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Column: Agent issues in college athletics reflects NCAA flaw

By Frank Therber · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 11:23 p.m.

Hopefully sooner than later, there will be some initiative taken by someone to correct the long overdue problem of unscrupulous sports agents giving college athletes illegal benefit, writes national sports columnist Frank Therber.

Former basketball player transitions to volleyball team

By Aaron Siegal-Eisman · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 11:21 p.m.

Sophomore Lindsay Enterline was recruited to play basketball. After two years under coach Felisha Legette-Jack, Enterline joined the school’s volleyball team in August.

Distinguished Latino Alumni Award honors current ASU professor

By Katie Dawson · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 10:16 p.m.

Carlos Ovando will receive the Distinguished Latino Alumni Award from the Latino Alumni Association — a group connected with the IU Alumni Association on Saturday.

Latino Heritage Month concludes, mission continues says Casillas

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 10:15 p.m.

Though the 22nd annual National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration ended last Friday, the message it tries to spread still lasts, IU’s Latino Cultural Center Director Lillian Casillas said.

Sorority gives food bank volunteered time

By Hallie Robbins · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 10:14 p.m.

Members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority are “giving back” by donating time — rather than money — to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank.

County registration numbers skewed due to inactive voters

By Michael Auslen · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 9:11 p.m.

This year, there are 91,313 registered voters in the county, compared to 91,532 during the last election.

State police to initiate county sobriety checkpoint

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 9:08 p.m.

The Indiana State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in an undisclosed location in Monroe County on Friday, Oct. 22.

Jacobs masters student pioneers new way of constructing horns

By Jake Wright · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 8:54 p.m.

Growing up in North Carolina with a French horn player for a father and a clarinet player for a mother, Jacob Medlin’s decision to play an instrument was obvious.

Farm brings in pumpkins from different location due to drought

By Colleen Sikorski · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 8:54 p.m.

Mark Freeman has memories of customers struggling to carry his large locally-grown pumpkins to the counter, but now those pumpkins aren’t so local.

With fall season comes the flu

By Jillian Miers · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 8:50 p.m.

It’s that time of year again when you might want to ask yourself: Have I gotten my shot yet?

The economic cost of ignorance

By Celia Grundman · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 7:17 p.m.

The GOP has generated a myth of desiring small government while generating most of the nation’s debt.

Free speech and human idiocy

By Casey McGlasson · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 7:15 p.m.

At times, reading headlines can be dangerous to one’s sanity.

Staff editorial: Sesame Street goes Afrocentric

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 7:14 p.m.

Having caused buzz with the introduction of an HIV-positive character in the Nigerian version of the children’s series, Sesame Street recently featured a little black girl singing the bouncy tune “I Love My Hair.”

Christine O'Donnell and the people's republic

By Matt Straw · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 7:08 p.m.

I caught by accident a section of Christine O’Donnell’s “debate,” which aired recently on CNN, where she again thankfully affirmed that she is not a witch.

IU tight end named to midseason watch list for award

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 4:55 p.m.

IU freshman tight end Ted Bolser was named to the John Mackey Award midseason watch list on Tuesday.

Bloomington Faculty Council approves calendar proposal

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 2:51 p.m.

The Bloomington Faculty Council met today for the third time this semester and approved the proposal to revise the Bloomington Campus Calendar.

Associate professor talks Twitter on CNBC

Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 1:48 p.m.

IU professor Johan Bollen made an appearance on CNBC on Tuesday for the “Twitter Predictor,” mood-tracking tools that analyze content of a large-scale collection of Twitter feeds.

State police initiate Monroe Co. sobriety checkpoint

By VINCE ZITO · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 12:22 p.m.

This Friday, Oct. 22, the Indiana State Police will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in an undisclosed location in Monroe County.

Column: Don’t like what you’re seeing in IUSA? Change it.

By Zach Ammerman · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 1:18 a.m.

IUSA’s constitution includes a provision that allows the student body to propose constitutional amendments via a petition with 10 percent of the student body’s signatures. Here are some amendments I suggest would be the most beneficial.

Congressional candidates debate at Buskirk-Chumley Theater

By Mary Kenney · Tuesday, Oct. 19,2010 12:56 a.m.

With only two weeks left until Election Day, 9th District Congressional seat candidates debated Monday about issues ranging from the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell military policy to tax cuts.

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