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The polls in Indiana say it’s close. But what would it take for Hoosiers to vote Democrat for the first time since 1964?

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:20 a.m.

Ted Carmines has been teaching a course on the presidential election every four years for the last 30. The political science professor remembers the last time the state of Indiana voted for the Democratic nominee: 1964, the year almost everyone did. Lyndon B. Johnson won by a landslide, defeating Republican Barry Goldwater, who won only six states. Carmines said this is the point in the presidential election where normally the Republican nominee would be ahead by 10 to 15 points in Indiana.

Student found dead near railroad tracks

By Sarah Brubeck · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:12 a.m.

A 34-year-old IU student was found dead Wednesday afternoon near train tracks close to Eigenmann Hall. The Monroe County coroner determined the cause of death of Donald R. Kidwell to be a suicide.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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Women’s team receives largest-ever donation

Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:11 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team received a $250,000 contribution, the University announced Wednesday, a record for the women’s basketball program. The gift was made to the “For the Glory of Old IU: the Campaign for IU Athletics,” and came courtesy of Smithville, Indiana’s largest privately owned telecommunications company, according to a press release.

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Stand up, young people

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:10 a.m.

Good job, IU student body. Really, good job. You have outdone yourselves this time. I didn’t really think we could get lower than this. You have proved me wrong, yet again. You have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, do you? I’ll explain.

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Weekley’s weekend

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:06 a.m.

Tiger Woods might be the best golfer ever. He might be the most talented golfer ever. He might be the golfer who attracts the biggest crowds. He might be the only reason golf is prominent in the United States these days. He might be God. But last weekend, only one thing kept running through my mind: Tiger who?

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Surging Biffle wins again, makes title case

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:05 a.m.

It simply doesn’t get any sweeter than this for Greg Biffle, unless of course he can hold on through the final eight races of the 2008 NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup and score his first career title. In the meantime, Biffle has to be feeling pretty good after taking his second-straight win in the Sprint Cup Series last Sunday at Dover International Speedway – though it didn’t come easily.

Center Tijan Jobe answers questions from the media on Wednesday afternoon at Assembly Hall.

Jobe looking to open lanes for guards

By Tom Kirby · Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:03 a.m.

When asked about his team earlier this month, IU coach Tom Crean’s first response was, “We’re going to be small.” While the Hoosiers might be undersized, one rather noticeable exception to that statement is Tijan Jobe. Jobe, a junior college transfer from The Gambia – a small country in Africa – is a 7-foot, 255-pound center, who is the only healthy player on the team, other than freshman Tom Pritchard, taller than 6-foot-6. Even after injured senior forward Kyle Taber returns to the lineup, Jobe is still expected to see considerable action this season, purely because he fills IU’s glaring need for a big man.

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Iraqi parliament approves provincial elections law

Thursday, Sept. 25,2008 12:02 a.m.

Iraq’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a provincial elections law Wednesday, overcoming months of deadlock and giving a boost to U.S.-backed national reconciliation efforts.

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Facebook doesn’t threaten admission

By Maria Srour · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:57 p.m.

Some students graduating from high school this year might find their Facebook profiles under the scrutiny of college admissions offices, according to a news release from the education company Kaplan.

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It's about time

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:56 p.m.

Earlier this week, Lindsay Lohan admitted she and DJ Samantha Ronson have been in a romantic relationship for awhile now.

IU sophomore Christina Byrne led a tour for prospective IU students on Sept. 18 through Wright Quad. Byrne is a tour guide for Residential Programs and Services and showed off Wright's food court, a dorm room, and other common areas.

Tour guides help future students

By Amanda Cochara · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:55 p.m.

They walk backwards more than forwards. They showed you how your first dorm room would look, and they were some of the first students you met before you came to IU. They are the Residential Programs and Services student tour guides, and they’re always at your service.

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Junior studies music, opera in Korea, NY, IU

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:55 p.m.

Who is junior Jenny Kim? She’s a girl who loves scarves, who loves to laugh and who listens to every type of musical genre – pop is her guilty pleasure. But if she’s not wandering around with a scarf on in July or hanging out with her friends or singing along to the radio, she’s in the Jacobs School of Music, belting out her classical music tunes.

The Bluebird Nightclub, located at 216 N. Walnut, has been a Bloomington tradition for 35 years, as seen from a "bird's eye" view. The nightclub opened in 1973 and has featured musicians from a wide range of music genres.

Bluebird, a cultural Mecca for music junkies

By Rorye O'Connor · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:51 p.m.

One of Bloomington’s most diverse music venues, which in its history has seen everyone from John Lee Hooker to Del the Funky Homosapien, was named after an ice cream stand in Washington, Ind.

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