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Congressional candidates to have sole debate tonight

By Lauren Clason · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 11:32 p.m.

The congressional candidates for Indiana’s 9th district will meet on stage at 7 p.m. today at the Jasper Arts Center for the lone time before voters hit the polls on Election Day.

Magnet device aims to treat depression patients

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:58 p.m.

The government has approved the first noninvasive brain stimulator to treat depression – a device that beams magnetic pulses through the skull. Even if it sounds like science fiction, well, those woodpecker-like pulses trigger small electrical charges that spark brain cells to fire. Yet it doesn’t cause the risks of surgically implanted electrodes or the treatment of last resort, shock therapy.

Hallucinogenic herb growing in popularity in U.S.

By Jessica Hullinger · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:55 p.m.

When sophomore Nick Lane, 19, smoked the herb Salvia divinorum, he spent 20 minutes in a state of complete physical debilitation. His hallucinations were vivid, colorful and terrifying. “I felt like I was on this crazy circus ride from hell,” Lane said. “I came out of it laying on my bed in the fetal position, trembling.” But the high, similar to those experienced after using psychedelic drugs, was a legal one.

Recession: Affecting dollars and sense

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:53 p.m.

As the Dow falls and employers cut jobs, the effects of the imminent recession can be felt miles away from Wall Street. Rising costs of gas and groceries, textbooks and tuition are forcing students to change their future and current academic and employment plans.Director of Counseling and Psychological Services at the IU Health Center Nancy Stockton said some students are no longer considering taking a semester off for fear they won’t get financial aid when they return. Some are also concerned about how the economic downturn will affect their job prospects.

Growing your investments

By Sam Leffers · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:50 p.m.

The concept of investing is simple: spend money now, get more money back in the future.At least that’s how it’s supposed to work.With the fortitude of the American stock market in question, many investors, including some IU students, are starting to panic. Time for an investment game plan.

Video gaming Web site offers education, jobs

By Brian Welk · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:03 p.m.

Beginning no more than 18 months ago as a graduate level project, GameZombie.tv was born as a Web site dedicated to video games.Since then, GZ has developed first into an internship program and now into an IU class for telecommunications majors looking to pursue careers in the industry.

Rare languages attract students to University

By Sam Leffers · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10:02 p.m.

Bamana. Uzbek. Zulu. Twi. Most Americans haven’t even heard of these languages, but IU students are learning to speak them.

Sophomores Jeremy Crowe and Noreen Posge compete during the first round of cornhole games during the World's Largest Cornhole Tournament on Oct. 17, 2007 in Dunn Meadow. The event included catered foot and live music.

Cornhole Tournament to benefit United Way of Monroe County

By Anna Schilawski · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 10 p.m.

Tradition. Spirit. Philanthropy. These will all be seen at the second annual Cornhole Tournament and bonfire at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Dunn Meadow. The cost is $10 per team, and all proceeds go to the United Way of Monroe County, which benefits more than 30 organizations such as American Red Cross and Hoosier Hills Food Bank.

Community policing builds bonds between IUPD cadets, campus

By Nesa Nourmohammadi · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:58 p.m.

Whether patrolling the dorms on foot or biking through campus, the IU Police Department makes its presence visible to the IU community as part of a law enforcement technique known as community policing.

Golf club finds home, success

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:51 p.m.

The only thing better than starting something new is starting it and being successful, too. The IU golf club team has found instant success this fall after being founded last spring. “I was really surprised to find that there was no club team,” said founder and current club president, junior Preston Linville.

Bernard Hopkins, right, lands a punch on Kelly Pavlik during the 7th round of light heavyweight boxing match on Saturday in Atlantic City, N.J. Hopkins won by unanimous decision in 12 rounds.

Boxing legend proves knowledge comes with age

By Bryan Payton · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:50 p.m.

Saturday night, Kelly Pavlik learned a lesson in boxing – a lesson from a legend of the sport he will not soon forget. The 26-year-old Pavlik was outclassed by 43-year-old Bernard Hopkins, handing the Youngstown, Ohio, native the first loss of his career. The fight was held at a catch weight of 170 pounds.

Staying perfect: Hoosiers move to 6-0 after sweep

By Tyler James Perry · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:47 p.m.

The IU club hockey team routed the Dayton Flyers 8-2 on Friday. The team then continued its dominance of the Flyers with a 4-1 victory Saturday in Ohio. The team is now 6-0 and will begin Great Midwest Hockey League play this weekend against Davenport.

UN: financial meltdown will create 20M lost jobs

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:10 p.m.

The U.N. labor chief says the world financial meltdown will lead to at least 20 million lost jobs.

Bush supports 2nd stimulus to energize economy

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:09 p.m.

President Bush is open to the idea of a second government stimulus to further boost the U.S. economy amid the financial crisis, the White House said Monday.

Wall Street higher on hopes of credit recovery

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:08 p.m.

Wall Street was mostly higher Monday as investors took signs of easing in the credit markets as evidence that government measures to revive the battered financial system are taking hold.

Zimbabwe opposition won’t attend summit

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 9:07 p.m.

Zimbabwe’s opposition party says it will not attend a regional summit called to try to resolve the country’s political impasse.

One thumb down for Ebert

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 8:35 p.m.

Imagine you just finished production on a movie. With your job done, you wait for the release of the film so you can finally bask in your accomplishment. But there is one last obstacle you have forgotten: the film critic. Sitting comfortably in his theater chair, the critic spends a few hours picking apart what you spent months putting together. I actually feel a twinge of sympathy for even the worst films that get destroyed by critics. There must have been at least a few who did their job well, only to see a significant part of their lives receive a “D-.” Justin Babin of “Disaster Movie,” I’m talking about you.

Inexpressible pride

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 8:33 p.m.

In a speech in Ohio last week, Sarah Palin had much to say about patriotism. As New York Times reporter Patrick Healy described, she talked about how much she loves America, and – no lie – fresh cut grass. She added, “Man, I love small-town USA, and I don’t care what anyone else says about small-town USA. You guys, you just get it.” The funny thing is that I am from a smallish town in Ohio that isn’t so different from the one where Palin was speaking, but I’m not sure that I “get” what cut grass has to do with loving one’s country.

Health news as simple as that?

By Sanjay Mohanty · Monday, Oct. 20,2008 8:32 p.m.

In two studies released this year and reported in several major newspapers, one in the Annals of Internal Medicine and the other in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers added more evidence to the sizable body of literature on the benefits and dangers of coffee and caffeine consumption.

Indiana is behind on hate crimes legislation

Monday, Oct. 20,2008 8:30 p.m.

Indiana and four other states – Arkansas, Wyoming, Georgia and South Carolina – are lagging behind the other 45 states in one major respect: They have no legislation in place to deal with hate crimes. Last year, legislators tried to address this problem with Indiana House Bill 1459, which defined a hate crime as a crime “in which an offender chooses a victim based on color, creed, disability, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or sex.” Some evangelical lobbyist groups cried foul over the inclusion of “sexual orientation” in the bill. One e-mail sent out to several churches and families claimed the bill “represents an attempt to give special protection to homosexuals and cross-dressers by stating that a crime against them is to be treated with more severity than a crime against a senior citizen, a child or a pregnant mother.” The bill failed when state Rep. Jackie Walorksi, after reviewing letters from “concerned citizens,” pushed through an amendment to the bill that included language that would make a crime against an unborn fetus a hate crime.