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Track and field sends 4 to nationals

By Ryan Gregg · Sunday, June 3,2007 9:11 p.m.

The IU track and field squads will be sending four athletes to the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships this week, with the women’s squad sending three of those four athletes.

Flop, lock and drop it

By Mike Abrams · Sunday, June 3,2007 8:58 p.m.

Flopping used to be an art form, performed by only the best of the best in the NBA. It took a true champion to make a light tap look like a foul at the most opportune time.

A letter for Dave

By Brian Janosch · Sunday, June 3,2007 8:34 p.m.

Dear God, I’m writing to recommend David L. Adams for a position in heaven. Those who knew him best knew a lot about Dave – sometimes too much. They knew to call him “Dadams,” never “Dr. Adams,” and they knew to get used to the phrase “I probably shouldn’t be telling you this, but ... ”

On the loss of a good friend

By Zachary Osterman · Sunday, June 3,2007 8:32 p.m.

There are so many things one can say in times like these. There are so many things one should say in times like these.

Thank you, Dave. For everything.

Sunday, June 3,2007 8:27 p.m.

A free press, free speech and free public debate – most Americans take these things for granted. After all, these liberties have been guaranteed by the Bill of Rights since 1791. And yet, if you spend any significant amount of time in a newsroom, you’ll be amazed how often they’re challenged.

IU advances 4 to NCAA Championships in California

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Friday, June 1,2007 2:44 p.m.

Despite sending 25 athletes to the NCAA Mideast Regional during Memorial Day weekend, the IU track program will only have four athletes to cheer on at the NCAA National meet.

Shalom Center set to move to new locations

By Kristi Oloffson · Friday, June 1,2007 12:19 p.m.

Last May, Shalom Community Center settled into the basement of 110 S. Washington St. after 10 months and $54,000 worth of renovations. Just weeks later, the center’s property was bought by Finelight, a marketing and communications firm, forcing the center to begin its search for a new home.

Incoming freshmen to be ‘best’ academically

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, May 31,2007 1:41 p.m.

Roger Thompson may have a better recruiting class than Kelvin Sampson. Thompson, IU’s vice provost for enrollment management, said he believes the incoming freshman class of 2007 is “the best academically prepared class in the history of IU.”

Finding some IU games on Bloomington TV might be difficult

By Ari Shifron · Thursday, May 31,2007 1:08 p.m.

The Big Ten Network is taking a cue from the movie “Field of Dreams,” hoping that “If you build it, they will come.”

IU finishes last at NCAA Championships

By Ari Shifron · Thursday, May 31,2007 12:25 p.m.

The clock struck midnight, and the glass slipper fell off the IU Women’s Golf team at the NCAA Championships.

IU plagiarism quadruples since 1996

By Alberto D. Morales · Thursday, May 31,2007 10:46 a.m.

According to statistics provided by the Office of Student Ethics, plagiarism on campus has skyrocketed in the past 10 years. In 1995-96, 30 plagiarism cases were reported. By 2005-06, that number jumped to 132 people who have used another's ideas or words.