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IU receives $100,000 grant to train military officials

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, June 5,2008 11:03 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded IU $100,000 to train 72 U.S. military officials on Afghanistan’s language and culture, said IU Center for Languages of the Central Asian Region Director Paul Foster.

Skate through the ages

Thursday, June 5,2008 10:09 a.m.

WEEKEND chronicles the rise and fall of the sport

Dave Matthews Tribute Band crashes Bluebird Friday night

By Deanna Krinn · Thursday, June 5,2008 9:58 a.m.

So I knew going into the Bluebird on Friday night that the Dave Matthews Tribute Band was not going to be the same. Apparently, everyone else in Bloomington knew it too and decided to sit this one out.

From sidewalk surfing to cultural phenomenon

By Adam Fithian · Thursday, June 5,2008 9:52 a.m.

Skateboarding makes its mark on B-town youth

Sustained note

By Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, June 5,2008 9:42 a.m.

This weekend's Stop I-69 Pledge Camp and Music Festival seeks to combine music with environmental activism

Tales from the Cryptacize

By Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, June 5,2008 9:29 a.m.

Up-and-coming band mixes indie pop with showtunes for a memorable sound

Rooftop tragedy

By Deanna Krinn · Thursday, June 5,2008 12:17 a.m.

Walter G. Ayala, 18, died Saturday at local Sanders Quarry after diving from the “Rooftop” jump. The Washington, Ind., teen was in Bloomington with two friends for the Indiana High School Athletic Association Track & Field State Championship, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s report.

A lasting legacy

By Lauren Clason · Thursday, June 5,2008 12:16 a.m.

Forty years ago, the people of America lost one of the most beloved leaders of their time. In a three-month whirlwind campaign, Robert F. Kennedy raised the hopes of many and gave a voice to the millions who had previously gone unheard.

Local excise officer honored for service

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:54 p.m.

Some in Bloomington might know Indiana State Excise Officer Travis Thickstun as the guy who busted them for underage drinking or using a fake ID, but to many law enforcement officials, businesses, schools and civic organizations statewide, Thickstun is known for his extensive work as an alcohol educator in his 23-county district.

Flash flooding, tornadoes ravage area

By Sandy Dunwoody · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:53 p.m.

Spectators gathered around the flooded west side of campus Wednesday evening. People waded in water up to their waists and others took photos with their camera phones at the intersection of Seventh Street and Woodlawn Avenue.

Around the Arts

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:51 p.m.

Festivals, theater featured in this week's Around the Arts

Art museum celebrates tattoos

By Ben Nuckols · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:48 p.m.

BALTIMORE – For one night, at least, tattoos – and the living canvases that carry them – took their place alongside Rembrandt, Matisse and Picasso.

IU Art Museum receives grant

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:47 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is one of five nationwide recipients of a chairman’s “sizable” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for Picturing America, IU Art Museum curator Edward Maxedon said.

COURTESY OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
IUPUI graduate student Frank Tai was recently selected by Pixar Animiaton Studios to join the studio's animation team. Tai's first major project with Pixar will be work on the movie Toy Story 3.

Recent IUPUI graduate lands position at Pixar

By Justin Doran · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:44 p.m.

The movie studio that created “Toy Story” and “Ratatouille” added a recent IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis graduate to its production team.

The E Route, abridged

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:36 p.m.

It seems there’s no refuge from high gas prices, not even in public transportation. Last week, the Campus Bus Service shortened the E route, which will no longer service the College Mall area. In so doing, the service angered a sizable number of students, mostly those who live in on-campus apartments and those without private transportation.

Coming around to a Clinton vice presidency

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:35 p.m.

As an ardent Obama supporter, I was hoping Clinton would concede last night. But she didn’t. And I think we all know what she’s holding out for. So let’s consider the possibility of throwing her the vice presidency.

Forced to pay

By Scott Tibbs · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:34 p.m.

On April 18, a number of men denied the biological sex given to them by God and dressed up as women. This event, referred to as the “Miss Gay IU Pageant” and presented by homosexual-advocacy organizations, is clearly a celebration of the destructive sin of sodomy. The Bible, in both the Old and New Testaments, is very clear on the nature of sexuality and how God views same-sex intimacy.

GI Bill blues

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:33 p.m.

Your mean-spirited treason that was the May 19 IDS staff editorial, “The GI Bill Battle,” is a slap in the face of every brave American man and woman that continues to pay the price for your freedom in some natural-resource-rich nation halfway across the globe.

A great parallel

Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:32 p.m.

I am a graduate of the Indiana University School of Law, Class of 1970, and winner of the U.S. Law Week Award for the most scholastic progress in the senior class. After graduation, I served in the U.S. Peace Corps as a legal adviser to the government of Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia.

Three reasons I love Tijan Jobe

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, June 4,2008 11:14 p.m.

In a move weeks ago that hearkened back to the glory days of Ewe Blab, IU coach Tom Crean added a piece to the men’s basketball team the Hoosiers have not seen the likes of in many years.