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Middleton returns to camp, Hagerup retains starting role

Football reporter Lee Hurwitz updates the Hoosiers' week of practice.

IU golf coach accepts assistant job at Southern Cal

IU assistant coach Josh Brewer was named the assistant coach for men’s and women’s golf at perennial powerhouse Southern California, ending a six-year term at IU.

Hillel BBQ bash welcomes new Jewish students with food, friends

The Helene G. Simon Hillel Center kicked off the school year with its 19th annual BBQ Bash where more than 600 students gathered for food, friends and fun among IU’s Jewish community.

Russian PM Putin questions NATO ship presence

Congo plane crash kills 17, leaves no survivors

Fantasy football, week 1

Finally, we will no longer have to scratch tally marks into the concrete walls of the NFL-less prison which summer brings.

IU guides show freshmen the way

Standing in the 90-degree heat with their “ask me” buttons gleaming in the sun, clans of IU guides directed the dazed and confused freshmen to their destinations for their first two days of classes.

New Orleans mayor: Please don’t come home yet

Anxious evacuees across the country clamored to come home Tuesday after Hurricane Gustav largely spared New Orleans and southern Louisiana, but they were cautioned to wait for the restoration of power and other critical services knocked out by the storm.

New Student Service Day refreshes Bloomington

New students connected to each other and the Bloomington community Monday afternoon as they participated in service projects at 19 local nonprofit organizations.  

IU golf coach accepts assistant job at Southern Cal

IU assistant coach Josh Brewer was named the assistant coach for men’s and women’s golf at perennial powerhouse Southern California, ending a six-year term at IU.

The Pancake House

I liked John McCain. Even as a Democrat, I was tempted to vote for him (scary thought)! Also as a combat veteran, I honor his distinguished military service. He came on apolitical. He railed against careless, wanton oil drilling. He criticized top-heavy tax cuts for the rich. This old warrior seemed the consummate moderate maverick. Then he sold his political soul to the Bush regime – you know, those folks who have taken America several steps backward economically and internationally.

Fortunately, Florida ban on academic travel to Cuba lifted

In 2006 the Florida Legislature approved a bill that prohibited public colleges from using state funds, private donations or grants to “implement, organize, direct, coordinate or administer activities related to or involving travel to” countries identified as terrorist states by the U.S. Department of State.In other words, Florida colleges and universities were barred from sending faculty members and students to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.The bill was passed in part because a Florida International University professor and his wife, a university employee, were accused of spying for Cuba, but election year hysterics no doubt helped, along with the perception that being tough on Cuba is important when it comes to getting ahead in Florida politics.

Offended, not inspired

I can’t recall any other time where I have felt as patronized as I did when Sarah Palin, the Republican choice for vice president, compared herself to Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton. 

Perfect picks

I’m a pretty happy guy in general, but I couldn’t be happier with the vice-presidential selections of the major party candidates. I was thrilled to hear that Barack Obama had nominated that loveable gaffe machine, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., a 36-year-long testament to “politics as usual” and the very definition of a Washington insider. Biden might not add a lot to the campaign’s theme of “change,” but he sure does represent a lot of hope; that is, the Democrats “hope” he can make it until November without saying anything too outrageously stupid or getting caught plagiarizing.

Faux feminism

To say that Senator John McCain has a problem with women is an understatement. The Republican presidential candidate has recommended his wife for a topless biker pageant, joked about rape and even expressed his opposition to legislation seeking equal pay for women. So perhaps it was a shrewd move when the senator recently picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin  as his running mate in an effort to humanize him. Of course, it helps with the supposedly disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters, too, or at least that’s the calculation here.

Author speaks at Buskirk-Chumley, refutes 9/11 Commission Report

In a speech loaded with quotes from high-ranking government officials, engineers, journalists and Popular Mechanics magazine, David Ray Griffin attempted to prove that the United States was responsible for the atrocities that took place on Sept. 11, 2001.

New partnership might offer more local tech jobs

The Bloomington Economic Development Corporation and the city of Bloomington have announced the creation of the Bloomington Technology Partnership, an advisory council consisting of local businesses and education leaders that hopes to use the initiative to bring and keep more technology-based employment opportunities in Bloomington.

Coffeehouse Nights provide art, coffee, free food

Coffee. It wakes students up in the morning, keeps them up at night and supposedly cures those hangovers. So why not brew up another venue for this stimulant?

Motivational Mentos, musical inspiration

I was recently given the almighty and powerful task of writing a music column. I accepted the challenge gracefully and leapt and bound the entire block back to my humble abode.