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Escobedo, Everhart pull in titles as IU places 6th in group of 44 teams

By Connor O'Gara · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:58 p.m.

IU wrestlers Angel Escobedo and Nate Everhart both took home titles at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, adding another notch to their career belts and leading IU to a sixth-place finish.

1,500 hopefuls attend 19 Party, narrow choices

By Molly Johnson · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:51 p.m.

This weekend the 19 Panhellenic sorority houses on campus opened their doors to more than 1,500 women to recruit new members for the upcoming year at 19 Party, the first of four recruitment rounds occurring during the next month.

Gov. Daniels cuts $150M from higher ed

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:48 p.m.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced a 6 percent cut in higher education funding across the state on Friday.

Excise police cite 81 people at party

By Alex Benson · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:47 p.m.

Indiana State Excise Police officers issued 84 summonses to 81 people early Sunday morning at a party on Atwater Avenue, according to a press release from the excise police.

Trustees extend McRobbie’s role

By Jake Wright · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:07 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie’s contract will be extended for five more years after a unanimous vote at the board of trustees meeting Friday at IU-Purdue University Indianapolis.

IU starts 3rd H1N1 clinic

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11:06 p.m.

The third H1N1 vaccination clinic will begin today and continue through Wednesday.

Art Mart encourages holiday spirit at Waldron

By Lindsey Ferguson · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 11 p.m.

Girl Scout troops 261 and 256 of Marlin Elementary greeted guests with Christmas carols as they climbed the stairs to the auditorium of the John Waldron Arts Center for the Holiday Art Mart reception Friday.

SoFA gallery provides experiences from classroom to Japan

By Margaret Ely · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:59 p.m.

Although Tina Newberry, associate professor in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, has been teaching at IU for three years, Friday was the first time she saw any of her students’ work displayed in the school’s gallery. Those students are the 21 undergraduates enrolled in Newberry’s painting seminar this fall, and their paintings are hung in the SoFA’s center and west gallery for the BFA Painting Exhibition. The exhibition, as well as the School’s Overseas Study Exhibition, opened Tuesday and ended Saturday.

That’s just, like, your opinion, man

By Matt Straw · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:57 p.m.

The advent of technology has led to a spread in information previously unseen in our society. We now have instant access to any and all information from across the world.

‘Nutcracker’ enchants audience members of all ages

By Lily Miller · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:57 p.m.

Winter ballet warms hearts with classic tale.

Insert clever blog title here

By Tyler Chernesky · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:56 p.m.

Are you on an intensely individual journey toward the meaning of life? If so, you should probably blog about it.

The cost of war

Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:55 p.m.

Defense spending has opened a chasm in the nation’s growing debt. It is a hole that everyone in government is trying his or her best to ignore, but the deficit is not going anywhere anytime soon.

Straight No Chaser returns to IU fan base in April

By Rachel Krasnow · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:55 p.m.

The original Straight No Chaser, a 10-member a capella group, will perform April 12 at the IU Auditorium.

Calling all toilet snobs

By Josh Kraus · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:55 p.m.

Before I even begin to discuss the profound subject matter this article will contain, let me warn you that the word “poop” and all of its derivatives will be used with casual frequency. That being said, let’s continue.

Bloomington Playwrights Project reading adds laughs to Voltaire classic

By Lindsey Ferguson · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:51 p.m.

Laughter filled the Bloomington Playwrights Project on Friday during a staged reading of “Candide Does America,” a modern twist on Voltaire’s classic.

‘Flawed but fair’: more than the U.S. can say?

By Jess Meyer · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:51 p.m.

“Flawed but fair” is the way the April 2008 Bulletin of the World Health Organization described the Sistema Unico de Saude, Brazil’s national health system.

France: A horror story

By Katie Knish · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:50 p.m.

Our program director meant for it to be an end-of-semester discussion of the cultural differences between France and the United States.

Musical Arts Youth Orchestra jazzes up Waldron Arts Center

By Kirk Bradtmiller · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:47 p.m.

The Musical Arts Youth Orchestra presented a small audience of family and friends with a night of toe-tapping jazz music on Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center. The performance consisted of two groups of aspiring musicians whose ages ranged from 12 to 18. The musicians, who come from local middle schools and high schools, gather once a week to practice and express their love for jazz under the guidance of IU graduate student Ben Mathews.

Todd Glass entertains with audience interaction, physical comedy

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:45 p.m.

Stand-up comic Todd Glass made hundreds of people laugh with his quick wit, audience interaction and sheer personality at the Funny Bone Bloomington Comedy Club over the weekend.

Paper art, calligraphy on display at Wandering Turtle for solstice exhibit

By Almondia White · Sunday, Dec. 6,2009 10:43 p.m.

Both craft work with cut paper and Chinese calligraphy are on display from now until Dec. 29 at the Wandering Turtle Art Gallery downtown. With displays by Deborah Klein and Donna Eder, the gallery’s annual solstice exhibit recognizes “the long winter night” season and awaits the “rebirth” season, which is spring, said Rachel DiGregorio, the gallery’s assistant manager.

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