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IU awarded $3.5 million grant to teach English education in Afghanistan

Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:42 p.m.

This month, U.S. troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan. Now, as the country begins the process of standing on its own legs, the U.S. State Department has awarded an IU center nearly $3.5 million to help teach English education there.

Alcohol violations down across the state

By Jake New · Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:40 p.m.

Minors wishing to purchase alcohol are having a much more difficult time breaking the law than they did a few years ago.

Indiana Festival Theater to perform Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors"

By Adam Lukach · Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:37 p.m.

This weekend’s production is “The Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare. The Festival Theatre program itself is brand new this summer, as these kinds of productions had previously been performed in Brown County.

Weekend Arts events

Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:08 p.m.

Bloomington arts events this weekend.

Study reveals movie interests are racially based

By Amelia Chong · Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:06 p.m.

In a recent study, IU assistant telecommunications professor Andrew Weaver discovered as the percentage of minority actors in a film went up, white interest in seeing the film went down.

Don’t fear the zombies, fear Hollywood

By Andrew Crowley · Wednesday, July 13,2011 8:03 p.m.

Andrew Crowley pleads with Hollywood not to ruin the zombie.

Stuff to fill your weekend calendar

Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:40 p.m.

Weekend activities for July 15 to 17.

Indiana scores poorly in green jobs

Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:38 p.m.

Indiana is below average in growth and number of green jobs, according to a survey from the Brookings Institution

Monarch butterfly population may be in peril in the Midwest

Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:37 p.m.

Indiana’s state insect may not be so easy to find in the future. Monarch butterfly populations have declined dramatically, a new study in the “Insect Conservation and Diversity” journal said.

Former All-American rower named new IU graduate assistant coach

By Max McCombs · Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:28 p.m.

Elena Humphreys has joined the staff of the IU women’s rowing team as a graduate assistant, IU coach Steve Peterson announced July 12.

3 Hoosiers named to preseason football award watch lists

By Max McCombs · Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:25 p.m.

With the opening of fall practice less than a month away, watch lists for each of the major individual college football awards have been released and include a trio of IU players.

12th football recruit commits to IU

By Max McCombs · Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:11 p.m.

Indianapolis Lawrence Central center Wes Rogers committed to the IU football team July 10. He is the Hoosiers’ sixth verbal pledge for the 2012 class from in-state and 12th overall.

Sampson shows NBA is way to go for disgraced former college coaches

By Sean Logan · Wednesday, July 13,2011 7:07 p.m.

To college basketball supporters, Sampson’s hiring as the Houston Rockets’ lead assistant coach Tuesday may seem shocking. This was the guy who had been labeled a “liar” and a “cheat.”

Fast and furious: dumb and delirious

By Oliver Wise · Wednesday, July 13,2011 5:44 p.m.

Operation Fast and Furious could be one of the most ridiculous and embarrassing mishaps to come crashing down on the heads of U.S. intelligence departments since the Iran-Contra affair.

Drug prohibitionists need fiscal fix

By Nico Perrino · Wednesday, July 13,2011 5:42 p.m.

America and Indiana should stop paying five semesters’ worth of college tuition to house each individual non-violent offender and instead put that money to better use. Say, higher education?

Ignorance: a threat to our republic

By Connor Caudill · Wednesday, July 13,2011 5:36 p.m.

I find it quite alarming when the numbers say certain things necessary to a basic civic understanding are in jeopardy.

President McRobbie presents Lilly Endowment with top IU medal

Tuesday, July 12,2011 3:29 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie has presented Lilly Endowment Inc. with the highest non-academic award the University can bestow.

Indiana Festival Theater to present Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”

Tuesday, July 12,2011 2:08 p.m.

Following “The Music Man,” which was the first show ever for IU’s Indiana Festival Theater, William Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” will open July 13 as the theater’s second production of the summer.

Judge finds 15-year-old boy guilty in Martinsville shooting

Monday, July 11,2011 3:32 p.m.

Michael Phelps admitted to shooting another teenager with the intent of killing him in Martinsville Middle School in a court hearing Monday. The hearing lasted less than 30 minutes.

National Weather Service issues heat advisory for Bloomington area on Tuesday

Monday, July 11,2011 1:17 p.m.

The National Weather Service in Indianapolis has issued a heat advisory for the Bloomington area. The advisory will last until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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