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Name change means fresh take for sports business organization

By Sean Morrison · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:59 p.m.

A small name change is doing a lot for an IU club. Formerly known as the Association of Student Sports Management Professionals, the newly named Hoosier Sports Business Organization has broken away from its old standard and opened up the club to anyone looking to get involved in the sports business.

Service, professional fraternities teach leadership, friendship

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:53 p.m.

Leadership, opportunities, great friendships and community service. These are mottos of the various service and professional fraternities at IU, and now is the time to get involved. While the involvement fair has already passed, students can still join.

Women hoping to go greek flood Alumni Hall Tuesday

By Haley Adams · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:53 p.m.

Chatter, laughter and greek letters filled the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall on Tuesday night at “Greek Opportunities for Women,” the start of women’s recruitment.

IU Northwest junior Kelly Knauss and IU junior Taylor Loftyn sign copies of the Big 10 Playboy issue Tuesday afternoon at Campustown on North Walnut Street. The Big 10 issue hit shelves his month.

IU’s Playboy models sign autographs Tuesday

By Zach Sempsey · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:51 p.m.

Campustown served up more than just custom screened T-shirts Tuesday evening. Four of the seven women chosen by Playboy to represent IU in the magazine’s perennially popular pictorial of Big Ten women, “Girls of the Big 10,” signed autographs there from 4 to 6 p.m.

Breakup songs for the modern-age woman

By Emily Campion · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:43 p.m.

Breakups. We’ve all been there, and it’s pretty darn uncomfortable. There are many ways to cure the common illness we call disappointment. But instead of listening to the same sad, somber lullabies of Dido on repeat, perhaps you should pick something a bit friskier to pull you out of the funk.

Buzzkills release CD, support Obama

By Caitlin Johnston · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:42 p.m.

The Buzzkills will don their Sgt. Peppers costumes and take the stage tonight at the Bluebird to release their new CD and show support for Barack Obama.

IU junior makes ‘The Price is Right’ appearance

By Sean Morrison · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:42 p.m.

It cost him nothing to appear on national television, and he’s bringing back a $3,200 home-theater system. Overall, the price was right for junior Jason Hain. Hain appeared on “The Price is Right,” a popular TV game show. His episode was taped July 22. That episode will air at 11 a.m. today on CBS.

Buskirk-Chumley to launch history project

By Erica Beringer · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:41 p.m.

The Buskirk-Chumley Theater has changed significantly over the past 86 years, serving as a vaudeville theater and surviving a fire.

The name of G-d

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:31 p.m.

In Wednesday’s opinion column “Palin vs. the Press,” the article mentioned the issue of Israel’s security with respect to Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Evansville man accused of attacking police dog

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:30 p.m.

EVANSVILLE – A man suspected of stealing cold medicine from a pharmacy ran away from officers and attacked a police dog sent to search for him, police said.

Ignore your Wii and get involved

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:30 p.m.

I challenge you to get involved this year. Anne Frank wrote, “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” Whether you are a student, staff or faculty member, many organizations at IU or causes in this community will both interest you and motivate you to make a difference.

Some still without power

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:29 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – The state’s Department of Homeland Security says fewer than 100 utility customers in southern Indiana are still without power from last week’s storms.

Borrowed money, borrowed time

By Chase Cooper · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:29 p.m.

When economist John Maynard Keynes, highly regarded among modern liberals, famously summarized the notion that it’s often better to improve immediate circumstances than to constantly plan for the future. “In the long run,” he quipped, “we’re all dead.” As it turns out, “the long run” might just be 2008.

The suspect of Monday's bank robbery, pictured here from security camera footage from the west branch of the Monroe Bank, left the location with an undisclosed amount of cash. The Bloomington Police Department is still searching for the suspect.

West branch of Monroe Bank robbed Monday

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:28 p.m.

Police say the west side branch of Monroe Bank was robbed Monday afternoon. At about 4 p.m. a male entered the bank, located at 4191 W. Third St., and presented a note to the bank teller demanding an undisclosed amount of money, said Bloomington Police Department Capt. Joe Qualters, reading from a police report.

The Harold effect

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:27 p.m.

Unless you’ve spent the last year sedated, you have probably noticed that this year’s presidential election has been charged with talk of racism toward Sen. Barack Obama, starting right at the primaries. In 2008, many Americans would like to think that we, as a nation, have moved beyond racism. Of those who know we haven’t, many acknowledge that at the very minimum, it is no longer socially acceptable to voice racist views.

Stonewalling the people

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:24 p.m.

The nation’s economy stands on the brink of collapse – literally. Last week on Good Morning America, Sen. Chris Dodd said leaders were told “that we’re literally maybe days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system.” There is conflict over how best to prevent that collapse.

MCCSC adds activity fee, cuts summer school

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 11:11 p.m.

Beginning this year Monroe County Community School Corporation students will have to pay more to get involved in sports or extra curricular activities. Parents of high school students received letters dated Sept. 18 informing them of the new $20 fee that students are required to pay for each sport or activity they are involved in, said Teresa Grossi, president of the board of trustees. Instructions for paying a $20 activity/season fee will be sent to MCCSC students currently involved in a sport or extra curricular activity, according to the letter.

Children interviewed after raid on Arkansas religious compound

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 4:19 p.m.

State and federal authorities are investigating the possible sexual abuse of minors at a 15-acre evangelical compound run by a convicted tax evader whom critics describe as a cult leader.

Change in plans reportedly saved Pakistani leaders

Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 4:18 p.m.

Pakistan’s top leaders were to dine at the Marriott devastated by a truck bombing over the weekend, but changed the venue at the last minute, a senior official said Monday.

Big Ten Preview: IU near bottom of conference in recent championship success

By Matt Dollinger · Tuesday, Sept. 23,2008 2:18 p.m.

Tom Crean likes to characterize IU’s tradition with a simple phrase: “It’s Indiana.” Why did the new men’s basketball coach take a turmoil-ridden job with IU? Because it’s Indiana. How are you going to sell recruits on becoming Hoosiers? Well, it’s Indiana.But does ‘Indiana’ mean what it used to?