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Clearing away the smoke

By Neva Cottam · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:15 a.m.

Smoking is the most preventable cause of premature death in our society, and IU students may be on their way to becoming one of these statistics.

From blocks to barbells

By Heather Haemker · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:14 a.m.

Obesity rates among children are growing, so some Bloomington health and fitness facilities are stepping up to get children healthy and active.

Autism center receives nearly $27K grant

By Dayna Sheinberg · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:09 a.m.

The Indiana Resource Center for Autism received nearly $27,000 to fund a project to improve autistic children’s social skills through video self-modeling.

Campus feminist group seeks to change stereotypes

By Danielle Patras · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:09 a.m.

Members of IU’s Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance say that although a stigma still exists that feminists “want to degrade men,” those misconceptions are not reflective of the movement’s true goals.

4 business students win case competition

By Alex Brown and Alexandra Brown · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:08 a.m.

Last month, four second-year MBA students won the Pac-10/Big 10 Case Competition, considered one of the most prestigious case competitions in the nation.

SPEA students to work with Chinese universities

By Patrick McIntyre and PJ McIntyre · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:08 a.m.

Students at IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs will collaborate with Chinese universities to examine the financing of public infrastructure in China’s Guangdong Province.

New minor offered for doctoral students

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Feb. 5,2008 12:07 a.m.

A new minor for doctoral students in Native American and Indigenous Studies will be offered after graduate students, faculty members and the College of Arts and Sciences collaborated together in its creation.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 11:39 p.m.

Sen. John McCain defended his conservative credentials Monday as rival Mitt Romney claimed he was true to core Republican values in the final push before Super Tuesday.

President offers $3.1 trillion budget

By Abisalom Omolo and Martin Crutsinger · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 11:38 p.m.

President Bush sent the nation’s first-ever $3 trillion budget proposal to Congress on Monday, contending that the spending blueprint will fulfill his chief responsibility to keep America safe.

Letters from abroad: A feast for the senses

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 11:26 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – Super Bowl Sunday is a timeless American tradition.

STOMP: A performer’s perspective

By Allison Tyra · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 11:22 p.m.

To some, STOMP is performance-art genius. To others, it’s just plain weird.

Indiana looks for successor poet to fill government post

By Lauren Clason · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 11:13 p.m.

The poet laureate may be an officially recognized state position, but the responsibilities the position entails can be a little unclear.

Ex-treasurer accused of stealing $40,000 in funds

Monday, Feb. 4,2008 10:21 p.m.

EVANSVILLE – A former middle school treasurer faces charges alleging that she stole $40,000 in textbook rental funds from the school and used the money for personal expenses.

Judge sentences local woman to 3 years for ‘cruelest’ adoption scam

Monday, Feb. 4,2008 10:19 p.m.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A judge sentenced a woman to three years in prison for a child adoption scam he called one of the “cruelest crimes” he’s seen in 20 years on the bench.

Bloomington worship centers to have Ash Wednesday celebrations

By Heather Bougher · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 10:18 p.m.

Wednesday will not be the average hump day for many of IU’s students. For some, Ash Wednesday will be their first step in preparation for the Lenten season.

Death for insulting the prophet

By Abra Oliver · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 9:03 p.m.

Last month, an Afghan journalism student was sentenced to death for distributing a paper printed from the Internet that violated the laws of Islam. Sayed Parwiz Kambakhsh “insulted the prophet Mohammed,” calling him “a murderer and a womanizer,” according to the Afghan court’s chief judge. The penalty is legal under the Afghan Constitution, which is loosely based on Islamic sharia law.

Monkey love

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 9:01 p.m.

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – Don’t feed the monkeys. No, seriously. Last weekend, I was lucky enough to spend a day wandering through Manuel Antonio National Park, a protected area in the South Pacific comprised of virgin forests, immaculate beaches and a coral reef.

Jerry, Jerry, Jerry

By Scott Leadingham · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:59 p.m.

Of all the terms sometimes used to describe opera — pretentious, haughty, high society, sophisticated, etc. — the phrase “cesspool of white-trash hookers” is usually not included.

Walking the line

By Cheryl Thomas · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:58 p.m.

Last week was pretty bad for me. The men’s basketball team snapped their home winning streak, my man John Edwards dropped out of the presidential race and Ann Coulter – the poster child of anti-liberalism – announced she would support Hillary

Intervention

By John Barnett and Stefania Marghitu · Monday, Feb. 4,2008 8:56 p.m.

Workaholics, alcoholics, sexaholics — they’re all the same. When something’s controlling your life and ruining everything else around you, it’s an addiction. Admitting it is up to the “holic” in question. If he or she chooses to deny it, that’s where loved ones come in.

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