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Postseason play begins for cross country teams

By Ari Shifron · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 1:14 p.m.

Now it’s for real. After regular season meets with little meaning, the stakes are high this time for more than one reason at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.

California natives cope with fires away from home

By Kyle Doehla · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:23 a.m.

Wildfires have scorched over 400,000 acres in Southern California in the past four days, a place where some IU students call home.

More than 1,600 IU women gear up for rush

By Lindsey Alexander · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:22 a.m.

More than 1,600 IU women are scrambling to make 19 copies of photographs of themselves and think of witty things to say while trying to find the perfect pair of jeans before 11 a.m. Saturday.

Tibetan traditions

By Chelsea Merta · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:21 a.m.

A 60-foot tapestry of an intricate, colorful Buddha set the stage for a performance by the monks of the Drepung Gomang Monastery. Flanked by tables of chandeliers with lotus-shaped lights, the wall covering displayed the religious deity surrounded by five Buddhists saints. A large throne sat in the middle of the stage, where the monks placed a photo of the Dalai Lama.

Insurance companies handling claims from last week’s tornado

By Alexandra R. Moses · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:21 a.m.

NAPPANEE, Ind. – Insurance company representatives from around the nation are helping sort through the ruins of nearly 200 homes and 53 businesses damaged or destroyed by last week’s northern Indiana tornado.

IU to take on Wisconsin

By Tom Kir · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:20 a.m.

Seeking their sixth win of the season – one that would grant them bowl eligibility – the Hoosiers (5-3, 2-3) will go back on the road Saturday to face Wisconsin (6-2, 2-2), a team that handed them a demoralizing home defeat last season.

Bloomington Transit might raise bus fares by quarter for adults

By Rachel Pankiw · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:19 a.m.

Bloomington Transit bus riders will have to reach deeper into their wallets if a proposed bus fare increase passes next month.

Governor’s Arts Awards celebrate 6

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:19 a.m.

Outstanding artists, performers and supporters of the arts from across the state were honored Thursday night at the 2007 Indiana Governor’s Arts Awards.

Adult ghost story festival channels Halloween spirit

By Elvia Malagon · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:18 a.m.

Friday’s annual Festival of Ghost Stories will weave tales of Native American hauntings and gigantic rats this Friday.

2.75-mile corn maze raises money for trail

By Maegen Ionof · Friday, Oct. 26,2007 12:17 a.m.

A court house-shaped corn maze has raised nearly $10,000 to help finance a new trail along the Whitewater Canal in Metamora, Ind.

Hoosiers face tough road trip

By Ryan Gregg · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:58 p.m.

The IU women’s soccer team is in the middle of a pivotal moment in its season. Their mettle will be tested as they finish their regular season play on the road against three top Big Ten teams.

IU hosts Wisconsin, Illinois this weekend

By Brandon Smith · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:57 p.m.

The IU volleyball team (14-8, 5-5) comes into the second half of the Big Ten conference schedule on pace to get their first NCAA tournament berth since 2002.

Hoosiers hope 3rd time’s the charm

By Lee Hurwitz · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:55 p.m.

Elusive and a curse. Following last Saturday’s 36-31 loss to Penn State, those were the only words sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis and junior wide receiver James Hardy could muster to describe the Hoosiers’ second failed attempt to get their sixth win this season.

IU to travel to North Carolina

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:46 p.m.

The IU men’s golf team looks to close out the fall season on a high note Monday and Tuesday at the UNCG Bridgestone Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C. The team will hit the links at the Forest Oaks Country Club (par 72; 7,197 yards), a course recently redesigned by PGA Tour legend Davis Love III.

Hoosiers close out fall season in South Carolina tournament

By Ari Shifron · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:45 p.m.

Winter is approaching, and it is starting to get too cold to play golf. Before golf courses freeze altogether, however, the Hoosiers have one last tournament to close out the fall season.

IU falls 3-2 in OT on the road

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:44 p.m.

The IU field hockey team lost a heartbreaker to Louisville 3-2 in overtime Thursday night.

IU looks for a win versus Penn State on Sunday

By Linnea Coulter · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:43 p.m.

With 16 games down and three remaining in the regular season, the IU men’s soccer team knows there is no time for mistakes.

IU travels to Northwestern for dual meet

By Josh Bagriansky · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:39 p.m.

Business is about to pick up for the IU swimming teams. Tonight’s trip to Evanston, Ill., to face off with a strong Northwestern squad should go a long way in setting the tone for the rest of the season.

Predicting the score, Dolly to the Dalai

By Matt Dollinger · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:38 p.m.

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet. Realizing that the Dalai Lama was in fact in Bloomington this week, I flew back across the Pacific and made my way over to the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. I get in as a columnist, freelancing for a small paper back in the Himalayas. A columnist, you know, a writer, an author, a scribe.

With cycling in crisis, Tour de France organizers alter race for 2008 to create a more exciting course

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 11:35 p.m.

The Tour de France will have revamped rules and a slightly less mountainous but hopefully more exciting course in 2008, organizers announced Thursday, looking to inject fresh enthusiasm into cycling’s doping-battered showcase race.

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