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With the tuition increase, many students ask the question, 'Is college worth it?'

By Sean Morrison and Jake New · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 10:55 p.m.

With much of this leading to higher costs for students and the unemployment rate struggling to remain below 10 percent, some are starting to ask if college is worth the cost.

IU Dance Marathon competes for national philanthropy award

By Jaclyn Lansbery · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:19 p.m.

After more than 20 years of hosting dance marathons on campus to raise money for the Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, IU Dance Marathon may soon find itself under a spotlight of its own.

Dining out in Bloomington

Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:18 p.m.

Tired of eating at the same few places over and over again? These are only a few off-the-beaten path Bloomington restaurants with unique menus.

Breweries offer unique taste

By Molly Schultz · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:16 p.m.

There’s almost nothing better than the cold, refreshing taste of beer in the summer. Luckily, Bloomington is home to a few delicious microbreweries to quench your thirst.

Professors receive grant to fund seminar on policy, food

Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:15 p.m.

Two IU faculty members were awarded a $172,000 grant to support their upcoming seminar on food, “Food Choice, Freedom and Politics.”

Hoosier 2 Hoosier sale recycles furniture, helps environment

By Colleen Sikorski · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:06 p.m.

The Hoosier 2 Hoosier sale, scheduled for Aug. 20, will sell items collected from dorm, Greek, and off-campus housing move-outs. Twenty-seven tons of furniture, clothing and electronics will be for sale at the Gladstein Fieldhouse, with proceeds going to charity.

City to sponsor grants for local green businesses

Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 8:01 p.m.

Local businesses and organizations now have the chance to receive funding for their sustainable efforts.

On top of the world: Hope and Home

By Alen Simic · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:43 p.m.

For miles we saw nothing but the peculiar pastel-colored homes we’d grown so accustomed to until we arrived at what looked to be a construction site. This unfinished building, consisting of nothing but cement walls and dusty unfinished floors, was the orphanage.

Advice for our new friends

By Michael Thomas · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:41 p.m.

Welcome to IU, and leave here more yourself.

Hudsucker Posse enjoys benefits of hula-hooping

By Nona Tepper · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:40 p.m.

The Bloomington Hudsucker Posse has taken hula hooping and turned it into an art form. The group mixes ballet, jazz and hip-hop to create a unique dance that includes a hula hoop.

If you want to keep him, pay him: the case for McRobbie

By Nico Perrino · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:39 p.m.

McRobbie is a highly valued, highly sought after university president. Giving him a raise merely recognized his value.

Butler Winery shares beer brewing secrets

By Kelsey Holder · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:39 p.m.

Butler Winery manager Amy Butler's demonstration Tuesday at the Venue Fine Arts & Gifts, filled with information on home brewing, brought in several Bloomington residents interested in making their own beer.

There's an invasion in my town

By Nick Jacobs · Wednesday, Aug. 10,2011 7:37 p.m.

I’ve been in a fit of depression lately. I realize that my town is about to be invaded and there’s nothing I can do about it. Foreigners from all over the world are coming — mostly from Illinois and the East Coast.

Ohio safety becomes 17th commitment for 2012 football class

Tuesday, Aug. 9,2011 4 p.m.

A day after bolstering their defensive line of the future, the IU football team received more good news for their defense with the commitment of safety Sebastian Smith on Tuesday. Smith, from Central High School in Pickerington, Ohio, is the Hoosiers’ 17th commit for the class of 2012 and second in as many days.

BPD clears officer who killed gunman of any wrongdoing

Tuesday, Aug. 9,2011 1:32 p.m.

Bloomington Police Department Chief Michael Diekhoff cleared the officer involved in the Aug. 1 shooting of Richard W. North, who allegedly took his wife hostage on South Rogers Street, of any wrongdoing.

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Carmel High School defensive end Shawn Heffern commits to IU

Monday, Aug. 8,2011 2:57 p.m.

Defensive end Shawn Heffern committed to IU on Monday, becoming the 16th member of the football recruiting class of 2012.

PPIN receives state funds for tax exemptions

By Kelsey Holder · Sunday, Aug. 7,2011 8:39 p.m.

Planned Parenthood of Indiana, currently bogged down by legal woes and threats of funding cuts, received a sliver of good news in late July.Neighborhood Assistance Program awarded PPIN $6,000 for the 2011-12 fiscal year, PPIN President and CEO Betty Cockrum said.

New IUSTV reality show ‘Competition Crimson’ searches for contestants

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Aug. 7,2011 8:35 p.m.

Punt a football through the goal posts at Memorial Stadium, find a hot pink bikini and use it to dress Herman B Wells, purchase a large pizza from Mother Bear’s and eat it in its entirety.The pilot episode of “Competition Crimson” asked three teams of two to fulfill these tasks as they ran across campus in January’s snow.

Remembering the legacy of former IU President John Ryan

By Jake New · Sunday, Aug. 7,2011 8:32 p.m.

When John Ryan announced his retirement from the position of IU president in 1986, the news didn’t make many waves with the student body. Even the staff of IU’s yearbook, the Arbutus, buried the announcement in a roundup of other random news items from that spring. But by the time 81-year-old Ryan died early Saturday at IU Health Bloomington Hospital, his list of admirers was long. His list of accomplishments at IU may have been even longer.