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IUSA pushes campus safety, with internet as forum

By Claire Wiseman · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 9:59 p.m.

The IU Student Association is attempting to address campus safety concerns online. The student government has created an e-mail account that answers questions and concerns from students.

IU celebrates technology with 12th annual GIS Day

Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 9:57 p.m.

IU will celebrate Geographic Information System (GIS) Day today with booths and activities. The celebration will include and a keynote address to showcase University, local business and government agency work with GIS.

Holiday principles, competition spurn student community action

Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 9:55 p.m.

Umoja, kujichagulia, ujima, ujamaa, nia, kuumba and imani — these are the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

Green petition seeks 10,000 students to sign

By Claire Aronson · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 9:54 p.m.

The IU Student Association is trying to make the University more sustainable — one $5 donation at a time. IUSA members will be on campus Thursday to promote the IU Sustainability Fund petition.

Some ideas about what to cut

By Jarrod Lowery · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 7:15 p.m.

When discussing the size and scope of government with people who aren’t alarmed at Uncle Sam’s engorgement throughout the past 100 or so years, I often encounter the following confident challenge: “If the government is too big and we need to reduce spending, what exactly would you cut?”

Drawing a line in the abortion debate

By Celia Grundman · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 7:14 p.m.

George Tiller stood in the foyer of Wichita, Kan.’s Reformation Lutheran Church, handing out service bulletins to incoming parishioners. Then Scott Roeder ambled in and slew him with a single bullet from his .22 caliber handgun, proceeding to leave in his powder-blue Taurus and stop for gas and pizza.

Bacha Bazi: Afghanistan's darkest secret

By Zach Ammerman · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 7:14 p.m.

It’s 1 a.m. in northern Afghanistan, and a group of armed, powerful older men are gathered around a very young boy dressed in women’s clothing with fake breasts and bells around his ankles. He dances provocatively for them.

Men's Basketball vs. Mississippi Valley State

Men's basketball beats Mississippi Valley State, 71-54

Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 5:59 p.m.

The Hoosiers shot just 38 percent from the field, including just 33 percent in the first half, but used opportunistic defense and unselfish passing to pull away from the Delta Devils at Assembly Hall.

Bloomington Hospital to offer free blood pressure screenings

Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:59 p.m.

Bloomington Hospital will offer free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings Wednesday and a first aid class Mon., Nov 22.

IU alumni create scholarship for continuing studies

Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 10:31 a.m.

Two IU alumni have found a new way to contribute to the University through a scholarship they have created to aid Ivy Tech Community College graduates in continuing their education to receive a bachelor’s degree from IU.

Big Red, Bloomington Liquors pull ‘blackout in a can’ from its shelves

By Michael Auslen · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:27 a.m.

Four Loko and Joose, alcoholic energy drinks that have been responsible for hospitalizations of college students throughout the country, have been voluntarily removed from some Bloomington-based liquor stores.

Hoosiers bounce Bonnies in home opener

By Avi Zaleon · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:25 a.m.

The IU women’s basketball team was able to slip past a scrappy St. Bonaventure team Monday. The Hoosiers claimed a 50-44 victory at Assembly Hall against the Bonnies.

Digital texts to cut costs beginning summer 2011

By Katie Dawson · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:22 a.m.

Next summer, a digital version of a textbook, or an eText, will be available for the first time through the Internet. It will work similarly to a standard PDF.

Auditorium to present ‘A Chorus Line’

By Samuel Tallman · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:03 a.m.

The hit Broadway musical, “A Chorus Line,” will come at 8 p.m. today at the IU Auditorium.

Nation’s youngest major orchestra director to join Jacobs School of Music

By Libby Peterson · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12:02 a.m.

Starting next fall, 28-year-old Krzysztof Urbanski will join the Jacobs School of Music as an adjunct professor of music in orchestral conducting.

Concert at Rachael’s for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

By Lee Shaw · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2010 12 a.m.

Fundraising and awareness will be the main themes today at the Indiana Public Interest Research Group’s “Beats to Get ‘Em Off the Streets” concert to celebrate Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at Rachael’s Café.

Faculty, students in music ensemble ¡Sacabuche! to travel to China

By Rachel Cerrone · Monday, Nov. 15,2010 11:58 p.m.

When Cathy Barbash, a specialist in Chinese culture and relations, approached Linda Pearse, founder and artistic director of the cornetto ensemble ¡Sacabuche!, about developing a music program based on the music and life of Matteo Ricci, Pearse was immediately on board.

COLUMN: Being fiscally responsible

By Keiara Carr · Monday, Nov. 15,2010 11:57 p.m.

It’s always this time of the year that I am reminded of what I am thankful for — family, a roof over my head ... an additional 50 percent discount on clearance items.

2010 Midterm Election turnout exceeds expectations in Monroe County according to Co. clerk

Monday, Nov. 15,2010 11:52 p.m.

Just more than 36,000 Monroe County residents voted in the Nov. 2 midterm election, according to the county clerk’s office. That equals a turnout of almost 40 percent of registered voters in the county.

Lecture discusses vulnerability of homeless

By Mary Kenney · Monday, Nov. 15,2010 11:50 p.m.

Though you see them on the streets of Bloomington during the day — selling paintings, smoking a cigarette — you will not see them at night, when they are banned from falling asleep on the concrete they call home. These aren’t criminals, however. They are the homeless.

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