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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, April 17,2008 11:22 p.m.

Authorities in India sealed off the center of their normally frenetic capital Thursday with 15,000 police to protect the Olympic torch relay from anti-China protesters who held their pro-Tibet demonstrations elsewhere in the country.

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Around the arts

Thursday, April 17,2008 10:39 p.m.

Kaia presents: ‘Get Down, Rise Up!’ concert When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium More Information: Bloomington’s a cappella world music ensemble performs music from every hemisphere, political anthems and outrageous schmaltz. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and children ages 5 and under get in free. Purchase tickets online at bloomingtonarts.info.

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Cornhole tournament to be held Saturday

By David Schlegel · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:19 p.m.

Twenty or more cornhole boards will be set up this Saturday in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union for a cornhole tournament. The tournament will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. IU Lutheran Campus Ministries will host the event.

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Rubber Duck Regatta floats to IU

By Matt Howe · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:18 p.m.

Dunn Meadow: trees, beautiful landscape, the Jordan River and ... smiling yellow ducks? This Sunday in Dunn Meadow, Alpha Phi Omega will be presenting the 18th annual Rubber Duck Regatta on the Jordan River.

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Internship rip-off

By Alexandra Chtchedrina · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:59 p.m.

As the spring semester nears its end, summer internships are about to begin. But if you are thinking of taking internship for credit, think again; because if you do, you’ll have to brace yourself for a bursar bill.

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Roommate wars

By Brian Frange · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:57 p.m.

Much like communism, a house with roommates does not work unless everyone contributes equally. I’m not a communist. I’m a materialistic, free-market capitalist and I understand the importance of incentives and personal gain. This is why, when you move into a house next year with four other guys, you’ll need to learn a few tricks to cope with the stresses.

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Fun with guns

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:56 p.m.

When I went home for Christmas break, I started noticing disturbing behavior around my house. Dad was prancing around singing Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is you,” but replacing the word “you” with “a 9 millimeter semi-automatic,” or sometimes “ammo.”

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Dying chivalry

By Rachel Goldberg · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:55 p.m.

A few weeks ago, I was standing in line with one of my guy friends at the grocery store. We’d put all of our things in one cart, and at the very bottom of the cart, near the wheels, he’d stashed a pack of water bottles. As we piled our things on the counter, I asked, “Hey, can you lift up this water?” and he replied with, “Uh, can you just do it?”

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Sexing up field trips

Thursday, April 17,2008 8:53 p.m.

As it turns out, your nostalgia for frequent field trips isn’t unfounded. And while you remember fondly when you used to go to museums or state parks, a class at Randolph College in Virginia is doing one better —it went to a brothel. It’s the legal kind, of course, nestled 60 miles outside of Las Vegas in a part of the country that refuses to separate entirely from the idea of the Wild West.

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Bloomington AIDS Walk set for Saturday

Thursday, April 17,2008 7:58 p.m.

The fourth annual Bloomington AIDS Walk will take place Saturday at Third Street Park. Organized by IU’s Student Global AIDS Campaign, the walk will benefit Bloomington Hospital Positive Link, an agency serving south central Indiana residents living with HIV and AIDS.

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Susan Schaller to speak about ‘Languagelessness’

By Nicole Palmer · Thursday, April 17,2008 6:14 p.m.

Ildefonso, a 27-year old deaf man, had lived his entire life without words or any real way of communicating until Susan Schaller did something considered impossible to the academic community; she taught an adult his first language.

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Capobianco to be a Hoosier

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, April 17,2008 5:24 p.m.

Bobby Capobianco, a 6-foot, 8-inch power forward from the class of 2009, has committed to play for the Hoosiers.  BLOG:  Basketblog

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