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Man suspected of clubbing senior arrested on other charges

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 1:21 a.m.

After almost two months, the Bloomington Police Department has arrested a man wanted for an attempted robbery that occurred in early July. On July 17, a 61-year-old man was clubbed in the head with an axe handle after refusing to give money to an attacker, according to a July 19 Indiana Daily Student article.

Delaware students get RIAA letters about illegal downloads

By Ab D. Phillip and Kristin Vorce · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 12:33 a.m.

Downloading songs off of media file-sharing programs such as BitTorrent or Limewire is free and seemingly without risk. But now it can cost students a federal lawsuit and thousands of dollars in damages. The Recording Industry Association of America sent 23 pre-litigation settlement letters to the University of Delaware this past July as part of its campaign to stop illegal file-trafficking on college campuses.

Fulbright winner plans overseas experience

By Aaron Y. Zelin · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 12:32 a.m.

During the past week, IU President Michael McRobbie has announced that eight IU students received the coveted U.S. Student Fulbright Award and thirteen received the prestigious Fulbright-Hays grant.

Latinos Unidos aims to raise profile of Hispanic students

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 12:31 a.m.

Fiestas, cultura y comida – festivals, culture and food – all are parts of one of the oldest Latino culture groups on campus, Latinos Unidos of IU. The group is seeking interested students who are willing to learn and participate in Latino tradition and philanthropy at IU, said the group’s president Marisol Arellano.

Cafe Hispano gives students opportunity to speak

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 12:30 a.m.

Are you taking a Spanish language class, but have no one to speak Spanish with? Students looking for an opportunity to practice in a real-world setting might find Cafe Hispano helpful. Cafe Hispano is a Spanish conversation group that welcomes all levels of the language, from beginners to advanced.

SRSC surges with students

By Brandi Baldwin · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 12:13 a.m.

The Student Recreational Sports Center had a surge in student participation recently as new and old students crowded into the facility. “They’re really eager to plug in,” said Kimberly Gray, director of marketing and sponsorship.

IU will look to defense against Western Michigan

By Tom Kir · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:46 p.m.

In IU’s home opener, not only was “The Rock” well-defended, so was every player wearing an Indiana State uniform.

Network’s opening weekend proves poor for fans

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:39 p.m.

Touting itself as the “nation’s foremost athletic conference,” the Big Ten launched its network amongst tremendous anticipation from fans who hoped to see better coverage and critics who expected it to fall flat on its face. For better or worse, at 8 p.m. Aug. 30, 18 million households had access to the Big Ten Network when Dave Revsine introduced the first edition of Big Ten Tonight.

Welcome back fantasy football!

By Ben Homrig · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:36 p.m.

After a seven-month hiatus, the phenomenom of fantasy football is back. For people not rich enough to own an NFL team or not athletic enough to play the game, fantasy football gives the common fan a chance to run an NFL franchise and compete against other owners. Games are scored by an intricate system that assigns points for passing, rushing and receiving yards as well as touchdowns, defense and special teams.

Former Hoosier Vaden arrested in Alabama

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:31 p.m.

Former IU men’s basketball player Robert Vaden was arrested early Friday morning at a Birmingham, Ala., nightclub. Vaden was one of five University of Alabama-Birmingham players arrested after they began to argue and fight among themselves. Vaden posted $500 bond after being charged with disorderly conduct.

Catchings hurt as the Indiana Fever’s season ends with 81-65 loss to Shock

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:14 p.m.

The Indiana Fever had two chances in 29 hours to advance to its first WNBA finals. Deanna Nolan wouldn’t let it happen.

New coach has plan to build a contender

By Jordan Cohen · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 11:10 p.m.

For a man whose previous head-coaching experience came at tiny Charleston Southern University and the even tinier Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C., new IU head men’s tennis coach Randy Bloemendaal is thinking big. “I envision having Indiana attracting the best players,” he said. “I envision winning the national championship.”

Authorities: 8 terror suspects with al-Qaida links arrested in Denmark

Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 10:07 p.m.

Danish intelligence agents early Tuesday arrested eight alleged Islamic militants with links to leading al-Qaida figures, and said the suspects were plotting an attack involving explosives.

Government report on Iraq finds Baghdad fails 11 of 18 goals

By Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 10:06 p.m.

Baghdad has not met 11 of its 18 political and security goals, according to a new independent report on Iraq that challenges President Bush’s assessment of the war.

Woody Allen says he has not influenced other filmmakers

By AP Reports · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 9:49 p.m.

VENICE, Italy – Oscar-winning director Woody Allen does not believe he has influenced other filmmakers.

Coupons available for Dylan, Costello concert

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 9:49 p.m.

The Union Board has announced that $10 discount coupons for the Oct. 19 Bob Dylan concert will be issued to 2,000 current IU-Bloomington students on a first come, first serve basis.

Sweden gives $3 million to preserve work of filmmaker Ingmar Bergman

By AP Reports · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 9:45 p.m.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – The Swedish government will give $3 million to promote and preserve the works of Ingmar Bergman.

Letters from Abroad

By Lindsey Landis · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 9:44 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – You know you aren’t in Bloomington anymore when you can only find peanut butter at an exotic food store. I have been in Europe for one week now, and I have spent the entire time trying to deal with culture shock. For instance, there is no Comedy Central, and I don’t know the intended use of half of my bathroom fixtures. Also, I have been frantically searching for an apartment. There has been very little time for arts and entertainment this week, and more of a focus on survival. I have to say that there are a few things I really think someone could have mentioned before I left.

Make talks, not war

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 8:09 p.m.

When I was little, my mom always told me that fighting doesn’t solve anything. She said when you have a problem with somebody, you should talk it out. This usually works out pretty well, especially as people get older, since the penalties for fighting and the amount of damage done increase. This advice works out so well, in fact, that it’s a good strategy for almost any person in almost any situation – including international relations.

The Finkelstein Ultimatum

Tuesday, Sept. 4,2007 7:58 p.m.

Shortly before the start of its 2007-2008 academic year, Chicago’s DePaul University canceled the classes of assistant political science professor Norman G. Finkelstein, placing him on paid academic leave and taking away his departmental office. His first class would have been today, and he still plans to fight for it.