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Court rules in favor of IU trustees

By Trevor brown · Sunday, June 4,2006 11:05 p.m.

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday in favor of the IU board of trustees that Indiana's Open Door Law was not violated in the 2000 firing of former men's basketball coach Bob Knight.

Dangers of recreational Viagra

By Whitney Mitchell · Sunday, June 4,2006 11:05 p.m.

As officials have dealt with a variety of dangerous drug use on college campuses across the country, a new trend is emerging among college students that health experts warn could lead to serious complications -- the recreational use of erectile dysfunction medication.

IU hopes firm will help strengthen research

By Zack Teibloom · Sunday, June 4,2006 11:05 p.m.

IU officials said they hope the University's agreement last week with the company BioCrossroads will improve the transition from lab research to practical business applications for life sciences.

Ohio State University students now required to have various vaccinations before being admitted

By Ab D. Phillip and Liz Goeller · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:51 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A mumps outbreak hit the Midwest earlier this year and an Ohio State University student died from meningitis.

More than $37M for campus upgrades announced

Sunday, June 4,2006 10:50 p.m.

More than $37 million dollars of funds for various IU projects was approved Friday by the Indiana State Budget Committee.

Professor studies how online games affect gender views

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:50 p.m.

Everyone knows that totally hot 18-year-old California swimsuit model you met playing the popular online game, "World of Warcraft", is probably a 36-year-old guy living in his parents' basement.

Hand raising for the 21st century

By Carly Dachis · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:49 p.m.

As advancements in technology continue to change the way people act, it now seems the old ritual of students having to raise their hand during class may become obsolete.

Evacuees maintain new lives in Boomington

By Joseph S. Pete · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:45 p.m.

Hurricane Katrina flung many lives and families scattershot around the country.

Dallas Mavericks advance to first NBA Finals

By Aaron Beard and Bob Baum · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:37 p.m.

PHOENIX -- Avery Johnson put the "D" in Dallas. Then the coach put the Mavericks in the NBA finals for the first time in the franchise's 26-year history.

Warren Central sweeps state finals in track

By Hank Lowenkron · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:33 p.m.

Depth paid off for the Warriors of Warren Central as they captured the state boys high school track and field championship without winning an individual event.

Road to the championships

By Ari Shifron · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:28 p.m.

The IU men's and women's track and field teams will send 14 athletes June 7-10 to Sacramento State University for the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

You're good and smart enough...

By Alyson Brodsy and Jonathan P. Rossing · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:23 p.m.

Last weekend at his first Indy 500, 19-year-old rookie Marco Andretti (grandson of racing great Mario Andretti) finished second -- just six-hundredths of a second behind the winner.

Over-exposed?

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:22 p.m.

Last week, I stumbled across an April 23 New York Times feature titled "The Student Body" -- the focus of which was the possible emergence of a new trend among elite schools: student adult magazines.

Wrong on HIV/AIDS

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Weinberg · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:22 p.m.

The United Nations held a high level meeting on AIDS last week.

How'd they do that?

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:21 p.m.

A recent controversy at Yale is illustrative of the lack of influence among IU's graduate student organizations -- although, in this case, we're glad that our local groups aren't taking on similar causes.

City Hall debuts 'Carved in Stone' exhibit June 3 - 26

Sunday, June 4,2006 10:19 p.m.

City of Bloomington, the Bloomington Area Arts Council presents "Carved in Stone," an exhibit commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Indiana Limestone Sculpture Symposium.

Brown County Playhouse season starts Thursday

Sunday, June 4,2006 10:19 p.m.

The IU Department of Theater and Drama summer season opens at the Brown County Playhouse in Nashville, Ind. this week.

Blowin' up on MTV

By Sarah Core · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:18 p.m.

Watching actor and comedian Jamie Kennedy in his quest to be a rapper is akin to seeing someone performing a large flip off of the high dive and then belly flopping into the pool, only to rise to the surface and declare, "I meant to do that!"

Police keep tight security on Tiananmen Square

By Abdullah AlShihri and Alexa Olesen · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:08 p.m.

BEIJING -- Chinese police tore up a protester's poster and detained at least two people on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sunday as the country marked 17 years since local troops crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in the public space.

First troops in Bush's border plan arrive in Arizona

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jacques Billeaud · Sunday, June 4,2006 10:06 p.m.

PHOENIX -- Fifty-five National Guard members from Utah arrived in Yuma on Saturday afternoon -- the first troops to be sent to the Arizona-Mexico border in a new crackdown on illegal immigration.

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