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Hoosiers look to build on success

Hoosiers co-host tournament with Kentucky

Campillo played a lot of golf over the summer. His accomplishments included a win in the Spanish Amateur Championship and placing well in golf tournaments all over the world.

No rest for weary Hoosiers

The mood this week at women’s soccer practice was shockingly upbeat. Last Sunday, the Hoosiers (2-3) were outplayed in the finale of the Hoosier Classic and were defeated 3-1 by underdog Cal Poly. The loss placed the Hoosiers in a disappointing third for the tournament.

Looking to rebound

Heading into his weekend matchups against No. 24 UCLA and San Diego, both in Los Angeles, sophomore midfielder Rich Balchan said he feels good about his team’s chances.“We are moving forward and are confident going into this weekend,” Balchan said. “I’m honestly not too worried about (UCLA). If we just play our game, we will be fine.” The No. 19 Hoosiers, 1-1-2, are hoping to rebound from a 4-0 loss this past weekend against Dartmouth in South Bend. The outcome was the largest margin of defeat in the program’s history.

Shakespeare in the Park to begin Friday evening

Monroe County Civics  Theater will present “Two Gentlemen of Verona” as part of Bloomington’s Shakespeare in the Park series. “We have the most talented and strongest casts in my memory of Shakespeare in the Park,” said Sheila Butler, co-director for the civic theater.

Cans Film Festival to benefit food bank

Bloomington might not be France, but Rachael’s Cafe is bringing its own version of the Cannes International Film Festival to town, only with a greater purpose. The Cans Film Festival will raise funds and food for Hoosier Hills Food Bank.

Kinsey opens nude photography exhibit

Rich and culturally explicit photographs will capture the Bloomington community with a nude and erotic portrayal of the human body. The Kinsey Institute Gallery will be host to a reception and lecture Friday by artist Herbert Ascherman Jr. showcasing about 60 of his diverse photographs.

Men’s recruitment to kick off Friday

Dunn Meadow will be full of new recruits Friday afternoon, and it’s not for IU football or basketball. This time the recruits are potential fraternity brothers at the Fall Fraternity Recruitment Kick-Off.

IU English professor honored with 2009 Mark Twain award

Sanders will receive the 2009 Mark Twain Award on May 8, 2009 in East Lansing, Mich. The award is for a distinguished author who resides in the Midwest and contributes to the benefit of Midwestern literature. The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature selected Sanders for the award.

Black student orientation to celebrate Bloomington

At a University that enrolled less than 1,700 black students last fall, officials worry that those students feel uncomfortable and underrepresented.

Safe stolen from local restaurant Tuesday night

Police officers say a safe was stolen at 11 p.m. Tuesday from the Grazie Italian Eatery. The black safe holding undisclosed items weighs more than 200 pounds, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada, reading from a police report.

Barn dance benefits land trust

Barn dancing and land conservation are normally two unrelated topics, until now. The Sycamore Land Trust, a locally-based land conservation group, will host a barn dance to raise funds Friday at the Beehunter Farm in Bloomington. The Sycamore Land Trust is hosting the event with music from local band Fiddle ‘n’ Feet. To greet and educate guests, there will also be animals on display from Wildcare Inc.

Sept. 11 ceremony honors firemen, police everywhere

Fire engines and police cars lined the street outside of City Hall on Thursday morning for a Sept. 11 Remembrance Day ceremony organized by the City of Bloomington. The ceremony opened with the presentation of colors by the Bloomington Police and Fire departments as the public and other elected officials watched them raise the flag to half-staff. Fire Department chaplain Harold Godsey opened the ceremony with a prayer blessing for the people in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, and he blessed the people of Bloomington for their dedicated service every day.

Students adjust to bus changes

Campus Bus announced in July that all core routes, including A, B, D, E and X, would reduce services by 19 percent this fall, mostly at night and on the weekends. Some students are still learning about the changes.

Don’t be fooled

With the recent attention on Sarah Palin being chosen as Sen. McCain’s running mate, I would like to know why phrases like “Governor Palin is pulling the woman vote” are being used. The word woman is clearly standing in for white, upper-middle class, heterosexual women. I find this shocking. I don’t think anyone could make the argument that a politician was pulling male votes. This statement just seems too broad. Why is it okay then to generalize women or people of color? Just because all women share the same sex organ or black people share the same skin color does not mean these groups will vote the same way or for the same reason.

Multicultural benefits

The Journal of the American Medical Association published an article this week showing the results of a study that found “white students at the most racially diverse medical schools are more likely than students at other schools to report being prepared to serve people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.” While the findings of this result are not surprising by any length, the fact that such a study is still newsworthy highlights the inherent obstacles minorities still have to confront on a day-to-day basis. Of course, our society has made great advances in the past year alone. One of the major political parties has nominated a black man to its ticket, and the other responded by choosing a female running mate.

Crash course

The world could have quite literally ended Wednesday morning, and chances are you had no idea anything deadly was even happening. A doomsday situation involving a global catastrophe or the appearance of an enormous black hole was actually possible. But again, you more than likely had no clue about any of this. It’s extremely disappointing that the majority of the mainstream media glossed over the fact that scientists flipped on the largest, most powerful particle-blaster in history 100 meters underground early Wednesday morning.

External bus revenue necessary

Recently, the public transportation provided by both IU Campus Bus Service and Bloomington Transit have been cut by about 19 percent and 3 percent, respectively, due to the rising cost of diesel fuel and other expenses. Both transportation operators have had to cut services because of a lack of additional revenue to cover rapidly increasing costs.

Status: Facebook doomed!

The end is nigh! Robert Frost suggested the world would either end in fire or in ice, and T.S. Eliot postulated it would end not in a bang but in a whimper. They’re both wrong: It ends with a click! This week, the mad demigods of technology have unveiled an “advance” that holds the potential to destroy humankind and all we hold dear. Once activated, there will be no stopping it, no negotiating with it, merely the icy hand of death as our world is ripped apart by forces beyond our comprehension. Oh, sure, they might claim that this is all doom-mongering, that their intentions are benevolent and the experiment harmless, that everything is under control. But such arrogance shall reap naught but tragedy, and the piper will demand payment of us all!

Former official: Bush OK’d U.S. raids in Pakistan

President Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former intelligence official with recent access to the Bush administration’s debate about fighting al-Qaida and the Taliban inside the area.