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Former IU Field Hockey standout Bashore-Smedley named to U.S. Olympic team for second time

Tuesday, June 12,2012 3:52 p.m.

Former Hoosier Field Hockey standout Kayla Bashore-Smedley has been named to the U.S. Olympic Team for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, USA Field Hockey announced Monday.

Johnson signs with White Sox for $127,600

Tuesday, June 12,2012 1:48 p.m.

Former IU second baseman Micah Johnson has signed with the Chicago White Sox for $127,600, according to Baseball America.

Professor Elinor Ostrom wins Nobel prize for economics

Elinor Ostrom, 78, dies of cancer

Tuesday, June 12,2012 10:38 a.m.

IU's distinguished Professor Elinor Ostrom died of cancer at IU Health Bloomington Hospital early Tuesday morning, according to a press release from the University.

From childhood to college, brothers play for each other

By Alex McCarthy · Monday, June 11,2012 3:38 p.m.

Two brothers manage to stick together as they make the change from high school football to college.

Column: 'Girls': Voice of a New Generation

By Shelby Rizzi · Monday, June 11,2012 12:57 p.m.

Lately I’ve been giving film a lot of attention and seeing as this is a film and television column, I thought I would talk about TV for a change. I’m going to share with you my recent TV obsession: “Girls” on HBO.

HIV infection changes life objectives for IU doctorate student

By Mark Keierleber · Sunday, June 10,2012 8:02 p.m.

29-year-old IU doctoral student Randy Hubach never forgets that he lives with an incurable, and sometimes deadly, infection. In 2002, he tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus.

City energy report shows inefficiencies

By Nona Tepper · Sunday, June 10,2012 8 p.m.

The City of Bloomington recently issued the Local Government Operations Energy Use and Emissions Inventory, which catalogued energy use between individual city departments.

IU Junior Andy Bayer wins 1,500m NCAA title

By Shannon Ireland · Sunday, June 10,2012 7:58 p.m.

Bayer finished the race in 3:43.82, crowning him the champion against Brigham Young University’s Miles Batty by just .01 seconds. It was Bayer's first NCAA title and the first outdoor champion from IU since 1993.

U.S. House passes bill ending tax on medical devices

By Mark Keierleber · Sunday, June 10,2012 7:27 p.m.

The United States House of Representatives passed the Health Care Cost Reduction Act of 2012 on Thursday by a 270-146 vote. The bill, co-sponsored by Indiana Representatives Todd Young and Mike Pence, intends to repeal a 2.3-percent tax on medical devices imposed under President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

Protesters join national rally opposing federal health care mandate

By Mark Keierleber · Sunday, June 10,2012 7:21 p.m.

More than 100 Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally protesters gathered on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn Friday to express opposition to the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate issued in January.

Disney Institute leadership program to visit Ivy Tech

Sunday, June 10,2012 7:13 p.m.

The Ivy Tech Corporate College in Bloomington will coordinate Disney’s Approach to Leadership Excellence program, an event sponsored by the Disney Institute on Wednesday.

Athletic performance amnesia

By William Gryna · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:14 p.m.

At that moment, it was impossible to think of the scandalous and unfaithful Woods. He made spectators ask the same question he had been making everyone ask for years: “How the hell did he do that?” As long as he has played, he has shown an ability to make a small white ball do things that no one else in the world can seemingly make it do.

What the frack?

By Colleen Leahy · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:11 p.m.

Under Pennsylvania’s Act 13, drillers are required to tell any doctor who asks what chemicals they are pumping underground — but doctors are prohibited from sharing this information with anyone else. What’s more, there is no standard confidentiality agreement form, so each drilling company drafts its own terms.

Polarizing politics

By Kevin Jackson · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:09 p.m.

I wanted pancakes and orange juice for breakfast this morning, but I had stale Cheerios with something that might or might not have been milk. That’s life. Now, I’m not saying we should drop all our dearly held beliefs. I’m not saying we should acquiesce to whatever the group wants — there are very few times in history where that turned out well.

Jacobs assembles free summer music series

By Rachel Wisinski · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:04 p.m.

As part of the second annual Summer Festival of the Arts at IU, the Jacobs School of Music has assembled a Summer Music series that features world-class conductors and performers.

IU renovates campus dorms

By Sydney Murray · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:03 p.m.

Much of the IU campus is cluttered with cones and caution tape due to new building construction and renovations.

Main Squeeze plays at Bonnaroo

By Adam Lukach · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:01 p.m.

When the members of The Main Squeeze took the stage at Bonnaroo on Saturday, more than 300 miles from Bloomington, they were delighted to see a crimson-laden crowd staring back at them.

Online courses could help foster more cheating

By Julia Shedlin · Sunday, June 10,2012 6:01 p.m.

But the way some online classes are structured also makes it too easy to cheat.

Gallery addresses workplace violence

By Sarah Boyum · Sunday, June 10,2012 5:58 p.m.

The El Norteño restaurant in downtown Bloomington is now displaying the Bandana Project gallery, which is part of an incentive to end workplace violence and sexual harassment against female farm workers. The gallery is on display from May 22 to July 22.

Police arrest sleeping man for burglary

Sunday, June 10,2012 5:01 p.m.

A Bloomington man was arrested for burglary Saturday morning after residents on the 400 block of South Grant Street returned home and found the suspect asleep on a couch in their basement with alleged plans to steal a video game controller.

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