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IU to pay $113.5 million for dorm renovations

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Dec. 11,2007 11:03 p.m.

The IU board of trustees has approved a five-year plan to upgrade housing for 2,000 students at an estimated cost of $113.5 million. The renovations call for the construction of a new housing facility at the former Ashton Complex and the conversion of Forest and Briscoe dorm rooms to suite-style housing.

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IU to pay $113.5 million for dorm renovations

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Dec. 11,2007 11:02 p.m.

The IU board of trustees has approved a five-year plan to upgrade housing for 2,000 students at an estimated cost of $113.5 million. The renovations call for the construction of a new housing facility at the former Ashton Complex and the conversion of Forest and Briscoe dorm rooms to suite-style housing.

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Hoosiers hand Kentucky a beatdown

By Michael Sanserino · Tuesday, Dec. 11,2007 6:50 p.m.

With two starting Hoosier guards on the bench and his brother Joe defending him, freshman guard Jordan Crawford put the IU men’s basketball team on his back and carried it to a 70-51 win against rival Kentucky on Saturday. IU vs. UK photo gallery (12/08/2007)

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Group rallies for global warming prevention

By Erich Reinhard · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 11:20 p.m.

In conjunction with International Day of Action in Bali, Indonesia, activists demonstrated at the local level Saturday morning on Kirkwood Avenue to get people to urge Rep. Baron Hill and other lawmakers to take prompt action against the perceived threats of climate change.

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New coffee shop coming to Kirkwood

By Shane Hobson · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 11:19 p.m.

Sherwood Oaks Christian Church plans to open a coffee shop at 315 E. Kirkwood Ave. in January called “The Pour House.” All profits will go to poverty relief programs.

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IU to broaden Asian relations

By Michael Reschke · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 11:15 p.m.

Students will be encouraged to study abroad in Asian countries as a result of a new strategic plan for the greater internationalization of IU.

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Letter to Santa

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 11:01 p.m.

When you look past all that “peace on earth,” “give to the less fortunate” business, Christmas is, above all, a time of judgment: Who’s naughty and who’s nice? Who will get an Xbox 360, and who will get coal and an arse-whupping by Santa’s scary Austrian demon enforcer, the Krampus? (Google it – I couldn’t make that stuff up.) So, with the big day approaching, I want to take this opportunity to clear the air between Santa and myself. I’m just worried that, with so many people on his list, Santa will merely glance at my file and – without considering noble intentions, extenuating circumstances or perfectly reasonable explanations – tell his infernal Alpine uber-spanker to whittle up a hickory switch.

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Awards, schmawards

By Stefania Marghitu · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 11 p.m.

If there’s one thing you’ve learned in 2007, let it be this: Awards don’t matter. Sure, Kanye West will tell you differently – but he might be the only one. In 2006, Lily Allen garnered widespread success for her album, “Alright, Still.” She also became notorious for dropping truth bombs about everything from her fellow artists to – you guessed it – awards. When Lily was nominated for four Brit Awards – that’s the British equivalent of the Grammys – she told MTV news she would not win any of them. She stated that the judging committee were predominantly Universal Records insiders, so an obvious bias is formed.

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Reelin’ in the years

By Abby Schwimmer and Ab Schwimmer · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 10:59 p.m.

Creepy. That is truly, honestly the only word that even comes close to accurately describing the experience I had over Thanksgiving break. My mom, my sister, my brother and myself visited relatives in Chicago, and for once, I wasn’t the one being plagued by the dreaded “What do you want to do with the rest of your life?” question. Instead, every three seconds, great uncle such-and-such would ask my brother, who is a junior in high school, where he was planning on going to college. Even worse, my sister is a senior in college, so as soon as Random Relative X finished with the typical “Hi, how are you?” pleasantries, he or she would immediately ask her what jobs she was applying for.

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Thought crimes

Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 10:58 p.m.

In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that students and teachers do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” But that decision has not described the status quo for quite some time. That decision came from the famous Supreme Court decision for Tinker v. Des Moines which upheld the right of students to engage in expressive activity as long as it did not substantially disrupt school. The case of Morse v. Frederick in June has become the latest case to further define the constitutional rights of students in a restrictive and narrow manner. Most of you probably know of the Morse v. Frederick case because of the famous “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” poster that got a high school student before the Supreme Court.

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FALL SPORTS WRAPUP

By Aaron Beard · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 10:45 p.m.

See the Monday, Dec. 10, edition of the IDS for a wrap of fall sports at IU.

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Backups shine in blowout of Kentucky

By Chris Engel · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 10:39 p.m.

Fans on both sides of the Ohio River might have guessed the IU men’s basketball team was ripe for an upset once they heard that freshman guard Eric Gordon and sophomore guard Armon Bassett would sit out of Saturday’s game against Kentucky.

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With a wink and a smile, Crawford shines

By Jonathan Hines · Sunday, Dec. 9,2007 10:38 p.m.

Eric Gordon sat wasting away in his warmups. Armon Bassett was dressed in his Sunday best on the sidelines. As tip-off approached for IU’s game against Kentucky, it appeared the “Curse of the White Out” had struck before the opening whistle ever blew.

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