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Study finds that men earn more than women despite college degrees

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:16 p.m.

DAVIS, Calif. – Despite years of gain in the workplace, a new study shows that come payday, it’s still very much a man’s world.

Faculty members win awards, honors

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:16 p.m.

Joining the ranks of Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, presidents, authors and other influential thinkers is IU’s very own Linda Smith, the chair of the Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences and a noted early childhood development expert. Smith was recently announced as a fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

IU Health Center still active despite lower summer enrollment

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:15 p.m.

While most students go home for the summer, others opt to stay in Bloomington. As summer sessions start up and allergy season kicks in, the IU Health Center stays active.

Grant awarded to help digitally preserve music collections

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:14 p.m.

The IU Archives of Traditional Music has received a grant of more than $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitally preserve the field work of researchers going back to the 1930s.

Hoosiers travel to Evanston for NCAAs

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:08 p.m.

Led by the Big Ten Coach of the Year, two All-Big Ten athletes and an attitude that says they don’t have anything to lose, the Hoosier women’s tennis team will head to Evanston, Ill., to compete Friday in the NCAA regional tournament.

Hoosiers head to NCAAs for first time in Wallman era

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:07 p.m.

The IU Women’s Golf Team is in unfamiliar territory in a familiar place.

Hoosiers in Penn State for Big Ten championships

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:06 p.m.

The culmination of a long season of indoor and outdoor meets for the IU track and field squads is in sight. This weekend, the squads will be traveling to Penn State for the Outdoor Big Ten championships.

Big Ten push begins for IU with series at Illinois

By John Wustrow · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:03 p.m.

Eight conference games left. Eight games left to rebuild a season.

Underdog wins in Fort Wayne

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:02 p.m.

The self-proclaimed underdog won the Republican nomination for Fort Wayne mayor on Tuesday and will face a former City Council member in November to become the new leader of Indiana’s second-largest city.

Fourth-meal

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:02 p.m.

You know the times. It’s fourth-meal at Taco Bell and you just don’t know what to order. There is too much on the menu and indecision strikes even the greatest minds. Do you order the three taco meal, a quesadilla, a chalupa or the therapeutic cheesy gordita crunch?

Steffey’s parents hold tree-planting

By IDS staff and Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:01 p.m.

Dale Steffey and Dawn Adams will be holding a tree planting ceremony Thursday afternoon in remembrance of their late son. The ceremony will be before a track and field meet at Bloomington High School South, 1965 S. Walnut St.

All in the Family

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:01 p.m.

From keeping sponsorship onboard to raising kids and maintaining a family, Frank Kimmel has a lot on his plate every day – even before he straps himself into his Ford Taurus and tells his brother how to make it run faster.

New Bloomington building in the works

By Megan Rohrer · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8 p.m.

The Bloomington City Council is still uncertain about the fate of The Village at Tenth & Morton, a new “multi-family” apartment complex proposed for downtown Bloomington.

Cheney discusses solutions for Iraq

By Abdullah AlShihri and Tom Raum · Wednesday, May 9,2007 7:01 p.m.

Vice President Dick Cheney and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki acknowledged problems in the pace of reducing violence in Iraq on Wednesday, but both pledged their governments would continue working together toward a solution.

French election followed by violence, vandalism

By Abdullah AlShihri and Angela Charlton · Wednesday, May 9,2007 6:58 p.m.

he leader of France’s defeated Socialists appealed for calm Tuesday after post-election violence left cars burned and store windows smashed.

Gunmen seize 4 subcontracted U.S. workers in southern Nigeria

By Abdullah AlShihri and Katharine Houreld · Wednesday, May 9,2007 6:54 p.m.

Gunmen seized four American workers as violence escalated in Nigeria’s southern petroleum-producing region, a Chevron spokesman said Wednesday.

IU students celebrate memories

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, May 9,2007 6:07 p.m.

Graduate Brandi Angrick would rather be in Paris. At least, that was the thought written on the top of her mortarboard. But as Angrick received her degree on Saturday at the 178th commencement ceremony at Assembly Hall, she said assuredly that those thoughts were contrary to how she was really feeling. “It’s just a joke, I’m actually really happy to be here and graduating,” Angrick said with a laugh. “It’s a mix of excitement and sadness.”

Mourners hold vigil for executed man Friday

By Alberto D. Morales · Wednesday, May 9,2007 6:05 p.m.

Early Friday morning, convicted death row inmate David Leon Woods was executed in Michigan City, Ind. Woods killed Juan Placencia, 77, stabbing him 21 times during a burglary in 1984.

Make the most of your summer downtime

By Lindsey Landis · Wednesday, May 9,2007 5:25 p.m.

I don’t know what you are doing this summer, but at some point, you will probably need to take a break from your break. You could be needing an escape from nagging family members, a release from your demanding summer course load or you may just need to unwind after a long day at work.

NYC holds nation’s only high school arts preservation program

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 9,2007 5:23 p.m.

NEW YORK – When Cleaster Graves noticed some crumbling mortar around the foundation of her family’s aging Brooklyn brownstone, she turned to an unusual expert for help: her 17-year-old daughter.

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