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Club's motion-sensor light project prompts installation in dorm lounges

By Christine Lunde · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:35 p.m.

The nine students in the Environmental Business Club are trying to help make the campus more environmentally friendly and the University is listening. On Dec. 14, they presented a plan to Residential Programs and Services directors about ways to cut back on light use in residence hall lounges.

IU receives high rankings in faculty productivity for several programs

By Alisha Chaudhary · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:24 p.m.

A survey brought out by Academic Analytics at the end of January ranks 14 programs at IU-Bloomington and two at the IU School of Medicine among the best in the country.

Journalist discusses Iranian politics

By Christina Stigliani · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:23 p.m.

Iran's political culture is more vibrant than most Western democracies, journalist Danny Postel told students during a lecture in Woodburn Hall Tuesday night.

Kelley to open location in Carmel this fall

By Whitney Wyckoff · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:21 p.m.

Starting in August, Kelley School of Business students will be able to take courses for the first two years of the three-year evening MBA program from a satellite location in Carmel, Ind.

CIA campaign uses Facebook

By Andrea Knapp · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:20 p.m.

Students often join Facebook groups started by their best friends or roommates, but now a national government agency is behind one.

IDS Presents: Chancellor Ken Gros Louis

By Maria Srour · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 11:08 p.m.

University Chancellor Ken Gros Louis, a native of Wilton, N.H., received his undergraduate degree and masters from Columbia University and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1964. He has been at IU for 43 years. In 2006, he became the first University-wide chancellor since Herman B Wells died in 2000.

IU diver set to represent U.S. for second year

By Brian Buckey · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:47 p.m.

On Jan. 26, IU diver Christina Loukas browsed the USA diving Web site looking for her name. Later that day, Loukas got a call from diving coach Jeff Huber confirming what she saw.

Gates: Troop buildup 'not the last chance'

By Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates held out hope Tuesday that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued violence and political reconciliation are met.

Man assaults woman after she runs red light

Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:29 p.m.

Bloomington Police are still looking for a man who assaulted a woman after she ran a red light at the intersection of Third Street and Pete Ellis Drive Monday night said BPD Detective Sgt. Jeff Canada.

2nd man charged in murders of South Bend homeless men

Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:28 p.m.

SOUTH BEND -- A second man charged with murder in the deaths of four homeless men, over what police describe as a dispute over scrap metal, was transferred Tuesday to the St. Joseph County Jail. Randy Lee Reeder, 50, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on four counts of murder. He was transferred to the St. Joseph County Jail after appearing before a Michigan judge on Monday to waive extradition. He was being held without bond.

Cancer society volunteers urge $1 rise in cigarette tax

By Deanna Martin · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:28 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Nearly 300 volunteers for the American Cancer Society lobbied lawmakers Tuesday, urging them to pass a $1 increase in the state cigarette tax. "With 300 of us in the snow, the bad weather and the cold, it shows our dedication and our strength," said Brenda Davis, who came to Indianapolis from Mitchell. "We mean business."

County workers again find paycheck errors

By Brian Spegele · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 10:27 p.m.

Monroe County will likely pay about $30,000 for assistance from an outside accounting firm, following errors in employee paychecks for the third consecutive pay period. The mistakes were discovered Friday, after a software glitch in the county's computer systems overrode some human calculations, causing some government employees to receive incorrect paychecks, said Iris Kiesling, president of the Monroe County Commissioners.

IUAM Noon Talk series continues Thursday with graphic artist

Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 8:15 p.m.

The IU Art Museum will feature a gallery talk by James Reidhaar from 12:15 to 1 p.m. tomorrow. Reidhaar, who is an associate professor of graphic art, will give a talk about work from his "Then and Now: Eternal Subjects, Eternal Processes," collection. Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Noon Talk series will present "A Machine for Seeing," featuring speaker Tim Kennedy, a painting, drawing and design lecturer.

Local band RLYL brings life, unique sound to IMU Gallery

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 8:14 p.m.

On Feb. 1, the smell of Starbucks coffee flowed through the air while the sound of Bloomington indie band Red Leather Yellow Leather awakened the empty ghost town known as the Indiana Memorial Union. The performance was part of a concert series called NOISE, which is held every Thursday in the IMU Gallery.

Singer brings her love of opera from China to the U.S.

By Katie Ingmire · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 8:13 p.m.

IU soprano Jing Zhang got her big break by singing in a public restroom. Zhang, 21 years old at the time, was in a restroom warming her voice up for a Metropolitan Opera master class at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music after realizing the practice rooms were closed.

UPDATE 3:58 p.m.: Man assaults woman after she runs red light

By Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 7:40 p.m.

Bloomington Police are still looking for a man who assaulted a woman after she ran a red light at the intersection of Third Street and Pete Ellis Drive on Monday night.

Online Only: Meal-point mania

By Julia Boriss · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 6:59 p.m.

So freshmen, I hear that 75 percent of your meal points are now rolling over to next year. Don't think I'm not thrilled for you, because I am. But allow me to tell you a tale from a time when this was not the system.

YouTube in the U.K.

By Megan Robb · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 6:57 p.m.

OXFORD, England -- Missing Thanksgiving was tough for American students studying abroad last term. But for many, the feeling of loss last November pales in comparison to the excruciating absence of the Super Bowl and its infamous advertisements last Sunday.

Death by exposure?

By Brian McFillen and Brain J. McFillen · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 6:57 p.m.

As you've probably heard already, Time magazine's pick for its 2006 "Person of the Year" was "You" (as in "all of us"). Inspired by the rise of YouTube, Wikipedia and MySpace, Time celebrated the Internet's empowerment of the average person: the fact that we -- acting as our own movie studio, our own record label, our own newspaper, our own publicist -- have provided the content that has made the Web the most powerful tool of our time.

Vacuum your cat

By Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Feb. 6,2007 6:57 p.m.

I experienced a phenomenon recently when I was visiting home. I was up in my room doing whatever it is I do (probably playing with matches or reading Judy Blume). Suddenly I heard my mother's voice calling from downstairs. She uttered those words that no one ever expects to hear.