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Eighth-grader faces penalty for skipping class

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:46 p.m.

WESTFIELD, Ind. -- An eighth-grader's singing performance during President Bush's visit this week to Indianapolis has her facing a string of zeros for the class work she missed that day. Brianna Tull missed four classes and part of a fifth Tuesday at Westfield Middle School because she was singing with the Indianapolis Children's Choir during Bush's appearance at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.

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Breaking bricks for charity

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:45 p.m.

Lee's Martial Arts students broke their way into charity events as they participated in a "kick-a-thon" and a "break-a-thon" to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

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No fat dudes

By Aubrey Donaldson · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:44 p.m.

It's not news that eating disorders are constantly on the rise among women; the research has been crammed down our throats about the negative effects on our body image of fashion magazines featuring bony models. But why focus on such easily avoidable media when there's a much more immediate cause for concern being ignored?

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Where does the money go?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:44 p.m.

In the last IU board of trustees meeting, the University once again increased tuition, this time by 4 percent. They increased tuition by $202 per year for returning in-state students and $627 for non-resident returning students.

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SLIS professor dies at 58

By Alyson Brodsy and Holly Johnson · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:43 p.m.

Rob Kling, IU professor of Information Systems and Information Science at the School of Library and Information Science, passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours Thursday, according to a SLIS Web site created in his honor. He was 58.

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Professor to take dean's job

By J.P. Benitez and JP Benitez · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:43 p.m.

After nine years of teaching at IU, associate professor of journalism Paul Voakes is leaving Bloomington to embark upon a new administrative career as the dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Change of season

By Alyson Brodsy and Brandon Morley · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:42 p.m.

The summer brings many changes to the IU campus: the blades of grass begin to turn greener, the humidity rises, the sun's rays burn intensely and the IU Police Department is forced to make a change in their day-to-day operations. IUPD operates as a law enforcement agency committed to serving the public safety needs of both the IU and Bloomington communities.

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What a year it would be for a Triple Crown

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Litke · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:42 p.m.

BALTIMORE, Md. -- They have come in all sizes and colors, with vastly different personalities and every conceivable advantage. There have been big ones and small ones, silver, black and brown ones, the bashful and the born entertainers. They have been piloted by wizards, trained by superstars and owned by blue bloods, princes and captains of American industry. Yet the thing each has been remembered for, finally, was failing to get the job done.

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Pistons lose against rested Nets in overtime thriller

By Alyson Brodsy and Joseph White · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:41 p.m.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Twelve hours after one of the franchise's biggest victories, the Detroit Pistons were back on the practice court Saturday, defying the skeptics again. With barely any time to celebrate, or even sleep, following Friday night's series-clinching overtime victory at Philadelphia, the Pistons had no trouble getting motivated for the New Jersey Nets. The Nets won the matchup 96-94 in overtime Sunday.

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Rain takes practice time from Bump Day contenders

By Dan Patrick · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:41 p.m.

Rain.The bane of the existence of Indianapolis 500 racers and teams struck again this weekend and took away valuable practice time from teams that could not make it into the field during the May 11 Qualification Day.

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Plane crash kills 4 Hoosiers Friday

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:40 p.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A single-engine plane carrying four Indiana residents on their way to a South Carolina vacation crashed just northwest of Savannah, Ga., killing all four people. Greg and Marianne Moser, who owned a race car axle business, Moser Engineering, in Portland, Ind., died in Friday's crash.

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Guns and butter

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:40 p.m.

Speaking last Monday in front of 7,500 Hoosiers in Indianapolis, Bush unfolded a new plan to cut more taxes than the $350 billion the Senate had approved. As usual, when it comes to economic policy, Bush is on shaky ground.

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Have a drink or two

By Alyson Brodsy and Vincent Carr · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:40 p.m.

After receiving the notorious No. 1 party school ranking from the Princeton Review and being featured in the May 12 issue of Time magazine, those not familiar with IU's apparent alcohol problem are few.

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Where does the money go?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 5:39 p.m.

In the last IU board of trustees meeting, the University once again increased tuition, this time by 4 percent. They increased tuition by $202 per year for returning in-state students and $627 for non-resident returning students.

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Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:59 a.m.

IU's School of Music announced May 13 that it received a three-year, $345,000 grant from the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation to continue developing the IU String Academy. The academy is designed for children aged five to 18 to study violin, viola, cello, bass and double bass. The vigorous curriculum includes private lessons, chamber music and performance opportunities.

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Hollywood execs fight DVD duplication

By Alyson Brodsy and Ted Bridis · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:59 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Brian Martin, a computer consultant in Maryland, is careful when he handles the plastic discs in his DVD library of more than 200 movies. But accidents, and scratches, still happen. "The worst thing is, one little scratch is enough to make the movie skip forward a chapter," says Martin, who estimates his collection at more than $3,000. "That's become really annoying with a few of mine."

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'Les Miserables' closing after 16 years

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:58 a.m.

LONDON -- Cameron Mackintosh will bid "adieu" Sunday to his Broadway production of "Les Miserables," but the British producer says the imminent departure of a musical fondly known as "The Glums" has not got him down. "I feel complete happiness," said Mackintosh, 56, about a musical with a heavy story line that ends in death. He was speaking a month before he rings down the curtain on the epic show adapted from Victor Hugo's novel.

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Early Music Fest showcases period art

By Matt Laughlin · Tuesday, May 20,2003 9:58 a.m.

Now in its 10th year of existence, the Bloomington Early Music Festival once again brings a unique and captivating two weeks of solo and ensemble concerts, opera and workshops to the Bloomington community. What makes this series of events so special is the incorporation of period-style instruments, musical styles and seldom heard literature from the early music tradition.

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