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NBA agent Udezue speaks on campus

By Gordon W. Buchanan · Wednesday, Nov. 18,2009 12:11 a.m.

Speaking to a group of students Tuesday at Myers Hall, courtesy of the Hoosier Sports Business Organization, NBA agent Ugo Udezue explained what he does as an agent, as well as how prospective agents can get into the business.

Free fresh water

By Margaret Ely · Wednesday, Nov. 18,2009 12:08 a.m.

For sophomore Marine Tempels, art refreshes environmental activism.

19 students named Fulbright Scholars

By Therese Kennelly · Wednesday, Nov. 18,2009 12:05 a.m.

This year, 14 IU graduating seniors were chosen for the Fulbright U.S. Student Award and five graduate students received the Fulbright-Hays Award.

‘Glee’ hit a flat note

By Caitlin Peterkin · Wednesday, Nov. 18,2009 12:03 a.m.

Caitlin Peterkin's weekly column about the hit show choir-themed TV series, "Glee."

Dean of students shares root beer keg with students

By Jake Wright · Wednesday, Nov. 18,2009 12:02 a.m.

IU Dean of Students Pete Goldsmith sat down with students and a keg of root beer Tuesday to discuss topics such as campus safety, tuition and how he got the nickname Papa Choo Choo.

The sounds of stress relief

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 11:59 p.m.

Erica Rogers' weekly music column focuses on music relieving high stress and anxiety.

Secretly Canadian brings indie music to Bloomington

By Therese Kennelly · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 11:56 p.m.

The music provided by local record label, Secretly Canadian, allows people both in and out of Bloomington to experience high-quality indie music.

IU defeats Wabash 45-0

By Connor O'Gara · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 11:55 p.m.

The IU wrestling team posted a 45-0 victory at Wabash College on Tuesday. The Hoosiers didn’t lose a single match, getting dominant performances from every weight class.

Kids of famous folks

By Kelsey Finn · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 11:53 p.m.

Two talented offspring will bring heartfelt folk melodies to Bloomington this week.

Oregon-Davis School District joins fight against teachers’ union

By Allie Cooper · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 10:03 p.m.

The Oregon-Davis school board voted Monday to approve a contractual agreement with Church, Church, Hittle and Antrim law firm to represent it in an attempt to recover fiscal damages from the Indiana State Teachers’ Association Insurance Trust.

Bakers aim to raise dough

By Meredith Enkoff · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 10:02 p.m.

The Community Justice and Mediation Center will have its fifth-annual Breadfest today, a competition between any local breadmakers who wish to participate.

City helps raise money for hungry, homeless

By Ben Kerns · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 10 p.m.

The Spare Change for Social Change program, part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, is a collaborative fundraising project that will provide money for four agencies that deal with issues of homelessness in Lawrence, Monroe and Owen counties: Shalom Community Center, Martha’s House, Stepping Stones and Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard.

Call of Doodie

By Chad Quandt · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 9:12 p.m.

The hype machine for “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” has gotten to me. Out of fear for my grades, I swore it off until Thanksgiving break. That didn’t stop me from spending time between papers watching webcams of people playing the game.

Fighting hunger

By Sarah Wilensky · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 9:10 p.m.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations recently released predictions that stubbornly high food prices and a year of droughts will cause the number of hungry people in the world to pass the 1 billion mark in 2009.

Baby, it’s (almost) cold outside

By Eric Cox · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 9:09 p.m.

When living at IU, it can be near impossible to anticipate what the weather has in store for us as each new day approaches. Whether we’ll be granted an afternoon of sparkling clear brilliance or a fresh hell of precipitation is all up in the air (pun definitely intended) until the time actually comes.

Middle East prospects are grim

By IDS · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 9:07 p.m.

Given the instability of the political climates in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s easy to be pessimistic about the chances of any legitimate, representative form of democracy enduring in those regions.

Drug war woes

By Rachel Goldberg · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 8:11 p.m.

We tend to forget as a country that our longest and most costly war has been the war on drugs. Many people believe that this is a long-failing battle, and I tend to agree. This year, drug arrests are expected to exceed 1.8 million people, and law enforcement made more arrests for drug abuse violations than any other crime in the past two years.

DJ Blackbeard rocks the boat

By Doug Evans · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 6:10 p.m.

In 1960s Great Britain, back when rock ‘n’ roll truly was rebellious, several broadcasters went out to sea to transmit the music that BBC radio would not even allow for an hour. They were pirates not because they sailed the high seas, but because they broadcasted without a license. Half the country would tune in to listen to the rock.

Stuck in a hut

By Mickey Woods · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 6:06 p.m.

Wyclef Jean wants to get rich or die tryin,’ but he’s no 50 Cent.

Something old, something new

By Alex Rast · Tuesday, Nov. 17,2009 6:01 p.m.

Switchfoot has produced seven albums in 10 years, and I was starting to think the band’s sound was getting stale. Well, I was wrong. Switchfoot delivers with the new album “Hello Hurricane” because of a diversity in songs that still pull the album together as a whole.

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