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Senior day helps Hoosiers rebound

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The No. 18 IU wrestling team (12-4, 3-3) experienced a resurgence just in time for senior day. Senior Josh Buuck is the only Hoosier who won't return to next year's squad, and he competed in his last two duals at home Friday and Sunday in University Gym.


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U.S., Roddick bounce Czechs in Davis Cup

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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Andy Roddick beat Tomas Berdych 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) Sunday to give the United States a victory against the Czech Republic and a place in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The United States won the series 4-1 and will next play Spain on hard courts in Winston-Salem, N.C. It will be a rematch of the 2004 final in Seville, when the Spanish hosts beat the Americans on clay.


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Lindgren, Belcher victorious in loss to Notre Dame

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While most IU students were stuck in the cold weather in Bloomington this weekend, the IU women's golf team felt warmer Florida temperatures. Playing in their only dual match this season, the Hoosiers lost a Ryder Cup-style match to Notre Dame at the Legends Golf Club in Kissimmee, Fla.


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Students take steps toward opening fair-trade store

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IU students and Bloomington residents sipped coffee and nibbled on muffins and banana bread Saturday as they listened to a presentation by Fair Trade Bloomington about opening a fair-trade retail store in Bloomington.



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Not just a 1-dimensional show

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The IU Health Center isn't the only place to get your cheek swabbed on campus anymore. Now, cheek swabbing is available in the School of Fine Arts Gallery. From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, the SoFA Gallery will open a month-long exhibit: Human Nature II: Future Worlds. The performance piece in the opening reception Friday will feature artist Paul Vanouse swabbing participants' cheeks and using the DNA to work it into an artistic piece.





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Recycling old issues

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Recently, IU received a D-plus on its environmental sustainability report card, and many weren't too impressed with its efforts to improve. But the University isn't the only one sending us headlong into a Kevin Costner movie. You are, too. Yeah -- you, in the back. The one who is too lazy to tell the difference between a residence hall recycling bin and a urinal. You're the reason this town dumps tons (literally) of recyclable garbage into private landfills every day.


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Around the World

At least five people were killed Sunday in Somalia during a march that drew thousands in support of peacekeepers. Thousands had marched through Kismayo, Somalia, 260 miles southwest of the capital, Mogadishu, to support a proposed peacekeeping mission for the country.


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Making a racket

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This week, I've found myself starring angrily at the chalkboard more than a few times. No, it's not the cold weather. And no, it's not a difficult concept.


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U.S.: Iranian government delivering bombs to Iraq

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- High-tech roadside bombs that have proved particularly deadly to American soldiers are manufactured in Iran and delivered to Iraq on orders from the "highest levels" of the Iranian government, a senior intelligence officer said Sunday.


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All you need is love

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The two most powerful forces on this green Earth are love and anger. It's no wonder that these forces that elicit so much passion often intertwine in life and end up indecipherable from one another in their results. War, peace, abuse and social justice can all arise equally from these two seemingly opposite poles.



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Friends, family to hold prayer vigil Saturday for Wade Steffey

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A prayer vigil for missing Purdue student Wade Steffey will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Evangelical Community Church, 503 S. High St., in Bloomington. Steffey, a Bloomington resident, was last seen in the early hours of Jan. 13 while attending a Phi Theta Kappa fraternity party at Purdue. He was reported missing three days later, after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Ben Buckner, his roommate and childhood friend, came home from Bloomington to find Steffey's laptop still powered on.


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MtvU buys teacher rating site

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When students want to vent about their classes, they often turn to RateMyProfessors.com. The site was recently sold to mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college channel, and it features "ratings" of professors from universities in the U.S., Canada, England, Scotland and Wales, based on students' responses. "We have been hearing from our audience for a long time about how the Web site is a useful tool; it is a smart and organic approach to professor rating," said Jason Rzepka, mtvU's manager of communication. "When the purchase opportunity was provided, we jumped at it. It is a Web site for college students and by college students and it reflects our commitment to giving college students a voice."


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Panel worries about immigration

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Heads nodded and people murmured as professor Peter Guardino explained the deadly risks involved with immigrants crossing the border to the United States.


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A big crown to fill

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The race for the crown has begun. The 15 contestants of this year's Miss Indiana University Pageant have been involved in a whirlwind of preparations in hopes of becoming the next Miss IUB. The pageant, to be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union, will be the second Miss IUB competition since it made a comeback in 2006 after a 37-year absence. This year's contestant group ranges in experience from state-level pageants to no previous experience at all, said the pageant's executive director, Lindsay Shipps Etienne. "I feel so strong about this year's pool of contestants," she said. "It's so refreshing to see people who have never dealt with pageants coming together with those who have and seeing the work come together." Aside from competing for $6,000 in scholarships from the IU Foundation, the winner will go on to compete against 26 other local-level winners in the Miss Indiana Pageant in June. The contestants for Miss IUB will be judged on formal interviews and their talent, evening gowns, swimsuits and onstage interviews.