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Blogapalooza: Kicking off Lollapalooza

By C. Warner Sills and Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, Aug. 9,2006 12:25 p.m.

Bursting through the gates, hundreds of fans sprinted to get front and center for opening act, "The Subways."

Blogapalooza: Lolla is Red Hot

By Alyson Brodsy and Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, Aug. 9,2006 12:23 p.m.

Another perfect day and night of shows made made Lollapalooza the place to be this summer. Matisyahu put on a spellbounding performance that may have set the guiness record for crowd surfing, the Chili Peppers came close to Lolla Founder Perry Ferrell's billing as the best rock band in the country and Ben Kweller and Wilco rocked.

Lollapalooza in review

By Rob O'Connor and Zach Teibloom · Wednesday, Aug. 9,2006 12 a.m.

Lollapalooza far surpassed our wildest expectations. After a day of experiencing a day in the life outside of Lolla land, we break down our favorite shows, best and worst memories and more in our wrap-up.

Blogapalooza: What the hell am I doing on a computer when they are still playing music?

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Monday, Aug. 7,2006 11:51 p.m.

So I have decided that over the course of this weekend I will try and keep track of all of the lame -palooza puns that I see.

Blogapalooza: In lolla land

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Monday, Aug. 7,2006 11:50 p.m.

Well I have decided to end my pun hunt when it came to my attention that most of the puns on the name of the festival were actually coming from me.

'Big' cars, bigger history

By Cal Condon · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 8:41 p.m.

The light turns green and the race is on. Engines revved, the pace cars explode off the starting line. It's not the Brickyard 400, whose cars rocked the Indianapolis area yesterday. It is an event that has been vibrating the trees, which have cradled the track of Bloomington Speedway -- Bloomington's own high-speed concourse -- since 1923. At the first race to be documented at Bloomington Speedway, a picture was taken presenting a "big" car lineup. "Big" cars, which are now known as sprint cars, are purpose made and light weight.

Purdue president announces resignation

By Trevor brown · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 8:15 p.m.

The number of universities competing with IU in its presidential search increased Friday as President Martin C. Jischke of Purdue University announced his retirement and said emphatically he will not consider being a candidate for the IU position. Purdue will now add to the growing number of institutions around the country searching for a new university president and may compete directly with IU in attracting potential candidates for the position. Jischke, whose leadership greatly expanded Purdue's fund-raising and research capacities, said he will step down effective June 30, 2007. "I feel very good right now," Jischke said. "I have absolutely loved every minute of my time at Purdue. I feel very good about what we've been able to accomplish and I'm excited for things we still have to do."

Sampson ready for fall after uncertain summer

By Matt Dollinger · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 8:15 p.m.

Don't ask IU basketball coach Kelvin Sampson how the team is going to do this year. Truth of the matter is, he doesn't know. "There's an excitement with me since I am coaching a new team," Sampson said. "People ask me, 'How are we going to be this year?' And I have no idea, no clue." He isn't blowing you off when he says he has no idea; he genuinely doesn't know. Sampson is inheriting a team that although is talented, hasn't been able to work much under Sampson this summer. Due to NCAA rules, Sampson and every other head coach in the nation, is forbidden to practice, scrimmage or even watch tape together with his team. Sampson cannot coach his new players in a practice situation until Aug. 28, when classes begin.

21st Century Scholars get first look at all things IU

By Matt Cunningham · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 8:12 p.m.

Prospective students a part of the Twenty-first Century Scholars Program recently toured the IU campus to gain a glimpse of what may possibly be their future school. The program is designed to help low to moderate income families send their children to places of higher education. In many cases the scholars who take advantage of these programs are the first members of their family to graduate from an institution for higher learning. High school students to seventh and eighth graders were able to take the opportunity to see what the IU campus is really like.

Bloomington Criterium fields current, former Little 500 riders

By Julie Mahomed · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:58 p.m.

In a sport that has recently been plagued by scandal at the Tour de France, amateur cyclists ride harder than ever with hopes of climbing up the ranks. Current and former Little 500 riders alike go shoulder to shoulder to test their endurance, strength and will to tolerate the summer heat throughout a series of races around the Midwest. Cyclists from all over the Midwest rode into Bloomington Saturday to see for themselves if riders in the home of the Little 500 are as strong as the movie "Breaking Away" portrays. The TrueSport.com Downtown Bloomington Criterium, sponsored by Tortuga/Big Brothers Cycling Team, was held on a three-fourths-mile loop around downtown Bloomington.

NASCAR fans like no other

By Ari Shifron · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:54 p.m.

Driving around Bloomington you will see flags and banners on cars signaling a devotion to NASCAR. Like fans of other sports, NASCAR fans tend to be very committed and pledge allegiance to their driver. Matt Kovacinski, a recent IU grad, summed up the devotion of NASCAR fans like himself.

