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BCA sees progress in minority hiring practices

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Kusmer · Saturday, Sept. 23,2006 8:34 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- NCAA Division I universities improved this year in considering minority candidates for head football coaches, but more progress is needed and resorting to civil rights laws might be necessary, the Black Coaches Association said Thursday. With only 10 minority head coaches currently among more than 200 Division I-A and I-AA schools that are not historically black institutions, universities must appoint more minority coaches and more diverse search committees for vacant positions. Evidence shows the latter leads to more minority coaches being considered, the BCA said.

UPDATE: UConn shuts down Hoosiers in 14-7 IU loss

By Jacob Brown · Saturday, Sept. 23,2006 7:36 p.m.

With the rain chasing away the home crowd, IU took the field Saturday afternoon with quarterback Blake Powers back at the helm.

IU Art Museum plans $1 million renovation

By Lindsey Landis · Saturday, Sept. 23,2006 7:24 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is working to raise $1 million for the renovation of a gallery that hasn't even seen a new coat of paint in two decades. The third-floor collection of African, Oceanic and pre-Columbian art will be the first room to receive remodeling in a plan to overhaul the layout of the entire museum.

Buskirk-Chumley rolls out red carpet

By Paige Ingram · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

Alison Zook felt like a Barbie doll as she waited backstage at the Buskirk-Chumley Thursday night. "And it smells like an old Barbie doll," she said as she held the black vintage dress to her nose.

Nobel Laureate speaks for equality, peace

By Allyson O’Connor · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

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.

Fostering Love

By Ashley Lough and Ashley M. Lough · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

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.

Bears mimicking Vikes in early fight for 1st place in NFC North

By Dave Campbell · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Vikings have not won their division in six years, and to get to the top they'll have to push past the Chicago Bears.

Hoosiers look to rebound against the Huskies

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

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.

Defense focuses on stopping the run

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:26 p.m.

With UConn boasting the No. 4 rush offense in the nation, IU's defense focuses on stopping the run

Researchers reveal potential 'click fraud'

By Kristi Oloffson · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:25 p.m.

Informatics researchers at IU have revealed how scam artists could target online advertisers in a recent study.

Students can turn text messages into instant purchasing power

By Whitney Mitchell · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:25 p.m.

Instead of racking up high cell phone bills, students' text messaging obsession could earn them an extra $200.

MTV encourages students to get 'ecomaginative'

By Zack Teibloom · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:25 p.m.

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.

Nobel Laureate discusses human identity, conflict

By Christina Stigliani · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:23 p.m.

Speaking to a packed lecture hall Wednesday night, Amartya Sen, renowned scholar, author and 1998 Nobel Laureate in economics, dismissed the concept of a single identity trumping all others in human relationships.

Trustees consider multi-million dollar plans

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:23 p.m.

The IU board of trustees will hold its regularly scheduled meeting today in the Indiana Memorial Union.

Bloomington post office hosts first ever 'Passport Fair' Saturday

By Paige Ingram · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:23 p.m.

With the increased necessity for passports starting the first of the year, the Fourth Street Bloomington post office will host its first ever "Passport Fair," increasing its hours of availability to file the paperwork.

City purchases land for park

By Roy Maurer · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:23 p.m.

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

Children report man with gun by playground

By Jessica Wolfe · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 8:22 p.m.

Children at Childs Elementary School reported seeing a man with a gun in the woods by the school's playground yesterday.

Blue light special?

By Alyson Brodsy and Nick Weprich · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 1:13 p.m.

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.

International community springs into inaction

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 1:06 p.m.

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.

UConn defensive back arrested, dismissed from team Thursday

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 22,2006 12:33 a.m.

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.