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Experts weigh health care plans

By Kristina Hunter · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 11:52 p.m.

Health insurance might seem complicated, but exploring options isn’t brain surgery. As if landing a job after graduation isn’t difficult enough, looking into jobs with benefits, such as a health insurance plan, might be the last thing on students’ minds. The decision not to look into health care options, though, might be a costly one.

Officials: Sponsorship program needs review

By Audrie Garrison · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 11:47 p.m.

When Nicholas Hipskind sees a promising potential student who just doesn’t look good on paper, IU gives the retired professor what he calls “a gift.” If an applicant to the University gets denied, Hipskind can step in as a faculty sponsor to vouch for the student’s character and help grant him or her special admission.

Epiphany Modeling Troupe holds auditions

By MaryJane Slaby · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:54 p.m.

With 28 returning members, the Epiphany Modeling Troupe will hold its second round of spring auditions from 8:30 to 10 p.m. today in the School of Fine Arts room 015. Interested students should go with their personal style and be creative, said junior Ashlee Green, public relations specialist for the troupe.

BLGT conference shatters stereotypes

By MaryJane Slaby · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:52 p.m.

The Midwest BLGTACC was put on this past weekend on IU’s campus. Many registered before the conference, and about 50 to 100 people registered on the first day. More than 1,500 people attended the conference.

IU faculty advisor and local radio host Helen Harrell sits in her office Tuesday afternoon in Woodburn Hall. Harrell, along with the IU project "Voices and Visions: Islam and Muslims From A Global Perspective," will receive an award from the Bloomington Human Rights Commission.

Student adviser honored with award for human rights work

By Lauren Falk · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:51 p.m.

Hellen Harrell is the host of BloomingOUT, a board member of Bloomington radio station WFHB, a columnist and most recently the recipient of a human rights award.

25 years of ArtsWeek

By Sarah Brubeck · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:45 p.m.

IU professor Ken Weitzman’s “Fire in the Garden” is just one work that fits this year’s ArtsWeek theme, “Politics and the Arts,” which follows up on last year’s focus. The 10-day-long celebration will run from Feb. 19 to March 1.

AROUND THE STATE

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:38 p.m.

A look at events happening around the state.Democrats OK spending $200M from Ind. reserve, Kokomo mayor to discuss auto industry at Yale, and IU Cancer researcher Dr. Stephen Williams dies at 62.

TV exec beheads wife who filed for divorce

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:37 p.m.

Police say an upstate New York television executive who sought to improve the image of Muslims in the media beheaded his wife after she filed for divorce.

Appeals court upholds calories-on-menus rule

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:37 p.m.

A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the city’s regulation requiring some chain restaurants to post calories on menus and menu boards, saying the rule is a reasonable effort to curb obesity.

Khmer Rouge genocide trial opens in Cambodia

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:36 p.m.

The former head of a prison where thousands of Cambodians were tortured then killed for opposing the Khmer Rouge expressed remorse for his deeds as a genocide tribunal got under way on Tuesday.

Carl Thoms, of Terre Haute, points to a basement wall that hides a hidden room in his home on Sunday on Mulberry Street in Terre Haute.

Homeowner finds hidden room, staircase

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:33 p.m.

A man who is renovating a 120-year-old house has discovered a hidden room in its basement – a find he says shows that some old buildings definitely hold secrets.

Stimulus funds state water projects

By Mehdi Ayari · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:30 p.m.

Indiana residents can look forward to better-quality drinking water and wastewater management because of provisions in the anticipated federal stimulus bill.

Subtlety is the best policy

By Jacob Levin · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:22 p.m.

By noon on Tuesday, a story about China’s collapsing exports industry was the fifth-most commented story on Economist.com, down slightly from its ranking as No. 3 just days earlier. It had beaten out stories on the financial crisis and was runner-up to a story on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Crean has it right

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:20 p.m.

Tom Crean’s IU basketball debut gave “starting from scratch” a whole new meaning. Predictably, record-setting losses are occurring.

Stimulus Bill – The ‘Real’ Truth

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:19 p.m.

Barack Obama promised change. Sounds great on paper, but how is he going to back that up?

A fair and good raise for IU staff is needed

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:18 p.m.

As part of the IU staff, I believe that the IU staff needs a real raise this year. The most important reason is that the staff has suffered from unfair wage increases that have not compensated for inflation and the cost of living in Bloomington.

Students responsible for clean elections

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:17 p.m.

With the start of a new IU Student Association election season, I am optimistic about the student response thus far. Tickets have eagerly commenced their campaigns, and it appears that active campaigning will continue until the voting takes place from 10 a.m. March 31 until 10 p.m. April 1.

Quitting the autism blame game

By Sanjay Mohanty · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:16 p.m.

The column I wanted to write – about vaccines, autism and last week’s court ruling that they are unrelated – was going to be triumphant.

A stand, only somewhat dignified

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:14 p.m.

Barack Obama’s decision to sign the stimulus bill yesterday in Denver probably irked a lot of Republicans.

The real ‘Facestalker’?

Tuesday, Feb. 17,2009 10:10 p.m.

One criticism of the digital age is that it decreases face-to-face contact between real human beings. As the story goes, an increase in texts, instant messages and wall posts has put the world at our fingers but has made our understanding of it tragically shallower.

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