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RPS offers stress relievers for finals

By Amanda Cochara · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 9:14 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services has put together a series of fun, stress-free activities including eating contests and movie nights to simply help students relax. Each residence hall on campus will host its own events.

Web sites offer grade distribution figures

By Alex Rast · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 9:13 p.m.

Campusbuddy.com is a site, launched in October, that offers more than 80 million official university grades at hundreds of campuses nationwide. It has the most up-to-date and accessible collection of grade distributions anywhere.

IU seniors balance classes, running food service business

By Ashley Bornancin · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 9:12 p.m.

Jessica Keckhaver and Aaron Lifford are two seniors who co-founded their own company, Prodigy Staffing Solutions, which specializes in “food services and hospitality staffing.” They have been working on developing the growth of their company since their sophomore year of college.

Survey: 20 percent of students don’t complete homework

By Ben Phelps · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 9:10 p.m.

One in five college students comes to class “often or very often” without completing required readings or assignments, according to a national survey of college students.

One hell of a year

Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:52 p.m.

After watching him cover the youth beat for the 2008 election, few would have initially expected Luke Russert, son of the great late Tim Russert, to end up broadcasting on Election Day from the Indiana Memorial Union. It was certainly a welcome respite given that, for far too long, most of the media attention received by the University was focused on the NCAA violations of Kelvin Sampson.Coming here certainly seemed like a good call for Russert. The presidential race in Indiana was decided by some 26,000 votes – a number smaller than the enrollment at IU. Given the drastic turnout on this campus, we might very well have been a deciding factor in which way Indiana’s 11 electoral votes swung.This year has certainly been an exciting year for IU students to make and witness history. We were visited by everyone from Feist to Bill Clinton. John Edwards broke his media silence in the IU Auditorium. The president-elect himself, Barack Obama, dropped in on the Little 500 women’s race and greeted patrons of Nick’s English Hut.

To be taken as a work of reality

Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:51 p.m.

To the editors of “The Radish”: I would like to applaud your recent article regarding the continuing and startling “uselessness” (as you call it) of a liberal arts education. You correctly point out that in today’s perilous job market, those majors and areas of study not geared toward financial success leave academic consumers in a highly disadvantageous economic position.

Taking advantage of free time

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:51 p.m.

First semester ends the moment we finish our last final exam. Our professors can no longer assign us homework, we have no responsibilities and we won’t even see the inside of a lecture hall until the second Monday in January. The days when we were slaves to our classwork and banished ourselves to the library until all work was finished will be distant memories. We’ll be on break without a care in the world. But perhaps not having a care in the world is a bad thing.

Cereal killer

By Abby Schwimmer · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:50 p.m.

This week, as students head off to their exams, many will undoubtedly recall their younger years, when parents and teachers always reminded them to eat a well-balanced breakfast to fuel their brains before a big day.

Gifts I’ll never receive

By Tyler Chernesky · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:49 p.m.

We all know what this season is about: presents. And this year, I think I’m going to cash in.

Major James A. Ellison, left, returns the salute of Mac Ross of Dayton, Ohio, as he inspects the cadets at the Basic and Advanced Flying School for black United States Army Air Corps cadets on Jan. 23, 1942 at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Ala. The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of black pilots who fought in World War II, have been invited to attend President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.

Indiana’s last Tuskegee airman battling cancer

Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:48 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s last surviving member of World War II’s history-making Tuskegee Airmen won’t be able to attend President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration because he’s battling stomach cancer.

How I came to hate the holidays

By Danielle Fleischman · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:47 p.m.

In elementary school I despised the holiday season. Looking back on it now I realize that this was just a disgust that originated from my inherent jealously of Christmas. It is a useless argument really; everyone knows that Hanukkah cannot compete with the behemoth that is Christmas. Those eight candles will never achieve the kind of same marketable appeal that Santa and his reindeer do have.

Program teaches struggling children to read in local elementary schools

Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:46 p.m.

Whether one is a circus clown or a financial wiz, anyone can volunteer to help Bloomington’s children learn to read better by participating in the Community Partners in Reading program.

House of Hunan burglarized

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:45 p.m.

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources found a safe on Dec. 12 believed to be linked to a Bloomington burglary.

December graduates prepare for life after college

By Lindsey Erdody · Sunday, Dec. 14,2008 8:38 p.m.

At this time of year, many students are beginning to dread finals and polish their schedule for next semester, but others are searching for jobs and looking for a graduation outfit.

Junior guard Devan Dumes dives to get possession of the ball in the first half of the Hoosiers' game against Kentucky Saturday in Lexington, Ky. The Hoosiers fell to the Wildcats 72-54.

Hoosiers tossed out of Rupp by Wildcats, lose 72-54

Saturday, Dec. 13,2008 6:31 p.m.

LEXINGTON, KY — Kentucky started the game on a 22-4 run and never looked back, crushing the IU men's basketball team 72-54. As they have all season long, IU grappled with turnovers. In all, the Hoosiers turned the ball over 15 times in the first half and were unable to recover from the run Kentucky generated from the mistakes.IU never brought the Wildcats' lead within single digits after their initial run.The rout is IU's second in as many road games this season. The Hoosiers lost to then-No. 15 Wake Forest 83-58 on Dec. 3 in Winston-Salem, N.C.

LIVE BLOGGING: IU vs Kentucky

Saturday, Dec. 13,2008 4:21 p.m.

Follow reporters Matt Dollinger and Tom Kirby and columnist Zachary Osterman as they blog during the men’s basketball game against Kentucky. Follow the action on the Basketblog.

Wells, McRobbie worked in different eras, promote one legacy

By Amanda Bridgman · Friday, Dec. 12,2008 12:04 a.m.

Seventy years after Herman B Wells was named IU’s 11th president, current President Michael McRobbie continues to focus on students and growth.

Annual holiday benefit to honor deceased IU student

By Elvia Malagon · Friday, Dec. 12,2008 12:01 a.m.

Bloomington musicians will raise money this weekend in memory of former IU student Madeline Krause. Proceeds from Krista Detor’s third annual Holiday Show at 6:30 and 9 p.m. Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center auditorium will go to the Madeline Krause Harmony School Fund.

Dogs, cats, rabbits and even a snake wait for people to take them to their "forever homes" Feb. 21, 2007, at the Bloomington Animal Shelter. The shelter and B97 will be featuring one dog and one cat for adoption as part of the 12 Strays of Christmas between Dec. 8 and 23.

B97 airs promotion for stray animals to drive holiday adoptions

By Jaclyn Kochell · Friday, Dec. 12,2008 12 a.m.

B97 FM and the Animal Shelter are hosting their third annual “12 Strays of Christmas” promotion in an effort to advocate animal adoption during the holiday season.

California set to adopt sweeping global warming plan

Friday, Dec. 12,2008 12 a.m.

California air regulators on Thursday were considering a new climate plan that would require the state’s utilities, refineries and large factories to transform their operations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.