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The healing game

When Tijan left Gambia six years ago to shoot hoops in the United States, he knew he wouldn’t have the chance to help his mother through an illness that had been ailing her for more than five years. In January, his brothers left him a voicemail with difficult news: his mother had passed away. He hadn’t seen her since he left home in 2004. A few weeks later, we asked him how he coped with the loss.

Why do we do what we do

Gym rats, workaholics, couch potatoes, and over-achievers — label them how you will, we all know a few.

Facing their wall

My grandfather never went to the Wall. A Vietnam War veteran, he never pressed his hand to the black granite monument and felt the grooved indents of 58,261 names. He couldn’t bring himself to do it, so I did it for him. I drove 650 miles to confront the loss — his and mine.

Get lost

Bloomington straddles the fencepost between woodsy wilderness and hip college campus – think impractical, tight-fitting flannel. If you ever lock your keys in the car while parked at Bradford Woods, you’ll want to know which berries to eat.

Brew your own beer

You don’t need to be an expert to make liquid courage from home.

Trash with class

Can the words “etiquette” and “Little 500 party” even fit in the same sentence? We say yes.

Run a grassroots movement

If you caught the “political bug” after the 2008 election and want to change your community, strap in. According to senior AnnElyse Gibbons, former president of IU’s Students for Hillary campaign, these tips will prepare any aspiring volunteer for what she calls the “election roller coaster.”

Do it for others

Two students saw a problem at local Fairview Elementary School. As the elementary school with the lowest socioeconomic status in Bloomington, some kids don’t have books to read. Through the Hutton Honors College, juniors Hannah Wert and Adeel Chaudhry are doing something about that. 

Company revamps book publishing

Want to get a book published? Unless your last name is Rowling or Grisham, good luck.

Driver crashes into house, gets OWI

Officers arrived in the 1000 block of North Monroe Street at about 9:15 p.m. Sunday to find a vehicle sticking out of the south side of a residence.

Comic Talk #11

Brad Sanders simply runs down the list of Eisner Award nominees in his new comic talk.

Pop Culture Bracketology: Film Directors Finals

Pitches and results for the final round of our Film Directors bracket.

The joy of transformation

Rejoice: it is the season of transformation.

Be an otter for a day

You might think your mammalian body is meant for terrestrial habitats, but think again, landlubber.

Shut up for a good cause

The experience of silencing oneself can be a powerful source of motivation to work for the policy and cultural changes desperately needed to reverse those striking statistics.

Rank that a 1

WE SAY Reardon’s article reflected poorly on IU and greek life.

TBS is with Coco

Cory Barker gives his quick take on Conan's signing with TBS.

4 civilians dead after NATO attack

International troops opened fire on a bus carrying Afghan civilians early Monday, killing four people and setting off anti-American protests in a city that is a hotbed of the Taliban insurgency.

Volunteers help search

No body? No problem convicting, 90 percent of time

Murders without bodies were long considered one of the most complex challenges in the legal profession, but advances in technology have made the once-unthinkable prospect more common. The absence of the key piece of evidence — the corpse — poses unique problems for both prosecutors and defense attorneys, said Thomas “Tad” DiBiase, a lawyer who runs a Web site chronicling “no body” murders.