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Restaurant Week offers new deals for customers

By Mehdi Ayari · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:56 p.m.

Bloomington restaurants are known for their unique atmospheres and special menus, but many peoples’ pockets are not deep enough to make an outing every day of the week to one of these establishments.

Jewelry owners cashing in on high gold prices

Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:40 p.m.

Rising gold prices and an economy that’s still in the doldrums have prompted a boom for business at jewelry stores and pawnbrokers who offer quick cash for gold.

Shopping craze continues with Cyber Monday deals

Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:38 p.m.

Retail Web sites kept amping up the deals Monday, the first day after Thanksgiving weekend’s strong online sales, to try to maintain the momentum.

IU grads launch pop-up stores on college campuses

By Anish More · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:35 p.m.

Two IU grads drove a marketing idea from their own desks to the desks of their CEOs and molded a national college marketing campaign that reached 100 universities and set up pop-up stores on 20 different campuses.

Spending has consequences

By Matthew Gorman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:08 p.m.

One could have hoped that a year after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, brought on by over spending and too much debt, would have been a lasting lesson for Americans. Alas, this does not seem to be the case. However, this Thanksgiving brought unexpected news: Americans are no longer the dumbest spenders in the world.

Just can’t do it alone

By IDS · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:02 p.m.

WE SAY The hot air emitted by the U.S. Government does nothing to prevent climate change.

Leggings are not pants

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9:01 p.m.

It’s the holiday season and winter is fast approaching. I think now would be the best time to attempt to teach all of IU’s sorority members a brief but extremely crucial fashion lesson: Leggings, like underwear, are not pants and should never, ever be mistaken for a sufficient covering of your nether regions. They are not, and never will they be, pants.

Not-for-my-bucket list

By John Brown · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 9 p.m.

Black Friday begins the holiday shopping season. And so I’d like to run down my list of things not to buy for Christmas gifts. Or gifts anytime, for that matter. Actually, never buy them. I call it the not-for-my-bucket list. As in, I wouldn’t trade my 10-gallon bucket for any of these items.

Why I’m just not that into HJNTIY anymore

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 8:57 p.m.

I might or might not have purchased copies of the book “He’s Just Not That Into You” to give to some of my girlfriends last Christmas. I now realize that was wrong, and I am sorry.

On the road

By CJ Lotz · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 8:01 p.m.

Fill up your tank, find some friends, and grab a pad of Mad Libs, because it’s time for an excursion. We’ve hunted down adventures within 30 miles, and we talked to one student who will be driving across the country over winter break. Also, take some advice from one group of cyclists who pedaled from the mountains to the Midwest.

Get a move on

By Joe Jasinski and Alyssa Goldman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:55 p.m.

Ten thousand steps shouldn’t be too much, we thought. Inside gave three people pedometers to check how far they walked in a day. Only one surpassed the recommended number of steps. Oh, and he’s a cross-country runner.

Still can’t find the time to sweat? Do it in class.

By Joe Jasinski and Alyssa Goldman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:52 p.m.

Kelly Jo Baute, lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology, says we need to get up when we might be tempted to lounge.

Your professors want to walk it out.

By Joe Jasinski and Alyssa Goldman · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:50 p.m.

Step Into Fitness encourages IU faculty and staff to move out of their offices and around campus. “People perceive that they don’t have the time to go for a walk,” says Megan Amadeo, who runs the program.

You said it. Don’t be that one kid...

By Bryan Payton and Haley Adams · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:43 p.m.

“When I’m a pedestrian, I hate people in cars. When I’m in a car, I hate pedestrians. But no matter whether I’m driving or walking, I hate people on bikes. They drive me nuts. They just come out of nowhere.” Karin Thomas, senior

A word from the police

By Bryan Payton and Haley Adams · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:34 p.m.

IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger clears up transportation myths and gives his take on how to move around campus.

Crash to crush

By Bryan Payton and Haley Adams · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:22 p.m.

It was a warm day in September when junior Carley Hall raced to class in front of Ballantine Hall. Her friend Amber called her name from across the street. Hall decided to take a minute to chat.

4 Questions for a unicyclist

By Bryan Payton and Haley Adams · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:20 p.m.

Greg Solon, senior

Athlete^3

By Rachel Stark · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:14 p.m.

The lives of IU athletes look a lot like ours: They eat in dining halls, obsess over Xbox, and procrastinate doing homework. Three friends show us how their world isn’t as glamorous as we might think.

Demanding grace

By Sarah Hutchins · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:08 p.m.

In the Ballet Department, preparing for your career can make you stronger or break you down. A dancer takes us inside her uncontrollable world.

Steps in her way

By CJ Lotz · Monday, Nov. 30,2009 7:04 p.m.

One student’s struggle to access the second floor of Goodbody Hall.

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