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Declining economy raises questions about student summer internships
By
Bailey Loosemore
· Monday, Feb. 9,2009 12:03 a.m.
With the economy down and state unemployment rising, students are questioning the availability of summer internships even as University career counselors say the experience is as vital as ever.
Red-Hot ticket files for IUSA candidacy
By
Alyssa Goldman
· Monday, Feb. 9,2009 12:02 a.m.
The IU Student Association elections are starting to heat up with the Red-Hot ticket announcing its candidacy.
MLB: From national pastime to national disaster
By
Dave Leno
· Monday, Feb. 9,2009 12:02 a.m.
Years from now, you’re going to take your children to their first major league baseball game.
Hoosiers squeak by in-state rival Boilermakers
By
Kevin Loughery
· Monday, Feb. 9,2009 12 a.m.
Going into his final turn in the fourth leg of Saturday’s 400-meter freestyle relay, freshman Jim Barbiere’s lead disappeared. Purdue’s Dan Jung caught him as the two raced.
Energy drink delivers a 'Punch'
By
Jef Akst
· Monday, Feb. 9,2009 12 a.m.
While watering some plants two summers ago in his parents’ backyard in Marshall, Ill., junior Zac Workman had an idea: Let’s jack up Grandma’s punch.
Obama to visit Elkhart for stimulus support
Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:58 p.m.
President Barack Obama will speak at noon today in Elkhart, Ind., in an effort to gain support for his economic stimulus bill.
MSU game brings back memories for Crean
By
Tom Kirby
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:58 p.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Tom Crean has gotten his share of applause during pre-game introductions this season. But Saturday’s ovation wasn’t from a Hoosier crowd in Assembly Hall; it was coming from the Michigan State fans.
Hoosiers downed again
By
Tom Kirby
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:57 p.m.
EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team as young as IU can be expected to lose its poise at times throughout the season. But on Saturday it was one of the more experienced Hoosiers who couldn’t control his temper.
Pounding might finally be getting to Pritchard
By
Zachary Osterman
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:55 p.m.
Coming into the conference season, freshman forward Tom Pritchard was a driving force. His scoring – highest among Big Ten freshmen – combined with an impressive if small array of post moves almost assured him the pole position for conference freshman of the year.
Dumes suspended indefinitely
By
Tom Kirby
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:54 p.m.
IU’s leading scorer Devan Dumes has been suspended indefinitely by IU coach Tom Crean for his actions during the Hoosiers’ loss at Michigan State on Saturday.
Sunday loss drops Hoosiers to 5th in Big Ten
By
Jeremy Rosenthal
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:53 p.m.
In front of the second-largest crowd of the season – an estimated 3,558 people – IU (15-7, 8-5) lost its third consecutive game Sunday, falling 66-59 to Illinois
Optometry students travel to Mexico
By
MaryJane Slaby
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:20 p.m.
Thirty Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity students left for Mexico on Saturday and will return to Bloomington on Feb. 14. Once in Mexico, the group will work at the clinic for about seven or eight hours a day from Sunday through Thursday and see about 500 patients each day.
Classes offer short-term travel abroad opportunities
By
Meredith Reffner
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:17 p.m.
Short-term travel courses at IU are offering students a whole new way to experience the world. As an alternative to study abroad, several schools at IU now offer courses that take students overseas for a shorter period of time. The courses are led by IU faculty and staff but still allow students to have an international experience.
‘Stop Kiss’ acting could be refined
By
Vanessa Torline
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:47 p.m.
Like any work by playwright Diana Son, “Stop Kiss” is punchy, passionate and honest. It is unfortunate, then, that IU’s production, now in performances at the Lee Norvelle Theater and Drama Center, fails to achieve the same straightforwardness.
1st Walk of the year features a wide range of exhibits
By
Bailey Loosemore
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:45 p.m.
Balloons marked the entrance of the eight participating galleries for the first Gallery Walk of the year on Feb. 6. While members of the community ate finger foods provided by the galleries, they viewed new exhibits chosen months in advance.
Freshmen cousins make art debut with graffiti paintings
By
Bailey Loosemore
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:44 p.m.
With graffiti-inspired paintings and a love of art, IU freshmen Rafael Cronin and Grant Myers arrived in Bloomington’s art scene with the opening of their first collaborative exhibit. The show, titled “Urban Scrawls,” premiered at the Bellevue Gallery during the Gallery Walk on Feb. 6 and will remain on display until March 28.
IU College Comedy Festival draws about 400 people
Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:42 p.m.
“Cactus!” And go. For the Awkward Silence Comedy group, this was the only prompt from the audience in what turned into a series of improvisational skits and sketches this weekend at the annual IU College Comedy Festival.
Community becomes more self-reliant
By
Savannah Worley
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:42 p.m.
Concerned with global warming, peak oil and a carbon footprint on the earth, one local group said it hopes to change Bloomington into a more self-reliant, sustainable community.
RAW event raises $900 to stop Canada seal hunt
By
Doug Hungerford
· Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:40 p.m.
More than 175 supporters of Revitalizing Animal Well-Being’s “Sealed with a Kiss” poured in and out of The Lodge at 101 E. Sixth St. on Friday night to dance, kiss and petition against Canada’s annual seal hunt.
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