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Jacobs School of Music welcomes 11 accomplished new faculty of diverse trades

By Kristi Oloffson · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 11:27 p.m.

One of the best is getting even better. The Jacobs School of Music, which already has 160 notable faculty members and a reputation as one of the best music schools in the world, welcomed 11 new faculty members to its ranks this fall.

The antipreneur

By Alyson Brodsy and David Weisburd · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 11:13 p.m.

For an entrepreneur or any young, ambitious person, it is crucial to be around individuals who are supportive and positive. Entrepreneurs can be a part of three different environments: antipreneurial, listening, or entrepreneurial environments. Today, I will cover the role of the "antipreneur."

Butcher's Block targets hungry tailgaters

By Kasey Hawrysz · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 11:10 p.m.

If asked about his hobbies, Dave Schell, an IU alumnus who graduated in 2003, would just laugh. When you work 80-110 hours a week, there is not much time for anything else, he said.

Governor keeps low profile in weeks leading up to election

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 11:10 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Gov. Mitch Daniels was keeping a low profile this Labor Day weekend with Election Day nearing and some Hoosiers still upset over Republican lawmakers' decision to switch the state to daylight-saving time and lease the Indiana Toll Road.

No more hiding

By Michelle Manchir · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:52 p.m.

Ladies, protect yourself from rape. Walk at night in groups. Don't wear revealing clothing. Don't drink too much.

Wyoming, beer and boredom

By Alyson Brodsy and Kirk Nathanson · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:49 p.m.

School districts across the country are facing budget cuts. And first on the chopping block are the after-school activities that provide students with outlets for their energy in safe and responsible environments. Despite their problems, after-school programs do entice students away from drugs, crime and general mayhem. But while school is logically the best place for athletics, art and music, a new government study shows that it does, in fact, take a whole village to raise a child.

Pro-immigrant protests haven't produced surge of new Hispanic voters

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:48 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Immigration protests that drew hundreds of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators to the nation's streets last spring promised a potent political legacy: a surge of new Hispanic voters.

Goodbye, Andre

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:47 p.m.

Andre Agassi played his final professional match last weekend at the U.S. Open. During the long standing ovation he received and his brief, eloquent farewell speech, I couldn't stop the tears from flowing. It was sad to see such a remarkable tennis icon step off the court for the final time. But more than anything, I was moved by witnessing this last public chapter in Andre's amazing maturation from arrogant, aimless youth to selfless, philanthropic hero.

Not our kind of blast

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:41 p.m.

After a Nevada newspaper recently reported that the Department of Defense was planning to conduct the largest nonatomic blast in U.S. history in our backyard, the residents of Bloomington and surrounding areas were understandably alarmed. Fortunately, the DoD has announced it won't run the operation here -- but that doesn't mean it's time for complacency. Mitchell, Ind., the rumored sight of the planned blast, is a small town 45 minutes away from Bloomington, where the government has held tests in the past. The area is strikingly similar in topography to Bloomington, with rolling hills, limestone deposits and an extensive cave system.

Soccer star kidnapped, 35 mangled bodies found in spike of violence in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Rebecca Santana · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 10:36 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A popular Iraqi soccer star was kidnapped and 35 bullet-riddled bodies were found in Iraq on Monday, a day after Iraqi officials touted the capture of al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 leader as a move to reduce violence in the country.

IU senior missing since Thursday night

By Zack Teibloom · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 6:12 p.m.

IU senior Daniel Eliot, has been missing since Thursday night, according to police. No friends or family members have spoken to or seen him, and he is not answering his phone, said his father, Ronald Eliot. Friends and family became alarmed when he did not show up Friday to his job as a student teacher at Carmel High School.

IU uses 5K as training run for season

Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:27 a.m.

There are few times in sports when fans are able to share the same field as collegiate and professional athletes.

No. 10 Hoosiers improve to 2-1

By Matt Dollinger · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:26 a.m.

In a game that was much closer than the rankings would have suggested, the No. 10 Hoosiers (2-1) defeated the Ball State Cardinals 2-1 Saturday.

IU offense shines in victory

By John Wustrow · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:21 a.m.

As members of the IU women's soccer team huddled together after their game Saturday, fireworks from nearby Memorial Stadium shot up in the air above them.

Hot air ballooned

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:20 a.m.

As the Hoosier players linked arm-in-arm march alongside and behind IU coach Terry Hoeppner, a football not made of pigskin appeared in the end zone. Within seconds, the football -- inflated with hot air -- ballooned its way into the sky. This "football-up-high" signaled the game's opening kickoff -- not to the fans filling the stadium but perhaps to the fields filled with tailgaters too tanked to know the reason they were drunk in the first place.

Hoosiers test the trails at Community Run

By Jackie Faine · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:18 a.m.

While both athletes and fanatics alike prepared for the IU Community 5K Run on Friday, it was nothing more than another day of conditioning for the IU men's cross country team.

IU Art Museum gets hands-on

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:14 a.m.

Bloomington resident Marilyn Kittredge sees the world through a slice of Swiss cheese.

Adieu, Andre: Agassi's career ends with 3rd-round loss at Open

By Alyson Brodsy and Howard Fendrich · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:14 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Crouched alone in the silence of the locker room, a pro tennis player no more, a red-eyed Andre Agassi twisted his torso in an attempt to conquer the seemingly mundane task of pulling a white shirt over his head. Never more than at that moment did Agassi seem so vulnerable, looking far older than his 36 years, wrestling not simply with his bad back but also with two overwhelming and conflicting emotions.

University of Chicago professor picked to head COAS

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:14 a.m.

IU officials announced Friday that Bennett Bertenthal, a professor of psychology and computational neuroscience at the University of Chicago, will take over as the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Bertenthal has been a member of the University of Chicago faculty for almost six years, researching the perceptual, motor and cognitive development of the brain, according to an IU press release. He is also a former assistant director of the National Science Foundation.

2 top-rated recruits visit campus

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, Sept. 4,2006 12:14 a.m.

Two top high school basketball recruits were in Bloomington for an unofficial visit to the campus this weekend. Eric Gordon Jr. and Derrick Rose dined with IU juniors D.J. White, A.J. Ratliff, IU coach Kelvin Sampson and other Hoosier basketball personnel Friday night at Yogi's Grill and Bar. The two high school seniors were also at Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon with members of the basketball team and coaching staff.