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Albright to speak on foreign policy, stump for Obama

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, Sept. 19,2008 12:20 a.m.

Madeleine Albright’s journey through life and politics includes a modest beginning as an American immigrant and an ascension to becoming the first female secretary of state. Now, it even includes a journey to IU. On Friday, Albright will speak regarding her substantial knowledge of foreign policy. The event is sponsored by Campaign for Change, a group comprising IU College Democrats and Students for Barack Obama. Albright will take the podium from 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. Friday in the Indiana Memorial Union Alumni Hall.

Comedian Bill Cosby will perform today at the IU Auditorium.

Cosby to perform at Auditorium Friday

By Erica Rogers · Friday, Sept. 19,2008 12:17 a.m.

Legendary comedian Bill Cosby will take over the IU Auditorium stage Friday night with back-to-back performances in shows organizers hope speak to all generations about the importance of family.

IU Jacobs School Dean Gwyn Richards, left, and Associate Executive Dean Eugene O'Brien take a look at a sculpture of Hoagy

‘Welcome home, Hoagy.’

By Erica Beringer · Friday, Sept. 19,2008 12:12 a.m.

One of IU’s most famous alumni now has a permanent home on campus. The Grand Foyer of the IU Auditorium was bursting at the seams Thursday evening for the dedication ceremony of the Hoagy Carmichael Landmark Sculpture.

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Campus to have early voting site 3 days in October

By Amanda Bridgman · Friday, Sept. 19,2008 12:07 a.m.

Students will have three days for early voting on campus, the Monroe County Election Board decided at a meeting Thursday night. “I think we’ll see a lot of people taking advantage of this and have a great appreciation for it,” said Jim Fielder, election board secretary. Early voting will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 14 to 16 at a campus location to be determined. Three days of early voting will also take place in Ellettsville, and another three days will take place at Sherwood Oaks apartments.

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IU Athletics announces $6M surplus

By Peter Stevenson · Friday, Sept. 19,2008 12:06 a.m.

Three years ago, there was a huge deficit. IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan was getting heat from students and trustees, and his department was struggling to meet financial goals from ticket sales, especially in football. But at Thursday’s board of trustees meeting, Greenspan delivered the athletics department annual report and painted a starkly different picture.

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McRobbie earmarks $1M for diversity programs

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:57 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie announced Thursday that the University will spend an extra $1 million to help increase diversity on IU’s campuses. The funding is additional money meant to supplement current programs, said IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre.“President McRobbie wants to make an all-out effort to raise diversity so we can ensure we are serving all of Indiana,” MacIntyre said.

IU freshman Bryce Ledbetter tries to hold his balance on a slackline Thursday afternoon in front of the Collins Living-Learning Center. Slacklining is different from tight rope walking because the nylon webbing is strung at a much lower tension.

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Timmypalooza brings hope

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:46 p.m.

Since she was 9 years old, Cheikh has been a part of the Timmy Foundation. Now that she is a student in Bloomington, Cheikh is involved with IU’s Timmy chapter and most recently has brought Timmypalooza to campus last year.

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2 new degrees moved forward to trustees

By Sarah Brubeck · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:42 p.m.

Two degrees were forwarded to the board of trustees for approval on Friday: a Ph.D. in inquiry methodology in the School of Education and an M.S. in security informatics from the School of Informatics.

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Find this fall's new hoodie

By Bryan Payton · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:40 p.m.

With fall less than a week away, it’s time to think about ways to make your wardrobe more sophisticated while staying fashionable and warm. There’s no better way to do this than to throw on a nice blazer.

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Art Museum opens travel show

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:38 p.m.

It might be hard to visit Italy this weekend, but the IU Art Museum can give students a similar experience with its new exhibit, The Grand Tour: Art and Travel.

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Presidential lecture kicks off Branigin Series

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:38 p.m.

About 70 students, faculty and citizens attended the first lecture in the three-part Branigin Lecture Series. Dallek spoke about his experiences as a presidential historian and professor for 44 years, including qualities of successful presidents.

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Ryder Film Festival brings 1st of 12 movies in series

By Risha Kohli · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:37 p.m.

Nashville, Tenn., filmmaker Jon Russell Cring is taking his films on the road, and Bloomington will be one of his stops. He’s bringing his independent movie, “Bernee,” his first film in a series of 12, to the Ryder Film Series on Sunday.

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Beading Bee allows students to ‘meet and learn from each other’

By Lindsay Davis · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 11:36 p.m.

The Beading Bee is a series of workshops designed to teach students about Native American culture through bead work. Becca Riall, chair of the Native American Graduate Student Association, teamed up with Deeksha Nagar, curator of education for the Mathers Museum, to make these events available throughout the semester.

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Dear Bush: Bail me out

By Mitchell Blatt · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:57 p.m.

Sorry if I appear ignorant about economics, but I just don’t understand how a government operating at a deficit of more than $400 billion can purchase a financial firm that lost more than $26 billion this year for $85 billion. I guess that seemed like a good investment in our government’s eyes. I mean, the firm they purchased, A.I.G., is not losing anywhere near as much as the government.

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Improving campus security solid choice

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:52 p.m.

Campus safety might be on students’ minds lately. Besides recent national tragedies such as the Virginia Tech and the Northern Illinois University shootings, IU students recently experienced a test of the IU-Notify system and a reported incident with an unidentified slasher. Campuses have been under a lot of pressure to improve safety, but recently Congress decided that measures need to be taken to ensure that every school at least makes minimum preparations. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a measure to require college institutions to have emergency-response plans for their campuses.

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True Life: I’m Pregnant!

By Shane Springer · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:51 p.m.

Am I the only one who finds this absurd? At a time when we are seeking to elect a new leader to run our country the foremost and pressing issue seems to be which trimester Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is in. On one side of the ring stands the Democrats, bruised and bloodied, who are using the matter to somehow raise concerns that the governor of Alaska is hypocritical in her stance that the preaching of sexual abstinence should be the only way to educate young adults. Maybe safe-sex education is the answer?

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