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Chris Pickrell

Hoosiers lose to Badgers

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Just two games after Eric Gordon banked in a 3-pointer to stretch IU’s eventual win against Illinois to overtime, Brian Butch banked in a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds left to give No. 15 Wisconsin a 68-66 win over the No. 13 Hoosiers Wednesday night.  SLIDESHOW:  IU vs. Wisconsin  VIDEO:  Post-game press conference


Jay Seawell

Officials to investigate Sampson

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IU President Michael McRobbie will announce Friday an investigation into five alleged “major” recruiting violations by IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff, a source close to the administration told the Indiana Daily Student on Thursday.  VIDEO:  Greenspan, Sampson respond  VIDEO:  Rick Greenspan press conference  VIDEO:  Wisconsin post-game  PODCAST:  That's What He Said  BLOG:  Basketblog


Chris Pickrell

‘National icon’ comes to Auditorium

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“Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where the women are strong, the men are good-looking and the children are above average.” Now in its 32nd year on the radio, Garrison Keillor’s matchless program, “A Prairie Home Companion,” will bring the fictitious small town of Lake Wobegon, Minn., to the IU Auditorium at 5:45 p.m.


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Joe Mamlin examins a patient at an HIV Clinic in Mosoriot, Kenya.

A shelter of peace

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As IU professor, Dr. Joe Mamlin carried plates of beans and rice into the single dining room of his home – a seven-house, 40-bedroom compound in Eldoret, Kenya – he heard the singing. IU professor Dr. Joe Mamlin has taken more than 70 refugees into his home since fighting in Kenya began. Members of all warring tribes find protection there – a safe haven in the middle of continuing gang violence.

The Indiana Daily Student

IU can’t close out Spartans

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Thursday night was a game of advantages for the IU women’s basketball team. Unfortunately, visiting Michigan State held most of them. Thursday night was a game of advantages for the IU women's basketball team. Unfortunately, visiting Michigan State held the upper hand in most of them. The Spartans beat the Hoosiers on the glass, in the paint, in points off turnovers and at the free-throw line on their way to a nail-biting 72-68 win at Assembly Hall that saw 14 ties and 16 lead changes over the course of the game.


Jay Seawell

Crimson Hoosiers hope to cream Spartans

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The IU men’s basketball team has little time to sulk about its tough loss to No. 15 Wisconsin Wednesday night, because another top-ranked team will visit Assembly Hall Saturday.



The Indiana Daily Student

No. 19 Hoosiers open spring campaign

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With a wintry mix still covering a majority of the IU Golf Course, the No. 19 Hoosiers will leave Bloomington and travel to Point Vedra, Fla., to compete in their first tournament of the spring season.









The Indiana Daily Student

Candidates prepare for IUSA race

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With elections coming up in March, students are starting to form together and create tickets or groups to run for the chance to govern the student body. “It is our sole responsibility for students to be represented on campus,” said current IU Student Association president and junior W.T Wright. “In (IUSA) students get to voice their view on subjects and get behind different people on different issues.”


The Indiana Daily Student

Around the World

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A senior Justice Department official told Congress on Thursday that laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded have eliminated the technique from what is now allowed.


The Indiana Daily Student

Bush pushes for surveillance law

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President Bush, at loggerheads with House Democrats over how closely the government can eavesdrop on U.S. citizens, warned Wednesday that terrorists were planning fresh assaults that would make the Sept. 11 attacks “pale by comparison.”



The Indiana Daily Student

Podcast, blog added to Kinsey Web site

The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction has added three-minute podcasts to its Web site to appeal to a more modern audience.