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Book clubs allow students to read for fun

Monday, Nov. 16,2009 10:34 p.m.

At various times during the year, some students set aside their notes, close their textbooks and forget about their professors for a set period of time. They join other students at their book club, grab a cup of coffee and learn about themselves and others through in-depth literary discussions.

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Students tell stories of poverty

By Jackie Kochell · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 10:32 p.m.

“Show and Tell: Stories of Poverty” featured real cases of poverty and homelessness acted out by students. The free event occurred Monday at Rachael’s Cafe and provided facts on poverty and homelessness in Bloomington and how the community can help.

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City places in housing index

By Jacob Groves · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 9:48 p.m.

Real estate company Coldwell Banker has released its annual College Home Price Comparison Index and found Bloomington among the top 10 college towns with the lowest average home price.

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Local preschool helps with global learning

By Rachel Stark · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 9:46 p.m.

Sierra Roussos, 31, and Daniel Roussos, 37, spend 11 hours a day at the school and nursery, following a dual-language model and serving homemade and organic meals. They opened the preschool out of their home last January.

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State agencies on the chopping block

By Lauren Clason · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:41 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels is struggling to avoid raising taxes on the already hard-hit Hoosier residents, but disappointing state revenue is forcing him to cut each state agency’s spending by 10 percent.

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Contract with America II

By Matt Gorman · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:31 p.m.

Six weeks before the 1994 Congressional election, the Republican Party released what it called the “Contract with America.”Fifteen years later, many Republicans, including myself, feel that a similar contract is necessary to refocus a party that has completely lost the faith of a majority of the American public.

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Unacceptable obstruction

By IDS · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:20 p.m.

WE SAY IU’s Dawn Johnsen and other nominees deserve a vote on confirmation.

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Israel Improvements Inadequate

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:18 p.m.

Last week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton about-faced from her previous demand that the construction of new settlements in the West Bank be completely frozen, praising the moderate slow down in the build up of Israeli settlements by hard-line Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “unprecedented” progress. That statement was a slap in the face to the Palestinian people and their Arab allies.

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Fake environmentalism

By Matt Straw · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:17 p.m.

This year, author Colin Beaven released his book “No Impact Man,” a book that involves living in New York City with his wife and infant daughter on the ninth floor of a Greenwich apartment complex and trying to have no impact on the environment. And what better way to celebrate the idea of “No Impact” than to mass-produce a 300-page book on the topic rather than putting it online, as an e-book, for example? An examination of the book showed no evidence that it was even written on 100 percent recycled paper.

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Straight shootin’

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:15 p.m.

Perhaps I’m old fashioned, but I thought autobiographies were the sort of things that old, dying people scraped together to preserve a memory of their legacy – not another way to cash in on a waning 15 minutes of fame.

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IU defeats USC Upstate 69-61

Monday, Nov. 16,2009 8:12 p.m.

Click here for a replay of the Live Blog about the game. Updates to come soon.

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Ind. wants share of stimulus cash for schools

By Deanna Martin · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 7:53 p.m.

Indiana hopes to win $250 million or more in competitive federal stimulus grants for schools – money the state superintendent says it deserves because of recent changes lawmakers made to education policies.

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IU to play Louisville in NCAA tournament

By IDS staff · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 7:07 p.m.

IU men's soccer was added to the NCAA tournament today. The Hoosiers' participation in the 2009 NCAA tournament extends a streak of 23 consecutive NCAA tournaments.

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No. 131 recruit in class of 2010 chooses IU

Monday, Nov. 16,2009 10:39 a.m.

Indiana once again has a second recruit for the class of 2010. Will Sheehey, the No. 131 recruit in the class of 2010, just confirmed that he will be playing his collegiate basketball at IU. Sheehey had offers from George Washington and Syracuse and was also receiving interest from Georgia Tech and Michigan.

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GM shows progress, loses only $1.2 Billion

By Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin · Monday, Nov. 16,2009 10:26 a.m.

DETROIT — General Motors Co. says it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.

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