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Yom Kippur begins with sundown service

IU men's soccer comes home Friday for match against UAB

After a tough weekend in St. Louis, the Hoosiers return home Friday night in hopes of snapping their first losing streak of the season with a victory over the University of Alabama at Birmingham. IU leads the all-time series with a record of 1-0-2.

IU volleyball looks to open Big Ten season strong over the weekend with matches at Iowa, No. 12 Minnesota

The IU volleyball team spent the first part of their season testing themselves against some of the best competition they could find, playing in a total of four preseason tournaments. Now they get to start over, as it is time for Big Ten play.

IU student dies after June car accident

Memorial services for IU student and Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity member Justin Roy are over, but he will live on in the hearts and memories of his friends.

Trustees expected to approve new library roof

The IU board of trustees will hold its September business meeting Friday and plans to vote on several University remodeling projects.

Study: Dandelions increasing with global warming

Although it might not be the biggest problem that global warming has produced, increased dandelion strength and reproduction is another thing to tack on to a list that proves global warming is real, said Todd Royer, an assistant professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

Kelley School receives Target grant for leadership

Target will be teaming up with IU’s Kelley School of Business this fall, offering more than 1,200 undergraduate majors a chance to increase and enhance leadership skills.

5 counties move to Eastern time zone

Come Nov. 4, five Indiana counties will catch up with the rest of the state and move into the Eastern time zone.

BPD arrests Bloomington businessman for theft

After three months of investigation, the owner of “Balloons over Bloomington” turned himself into authorities Wednesday for cheating 24 customers out of rides.

Wonderlawn looks like “dollhouse”

Wayward youth, birds and garden gnomes are welcome in Helen Hillenburg’s home at 1007 W. 1st St. The wrinkled, slightly stooped woman raised eight foster children in her tiny home and loved them with her huge heart, she said. “I love kids,” Hillenburg said. “When the kids don’t have no place to go, I take them in. I can’t see them on the street. I take them in and give them food and give them clothes. I ain’t gonna see no kids hungry.”

Woman pursues Dachau album origin

BAD AROLSEN, Germany Deep in Shari Klages’ memory is an image of herself as a girl in New Jersey, going into her parents’ bedroom, pulling a thick leather-bound album from the top shelf of a closet and sitting down on the bed to leaf through it.

Mathers’ event celebrates influential Brazilian music

The Mathers Museum of World Cultures will present “Sounds of Brazil” at 7 p.m. Friday to highlight influential Brazilian music. Special guest Valeria DeCastro, a Brazilian vocalist, guitarist and composer, will perform songs from various Brazilian composers along with her own.

Variety show to feature local acts

The Bloomington Musicians and Songwriters Association will present a fast-paced variety show featuring performances by musicians, poets, comedians, jugglers, dancers and trapeze artists Saturday at the John Waldron Arts Center.

And this Bird can sing

The violin, guitar and glockenspiel do not seem like very many instruments, but when all played by the same person, along with whistling, singing and frequent use of a looping machine, they can be hard to manage. Chicagoan and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird uses these instruments to create sounds comparable to that of a symphony, but with an indie, folk-rock twist

Free to choose

Most people write off what is called “sweatshop” labor as a closed subject. They see it as an evil practice – low wages for long hours in unfavorable conditions. But the reality of the issue is far more complex, and often, the more one intervenes to try and help, the worse the situation gets.

Proliferating ignorance

Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by General V.P. Malik, former chief of staff of the Indian Army. The lecture was titled, “Indo-U.S. Defense and Military Cooperation,” a topic most Americans probably don’t think about a lot.

TV: Dead on arrival

This week, the major networks began premiering their new fall shows. Along with those new shows comes the continuing of some major trends in television, both good and bad.

IU-Tube Follies

As a new marketing ploy, IU recently created a series of videos titled “Hello, My Name Is Indiana University” and broadcast them over YouTube. These videos, which feature real IU students, are an attempt to “put a face on the University” and attract potential students in a new way.

Protest

Protesters march to Jena High School on Thursday in Jena, La.

Thousands rally in small town of Jena, La., to support 6 black teens charged in school fight

Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.