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IU attempts to climb out of cellar

IU coach Mick Lyon has never missed a Big Ten Conference tournament since he began coaching the Hoosiers, but this year he and his team are in danger of breaking the streak.

Hoosiers brace for must-win against Buckeyes

With two consecutive wins against top-15 teams, the IU men’s soccer team hopes to continue the momentum when it travels to Ohio State in a critical conference battle Sunday afternoon.

Hoosiers head for elite tournament

Powers clash in national title rematch

This weekend, the 6-0 IU club hockey team will take on the team that beat them in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division II National Championship game last season. The Hoosiers will face off with Davenport, a team that heads into Friday’s game with an 11-0 record.

ONLINE ONLY: Crean Q&A with IDS

On Wednesday, the Indiana Daily Student had the chance to sit down and talk to IU’s first-year coach Tom Crean. Here is the interview in its entirety: Q: What are your plans for homecoming this weekend?

WIUX takes donations for renovations at annual pledge drive

WIUX, IU’s student radio station, is hoping to raise $10,000 during its annual pledge drive.

Greek chapters compete for trophy

The competition, a Homecoming challenge between greek chapters, is an effort by the Student Alumni Association’s greek strategic planning committee, a new addition to the SAA. The goal is to increase participation in Homecoming events within the greek community.

IU is 22nd in sex health poll

The recently compiled Sexual Health Report Card, released by Trojan brand condoms, ranks 139 major colleges across the country based on their sexual health resources and services. IU is ranked 22nd, and fourth among Big Ten schools.

Timmy Foundation trick-or-treating fundraiser starts Friday

IU students involved in the Timmy Foundation are giving people bags for their “Trick or Treat for Timmy” fundraiser from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday throughout Bloomington.

IU juggling club practices new skills, tricks at St. Louis Jugglefest

Having the most people standing was the goal of the IU Juggling Club last weekend at a competition in St. Louis. This event was one of many that the IU juggling club participated in at the festival.

Movie will discuss voting errors

A political documentary that explores the errors in the electronic voting process will be shown at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

IUSA appoints 1st director of sustainability

After IU tied for being one of the least sustainable campuses in the Big Ten, the IU Student Association has named its student director of sustainability.

The stupid vote

When the weatherman tells me to wear a coat, I listen. When MTV tells me to “Choose or Lose,” I don’t. I already voted. But I didn’t vote because MTV told me to. I refuse to be exploited, and I refuse to jump on the bandwagon that MTV and other youth-targeted organizations are steering.

Don’t stereotype those in military

Jack Killen makes the argument that you can’t support the troops without supporting the war and that every service member in Iraq has made the choice to go to Iraq. This argument makes as much sense as saying that Jack Killen supports racism because he goes to IU and we have the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center named after a segregationist. Jack, obviously, has done little research about the military. People have little choice about where they serve. The majority of the U.S. military is not serving in Iraq or Afghanistan; they are deployed around the world.

More of this, less of that

Today I told my boyfriend I’m going to start keeping a list of the jokes he tells that I like and a list of the ones I don’t like so that he can review the lists regularly and, in the future, better cater his jokes to my sense of humor. “I’m not Facebook News Feed,” he told me. “You can’t just hit an icon of thumbs up or thumbs down to choose which kinds of stories you’d like to hear more and which you’d like to hear less.”

We can do more to get aid to the right students

Recently we wrote about the Rethinking Student Aid Study Group, which came out with a report suggesting student aid was not being made accessible enough to low-income students.Now a new report from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation suggests the same problem with our northern neighbor.The report claimed that much of student aid is offered through tax credits from the federal and provincial governments, along with post-graduation tax rebates, which favor more affluent students.It seems that some Canadian students now receive a better type of aid because more of it comes as non-repayable grants than as loans, which are more difficult for low-income students to cope with. In 2006-07, 30 percent of need-based student aid was provided as non-repayable grants or loan remission – double the figure of 15 years ago.

Strong governance

I am a supporter of Barack Obama because I believe stronger governance is needed in America at this stage. Some years back, I was puzzled by how the United States – the richest country in the world – constantly registers budget deficits annually and borrows billions from China. During a discussion with friends, I posed this question and was informed that the American economy was driven by credit. This concept further confused me. It is apparent now, however, that with the current credit crunch, credit-lovin’ America is witnessing a crisis.

IU Theatre and Drama throws ‘Wild Party’ on stage

Act II opens with a song by a coked-out 1920s vixen. The cast strips down to barely any clothing, and they drink alcohol and do drugs.

Original Straight No Chaser revisits roots

A decade later, after the members graduated and moved on with their lives, the original Straight No Chaser will be back on stage Saturday at the IU Auditorium for the Homecoming weekend concert.