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Have your pie and eat it, too

Eggnog. Sugar cookies. Pumpkin pie. With the holidays comes a swirl of tasty treats and home-cooked meals that can tempt even the most stalwart dieters into a sugary heaven. But does a flurry of high-calorie foods forecast weight gain when winter arrives?

Von Lee houses businesses, IU offices

A landmark of Kirkwood Avenue is undergoing surgery to become home to at least one new restaurant and several IU offices come mid- to late-February. The construction on the site of the Von Lee Theater is well underway but will preserve some of the original movie theater.

The Five Year Plan

College has been described as "the best four years of our lives." But for many students, four years just isn't cutting it, according to statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics.

IU students help children learn creativity, history

Each semester, IU opens its doors to elementary school students. Although the children might be smaller than the average IU student, they have the opportunity to learn art in a real college classroom and exhibit their work just like the big kids.

Student-wrestler in intensive care after 3-story plummet

An IU wrestler was in the intensive care unit of Bloomington Hospital on Monday evening after he jumped from the third floor of the Walnut Center parking garage early Sunday morning, police said.

Man confesses to peeping in Wright showers

Professor brings international music to vocalists

Texas truck driver convicted in deaths of 19 illegal immigrants exas smuggling case

Help Me, Harlan!

Around the Campus

Asian Culture Center offers support service

The IU Asian Culture Center might appear small from the outside, but the amount of support and advocacy it offers to IU's ever-growing Asian student population is described by some as nothing short of colossal.

Scholarship stirs debate at U. Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. -- College Republicans at Boston University sparked nationwide debate by creating a scholarship exclusively for white students last month.

GLBT Alumni Association marks 10th anniversary

The IU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transsexual Alumni Association celebrated its 10th anniversary Friday with a reception at the Virgil T. DeVault Alumni Center.

IU receives $850,000 grant for online digital archive

An $850,000 grant was awarded to a team of IU and University of Michigan researchers by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to begin the implementation phase of an online digital archive.

'Tis the season

'Tis the season that can seriously challenge our ability to manage stress. Finals are looming. Those papers you put off are due. Family and financial problems may escalate. Even students who normally manage stress reasonably well can begin to experience more of its negative effects at this time of semester.

Around The World

Bush meets with Shiite leader, says he's not satisfied with efforts to stop violence

Supreme Court wrestles with desegregation arguments

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with voluntary integration plans in public schools, asking whether programs in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle are acceptable moves toward student diversity or other names for illegal racial quotas.

Fact or Fiction

In 2005, Fortune 500-ranked Oprah Winfrey among the top five most powerful women in business. So when Oprah featured a doctor on her show who guaranteed it was possible to lose 10 pounds in six weeks by drinking green tea, America took notice.

Coach this: Professional athletes require little guidance during games