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BAM reaches out to music lovers

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New nonprofit group Bloomington Area Music aims to connect people involved in the Bloomington music scene into a network that can support and promote local music efforts together.



Aaron Neville

Neville sings at BCT

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Though the rain didn’t leave Bloomington with a winter wonderland, the Buskirk-Chumley Theater was filled with holiday spirit Tuesday as Aaron Neville and his quintet took the stage for their third annual holiday tour.

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Fearlessness in performance

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However, my glory on stage has been limited to those high school productions. I am the first to admit I don’t have the talent – let alone the guts – to pursue any sort of vocal or musical performance.


Sex/Death

Bloomington Playwright Project brings ‘Sex/Death’ to stage for 7th year

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“The Dark Alley Series shows things that are too edgy for the main stage,” he said. The BPP will be presenting “Sex/Death XXX” at 10 p.m. today until Saturday and Dec. 14 to 16 at the BPP. “Sex/Death” is a combination of nine short plays featuring one-night stands, homicide, fetishes and imprisonment.


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BoD: Action flicks

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BoD: Brian Welk lists the most intelligent actioneers of the decade while Cory Barker notes five mindless action products that are damn fun as well.


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Game gains popularity

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Ruckus, a fast-paced and inexpensive game, has captivated members of every age group with its fun simplicity.  


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14-year-old sentenced in Brown County

NASHVILLE, Ind. – A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping his older brother in an attack that killed an 84-year-old man and badly hurt his wife at their rural central Indiana home.



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Backstreet Mission closing thrift store

Backstreet Mission’s thrift store will be closing, co-founder and board of directors president Linda Kelley said. The store is a low-cost alternative for the community, and proceeds help support Backstreet’s homeless shelter.


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Young Democrats' dilemma

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Election Day saw turnout among IU voters up 287 percent from 2004, and when the results came in students yelled wildly down Kirkwood Avenue. Obama’s actual Presidency has been less dramatic, and student enthusiasm has predictably suffered.


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More Michael

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Steering a university in a long-term positive direction takes thinking – not in terms of years, but decades. This is exactly what the IU board of trustees did last week by voting unanimously to extend the contract of IU President Michael McRobbie for an additional five years.


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Book, pen, chalk

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After spending a long time with a book, you get to know its geography: the physical location of each important passage. But this familiarity comes from hunting through page after page to find that one quotation, not by hitting Ctrl+F and doing a keyword search.


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A stimulus package

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Grade inflation might be happening more quickly in the United States than anywhere else, but most of us will be applying for graduate school and jobs in this country and competing with our peers who graduated from similarly grade-inflated institutions.


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Smoke gets in your eyes

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Way back in June, the federal government took a moment away from its stagnation on health care and the economy to sign some legislation of a different kind. The bill the government decided to pump out allowed the FDA to begin regulating the contents of tobacco products, notably their nicotine levels and additional flavorings. Better late than never to jump on the anti-smoking bandwagon, it was supposed.


IU-Pittsburgh Men's Basketball

IU trumps Pitt, 74-64

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NEW YORK – Sophomore guard Verdell Jones  drove with a determined look on his face before turning on his pivot foot to drain a midrange jump shot.


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The Wrap on Rap

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Though rap in the U.S. might have stemmed from a minority urban black culture, today even the Vatican has approved of the genre. Tupac Shakur’s song “Changes” has been included on the Vatican’s official MySpace playlist. Although the music chosen for the playlist varies, “all these artists share the aim to reach the heart of good minded people” the Vatican writes on the page.


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14-year-old sentenced in fatal Brown County attack

NASHVILLE, Ind. – A 14-year-old boy has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for helping his older brother in an attack that killed an 84-year-old man and badly hurt his wife at their rural central Indiana home.