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Fad diets, exercise, promises of spiritual and mental cures, crusades against alcohol and tobacco -- these common health themes from the last 30 years also were prominent fixtures of the late 1800s and early 1900s. And according to Indiana University health historian Ruth Clifford Engs, literary giant Upton Sinclair was in the thick of it.
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Homecoming Lecture
IU alumni and College Football Hall of Fame members George Taliaferro and Anthony Thompson will present this Homecoming lecture on Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. in the IU Bloomington Whittenberger Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
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Somewhere in the world, right at this moment, someone is watching the cult-classic 1998 Coen brothers film The Big Lebowski and sipping a white Russian. Just ask Ed Comentale, an associate professor of English at Indiana University Bloomington, who co-wrote and edited an upcoming book of essays analyzing the movie, titled The Year's Work in Lebowski Studies.
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Indiana University Opera Theater continues its 2009-10 season with the passionate, timeless Roméo et Juliette, opening Oct. 23 at the Musical Arts Center. The company has produced this work only twice before, in 1966 and in 2005.
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The Indiana Memorial Union Board, the programming and governing body of one of Indiana University's most recognizable and enduring landmarks, officially turns 100 in December. Today a 500,000-square-foot, bustling gathering place for faculty, staff, students and visitors, the IMU contains a three-star hotel, several restaurants, a multilevel bookstore, a bowling alley, a movie theater, a beauty salon, an electronics store and hundreds of gathering spaces for high-profile lecturers, meetings, conferences and performances.
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Indiana University senior Brittney Paulk created "Adopt-a-Nonprofit," a community service initiative that pairs IU's 11 residence halls with 11 area nonprofit organizations. This year's theme is poverty, and some of the community organizations that will be supported by the effort include Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Middle Way House, Salvation Army, Hoosier Hills Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity.
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Indiana University's Department of Theatre and Drama continues its 2009-2010 theater season with the Pulitzer Prize-finalist The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Jonathan Michaelsen, chair and producer of the Department of Theatre and Drama and the Brown County Playhouse.
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The Indiana University Northwest Center for Regional Excellence (CRE), in partnership with the IU Northwest Gallery for Contemporary Art, South Shore Arts and Wesson Art Gallery of the Dubois Library, will present "Fusion of the Arts 2009," an exhibit featuring the work of 28 area artists. "Fusion of the Arts 2009" will run through Oct. 20 with a final reception and awards ceremony Friday, Oct. 23, at IU Northwest held in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Regional Arts Summit.
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In the Oct. 1, 2009, issue of Live at IU, we featured a story about the 2009 Bloomington Multicultural Expo, a combined effort between campus multicultural groups, La Casa, the Asian Culture Center and the community's Soul Food Festival. Also featured were stories on Blood Brothers, the season opening play from IU's Department of Theatre and Drama; an IU South Bend professor's bronze relief, which will be featured in two juried exhibitions this year; the Jacobs School of Music fall ballet, which honors the 100th anniversary of Diaghilev's Ballet Russes; Grammy Award-winner Sylvia McNair's regional Emmy Award; the 9th Annual Cardboard Boat Regatta at the IU Outdoor Pool; and a Q-and-A with artist William Itter.
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There are a billion reasons to smile at IU Bloomington. Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie announced in October 2009 that the "Matching the Promise" fundraising campaign for the IU Bloomington campus has surpassed the $1 billion threshold on the way to its $1.1 billion goal.
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