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New shows looking for success during debut month

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:56 p.m.

Although current shows are heading into the final stretch, April will also see the debut of new programs looking to make a splash in a very short time. And unlike most years, there are newbies this season that actually have a shot. Therefore, I’m mixing things up a bit this week – no TiVo’ing, no rant. Just a mini spring preview with a quality scale to help you decide if you want to watch.

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Btown wins IUSA election

Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:55 p.m.

Btown is the unofficial winner of this year's IU Student Association election, said Elizabeth Retana, IUSA election commissioner.

The 7 deadly sings of coffeeshop etiquette

By Rorye O'Connor · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:51 p.m.

I am a total coffee snob. I admit it. I’ve worked at Angles Café and Gift Shop in the IU Art Museum for almost four years now, and it’s turned me into one of those people. I have a ban on being spoken to until my first cup of free trade organic coffee has been consumed. I don’t drink anything at Starbucks that hasn’t been drowned in sugar and syrup, lest I taste the burning fires of their over-roasted beans. I love my regulars at Angles – they are the polite, friendly, cheerful people that every slinger of joe wishes they could interact with. However, there are a few things every snooty barista will silently judge you for.

A comeback of sorts

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:45 p.m.

After achieving mainstream success with 2002’s “Sticks and Stones” and 2004’s “Catalyst” and driving the pop-punk revolution, New Found Glory created a more pop-oriented sound for 2006’s “Coming Home,” which angered longtime fans but enchanted critics with its maturity.

A beautiful bromance

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:41 p.m.

In the midst of phrases like “bromance” and homosexual implications for close guy friends, films like “Superbad,” “Pineapple Express,” “Role Models” and even “Knocked Up” have showed us what it means to have a best friend today. And the newest attempt, “I Love You, Man,” shines the spotlight on the platonic male relationship in a completely real and honest way.

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The whitest boy alive

By Stefania Marghitu · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:32 p.m.

Dropping out of IU might have been the best thing that ever happened to Christian Lander. Shortly after the 30-year-old Canadian native left the Communication and Culture Ph.D. program, he created a blog that became a cult sensation – Stuff White People Like.

One for the Cutters

By Alexa Altman · Wednesday, April 1,2009 11:30 p.m.

Hold Steady, which will play alongside The War on Drugs at Jake’s Nightclub, is most famous for its Springsteen-esque, bar-rock style and story-telling lyrics.Lyrical characters such as Charlemagne, Gideon and Holly will also come along for the ride, as lead singer Craig Finn twists the three characters’ stories into plot-filled lyrics.

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Hewitt, Young post top times at ITTs

Wednesday, April 1,2009 10:51 p.m.

Despite the grueling nature of Little 500 individual time trials, Wing It senior Kristi Hewitt set a new track record, and the Cutters’ Eric Young posted 2:18.25, the fastest men’s time since 2006 on Wednesday at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

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Newspaper employee dies after street attack

Wednesday, April 1,2009 10:35 p.m.

A newspaper employee in a Moscow suburb has died after being beaten near his home in the latest of a string of attacks on journalists in Russia, his editor said Wednesday.

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Plan seeks to slash industry influence on doctors

Wednesday, April 1,2009 10:34 p.m.

In a drastic proposal for limiting drug company influence on doctors and patient care, a group of prominent physicians says medical associations and their leaders should reject almost all industry funding.

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South Korea seeks united front

Wednesday, April 1,2009 10:33 p.m.

South Korea’s president sought Wednesday to galvanize support from world leaders to pursue U.N. Security Council punishment for North Korea if it proceeds with a rocket launch that is suspected to be a cover for a missile test.

President Barack Obama gestures as he answers an audience member's question during his visit to Elkhart, IN February 9, 2009

Obama asked to rethink policies

Wednesday, April 1,2009 9:01 p.m.

The head of the religious order that founded the University of Notre Dame has asked President Barack Obama to reconsider his support of abortion rights and embryonic stem cell research before he speaks at the school’s May 17 commencement.

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Department of Energy gives $745,000 to city

By Katrina Loh · Wednesday, April 1,2009 8:58 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that Bloomington will receive $745,000 from the federal stimulus to improve the energy efficiency of city-owned buildings and to stimulate the local economy.

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Obama as The Donald: ‘You’re fired!’

By Stephanie Kane · Wednesday, April 1,2009 8:30 p.m.

Under the eight years of the Bush administration, which began when I was in the seventh grade, many of my social studies, history and government classes (taught by my forever left-leaning teachers, no doubt) always emphasized the drastic increase in our federal government under the power-hungry Bush and Cheney duo.

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Education or propaganda?

By Chelsea Kane · Wednesday, April 1,2009 8:27 p.m.

IU School of Journalism Professor Mike Conway published a 2007 work with a title linking Bill O’Reilly to “propaganda techniques.”

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