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Big 1st half pushes IU past Wolverines

After an emotional win against your bitter in-state rival, you can go one of two ways: You can either use the victory as momentum for the next game, or you can have a letdown. Well, at least for Thursday night, the Hoosiers chose the former.

Tubby Smith dodging sophomore slump

After a respectable 20-14 inaugural season at Minnesota last academic year, former Kentucky coach Tubby Smith’s Golden Gophers are off to an impressive 16-3 start and look to be on their way to the NCAA tournament. Smith, along with second-year Michigan coach John Beilein and Iowa second-year man Todd Lickliter, follows a trend of vast improvement among Big Ten coaches in their second seasons.

White-out a part of Glass’ basketball stimulus package

It’s cold, it’s Big Ten season and the IU men’s basketball team is facing a ranked opponent – it must be time for a white-out

Swiss nuclear smuggling suspect claims CIA link

A Swiss man suspected of being involved in the world’s biggest nuclear smuggling ring claims he supplied the CIA with information that led to the breakup of the black market nuclear network led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.

Van hits group of 14 children on Chinatown sidewalk, killing 2

Authorities say a van struck at least five children on a sidewalk in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood, killing two of them.

Victim of Virginia Tech slaying was decapitated

A graduate student from China was decapitated with a kitchen knife in a campus cafe at Virginia Tech by another graduate student who knew her, police said Thursday.

IUSA collaborates, exchanges ideas with other Big 10 schools at conference

Different ways to hold elections and take tests are among the issues IU Student Association President Luke Fields and Vice President Dan Sloat explored at the Association of Big 10 Students conference last weekend, hosted at the University of Illinois. “It was a great opportunity to collaborate with all Big 10 schools,” Fields said.The conference was a brainstorming system in which student leaders discussed similar issues each school faced and how they should deal with these issues, Fields and Sloat said.

Genre fiction shines in new literary magazine

Great fiction doesn’t have to mean the classics.At least that’s the theory behind “Tales from the Edge,” a new campus literary magazine dedicated to genre fiction written by students. The goal of the magazine, currently accepting submissions for both genre fiction and cover art, is to provide the campus with an opportunity to see how engaging and intelligent genre fiction can be.

Students play favorites with University gyms at either the HPER, SRSC

Although IU provides students with two similar workout facilities, senior Natalie Rutigliano has her favorite.“HPER has a laid-back feel to it,” Rutigliano said. “The SRSC looks like a workout video.” Both recreational facilities offer similar exercise equipment, but students rarely rotate their time between the two. Many students who work out at the School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation instead of the Student Recreational Sports Center say the atmosphere and the programs influence their decision.

Renovations begin on revamping old IU theater building

After three weeks of classes in the Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, students and faculty will have to find a new place to meet. The Theatre and Drama Center is undergoing renovations starting this semester that will last well into next year. “It is incredibly old; the walls are falling apart and the floors are warped,” said Serena Eduljee, a voice student with a class in the theater building. Jonathan Michaelsen, chair and producer of the Department of Theatre and Drama, said the department needed to move the classes out of the building for safety. Most of the staff and the classes ended up in the Theatre Annex located at 306 N. Union St.

RPS removes peanut butter from shelves after recall

Residential Programs and Services and other campus businesses have suspended the sale of peanut butter as a precaution following a national salmonella outbreak and the national recall of more than 100 peanut butter products. Contaminated peanut butter products have contributed to the death of six people nationwide and have sickened at least 486 people nationwide.

Sugar cream gets support as Indiana’s pie

The Indiana Senate has sweetened its day by adopting a resolution that seeks to designate the sugar cream pie as the official state pie.

Local man stabbed in head with scissors

A Bloomington man was stabbed in the head with scissors during an altercation with his girlfriend Wednesday night.

Troubled Indiana clinic had holes in abortion records

An Indianapolis Planned Parenthood clinic caught in controversy after an undercover video exposed broken rules on reporting sexual abuse also received a state reprimand for sloppy abortion record-keeping.

County texting ban aims to decrease number of distracted drivers

A new ban aiming to decrease the number of distracted motorists could soon land drivers in Monroe County who text while behind the wheel with a fine. The Monroe County commissioners approved a ban on the sending, composing or reading of e-mails and text messages and surfing the Internet while driving. The ordinance was passed in December and went into effect Jan. 1.

Girls Inc. holding sessions for new college volunteers

Girls Inc of Bloomington will be holding volunteer orientations throughout the end of January.

‘Benjamin Button’ leads Oscar nods

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.– One is a grand, sweeping epic, a dazzling technical achievement starring THE A-Lister of all A-Listers.The other is a gritty tale, partly told in subtitled Hindi, with a tiny budget and no known stars that almost didn’t make it to theaters.

Sisters discuss century full of experiences

A story of two unmarried sisters who lived together for 90 years comes to life tonight at the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium in the Cardinal Stage Company’s production of “Having Our Say,” a stage adaptation of the memoirs of the same name of Sadie and Bessie Delany.Based on their best-selling book, the show tells of the high and low points of the Delany sisters’ long lives.

Brothers trash stage in ‘True West’

A couple of real-life brothers shocked audiences by trashing the stage in their performance of “True West” at the John Waldron Arts Center.Brett and Gabe Gloden played Austin and Lee, two brothers who are fighting over a potential movie deal for one of their screenplays. Austin is a 30-year-old writer who lives with his wife and kids and has a more traditional life, while Lee is a 40-year-old hobo who wanders the desert making a living gambling and stealing.