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Van Gogh and daily life: How 'Starry Night' affects your favorite movies

By Ryan Brown · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 7:38 p.m.

In a recent random survey of about 30 students living in Forest Quad, 94 percent were familiar with Vincent van Gogh's 19th-century painting "Starry Night." It has become such an important icon for art that almost everyone has seen it on a poster, in a calendar, or in other random places.

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Sorority recruitment ends in smiles

By Michelle Manchir · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:47 a.m.

Freshman Lucy Rodriguez beamed as she stood among her new sisters in matching navy and gray hooded sweat shirts upon the steps of Delta Gamma on Sunday afternoon. "I couldn't be more excited," she said, clasping her fingers. Rodriguez was one of more than 800 women who received invitations to be members of one of the 19 Panhellenic Association sorority chapters at IU.

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RPS dealing with damaged asbestos

By Shannon McEnerney · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:40 a.m.

IU staff discovered and removed potentially hazardous asbestos in 39 dorm rooms during inspections over winter break, according to Residential Programs and Services.

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National guard servicemen receive warm welcome

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:40 a.m.

ELLETTSVILLE -- No one would know by looking at the faces of the soldiers waiting on the floor of the Edgewood High School gymnasium Saturday evening, but the throngs of people in the bleachers were cheering for them.

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Hill returns to office, focuses on health care, oil dependence

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:34 a.m.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. -- For Rep. Baron Hill, the second time around is a little sweeter than the first. The fourth-term Democrat took the oath of office as 9th District Congressman on Saturday in the Lee H. Hamilton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse after defeating Republican Mike Sodrel Nov. 7 during one of the closest and most-watched congressional races in the country.

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Partial stadium demolition begins

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:07 a.m.

IU must tear down to build up. First to go are Memorial Stadium's north end-zone bleachers, a demolition that began last week. Fifty-five million dollars later, new weight-training and basketball-practice facilities and softball and baseball complexes will adorn the IU campus.

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IU has chance to make noise in Big Ten

By Ryan Corazza · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:05 a.m.

This isn't your normal Michigan State squad. Saddled with injuries in the ever-important early fall months of the season, the Spartans were forced to use assistant coaches to fill in for players during practice sessions.

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Welcome Home

By Aaron Beard · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:03 a.m.

On a day when most IU students funneled back on campus for the start of a new semester, the IU men's basketball team had its own homecoming. The Hoosiers returned from a 74-67 loss at Ohio State on Tuesday for their Big Ten home opener Sunday at Assembly Hall. With a rowdy home crowd behind them, the Hoosiers rolled to a decisive 73-51 win against Michigan State, moving their Big Ten record to 1-1. Sunday's victory is the ninth consecutive win for the Hoosiers when opening Big Ten play at Assembly Hall.

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Men's and women's track open new season

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:56 p.m.

With a season that will see them travel to places as far as Palo Alto, Calif., and Auburn, Ala., the IU men's and women's track-and-field team kicked off the 2007 season with some old-fashioned home cooking.

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Top-ranked Buckeyes seek BCS crown

By Ralph D. Russo · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 11:54 p.m.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- A new era of college football begins tonight with No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Florida playing a game that's grown too big to be called a bowl.

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IU School of Medicine expects physician shortage

By Michelle Manchir · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:43 p.m.

Enrollment at the IU School of Medicine will have to increase 30 percent to meet the state's future health-care demands, requiring a boost of enrollment, especially in first-year students, which currently is at 280, school officials said.

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