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Obama speaks to K-12 classes, some students opt out of viewing speech

By Allie Cooper · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:32 a.m.

President Barack Obama spoke Tuesday at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va. to discuss the necessity of a solid academic career for students K-12. However, not everyone tuned into Obama’s speech.

IU Foundation elects new board members, vice chair

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:32 a.m.

The IU Foundation has elected two IU trustees to its board of directors. Harry Gonso, an Indianapolis lawyer, was elected the vice chair.IU trustee President William Cast and trustee Tom Reilly are now on the board, according to an IU press release.

Professor to study risky behavior with science grant

By Anna Radtke · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:30 a.m.

The National Institutes of Health awarded a two-year, $683,736 grant to study risky behavior and the brain to Joshua Brown, assistant professor in the IU Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.

Minorities discuss self-segregation at panel

By Alyssa Goldman · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:29 a.m.

On Tuesday, several University organizations joined forces to create the “Essentials of Leadership: Diversity in Leadership,” a panel that gave IU minority students advice on how to get involved with majority organizations such as IU Student

Independent Council hopes to attract new members

By Anna Newell · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:26 a.m.

A new group on campus aims to bring together women to tailgate, play intramurals and participate in philanthropies.

Roadside bombs kill 4 US soldiers, 8 locals in Iraq

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:25 a.m.

Roadside bombs killed four U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Tuesday, the military said, in the deadliest day for American troops in the country in weeks, as a series of bomb attacks along roads claimed eight Iraqi lives.

Student Involvement Fair at IMU today

By Adriane Jefferson · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:24 a.m.

More than 275 organizations will be at this year’s Student Involvement Fair.

Afghan recount ordered; Karzai nears outright win

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:24 a.m.

A U.N.-backed commission Tuesday ordered a recount of tainted ballots from the Afghan presidential vote, saying it had “convincing evidence of fraud,” even as President Hamid Karzai for the first time surpassed the threshold needed to avoid a runoff and win re-election.

Pirate-plagued Somalia trains 500 navy recruits

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:23 a.m.

Somalia took a step toward policing its own shores with the graduation of its first 500 naval recruits Tuesday.

USI sets record with more than 10,500 total students

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:20 a.m.

EVANSVILLE – The University of Southern Indiana has set an enrollment record with nearly 400 more students than a year ago.

IUPUI receives teaching grant on U.S. religion, history

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:19 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A National Endowment for the Humanities grant will help the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis train high school teachers on the role of religion in American history and life.

Panel sets first meeting on Ind. jobless system

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:18 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A new committee formed to provide oversight of Indiana’s unemployment insurance fund is set to have its first meeting on Wednesday.

Group pushing to switch Ind. to Central Time

Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:16 a.m.

CARMEL, Ind. – A group that wants to move all of Indiana into the Central Time Zone is asking state legislators to reopen the time debate.

Police use sobriety checkpoints

By Adam Lukach · Wednesday, Sept. 9,2009 12:14 a.m.

Indiana continued to enforce its “Over the Limit, Under Arrest” campaign during Labor Day weekend. The Indiana State Police were able to catch a number of impaired drivers with a sobriety checkpoint set up in Bloomington on South Walnut Street.

Blige, Brown to remember Michael Jackson with global Vienna tribute

Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:47 p.m.

VIENNA – Top artists such as Mary J. Blige, Akon and Chris Brown will sing some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits at a Sept. 26 global tribute. But the much-anticipated lineup was a disappointment to a throng of reporters who had speculated that superstars such as Madonna would be part of the show to be staged in front of a 17th-century palace in the Austrian capital.

Photographer Annie Leibovitz’s to pay loan or lose properties, photos

Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:46 p.m.

NEW YORK – Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz risks losing the copyright to her images – and her entire life’s work – if she doesn’t pay back a $24 million loan that was due Tuesday. The lender, Art Capital Group, sued Leibovitz in July claiming she breached an agreement that authorized it to act as the agent in the sale of her photography and real estate.

Improv: the unexpected art

By Caitlin Peterkin · Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:45 p.m.

A room full of people giggled, gasped and guffawed Friday night. At the end of the show, each cast member took his or her bow amidst thunderous applause and cheering as the audience showed their appreciation for the performance they just witnessed.

Ten great songs that’ll make you party

By Erica Rogers · Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:41 p.m.

Here are the songs that make you turn up the stereo, get up off the couch to dance and put your hands in the air and sing along. Here I have ten great beats, old and new, that need to be on everyone’s playlist to make the night memorable (with or without alcohol).

West Side Story auditions attract 300 students

Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:39 p.m.

Students swarmed the hallway outside an opera rehearsal room filled with nerves and crescendos as auditions for “West Side Story” took place Sunday at the Musical Arts Center. More than 300 students showed up to sing and dance for a chance to participate in the show that will run in April.

‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ (re)makes history

By Danielle Paquette · Tuesday, Sept. 8,2009 11:37 p.m.

More than 30 years after the Beatles’ untimely dissolution, a video game allowing fans to go where no fan has gone before rises from the ashes. Today, “The Beatles: Rock Band” is released worldwide, enabling gamers not just to see John, Paul, George and Ringo perform psychedelic hits in legendary venues, but to be the band as well.

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