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Sudden Heat

By Jake New · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:58 p.m.

Three years ago this Christmas, IU assistant professor Don Belton arrived at the home of former-marine Michael Griffin for a dinner party. Two days later, he was dead and accused of sexually assaulting the man who killed him. Did Griffin and his lawyers use a controversial legal tactic known as the “gay panic defense” to get a lighter sentence for the crime?

Professor’s work leads to correction of federal statute error

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:55 p.m.

Kelley School of Business professor Tim Lemper’s discovery of a misplaced comma within a federal law several years ago has led to an overturning in federal trademark statute.

Students use football to learn about statistics

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:54 p.m.

Students in Ben Motz’s class are using fantasy football to learn about manipulating large data sets and quantitative methods of problem solving.

Zeta Beta Tau members disaffiliate

By Kirsten Clark · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:53 p.m.

The nonrenewal of fraternity Zeta Beta Tau’s housing lease for the 2013-14 academic year was what caused members, now considered fraternity alumnus, to disaffiliate from the chapter, International ZBT Executive Director Laurence Bolotin said during a phone interview Tuesday.

Folklore students share music research

By Matt Stefanski · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:52 p.m.

Ethnomusicology students showcased their research presentations Tuesday evening as part of the seventh annual Undergraduate Folklore and Ethnomusicology Symposium.

Students create art installations around campus

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:46 p.m.

Led by artist and faculty member Berglind Hlynsdottir, IU art students have collaborated on seven pieces displayed at the Herman B Wells Library, Indiana Memorial Union, Kelley School of Business and outdoor spaces on campus.

Column: Brain food for finals week

By Eshley Spitzer · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:44 p.m.

Brain foods that boost our function on test days are one way to make the high test scores you want one step closer. Finish the semester by conjuring up some brain-boosting delicacies.

Concert to ring through IU Auditorium

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:42 p.m.

The holiday concert stars the Singing Hoosiers, IU’s vocal ensemble and other local musical groups.

Police: No bomb involved in November robbery

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:34 p.m.

John R. Anderson, 31, of the 5000 block of South Cardwell Road, was arrested in connection with the robbery after police located him at a local Wal-Mart, Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. John Kovach said.

Victory Celebration at KRC Banquets & Catering

Young accepts appointment to Congress committee

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:33 p.m.

Rep. Todd Young, R-9th District, is one of four new appointees to the Ways and Means Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 113th Congress. Young will be the only Indiana representative on the committee.

Stuff-A-Bus collects holiday gifts

By Jessica Contrera · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:32 p.m.

The bus was unveiled in November at the Bloomington Canopy of Lights Celebration. It spends December traveling to different shopping centers to collect donations.

River otter population increases in Ind. counties

By Jessica Campbell · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 10:30 p.m.

Expanding to about 80 percent of Indiana’s counties, river otters are flourishing in the wetlands, rivers and other water-based areas.

IU student arrested for theft, animal cruelty

By Michael Majchrowicz · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 4:38 p.m.

Christopher C. Gugliuzza, 19, bolted from the animal shelter with a feline and made a getaway in his car to his residence.

After tornado, rebuilding a home

By Mark Keierleber · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12:10 a.m.

On May 25, 2011, Don Holmes, now divorced, lost the house where he raised his family. But he did not leave.

Collins to offer gender inclusive floor

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

WE SAY: This living arrangement will be a beacon of tolerance and acceptance

Scrooges, take note

By Christina Shelley · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

Maybe for some, Christmas holds a bad memory, or, for others, their mother never decorated with as much fervor as mine.

Porch couches: toxic or just hideous?

Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

WE SAY: Just hideous. Let those who like them keep them.

Holiday spirit, inclusivity not mutually exclusive

By Katie Beasley · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

The protesters Chafee was referring to were Christians who, in 2011, disruptively barged in to the lighting ceremony and turned the event into, as Chafee put it, a “disrespectful gathering.”

Indiana youth experiencing HIV crisis but need help

By Drake Reed · Tuesday, Dec. 4,2012 12 a.m.

According to the CDC, 21 percent of HIV diagnoses in Indiana and linked to male-to-male sexual contact in 2007 were individuals younger than 24.

Pence appoints cabinet members

By IDS staff · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 11:52 p.m.

Gov.-elect Mike Pence began filling out cabinet positions soon after the Nov. 6 election. Pence will take the reigns from two-term Gov. Mitch Daniels following a Jan. 14 inauguration ceremony at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis.

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