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Hoosiers looking to minimize penalties when they face Akron

Scoring 92 points in two games might look nice on paper, but IU coach Bill Lynch knows better than that.

Dennis Miller now to perform Feb. 2

Because of a prior engagement, comedian and commentator Dennis Miller has been forced to postpone his appearance at the IU Auditorium, according to an IU Auditorium press release.

Heads bow in memory of 9/11 victims, 6 years later

Relatives of Sept. 11 victims bowed their heads in silence Tuesday to mark the moments exactly six years earlier when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

Driving down Fee Lane

If you haven’t visited the IU Office of the Bursar Web site at www.bursar.indiana.edu yet, you’re in for a real treat. This site allows you to access information about all the fees involved in attending IU. This eclectic bunch includes such old standards as admission application fees, activity fees, transportation fees and technology fees. Not to mention our old friends orientation, transcript retrieval and ID card replacement. And we can’t forget about drop/add access!

Intelligence report: MoveOn.org slams Petraeus

Outrage erupted Monday after the liberal anti-war group MoveOn.org took out a full-page ad in The New York Times.

Should IU run background checks?

I was more than vaguely disturbed to read last week that the Indiana Memorial Union chooses not to run criminal background checks on all potential employees.

ONLINE ONLY: Comfortably numb

I walk almost everywhere that I go on campus. I don’t have a car or a bike, and I hate waiting for the buses, so walking is my only option. The other day I had to walk from Franklin Hall to Willkie – not a short jaunt by any means.

Flora, fauna and foreigners

There’s an interesting exhibit in the zoo in Nairobi, Kenya. It has recreated an authentic Starbucks-like environment where real live Caucasians straight from America tell all about their encounters in the daily grind of the urban jungle.

Right this way...

My new weekly column is written primarily for three types of people: 1. Rich Republicans. 2. Compassionate conservatives. 3. Anyone who hopes to one day belong to either or both of the first two categories.

No bombs today

I loved hackneyed advice.

Beta to enact no-alcohol policy

Beta Theta Pi has a brand-new house with, what is for them, a revamped policy: no alcohol.

Jewish students usher in spiritual New Year this week

Circle of Life Mini Marathon reminds of real human struggles

For a great number of fans and competitors, IU athletics are an escape from the strain of everyday life.

Bills’ Everett likely to be paralyzed after ‘catastrophic’ neck injury

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – The Buffalo Bills’ Kevin Everett sustained a “catastrophic” and life-threatening spinal-cord injury, and his chances of regaining a full range of body motion are very small, an orthopedic surgeon said Monday.

Ramirez hits 2 homers to back Lilly as Cubs beat Cardinals 12-3

CHICAGO – The Cubs made the most of a brief stopover at Wrigley Field.

Rolling along

A model shows Sony Corp.’s new rolling egg-shaped digital music player swivels in Tokyo on Monday. The $354, 11 ounce Rolly, set to go on sale in Japan on Sept. 29, comes with stereo speakers, one gigabyte of internal flash memory and a battery good for about five hours of music. Overseas sales are still undecided. The smooth white gadget, small enough to sit on a palm, has sensors that recognize which way is up, allowing volume to be controlled by turning the player clockwise or counterclockwise, and tunes to be switched by pushing or pulling it on the floor.

Apple sells 1 millionth iPhone nearly a month ahead of original schedule

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple Inc. sold its millionth iPhone over the weekend, days after it slashed the price by a third to spur sales.

Oncourse, OneStart show improvements

With Oncourse CL fully operating and a new OneStart in the works for the end of September, IU is already seeing a broader focus on technology under President Michael McRobbie’s administration.

Chicago protesters demand return of Marshall Field’s

CHICAGO – It’s been a year since Marshall Field’s vanished to make way for Macy’s. To mark the occasion, dozens of protesters gathered outside Macy’s huge State Street store, suggesting shoppers boycott the retailer and demanding a return of the Field’s imprint.

FDA considers food labels to promote healthy eating habits

WASHINGTON – Next month, General Mills Inc. and Kellogg Co. will begin emblazoning their breakfast cereals with symbols that summarize complex nutritional information, part of the growing use of logos to steer harried grocery shoppers toward healthier choices.