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IU-Tube Follies

Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 9:23 p.m.

As a new marketing ploy, IU recently created a series of videos titled “Hello, My Name Is Indiana University” and broadcast them over YouTube. These videos, which feature real IU students, are an attempt to “put a face on the University” and attract potential students in a new way.

Protest

Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 9:04 p.m.

Protesters march to Jena High School on Thursday in Jena, La.

Thousands rally in small town of Jena, La., to support 6 black teens charged in school fight

By Mary Foster · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 8:58 p.m.

Thousands of chanting demonstrators filled the streets of this little Louisiana town Thursday in support of six black teenagers initially charged with attempted murder in the beating of a white classmate.

Nick’s landmark to remain visible

By Elizabeth Dilts · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:09 a.m.

The Nick’s English Hut sign on the east side of the building looked lost this week behind the scaffolding and construction of the new building next door. Tartan Realty Group is erecting a three-story apartment and retail building on the old Jiffy Treat property, located at 425 E. Kirkwood Ave., directly next to Nick’s.

Newspaper seeks 911 tapes in sisters’ deaths

By Associated Press and Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:08 a.m.

RICHMOND, Ind. – The local newspaper and authorities are in a dispute over whether the tape of a 911 emergency call and other records involving two teenage sisters found dead six days apart in their family’s home should be made available to the public.

Pelfree’s criminal past

By Sara Amato · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:07 a.m.

Friday was not the first time Pelfree has dealt with law enforcement.

Accused murderer pleads not guilty

By Sara Amato · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:03 a.m.

The Monroe County man accused of murdering two men in late March is pleading not guilty.

If the glove don’t fit – acquit

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:03 a.m.

Dear O.J., You’re an idiot. Plain and simple. You might even be the dumbest criminal alive. You make Pacman Jones look like an angel.

Hoosiers go on ‘discovery trip,’ open fall season at Wake Forest tourney

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12:01 a.m.

After about a week of practices, the IU women’s tennis team is gearing up for its first fall tournament, the Wake Forest Invitational, which will take place this weekend in Winston-Salem, N.C. While this tournament will not determine team rankings, it will eventually influence individual rankings at the end of the season. More importantly, it will allow coaches to get a feel for the strengths and weaknesses of this year’s Hoosier squad, which features four freshmen. “It’s a get-your-feet-wet tournament,” IU coach Lin Loring said.

Celestial celebration

By Amanda Bridgman · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12 a.m.

In China when the crops have been gathered and heavy work in the fields is over, family members and friends get together to give thanks for the prosperous year.

Online only: Don't Keep it

By Peter Chen and Ayesha Awan · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12 a.m.

I want to like them a lot -- but just because they're the best rapping liberal Whole Foods intellectual girl group doesn't mean they're any good.

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By Elizabeth Dilts , Abdullah AlShihri and Anne Flaherty · Thursday, Sept. 20,2007 12 a.m.

You have a decision to make, according to Meredith, the most beautiful woman on TV with scarred lips. That opening motif in the third season of Grey's Anatomy carries through more than intern-doctor adultery, ferry-boat catastrophes and mothers with Alzheimer's.