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Goodbye ESPN-Plus, Hello DVR

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, June 28,2006 12 a.m.

June 21, 2006 marked the end of an era. The Big Ten Conference last week reached an agreement with its three main media outlets (ABC/CBS/ESPN) to extend its television contract for football and men's and women's basketball. But, what the conference also agreed upon effectively ends a Big Ten mainstay -- the Phillips 66 Studio Show on ESPN-Plus during halftime and between games featuring Mike Gleason. However, the contract signed last week marked a new era with the creation of the conference's new television channel (and hopefully more commercials featuring Talib Kweli promoting the Big Ten).

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The truth is out there

By C. Warner Sills and Ty Schrock · Tuesday, June 27,2006 3:02 p.m.

A movie of Al Gore giving a 90-minute PowerPoint presentation doesn't exactly sound like the most exciting thing to do on a Friday night, but "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore's global warming awareness doc, is probably the most important and worthwhile film you can see this summer.

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Transgender Navajo searches for safe spot

By David A. Nosko · Tuesday, June 27,2006 1:47 p.m.

IU and Bloomington are often seen as a "safe place" for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Hoosiers but Western culture does not allow any room for the human imagination in terms of gender identity, said former IU gender studies graduate student, anthropology professor and Navajo "Two-Spirit" Wesley Thomas.

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Juneteenth celebrates freedom

By David A. Nosko · Monday, June 26,2006 1:06 p.m.

American history books tell a tale of slavery that begins with manifest destiny and ends with President Lincoln's Jan. 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation that "freed" the slaves.

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More cases reported in bank scam

By Trevor brown · Monday, June 26,2006 11:30 a.m.

More cases of the fraudulent e-mail scam targeting IU Credit Union members have been reported this week and the credit union now is aware of several cases where unauthorized ATM charges have been made on member's accounts, said the credit union's Vice President of Management Information Systems Mark Weigle.

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IU graduate student wins Miss Indiana title

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, June 25,2006 11:19 p.m.

After being named Miss IU in February, graduate student Betsy Uschkrat was crowned as the 2006 Miss Indiana Saturday night at pageant held in the Zionsville, Ind. Performing Arts Center.

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Hoosiers can launch fireworks at home

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, June 25,2006 11:09 p.m.

Fourth of July festivities in Bloomington often include a fireworks show at the IU Memorial Stadium, but thanks to a new Indiana law community members can launch their very own fireworks show from the comfort of their backyard.

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