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Club swings its way into fall semester

By Emily Peters · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 10:13 p.m.

The IU Swing Dance Club is in full swing this semester, with more than 40 dancers rocking to the beat on Monday nights.

Lilly Endowment gives donations to IU for health care research

Monday, Sept. 27,2010 10:11 p.m.

Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded IU $4 million to help IU respond to ethical, legal and social concerns involved with health care research, treatment and accountability.

Officials regard dorm overflow as unavoidable

By Hallie Robbins · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 10:10 p.m.

Housing overflow occurs when there are more students than there are rooms available and it has been a recurring issue at IU for the last several years.

What’s in a gesture?

By Rachel Stark · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 8:05 p.m.

The middle finger, the bird, the one-finger salute. You know what we’re talking about.

New loophole means political donations rise at cost to transparency

By Ben Phelps · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:29 p.m.

Since 1907, corporations have been restricted by how much they can give to political campaigns. That is, until now.As of last week, spending by outside organizations to influence congressional elections is up more than 60 percent compared to the same period in 2006, according to a report by the Sunlight Foundation.

Putting a price tag on a human life

By Henry Alderfer · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:17 p.m.

In reality, however, human life does have a price cap. In fact, it really isn’t that much at all. According to a 2008 article in Time Magazine, insurance companies calculate that to make a treatment worth its cost, it must guarantee one year of “quality life” for $50,000 or less. Medicare, a government-sponsored, publicly-funded health plan that has been in use since the Johnson presidency, also uses the same benchmark.

Keep Michelle Rhee in D.C.'s schools

Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:15 p.m.

WE SAY D.C. should keep Chancellor Rhee at all costs or risk further downturns After Michelle Rhee was named the Chancellor of Washington D.C. public schools by Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2007, she began a complete overhaul of D.C.’s educational system.

Macondo: environmental apocalypse and corporate hubris

By Nick Wallace · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 7:13 p.m.

Five months after the explosion of British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon rig, Admiral Thad Allen announced that the leaking Macondo well is finally dead.

Lilly Endowment awards funds to IU for health care research

Monday, Sept. 27,2010 11:58 a.m.

Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded IU $4 million to help IU respond to ethical, legal and social concerns involved with health care research, treatment and accountability.

Top 2014 recruit commits to IU

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 11:44 a.m.

Trey Lyles, a 6-foot-9 freshman forward from Indianapolis Arsenal Technical High School, has committed to IU, his father Tom confirmed to the IDS.

Rise in suicide leads politicians to pass new laws

By Evie Salomon · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 12:58 a.m.

The recent suicide of 15-year-old Billy Lucas has prompted state legislators to strengthen Indiana's anti-bullying law.

Ind. suicide rates higher than US average

By Mary Kenney · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 12:50 a.m.

The national suicide rate is 11.5 out of 100,000 deaths, but Indiana’s rate is higher at 12.5 out of 100,000 deaths.

XRA Fest 2010 brings bands, friends together

By John Seasly · Monday, Sept. 27,2010 12:46 a.m.

The third-annual XRA Fest 2010 was organized by Crossroads of America (XRA) Records, a local record label created in 2006.

Women's tennis team claims Hoosier Classic

By Matt Spears · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:59 p.m.

It may have been the first dose of action this season, but the IU women’s tennis team showed no signs of rust, steamrolling the competition at this weekend’s Hoosier Classic.

Field hockey team 'saves the split' in Pennsylvania

By Micah McVicker · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:56 p.m.

The Hoosiers fell to Penn State on Friday and then rebounded with a win against Bucknell in penalty strokes Sunday.

Volleyball team loses second straight Big Ten match

By Aaron Siegal-Eisman · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:52 p.m.

On Friday, the Hoosiers received their first Big Ten road loss to Northwestern. The Wildcats won by scores of 21-25, 25-21, 25-20 and 25-23.

Women's soccer team falls in first 2 conference contests

By Kevin Wang · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:50 p.m.

The IU women’s soccer team lost consecutive games to Northwestern and Wisconsin during the opening weekend of Big Ten play.

Solid pitching, heavy hitting power softball team to pair of wins

By Nathan Brown · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:47 p.m.

The IU women’s softball team opened its fall schedule Saturday with two wins in a double-header against IUPUI at the IU Softball Field.

Bruin's late goal lifts men's soccer team

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:44 p.m.

Junior forward Will Bruin scored with 11 seconds remaining to give the Hoosiers a 3-2 win against No. 20 Penn State on Friday.

Nearby fault systems make Bloomington earthquake prone

By Mary Kenney · Sunday, Sept. 26,2010 11:38 p.m.

“I remember waking up and trying to remember what you were supposed to do in the event of an earthquake,” IU student Lindsay Hicks said. “After it stopped, I thought I was going crazy and it couldn’t have been an earthquake until I found out on the news that it was.”

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