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Bob, Bogart & the Kindness Bus

By Alex Benson · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 11 p.m.

Parked in the left-hand lanes of Kirkwood and Dunn avenues next to Peoples Park was the kindness bus. Sleeping alone on a mattress on the floor, Votruba prepares for the next decade of his life as a rubber tramp.

IU’s 3rd business fraternity seeking ‘dedicated members’

By Molly Johnson · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 9:01 p.m.

Phi Chi Theta recently joined IU’s campus as Kelley’s third business fraternity in order to accommodate the increasing number of interested business students.

Students create local online retail directory

By Lauren Younis · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 9 p.m.

Btown Boutiques is Bloomington’s first online directory designed to showcase unique local shops and fashion businesses.

A reminder from Italy

By IDS · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:33 p.m.

WE SAY International law must be revised or obeyed to maintain its integrity.

Rihanna’s decision

By Jordan Zaslow · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:31 p.m.

Last year around election time, I wrote a column about the influence that celebrities have on society. The inspiration for my column was a public service announcement featuring stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston and Halle Berry encouraging Americans to vote. I thought they talked to their audience in a condescending way.

Women’s rights are human rights

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:30 p.m.

Women are sorely underrepresented in positions of power and authority around the world. There is in only one nation on Earth, Rwanda, that has more women represented in government than men. In every single other government on the globe there are more men making government decisions than women. Is this a problem? I think so.

Kelley school forecasts 2010 economy

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:29 p.m.

The Business Outlook Panel from the Kelley School of Business recently reported the economy will start recovering in 2010, but progress will be slow, and it will take from 3 to 5 years to completely recover.

Home again

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:28 p.m.

I wonder what Dorothy felt like after “The Wizard of Oz” ended. After she, Auntie Em and Uncle Henry had gotten over the shock of Dorothy’s delusional dream, what happened next? How long did it take for the there’s-no-place-like-home euphoria to fade away?

Ohio casinos to hit Mich., Ind. gambling taxes

By David N. Goodman and Mike Smith · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 8:26 p.m.

Ohio voters have approved the opening of casinos in Toledo and three other cities, leaving officials and gambling interests in neighboring Indiana and Michigan worried that millions of dollars in gambling revenues – and taxes – are at risk.

IU cruises in final exhibition game 95-67

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 7 p.m.

Click here to join the conversation about the men's basketball team's final exhibition game against St. Joseph's.

Indiana jobless benefits extended 20 more weeks

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 4:42 p.m.

Federal legislation will provide up to 20 weeks of additional unemployment benefits in Indiana.

Ghostface Killah provides truth, dark lyricism to Bluebird crowd

By DeAntae Prince · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 3:30 p.m.

As opening act Skyzoo performed, a large bus pulled up next to the Bluebird Nightclub. There would be a lull before Ghostface Killah, a man of many names, performed, but it wouldn’t take long for him to begin questioning the crowd.

Local restaurant owner to challenge Bayh in primary

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 1:07 p.m.

A Bloomington restaurant owner says she is organizing a campaign to challenge U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh for the Democratic nomination next year.

Lake Co. early retirement plans draws only 20

Monday, Nov. 9,2009 10:52 a.m.

CROWN POINT, Ind. — Fewer than 20 full-time Lake County employees have applied for an early retirement package despite the county's threat to eliminate 150 full-time government jobs by the end of the year.

Celtic Woman delivers Irish bliss to audience

By Rachel Krasnow · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 12:01 a.m.

Bells rang, mist rose from the ground and the fiddler for Celtic Woman, Mairead Nesbitt, began to play. The four vocalists, Chloe Agnew, Lynn Hilary, Lisa Kelly and Alex Sharpe took the stage.

20 years later, IU professors reflect on fall of Berlin Wall

By Molly Johnson · Monday, Nov. 9,2009 12 a.m.

What IU professors didn’t know at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall was that they experienced what would be argued as the keystone event in defining the cohesive Europe of today.

Glass not bothered by Knight’s absence from induction ceremony

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, Nov. 8,2009 11:56 p.m.

Bob Knight, the man who contributed the most wins to IU men’s basketball was a no-show to the IU Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

IU inducts 2 coaches, 5 athletes to Hall of Fame

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, Nov. 8,2009 11:54 p.m.

Former IU soccer coach Jerry Yeagley was inducted into the IU Hall of Fame along with former IU coach Bob Knight and five former athletes.

The French laugh: oh-hoh-hoh-hoh

By Katie Knish · Sunday, Nov. 8,2009 11:50 p.m.

When one spends enough time in a foreign country – long enough, for instance, to establish oneself as a student and not a tourist – a great majority of stereotypes are usually proved false.

The Florentine’s football

By Catie Connors · Sunday, Nov. 8,2009 11:49 p.m.

Florentines are unlike any sports fans on Earth.