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IU’s depth chart still without quarterback

By Alex McCarthy · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:18 a.m.

Saturday’s matchup with Ball State became much easier to picture Monday, as 27 of the 28 starting spots on offense, defense and special teams were revealed.

Tuition dollars allocated directly to each school

By Kourtney Liepelt · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:16 a.m.

With additional money coming from the tuition increase for the 2011-12 academic school year, IU is allocating these funds in a manner different from other institutions, IU Chief Financial Officer Neil Theobald said.

Department of Theater, Drama opens doors for fall auditions

By Corinne Lambert · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:15 a.m.

Students from every major and class were invited to audition for the Department of Theater and Drama’s productions of “Hair,” “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” “Three Musketeers” and “Lysistrata” on Monday at the Lee Norvelle Theater.

When the sun rises

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:12 a.m.

The IU Rowing Club, in its sixth season, currently has only six rowers and a coxswain. The club’s first regatta is Lemonhead on Oct. 1 at Lake Lemon.

IUSA officers answer questions about student government

By Matthew Glowicki · Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 12:03 a.m.

IUSA’s specific initiatives change each year, as different administrations choose to campaign on and, if elected, tackle different projects. Nonetheless, the constant aim of IUSA is to “protect student rights, enrich student life, and improve Indiana University,” as per its constitution.

Alumni join music school faculty

By Katie Mettler · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:59 p.m.

IU alumni Kevin Murphy and Heidi Grant Murphy are back in Bloomington as Jacobs School of Music faculty members.

The athletes of the Little 500

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:58 p.m.

Out of 141 riders who took a survey conducted by the IDS in the weeks leading up to the 2011 race, only five said they didn’t participate in a sport for at least one full season in high school. Among the field of riders in the last race, 307 seasons of athletic experience pedaled across a cinder track.

Fall Themester examines war

By Kirsten Clark · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:56 p.m.

The Fall 2011 Themester, a College of Arts and Sciences initiative in undergraduate education, is titled “Making War, Making Peace” and will explore the opposing forces and the related issues surrounding them — genocide, human rights violations, religiously-motivated conflict and others — that drive war in the world we live in.

Construction to improve stadium park-and-ride

By Michael Auslen · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:54 p.m.

A construction project in the Memorial Stadium parking lot, which began in late July, will install two shelters for passengers waiting for the X and A buses in the parking lot, IU Landscape Architect Mia Williams said.

Wilson’s early actions show promising for program turnaround

By Justin Albers · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:36 p.m.

I have to admit, when Kevin Wilson first walked into the Henke Hall of Champions for his introductory press conference last December, I had my doubts.

Excise police issue 191 citations during Welcome Week

By Jake New · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:30 p.m.

The amount of tickets was an increase from last year’s 138 citations during Welcome Week.

BPP to drop "Bomb/Shell" as season opener

By Adria Nassim · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:13 p.m.

What do Leo Tolstoy and the Bloomington Playwright’s Project have in common? War and peace. In conjunction with IU’s Themester of “Making War, Making Peace,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the BPP is kicking off its 2011 season with “Bomb/Shell,” which begins Sept. 30 and runs until Oct. 15.

Staff members receive Governor's Arts Awards

By Derrick Naylor · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:10 p.m.

Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Arts Commission have announced six recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards. Of the six candidates chosen from the entire state of Indiana, two were Bloomington residents associated with the Jacobs School of Music, Susann McDonald and Sylvia McNair.

Study finds 46,000 'green jobs' in Indiana

Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:10 p.m.

“Green jobs” account for 1.7 percent of Indiana’s, according to a new study by the Indiana Department of Labor.

Man robbed at knifepoint near Monroe County Public Library

Monday, Aug. 29,2011 11:02 p.m.

Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a Bloomington man at knifepoint early Sunday.

Focus on Fashion

By Samantha Kirby · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 10:46 p.m.

Fashion serves many purposes, but when you are an athlete or a relative of one, fashion has a whole different set of rules.

The anatomy of a freshman

By Evie Salomon · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 9:09 p.m.

An itemized anatomy of a freshman.

Letters to the Editor

Monday, Aug. 29,2011 7:35 p.m.

Letters to the editor for 8/30/2011

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By Jon Todd · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 7:31 p.m.

Perhaps more than any other invention in the last 100 years, the Internet has radically changed the ways that people live and interact. Oftentimes we view this as a positive phenomenon that has vastly improved the lives of millions — if not billions — of people. Sounds like a good thing, right?

Tax breaks are not subsidies

By Jarrod Lowery · Monday, Aug. 29,2011 7:29 p.m.

I recently saw the Tea Party argument against excessive federal spending lampooned as follows: “Planned Parenthood and National Public Radio are socialist ploys to reroute government spending away from legitimate subsidies to oil companies.”

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