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Active Minds chapter promotes mental health

By Allison Anderson · Sunday, April 12,2009 11:45 p.m.

IU's Active Minds chapter will work to spread mental health awareness at IU through educational campaigns and events. So far they have plans to celebrate National Stress Out Day, which runs Monday through Friday, during which they will offer relaxing activities such as massages and games.

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IFC sponsors sexual assault prevention

By Carrie Schedler · Sunday, April 12,2009 11:40 p.m.

This week is Sexual Assault Awareness Week for the IFC, and members of fraternities will be participating in a variety of events to raise awareness, said IFC Vice President of Communications Mike Antonelli.

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Notre shame

By Kristi Lafree · Sunday, April 12,2009 9:48 p.m.

The University of Notre Dame has outdone itself in stupid ideas. Its decision to invite President Barack Obama to speak at their commencement is, by all regards, far worse than its decision to sign Charlie Weis to a 10-year contract.

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Sri Lanka to suspend offensives

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:47 p.m.

Sri Lanka’s president ordered a two-day suspension of offensives against Tamil Tiger rebels to enable tens of thousands of trapped civilians to leave the war zone, his office said Sunday.

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The unpaid workforce

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, April 12,2009 9:47 p.m.

Parents often cry at graduation ceremonies. They are eager to see what their sons and daughters will become, proud of the accomplishments about which they can already boast to their friends and thrilled to be finished dealing with the stresses of the big, bad bursar bill.

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Rioting follows state of emergency in Thai capital

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:47 p.m.

Swarms of anti-government protesters attacked the prime minister’s car, seized control of major intersections in the capital and commandeered buses, bringing new chaos to the Thai capital as the country’s ousted leader threatened to return from exile to lead a revolution.

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Texas wildfire conditions ease; weather a concern

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:45 p.m.

Firefighters in Texas faced calmer weather conditions Saturday while attacking deadly wind-driven wildfires, but worried that approaching thunderstorms could create new problems.

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The gay bomb

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, April 12,2009 9:45 p.m.

It’s a scene straight out of a 1950s comic book. The American heroes, hardened by the horrors of war, set out to ravage their enemies without messy guns or nuclear warheads. Instead, they drop their most surprising, most secret, most dastardly of all weapons designed to weaken their opponent and render him unable to fight back: the “gay bomb.”

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Captain held captive in lifeboat rescued

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:43 p.m.

The company that owns the American ship seized this week by Somali pirates says the captain that has been held hostage for days has been rescued.

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Still the best candidate

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:43 p.m.

The Indiana Daily Student reported Feb. 25 that President Barack Obama’s Office of Legal Council nominee, IU law professor Dawn Johnsen, was to be confirmed by Congress that very day. Two and a half months later, she’s still waiting.

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EPA to pay $66.5M to clean up tainted Gary lagoon

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:06 p.m.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled on a $66.5 million plan to clean up a Gary lagoon that contains sludge and water contaminated by Polychlorinated Biphenyls.

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Worker dies in trench collapse

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:05 p.m.

Northern Indiana police said a man helping dig a trench for a home drainage project died when the 10-foot-deep trench collapsed onto him.

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Group wants diverse workforce

Sunday, April 12,2009 9:03 p.m.

A group including former Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher and Indiana NAACP Chief Barbara Bolling said northern Indiana leaders must lobby President Barack Obama and Sen. Evan Bayh to appoint minorities to federal court openings in the state.

Actors perform at the dress rehersal of Chicks with Dicks Tuesday evening at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

‘Chicks with Dicks’ engages, captures audience’s attention

By Rachel Pankiw · Sunday, April 12,2009 8:28 p.m.

“Well, well, well, looks like we’re in for a little action tonight,” military-warrior-princess Oxi said. Truer words couldn’t have been spoken when Oxi, played by Emily Goodson, opened the show Thursday night for the debut performance of Trista Baldwin’s “Chicks with Dicks II: Battle with Cannibal Sluts from Outer Space” at the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

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