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Dalai Lama’s brother dies in Bloomington

By Haley Adams · Monday, Sept. 8,2008 12:12 a.m.

Thubten J. Norbu, the eldest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, was not only a retired IU professor but was an ambassador for Tibet and human rights around the world.Norbu, 87, died of natural causes at 3 p.m. Friday at the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington.

Excise citations increase over the weekend

By Jessica Anderson · Monday, Sept. 8,2008 12:07 a.m.

Citations for drinking this weekend nearly doubled from last week, with most students receiving tickets tailgating at IU’s game against Murray State.

IU basketball players experience unusual anonymity

By Matt Dollinger · Monday, Sept. 8,2008 12:04 a.m.

Basketball players tend to stand out on campus. They’re much taller than the average student, and they’re typically decked from head-to-toe in brand-new IU apparel.

IU-Notify sends warning by text, e-mail

By Ben Phelps · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 11:59 p.m.

Students awoke to text messages and e-mails early Saturday morning from IU’s emergency alert system warning them of stabbings that occurred on 17th Street just hours earlier.PODCAST:Hoosier Headlines

This is a composite of the suspect who assaulted three IU students on their walk back to their residence halls. He is an 18 to 20-year-old slim, white male who was wearing a white hoodie, a yellow T-shirt and jeans at the time of the assaults.

Police searching for stabbing suspect

By Ben Phelps and Lindsey Alexander · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 11:57 p.m.

After an early Saturday morning attack on three students, the IU Police Department is searching for the suspect and interviewing witnesses and victims. The suspect gave an 18-year-old male a four-inch cut to the neck and two females superficial cuts on their faces that did not require medical attention.

(left to right) Yoana Kurnadi, Anthony Tjandra, Sinta Nuryani and Cintya Hanasusanto promote the Indonesian Student Association (ISA) at the Asian Culture Center's opening event held Friday afternoon.

Asian Culture Center event welcomes hundreds

By Jessica Hullinger · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 10:58 p.m.

The welcome back reception began at 5 p.m. on the lawn of the Asian Culture Center under cloudy, sprinkling skies. Luckily it never rained, and the event drew more than 200 students, some new and some returning.

Phi Sigs recognized as ‘outstanding’ for 4th year

By Haley Adams · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 10:56 p.m.

The saying goes “third time’s the charm,” but for Phi Sigma Kappa, charm doesn’t stop at three. On Aug. 9 at the Phi Sigma Kappa General Convention in Indianapolis, the chapter won the Herbert L. Brown Outstanding Chapter Award for the fourth year in a row.

Dean of Students Dick McKaig speaks to the University Club about the class of 2012 Friday afternoon in the Indiana Memorial Union.

McKaig speaks to University Club about class of 2012

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 10:53 p.m.

McKaig, who announced last week he will retire at the end of the school year, spoke to club members and stressed many differences between students today and students when he first came to IU.

IUPD officer Mark Molter issues a field sobriety test to Mark Sliva, junior, who is wearing beer goggles to simulate the visual effects of alchohol consumption Friday afternoon at Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll in Dunn Meadow.

Event makes students ‘more aware’

By Sam Leffers · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 10:50 p.m.

While attendance was low, possibly due to the overcast and drizzling weather, “Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n’ Roll” lived up to its billing with informational activities about alcohol, drugs and sexual assault.

Sen. Barack Obama speaks before a crowd of approximately 1,000 people in the 4-H arena at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds in Terre Haute Saturday afternoon. Obama was introduced by Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, a Terre Haute resident.

Obama event in Terre Haute draws 1,000

By Kristi Oloffson · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 10:02 p.m.

TERRE HAUTE – Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., made an appeal to the middle class Hoosier voters he has often missed out on with a campaign stop in Terre Haute, Ind. on Saturday afternoon, drawing about 1,000 people.

French food for thought

By Bonnie White · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 9:11 p.m.

"Oh my god, I'm in Paris," is what I immediately thought after the plane landed on the runway with a jolt. Then, once the initial excitement wore off a bit, I found myself realizing, "Oh my god, I'm starving."

$500 million super-imaging satellite launched into orbit

By Associated Press · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 9:03 p.m.

A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite that can detail an area the size of a baseball diamond’s home plate from space has been launched into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast.

SoFA Gallery opens its doors for the fall ’08 season

By Haley Adams · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 9:02 p.m.

The School of Fine Arts Gallery was divided between the abstract and the familiar Friday night as visitors viewed the gallery for the first time this season. The opening kicked off two shows: “Vacation ’08” and “HUB: A Collaboration of Art and Space.”

Gallery North’s ‘Storytellers’ here through September

By Erica Beringer · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 9:01 p.m.

The walls of Gallery North were adorned with 3-D pieces of art Friday evening. In front of them, the guests stood speechless, many with dropped jaws. Behind them was the artist, with a grin on her face as she watched everyone attempt to search for a way to somehow describe her work. Catherine Burris struggles to find the words herself.

Canada PM seeks Conservative majority, early election

Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:59 p.m.

Canada’s prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government’s hold on power.

Laura Brikmanis, a 2001 IU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English and studio art, shows her mom, Ellen Brikmanis from Carmel, Ind., her mural for the first time Friday outside of the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

New mural brightens Playwrights Project

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:59 p.m.

Formerly a nondescript beige building, the Bloomington Playwrights Project has undergone a makeover, courtesy of artist Laura Brikmanis and a grant from the Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District.

Iraqi parliament resumes, focuses on election bill

By Qassim Abdul Zahra · Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:56 p.m.

Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. – key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.

Sustainability: What is it, anyway?

Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:11 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie’s announcement last week of the need to appoint a full-time director of sustainability strikes the editorial board as both practical and heartening, if not a bit overdue.Just a couple of autumns ago, green plastic water bottles with the slogan “I Give A Sh*t” became almost as common a sight on campus as textbooks, backpacks or whatever else students carry around daily. They symbolized what seemed like a popular and powerful sentiment at the time: that nothing should stop one of the country’s largest and most wired universities from becoming more ecologically aware. Yet such short-lived campaigns (in spite of the popular price discount any bottle-bringers received at dining halls) proved nothing when it came to the airy issue of sustainability.

Column skewed evidence

Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:05 p.m.

In a Sept. 4 commentary, Chelsea Kane, chairwoman of the IU College Republicans, writes, “The top four of five states for gun ownership (in which Indiana is second) are also in the top five states with the lowest rates of gun violence.”

Pro-Lifers feminists too

Sunday, Sept. 7,2008 8:04 p.m.

In the Indiana Daily Student of Sept. 3, Indira Dammu wrote in the opinion section that pro-life Gov. Sarah Palin and feminists like her are “masterful at appropriating the word ‘choice,’ casting it as a catchall phrase for abortion.