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Letters from Abroad

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BOLOGNA, Italy– Venice is one of those cities that you must see before you die. I spent last weekend in the “city of bridges,” and if I die tomorrow, I will have a smile on my face. It was truly one of the best trips of my life.





Chris Pickrell

Clash of the cookie companies

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Bloomington is big enough for two cookie delivery businesses, said Geoff Stickel, general manager of Insomnia Cookies. “There are plenty of pizza places in town,” Stickel said. “There should be plenty of room for cookie places.” Insomnia Cookies opened about three weeks ago at 302 N. Walnut St., just up the road from Baked! of Bloomington’s new location at 113 W. Seventh St. Both business sell cookies that can be delivered directly to the customer’s door.





Texas A&M Indiana College Basketball

Hoosiers lose 2 of 3 over holiday break

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The IU women’s basketball team spent Thanksgiving break in the Virgin Islands for the Paradise Jam Tournament. The Hoosiers lost two out of three games on the trip, bringing their record to 4-2.


Xavier Indiana Basketball

A rough 1st loss

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With 4:31 remaining in the first half of Saturday’s Chicago Invitational Challenge championship, junior guard/forward Jamarcus Ellis hit a jumper to pull the IU men’s basketball team within one point of Xavier.


Pete Stuttgen

End of the road

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Unlucky loss number seven kept the IU women’s soccer team from advancing to the round of eight in the NCAA Tournament. The Hoosiers’ season ended with a 13-7-3 record on a rainy Sunday in Bloomington as they fell to the Duke Blue Devils 2-0.



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Notre Dame, Weis begin to rebuild

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Rebuilding. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis started the season by vowing never to use the word. Now he will spend the next nine months trying to accomplish it after the Fighting Irish (3-9) went from earning consecutive Bowl Championship Series berths to becoming the target of late-night talk show jokes.


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James leads Cavaliers over Pacers 111-106

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LeBron James had his fourth triple-double of the season, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Indiana Pacers 111-106 Sunday for their third straight win. James, the league’s leading scorer, finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. It was the 14th triple-double of his career.


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IU dominates Hoosier Duals with a 5-0 record

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The IU wrestling team continued its hot start to the season by going undefeated at the Hoosier Duals this weekend. Extending their record to 6-0, the Hoosiers dominated the competition at Assembly Hall on Saturday by posting dual match team victories of at least 23 points in each match.


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International students celebrate Thanksgiving

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While most students braved traffic jams and delays at airports in order to get home for Thanksgiving, many international students at IU did not have the luxury of flying to their home countries for the break.