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BIG WEEKEND

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- During Sunday's Big Ten match, Michigan State celebrated 50 years of Spartan soccer. But afterwards, it was the Hoosiers -- not the Spartans -- who went out for ice cream.

BIG STREAK

With the way September was going, the Hoosiers might not have wanted to see it come to an end. But so far, October isn't looking too bad for them either. The IU women's soccer team defeated Michigan State 1-0 Friday night in East Lansing, Mich., to close out the first undefeated September in the program's history. IU followed that up with a 2-1 win Sunday in Ann Arbor, Mich., against Michigan to extend the team's unbeaten streak to 10 games.

Greek houses synchronize swim, splash for charity

Clad in swimming trunks, cropped white T-shirts and fabric knotted around their heads, four members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity somersaulted into the Health, Physical Education and Recreation pool Friday night to Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)."

Students seek forgiveness on Yom Kippur

IU contemplates outsourcing services

Administrators are considering hiring private contractors to handle some University operations.

33 teams fight for annual Cardboard Boat Regatta crown

Hundreds crowded the IU Outdoor Pool Friday Afternoon to test their sailing skills by launching small homemade boats to see which craft could best endure the pool's waters.

Ashton's 'Cinderella' has 1st American performance

CHICAGO -- Wendy Ellis Somes is explaining to a ballerina portraying the Summer Fairy in "Cinderella" how to capture the languid essence of her solo: Think of how caramel would react on a steamy Chicago day, she suggests.

Stores sell Amish clothing for those who don't sew

MIDDLEFIELD, Ohio -- It was recently Fashion Week in New York City, with plenty of lights, cameras and action on the runways.

I'll rock your (North) face off

Brrrr. This weekend was cold. So cold, in fact, that I saw girls wearing warm Ugg boots with their miniskirts and belted tanks at every party I went to.

'Ugly Betty' on ABC is television season's top-rated new series so far

NEW YORK -- America might be falling for America Ferrera, the star of ABC's "Ugly Betty," an underdog that has become the most-watched new series of the fall television season so far.

Symposium shows off experiments in new media, technology

Juniors Tyler King and Jason Nelson were on their way to Roots Juice Bar on Saturday morning when they stopped dead in their tracks to gawk at the sight before them. Artist Robert Derr donned a suit covered in shiny disks and a neckpiece composed of four cameras. He was walking down Kirkwood Avenue.

Democrats, White House call for investigation into e-mail scandal

WASHINGTON -- Democrats demanded Sunday that House Republicans keep them in the loop and thoroughly investigate former Rep. Mark Foley's inappropriate e-mails to a 16-year-old boy. The White House went further, suggesting the need for a criminal probe.

Tropical storm Xangsane batters central Vietnam; 6 dead, hundreds injured

DANANG, Vietnam -- Tropical storm Xangsane barreled across central Vietnam on Sunday, leaving at least six people dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands of homes damaged, officials said.

Upcoming events around city still need volunteers

Several charity organizations around Bloomington are in need of volunteers and the Bloomington Volunteer Network is asking college students to donate a little time to the community. Some opportunities around the city only require a few hours of students' time and are offering free gifts as an extra incentive.

2 Sept. 11 hijackers appear in 2000 video posted on British newspaper Web site

LONDON -- Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, smiles and jokes with another hijacker before the two turn serious and speak intently to a camera in a video posted Sunday on a British newspaper's Web site.

Religious organization hosts global warming discussion

The It's Easy Being Green Festival didn't start off with the blue skies and shining sun pictured in the event's posters. Instead, a massive rain cloud threatened to wash out IU student Carlton Glassford's plans for this first annual concert for vegetarianism and biodiesel awareness.

Weekend festival brings musical tribute to vegetarianism

The It's Easy Being Green Festival didn't start off with the blue skies and shining sun pictured in the event's posters. Instead, a massive rain cloud threatened to wash out IU student Carlton Glassford's plans for this first annual concert for vegetarianism and biodiesel awareness.

Lack of donations hurt Hoosier Hills food bank

Hordes of food rise to the ceiling at the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. Distribution trucks sit outside the squat yellow building near the corner of 11th and Fairview. Volunteers and staff are ready for the responsibility each day brings.

Apathy's toll

A woman bludgeons her pregnant friend, rips the fetus from the womb with scissors, kidnaps her other three children, drowns them and leaves their corpses to rot in the washer and dryer. A man uses MySpace to stalk six high school girls, takes them hostage in their school and proceeds to sexually assault each of them, before shooting one in the head and committing suicide. If these events in the past week haven't stopped you in your tracks and made you question your comfortable niche in the world, then you're either inhuman or numb.

Postmodernism vs. principle

The renowned essayist Christopher Hitchens delivered a spirited barrage of arrows in the direction of those "easily offended fascists" for whom "everything that is not absolutely compulsory is absolutely forbidden." A solitary clap rang out from Alumni Hall. "A rather tentative beginning to the defense of civilization," Hitchens replied.