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Incumbent trustee loses election

By Zack Teibloom · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:39 p.m.

In a surprising upset of incumbent trustee Cora Breckenridge, Phil Eskew Jr. won the open IU board of trustees seat, receiving 9,209 of the 31,650 votes cast by IU alumni.

Faculty 'raiding' at all-time high

By Julie Mahomed · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:39 p.m.

IU continues to lose valued tenure-line professors to other universities and private institutions because of the "raiding" of its faculty members, meaning top faculty leave the University for more attractive, higher paying jobs at other institutions, said IU officials.

'Big Red' takes on new meaning

By Michelle Manchir · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:39 p.m.

IU is now home to the fastest supercomputer owned by a university and the 23rd fastest in the world, according to a recently released TOP500 list, which is complied twice a year by computer experts, computational scientists and manufacturers.

'Real-life Forrest Gump' remembers war

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:37 p.m.

U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and Hoosier Sgt. Sammy L. Davis swung through Bloomington during the 10th Annual "Picnic with the POPS" Orchestra and Chorus Saturday evening, a Fourth of July celebration to honor America's independence and to memorialize the continued American struggle for freedom, liberty and justice for all.

Bloomington postmaster ends long tenure

By Joseph S. Pete · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:31 p.m.

A stamp cost just 6 cents. Mail was still sorted by hand when Larry Jacobs was first hired on as a clerk by the United States Postal Service in 1969.

Indiana Supreme Court rules against fraternities in property tax case

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:31 p.m.

The Indiana Supreme court rejected a claim Thursday that three IU fraternities should be repaid $110,286 in property taxes by Monroe County.

SPEA Professor suggests reworking of structure to federal disaster response

By Julie Mahomed · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:29 p.m.

School of Public and Environmental Affairs professor Charles Wise recently wrote an article calling for a reorganization of federal agencies dealing with disasters and emergencies, something he thinks is needed after the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe.

Newly passed privacy laws to affect how IU releases personal information

By Luke Ferenc · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:29 p.m.

The Indiana state legislature has recently passed three new laws that will affect institutional operations at IU.

Summer camps attract potential students, add income

By Matt Cunningham · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:28 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services make the majority of their income by housing students in the dorms during the academic year.

IU sets record for number of licensing disclosures

By Carl Gutierrez · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:28 p.m.

Friday marked the end of a special fiscal year for the IU Research and Technology Corporation, the nonprofit agency that works to facilitate collaboration between IU and the business and industry sector.

Bloomfield resident readies for 3rd tour of duty in Iraq

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:27 p.m.

Sgt. Michael Black has been scarred by war. Twice he has been to the battlefields of Iraq and twice he has been to the battlefields of Afghanistan. Twice he has taken shrapnel from improvised explosive devices -- once in the back and once in the leg. For many people that would be enough combat, but Black will ship out for Iraq again Friday.

Man still in jail after resisting police in investigation

By Sarah Core · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:25 p.m.

After spending three months in jail following a knife slashing in the motel where he was staying, a Bloomington man's attorney has filed a motion to dismiss the case, citing an unlawful search of his room.

keep your pet safe on the fourth of july

By Alexandra R. Moses · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:24 p.m.

Refrain from taking your pet to firework displays.

Fire chief offers tips for happy and safe fireworks displays this Fourth of July

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:20 p.m.

Hoosiers celebrating the American Fourth of July holiday tomorrow are allowed to perform their own backyard fireworks spectacle legally but local officials say "safety is the key" to great freedom-loving festivities.

Thousands turn out for annual 'Picnic with the POPS' concert celebration

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:19 p.m.

Spectators in need of their annual dose of patriotism flocked to a citywide Fourth of July fireworks show Friday night on the grounds of the Ivy Tech campus.

Issues in the Mexican election of interest to the United States

By Abdullah AlShihri · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:17 p.m.

Positions of the three main candidates in Mexico's presidential election on issues of importance to the United States:

Voters decide if Mexico becomes next country to move left

By Abdullah AlShihri and Traci Carl · Sunday, July 2,2006 10:15 p.m.

MEXICO CITY -- After a campaign that split open Mexico's deep class divisions, voters were deciding Sunday whether to elect a free-spending leftist who pledges to put the poor first or a conservative politician who says private investment and free markets are the keys to prosperity.

Incumbent trustee loses election

Faculty 'raiding' at all-time high

'Big Red' takes on new meaning

'Real-life Forrest Gump' remembers war

Bloomington postmaster ends long tenure

Indiana Supreme Court rules against fraternities in property tax case

SPEA Professor suggests reworking of structure to federal disaster response

Newly passed privacy laws to affect how IU releases personal information

Summer camps attract potential students, add income

IU sets record for number of licensing disclosures

Bloomfield resident readies for 3rd tour of duty in Iraq

Man still in jail after resisting police in investigation

keep your pet safe on the fourth of july

Fire chief offers tips for happy and safe fireworks displays this Fourth of July

Thousands turn out for annual 'Picnic with the POPS' concert celebration

Issues in the Mexican election of interest to the United States

Voters decide if Mexico becomes next country to move left

Terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi buried

Israel blasts Palestinian PM's office to pressure Hamas

Hussein's wife and daughter on Iraqi most-wanted list

Bloomington police charge Indianapolis man with attempted murder

Judge upholds law allowing governor to select all IU trustees, rules it constitutional

Indiana pitchers Jackson Bergman and Gavin Swartz selected in the 2026 MLB Draft

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