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Nation’s 50 million Social Security recipients to get 2.3 percent adjustment

By Martin Crutsinger · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:37 p.m.

Come January, Social Security benefits for nearly 50 million Americans are going up 2.3 percent, the smallest increase in four years. It will mean an extra $24 per month in the average check, the government announced Wednesday.

Pope names 23 cardinals, including Texas prelate

By Nicole Winfield · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:36 p.m.

Pope Benedict XVI named 23 new cardinals Wednesday, giving Texas its first “prince” of the Roman Catholic Church in a clear recognition of the growing Latino presence in the U.S. church.

Spice Girls greatest-hits album to be available in stores Nov. 13

Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:18 p.m.

NEW YORK – Wanna be the first to score a copy of the Spice Girls greatest-hits album? You’ll have to go through Victoria’s Secret to get it. The newly reunited British girl group’s CD will be available starting Nov. 13 at Victoria’s Secret stores and on the company’s Web site in the U.S., Capitol Music Group said Tuesday.

IU reaches record amount of donors, receives $268.5M

By Kyle Doehla · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:17 p.m.

A record number of donors was recorded as IU received $268.5 million in private-sector support in 2007. President Michael McRobbie announced IU’s accomplishment Monday. The large sum of gifts from donors and non-governmental research grants reached the third highest level in IU history, according to an IU press release.

Course schedule no longer offered in printed form

By Peter Stevenson · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:17 p.m.

News that there will no longer be a print edition of the IU schedule of classes has been met with mixed reactions from staff, faculty and students. From now on, the schedule will only be available on the Registrar’s Web site.

McRobbie, Hutton unveil cornerstone for new Honors College expected in Dec. 2008

By Anne Purcell · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:16 p.m.

More than a hundred people gathered in Dunn Meadow Wednesday for the new Hutton Honors College cornerstone ceremony, which marks the beginning stages of its construction at the corner of Seventh Street and Woodlawn Avenue.

‘The Real Thing’ debuts Friday

By Jeff corso · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:16 p.m.

In every healthy relationship, there are said to be several key elements: trust, honesty and respect. But what happens when all of these things are completely thrown out the window?

Colbert tosses his hat into GOP ring

By Jake Coyle · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:06 p.m.

NEW YORK – Stephen Colbert has announced his candidacy for president on “The Colbert Report,” tossing his satirical hat into the ring of an already crowded race.

Singer-songwriter Matt Gold performs this weekend at the Waldron Arts Center

By Casey Baksa · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:05 p.m.

Musician Matt Gold returned home early Monday morning, exhausted from a short, busy trip to New York.

What is Art?

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 10:03 p.m.

After I purchased my tickets for this Friday’s Bob Dylan performance at Assembly Hall, I rushed to catch the 6 bus home, where I did the one thing that dominated my mind – watched all four hours of Martin Scorsese’s, “No Direction Home.”

Unplug coach Sampson’s phone line

Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 8:34 p.m.

When IU hired Kelvin Sampson in March 2006, it hired a man who brought some baggage to Assembly Hall. Most everyone knows about his teams’ poor graduation rates, as well as the sanctions the NCAA placed on him for impermissible phone calls while at Oklahoma. At first, it was sort of a big deal. Then Sampson pulled the coup of the century by luring Eric Gordon away from Illinois and then followed that up by leading the team into the second round of the tournament. Going into Hoosier Hysteria, asking anyone about the infractions would’ve warranted a response like, “Huh? Eric Gordon? What?”

Run Al run?

By Tristan Reitz · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 8:32 p.m.

Al Gore is perhaps the biggest example of what is wrong with modern politics, and the current presidential candidates could learn a lot from him. During his eight years as vice president, he was largely thought of as a bore. He was an intelligent man with an unfortunate knack for putting people to sleep with every speech he gave. Unfortunately, he was so disliked that in 2000 he lost to George W. Bush, one of the most unimpressive candidates we have ever seen. That was Al Gore the politician, the man who followed every safety rule in the political book.

Those we leave behind

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 8:31 p.m.

Generally speaking, it’s not wise to repeat bad ideas. Yet President Bush is pushing for Congress to renew his 2001 “No Child Left Behind” law that created universal standards and tests to measure student proficiency in reading and math. Under the law, schools that fall below the government-mandated standards are dubbed failures.

Can I get an amen?

By Dave Dawson · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 8:30 p.m.

Attention, Jews: Ann Coulter, the strongest case for the abolition of the First Amendment and the self-proclaimed voice of American conservatism, thinks you have some room for improvement. In fact, last week on Donny Deutsch’s CNBC show, “The Big Idea,” Coulter declared exactly what you have to do to make said improvements – convert to Christianity.

Don’t jump the gun

By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 8:20 p.m.

I noticed two articles in the Washington Post early this week that made me think that one of two things had happened: either I had stepped into an alternate bizarro dimension, or the First Amendment had been repealed and the government had taken control of the media.

Folklore educates students about ghosts, hip-hop

Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 6:46 p.m.

The cobbled streets of Fess Avenue are filled with small, quaint houses that resemble small-town America. Some of those houses hold IU’s Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, a nationally known program.

Armed robbery reported near College Avenue Kroger

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 5:12 p.m.

The Bloomington Police Department is investigating an armed robbery on South Morton Street.

Le Dernier Cri

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 4:08 p.m.

High fashion, to me, is an art form. There is so much that goes into it that it is hard for me to think of it any other way. But what happens when high fashion is exploited? The result is what we are now seeing at lower-end stores such as Target and Kohl’s: legitimate, established designers doing collections for mass-market retailers.

Before IU visit, Dalai Lama stirs international controversy

By Brian Spegele · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 9:18 a.m.

Just weeks before his Bloomington visit, the Dalai Lama became trapped in the middle of another international political firestorm Tuesday – straining relations between the United States and China.

Officials decide not to send e-mail alerting students to shooting

By Natalie Avon · Wednesday, Oct. 17,2007 1:04 a.m.

After the IU Police Department told campus administrators that the shooting situation around the 1300 block of West Arch Haven Avenue was contained, the decision was made not to send out a mass e-mail alerting students about the shooting, said IU spokesman Kirk White.