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Excess meal points roll over for 1st time

By Shannon McEnerney · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

As the school year draws to a close, freshmen Jordan Conley and Danielle Thompson sit in Wright Place Food Court dining on food purchased with meal points. Conley has less than 200 points left, but Thompson still has almost 700 remaining. Because of the 75 percent meal-point rollover plan that Residential Programs and Services recently enacted, students this year aren’t scrambling as much to use up all their leftover points.

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No ace in the hole

By Wes Jakacki and Jennifer Miller · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

There is such a thing of too much of a good thing. In "Smokin' Aces," director Joe Carnahan tries to make a movie too cool for its own good, overloading it with big-name actors, characters and their agendas. Movies like "Snatch" have been successful at developing several characters while still having you feel connected to them. But in "Smokin' Aces," the characters are not developed properly, leaving you disconnected to the characters and story. Without any attachment to the characters, you are unsure whom to root for. Even the story's hero, Ryan Reynolds, does not take lead and the most developed characters, the lady hunters Georgia Sykes (Alicia Keys) and Sharice Watters (Taraji Henson), are the least important to the plot.

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Game over

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

This is the last one. After six semesters of writing about squirrels and Britney Spears and working in the word “hottie” as often as possible, I’m graduating. I don’t agree with goodbye-themed columns in principle, but here we are. I feel I owe some closure to the three people who actually read this – Mom, Dad and Shakira. OK, I’ll be honest. My mom and dad stopped reading my column long ago after the novelty wore off. Gracias, Shakira. Ésto es para tí.

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Tribeca festival presents a diverse lineup

By Jake Coyle · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The word “tentpole” is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it.

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IU, Microsoft align for cybersecurity

By Heather Haemker · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Microsoft and IU are forming a new partnership that will help make IU’s computer systems safer. Microsoft Corporation and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center are forming an alliance that will extend the reach of Microsoft Security Cooperation Program to include colleges and universities.

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Bombing kills 9 U.S. soldiers

By Abisalom Omolo and Hamid Ahmed · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD – An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Tuesday for double suicide truck bombings that killed nine U.S. paratroopers in the worst attack on American ground forces in Iraq in more than a year, saying it sent “two knights” for the attack.

Courtesy Photo Former IUSA President, Alex Shortle, looks over Dubrovnik, Croatia in Feb. 2006. Shortle traveled from Ireland to Turkey during his year off from school. He will return to IU as a senior in the fall.

Former IUSA leader travels across Europe

By Maria Srour · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Alex Shortle has not shaved in five months, and his face clearly shows it. Behind the lumberjack beard sits last year’s IU Student Association president, completely content with his decision to take the school year off and travel

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Vandalized Heart

By Julia Boriss · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Last week at Virginia Tech, Seung-Hui Cho took a 2-hour breather from murdering 32 people to mail a video of himself to NBC. This video was full of accusatory statements such as “You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today” and “You have vandalized my heart.” To me, the words of this loner speak to the greatest human tragedy of all. I’m not defending Cho.

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Frisbee club prepares for regionals

By Tiffany Yoder · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

No need for alarm. The flying saucers gracing the airspace at Woodlawn Field on Tuesdays belong to the women’s ultimate frisbee team. The squad, which boasts 20 members, competes in 10 tournaments each year, traveling as far as Baton Rouge, La.

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IU embarks on seven-game trip

By DeAntae Prince · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Any competition between IU and Kentucky is usually a significant one on the schedule, but this time around holds a little more importance for the Hoosiers.

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