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IU hopes to pitch its way back into the win column

By Ryan Gregg · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:27 p.m.

The IU baseball team is hoping to settle itself defensively today against Miami (Ohio) after it allowed 18 runs against Illinois on Monday.

Energy Department says gas prices could peak at $4 a gallon this spring

By Abisalom Omolo and John Wilen · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:19 p.m.

Retail gas prices could climb as high as $4 a gallon this summer, but prices at such lofty levels will make many Americans think twice about hitting the road this summer, the Energy Department said Tuesday.

Iraq war commander calls for halt to US troop reductions

By Abisalom Omolo and Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:19 p.m.

The U.S. general commanding the Iraq war called Tuesday for an open-ended suspension of U.S. troop withdrawals this summer, reflecting concern about a recent flare-up in violence and leaving open the possibility that few, if any, additional troops will be brought home before President Bush leaves office in January.

Irrelevant no more

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:09 p.m.

Dave Matthews. Bill Clinton. Kal Penn. Chelsea Clinton. Jeremy Piven. Sean Astin. All are celebrities of varying levels of fame, and all are surrogates for either Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama. And in the past week and a half, all six have made visits to Bloomington.

Politics of hope

By Tristan Reitz · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:06 p.m.

Last month, Sen. John McCain raised $15 million. Sen. Barack Obama, however, raised more than $40 million. I’ll let that sink in for just a second. That’s $40 million ... in a month.

Vonnegut, remembered

By Jennifer Miller · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:06 p.m.

Something close to my heart is taking place this Friday. Well, two things, actually – I really can’t wait to see Yung Joc in concert at Sigma Alpha Mu. But the other semi-momentous occasion going on in the world is the one-year anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut’s death.

Political idols?

By Nathan Dixon · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:05 p.m.

I don’t suppose seeing Bill Clinton should have been that big of a deal. Sure, the guy is an ex-president, but I had seen plenty of other big-name politicians speak, including Sen. Barack Obama. Is an ex-president really as exciting as a future president?

Keep your laws off my Facebook

Tuesday, April 8,2008 11:04 p.m.

Various children’s advocacy organizations in the United Kingdom are calling for a ban on employers looking at prospective employees’ Facebook pages, citing data protection laws. According to a story in the Daily Mail, studies found that one in five employers check the Internet and social networking sites for information on prospective employees. And for these organizations, that’s just too much.

IU graduate student Chris Lysack as the character "Hoffman" sings during a Les Contes d'Hoffmann dress rehearsal April 1 at the Musical Arts Center. Les Contes d'Hoffmann will be showing April 11 and 12 at 8 p.m.

60 years later, ‘Les Contes D’Hoffmann’ returns to IU stage

By Gabrijel Gelic · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:41 p.m.

IU Opera Theater celebrated 60 years of opera performance Friday night at the Musical Arts Center with Jacques Offenbach’s “Les Contes D’Hoffmann.”

Tunes for the drunk and sober

By Teri Rosenbaum · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:39 p.m.

It’s almost as if people have this all-known consensus that local bands that play at bars, in general, are bad, and therefore these people feel the need to clarify when they say that said local band is “actually pretty good.”

L350 class to do community service

By Nick Cusack · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:05 p.m.

One IU class is reaching beyond the classroom and giving back to the community. Students taking environmental biology L350 are required to complete 15 hours of service learning by participating in one of three projects. One class project involves teaching Fairview Elementary School students how to garden.

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IU School of Medicine professor and retina specialist Dr. Hua Gao performs surgery on a plane as part of ORBIS international, a non-profit orgainization otherwise known as the Flying Eye Hospital.

‘Flying eye hospital’ helps to develop Third-World countries

By Lauren Clason · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:03 p.m.

March 17 to 24 marked the first “Big Ten Week” for ORBIS International, the “flying eye hospital” that travels to Third-World countries to provide ophthalmology training and medical assistance to local doctors.

RPS libraries to make room for new materials

By Amanda Bridgman · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10:01 p.m.

Students had the opportunity to buy books, videos and CDs for a dollar or less Tuesday. The Residential Programs and Services annual libraries’ book and media sale offered videos, CDs, hardback and paperback books to students for cheap outside of the Teter Academic Support Center from noon to 6 p.m. Shawn Wilson, the RPS libraries manager, said the sale helps support RPS libraries.

Students, faculty to ‘bike to Uganda

By Joanna Barnett · Tuesday, April 8,2008 10 p.m.

Racers practicing for the Little 500 won’t be the only ones mounting Schwinn bicycles this week. In addition to the 300 competitors in the Little 500, students and faculty will get the chance to take part in a campus-wide fundraising event to “ride” 7,710 miles for impoverished children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Around the state

Tuesday, April 8,2008 9:19 p.m.

GARY – Airport officials say they will continue to solicit passenger air service despite the grounding of Skybus Airlines flights and comments by the Chicago mayor that the facility’s future lies in cargo transport.

PCB-contaminated deposit exposed in Rochester; well water threatened

Tuesday, April 8,2008 9:15 p.m.

ROCHESTER, Ind. – The EPA is testing water and soil samples near a pit where a contractor disturbed a chemical deposit tainted with PCBs, which now poses a threat to well water.

Intoxicated man breaks into Crown Point residence, brings toddler to parents’ room

Tuesday, April 8,2008 9:14 p.m.

CROWN POINT, Ind. – A couple said their 2-year-old daughter hasn’t slept a full night since a stranger entered their home, picked up the crying girl and brought her to their room.

B-Line Trail set for construction

By Adam Long · Tuesday, April 8,2008 9:12 p.m.

A project that has been deemed one of the most significant in the city’s history by Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan is now set to begin construction after a low bidder was named last week.

Obama to make campaign stop in Bloomington on Friday

By Michael Zennie · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:37 p.m.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama will stop in Bloomington on Friday, according to a source in the campaign.

Life is gorgeous at Turkuaz Cafe

By CJ Lotz · Tuesday, April 8,2008 11 a.m.

Pull the door handle to make the bells clang at Turkuaz Café on East Third Street. Scents of basil and sour cherry juice rush past while Turkish music thumps in time with clinking dishes. Peek in and a short, strong-shouldered but spry man bounces over because everyone looks “gorgeous.” Everything is “gorgeous.” Food is gorgeous, life is gorgeous, and most of all, humans are gorgeous.