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IU still looking for 1st league win after rough weekend on road

By Nathan Hart · Wednesday, Nov. 28,2007 12:31 a.m.

The IU ice hockey team started the season with five convincing wins, averaging seven goals per game while allowing less than two goals against per game.

Freshman Crawford suspended for 3 games; Mike White will not redshirt

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Nov. 28,2007 12:30 a.m.

Just a few minutes before the IU men’s basketball team took the floor for its 83-79 win against Georgia Tech, J.D. Campbell, director of athletics media relations, handed out a sheet of paper to the media seated in Assembly Hall.

Terre Haute’s sitting mayor calls for recount, mayor-elect protests claim

By Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 11:58 p.m.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The city’s mayor-elect says a challenge by the current mayor to his election should be dismissed on a technicality: It does not include his middle initial on the paperwork.

High school students can earn credits early

By Elvia Malagon · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 11:56 p.m.

Beginning in fall 2008, students at Bloomington High School North and Bloomington High School South will be able to obtain college credit through the new Bloomington Early College Program.

Lake County could join state with tax

By Alexandra R. Moses · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 11:55 p.m.

CROWN POINT, Ind. – The Lake County Council has backed a plan that would make it the last of Indiana’s 92 counties to adopt a local income tax.

Immigrant to serve 10 years for plotting with terrorists

Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 11:05 p.m.

A Somali immigrant was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday for plotting to blow up an Ohio shopping mall with a man later convicted of being an al-Qaida terrorist.

Talks toward a deal resume for Israelis, Palestinians

By Matthew Lee · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 11:04 p.m.

Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to immediately resume long-stalled talks toward a deal by the end of next year that would create an independent Palestinian state.

Hoosiers under national spotlight against Georgia Tech in Big Ten/ACC Challenge

By Chris Engel · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:48 p.m.

The IU men’s basketball team will look to rebound from last Saturday’s loss when the Hoosiers host Georgia Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge at 7 p.m. today on ESPN.

IU tops Georgia Tech 83-79 in Big Ten/ACC Challenge

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:48 p.m.

IU survived a scare from Georgia Tech Tuesday night by topping the Yellow Jackets 83-79. For more coverage check out the IDS Basketblog

Parents of dead students use Facebook to connect

By Ab D. Phillip and Jesse North · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:39 p.m.

To Dawn Burke, Facebook had only been a simple Web site where her children used to post funny pictures and chat with friends. But when her daughter died, it became a way for her to reconnect with her child and begin the long, uncertain process of healing.

Striking Hollywood writers to resume negotiations

By Gary Gentile · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:37 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – The first day of talks since movie and TV writers went on strike produced no public updates or word if any progress was made –but it did trigger a promise to meet again.

Latest round of Broadway strike negotiations ends without a deal, but union says ‘no breakdown’

By Michael Kuchwara · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:36 p.m.

NEW YORK – Talks ended Tuesday morning between striking Broadway stagehands and theater producers without a deal to end the labor dispute that has darkened theaters for more than two weeks.

School of Education to study technology use

By Cheryl Thomas · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:36 p.m.

The IU School of Education will partner with the Granato Group, a Washington, D.C.-area company, in a $3.1 million project that will assess the use of technology in classrooms nationwide from now until April 2009.

Fans can meet Hanson through ‘The Walk’

By Kristi Oloffson · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:35 p.m.

Hanson, a trio of brothers who have been playing music since their childhood, will be welcomed to Bloomington for the second time since 2005, but this time with a new purpose. Before Thursday night’s performance at The Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St., they will lead “The Walk.”

Advocates for Community Engagement form connections

By Lindsay Davis · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:35 p.m.

IU named 13 new Advocates for Community Engagement this fall, adding to the nine already in the program. The program, which began in 2000, started out with just three students and is quickly growing.

PJs in public?

By Claire Burke · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:34 p.m.

When I wake up in the morning, I am excited to get dressed. As I scrub my hair in the shower and apply my makeup, I think about what I am going to wear. Most days, with the exception of the occasional fat day or the more frequent oh-my-God-I-have-nothing-to-wear day, I look forward to shedding my pajamas and getting ready to face the world looking my best (or at least looking decent).

Jacobs student wins composition award

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:33 p.m.

Graduate student Nikolas Jeleniauskas not only sings, dances and plays music, but he can also compose award-winning pieces.

A holiday for all

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:15 p.m.

I’m not sure if I can speak for everyone (though I like to pretend I can), but when I was young, Christmas was solely about the acquisition of presents. That was basically the only aspect of the holiday season I had any interest in.

Smoky prospects

By Jennifer Miller · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:15 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt – This just in – wildly advanced statistical agencies have pooled their lofty resources and finally reached a verdict: Cairo is ... unhealthy. In other world shockers, the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to look bleak, Roger Federer looks good this year, and the new Celine Dion album sucks.

Printing pleas

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:14 p.m.

You’re probably vaguely aware that IU has granted you a generous “print quota” of 650 pages a semester.

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