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Hoosiers stay undefeated in Big Ten at 4-0

By Zina Kumok · Monday, March 31,2008 12:41 a.m.

On a roll like a perfectly-aligned row of dominoes, the No. 25 IU women’s tennis team won its fourth consecutive Big Ten match on Saturday, defeating unranked Michigan State 6-1.

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Seniors say goodbye in weekend split

By Kari Friedlander · Monday, March 31,2008 12:40 a.m.

Three IU seniors played their final home game at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center this past weekend. Senior Brittany Estrada opened the first game by singing both the Canadian and U.S. national anthems to represent all of the players on the No. 17 Hoosiers (11-13). As the team stood with linked arms, they prepared for what ultimately would result in one final triumph and one disappointing loss.

NCAA Swimming Championships

Sweet success.

By Linnea Coulter · Monday, March 31,2008 12:37 a.m.

The NCAA season is officially over, and it couldn’t have ended any better for senior Ben Hesen.

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Around the World

By Angus Shaw · Sunday, March 30,2008 11:46 p.m.

A declaration Sunday by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to pull his Mahdi Army fighters off the streets may help bring an end to the wave of violence that swept Baghdad and Shiite areas after the government launched a crackdown against militias in Basra.

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‘Yo! MTV Raps’ celebrates 20 years

By Ernest Moore · Sunday, March 30,2008 11:45 p.m.

Claiming to be “the most influential music TV series of all time,” and most importantly, the highest-rated MTV show of all time, MTV celebrates “Raps’” 20th anniversary by delivering a wave of programs that pay homage to the ground-breaking show.

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Presidential hopefuls propose economic plans

By Angus Shaw and Tom Raum · Sunday, March 30,2008 11:45 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have diagnosed the swooning U.S. economy and have come up with rival plans to revive it. If the downturn lasts as long as some economists predict, one of the three will get a chance to try to sell his or her proposal to Congress as president.

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Identity politics

By Anna Piontek · Sunday, March 30,2008 10:43 p.m.

The ’60s may have seen the dawn of identity politics, but it wasn’t until recently that identity politics became so ... political. Unfortunately, the choice between Democratic frontrunners has commonly been portrayed as a battle of allegiances: either you’re for women or for the black community.

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Explicit content!

By Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, March 30,2008 10:42 p.m.

An Indiana state law due to take effect July 1 will require any new bookstores selling sexually explicit content to pay a $250 fee and register on a list that will be passed to local officials who can then scrutinize the bookstores for any violations of their obscenity codes.

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Build it right the first time

Sunday, March 30,2008 10:41 p.m.

In the past few years, some universities have started using prefabricated, modular buildings to serve as dormitories. Though not necessarily as hardy as the structures IU students are used to seeing, the buildings are not flimsy by any stretch – made of brick, concrete and steel, they more or less fit in on most campuses. Are these dormitories the wave of the future, a way to combat rising costs and the inconvenience of construction?

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