Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Indiana University

Dorm-Room Diversity Can Promote Tolerance

Roommates of different races benefit in surprising ways, new research shows. more >>

Indiana Men's Basketball Escapes Harshest Sanctions

NCAA levies three-year probation, and the school accepts self-imposed sanctions for phone recruiting scandal. more >>

College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1

The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi. more >>

John Edwards's Speaking Fee Reduced $15,000

After affair was made public, Edwards's lecture stock went down. more >>

Ike-Related Power Outages Prompt Student Sit-in

With many off-campus facilities still without electricity, 3,000 students protest classes. more >>

Indiana Uses Dorm Lounges to House Freshmen

Enrollment boom forces university to set up temporary housing for 100 students. more >>

Big Ten Network and Comcast Finally Agree to a Deal

A contentious year ends pretty much OK for midwestern sports fans. more >>

Most Commencement Speeches Remain Apolitical

It's Campaign 2008 and commencement season, so where have all the politicians gone? more >>

Indiana Surveys Flood Damage

Indiana University officials, police, and students are assessing the damage from flash flooding on Tuesday and Wednesday. more >>

Indiana Increases Security After Coach Resigns

Since the resignation of men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, Indiana University has increased security at school President Michael McRobbie's office and Assembly Hall. more >>

No Job to Pay Off Student Loans? Try eBay

one Indiana University alum is trying to auction off her loans on eBay. more >>

An Outbreak of Flu Outbreaks

From South Carolina to Oregon, an epidemic of sick students. more >>

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Foam-sword-wielding warriors at the University of Texas try to make a point; University of Maryland students worry about a university police recruitment video; a South Carolina student invents the Bookah Bear more >>

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Female students at St. Louis University received suspicious emails; a Brigham Young professor wants to help returning missionaries; a brewery at Indiana University marketed beer with exotic felines more >>

It's Hard Out Here for a Prof

A musicology assistant professor issues advice courtesy of the Notorious B.I.G. more >>

"Don't Drink," School Says; Students' Eyes Glaze Over

In an effort to curb underage drinking, Indiana University has required first-year students to take an alcohol prevention course. more >>

Trail Mix

Daily roundup from campuses nationwide. more >>

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* Apparently the police at UCLA are much more appreciative of some skin than those over at Notre Dame. The California cops blocked traffic and got an eyeful as almost 9,000 Bruins (and a rubber blow-up doll) shed their clothes and celebrated the end of the year during the school's triannual Undie Run, reports the Daily Bruin. more >>

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Sacramento State's controversy-plagued Multi-Cultural Center could move in a new direction after an off-site consultant makes recommendations next month, the State Hornet reports. An Indiana University student wore 160 T-shirts at once this month, breaking a world record, the Daily Student reports. more >>

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The audience at a student play to debut at Brown University tonight will be very dazzled--and also swarmed by 30,000 fruit flies, the Brown Daily Herald reports. "There's not a lot of people who, if something happened to you, you would want them to raise your children," the Indiana University men's basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson, told the Daily Student. more >>

Indiana Student Confesses to Peeping; Meanwhile, Someone at Kent State Is More Technologically Advanced

Iowa Student Confesses to Peeping; Meanwhile, Someone at Kent State Is More Technologically Advanced more >>

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