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‘Lep’ is ball, ‘box’ is shower

By Jess Meyer · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:28 a.m.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - Let’s begin today with a short vocabulary lesson. Here’s how it will work: I’ll list a word, and you ponder for a couple of seconds what you think that word might mean. Then, read on to see if your definition of the word is correct. Easy, right?

Fraternite fail

By Katie Knish · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:26 a.m.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France - Liberte, egalite, fraternite. Not all three-thirds of the French motto were created equal, apparently.

Dark fashions

By Bryan Payton · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:04 a.m.

The more time goes by and the more interested I become in fashion, the more fearless my tastes become. Lately, when I‘m flipping through my magazines or shopping online, I’m stopped by darker and more avant-garde clothing – most of which I used to think was just weird – and some of which I still do.

Beatles’ inspiration goes into ‘the sky with diamonds’

Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:03 a.m.

LONDON – Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” has died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46. Her death was announced Monday by St. Thomas’ Hospital in London, and by her husband, Ross Vodden. Britain’s Press Association said she died last Tuesday. Hospital officials did not confirm the day of her death.

Legend leads ensemble

By Lily Miller · Tuesday, Sept. 29,2009 12:01 a.m.

Jazz solos and applause filled the Musical Arts Center on Monday night. The Jacobs School of Music Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jacobs faculty member David Baker, performed for the first time this year. Several audience members said they attended the show because of the legendary director.

Atomic age

By Eric Cox · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:55 p.m.

The debate about the best way to replace this country’s dependence on fossil fuels with clean and renewable resources has people scrambling over themselves to hype their favorite pie-in-the-sky alternative. The shift from oil and coal to a power grid that runs on rainbows and a sense of self-satisfaction might take a good while, though, and we need something to power us in the meantime.

What’s behind Pickens’ conversion?

By Jarrod Lowery · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:53 p.m.

Pickens, like the CEOs of Wall Street firms, Big Pharma companies and Detroit’s GM and Chrysler, seems to have decided that instead of taking a principled stand against government intervention in their industries in favor of free markets and individual freedom, he’d prefer to play the game in hopes of bending the legislation in his favor.

A stepping stone

By Matthew Gorman · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:51 p.m.

Instead of throwing up Hail Mary passes on potential future technologies like clean coal and the like, America should focus on what’s currently viable. This Pickens Plan is just the stepping-stone America needs until better, cleaner energy creation techniques can be developed.

Cap and trade

By Kenneth Field · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:49 p.m.

Listen closely: When companies have to pay more to develop and deliver things like electricity, steel and gas, the costs of these things goes up – it’s Economics 101. It becomes only a matter of time before people at these companies start getting laid off, and guess who makes up the majority of energy jobs?

Who the %$@# are you?

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:48 p.m.

T. Boone Pickens honored IU last week with a lengthier version of the commercial he so graciously broadcast to the entire country recently, leading me once again to ask myself: “Why do I care what a billionaire ex-oil executive senior citizen thinks about anything?” Oh wait, I don’t.

CAPS gears seminars toward all students

By Nicole Palmer · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:18 p.m.

With a broader mission in mind, Counseling and Psychological Services will make an effort to reach out to every student, Tim Davis, a CAPS psychologist said.

IU helps sailors older than 40 get in SHAPE

By Benjamin Kerns · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:17 p.m.

The School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at IU signed a contract for the second year in a row to aid the U.S. Navy in its effort to maintain a healthy, fit lifestyle for its sailors.

Students gain free access to IU Press

By Margaret Ely · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:14 p.m.

IU Press, the school-affiliated publishing company, has teamed up with University Libraries to give all students, faculty and staff free access to its online collection of texts.

Miles is first presidential student intern

Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:13 p.m.

Senior Miles Taylor was recently named the University’s first Presidential Student Intern, but that doesn’t mean he will be fetching IU President Michael McRobbie coffee or making copies. “But I’d be happy to,” he said, laughing.

Soccer comes back home to IU

By Kevin Loughery · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:09 p.m.

Nearly one-third of the way through its season, the No. 13 IU men’s soccer team welcomes No. 20 Kentucky today for IU’s first home game since Sept. 6.

Crabb Band a group of 'faithful fans'

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:07 p.m.

Throughout the last 15 years, the Crabb Band has sounded the alma mater after every home game. But what these musicians are waiting for is the chance to play IU’s fight song, after earning an eighth national championship trophy.

Iran’s covert facility

Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:04 p.m.

WE SAY A nuclear Iran is scary, but this situation is manageable.

Bradley's signing showcases Cubs' problems

By Frank Therber · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:04 p.m.

All I can say about Milton Bradley's dismissal for the rest of the year from the Cubs is: It’s about time.

The threats among us

By Jordan Zaslow · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:03 p.m.

There’s nothing like some coffee and a homemade bomb to start off your morning. Najibullah Zazi was a coffee vendor in lower Manhattan before he became suspected of affiliations with terrorism. The New York Times reported that he was always smiling and that he was a seemingly patriotic New Yorker.

Foreign policy president

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Sept. 28,2009 10:01 p.m.

I never drank the Obama Kool-Aid, nor did I ever buy into the messianic personality cult surrounding him, and I have always thought of Obama more as a demagogue than a great leader. So, now that you know a bit about where I’m coming from, I want to tell you that I genuinely believe that change, that over-used word with an ever-elusive definition, has come to America – in one area of policy, at least.