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Lilly gives philanthropy center $40M

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:56 p.m.

A $40 million endowment grant to the Center on Philanthropy at IU will help certify the center as one of the nation's top institutions of its kind for years to come.

Film series combines classic Hollywood, avant-garde cinema

By Ben Greenberg · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:55 p.m.

It's not often there's a chance to see a 1920s German adaptation of "Dracula." But thanks to the City Lights and Underground film series, it's possible to see this and other unconventional films every weekend for free.

IU Cancer Center receives record $50 million gift

By Brian Spegele · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:53 p.m.

Along with a record-breaking $50 million donation announced Nov. 20 to fund new facilities to attract elite researchers, the IU Cancer Center will also receive a new name.

Alternative spring break offers Jamaican trip, opportunity to learn foreign culture

By Andrea Knapp · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:51 p.m.

For the third year in a row, students will be jetting off to Jamaica for spring break to earn IU credit. Roots, Fruits and Jamaican Ecologies: Cultural, Agricultural and Environmental Initiatives in the Blue and John Crow Mountains is a three-credit, service-learning course being offered again this year as an "alternative spring break."

IU grad named director of Indiana Arts Commission

By Jessica Hullinger · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:49 p.m.

One of IU's own graduates has been appointed executive director of the Indiana Arts Commission, and he has big plans for making the commission more accessible.

I fought Black Friday, and I won

By Alyson Brodsy and Teri Rosenbaum · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:48 p.m.

Everyone has a time of year that's special to them. For some, it's Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week; for others, it's Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month. Well, this weekend was my special time.

Center may expand senior art options

By Lindsey Landis · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:46 p.m.

Plans are in the works for a Bloomington center where senior citizens can stay active in the arts. On Nov. 19, the director for the National Center for Creative Aging, a New York-based initiative to create arts programming for older adults nationwide, Susan Perlstein, held a workshop at the John Waldron Arts Center to launch a local chapter of the Center for Creative Aging. She presented examples of work that senior citizens have done in creative aging centers around the country.

Jacobs School of Music makes 10 sound investments

By Kevin Caldwell · Sunday, Nov. 26,2006 10:44 p.m.

The fingers of some of the finest piano students have new reason to tickle the ivories: The Jacobs School of Music has added 10 new Steinway & Sons pianos to its collection. Unlike years past, these pianos are not on loan but were purchased after the school's loan plan with Meridian Music fell through in July.

UPDATE: Commission recommends increase of funding for IU

By Brian Spegele · Wednesday, Nov. 22,2006 5:50 p.m.

IU saw a promising first step in attaining a greater portion of state funds Monday when the Indiana Commission for Higher Education made their state budget recommendation. The executive-appointed committee called for a 2.5 percent increase in state operating appropriations in 2007-08 for the University, said J.T. Forbes, IU director of state relations.

UPDATE: Lilly Endowment gives $40 million to IU philanthropy center

Tuesday, Nov. 21,2006 9:26 p.m.

A $40 million endowment grant to the Center on Philanthropy at IU will help certify the center as one of nation's top institutions of its kind for years to come.

UPDATE: IU Cancer Center receives record $50 million gift

By Brian Spegele · Tuesday, Nov. 21,2006 9:26 p.m.

Along with a record-breaking $50 million donation announced Monday to fund new facilities attract elite researchers, the IU Cancer Center will also be receiving a new name.

Boiling Point

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Tuesday, Nov. 21,2006 4:11 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE -- IU senior safety Will Meyers ran off the field Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium as Purdue fans and players celebrated all around him and his Hoosier teammates. Playing in his last collegiate game, Meyers felt the emotions run through him -- disappointment, disbelief and anger. But most of all, he felt aggravation. "The tears hadn't really started yet. It was more frustration," Meyers said. "I just wanted to get off (the field) before anything worse happened." Meyers is one of 21 seniors who played their last game as Hoosiers on Saturday, a 28-19 loss against Purdue in West Lafayette.

32 U.S. college students named Rhodes Scholars

By David Weber · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 4:53 p.m.

BOSTON -- Harvard senior Parvinder Thiara's life was reshaped when his beloved grandfather died of infectious diarrhea from drinking tainted water in India while Thiara prepared to begin his second year in college.

IU Cancer Center receives $50 million gift

Monday, Nov. 20,2006 4:53 p.m.

The IU Cancer Center received a $50 million gift to support both cancer research and patient-care initiatives, IU President Adam Herbert announced Monday.

Hoosiers place 10 in top 4 at Missouri Open

By Linnea Coulter · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 4:50 p.m.

During only its second tournament of the season, the Hoosier wrestling team added a few more wins to their record this weekend at the Missouri Open.

Online Only: British is baller

By Alyson Brodsy and Jessica Simendinger · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 12:09 p.m.

Girls can play a lot of angles. There's the blond angle. There's the twin angle. There's the damsel-in-distress angle. There's the good-girl angle. There's the bad-girl angle.

Hundreds say IUPUI plan not in campus's best interest

By Whitney Mitchell · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 10:37 a.m.

Several hundred IU-Purdue University Indianapolis students are expressing concern that a proposal black student leaders submitted two weeks ago will not serve the best interest of the campus.

No. 7-seed IU fails to advance in NCAA Tournament

By Michael Sanserino · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 12:44 a.m.

It didn't rain Saturday night when Santa Clara University eliminated IU from the NCAA Tournament, but the sod on Jerry Yeagley Field was soggy nonetheless. After Bronco forward Jeff Cosgriff sent his game-winning penalty kick into the net, tears streamed down the faces of several Hoosiers and hit the yellow-tinged grass.

Inaugural Bucket 100 praised as success

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 12:44 a.m.

The thermometer read 34 degrees Friday morning, but that wasn't enough to stop about 30 riders representing IU and Purdue from gathering at the Memorial Stadium parking lot and setting off on a two-day, 122-mile bike trip from Bloomington to West Lafayette.

Colts dealt 1st loss of season

By Jaime Aron · Monday, Nov. 20,2006 12:24 a.m.

IRVING, Texas -- The Indianapolis Colts are perfect no more. And as flawed as the Dallas Cowboys are, they're starting to look like contenders again. Tony Romo managed an efficient game in his first career start at home, Marion Barber III ran for two fourth-quarter touchdowns, and the Cowboys handed Peyton Manning and the Colts their first loss of the season 21-14 Sunday. A week after becoming the first team to start 9-0 in consecutive seasons, Indianapolis fell shy in its bid to match last year's 13-0 run, much less than the perfect season by the 1972 Miami Dolphins.