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Optometry open house set for Saturday

By Heather Haemker · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 11:41 p.m.

The IU School of Optometry will hold its annual open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the school’s building at 800 E. Atwater Ave. The event will allow prospective students to take tours of the school and talk to staff members about the field.

BPD arrests Bloomington local allegedly connected with stabbing

By Sara Amato · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 11:01 p.m.

A Bloomington man allegedly connected to a stabbing was arrested Sunday night.

Mother pleads guilty to killing her 4 children, avoids death penalty

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 10:30 p.m.

GOSHEN, Ind. – An Elkhart woman who pleaded guilty to strangling her four young children was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole in each child’s death.

Protest

Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:39 p.m.

Martin Berger, 84, second from left, from Queens, N.Y., and Rabbi Simcha Freedman, second from right, carry signs during a protest rally near the United Nations, against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York on Monday.

Tough U.S. welcome for Iran’s President Ahmadinejad

By Nahal Toosi · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:38 p.m.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended his nation’s human rights record on Monday as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.N. and Columbia University to protest appearances by the hard-line leader.

IU finishes 3rd at Wolf Run tourney

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:24 p.m.

The IU men’s golf team shot its way to a third place finish at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate tournament this past weekend.

Hoosiers record strong showing at Wake Forest tournament

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:22 p.m.

Members of the IU women’s tennis team can be happy as they reflect on last weekend’s tournament. The Deacon Classic, held at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., was the first fall tournament for the Hoosiers, and the team’s results over the weekend showed that – despite its youth – IU can look forward to more wins in the fall schedule.

Purdue tests text messaging alert system

By Ab D. Phillip · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:18 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University said its test of an emergency messaging system was a success.

Messy rooms to be awarded in contest

By Mandy Eid · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:17 p.m.

A battered beer pong table, leftover pizza boxes and unmade beds are not uncommon sights in the living spaces of many college students.

Greek hip-hop group kicks off

By Lindsey Alexander · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:16 p.m.

Wanted: sorority sisters who can “shake it like a salt shaker.”

Zeller says weekend visit ‘went really well’

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:16 p.m.

High school senior Tyler Zeller made his official visit to Bloomington over the weekend to meet with the IU men’s basketball team and coach Kelvin Sampson.

Women’s coverage is network’s best attribute

By Jacob Stewart and Aaron Beard · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 9:11 p.m.

It’s fair to say that since its inception, the quality of the programming on the Big Ten Network has been low. From the annoying commentary to the sub-par analysis, the only reason to watch the network is coverage of competition – which I have taken to watching with the television muted – along with two other factors.

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play 2 sold-out benefit shows

By Jeffrey Gold · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 7:51 p.m.

ASBURYPARK, N.J. – Bruce Springsteen is performing two benefit rehearsal shows on the city’s boardwalk to give fans a preview of his new album and upcoming tour.

All 10 plays of ‘The August Wilson Century Cycle’ to be available in boxed set due out next week for $200

By Michael Kuchwara · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 7:51 p.m.

NEW YORK – It’s called simply “The August Wilson Century Cycle” – 10 plays celebrating the black experience in 20th-century America – one for each decade. And now Wilson’s masterworks are available in one place: a 10-volume, hardcover, boxed set, to be published Oct. 1 by Theatre Communications Group at a special introductory price of $200.

Letters from abroad

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 7:49 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – When you think of medieval times, the first thing that probably comes to mind is knights in shining armor on their valiant steeds, off to the joust to win the hearts of their ladies fair.

Crushing defeat

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 1:08 a.m.

Having emerged victorious from its first three games, the IU football team was and played like the nation’s seventh-ranked rushing offense and 10th-ranked offense.

Interacting

By Elizabeth Dilts · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 1:07 a.m.

Poised on the trademark black box stage in the middle of Saturday’s farmer’s market, a brunette, a blond and a red-head were in the eleventh hour of a wrathful conflict. Frozen in the throes of fury, a coin dropped in a basket at the crucial moment and the women embraced in a tenuous show of faked affection. It must be Living Statues season.

Illinois ground game too much for IU

By Tom Kir · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 1:05 a.m.

The IU football team’s season-long goal to “Play 13” reached its first roadblock Saturday as it was defeated by Illinois 27-14.

4th annual multicultural festival attracts hundreds

By Chelsea Merta · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 1:02 a.m.

Smells of ethnic food filled the air Sunday as hundreds of students and Bloomington residents packed into Showers Plaza and an explosive performance by Estrela de Norte Capoeira Angola group opened the festivities of the fourth annual Bloomington Multicultural Festival.

Sounds of Brazil fill Mathers Museum

By Amanda Bridgman · Monday, Sept. 24,2007 12:54 a.m.

The bouncing beats of traditional Brazilian music flooded out of the Mathers Museum Friday night as Valeria DeCastro played a blend of bossa nova, contemporary Brazilian music and jazz. DeCastro is a Brazilian vocalist, guitarist and composer who currently lives in Bloomington.

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