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IU students participate in mock trial competition

By Ashley Pettit and Heather Hacker · Monday, April 7,2008 12:06 a.m.

IU’s Phi Alpha Delta traveled to Chicago Thursday and stayed until Saturday to compete against 18 different teams from eight different schools at the John Marshall Law School for the fifth annual national diversity mock trial competition.

Students munch wings for candidate

By Sarah Brubeck · Monday, April 7,2008 12:05 a.m.

Instead of celebrities and free concert tickets, all-you-can-eat wings brought students together Thursday to support presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama.

Sophomores launch Web site for Little 500 events

By Amy Burke · Monday, April 7,2008 12:04 a.m.

Sophomores Russell Markus and Craig Doner wanted to do something different this year for Little 500. With the race nearing, Markus and Doner came up with the idea to create a Web site, www.little500events.com, which features all of the Little 500 concerts and events going on during the week.

IDS, Arbutus select new editors-in-chief

By Amy Burke · Monday, April 7,2008 12:03 a.m.

The Indiana Daily Student publications board chose senior Michael Reschke and junior Audrie Garrison to lead the IDS in the summer and fall , respectively. Junior Lea Wilcox, currently the managing editor of the Arbutus yearbook, was selected as the 2008-09 Arbutus editor-in-chief.

Singing Hoosiers celebrate 58 years

By Gabrijel Gelic · Sunday, April 6,2008 11:55 p.m.

Saturday’s performance at the IU Auditorium celebrated the Singing Hoosiers’ 58th anniversary.

Luminescence Project gives ‘multi- sensory’ show

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, April 6,2008 11:54 p.m.

The IU Luminescence Project’s multi-sensory performance Friday and Saturday in the Musical Arts Center transported the audience into a world where a young black man is lynched by a white mob.

‘Overexaggeration of human emotion’ displayed Friday

By Aaron Risch · Sunday, April 6,2008 11:27 p.m.

Friends, family and art lovers gathered Friday night at the SoFA Gallery to celebrate the last showing of Bachelor of Fine Arts student Joel Hernandez’s photography as an IU student.

Enterprising students bring Southern rapper to IU for Little 5

By Ernest Moore · Sunday, April 6,2008 11:25 p.m.

With most of the performances for Little 500 being hosted by fraternity houses on campus, a few eager and business-oriented students at IU decided to collaborate and bring in a recording artist as well.

State schools’ chief urges districts to consider renewable energy

Sunday, April 6,2008 9:17 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s top schools official is encouraging the state’s school districts to look into renewable energy technologies as a way to cut their energy costs.

Briefs from around the state

Sunday, April 6,2008 9:16 p.m.

FORT WAYNE – Gunfire killed a 19-year-old man early Sunday, the city’s ninth shooting death within a week.

Anti-life

By Justin Hill and Justin P. Hill · Sunday, April 6,2008 7:35 p.m.

Abortion is one of the most abominable procedures our culture tolerates. Just as our country was wrong on slavery, we’re wrong on abortion. It is disgusting to know that a country that prides itself on the motto of “liberty and justice for all” has denied liberty and justice to more than 45 million people – the amount dead since Roe v. Wade passed.

The real debate

By Justin Hill and Justin P. Hill · Sunday, April 6,2008 7:24 p.m.

Abortion is one of the most abominable procedures our culture tolerates. Just as our country was wrong on slavery, we’re wrong on abortion. It is disgusting to know that a country that prides itself on the motto of “liberty and justice for all” has denied liberty and justice to more than 45 million people – the amount dead since Roe v. Wade passed.

Wanted: Scandal

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, April 6,2008 7:23 p.m.

This has been a good couple of weeks for us here at the paper: a new basketball coach, a crooked IU Student Association election, the run-up to Little 500 ...

Back on the block

By Scott Leadingham · Sunday, April 6,2008 7:22 p.m.

Do you remember the first concert you ever attended? Mine was John Denver’s. I’m not afraid to admit that, mostly because he died less than a year after the performance. When I tell people that story, they hold back from obvious jeering and laughter solely out of respect for the deceased.

Welcome to Indiana, Coach Crean

Sunday, April 6,2008 7:21 p.m.

You know it’s a big day for IU basketball when, on the day that former President Bill Clinton visits Assembly Hall, he’s not even the biggest story on campus. No, the hiring of Tom Crean as men’s basketball head coach took the headlines last week, and rightfully so.

Cutters, Teter win Team Pursuit

By Greg Rosenstein · Sunday, April 6,2008 3:45 p.m.

Heading into this weekend’s Team Pursuit competition, both Teter and Cutters had large leads in the overall standings based on their individual performances. It was only fitting that they continued their reign on top with victories Saturday, establishing the them as the best overall teams going into the Little 500.

Crean-Greenspan Memorandum of Understanding released

Saturday, April 5,2008 3:28 a.m.

New IU men's basketball coach Tom Crean signed a Memorandum of Understanding with IU director of athletics Rick Greenspan that will ensure him an annual base salary of $600,000 and the use of two university vehicles. DOCUMENT: Crean MoU

Gordon to enter NBA draft

Saturday, April 5,2008 3:28 a.m.

Freshman guard Eric Gordon will end his college career by entering the NBA draft after one season at IU, the Indianapolis Star reported late Thursday. Gordon led the Big Ten in scoring this season. He is projected to be selected in the top 10. BLOG: Basketblog

Friends of Middle Way House demonstrate for sexual assault prevention

By Allison Tyra · Friday, April 4,2008 3:59 p.m.

2. 14. 58. Men and women bearing numbers such as these on their shirts met for Stand Up and Be Counted to represent student victims of sexual assault Thursday outside Woodburn Hall.

Hoosiers hyped: Ex-players happy Crean is the new coach

By Zachary Osterman · Friday, April 4,2008 3:03 p.m.

Following a press conference to announce new IU men's basketball coach Tom Crean on Wednesday, several former IU players have voiced their support for the new coach. VIDEO: Crean introduced as coach BLOG: Basketblog DOCUMENT: Crean MoU