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Confessions of a boy genius

By Joe Jasinski · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11 a.m.

Nineteen-year-old senior, Yun William Yu, came to IU when he was 15. He’s earning three degrees and applying to medical school, but his GPA is a mere 3.993 thanks to an A-minus in a freshman-year honors analysis class.

Sticking out

By Chip Cutter · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11 a.m.

Students chart their courses, define their degrees with abstract academics.

Of hope and light

By Megan Meyer · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 11 a.m.

IU's war machine finds a new legacy in lifesaving cancer treatment.

Body found behind Purdue University residence hall

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 10:59 a.m.

The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a male found behind a University residence hall early Tuesday morning.

R.I.P. rickroll

By Chad Quandt · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:09 a.m.

I usually try to abstain from watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Personal economics

By Erin Chapman · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:07 a.m.

I’m a reluctant economics minor. Not a bum student of the economy, but certainly not the kind that will be forever enshrined glowingly in the halls of Wylie.

Fighting diseases without facts

Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:06 a.m.

Americans have been known to make a few jokes at Canada’s expense, mostly about Canadians’ funny accent. A decision recently made by the student government association at Carleton University in Ottawa might cause people to start making a few jokes about their judgment. What did they do to prompt Macleans, a Canadian newsmagazine that profiles education, to call them “the least-intelligent student union in the country”? They withdrew from a national fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. The fundraiser involved freshmen at 65 universities and colleges in Canada. Participants have raised millions for research of the disease during the past 50 years in a traditional event held during student orientation week. The reason Carleton’s student association gave for withdrawing from the program is just as important as what it did.

Fitness instructor leads workouts with energy, enthusiasm

By Lindsey Hoeppner · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:05 a.m.

Music fills the room and a group of women begin swaying from side to side, tapping their feet to the beat of a catchy fitness tune. They are warming up for a cardio-kickboxing class at the Student Recreational Sports Center.In the front of the group, instructor Natalie Robertson enthusiastically engages participants in the warm up. She fills the room with energy as she bounces from side to side, progressively increasing her tempo. “Welcome to cardio-kickboxing,” she says with a smile. “I’m Natalie.”

Gallery piece

By Yahya Chaudhry · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:04 a.m.

Live from Bloomington squandered your money as it fell into utter disrepair this year.

Pardon me

By Ashley Ames · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:03 a.m.

As President George W. Bush approaches the end of his presidency (thank God! I’ve waited so long to begin a column with that statement), there is much talk about Bush’s legacy and what he will do with his remaining days in office.

Salty substitute

By Leigh Boerner · Tuesday, Dec. 2,2008 12:01 a.m.

Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, we need to define “salt.”

Red ribbons signifying AIDS awareness sit on a table Monday outside the Ballroom at Fountain Square Mall. The ribbons were available for those attending an event recognizing World AIDS Day.

Community reflects on lives of those lost to AIDS

By Jessica Hullinger · Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:57 p.m.

These were the names of victims of the AIDS pandemic. Candles were lit in their memory at the World AIDS Day Ceremony of Celebration and Remembrance on Monday night in the Fountain Square Ballroom, where more than 100 people gathered with heavy hearts to commemorate the millions of people affected by the illness.

Suicide bombings kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul

Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:56 p.m.

A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck Iraqi security forces Monday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens including four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi general.

Accident at annual Christmas parade injures at least 9

Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:56 p.m.

A hospital official says an accident at a holiday parade in east Texas has injured at least nine people, some of them children.

Vigil remembers those lost in Mumbai

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:55 p.m.

While wind gusts blew and snow fell, students gathered in front of the Sample Gates to commemorate the lives lost in the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Through Monday’s freezing weather, members of the Association for India’s Development stood facing Kirkwood Avenue, holding poster boards with images of the victims.

Thai protesters reinforce besieged airports that stranded 300,000

Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:55 p.m.

Protesters trying to force the prime minister’s resignation brought in thousands of reinforcements to occupy Bangkok’s two besieged airports Monday, extending the political paralysis that has stranded 300,000 travelers.

Mayor arrested on bribery, fraud charges

Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:54 p.m.

The mayor of Alabama’s largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal that has driven the surrounding county to the brink of bankruptcy.

Experts declare U.S. in recession for past year

By Elvia Malagon · Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:53 p.m.

The elephant in the room is actually real. Capping months of speculation about a puttering economy, the National Bureau of Economic Research announced Monday the United States has been in a recession for about a year. The NBER is the committee that officially determines the U.S. business cycle.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, second left, speaks as Vice President-elect Joe Biden, left, President-elect Barack Obama; and Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton, far right, listen during a news conference Monday in Chicago. Gates, an IU alumnus and President Bush's Pentagon chief, will continue in that role in the new Obama administration.

IU alumnus Gates to stay on as Obama’s defense secretary

By Kristi Oloffson · Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:52 p.m.

President-elect Barack Obama’s National Security team will include a familiar face – both to the nation and to IU. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, an IU alumnus, will keep his position, Obama announced Monday at a press conference in Chicago. Gates served in this role since 2006 under President George W. Bush. He earned a master’s degree in history from IU in 1966. Gates is the only member of the Bush administration slated to join Obama’s, which makes his appointment rare, professors said.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Indianapolis school requires parents help for students to stay enrolled

Monday, Dec. 1,2008 11:40 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis elementary school treats parental involvement just like homework – and if a student’s parents fail to meet strict expectations, their child can be shipped to another school.