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IU preps for talented point guards

On Wednesday, the Hoosiers will face one of the best floor generals in the country. Without an All-American in the backcourt, IU plans to use a point guard by committee approach to run its offense. In search of size and depth, IU coach Tom Crean played freshman Malik Story at the point position for the first time Sunday. Story, a 6-foot-5, 222-pound freshman from Los Angeles, has primarily played frontcourt positions this season, splitting time with freshman Nick Williams at power forward. But Crean said the Hoosiers would take advantage of Story’s versatility, playing him at as many as four positions this season.

Tragic Friday

I’ve heard plenty of mildly amusing shopping tales, including my favorite of police being called in to break up a fistfight between two women over a purse at a Coach Outlet store. These, coupled with the fact that I’m a big fan of sleeping in, have usually kept me out of Black Friday fray.

Watch out Perez, I am coming for you

I just spent the last hour and a half thinking of something to write about. Sure, I love arts and entertainment. I could write about my love for small, unknown bands on YouTube such as the Florida-based band Boyce Avenue (I own the CD, and I have played all of its videos on YouTube at least 40 times each). I could talk about the passion I hold inside for Brad Pitt and his ever-changing facial hair (sorry Brad, the stach must go).

Around the Arts

IU jazz musician tours Europe, releases new CD

She toured Europe over the summer and recently released a new CD, but jazz pianist Monika Herzig’s life isn’t all glamour.

Around the state

ANDERSON – A coroner says a man died of cancer just before his car crashed as he was driving himself to a hospital for treatment.

Man arrested for punching Arabic speakers

A Bloomington man was arrested on Sunday after police say he assaulted two individuals for speaking Arabic.

Body found on Purdue campus

The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a man found behind a Purdue University residence hall early Tuesday morning.

How the West was won and French culture was forgotten

PARIS – During the course of the past 11 and a half weeks living in Paris, there are a few things I have learned Parisians simply cannot live without. The most crucial being cigarettes, dark-colored clothing and sitting at a cafe having drinks with a friend.

Confessions of a boy genius

Nineteen-year-old senior, Yun William Yu, came to IU when he was 15. He’s earning three degrees and applying to medical school, but his GPA is a mere 3.993 thanks to an A-minus in a freshman-year honors analysis class.

Sticking out

Students chart their courses, define their degrees with abstract academics.

Of hope and light

IU's war machine finds a new legacy in lifesaving cancer treatment.

Body found behind Purdue University residence hall

The Tippecanoe County Coroner and the Purdue University Police Department are investigating the death of a male found behind a University residence hall early Tuesday morning.

R.I.P. rickroll

I usually try to abstain from watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Personal economics

I’m a reluctant economics minor. Not a bum student of the economy, but certainly not the kind that will be forever enshrined glowingly in the halls of Wylie.

Fighting diseases without facts

Americans have been known to make a few jokes at Canada’s expense, mostly about Canadians’ funny accent. A decision recently made by the student government association at Carleton University in Ottawa might cause people to start making a few jokes about their judgment. What did they do to prompt Macleans, a Canadian newsmagazine that profiles education, to call them “the least-intelligent student union in the country”? They withdrew from a national fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. The fundraiser involved freshmen at 65 universities and colleges in Canada. Participants have raised millions for research of the disease during the past 50 years in a traditional event held during student orientation week. The reason Carleton’s student association gave for withdrawing from the program is just as important as what it did.

Fitness instructor leads workouts with energy, enthusiasm

Music fills the room and a group of women begin swaying from side to side, tapping their feet to the beat of a catchy fitness tune. They are warming up for a cardio-kickboxing class at the Student Recreational Sports Center.In the front of the group, instructor Natalie Robertson enthusiastically engages participants in the warm up. She fills the room with energy as she bounces from side to side, progressively increasing her tempo.  “Welcome to cardio-kickboxing,” she says with a smile. “I’m Natalie.”

Gallery piece

Live from Bloomington squandered your money as it fell into utter disrepair this year.

Pardon me

As President George W. Bush approaches the end of his presidency (thank God! I’ve waited so long to begin a column with that statement), there is much talk about Bush’s legacy and what he will do with his remaining days in office.

Salty substitute

Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, we need to define “salt.”