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Ohio State dominates IU, 33-14

By Greg Rosenstein · Saturday, Oct. 3,2009 11:45 p.m.

When IU coach Bill Lynch said that his team has never faced a player like Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor, he wasn’t kidding.

Bob Dylan to return to IU

Friday, Oct. 2,2009 3:15 p.m.

Folk-rock legend Bob Dylan will perform at IU next month, his second trip to Bloomington in two years after performing in October 2007. Dylan will be at the IU Auditorium again at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.

CBS worker arrested in Letterman blackmail plot

By David Bauder · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 11:57 a.m.

NEW YORK — A CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.

Letterman creates brilliant hour of TV from woes

By Lynn Elber · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 11:55 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — It was business as usual for David Letterman and CBS' "Late Show." The band played. The host, dapper as always in a well-tailored suit, recited his monologue; some jokes hit, some missed.

Chicago 2016 Olympics bid eliminated

By Deanna Bellandi · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 11:52 a.m.

CHICAGO — Thousands of people are standing in stunned silence in downtown Chicago after watching the International Olympic Committee choose someone else for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Greek Week brings community together through dodgeball, cornhole

By Bailey Loosemore · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:50 a.m.

From wheelbarrow races to dodgeball games, members of IU’s greek community have been participating in different festivities around campus this week as part of Greek Week.

Umphrey’s McGee jam band lights up IU Auditorium

By Danielle Paquette · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:49 a.m.

An evening of screaming fans, trance-like dancing, rhythmic guitar chords and vibrant varieties of tie-dye culminated to one predominant theme: You must jam.

In a sea of 20-somethings, junior Mary Norman, 54, stands out

By Elvia Malagon · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:47 a.m.

“Every time I walk into a classroom, the students sit up because they think I’m the professor,” said Norman, 54, a continuing studies student. “And I sit down and they are like ‘I can’t figure out, who is she?’”

RHA delays IMU meal point vote

By Jake Wright · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:45 a.m.

Despite the support of four student organizations, the proposal to have meal points in the Indiana Memorial Union might be postponed if the Residence Halls Association does not approve it.

IU prepared for OSU’s Pryor

By Greg Rosenstein · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:42 a.m.

IU football coach Bill Lynch said the Hoosiers' biggest challenge Saturday will be No. 9 Ohio State’s dual-threat sophomore quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the preseason Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

Golfers trying to move beyond ‘mediocre’

By Kevin Bowen · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:28 a.m.

The Hoosiers are coming off 13th and 15th place finishes at the Olympia Fields Invitational and the Ping/Golfweek Invitational, respectively, which are two of the biggest college tournaments of the fall season.

After weekend tournament, team could get NCAA bid

By Justin Albers · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:27 a.m.

IU coach Randy Bloemendaal tried time and again to explain to his players that they could compete with any team or athlete in the nation before last weekend’s UVA Ranked Plus One tournament.

Americans, the dumb cowboys

By Caitlin Ryan · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:25 a.m.

“Oh, you are from America – everything’s bigger in America,” is how I am often greeted by my European classmates. This generally leads into a fairly interesting discussion of the stereotypes we carry about our respective countries.

Top teams meet in Pennsylvania

By Kyle Abrell · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:25 a.m.

After thrashing the competition the past few meets, the IU cross country teams are met with their biggest test in their young season Friday in Bethlehem. Pa. The Paul Short Invitational brings in several ranked opponents for the Hoosiers.

2 games set in Iowa this weekend

By Aaron Siegal-Eisman · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:24 a.m.

IU goes to Iowa City, Iowa, to play the Hawkeyes for its second Big Ten game on Friday and will see the Golden Bears on Saturday.

Dancing for Durga, playing with fire

By Emily Ridout · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:23 a.m.

Last Friday, my yoga class came to an abrupt halt as my teacher entered with a picture of the goddess Durga, lit some incense, broke a coconut, threw some flowers and said a prayer.

6-0 at home, IU ready for 2 home games

By Pat Hickey · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:23 a.m.

After experiencing a minor speed bump in their strong start to the season last weekend, the Hoosiers (8-3-0) return home this weekend to play No. 20 Michigan State on Friday and Illinois on Sunday.

IU plays at home after Purdue road win

By Drew Allen · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:21 a.m.

Now three games into the Big Ten season, each conference opponent the IU volleyball team has faced has been ranked at some point in 2009.

No. 9 IU heads to California to take on No. 11 UCSB

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:18 a.m.

Two ranked opponents in one week with a nine-hour flight in between is not what IU coach Mike Freitag wanted for his No. 9 team.

Absence makes the Hoosier heart grow stronger

By Ryan Winn · Friday, Oct. 2,2009 12:16 a.m.

Ignorance is bliss for the Hoosiers. While Thomas Gray certainly didn’t have the IU football team on his mind when he wrote his much-referenced poem in 1742, his words ring true in the Hoosiers’ 2009 Big Ten season.