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IU Men's Basketball coach Tom Crean shakes hands with a fan during an autograph session as a part of IU Day on Thursday at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. Crean signed over a hundred autographs before giving a speech during a pep rally at the fairgrounds.

IU Day at the State Fair draws hundreds

By Sara Amato · Thursday, Aug. 7,2008 7:30 p.m.

The sky was blue Thursday, but the Indiana State Fair shined cream and crimson. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, hundreds of fair goers decked out in IU gear, walked up and down State Fair Boulevard to attend the fair’s annual IU Day. SLIDESHOW: IU Day

IU chosen as one of three sites to host a 2008 gubernatorial debate

By IDS staff · Thursday, Aug. 7,2008 6:51 p.m.

The Indiana Debate Commission announced Thursday that IU was selected as one of the three Indiana locations to the host a 2008 gubernatorial debate, according to an IU press release.

The Blue Stars Drum and Bugle Corps perform their show "Le Tour...Every Second Counts" during DCI Quarterfinals Thursday evening at Memorial Stadium.

Recent Scores - DCI Championships

Thursday, Aug. 7,2008 6:29 p.m.

DCI - World Class SemifinalsFriday, August 8th, 2008Memorial Stadium - Bloomington, Ind.Boston Crusaders - 88.975Glassmen - 88.125Madison Scouts - 86.375Crossmen - 85.950Colts - 85.175Spirit - 83.175Troopers - 81.100Pacific Crest - 79.650

Body found on Bloomington's West side

By Michael Reschke · Thursday, Aug. 7,2008 3:18 p.m.

The body of William F. Kline, 51, of Bloomington was found behind Marsh Supermarket on Bloomington’s West side.

Megan Geurts • Weekend
All the bands perform together.

Get your geek on

By Sarah Payne · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 10:02 p.m.

“Voldemort just doesn’t understand the power of friendship, the power of love and the power of rock ‘n’ roll,” Paul DeGeorge said Sunday night to the crowd of over 60 attendees during the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo ’08 tour stop at Rhino’s. And that’s just what united us all there.

RPS expects to house more than 100 students in residence hall lounges

By Michael Reschke · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:40 p.m.

An estimated 100 students will live in residence hall lounges at the beginning of the 2008-09 school year.

Members of Native American center board resign

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:37 p.m.

A change in door locks has thrown the future of the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center up in the air. The center created for Native Americans, Native Hawaiians and Alaskan natives has been in existence for more than a year, but members of its volunteer student board resigned Aug. 4 and the center might change locations before the fall.

Bloomington Transit forced to cut services

By Viktoria Nasteva · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:36 p.m.

Skyrocketing gas prices have forced IU to cut funding to the Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation, resulting in a series of service changes effective Sept. 1, 2008.

Student named to committee to find athletic director

By Brian Spegele and Ben Homrig · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:34 p.m.

By announcing the addition of IU senior Drew Allenspach to the athletics director search committee on Tuesday, IU President Michael McRobbie drew praise from student leaders, who called the announcement a sign of the president’s commitment to student opinion.

University of Central Florida sophomore and Bluecoats drum major James Times takes advantage of some free time Tuesday morning to rest at Bedford North Lawrence High School following the corps’s seven-hour bus ride from Canton, Ohio. Drum and bugle corps members often sleep in bus seats and on gymnasium floors.

Behind the Music

By Nicky Purser · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:32 p.m.

When the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps emerged out of four charter buses at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, many didn’t know where they were or what day it was.

Freelance Camera Operator Chuck Goslin sets up his crane Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Goslin is one of many camera operators that will be filming the Drum Corps International World Championship for a DVD of the event, as well as stream a live feed to movie theaters across the country for fans who can't make it to Bloomington.

IU prepares for DCI championship

By Chris Pickrell · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:06 p.m.

Freelance camera operator Chuck Goslin sets up his crane Wednesday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.

IMU hotel receives ‘three-diamond’ AAA ranking

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:04 p.m.

The Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center recently earned three out of five “diamonds” from the AAA Motor Club.

New Women’s Affairs dean broadens sexual-assault education program

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 9:03 p.m.

As part of an initiative to reevaluate programs within the Office for Women’s Affairs, newly named Dean Yvette Alex-Assensoh has decided to broaden the focus of the sexual assault education program RAISE, prompting the resignation of the program’s coordinator.

Former top recruit Finch joins IU football program

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:48 p.m.

Star defensive player Jerimy Finch was cleared to practice with the Hoosiers on Tuesday, according to an IU press release.

The Drum Corps International World Championships are taking place Aug. 7-9 at IU's Memorial Stadium.

100 point scale used to judge DCI performances

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:46 p.m.

Thousands of spectators will have their eyes on the top drum and bugle corps for the kickoff of the Drum Corps International World Championships Thursday, but only 11 will determine the winners.

Saying goodbye to too many old friends

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:38 p.m.

It’s Sunday night, and sleep is hard to come by. It’s not usually this way. No, work calls me in early on Sundays, so I’m usually rather tired when bedtime rolls around. But not tonight.

Please don't police NFL fans

By Ben Homrig · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:37 p.m.

USA Today reported this week that the NFL has released its new “Fan Code of Conduct” whereby disruptive (and drunk) fans will have their season tickets revoked if they act in an unruly manner.

No big deal

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:37 p.m.

In case you haven’t heard, the Summer Olympics officially begin this Friday in Beijing. Chances are you have heard all about this year’s games, but you don’t really care. You might claim to care during group conversations or to hold on to some novel idea of patriotism, but you don’t really care because most of the sports bore you and in the month of August there are better things to do than watch air rifle competitions.

Beware, boys

By Georgia Perry · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:30 p.m.

A couple of days ago I was walking along the street, minding my own business with a nonfat strawberry smoothie and a fresh manicure. I was stopped in my tracks, however, by a flyer advertising a manual labor job that was extremely upsetting to me. “Must be able to lift heavy equipment,” the flyer read. Well, I think that’s what it read. It is difficult to recall the exact language, because all I saw was a boy’s clubhouse with scrawled writing saying, “No girls allowed!”

Pot kettle black?

By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, Aug. 6,2008 7:29 p.m.

I won’t lie to you, I was really starting to get worried. I was starting to believe that this whole Olympic season would go by, and China’s sometimes questionable, sometimes horrible policies concerning its own citizens would go overlooked by the vast majority of people covering or participating in the Games, in some misguided attempt at respect for the host country or, even worse, monetary gain. After all, as Michael Jordan once said, “Republicans wear sneakers, too.”