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IU alumnus Will Shortz might have become an economist instead of an enigmatologist if it weren't for his mother. In today's audiostream, the New York Times crossword puzzle editor talks with Don Gray, IU professor emeritus of English, as they discuss Shortz' educational journey -- in a September 2006 interview -- as well as the history and popularity of puzzles, including sudoku. Shortz was at IU Bloomington for the opening of the Lilly Library's Slocum Puzzle Room, which features 400 mechanical puzzles from the 30,000 puzzles and related books given to the university by author Jerry Slocum.
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Relive the "Glory Days: Hoosiers Past and Present" during this year's Homecoming Weekend. IU's determined Hoosiers take on the Michigan State Spartans at noon in Memorial Stadium. Terry Hoeppner, Indiana's head coach, has issued a challenge -- he wants 50,000 IU fans in the stands. So you like music with your football? Song writer and singer John Mellencamp will perform in Memorial Stadium before the game, and the day ends with a Beach Boys' concert in the IU Auditorium. See you there!
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Living on the edge -- and bringing the family along for the run
This summer, Indiana University exercise physiologist Timothy Mickleborough resumed an interest that has taken many an athlete, including himself, to "the edge," a place where a competitive nature and the obsessive-compulsive inclinations common to athletes can wreak social havoc and push them to the point where they have to just stop training and competing. Mickleborough decided to compete in a triathlon. "I tell my students that as an Ironman athlete, you're very much on the edge, you're on the precipice," Mickleborough said. "If you push it, you'll go over."
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Researchers in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University have found an increase in reported cases of certain types of cancer in regions of Indiana where organic air pollutants are more common. The researchers reported in February's Environmental Research that cancers of the skin, brain and nervous system, and thyroid and endocrine system occur at a higher rate in the vicinity of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. "We know very little about how one specific type of air pollutant common in heavily industrialized states like Indiana -- VOCs -- might be linked to the full range of cancer types," said Michael Boeglin, who co-authored the study with Denise Wessels and SPEA Associate Professor Diane Henshel.
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Mediators can help many divorcing couples save money and time by helping them move through the legal process more quickly and by avoiding contentious lawsuits. Divorce, said Amy G. Applegate, a longtime litigator who directs the Family and Children Mediation Clinic at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, can make people behave in unfortunate and sometimes unexpected ways. "When your relationship is breaking up, you hear yourself saying things, see yourself doing things that you normally wouldn't say or do," she said. "Good people do this."
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Watching more than two hours of television per day increases adolescents' chances of being overweight, according to an Indiana University study. "Watching TV may be the most inactive behavior next to sleeping," said Millicent Fleming-Moran, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Health Science. "When you watch TV you tend to be totally still and may even lie down."
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Tiger Woods' phenomenal golfing success and buffed-up physique have brought weightlifting and physical fitness into the realm of professional and competitive golf in addition to putting more feet -- and more socioeconomically diverse people -- onto the greens, according to an IU Bloomington study. "Tiger has brought fitness to the sport," said Gary Sailes, an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology. "He has changed the culture of golf in the United States."
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The Parisian park benches were full of old faces that had seen World Wars, chic young mothers with intelligent-looking toddlers and an array of picnickers and readers with the thoughtful look of people undoubtedly contemplating Sartre. Each one looked up at Indiana University's Lesa Lorenzen-Huber as she passed on her first lap, startled to see someone doing something as pointless as jogging.
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The September 27 issue includes articles about Marty Siegel and his "Movement Warrior," vision and athletic performance, physical activity and arterial health, everyday activities and blood pressure, effective walking groups and Lesa Lorenzen-Huber's blog about her alleged workout sabbatical.
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