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Eli Lilly faces criticism for pay raise

By Andrew Anderson · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 5:39 p.m.

Last year was a bad year for Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. The company faced a continued fall in stock price, government fines and bad publicity. This year looks no better. Last week, Lilly agreed to an $18.5 million settlement with the Arkansas Attorney General’s office over false advertising of the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa.

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Refugee orphans find peace in US foster homes

Monday, Feb. 22,2010 4:35 p.m.

Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the genocide of the Sudan that killed his parents. The 9-year-old fled to neighboring Kenya, where he survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp. Majok remained in limbo for eight years, waiting for any country to grant him refuge. Now 17, Majok has found safety in the home of Paul Boulanger, a 68-year-old single father who has fostered three dozen refugee children in 30 years.

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Daily life amid national debt

By Nathan Wendte · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 4:30 p.m.

Amid the bustling side streets of ancient Athens, tucked among the ubiquitous storefronts hawking everything from gilded icons to phallic bottle openers, is a quaint shop called Agora Ethnic Jewelry. Having made a purchase the day prior, I approach a kind salesman with a few questions on conducting business in a nation whose debt has reached Olympian proportions.

IU Swim Team

Hoosiers defend Big Ten title

By Caitlin Ursini · Monday, Feb. 22,2010 12:16 a.m.

The decisive win the IU women’s swimming and diving team had been looking for all year could not have come at a better time. The No. 14 Hoosiers became back-to-back Big Ten Champions on Saturday, finishing 185.5 points ahead of second-place Minnesota.

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Cook Group gives $15M to IU Athletics

Monday, Feb. 22,2010 12:14 a.m.

The IU Athletics Department received a major financial boost on Sunday when IU President Michael McRobbie and Athletics Director Fred Glass announced the largest single gift in the department’s history.

Basketball

First-half deficit too much for IU

By Zina Kumok · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 11:58 p.m.

Despite the many things the Hoosiers (9-17, 3-11) did wrong Saturday night, the team managed to keep its turnovers down to nine, below its average of 15.2.

IU Sing

IU Sing Competition keeps tradition alive with song

By Hallie Robbins · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 11:53 p.m.

When the curtain fell on the last act during Saturday’s portion of IU Sing, “Pop! All that was pop. All that is pop. All that will pop,” the pop stopped for another year, and the IU Student Foundation directors and committee members took the stage.

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RHA tickets campaign, promote platforms

By IDS staff · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 11:49 p.m.

Campaigns are well under way as Residence Hall Association elections are closing in. Voting will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 2 in each of the residence halls, and each ticket is hoping that its campaigning will pay off.

Peter Servaas

SerVaas races based on experience

By Claire Wiseman · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 11:43 p.m.

Peter SerVaas wants to finish what he started. After almost a year as IU Student Association President, the junior from Indianapolis is running for a second term, this time as the candidate for Vice President for Administration on the iUnity ticket.

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Around sports

By IDS staff · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 10:18 p.m.

Men's tennis beats Harvard, the softball team struggles and the wrestlers finish above .500.

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IU women's tennis upsets No. 10 Tennessee

By Max McCombs · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 10:15 p.m.

She was there for the 0-7 loss in 2007, the 3-4 decision in 2008 and another 0-7 defeat last year. In her time at IU, senior captain Lindsey Stuckey had never been on the winning side of the Hoosiers’ annual tilt with the Tennessee Lady Vols. That changed Sunday.

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Concert benifits Middle Way House

By Lauren Younis · Sunday, Feb. 21,2010 9:38 p.m.

Crowds gathered Saturday in the Collins Living-Learning Center to see five bands perform a benefit show for the Middle Way House, an organization offering support to victims of sexual and domestic violence.

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