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Sig Ep wins national Buchanan Cup award

By Hallie Robbins · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 8:36 p.m.

This summer, the chapter members of the reestablished IU fraternity accepted the prestigious Buchanan Cup, which honored the organization for its progress, strong leadership foundation and adherence to fraternity-wide principles.    

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Absurdity and suicide

By Mark Dunbar · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 6:22 p.m.

The “relationship between the absurd and suicide” has unfortunately taken on global implications, particularly in recent months, with the United States’ economy in apparent turmoil once again. “Suicide” is perhaps too extreme language when describing the decline of the American economy.

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Failure to load

By Sarah Hann · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 6:20 p.m.

If you’re going to do something, do it well. What’s the point of doing a half-assed job? If you put forth the effort to do something — whatever that something may be — then why would you not put forth the effort to make it good?

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New around here?

By IDS staff · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 12:39 a.m.

From Bus schedules to dining halls and working out. We've got the schedules you need. Plus check out the first events of Welcome Week.

Spring Football Game

Starting quarterback competition down to 3 underclassmen

By Max McCombs · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 12:26 a.m.

The IU quarterbacks remain a long way from where IU Coach Kevin Wilson said he would like them to be by the season opener Sep. 3 against Ball State University. At this point in the fall practices, the competition has effectively been narrowed down to sophomores Dusty Kiel and Edward Wright-Baker and true freshman Tre Roberson.

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IU works to improve US university graduation rates

By Kourtney Liepelt · Tuesday, Aug. 23,2011 12:18 a.m.

While most research about graduation rates focuses on the students, a new survey, conducted by the Project on Academic Success at IU and the Center for Enrollment Research, Policy and Practice at the University of Southern California, explored the policies and programming different institutions nationwide are implementing to improve student persistence.

Map of busy roads

Places to avoid during Welcome Week

By Zach Ammerman · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 11:33 p.m.

With Welcome Week fast approaching and thousands of students about to move in to Bloomington, things can get a little hectic. These are some roads you may want to think twice about before using.

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Recession 2.0

By Nico Perrino · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 11:20 p.m.

As proof that our government and its “expert” economists haven’t learned anything from the 2008 financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled earlier this month that the Fed plans to keep interest rates near zero “at least through mid-2013.”

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Once upon a summer in Bloomington...

By Michelle Sokol · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 11:18 p.m.

While the students were away, life on campus slowed but didn’t stop. The strong winds of a summer storm blew a top football recruit right into Memorial Stadium, and the temperatures during the scorching heat wave were not the only numbers on the rise.

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I want a normal president

By Nick Jacobs · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 11:17 p.m.

Okay, I’ll admit it; I’m not a terribly bright guy. Sometimes when I don’t know what I’m doing, I just walk around and tend to get into peoples’ way. What I don’t understand scares me.

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IU alumni represent Hoosiers at PGA Championship

By Abby Liebenthal · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 10:30 p.m.

Only a few years ago, former Hoosier golfers Shaun Micheel, Dan Olsen and Jeff Overton were competing for Indiana in collegiate events. Today they are playing on the professional tour, representing the IU men’s golf program at major events such as the Professional Golf Association Championship, which took place Aug. 8 through 14 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Ga.

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Despite Indiana-Akron ties, Yeagley doesn’t see a rivalry

By Nathan Brown · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 10:28 p.m.

Assistant coaches under famed former Indiana Coach Jerry Yeagley helped the Indiana men’s soccer program hoist the national championship trophy in both 2003 and 2004. Coaches Todd Yeagley and Caleb Porter returned only a few years after graduating to help their alma mater capture College Cup titles, which had eluded both men during their stints as leaders of the Hoosier soccer team.

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Young team looks to change fortunes

By Micah McVicker · Monday, Aug. 22,2011 10:25 p.m.

IU Women’s Soccer Coach Mick Lyon said he will think positively and use the opportunity provided by his team’s youth to make some tactical changes to help the team win more close, low-scoring matches. Over the past three seasons in 1-0 matches, the Hoosiers are 7-7, including five consecutive matches in 2008 when IU lost 1-0 to open the Big Ten schedule.

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