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Hug it out

By Melinda Elston · Monday, Feb. 21,2011 1:30 p.m.

Walk to the Sample Gates on a Friday afternoon and you might find yourself hugging a stranger. Sound strange? Not to the founders of IU’s Free Hugs campaign.

Lia Saunders

The broke blogger

By Kamilla Benko · Monday, Feb. 21,2011 1:09 p.m.

Tired of being a poor college student, senior Lia Saunders started searching for freebies and product samples.  Three years, thousands of dollars, and a bottle of free BBQ sauce later, Saunders created a blog, The Broke Student’s Guide to Stretching Your Dollar, to share her freebie-gathering tips with fellow students.

Tyler Churchward

The pop-up king

By Kamilla Benko · Monday, Feb. 21,2011 12:51 p.m.

With his parents’ credit card in hand, Tyler Churchward took a risk and clicked a pop-up banner advertising a free iPod. After completing the requirements, an iPod arrived in the mail. Figuring it worked once, he tried again. And again. Five years later, Churchward, a senior accounting major now with his own credit card, has accumulated more than $22,000 in merchandise, gift cards, and checks from online offers. And he got it all — more or less — for free.

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Armed men rob Fortune Cookies

Monday, Feb. 21,2011 12:46 p.m.

IU Police are investigating the armed robbery of Fortune Cookies restaurant after an employee notified police at about 2:12 a.m Monday.

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IUSA Court mulls over withdrawn petition

Monday, Feb. 21,2011 12:13 a.m.

The IU Student Association Supreme Court has neither accepted nor rejected a petition filed Friday that called for the impeachment of some IUSA executives.

Men's Basketball vs. Northwestern

Hoosiers fall short against Wildcats

By Ryan Winn · Monday, Feb. 21,2011 12:06 a.m.

Playing their first game in exactly one week, the Hoosiers saw the Wildcats jump out to a 10-point halftime lead backed by seven 3-pointers. And despite another late comeback attempt, IU dropped its fourth-straight game in a 70-64 decision against Northwestern.

Big Ten Conference Swimming/Diving

IU wins third straight Big Ten Championship

By Alex McCarthy · Sunday, Feb. 20,2011 11:18 p.m.

The IU women’s swimming and diving team left the rest of the Big Ten in its wake this week, claiming its third straight title and winning by a 243-point margin (821-578) against runner-up Minnesota.

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Trustees pass all measures Friday

By Katie Dawson · Sunday, Feb. 20,2011 10:48 p.m.

All of IU’s important administrators were milling around, talking to one another. Then Trustee Patrick Shoulders hummed the Indiana fight song, and everyone rushed to their seats.

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SPEA professor and colleagues study foreclosures' impact on students

By Deanna Allbrittin · Sunday, Feb. 20,2011 10:46 p.m.

School of Public and Environmental Affairs assistant professor Ashlyn Nelson and six of her colleagues from New York University, Northwestern University and University of Connecticut were granted $800,000 by the MacArthur Foundation to assist their study of the impact of home foreclosures on academic performance.

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Column: IU has yet to find “it”

By Nathan Hart · Sunday, Feb. 20,2011 10:08 p.m.

That wonderful little word “it,” at least in the IU basketball dictionary, could be lots of different things. Ultimately, it means winning basketball games.

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