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John Waldron Arts center features abstract quilts inspired by nature

By Jessica Andrews · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 9:08 p.m.

The Bloomington Area Arts Council recently unveiled its first exhibit of the new year at the John Waldron Arts Center. The Rosemary Miller Gallery, where the opening reception was held last Friday, features artists Linda Meyer Wright, Daren Pitts Redman and Dixie Ferrer. The Flashlight Gallery will feature the quilts of Linda Cole. The exhibit will run through Jan. 27.

Saxophonist has no need to toot her own horn

By Katie Ingmire · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 9:02 p.m.

IU doctoral student Stacy Wilson's office is indistinct. Only posters of saxophonists lining the walls and a CD player on a table distinguish it from any of the music practice rooms on campus. After hearing the melodious strains of Wilson's alto saxophone emerge from this room, however, one realizes that this office is not a place of mediocrity -- it's a hub of greatness.

HPER celebrates 60 years of growth, movement, change

By Ashley Wilson · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 9:01 p.m.

You won't find any tutus or pointe shoes at the IU Contemporary Dance Program's fall concert "Grow/Move/Change," which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre.

Congressional controversy

By Aparna Venkatraman and Khalil AbuGharbieh · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:44 p.m.

Sounding more like an edited version of Team America than an American statesman, Virginia Congressman Virgil Goode has attacked America's embrace of religious diversity.

'Godfather of college publications' Louis Ingelhart dies at 86

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:46 a.m.

Louis E. Ingelhart, a retired Ball State University journalism professor known as the "godfather of college publications" and for championing students' First Amendment rights, has died at the age of 86.

Trustee: Allow others to run IU services

By Brian Spegele · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:36 a.m.

Even with the weekslong delay of a University report and objections by some local lawmakers, one IU trustee said the University needs to contract some of its services to counteract diminishing state funds.

Governor's plan for Hoosier lotto would allocate $1 billion toward scholarships

By Elizabeth Dilts · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:36 a.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to privatize the Hoosier Lottery and use the money to fight Indiana's 'brain drain' will be heard this legislative session, said Daniels' press secretary Jane Jankowski.

'Passion' in Atlanta draws 22,000 college students

By Dorie Turner · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:11 a.m.

College students are known more for keg parties than prayer and worship, but the latter is exactly why Chris Nehmer drove 12 hours on New Year's Eve. The 21-year-old junior at Wheaton College in Illinois is one of 22,000 college students from around the world who have flocked to Atlanta for the Passion Conference.

Study shows cramming costs college students

By Lisa Black · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:08 a.m.

While some parents might be annoyed by their teenagers' unusual sleep patterns when they return home for break -- the word "lazy" might even be muttered on occasion -- medical experts describe the students as sleep-deprived and say new research provides cause for concern. A study published in the Dec. 18 issue of the Nature Neuroscience journal examined how memories are processed in the brain during sleep.

The economics of Lasik

By David Weisburd · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 12:08 a.m.

As I was in the waiting room awaiting my eye surgery, I was not panicked or scared. As usual, I was thinking of the one thing I usually think about: business.

Allen County removed from ozone restriction list by federal energy agency

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:55 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- A federal agency has removed Allen County from a list of areas not in compliance with standards governing ground-level ozone, a precursor of lung-choking smog that's released by cars, lawnmowers and factories.

Study uses active 'cookies' to thwart identity theft, domain poisoning

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:54 p.m.

The School of Informatics and RSA Laboratories researchers have developed a system that will allow computer users to better resist Internet attacks such as identity theft.

Anthem insurance drops Bloomington Hospital from its network

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:53 p.m.

Anthem health insurance dropped Bloomington Hospital as of Dec. 31, 2006

Computers to connect physicists from around the world to particle data

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:52 p.m.

Frederick Luehring, a senior research scientist at IU, will examine the theoretical particle Higgs boson, which endows everything in the universe with mass.

'Plutoed' chosen 2006 Word of the Year

By Gal Shifron · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:49 p.m.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Pluto is finally getting some respect -- not from astronomers, but from wordsmiths.

Around the World

Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:24 p.m.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to extend health coverage to nearly all of California's 6.5 million uninsured people

Job growth under Bush slower than under Clinton and Reagan

By Jeannine Aversa · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The economy has cranked out fewer jobs under President Bush -- by millions -- than it had by the same point in the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Democrats say it's evidence that Bush's economic policies aren't working.

Heavenly painting of Jolie in Wal-Mart sparks interest

Monday, Jan. 8,2007 10:14 p.m.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart checkout line.

A new kind of truth

By Aaron Beard and Andrew Shaffer · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 9:20 p.m.

I want the truth, not truthiness. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "truthiness" as the truth that comes from the gut, not books.

Wrestling squad adds youthful talent

By DeAntae Prince · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 9:19 p.m.

IU wrestling coach Duane Goldman announced Dec. 8 the signing of three top recruits to letters of intent last month. The recruits give more depth to a wrestling squad ranked No. 16 in the nation.

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