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Black leaders concerned with drop in enrollment figures

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 9:37 p.m.

For senior D'Anna Wade, potentially having to change the slogan on a T-shirt carries more weight than a simple phone call to the printing company. The slogan "representing the 3.8%" might no longer be an accurate representation of IU's black population.

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UPDATE: Athletics Department proposes $55M plan to upgrade facilities

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 6:01 p.m.

IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan presented a $55 million "facility enhancement" plan to the IU board of trustees Wednesday afternoon. The plan includes four major projects that would upgrade athletics facilities, according to a news release from the IU Athletics Department.

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Shut up, heart

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:19 p.m.

Let's play a guessing game. There's one vital organ that is supposed to be responsible for leading you in the right direction in all of life's hard decisions. This organ is supposed to lead you to happiness. I'll give you a hint: It also pumps blood.

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Marriage by the book

By Alyson Brodsy and Abram Hess · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:04 p.m.

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, IU played host to the king of red herrings when John Corvino and Glenn Stanton debated the merits of gay marriage. As the Indiana Daily Student reported the following day, the two-hour-long debate was "civilized."

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Hate speech preaching

By Alyson Brodsy and Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:03 p.m.

Last week, the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent Baptist community, continued its protesting at military funerals despite laws passed to prevent it from doing just this.

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Wiki-what?

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 2:57 p.m.

For some time, academia had speculated about the credibility of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Thanks to last week's series in the Indiana Daily Student, that debate has arrived full-steam at IU.

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7 Decades of Funk

By Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:49 a.m.

James Brown, decked out in a bright red sequined suit, got down on his knees during a nearly 15-minute rendition of "A Man's Man's Man's World" and told the audience members he loved all 2,500 of them Tuesday night during his performance at the IU Auditorium. Erupting in applause that bounced off the balcony, the people in the crowd yelled back their adoration for the "hardest working man in show business," who begged for 10 more minutes of performance time.

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Student dies in weekend crash

By Sarah Core · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:49 a.m.

Funeral services for senior Brad Dugan, 24, of Bloomington, who was killed Sunday morning in a motorcycle crash, are being held at 2 p.m. today at the Day Funeral Home, 4150 E. Third St.

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$11M lottery ticket sold in Bloomington

By Kristi Oloffson · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:49 a.m.

$11 million. That's enough to pay instate tuition for 1,652 students. Instead, it's being given away to one lucky Bloomington-area resident. The only problem? No one knows who it is yet.

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University might increase tuition at faster rate

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:49 a.m.

The cost of an IU education could increase at a faster rate, said Interim Provost Michael McRobbie. In the Provost's Report on the State of Academic Affairs at IU-Bloomington at the bi-weekly Bloomington Faculty Council meeting, McRobbie spoke on the importance of keeping top faculty at IU but said their salaries would be paid with higher tuition fees for students.

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OU coach Stoops still hot over bad call

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeff Latzke · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:32 a.m.

NORMAN, Okla. -- A phone call from Oregon coach Mike Bellotti was nice, but it did absolutely nothing to soothe Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops over an incorrect officials' ruling that likely cost his team a victory over the Ducks.

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Fundamentals the focus in practice

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:24 a.m.

IU's wide receivers struggled in last weekend's 35-28 loss to Southern Illinois University. The group dropped multiple passes as the sluggish IU offense struggled to maintain consistency throughout the game.

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IU drops out of top 25 rankings

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 12:12 a.m.

Call it a freefall. The IU men's soccer team plummeted from No. 9 to unranked in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll released Tuesday. The Hoosiers didn't receive a single vote in the poll.

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Bookstore offers alternative options

By Matt Cunningham · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:38 p.m.

Students in 32 different classes this semester received an unusual request when professors required them to buy textbooks from Boxcar Books. The nonprofit business, which is run solely by volunteers, has been increasingly involved in the community since arriving about four years ago.

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Students publish law journal

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:37 p.m.

Several students in the School of Education had a problem last year -- they worked hard to research and write term papers but had nowhere to publish them. None wanted their hard work to go to waste, so the students took matters into their own hands, starting an education journal titled "Law and Disorder".

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