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Unarmed?

By Stephen Hammoor · Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 9:27 p.m.

“We came unarmed – this time,” multiple 9/12 protest signs threatened during a demonstration in D.C. Well, next time came. A man carrying a loaded gun in a thick swarm of people at a town hall meeting opened fire on his Congresswoman entering the building.

You’re not from Chicago

By Josh Kraus · Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 9:25 p.m.

There is an irritating phenomenon plaguing our school on par with fixed-gear bikes and “pimps and hoes” theme parties. It is the practice of declaring residence in Chicago, when perhaps you’re really from a distant suburb such as Lake Forest – a mere moon relative to Chicago’s orbit.

Some things are just bad

By Tyler Chernesky · Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 9:23 p.m.

So I’m in a class about ethics, and I’m not really buying it. Sure, I love the hypothetical discussions of what’s good to do when, but I get so bothered when it all boils down to being relative, when the goodness or badness of something is decided by the context of the culture.

MacTaggart, Gruter lead Hoosiers in opening weekend

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 5:33 p.m.

It might be early, but the IU men’s tennis team is already winning championships. Freshman Josh MacTaggart and junior Santiago Gruter both claimed titles at the Hoosier Invitational this weekend, the first tournament of the fall season.

Sprite step-off results

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 4:27 p.m.

Here are the results of Saturday's step off competition held in the Memorial Stadium parking lot.

New state rule forces changes in education school graduation requirements

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 3:58 p.m.

New proposed Indiana Department of Education rules will require IU's School of Education to change graduation requirements.

America of appletinis

By Chris Nelson · Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 3:49 p.m.

America, get it together. What happened to you?What happened to our leather skin? What happened to whiskey instead of appletinis? What happened to having fun and worrying about the consequences later? We need a little more of that old western feel back in our lives

Envisioning a peaceful world through sustainability

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 3:45 p.m.

In our minds, it comes down to this: we won’t achieve peace in the world until our lives have become sustainable.

No. 8 IU downs FIU in double overtime

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 3:45 p.m.

The No. 8 IU men’s soccer team defeated Florida International 2-1 in double overtime Sunday to even up its record at 1-1 on the weekend at the University of Akron Tournament.

IU Athletics looking for student section T-shirt designs

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 1:50 p.m.

IU Athletics has opened up its competition for crafting the IU Student Section T-shirt for the 2009 men's basketball season.

IU cross country wins big

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 1:47 p.m.

The IU men's and women's cross country teams won in convincing fashion at the Indiana Intercollegiate on Friday.

Jacobs fellow Clint Needham receives award

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 1:34 p.m.

Clint Needham, a doctoral fellow in composition at the Jacobs School of Music, received a 2009 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation Morton Gould Young Concert Music Composer Award.

3 arrested for false statements in US terror probe

Sunday, Sept. 20,2009 10:03 a.m.

DENVER — The FBI arrested a 24-year-old Colorado man on charges of making false statements to federal agents in an ongoing terror investigation, and supporting documents contend the man admitted receiving weapons and explosives training from al-Qaida in Pakistan.

IU defeats Akron 38-21

By Greg Rosenstein · Saturday, Sept. 19,2009 5:13 p.m.

AKRON, Ohio — With two close wins to start the season, the IU football team needed a big victory to make a statement to the rest of the Big Ten. And with their 38-21 win, the Hoosiers did just that.

Akron beats IU men's soccer 1-0

Friday, Sept. 18,2009 9:43 p.m.

A goal with less than 15 minutes to go from Akron midfielder Michael Nanchoff propelled the Zips past IU in a 1-0 contest Friday.

Soulja Boy Tell'em to perform Saturday at Sprite Kick-off

Friday, Sept. 18,2009 3:50 p.m.

Soulja Boy Tell'em is slated to perform at the Sprite Step Off on Saturday in the Green Parking Lot.

Irving’s uncle: IU is out

Friday, Sept. 18,2009 3:25 p.m.

In a major shift from information given only a couple weeks ago, IU is out of the mix for the No. 4 point guard in the nation, Kyrie Irving, his uncle Sye Dean told Adam Zagoria of Zagsblog. Formerly, it was believed that Indiana and Duke were Irving’s top two schools, and that he would definitely take a visit to both.

Pickens presents plans to protect national security

By Brian Spegele · Friday, Sept. 18,2009 12:57 p.m.

Billionaire energy entrepreneuer T. Boone Pickens told campus and community members in a speech Friday morning that continuing to import upward of 65 percent of the country’s oil is among the United States’ greatest national security threats.

Arrest in Yale homicide prompts questions about employee screenings

By Jamie McMahon and Ryan Hebel · Friday, Sept. 18,2009 11:44 a.m.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Thursday’s arrest of Yale University employee Raymond Clark for the murder of Yale graduate student Annie Le — as well as conflicting reports regarding Clark’s character — have led some to question how Yale could hire a man capable of such a horrific crime in the first place.

Indiana's jobless rate drops to 9.9 percent

By Deanna Martin · Friday, Sept. 18,2009 11:36 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana's unemployment rate dropped to 9.9 percent in August, but state officials say its too early to tell whether the decline marks the beginning of a trend.

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