Election Day challenge since the early 1980s, and her decision not to seek a ninth term sets up the possibility of a contested election next year.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana coach Cam Cameron denied rumors Saturday that he would leave to become an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions. "Both of my feet are planted at Indiana University," Cameron said. "We've got a job to get done, and we're not as close as we need to be to getting it done. "I don't know where that stuff comes from." Cameron coached at Michigan with new Lions coach Gary Moeller. In Cameron's four years at Indiana, the Hoosiers have yet to finish with a winning record and have a combined mark of 13-31.

Bertice Reading, 54, an American jazz singer and actress who became a star on London stage and cabaret, died Saturday in London after suffering a stroke. She collapsed during rehearsals for "Notre Dame," a new musical based on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" that is due to open later this month in Oxford, England. Born in Chester, Pa., she began her career dancing at age 3 with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. She later won a hometown talent contest to appear for a week with Lionel Hampton's band.

Steve Tesich, 53, the playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter of "Breaking Away," died Monday of a heart attack in Nova Scotia, where he was vacationing with his family.He won the Oscar in 1979 for "Breaking Away," a story about a group of teen-age "townies" in Bloomington, Ind., and their rivalry with the more privileged college students at nearby Indiana University.A native of Yugoslavia, Mr. Tesich came to this country when he was 14 and attended Indiana University on a wrestling scholarship.

Sandra A. O'Connor Occupation: State's attorney for Baltimore County In the news: O'Connor said she would step down when her term ends next year, ending a tenure of more than three decades as Baltimore County's top prosecutor. As state's attorney, she received support and criticism for her policy of seeking the death penalty in all eligible murder cases, except for those that fit narrowly defined criteria. She has not faced an Election Day challenge since the early 1980s, and her decision not to seek a ninth term sets up the possibility of a contested election next year.

Robert Lee Lanphear, a retired FBI agent who led the agency's Annapolis office for a decade, died of Alzheimer's disease Nov. 28 at his Sherwood Forest home. He was 80. Mr. Lanphear was born and raised in South Bend, Ind. His studies at Indiana University were interrupted by World War II, when he was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. Trained as a pilot, he flew B-17s in the Pacific and attained the rank of lieutenant. Returning to Indiana University, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1947.

Bob Knight will get to coach his 30th season at Indiana University --- three games late, $30,000 light and with a newly established zero-tolerance policy to prevent any more incidents of verbal or physical abuse on the part of college basketball's most controversial figure. Knight, 59, was given a reprimand yesterday by Indiana president Myles Brand that will include a suspension at the start of next season, a docking of pay and what will likely result in a far different approach to coaching -- if not life itself -- for his Hall of Fame career to continue in Bloomington.

Robert Lee Lanphear, a retired FBI agent who led the agency's Annapolis office for a decade, died of Alzheimer's disease Nov. 28 at his Sherwood Forest home. He was 80. Mr. Lanphear was born and raised in South Bend, Ind. His studies at Indiana University were interrupted by World War II, when he was drafted into the Army Air Forces in 1943. Trained as a pilot, he flew B-17s in the Pacific and attained the rank of lieutenant. Returning to Indiana University, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1947.

Richard Strauss, a front-rank composer who also was a dominant presence on the podium, once joked that a prime directive for conductors is to avoid looking at the trombone section for fear of encouraging them to play louder. The great Felix Mendelssohn agreed, tongue in cheek, saying that "trombones are too sacred for frequent use." But where would the symphonic repertoire be without them? From the noble chorale in the final movement of Johannes Brahms' 1st Symphony, to the slinky solo in Ravel's Bolero, to the crackling final bars of Rossini's Overture to the opera William Tell, the trombone is an expressive voice no music lover could do without.

Many musical organizations understandably are focusing on the approaching holidays, but that doesn't mean you have to confine yourself to Handel and assorted carols - not that there's anything wrong with that. Among noteworthy examples of non-seasonal fare this week is a chamber concert featuring Janos Starker, one of the world's leading cellists for more than 40 years. He will be joined by William Preucil, concertmaster of the Cleveland Orchestra and former first violinist of the Cleveland Quartet; and pianist Shigeo Neriki, a frequent collaborator with orchestras and chamber ensembles around the globe.

"Confirming what many women have long suspected, new brain research shows that men give only half a mind to what they hear, listening with just one side of their brains while women use both." -- from a report this past week by the Los Angeles Times Come again? Only caught half of that. It seems that at the Indiana University School of Medicine, brain scans taken of 10 men and 10 women indicated that the men listened mostly using their left sides of their brains, while the women used both sides.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana coach Cam Cameron denied rumors Saturday that he would leave to become an assistant coach with the Detroit Lions. "Both of my feet are planted at Indiana University," Cameron said. "We've got a job to get done, and we're not as close as we need to be to getting it done. "I don't know where that stuff comes from." Cameron coached at Michigan with new Lions coach Gary Moeller. In Cameron's four years at Indiana, the Hoosiers have yet to finish with a winning record and have a combined mark of 13-31.

Recently fired Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight said in a nationally televised interview on ESPN last night that he hoped to be on the sideline again as soon as possible, perhaps during the upcoming season. "I haven't retired," said Knight, who was fired Sunday after violating a zero-tolerance policy that was placed on him in May by university officials for confrontational and abusive behavior. "I'm an unemployed teacher, looking for a place to teach. Knight reportedly turned down a chance to coach at the University of Delaware when Mike Brey, a former Duke assistant, left in July to replace Matt Doherty at Notre Dame.

"Confirming what many women have long suspected, new brain research shows that men give only half a mind to what they hear, listening with just one side of their brains while women use both." -- from a report this past week by the Los Angeles Times Come again? Only caught half of that. It seems that at the Indiana University School of Medicine, brain scans taken of 10 men and 10 women indicated that the men listened mostly using their left sides of their brains, while the women used both sides.

Western Maryland College welcomes 10 full-time and one half-time undergraduate and graduate faculty for the 2000-2001 academic year, according to Samuel Case, interim dean and provost of the college. The college also has hired one adjunct undergraduate faculty member, as well as a number of professors who will serve one-year appointments. New full-time members are: Lt. Col. Donald Craig, professor and chair of military science. The new leader of the Army ROTC Green Terror Battalion comes to WMC from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he was division chief for the Leader Development Division in the Center for Army Leadership.

NOW THAT Indiana University has named Mike Davis as the interim head basketball coach, school officials should conduct an internal investigation of all those top authorities who were closely associated with former head coach Bob Knight during his 29-year tenure. Because if Knight can be held accountable and fired Sunday for the latest embarrassing incident in a long list of episodes at the school, then so should those who have sheltered him through the years. They should be put on the firing line, too. Ready.

Western Maryland College welcomes 10 full-time and one half-time undergraduate and graduate faculty for the 2000-2001 academic year, according to Samuel Case, interim dean and provost of the college. The college also has hired one adjunct undergraduate faculty member, as well as a number of professors who will serve one-year appointments. New full-time members are: Lt. Col. Donald Craig, professor and chair of military science. The new leader of the Army ROTC Green Terror Battalion comes to WMC from Fort Leavenworth, Kan., where he was division chief for the Leader Development Division in the Center for Army Leadership.