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IDS sportswriter Matt Dollinger, right, live blogs with Herald-Times sportswriter Chris Korman during IU's 81-79 win over Chaminade during the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational on Nov. 26 in Lahaina, Hawaii.

RUNNING THE FLOOR: BLOGus

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:47 a.m.

Last night, as with every other night the IU basketball team has played, we intrepid Indiana Daily Student folk teamed up with friends at HoosierNation.com, the Herald-Times and InsideTheHall.com to live blog/live chat the IU-Wake Forest basketball game with interested fans.

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Ready for Miami

By Tyler James Perry · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:45 a.m.

Hockey fans looking for an intense rivalry are sure to find one at the Frank Southern Ice Arena on Friday night. The IU club hockey team is looking to build off the success of its big win before Thanksgiving break when the team beat Grand Valley State in a high-scoring 7-5 match. This weekend, the Hoosiers will take on the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks, a team that has a lot of history with IU. Back during 2001-2002 season, current IU coach Tom Orr was a player on the Hoosier team that season when it faced Miami for the Great Midwest Hockey League championship. Orr scored the game-winning goal, handing the league trophy to the Hoosiers.

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STRAIGHT BIDNESS: Plax’s new name: Cheddar Bob

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:44 a.m.

I was sitting in my media ethics class on Tuesday, though I wasn’t really all that awake. You can’t expect a column titled “Straight Bidness” to really embody media ethics, so I generally don’t give the most insightful input in the class. Rather than trying to figure out whether decisions are a means to an end or vice versa, (or something like that – I still don’t understand that lecture) I decided to daydream in hopes of coming up with a column idea. And then it hit me. I heard it, and it was like the angels were telling me to write this story. Someone in my class was speaking, and I heard it.

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. prepares to climb into his car to begin practice for the Dollar General 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Oct. 10 at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

MILLER'S LAP AROUND NASCAR: Time to dine

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:42 a.m.

For the second straight year, NASCAR’s most popular driver won’t be taking the stage when the sport hands out the big checks and celebrates its 60th anniversary Friday night in New York City. Dale Earnhardt Jr., who has been voted the most popular driver by fans each season since 2003, finished 12th in the final standings of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and per NASCAR rules, only the top 10 drivers are recognized at the Sprint Cup Awards Banquet. The banquet is held annually in the New York City at the Waldorf-Astoria to culminate NASCAR’s “Champions Week,” which sees its top drivers awarded at the banquet on television shows and other media outlets.

Junior guard Devan Dumes goes up for a basket during the first half of IU's game on Wednesday night at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Frustrations turned over in N.C.

By Tom Kirby · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:42 a.m.

Even with all the warnings and premonitions of a stressful season, IU coach Tom Crean and the team’s exuberance at the start the season was contagious. But after their 83-58 thrashing at the hands of No. 15 Wake Forest, that exuberance turned to frustration. When asked how he felt his team handled playing in their first true road game, Crean responded, “I think 26 turnovers tell the story.” The 26 turnovers, along with the Demon Deacons’ 20 fast-break points compared to IU’s four, could be a result of the team’s lack of communication, Crean said. “Before we can learn to compete, we’ve got to learn to talk more to one another,” the coach added. “We’ve got to learn to listen better.” 

Senior Lacy Simpson dances in the opening scene of the "Nutcracker" on Wednesday evening at the Muical Arts Center. Williams, along with her roomates Pablo Sanchez and Kimberly Williams, not pictured, portray various leads through out the performance.

Nutcracker performers split rent, share spotlight

By Katherine Hagan · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:42 a.m.

Visions of sugar plums will dance in audience members’ heads when the IU Ballet Theater performs its 50th annual production of “The Nutcracker” at the Musical Arts Center this weekend. In addition to the typical sugar plums, this year’s version of “The Nutcracker” features choreography by Michael Vernon, chair of the ballet department.

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Indiana receives F on affordability report card, ranked 31st nationwide

By Sam Leffers · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:39 a.m.

Is it really failing if everyone does it? In a recent report card created by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Indiana ranks 31st in the nation in college affordability. The state also received a failing grade of F, along with every other state but California.

Junior guard Devan Dumes goes up for a basket during the first half of IU's game on Wednesday night at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.

IU bested 83-58 by Wake Forest Demon Deacons

By Matt Dollinger · Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:38 a.m.

WINSTON SALEM, N.C. – In a season of firsts, the Hoosiers set the wrong kind of milestone Wednesday. First road loss. For the third time in 10 days, the Hoosiers suffered a blowout loss, falling to No. 15 Wake Forest (7-0), 83-58, in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.

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Oil and gas prices slip to new 3-year lows

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:32 a.m.

Retail gasoline fell to a new three-year low Tuesday and in an unprecedented decline, crude oil costs $100 less per barrel than it did four months ago with a U.S. recession eating away at energy demand.

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Defence Secretary Gates willing to shut down Gitmo

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:29 a.m.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates signaled a willingness to forge ahead with two key priorities for the incoming Obama administration: accelerating the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

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Keep pedestrian and vehicle safety in mind

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:13 a.m.

On behalf of the Commission for Personal Safety, we invite you to join us in educating the campus on the presence and purpose of crosswalks at IU. Identified by white stripes running across the roadway, crosswalks on the roadways going through and adjacent to the IU campus provide a unique opportunity to improve public safety. Among other locations, the following three have some of the highest pedestrian traffic: 10th Street between the Wells Library and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs Jordan Avenue between Read Residence Center and the Musical Arts Center 11th and Fee Lane near Foster Residence Center.

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Stop puppy mills

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:12 a.m.

I read with dismay in the IDS on Wednesday that a well-meaning group of students was doing a fundraiser for Delilah’s Pet Shop. Although the owners say they are not obtaining their animals from puppy mills, it is unlikely that this is true in every case. Obviously some pet store owners are more responsible than others, but any wholesale marketing of companion animals in a pet store environment promotes the existence of puppy mills. There are so many wonderful, unwanted animals (pure breeds as well as mixed) that are available for adoption at the animal shelter or through breed rescue groups.

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Wrap up tasteless condom ads

Thursday, Dec. 4,2008 12:11 a.m.

I am writing about the Durex condom advertisements distributed in the IDS a couple of weeks ago. I am shocked and saddened that these ads were deemed acceptable to distribute to the public in a college newspaper. I want to start by saying that I am in no way against condoms themselves, or other forms of birth control; on the contrary, I think it’s shocking how little they are available to college students in the residence halls on this campus. Safe sex and safe relationship practices are of the utmost importance for so many reasons.

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