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Congressional races back on

By Mehdi Ayari · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:18 a.m.

Two republican challengers for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District, Mike Sodrel and Todd Young, debated for the first time this campaign season Monday at an IU College Republicans meeting.

Didn’t pass ISTEP?

By Jacob Groves · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:14 a.m.

In his State of the State address, Gov. Mitch Daniels lobbied the General Assembly to pass legislation that will not allow third-graders who do not pass the English/Language Arts portion of the ISTEP examination to advance to the next grade.

New standards offer better library access

Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:11 a.m.

Hoosiers will have more access to the Internet and to public library materials across the state under new standards adopted by the Indiana State Library and Historical Board.

SPEA professors discover higher crime rates in populated land areas

By Rachel Troy · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:10 a.m.

A recent study published by two School of Public and Environmental Affairs professors found the way land is used in a specific area might affect the rate of criminal activity within the area.

Greenwood willing to pay $8 million for I-65

Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:09 a.m.

A central Indiana mayor says his city is willing to pay up to $8 million toward construction of a new Interstate 65 interchange in order to speed up the project.

Fraternity hopes to renew interest in philanthropy

By Hallie Robbins · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:08 a.m.

Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity was founded on seven core values, but the brothers of IU’s chapter are focusing on one in particular this year – service and stewardship. Fraternity member and sophomore Jordan Fromm has organized a spring break trip to Mandeville, La., a suburb of New Orleans, where he and eight brothers will help build homes for Habitat For Humanity.

Maurer School of Law, University Graduate School both see increase in applications

By Molly Johnson · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:07 a.m.

As the recession continues to restructure the job market, more and more people are fleeing to academic institutions as a safe-haven to ride out the economic uncertainty. Graduate programs nationwide have experienced an influx in applications this year, with IU Maurer School of Law topping the charts at a 30 percent increase.

Public intoxication ends in arrests

By VINCE ZITO · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:05 a.m.

The IU Police Department dealt with at least two cases of people returning to residence halls on campus inebriated this past weekend.

Around Bloomington

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Around Bloomington: Events

IU Police respond to call at Foster

By VINCE ZITO · Tuesday, Jan. 26,2010 12:04 a.m.

The IU Police Department responded to an altercation between a female resident of Foster Quad and her ex-boyfriend at 4:28 a.m. Sunday, IUPD Lt. Craig Monroe said.

Research explains easiest way to diet

By Bailey Loosemore · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:58 p.m.

A new research report titled “When weight management lasts: Lower perceived rule complexity increases adherence” looked at food decision-making and the complexity of two particular dietary measures.

Favre's run validates return

By Frank Therber · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:24 p.m.

The time has come for Packers fans to stop the whine from coming with their cheese. Their former quarterback, former hero, former God, is – even while graying in the beard and hair – giving Packer nation even more reasons to cherish his 16-year tenure in Green Bay.

IU head baseball coach Tracy Smith watches the Hoosiers 8-2 loss to Louisville unfold Friday evening at Patterson Stadium. Hoosier pitchers gave up only seven hits but three errors leading to four unearned runs for the Cardinals.

Hoosiers ready to defend title

By Pat Hickey · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:20 p.m.

Coming off a 2009 season with arguably IU’s most talented baseball team in its century-old history, the Hoosiers are going to have to get creative. IU coach Tracy Smith enters 2010 trying to fill a void left from losing three first-round picks and seven total players in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.

'Guitar Idol' takes stage

By Patrick Craig · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:06 p.m.

Guitarists from around Bloomington competed in the fourth-annual Hoosier Guitar Idol Monday at Max’s Place. The event, organized by The Business Careers in Entertainment Club, began as a benefit for the Bloomington Hospital emergency room.

There is nothing sweeter then kinship

By Lily Miller · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:04 p.m.

There’s something really soothing about baking: The heavenly aroma of vanilla, the warmth of the oven, the smiles of familiar faces crowding you as you gently remove baked goods from their respective trays.

IU Ballet Department’s production of ‘On the Edge’ canceled

By Adrienne Kaplan · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 11:02 p.m.

The IU Ballet Department’s production of “On the Edge” – planned to open in two days – has been cut from the schedule.

The world stands with Haiti

By Nathan Wendte · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 8:45 p.m.

Two weeks after an earthquake razed its capital to the ground, Haiti remains the topic du jour. Every morning, few – if any – newspapers lack “Haiti” on the front page. When I get back from school, I notice the stack of my host family’s mail. On top is a Haitian man with his arms stretched wide and his face toward the sky. La Croix is a French daily newspaper, but last week a headline reads in Creole: “Senyè, vin sove nou” (“Lord, come save us”).

Canadian pleads not guilty in terror cases

Monday, Jan. 25,2010 8:43 p.m.

A Chicago businessman pleaded not guilty Monday to making plans for an attack on a Danish newspaper and helping arrange the rampage in 2008 that killed 166 people in Mumbai, India.Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 49, a Canadian national born in Pakistan, intends to fight the charges, attorney Patrick Blegen said after the arraignment.

Bioengineered food on the rise

By Zeynep Altinay · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 8:41 p.m.

The case brought up an on-going worldwide debate about the environmental and health impacts of GM food. GM crops have been altered in a way that does not occur with natural conditions. Latest improvements in bioengineering give scientists the opportunity to select certain genes from one organism and apply them to another to get the desired trait. The question, however, remains whether consumers should be able to identify what products are genetically altered. Unlike European nations, the U.S. law does not require labeling for GM products.

Education key to economy, Chamber says

By Almondia White · Monday, Jan. 25,2010 7:55 p.m.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue illustrated five key points which he said would help create 20 million jobs over the next 10 years in his annual State of American Business address on Jan. 12.