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IU senior missing since Thursday night

IU senior Daniel Eliot, has been missing since Thursday night, according to police. No friends or family members have spoken to or seen him, and he is not answering his phone, said his father, Ronald Eliot. Friends and family became alarmed when he did not show up Friday to his job as a student teacher at Carmel High School.

IU uses 5K as training run for season

There are few times in sports when fans are able to share the same field as collegiate and professional athletes.

No. 10 Hoosiers improve to 2-1

In a game that was much closer than the rankings would have suggested, the No. 10 Hoosiers (2-1) defeated the Ball State Cardinals 2-1 Saturday.

IU offense shines in victory

As members of the IU women's soccer team huddled together after their game Saturday, fireworks from nearby Memorial Stadium shot up in the air above them.

Hot air ballooned

As the Hoosier players linked arm-in-arm march alongside and behind IU coach Terry Hoeppner, a football not made of pigskin appeared in the end zone. Within seconds, the football -- inflated with hot air -- ballooned its way into the sky. This "football-up-high" signaled the game's opening kickoff -- not to the fans filling the stadium but perhaps to the fields filled with tailgaters too tanked to know the reason they were drunk in the first place.

Hoosiers test the trails at Community Run

While both athletes and fanatics alike prepared for the IU Community 5K Run on Friday, it was nothing more than another day of conditioning for the IU men's cross country team.

IU Art Museum gets hands-on

Bloomington resident Marilyn Kittredge sees the world through a slice of Swiss cheese.

Adieu, Andre: Agassi's career ends with 3rd-round loss at Open

NEW YORK -- Crouched alone in the silence of the locker room, a pro tennis player no more, a red-eyed Andre Agassi twisted his torso in an attempt to conquer the seemingly mundane task of pulling a white shirt over his head. Never more than at that moment did Agassi seem so vulnerable, looking far older than his 36 years, wrestling not simply with his bad back but also with two overwhelming and conflicting emotions.

University of Chicago professor picked to head COAS

IU officials announced Friday that Bennett Bertenthal, a professor of psychology and computational neuroscience at the University of Chicago, will take over as the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Bertenthal has been a member of the University of Chicago faculty for almost six years, researching the perceptual, motor and cognitive development of the brain, according to an IU press release. He is also a former assistant director of the National Science Foundation.

2 top-rated recruits visit campus

Two top high school basketball recruits were in Bloomington for an unofficial visit to the campus this weekend. Eric Gordon Jr. and Derrick Rose dined with IU juniors D.J. White, A.J. Ratliff, IU coach Kelvin Sampson and other Hoosier basketball personnel Friday night at Yogi's Grill and Bar. The two high school seniors were also at Assembly Hall on Saturday afternoon with members of the basketball team and coaching staff.

Defending the Rock

IU coach Terry Hoeppner knows that when he addresses his team, there are times his old-school words of wisdom don't hit the mark with his players.

IU wins opener despite 'self-inflicted wounds'

Friday night before the season opener against Western Michigan, IU coach Terry Hoeppner and the football team saw the movie, "Invincible," the story of a 30-year-old bartender who surprisingly made the Philadelphia Eagles' roster.

FOR THE KIDS

FOR THE KIDS-- Samuel Pandolfi, 11, (right) pets Spidey, a pugapoo, with his brothers (from left) Ariel, 5, and Joel, 3, Sunday at the Fourth Street Festival.

Yeagle has standout weekend

Even though the results from the IU men's soccer team's games this weekend were "disappointing," the play of freshman forward/midfielder Darren Yeagle gave the Hoosier faithful something to look forward to for the rest of the season.

'The Luck of the Irish'

The IU men's soccer team gave up the most goals in a single game in the team's 33-year history Sunday, and junior goalkeeper Chris Munroe took all the blame.

FOURTH STREET FESTIVAL

Ivy Richardson, 5, checks out her painted face in the mirror at a children's booth at the Fourth Street Arts and Crafts Festival Saturday.

Chicago kicks off 6-week celebration for architect Louis Sullivan's 150th birthday

CHICAGO -- For a guy born 150 years ago, architect Louis Sullivan has been in the news a lot lately. Unfortunately, not much of it has been good news for buildings designed by the man considered one of America's most influential architects.

Site offers new textbook technology

Purchasing textbooks consumes time and money -- two things most college students are short on. But now CampusBooks, an online comparison shopping service, may have a way for students to buy cheaper textbooks in less time.

Alejandra Penaloza, left, dances with the group Sangre Boliviana during the 19th Annual Bolivian Festival at the Prince William County Fairgrounds Sunday, in Manassas, Va.

IU might sanction students cited by IUPD for alcohol violations

More than 150 IU students will soon have to make amends with the Monroe County Prosecutor's Office for illegal drinking activity during their first two weeks on campus.