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Hoosiers insist they’ll ‘Play 13’

By Tom Kir · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:24 p.m.

Last season, IU was 5-4 after a win against Michigan State with three games remaining on the schedule. The Hoosiers would have been bowl eligible if they had emerged victorious the following week at Minnesota. Sadly for IU, it was thumped 63-26, and then dropped its remaining two games of the year to finish 5-7 – prolonging the bowl drought.

Purdue receives grant for military families

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:24 p.m.

A Purdue University research organization has received $8.9 million to reach out to struggling military families in Indiana.

Hoosiers host No. 7 ranked Spartans

By Brian Buckey · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:23 p.m.

When the IU field hockey team takes on No. 7 Michigan State on Saturday at the IU Field Hockey Field, the Hoosiers will be looking for their first Big Ten win of the season and a measure of revenge for last season. Last year, Michigan State handed IU two of its five losses, including a 3-1 victory in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, ending IU’s season.

International journalists to discuss experiences reporting in India

By Chelsea Merta · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:22 p.m.

Collaborating with the School of Journalism and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, the India Studies Department will host a conference next week titled “Reporting India” in the Indiana Memorial Union’s State Room East.

Hoosiers’ focus remains on basketball

By Chris Engel · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:16 p.m.

When IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson addressed the media Thursday, he wanted to shift the focus from the pending NCAA investigation to this year’s squad.

Hoosiers to face Illinois, Oakland as challenging stretch of games begin

By Ryan Gregg · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 11:08 p.m.

The IU women’s soccer team finally broke into the national top 25 this week, coming in at No. 24. The Hoosiers will seek to demonstrate that they deserve that recognition as they begin the most trying part of the season.

Size doesn’t matter when it comes to the next game

By Matt Dollinger · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 10:57 p.m.

I hate the phrase “biggest game of the year.” It’s the most overused phrase in sports aside from “alleged steroid-user” and “Grossman interception.” It’s the sportswriter’s version of “taking it one game at a time.”

Around the world

Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 10:52 p.m.

President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a return visit soon afterward to keep up pressure on Israeli and the Palestinians to start peace negotiations.

Florida crops disappearing

Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 10:51 p.m.

There seems to be more tractors tearing up the citrus groves in Florida’s St. Lucie County than tending them these days.

New vision for IU to be unveiled

By Peter Stevenson · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 10:30 p.m.

After almost four months at the helm of IU’s eight campuses, IU will inaugurate President Michael McRobbie. A 3 p.m. ceremony today at the IU Auditorium will confirm McRobbie as IU’s 18th president.

5 arrested in drug bust

By Alexandra R. Moses · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 10:29 p.m.

After four months of investigation, the Bloomington Police Department arrested five individuals early Thursday on drug charges and removed six children from the suspects’ residence.

ONLINE ONLY: Hasta la vista, Terminator?

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 9:21 p.m.

One of the most important moments of my childhood was when I saw “Terminator 2.” Many might have found it too graphic for someone my age to be watching, but I couldn’t have cared less. I had all the action figures, including a huge talking T-101, the character Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous. The character, in all its bloody, half-man half-machine glory, was on my 5th birthday cake.

Happy hating

By Michael Duncan · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 9:19 p.m.

I love to rant. But as is often the case, there are many things I want to say that don’t really warrant expression in a column.

Missing the point

By Jacob Levin · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 9:17 p.m.

If the fashions I’ve been seeing around campus are any indication of the current moral climate, it would seem that concern for public welfare is at an all time high. Most of these fashions manifest themselves as T-shirts from campus charity events, and lately I’ve been paying attention to how many people are wearing clothes or items that represent some cause. Their prevalence is astounding, and they’ve surely led to a lot of money being donated toward their causes. But this kind of charity has a downside as well.

Action, action

Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 9:09 p.m.

When affirmative action was outlawed in California a decade ago, many thought it represented the end of diversity in college enrollment. And for a while, the evidence supported that theory. Black enrollment went into a sharp decline only reversed this year, and while Chinese students are the second largest population group at UC Berkeley, less than 2 percent of freshmen at UCLA last year were black. Clearly, the influx of diversity hasn’t been equal across the board.

Comedian Joey Bishop, last of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack, dead at 89

By Jeff Wilson · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 8:56 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – Joey Bishop, the stone-faced comedian who found success in nightclubs, television and movies but became most famous as a member of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack, has died at 89.

Francis Ford Coppola chastises trio of actors

Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 8:54 p.m.

NEW YORK – Everyone wants to work with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson – except Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola, who directed Pacino and De Niro in “The Godfather” trilogy, said the trio of Oscar-winning actors have become apathetic.

‘Susannah’ storms the Musical Arts Center this weekend

By Ashley Wilson · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 8:53 p.m.

An intense exploration of hypocrisy, false accusation and the consequences of both will take place this weekend at the Musical Arts Center. Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah,” the most-performed American opera, opens at 8 p.m. Friday. It is the second production of the IU Opera Theater’s 2007-08 season.

Man arrested as suspect in murder of jail officer

By Sara Amato · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 8:50 p.m.

An Indiana man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of Monroe County Jail officer William Brand. Benjamin H. Steinberg, 28, faces a preliminary charge of murder.

Sanitation worker: Nooses were for Halloween

By Associated Press and Charles Wilson · Thursday, Oct. 18,2007 8:43 p.m.

MUNCIE – A sanitation worker who said he attached nooses to his trash truck as a Halloween decoration has been suspended for 30 days without pay after co-workers complained.

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