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SoFA students showcase ceramics, digital art, photos

By Nathan Brown · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:14 a.m.

Students of the Master of Fine Arts art program displayed their artwork to a crowd of more than 300 students, professors and art connoisseurs Friday in a show at the School of Fine Arts Gallery. Mediums ranged from oil paintings to graphic design to ceramics.

Earnhardt feeling the pressure of new Hendrick ride

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:14 a.m.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. is already feeling the pressure, and the season hasn’t even started. As his winless streak nears two years, NASCAR’s most popular driver knows he must produce in his new Hendrick Motorsports ride.

No fighting here: Jiu Jitsu club gives members life-long skills, training

By Alex Benson · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:12 a.m.

The first rule of IU’s Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club has nothing to do with the club’s secrecy. Rather, it focuses on brotherhood and camaraderie.

Hapkido group presents a unique twist on exercise

By Heather Bougher · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:11 a.m.

As the Hapkido Self Defense Club gathers for their its meeting to practice new techniques and deepen internal memorization, P.O.D. blares loudly through the stereo, pumping up the club’s members.

Hockey looks to rebound against league foe Ohio State

By Nathan Hart · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:10 a.m.

Most of the time, players and coaches don’t like talking about moral victories.

For Knight’s sake, boo New England

By Aaron Beard and Ben Homrig · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:08 a.m.

When the Indianapolis Colts fueled my desire to take up base-jumping Sunday, I needed to try to find my happy place again.

Selig, Fehr questioned by Congress on steroid usage

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Jan. 16,2008 12:07 a.m.

Concerns about Barry Bonds’ personal trainer should have been reported by the San Francisco Giants to Major League Baseball, commissioner Bud Selig told Congress on Tuesday during a hearing about the sport’s steroids era.

Union has no plan to incorporate meal points

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:47 p.m.

Currently, there are 20 locations around campus that accept meal points, but none of them are in the Indiana Memorial Union.

Residence halls welcome students back; encourage them to stay active, positive

Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:46 p.m.

As winter break came to a close, IU’s eight residence halls filled with students. Freshman Jordan Harmon, who lives in Wright Quadrangle, said he has mixed feelings about being back.

Bloomberg’s boosters start 50-state petition drive for mayor’s candidacy

By Abisalom Omolo and Devlin Barrett · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:20 p.m.

Supporters of a third-party presidential bid by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched a 50-state petition drive Tuesday, seeking to “draft” the billionaire who is edging closer to entering the race while continuing to deny he is a candidate.

City waives some pet adoption fees

By Alanna Malik · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:19 p.m.

City officials have joined forces to waive the adoption fee for Monroe County residents who have lost a pet in a fire. The City of Bloomington Fire Department and Animal Care and Control Division announced the program last week.

Rice could help Iraq’s progress

By Abisalom Omolo and Hamza Hendazi · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:19 p.m.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that Iraq’s national reconciliation has moved along “quite remarkably,” citing a new law that lets thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party reclaim government jobs or pensions.

Blood donors needed during winter

By Bertrand Teo · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:18 p.m.

During January, which is National Blood Donor Month, sophomore Andrew Ng will recall some of those memories when he gives blood for the sixth time.

Indiana counties face more assessment problems

By Anna Radtke · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:17 p.m.

A Indiana Department of Local Government Finance press release that the department will hold property assessors accountable for errors in property value assessments. It stated that 23 counties have assessors who failed to provide the department with accurate data required by law for tax purposes.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:15 p.m.

Pakistan’s government urged opposition leaders Tuesday to refrain from holding rallies ahead of next month’s elections, citing an escalating terrorist threat.

2 homes robbed, valuables stolen

By Ben Phelps · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 11:14 p.m.

Two Bloomington houses were burglarized Monday night in unrelated incidents, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Joe Qualters said, reading from police reports.

Unelectable

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 8:35 p.m.

In the fall 2006, the American people decided they were tired of the direction their nation was headed and shifted their faith from the ruling Republican Party to the Democrats, voting to replace many Republican members of Congress and giving the Democratic Party majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Putting fans first?

By Jacob Levin · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 8:33 p.m.

If you’ve watched more than five seconds of TV this month, you’ve seen advertisements against the Big Ten Network. These advertisements paint the network, a group with exclusive rights to Big Ten games, as a selfish conglomerate trying to stiff the average fan. Comcast and the network are currently locked in negotiations – Comcast wants the network to be a subscription service, but the network wants to be included in general programming.

Democrats for change

Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 8:32 p.m.

Primary season is one filled with uncertainty. Are you a Democrat, Republican or Independent? After you decide to identify with a party, you must wade through the voting records and media spin on the candidates of that party to decide who will receive your precious vote.

Point of no return

By Indira Dammu · Tuesday, Jan. 15,2008 8:30 p.m.

For a young feminist like me, a few dates are committed to memory and are almost biblical in their enormity. January 22 is one of those dates. On this day, the U.S. Supreme Court guaranteed the right to bodily integrity, as determined by Roe v. Wade.