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An unbiased, unadulterated All-Star team

By Ben Homrig · Sunday, July 6,2008 7:43 p.m.

At the time this column was scribed, the American and National League All-Star teams had not yet been announced. The difference between my opinion and what will really happen is the lack of Yankees on the list. It’s inevitable, especially since this year’s game will be played in the Bronx, that about 12 Yankees and Red Sox will make the team. But in reality these two teams are in second (BOS) and third (NYY) in the AL East. Where’s the Tampa love? (None here.)

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Who’s Next?

By Chris Engel and Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 6,2008 7:42 p.m.

IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan announced June 26 that he would resign at the end of the calendar year.

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Campillo’s sizzling summer continues

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Sunday, July 6,2008 7:41 p.m.

As if a second place finish at the NCAA Championships and a final round appearance at the British Amateur Championships weren’t enough, senior Jorge Campillo added another trophy to his mantel June 27 when he helped lead Team Europe to a Palmer Cup victory over the United States in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Concert lacked life in the house

By Deanna Krinn · Sunday, July 6,2008 5:54 p.m.

If someone were to throw a high-school dance, a wedding reception and a viewing party of “Desperate Housewives” into a giant mixing bowl, the result would probably be the Lifehouse concert Thursday night at The Bluebird.

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Summer of Schadenfreude

By Erich Reinhard · Sunday, July 6,2008 3:28 p.m.

As orientation reaches its peak and the Class of 2012 starts gagging on the campus literature that’s being perfunctorily crammed down their throats, my feelings drift between pity and “Schadenfreude,” the German word for finding mirth in other people’s misfortunes. I’m not proud of it. It’s just a wretched impulse that seizes me when I walk past all those misty-eyed, pasty-faced “pre-frosh” on my way to work, flitting and gibbering at the heels of their parents. They thought they were ready for college, I chortle to myself. But all they’re ready for are the forces of fate that will soon swallow them whole. How will they be swallowed whole? And why? These are serious questions.

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Optimism at its best

By Rob Bermingham · Sunday, July 6,2008 3:26 p.m.

The day after my glorious and all-important birthday this July, my tonsils will be taken out. Why? I’m not really sure. But it has something to do with impressive words like “peritonsillar,” reoccurring symptoms and possibly reacquainting myself with the most agonizing pain I’ve experienced in my life if I don’t. So now I get to be knocked out and put under the knife.

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Free to sulk

By Jacob Levin · Sunday, July 6,2008 3:24 p.m.

The Fourth of July never leaves Bloomington without a few battle scars. The day before, I passed by a protest of the Iraq war at the Courthouse. A week before, there was a protest at People’s Park in “solidarity” with a handful of people who were arrested while tree-sitting in protest of I-69. That day’s Facebook status page contained updates from acquaintances muttering something about colonialism and blood for oil. Their message was resoundingly clear: We’ve very little to celebrate this year.

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A newfound patriotism

By Julia Boriss · Sunday, July 6,2008 3:23 p.m.

I developed a new sense of patriotism after spending five months studying (or something) in Australia. What I quickly learned during my time abroad is that things run exceptionally smoothly in America.

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Showers don't stop Bloomington's annual 4th of July celebration

By Deanna Krinn · Friday, July 4,2008 1:18 p.m.

Ponchos, galoshes and umbrellas abounded Friday morning as Bloomington’s annual Fourth of July parade marched through downtown. A rain storm just short of a torrential downpour wasn’t enough to postpone the event, which featured area churches, politicians, businesses and other organizations.

10-time Hooosier all-American Aarik Wilson finishes off a jump at the 2005 Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif., where he finished 3rd. While at IU, Wilson won an NCAA title in the Long Jump and Triple Jump during the 2005 NCAA Indoor Championships and will aim to earn a spot on the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team this weekend.

10-time all-American Wilson nears Olympic spot

By AP Reports and Aaron Beard · Friday, July 4,2008 11:08 a.m.

FALLON, Nev. — Aarik Wilson, a 10-time all-American in track at Indiana, is on the verge of achieving his lifelong dream. Wilson will attempt to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Beijing when he competes this weekend in the U.S. Olympic trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

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