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IU volleyball falls to Wolverines in 3 games

By Brandon Smith · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 11:54 p.m.

Nov. 17 marked the final home game for three seniors on the IU volleyball team, as outside hitter Gabrielle Allison, right side Lauren Ditteon and middle blocker Annie Moddrell played their final match at the University Gym. But it was a bittersweet night, as the Hoosiers were defeated by Michigan 3-0 (30-21, 30-23, 30-24).

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Turkeys await hungry Hoosiers

By Jonathan Hines · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 11:51 p.m.

While most students will be stuffing their faces with food this week, the IU men’s basketball team will be stuffing their record with lopsided wins like their Nov. 18 100-49 roasting of the Longwood Lancers in the first round of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.

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Mixing energy drinks, alcohol unhealthy

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 10:03 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Students might want to think twice the next time they mix a Jaeger bomb. Students who mix energy drinks with alcohol are putting themselves in twice as much physical danger and doubling the likelihood they might be involved in a sexual assault as those who drink only alcohol, according to a recent study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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Men help prevent domestic violence

By Dae Woo Son · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 10:02 p.m.

At the graduate chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity’s “Men Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence” conference on Nov. 15, Toby Strout, executive director of Middle Way House, explained what men can do to end domestic violence. “Be good feminists,” she said succinctly.

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Iranian oil minister says OPEC will study dollar

Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 8:59 p.m.

OPEC will study the weak U.S. dollar’s effect on the oil cartel’s earnings and investigate the possibility of a currency basket, Iran’s oil minister said Sunday.

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Civilian casualties, attacks low in Iraq

By Kim Gamel · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 8:57 p.m.

Violence is down 55 percent in Iraq since a U.S.-Iraqi security operation began this summer, U.S. officials said Sunday, even as at least 15 Iraqis were reported killed in bombings and shootings.

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Belly dancers to perform at JWAC

By Chelsea Merta · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 8:47 p.m.

A computer teacher, opera singer and folklore doctorate student: seemingly not the first group of people who come to mind when you think of belly dancers.

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Turkey day trivia

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 6:23 p.m.

Ah, the majestic turkey. It’s the very first thing to enter your mind when you hear the word “Thanksgiving,” even before pilgrims, Indians, colonialism and mass exploitation. Its elegant figure graces the bulletin boards in elementary schools around the country for the entire month of November, and the tryptophan-filled nourishment it provides induces comas and dumb remarks from those who have overindulged in it across the U.S.

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Break from undergrads

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 6:22 p.m.

Break doesn’t start until after the last class Tuesday, but this is IU, and that means almost no undergraduate student is going to stick around for one little dollop of education when they could be at home playing “Halo 3” instead of sitting in their dorm room … um … playing “Halo 3.” So, that means that this is a rare opportunity to talk about all the stuff that we can’t discuss when they’re here:

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Thankful for beer

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Sunday, Nov. 18,2007 6:21 p.m.

This week, students get a well-deserved break. A hiatus from working on papers and creating massive projects, the IU community is preparing for its home stretch with a few days off to let its hair down before the sprint to finals week. And what better way to spend those days than with nagging parents and relatives whose names you can barely remember, hoping that the prayer will be over soon so that you can turn the damn game back on. Ah, the joy of spending time with family.

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