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Game show event teaches about sex

By Kirsten Clark · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 11:44 p.m.

Contestants took to the floor at The Friends, Partners, Date Game Show, which took place Thursday night at La Casa Latino Cultural Center.

Tournament kicks off heritage celebration

By Alex Jin · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 11:43 p.m.

The City of Bloomington’s Latino Programs and Outreach department and El Centro Communal Latino will commence Hispanic Heritage Month with the COPA Bloomington six-on-six soccer tournament in Karst Farm Park.

Report: Indiana economy is stalling

Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:34 p.m.

The state economy seems to be stuck. After a decrease in economic activity in July, the economy stagnated at about the same level in August.

Low-budget movies celebrated in festival

Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:33 p.m.

The B Movie Celebration will focus on overlooked films Friday to Sunday in Franklin, Ind.

Darn Good Soup takes the chill out of fall season

By Adria Nassim · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:31 p.m.

The arrival of fall brings the arrival of cold weather. There are few better ways to fight the cold than warming a belly with a bowl of soup.

Column: Why Italians never worry about the weather

By Brea Johnson · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:28 p.m.

Bologna, Italy, is leagues ahead of the rest of the world in terms of preparedness for the nasty mid-day downpours that plague us all. Here, it is possible to walk the length of the city without leaving the comforts of a covered roof.

Lotus goes live Friday with art, music, culture

Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:26 p.m.

Chicago has Lollapalooza, Indio has Coachella and Bloomington has Lotus. Every year, music fans migrate from local, national and international locations to experience world music.

High Dive cooks up pop-punk

By Celia Grundman · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 9:24 p.m.

For High Dive’s three musicians, life is a balance of work, friends and musical projects. They’ve performed their pop-punk tunes around Bloomington at house shows and in local venues. Now, they plan to record a full-length album in the first week of October. Shortly before they record, the band will perform at the WIUX fall kickoff show with Ivory Wave and Eric Ayotte. The free show begins at 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at The Bishop.

Our national priorities and ideological nuances

By Christopher Babcock · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 7:39 p.m.

In a down economy with a large deficit, priorities matter.

Editorial board dissent

By Jarrod Lowery · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 7:36 p.m.

The recent bankruptcy of California solar energy company Solyndra perfectly illustrates the folly of trying to dictate market outcomes from the West Wing.

Does the closing of Solyndra motion the end of the solar industry?

By Editorial Board · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 7:34 p.m.

Before you bash solar power as a liberal, hippie pipe-dream, remember this: there are no more dinosaurs dying to feed our ever-growing hunger for refined petroleum, but the sun is still shining.

Nipples and Flip-Flops and Other Foul Things

By Kelly Fritz · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 7:33 p.m.

Are you a man? Are you wearing sandals or a cutoff shirt? Do you currently have a girlfriend? Was your answer to that last question no? There’s a correlation there.

Justice Served?

By Jon Todd · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 7:32 p.m.

But perhaps the death penalty enthusiasts we all heard announce themselves so viscerally in the recent presidential debate would have a different suggestion.

Family, community plans concert for Lauren Spierer

By Colleen Sikorski · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 12:31 a.m.

When the Spierers began to plan a concert for Lauren, Daniel Weber volunteered himself and Brice Fox to perform and suggested B-97 DJ Matt Thiel to co-host the event.

La Casa celebrates Hispanic heritage

By Kate Thacker · Thursday, Sept. 22,2011 12:23 a.m.

La Casa’s National Hispanic Heritage Month kick-off event Sept. 15 was full of food, music and celebration. But the significance of both the event and month go beyond that.