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GOP candidate Sodrel to run for Congress

By Associated Press · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:33 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Former Republican Rep. Mike Sodrel announced Monday he was running again for Congress, setting up a possible fifth consecutive campaign against Democratic Rep. Baron Hill in southern Indiana’s 9th District.Sodrel sent an e-mail to supporters announcing his bid for the Republican nomination, although another GOP candidate plans to argue it’s time for a new person to challenge Hill.

A night at 'The Clinic'

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:17 p.m.

A house known as "The Clinic" provides an outlet for house shows and indie music.

Three doses of awesome

By IDS Weekend · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:08 p.m.

Austin Morris tackles the three-part 'Chuck' premiere event.

Seminar to shed light on art collecting

By Danielle Rindler · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:05 p.m.

The School of Fine Arts Gallery and the Friends of Art Collectors Group will play host to a Collecting Student and Faculty Art Seminar from 5 to 6:30 p.m. today. The seminar will address concerns related to buying and selling student and faculty artwork.

A 'Big' premiere

By Brian Marks · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 10:01 p.m.

Brian Marks recaps the season four premiere of 'Big Love.'

3 killed in Orange County accident

Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 8:13 p.m.

ORLEANS, Ind. - Indiana State Police say three people died when a steel coil fell from a truck and crushed two cars in Orange County in southern Indiana.

Lawyer in Behrman case faces disciplinary hearing

Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 8:08 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS - The lawyer who defended the man convicted in the 2000 slaying of 19-year-old Indiana University student Jill Behrman faces possible disciplinary action related to the case.

The abroad blues

By Guest writer · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 7:42 p.m.

I know I am not the only person losing a friend to the allure of exotic places and interesting people. We are in college; classmates study abroad all the time. Siblings, significant others and best friends constantly deal with distance. I do not think I am the first person to worry about a relationship shift. So until I can be the one packing my bags for a foreign country, (Buenos Aires, here I come) I will have to figure out a way to come to terms with circumstances out of my control, just like everyone else.

Animals are people, too

By Zach Ammerman · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 7:33 p.m.

Last year Spain became the first country on Earth to extend legal rights to animals , granting the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans) – humanity’s closest relatives – the right to life, individual freedom and prohibition of torture. The rest of the world should follow the lead of the Spanish but go a few steps further by including all highly intelligent animals, not just apes.

Old white racists

By Matt Straw · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 7:31 p.m.

It came out this week that before the 2008 election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D,-Nev., praised then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. as electable in part because of his “light-skinned” appearance and speaking patterns “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

Health care takes precedence

Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 7:29 p.m.

WE SAY Partisan politics is the only way to get health care to the people.

Chuckin’ awesome

By Cory Barker · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 6:38 p.m.

Amid the hopeless and terrible procedurals and serialized programs that take themselves too seriously, one program stands alone for being pure fun – “Chuck.”

Cera attempts to lose his virginity – again

By Doug Evans · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 6:34 p.m.

Michael Cera has constructed not only a career but an iconic status as the hesitant, laid-back, ladies man in disguise who is too nice to seal the deal.

No leap of imagination for ‘Leap Year’

By Megan Clayton · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 6:27 p.m.

Star power keeps “Leap Year” from being a complete failure. Honestly, I’m fine to sit for two hours and watch Matthew Goode strut around in sexy sweaters – which is lucky since there’s not much else happening here.

Purdue student pleads guilty to shooting role

By Associated Press · Tuesday, Jan. 12,2010 12:28 p.m.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A former Purdue University student has pleaded guilty to charges in an alcohol-fueled prank in which a friend was fatally shot.

IU begins second round of campus budget cuts

By Kevin Wang · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:32 p.m.

IU has achieved $29.3 million in base budget cuts, but still must find another $58.9 million to cut in order to meet the requirement of the mandated state funding reduction, according to a Jan. 6 IU press release.

Sorority rush: How ranking works

By Natalie Avon · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:30 p.m.

IU's sorority rush has a ranking process all participating women must follow.

SoFA Gallery springs into semester with MFA student work

By Danielle Rindler · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, the SoFA Gallery will kick off its spring season with the “IU School of Fine Arts Student Shows: MFA Painting, Metals, Graphic Design, Ceramics and Textiles.” The exhibit, on display through Jan. 23, includes paintings, multimedia, books, jewelry, textiles and more, all created by Master and Bachelor of Fine Arts students.

Law could ban texting while driving

By Jacob Groves · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:28 p.m.

A new bill, which would be the first in the state to limit any type of cell phone use for all ages, would also impose on Hoosiers some of the strictest texting-while-driving laws in the nation.

Sorority rush ends with new homes for the chosen few

By Natalie Avon · Monday, Jan. 11,2010 11:27 p.m.

After growing up around greek family members, freshman Libby Lienhoop was destined to be in a sorority. She had an emotional journey but eventually found her new home.

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