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Nobel Laureate speaks for equality, peace

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Below the Harvard University seal, Amartya Sen's business card distinguishes him as a professor of economics and philosophy; a distinction among many that Sen adds to his resume as a world-renowned Nobel Prize-winning economist.


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Fostering Love

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Some call them foster failures. Those who use this phrase refer to foster parents for the Bloomington Animal Shelter who grow so attached to pets in their temporary care they adopt them.



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Hoosiers look to rebound against the Huskies

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The loss is in the past. Heading into Saturday's non-conference game against the University of Connecticut, the IU football team is focused on defeating the Huskies and putting the Southern Illinois University loss behind it.




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MTV encourages students to get 'ecomaginative'

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A car made out of beer cans that runs on beer and emits incense. A visor that harnesses the sun's energy to charge a laptop. These ideas might be impractical, but students need to get creative if they want to win the big prize from the mtvU GE ecomagination Challenge.





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City purchases land for park

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The Bloomington City Council unanimously approved the $136,600 purchase of the the defunct Cascades Motorcycle Shot Wednesday.



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Blue light special?

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Walking: It didn't happen much in my affluent, suburban hometown (OK, fine, I'm from Carmel. Get over it). If you were walking on the sidewalk, there was something wrong with you. Everyone drove everywhere. Pedestrian safety wasn't a big deal. Strange people didn't follow you and make creepy, mostly incoherent conversation.


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International community springs into inaction

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Yesterday saw thousands of people demonstrate in more than 30 cities worldwide against the genocide occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan, where 200,000 people have been killed and more than 2 million displaced since a revolt started in 2003. In Central Park alone, 20,000 people came to voice their support for peace and justice in the area.


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UConn defensive back arrested, dismissed from team Thursday

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STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut safety Marvin Taylor has been thrown off the football team following his arrest on larceny charges. UConn coach Randy Edsall said Thursday he was clarifying the school's position after a statement released Wednesday saying Taylor had been suspended indefinitely from the team, which plays Indiana Saturday.


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Rest comes at right time for IU

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With a few more days than usual between tournaments, the Hoosiers are looking to freshen up on more than just golf. IU has seen few breaks in this young season. In its first two events, the team was pitted against some difficult golf courses and equally challenging opponents. When they begin play Monday at the Virginia Commonwealth University/Mattaponi Springs Shootout in Ruther Glen, Va., it will have been eight days since the Hoosiers last competed. And there's been quite a bit on the agenda during the time off.


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IU kicks off Big Ten play this weekend

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Two weeks ago, it was senior Carrie DeFreece netting all the goals for the IU women's soccer team. Last weekend, freshmen Christie Kotynski and Liz Holby scored both goals for the Hoosiers. "I think it's the weekend for juniors to step up and score some goals," IU head coach Mick Lyon said. "I'll be happy with that."


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Hoosiers take 3-game winning streak into Michigan matchups

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The Hoosiers are riding a three-game winning streak heading into Big Ten play, but IU coach Katie Weismiller knows battles in hostile environments await her team this weekend. The IU women's volleyball team will head north this weekend as it starts the Big Ten season against No. 19 Michigan and Michigan State.


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No. 14 IU to battle Northwestern on road, New Hampshire at home

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The No. 14 Hoosiers (7-1) will begin their Big Ten season and look to extend their seven-game winning streak this weekend when they take on two different schools of Wildcats. Friday, IU plays against the Northwestern University Wildcats in Evanston, Ill., Friday and returns for Sunday afternoon's battle with the Wildcats of the University of New Hampshire in Mellencamp Pavilion at 1 p.m.