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Mike Bridavsky shows off Russian Recording, a new Bloomington recording studio opening on Friday in Bloomington.

3 bands build recording studio, plan opening celebration Friday

By Risha Kohli · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 9:17 p.m.

Studio owner Mike Bridavsky decided he wanted to go into the recording industry when he was in middle school. In high school, he began making recordings. And now at age 28, Bridavsky is opening a new studio he designed and built with the help of many other musicians.

Downtown pumpkin patch dazzles shoppers

Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 9:16 p.m.

Forty-five minutes pass, yet the same shoppers wander up and down the rows, cradling their favorite pumpkin, still searching for the perfect one. Although the rows and rows of fall decorations are like any other pumpkin patch, this patch has a dazzling effect.

Novel sheds insight on IU basketball, segregation

By Rorye O'Connor · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 9:13 p.m.

Hoosiers, particularly basketball fans, might think they know everything behind the history of IU’s heralded basketball team. However, there’s one book Hoosiers should consider adding to their reading list.

Blue Collar Comedy star, Ron "Tater Salad" White, to perform at Auditorium

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 9:11 p.m.

With a glass of scotch in one hand, a lit cigar in the other and his French bulldog, Gertrude, backstage, Ron White will bring his unique brand of stand-up comedy to the IU Auditorium on Friday.

Bloody man found in downtown post office

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 4:33 p.m.

A 56-year-old man was found bleeding inside of the downtown Bloomington U.S. Post office early Thursday morning.

Fantasy football is ruining my life

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 1:40 p.m.

Fantasy football is literally ruining my life. Sure, this isn’t a new development for all you devout fantasy football followers, and even I have been charmed by the leagues I’ve been in over the years. Yet in the past, by week 10 of the NFL season I lost interest, resulting in a string of embarrassing losses.

IU senior Erica Short, No. 15, sets the ball during the TIS Bookstore Invitational on Friday, Sept. 19, at University Gym. IU swept Ball State 3-0.

IU falls to top-ranked Penn State

By Ari Shifron · Thursday, Oct. 2,2008 12:23 a.m.

Despite hanging around for most of the match, the IU volleyball team was eventually out-clawed by the Nittany Lions in straight sets Wednesday night. Penn State continued their undefeated season, improving to 15-0 on the year. They still have not lost a single set.

Farmers’ market vendor trades business world for organic produce

By Danielle Patras · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:41 p.m.

As the Saturday morning sun rises, IU students are still in their beds, snoozing away from the night before. Meanwhile, lively violin music fills the square as locals tote recycled shopping bags from booth to booth, selecting from an array of fresh produce, herbs and flowers. Welcome to the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market.

Art Jacques weighs tomatoes for a customer on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the Farmers' Market.

More area residents are choosing city-operated market over grocery stores

By Jessica Anderson · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:39 p.m.

Kale, beats, radishes, potatoes, eggplant, broccoli and peppers don’t even begin to cover the variety of fresh produce currently in season at the Bloomington Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday from April through November, health fanatics, amateur cooks and those craving more than the store brand of frozen cut broccoli wriggle out of bed for fresh locally grown food. Some weekends, more than 8,000 patrons come out to Showers Common on Morton Street.

IU gains first-of-its-kind Asian American Studies Program

By Ashlee Green · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:38 p.m.

IU has announced its approval of the establishment of an Asian American Studies Program. The announcement was made as part of the 10th anniversary of IU’s Asian Culture Center.

Group lobbies for Sunday alcohol sales

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:37 p.m.

For 35 years, Indiana residents have not been able to purchase alcoholic beverages from stores on Sundays, but a new campaign hopes to change that. The movement “Hoosiers for Beverage Choices” is trying to change a law that prohibits Hoosier retailers from selling alcohol on Sundays. Through a Web site that launched in August, people can sign a growing online petition, said Indiana Retail Council President Grant Monahan. The campaign also wants to allow the sale of cold beer at drug, grocery and convenience stores.

Freshmen set in-state records

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:35 p.m.

The term “increasingly Hoosier” creates different thoughts for different students. However, to the admissions department, “increasingly Hoosier” refers to the record number of in-state students in this year’s freshman class – some 4,679 in total.

Bailout proposal passes Senate, House foes soften

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:35 p.m.

WASHINGTON – After one spectacular failure, the $700 billion financial industry bailout found a second life Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republican opposition softened. Senators loaded the economic rescue bill with tax breaks and other sweeteners before passing it by a wide margin, 74-25, a month before the presidential and congressional elections.

Participants start the Jill Berhman Run for the End Zone Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006 outside Mellencamp Pavilion. The run was held to honor the memory of former IU student, Jill Behrman, and all the proceeds go to Jill's House and to the Jill Behrman Emrging Leader Scholarship.

End Zone deadline nears

By Meera Jogani · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:34 p.m.

As this year’s participants cross the finish line for the Jill Behrman Run for the End Zone, not only will they have bragging rights, but they will also be a part of a record-breaking event.

General Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Bush's $624.6 billion request in defense spending, Tuesday, February 6, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Controversial general given Kelley award

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:34 p.m.

Gen. Peter Pace, known for his time as the United States’ top military leader, as well as his support for the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regarding gay soldiers, will be at IU today. Pace is this year’s IU Kelley School of Business “Poling Chair” recipient. The award is funded by a gift from Harold Poling that is meant to bring leaders from around the world to meet with students.

Vice presidential candidate John Edwards reacts to the applause of delegates before speaking at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, in Boston.

Edwards to speak at IU

By Ben Phelps · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:31 p.m.

Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who in August admitted he had an extramarital affair while his wife battled cancer, will speak Nov. 11, at IU, just one week after the presidential elections.The Union Board announced Wednesday that the former North Carolina senator will speak about how the election results will affect America’s economic and political future, said Nathan Click, Indiana Memorial Union Board public relations director, in a press release.“This is a hands-down win for IU students and Union Board,” Union Board Lectures Director Andrew Dahlen said in the statement. “Just a week out from the election, IU students will ask one of this year’s top presidential contenders for his thoughts on this historic election.”PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

6th-grade teacher elopes with student, sentenced

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:14 p.m.

A former math teacher sentenced to federal prison for a sex crime with a minor says the age of the 13-year-old schoolboy she fled with to Mexico didn’t matter to her.

Gen. McKiernan demands 10,000 additional troops in Afghanistan to strengthen Afghan economy

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 11:13 p.m.

The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that he needs more troops and other aid “as quickly as possible” in a counterinsurgency battle that could get worse before it gets better.

Two simple choices

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:39 p.m.

This stinks rotten, no matter how you look at it. As I read these scores of pages – both of the NCAA’s exhibits in the failure to monitor allegation and the University’s response – one thing becomes increasingly clear: I can’t tell exactly who is lying – though I have a pretty good idea – but there ain’t nobody telling the truth. The departed half of this shotgunned wedding, Kelvin Sampson produced on Tuesday a statement stringently denying IU’s response, which basically said Sampson and his staff lied their pants off and IU shouldn’t be held responsible for that.

Pacers looking to score – plenty

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 10:37 p.m.

Seventeen players. Sixteen guaranteed contracts. Fifteen available roster spots. One Jamaal Tinsley. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008-09 Indiana Pacers. On Monday, the Pacers kicked off training camp with media day, when players moved station to station to take photos and give interviews.