Johnson comes from behind to win Brickyard

By Alyson Brodsy and Jenna Fryer · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:52 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- If Jimmie Johnson wants to finally capture his first Nextel Cup championship, winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a step in the right direction. Johnson pulled off a gritty win at the Brickyard on Sunday, battling back from an early tire problem to take the lead, only to see it evaporate when a late debris caution bunched up the field. It dropped him from first to eighth and forced him to slice his way to the front in the final 14 laps.

Wilmont to represent IU on Big Ten Foreign Tour

By Matt Dollinger · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:51 p.m.

With the heat in Bloomington hovering around unbearable, one Hoosier has found a way to escape the heat: Australia. The Hoosier traveling to Australian isn't Melbourne native Ben Allen. It happens to be senior shooting guard Rod Wilmont. For the past three days, Wilmont and 10 other Big Ten basketball players have been participating in a three-day training session led by University of Michigan basketball head coach Tommy Amaker.

From the Editors

By Alyson Brodsy and Eamonn Brennan · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:41 p.m.

And, alas, before it even felt like it started, the summer is nearly over. At the Indiana Daily Student, our summer is especially close to its finish, as today is our last daily edition of the newspaper (we still have the annual Welcome Back edition, which will hit newsstands Aug. 18) But, yes, yesterday was our last production day, our last budget meeting and our last deadline crunch of the semester. Some of our staffers will continue in their current positions in the fall, and some will take new ones. Trevor Brown, our campus editor, will be joined in his role by current managing editor, Carrie Ritchie. Switching things up, I will get to fulfill a dream of mine by covering the men's basketball team and editing the reviews section of the WEEKEND magazine. We will also sadly be losing various staffers to graduation -- much of our WEEKEND staff, including its editor, Rob O'Connor. Reviews Editor Ty Schrock and Art Director Maggie Stahler will also be moving on. We are sorry to see them go.

U.S. obesity crisis still gaining weight

By Matt Cunningham · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:39 p.m.

Obesity for U.S. adults remains on the rise, according to a cross-sectional telephone survey recently published by IU researchers in the Journal of the National Medical Association. The study put into question notions others have suggested that the U.S. obesity problem has been leveling off and it may cause health-conscious efforts to intensify. The prevalence of being overweight and obese was found to be 63 percent in adults surveyed in 2005, which is a 5 percent increase when compared to 2001 estimates.

Winners of Kelley Scholarship named

By Sarah Walden · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 7:37 p.m.

John McCarthy will not have the same experience as most other incoming freshmen. He won't have to worry about being accepted to his selected program, meeting new professors or having to find out ways to pay for his collegiate experience. As one of the few recently selected as this year's incoming class of Kelley Scholars, McCarthy has already been admitted into the business school, has been assigned a business professor who will serve as his mentor throughout his college career, met most of his professors and has been awarded full tuition plus additional funds.

Policy goblins

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Weinberg · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 6:52 p.m.

If consistency is truly the hobgoblin of small minds, we don't have to worry that hobgoblins are controlling our foreign policy. I won't comment on small minds. While this is an attack on the foreign policy of the Bush administration, it is just as much an attack on the foreign policy of the Democratic Party. Neither party seems capable of being intellectually honest when it comes to promoting a worldview, or designing a plan to achieve that worldview. In previous columns, I've discussed the hypocrisy of the Bush administration's foreign policy. My biggest problem isn't that Bush wants to spread freedom, democracy and the rule of law.

Merge ahead?

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 6:50 p.m.

Last Thursday, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported that Florida State University's student newspaper the FSView & Florida Flambeau has been bought out by the Tallahassee Democrat -- a local paper, itself owned by the multi-paper conglomerate Gannett (publisher of USA Today, the Indy Star, the Detroit Free Press, etc.). In an interview with the Associated Press, newspaper analyst John Morton said "the purchase represents the first of its kind in the industry" and suggested that the deal was the result of the Democrat "trying to reach college-age students in a more effective way and profitable manner."

Urine trouble

By Alyson Brodsy and Jonathan P. Rossing · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 6:49 p.m.

Poor Floyd Landis. The 2006 Tour de France winner who launched a superhuman comeback in one of the Tour's toughest mountain stages is likely to lose his yellow winner's jersey -- and his reputation. Allegedly, Landis was a bit too superhuman that day. Results from two urine tests confirmed that Landis' testosterone levels were abnormally elevated.

Background noise

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 6:47 p.m.

The issue of background checks for university professors has come to the fore lately, after Shippensburg University discovered that one of its veteran professors had pled guilty to child molestation three years before joining the faculty. Richard Gibbs had been a professor at Shippensburg since 1990, despite having pled guilty to indecent assault on a 13-year-old boy in 1987. His conviction came to light, not because the university checked on his background, but because he was arrested for possession of child pornography in June of this year. Shippensburg, in Pennsylvania, does not require criminal background checks for its professors, although it does for other employees. IU has almost the same policy. Staff members have to undergo background checks. But, according to a 2005 Action of the University Faculty Council, unless a prospective professor will be working with "vulnerable populations" no check is required.