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IU employees volunteer their time at local animal shelter

By Deanna Krinn · Thursday, March 20,2008 1:03 a.m.

Few pet owners like cleaning out their animal’s litter box. But IU employee Marne Potter willingly cleans dozens of cages every week. Potter shows up at the Bloomington Animal Shelter at 8:30 a.m. every Saturday and changes a whole kennel’s worth of litter boxes.

Street chic: A day in the life of a fashion intern

Thursday, March 20,2008 1:03 a.m.

During spring break, I had the opportunity to work with the director of Chicago Fashion Week Presented by MasterCard. The fashion week, which is scheduled to be held April 21-27, will feature both national and international designers.

Breaking the Mode

By Gabrijel Gelic · Thursday, March 20,2008 12:59 a.m.

The contemporary fashion collection from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Permanent Collection is now being featured at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

DiMartino... James DiMartino

By Beth Evanson · Thursday, March 20,2008 12:58 a.m.

For the past three years, IU senior James DiMartino has worked hard on his own fashion line. Today, his James Bond-inspired clothing line will be revealed at his self-produced fashion show.

Old Time Relijun, Prizzy Prizzy Please ‘leave it all on the floor’ at the Bluebird

By Tom Edwards · Thursday, March 20,2008 12 a.m.

Portland-based avant-garde rock band The Old Time Relijun performed at The Bluebird Tuesday night in support of its latest album, “Catharsis in Crisis.” Local acts Prizzy Prizzy Please and The Big Sleep shared the bill in an eclectic night of music.

IU Chancellor Ken Gros Louis moderates an Indiana University Student Association debate Wednesday at the Indiana Memorial Union

IUSA candidates heat up debate as election nears

By Regan McCarthy · Thursday, March 20,2008 12 a.m.

In order to get students to make their marks heavy and dark during elections March 25 and 26, INdiana, Big Red and Kirkwood candidates fielded questions from Chancellor Ken Gros Louis at a debate Wednesday night. VIDEO: IUSA debate

Fried eggs and Flo Rida

Wednesday, March 19,2008 11:52 p.m.

Imagine a frying pan: “This is Sean Kingston.” Now imagine an egg in a frying pan: “This is your brain on Sean Kingston.”

Around the World

By Angus Shaw · Wednesday, March 19,2008 11:48 p.m.

Iraq’s presidential council approved a law Wednesday that paves the way for provincial elections, giving a major boost to U.S.-backed efforts to promote national reconciliation on the fifth anniversary of the war. The move came two days after Vice President Dick Cheney visited Baghdad to press Iraqi leaders to overcome their differences and take advantage of a lull in violence to make political progress. Many Sunnis boycotted the January 2005 election in which Iraqis chose a parliament and provincial councils. The vote ushered in representational government, but it also gave majority Shiites and minority Kurds the bulk of power, including at the provincial level.

Bush urges patience entering 6th year of war

By Angus Shaw and Jennifer Loven · Wednesday, March 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Five years after launching the invasion of Iraq, President Bush strongly signaled Wednesday that he won’t order troop withdrawals beyond those already planned because he refuses to “jeopardize the hard-fought gains” of the past year.

More than bragging rights: Swim team looks to improve in NCAAs

By Nathan Hart · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:51 p.m.

Tournament begins today in Columbus, Ohio

Rough weather causes headaches for IU in Texas

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:51 p.m.

Hampered by rough weather and a strong field that featured 14 teams ranked in the top 50, the No. 45 Hoosiers stumbled to a 10th-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.

Take 5: Strong team performance leads to second Pinehurst title

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:48 p.m.

The No. 26 IU men’s golf team won the Pinehurst Intercollegiate for the second straight year with all five golfers finishing in the top 10 individually.

8 Hoosiers head to national tournament

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:48 p.m.

After a hard-fought performance at the Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis during spring break, eight IU wrestlers earned the chance to compete at the NCAA Championships, which begin today.

Rain cancels IU date with Evansville

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:47 p.m.

Wednesday’s game between the IU baseball team and the Evansville Purple Aces in Evansville was postponed because of heavy rain.

Breaking down ‘the bracket’

By Aaron Beard and Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:46 p.m.

Like the first sign of spring, few things hold more promise in March than a freshly printed NCAA tournament bracket.

Trench warfare

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:34 p.m.

Lately Sen. Hillary Clinton, with her plagiarism charges against Sen. Barack Obama and her dark 3 a.m. phone call advertisement, has

Back Barack

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:33 p.m.

I have no doubt: Sen. Barack Obama needs to be the next president of the United States. He embodies a crucial reversal of the divisive, polarizing politics that

China’s future

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:32 p.m.

It seems like China just can’t catch a break. Bloomington is in an uproar over the violence in Tibet, and Beijing won’t have the pleasure of Steven Spielberg’s company when

Fearful eye toward the gay guy

By Abra Oliver · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:31 p.m.

There are names that strike terror into the heart of every red-blooded American: Osama bin Laden. Kim Jong Il. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Carson Kressley. Does that last name seem a little out of place to you? Well, if you believe the words of Oklahoma State Rep. Sally Kern, the greatest threat to America’s long term survival is no mere terrorist or evil dictator, but rather Kressley, one of the flamboyant stars of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” the show that is making over the world, “one man at a time.”

Obama’s racing the wrong way

By Michael Duncan · Wednesday, March 19,2008 10:29 p.m.

As I drove along I-74 from Cincinnati to Indianapolis on Saturday, I casually scanned the radio to pass the time. I only got through three stations before I picked up a broadcast of a Sen. Barack