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Good sourcing

By Michael Zennie · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:44 p.m.

Our sports editors and reporters found out Friday night that two top high school basketball recruits were on campus, meeting with the Hoosiers and their coaches.

Database to catalog classic music

By Sonia Rana · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:41 p.m.

Modern technology has done much for music-lovers. Thanks to computers, users are able to download, catalog and share most types of music online. And now, one IU professor hopes to make classical and scholarly music just as available.

IU chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa wins award

By Kasey Hawrysz · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:35 p.m.

Men's recruitment is a time for all fraternities to boast about their achievements, but potential members who come knocking at the Phi Sigma Kappa house will find its members have earned a special bragging right. For the second year in a row, the IU house has earned the "Chapter of the Year" award from the Phi Sigma Kappa International Headquarters.

(Car)pooling our resources

Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:23 p.m.

The Indiana Daily Student on Thursday published a story ("Carpool plan opens for A, C permit holders") describing IU Parking Operations' interesting new idea. The division wants faculty to carpool to school. The program will be available to anyone with an A or C permit and is intended for certain employees (you guys know who you are), graduate students, instructors and professors.

Club baseball team ready for fall games

By Josh Bagriansky · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:21 p.m.

In spring 2005, graduate student Matt Ostrega lobbied the Club Sports Federation at IU to establish a club baseball team. And last fall, his dream came to fruition as the Hoosiers began their inaugural season.

Americans Criticize Muslim Sect

Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:21 p.m.

Two political writers debate issues of tolerance and faith.

Team sends 14 to track nationals

By Brian Buckey · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:20 p.m.

As the summer slowly begins to cool down, the IU Cycling Club season is heating up. The club will send a team of 14 members to the Collegiate Track Nationals Sept. 20 to 24 in Indianapolis at the Major Taylor Velodrome.

Increase in state police salaries adds to competition for officers

Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:16 p.m.

KENDALLVILLE, Ind. -- Police departments across the state continue their scramble to keep officers amid rising pay levels from some competitors.

Victims of accident at Wal-Mart site begin slow recovery

By Sarah Core · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:14 p.m.

Three workers who were severely burned last week in an electrical fire at the new Super Wal-Mart are on a long, slow road to recovery.

Another Win

By Brian Stewart · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 11:03 p.m.

On the heels of the capture of Hamed Jumaa Farid al-Saeedi -- al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2, responsible for the detonation last February of the Shiite shrine in Samarra -- I have repeatedly heard that glib mantra, America is "in search of enemies." But this act of mercy confirms -- as it did with the mighty long-in-coming killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- that one doesn't have to search very far.

Watching the drive-in movie -- from bed

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:56 p.m.

FAIRLEE, Vt. -- Who needs a car at the drive-in theater? Just go straight to bed. The Fairlee Motel & Drive-In Theater combines the best of roadside America. Drive in, and you have your classic outdoor experience. Check in, and a picture window and NuTone speaker give you the same show from your king-size bed -- with air conditioning and no mosquitoes. Please don't wipe popcorn butter on the sheets.

Universal Music said to buy BMG Music Publishing for $2 billion

By Alyson Brodsy and Alex Veiga · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:54 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group reached a tentative agreement with German media company Bertelsmann AG to acquire BMG Music Publishing for $2.05 billion in cash, a person familiar with the deal said Tuesday.

Auditorium to hold training session for student ushers

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:52 p.m.

With approximately 800 volunteers in its ranks, the IU Auditorium relies on students and community members to supply its corps of ushers, who not only supervise crowd control but are also encouraged to make a connection with guests on the relatively short journey from the entrance to their seats, according to the IU Auditorium's Web site.

Shake my what?

By Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:51 p.m.

Young lady, would you kindly oscillate your hindquarters? This is a request that many artists communicate by combining the words "shake," "ass" and "girl."

Whoring for Pluto

By Colin Dugdale · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:51 p.m.

It's a universal tragedy. Because of new planetary guidelines, Pluto is no longer considered a planet. According to astronomers, Pluto shall hereby be referred to as simply "really big ball."

artifacts

Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:48 p.m.

A cover illustration from the June 1904 issue of Ladies Home Journal.

Academic ideals hardly match up to students' reality -- can the two be merged?

By Jonathan P. Rossing · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 10:22 p.m.

Cathy Small, an anthropology professor at Northern Arizona University, was troubled by undergraduate student behavior. Why don't students take advantage of office hours? she wondered. Why do many students seem disinterested in learning? Why are many students seemingly unprepared for college life?

Family reports IU student missing

By Zack Teibloom · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 1:09 p.m.

IU senior Daniel Eliot has been missing since Thursday night, according to police.

Sodrel speaks to IU College Republicans

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 1:33 a.m.

Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-9th, urged young people to get out and vote in his speech at the IU College Republicans call-out meeting Monday night. "It's important for young people to get engaged," he said. "They have more to win or lose in this next election. I'm in the fall of my career, but they're in the spring of theirs. If we pass the wrong laws and the wrong regulations now, they'll suffer longer."

'Crocodile Hunter' killed by stingray

By Brain Cassey · Tuesday, Sept. 5,2006 12:52 a.m.

CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming off the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.