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Injured senior goalkeeper to miss three to four weeks

When the men's soccer team faces No. 2 Penn State this weekend, the Hoosiers won't have their mainstay senior goalkeeper T.J. Hannig on the field.

United Way celebrates start of campaign year

United Way of Monroe County has a question for IU students and other Bloomington residents: can you do without one bottle of soda per week? Volunteers from area United Way agencies have a pointed reason for asking. That one-dollar sacrifice, made every week for a year, would pay to shelter a homeless parent or child for a month.

Wide receiver leads offensive attack

Hopkinsville High School football head coach Craig Clayton gently nudged, then slightly tugged and then finally, like a loose tooth, was able to jiggle Jerry Dorsey into playing football his senior year of high school.

Safety making most of opportunity with IU

The cleats aren't new. The wide receivers and defensive backs aren't given gloves to ease the pain of catching a hard-thrown football. And the meals, well, sometimes there just aren't any. Welcome to the world of junior college football.

Hoosiers ready to stomp Spartans

The women's soccer team gets back to Big Ten action against Michigan State (7-1-1, 2-1-0) Sunday after a non-conference match-up with in-state rivals Butler Thursday.

Tennis player returns home

It might have taken a year, but sophomore Zach Held said he finally feels he belongs. After spending his freshman year at the University of Michigan, the Indianapolis native transferred to IU, and is now a key member of the men's tennis team.

Hoosiers win physical game

The women's soccer team toyed around with Butler for most of the first half Thursday night in Bill Armstrong Stadium. With one minute left in the first half, they got down to business.

Field hockey travels to Louisville

Although the field hockey has not won a game this year or even scored a goal, Sunday's game in Louisville is shaping up to be the turning point of the season.

Big Ten wide open

The women's volleyball team wanted to make a statement in its Big Ten opening weekend. It did ... sort of.

Department bounces back from near demise

The Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Department, a subdivision of the College of Arts and Sciences, is quickly recovering from one of the most challenging obstacles it has ever faced -- possible termination.

Harvard professor to give lecture

William Julius Wilson, director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, will present the Charles F. Bonser Distinguished Lecture in Public Policy at 4 p.m. Oct. 10 in the Whittenberger Auditorium of the Indiana Memorial Union, according to a press release.

HPER aims to increase enrollment

Eight members of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Advanced Leadership Council are in Bloomington until Saturday planning strategies to recruit more African-American graduate students for HPER, according to a press release.

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Dogs, owners to raise money for Monroe County Humane Society in annual walk

Some Bloomington residents are looking forward to dunking for hot dogs and walking through the city on a leash.

Rhino's to present unique show by Those Darn Accordians!

Looking for something out of the ordinary to do this weekend? Brad Wilhelm, of Rhino's, an all-ages music club, has booked quite the unusual show.

'Jekyll & Hyde' to thrill campus

After spending four years on Broadway, the musical "Jekyll & Hyde" has taken to the road. It arrives at the IU Auditorium tonight at 8, with a second show Saturday at 8 p.m.

FDA approves abortion pill

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration Thursday approved U.S. use of the abortion pill RU-486, a major victory for those who battled for 12 years to bring the early-abortion method to this country.

Monuments are not overbuilding

Much blood was shed during World War II -- 25 million peopled died, 400,000 of them American soldiers.

New times on Iran's horizon

Sarah Khosravi's resume reads well. She is in charge of the Ministry of Sciences, Research and Technology and she also holds a master's degree in management and is a political activist.

In remembrance of Carl T. Rowan

In Sept. 25, a headline in the IDS read, "Washington Post writer Carl Thomas Rowan dies at 75," and it reported the death at Washington Hospital Center of 75-year-old Carl Thomas Rowan, who was once described as America's "most visible black journalist."