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Musical Arts Youth Orchestra jazzes up Waldron Arts Center

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The Musical Arts Youth Orchestra presented a small audience of family and friends  with a night of toe-tapping jazz music on Friday at the John Waldron Arts Center. The performance consisted of two groups of aspiring musicians whose ages ranged from 12 to 18. The musicians, who come from local middle schools and high schools, gather once a week to practice and express their love for jazz under the guidance of IU graduate student Ben Mathews.



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Paper art, calligraphy on display at Wandering Turtle for solstice exhibit

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Both craft work with cut paper and Chinese calligraphy are on display from now until Dec. 29 at the Wandering Turtle Art Gallery downtown. With displays by Deborah Klein and Donna Eder, the gallery’s annual solstice exhibit recognizes “the long winter night” season and awaits the “rebirth” season, which is spring, said Rachel DiGregorio, the gallery’s assistant manager.


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Ind. government staffing down 14 percent

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana government has lost more than 1,500 workers in the past year, and that’s a good thing, according to Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels.


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City Council works to avoid Bhopal disaster

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Honoring the 25th anniversary of the largest industrial disaster in human history, the Bloomington City Council passed a resolution that aims to prevent such an event from happening locally.




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They’ll drink you Down Under the table

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Americans watch stock-car racing, drink moonshine and scream “yee-haw” as cars drive round and round. The Brits watch Lewis Hamilton throw away his world championship, drink Pimm’s and Sprite on a warm, summer day. But when it comes to combining driving with alcohol, one continent of race fans drinks the rest of the world under the table – Australia.



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More than 1,500 women participate in this year’s 19 party

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This weekend the 19 Panhellenic sorority houses on campus opened their doors to more than 1,500 IU women to recruit new members for the upcoming year at 19 Party, the first of four recruitment rounds occurring over the next month. The first round focused on introducing the chapters to potential new members.


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City announces Buskirk grant winners

The Bloomington Entertainment and Arts District and the City’s Parks and Recreation Department announced the winners of the 2010 Buskirk-Chumley Theater grants.


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2 IU wrestlers win Vegas event

IU senior wrestlers Angel Escobedo (125 pounds) and Nate Everheart (heavyweight) claimed individual titles at the 28th Annual Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas this weekend.



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Transcript of Mike Freitag's statement

Mike Freitag's statement about IU Vice President and Athletics Director Fred Glass' decision not to renew Freitag's contract, which expires Dec. 31, 2009. Read the entire transcript here.Keep checking the Hoosier Hype sports blog for developments on the search for the new men's soccer coach.