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Big changes expected in Main Library

Last academic year, Main Library users logged on to computers a total of 609,545 times and printed 4,930,767 pages. It's safe to say demand is high for work space at the library.

Lucky No. 7

IU might only have eight wins on the season, but the team has figured out how to beat Michigan seven straight times. The Hoosiers' 62-53 victory was IU's third straight, and sixth in the last seven games.

Taser death suit settled for $500,000

The family of a Bedford man who died in 2003 while in police custody will receive a total of $500,000 from Monroe and Lawrence counties, the lawyer for the family confirmed.

Freshman D.J. White breathes life into team

The Hoosiers found their new A.J. Moye Wednesday. With 8 minutes and 5 seconds left in the game, D.J. White took a no-look pass from junior guard Marshall Strickland and flushed it.

Bloomington social services seek $81,000 in community support

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced new budget allocations for federal housing assistance dollars -- a 5 percent decrease for the Bloomington community.

A runway in Ballantine

IU Auditorium fosters variety in shows

Acrobats, dancers and Broadway musicals will take to the IU Auditorium stage this semester. IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher said he hopes the season stuns and excites audiences throughout Bloomington and Indiana.

Around The Arts

Indiana Public Interest Research Group will hold a Tsunami Relief Benefit at 7 p.m. tonight at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Performers will include Jenn Cristy, Paris, Salaam and Sophia Travis. All proceeds from the show will be donated to the American Red Cross to aid the Indian Ocean Relief Effort.

women discover inner author

Award-winning songwriter Beth Lodge-Rigal leans forward and with an excited voice, describes the "ripple effect" she hopes to initiate by teaching the Bloomington branch of classes called Women Writing for (a) Change.

Around The Campus

IU researches have played a monumental role in the genetics revolution including the observation of Life Sciences Week, taking place Jan. 22-29. The Indiana State Museum interactive exhibit "Genes and Your Health" will be displayed until May and then will move to other museums around the state.

Group seeks community bond through food

From those looking to nutrition as a career to students simply interested in healthier eating, the IU Dietetics Club can benefit the mind, resume and stomach.

Graduating EA Sports rep to leave void in campus program

While many students are just barely scraping by trying to pay for college by working in the food courts, senior Brent Coyle is getting paid to play video games.

Barehanded Roethlisberger will attempt to beat Patriots Sunday

PITTSBURGH -- Ben Roethlisberger is issuing this warning to the Patriots: The gloves are coming off for the AFC championship game. Roethlisberger is one victory away from becoming the first rookie quarterback to take a team to the Super Bowl. But since he threw two interceptions in a playoff victory over the Jets while wearing gloves, Roethlisberger's handwear has become Pittsburgh's No. 1 topic of debate.

Getting back to the basics

If you consider yourself an A-list partier and well-connected around campus, perhaps IU would hire you to head up a "fun bureaucracy" -- or at least Harvard would.

NHL lockout talks move forward

The bid to jump-start NHL labor negotiations has done just that, spawning a second round of talks in an effort to save the hockey season. Union president Trevor Linden and NHL board of directors chairman Harley Hotchkiss spoke Wednesday at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, and the sides were planning to meet again Thursday in Toronto.

Think of the players

It seems to happen every year. All across the country, the biggest names in the football coaching world file their change of address forms. Twenty-two football coaches were fired this year for one reason or another, including IU's Gerry DiNardo. Some of the replacements were big names, some were relatively unknown. But those who were the real losers in the midst all the new coach excitement are the players.

Pop the racism, America

In fifth grade at Indian Creek Elementary, my English teacher assigned each student a two-page report on an influential African American for Black History Month. Because there were 26 people in my class, each of us was to pick a letter out of a hat and choose a historical figure whose name began with that letter.

Jets' Doug Brien knows a kicker's story all too well

If you can believe it, there actually was one NFL player this weekend whose head hung lower after his team's loss than Peyton Manning's and the Colts'. I'm talking so low that he could see between his legs when he walked, so low that he constantly ran into things, so low that ... well, you get the picture. His name you ask? Doug Brien. Wait, Doug who? You know, he's that kicker for the Jets who blew the game by missing two field goals in the final 2:20 of their contest against the Steelers Saturday.

Democracy for allies too

Two years ago, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf promised to step down as head of Pakistan's army before the end of 2004. Just before the New Year, in typical dictatorial fashion, he broke his own word and decided to keep the most powerful job in the country.