IUSA

Program will attempt to prevent suicide with interactive resources

By Jackie Faine and Jacqueline Faine · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 11:01 p.m.

It's hard to fight statistics that say suicide is the No. 2 killer of college students.

Students break for holiday

By Mandy Eid · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 11 p.m.

Even though IU administration policy requires professors to have classes the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving break, that doesn't mean students are attending. While reasons vary from student to student, many skip class to go home early.

Students, faculty debate controversial 'Borat' film

By Jessica Hullinger · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:59 p.m.

Students and faculty debated the merits of the controversial film "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Thursday evening as they discussed its portrayal of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

IU defeats Purdue in blood challenge

By Ryan McLaughlin · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:58 p.m.

Purdue might have snatched the Oaken Bucket out of IU's grasp at the football game Saturday, but the Hoosiers didn't leave West Lafayette empty-handed.

Spring IDS editor in chief selected

By Shannon McEnerney · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:58 p.m.

The IU Student Media Board announced the spring 2007 Indiana Daily Student editor in chief Friday. Senior Kacie Foster, one of the current managing editors, was chosen for the position.

Music school offers podcasts of student performances in video, audio online

By Eric Anderson · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:56 p.m.

The IU Jacobs School of Music recently inaugurated a free podcasting service from the school's Web site.

Coats of injustice

By Alyson Brodsy and Teri Rosenbaum · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:55 p.m.

In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal. This was one of the most crucial elements of American democracy, created back when our nation was an emaciated baby with a big head. (But not cute like TomKat's or Brangelina's baby. Probably more like what I imagine Conan O'Brien and Calista Flockhart's pilgrim love-child would look like.)

'Un-skateable' artwork on display

By Alexa Lopez · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 10:55 p.m.

Boxcar Books and Youth Mural Arts after-school program at Rhino's Youth Center & All-Ages Music Club are working together to put on an art display of old, unusable skateboards.

Hoyer wins race to be House majority leader

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Taylor · Sunday, Nov. 19,2006 9:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats picked Rep. Steny Hoyer to be House majority leader on Thursday, spurning Rep. Nancy Pelosi's handpicked choice moments after unanimously backing her election as speaker when Congress convenes in January.

UPDATE: Hoosiers' bowl bid denied

Saturday, Nov. 18,2006 11:41 p.m.

WEST LAFAYETTE—With bowl eligibility on the line Saturday, the IU football team fell short of its season-long goal of "playing 13" as the Hoosiers fell 28-19 to in-state rival Purdue.

UPDATE:Men's soccer kicked out

Saturday, Nov. 18,2006 11:41 p.m.

The No. 7-seeded IU men's soccer team lost in a shoot-out Saturday night in the third round of the NCAA Tournament to No. 10 seed Santa Clara University.

Hoosier, Boilermaker cyclists to ride for Habitat for Humanity

By Zachary Osterman · Saturday, Nov. 18,2006 11:37 p.m.

Constructing a house is no easy task. But Habitat for Humanity wants to make building a house as simple as riding a bike. With that in mind, the IU and West Lafayette chapters of Habitat for Humanity have organized the inaugural Bucket 100 Bike Tour to raise money for their respective organizations. The two-day bicycle ride starts at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington Friday morning and ends at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette Saturday.

Alumni Association unveils 'crimson glow' to dorms residents, greeks

By Tom Kir · Saturday, Nov. 18,2006 5:13 p.m.

Homecoming week comes as quickly as it goes. But for those planning and promoting the events, homecoming has been in the making for months.

Hoosier hoops holds off Sycamores

By Eamonn Brennan · Saturday, Nov. 18,2006 4:42 p.m.

The IU men's basketball team held off a late surge from Indiana State on Friday night, surviving a 23-3 second-half Sycamore run and winning 73-66.

Like Butler, ISU not to be overlooked

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Corazza · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 11:54 a.m.

Hey, are you ready for this one? IU has played the Indiana State Sycamores four times since 1999. The Hoosiers lost three of them and emerged victorious just once.

Kiss & Tell

By Whitney Mitchell · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 12:54 a.m.

As Mary Beth Kime sat back in the dentist chair, she gazed into the eyes of the oh-so-attractive dentist leaning just inches away from her face. While he performed a routine inspection of her mouth, Kime realized she wasn't the only one who felt the chemistry between them. In a moment their lips locked, but it wasn't long before they fell to the stage floor, groping each other passionately in a very public display of affection in front of the more than 500 in attendance to watch the demonstration of what author Michael Christian calls the "fantasy kiss." Kime, a freshman, and her kissing partner freshman Kyle Alexander are one of the four volunteer couples who bravely took to the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall stage Thursday evening for the Union Board's "Art of Kissing" presentation based off of the international best-selling book authored by Christian, with the aforementioned title.

IU takes road to Oaken Bucket

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 12:29 a.m.

Hollywood could not have written a better script. The IU football team needs just one win to become bowl-eligible for the first time in 13 years. The road to that sixth win goes through Purdue's Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette. "This is what you dream about," senior safety Will Meyers said. "You practice, and you work hard for games like this. Without a doubt, this is what you play for."

2nd Marine gets 1 year, 9 months for Iraqi slaying

By Alyson Brodsy and Thomas Watkins · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 12:29 a.m.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A Marine lance corporal was sentenced Thursday to a year and nine months in prison for his role in the abduction and slaying of an Iraqi civilian last spring.

IUSA leaders defend fee distributions

By Julie Mahomed · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 12:29 a.m.

Controversy surrounding a $5,000 IU Student Association grant to the campus group, Students Against Terrorism, for its Nov. 9 free T-shirt initiative, has led some students to question how the student government distributes student fees. However, IUSA leaders supported their decision and the process of distributing grant money to campus groups.

Etiquitte-business owner says she was duped by 'Borat,' seeks investigation

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Nov. 17,2006 12:29 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The owner of an etiquette business who was handed a plastic bag supposedly containing feces in the hit movie "Borat" says she was told the filming would be used for a documentary in Belarus.