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Bleak but powerful blockbuster

By Brian Welk · Wednesday, March 28,2012 9:18 p.m.

"The Hunger Games' is a smartly made film that can be difficult to watch

Birth control for women and men: What's the deferens?

By Allison Stone · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:50 p.m.

It’s remarkable to me that women are forced to be the bearers of contraceptive responsibility, but when the male is confronted with a possible role reversal, it’s all, “Hands off the goods.”

Crean deserves four more years more than Obama

By William Gryna · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:47 p.m.

Crean has resurrected IU from ashes, while Obama seems to be lagging behind in his performance.

Speak up! What can we do for student government?

By Patrick Beane · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:43 p.m.

I can’t help but wonder what a motivated and militant IUSA could accomplish on campus.

Puritan GOP turns on Puritanism?

By Sidney Fletcher · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:41 p.m.

Levin decries utopia as the fantasy of the left, but in doing so he ignores his own desired utopia: a utopia led by the perversions of the memory of the Founding Fathers in which all those annoying minorities would just go away.

Police searching for woman suspected of sexual misconduct with 13-year-old boy

By IDS staff · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:25 p.m.

Bloomington police are searching for a woman who might have attempted to solicit sexual acts from a 13-year-old boy, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Steve Kellams said.

'South Pacific' explores notions of love, racism

By Kate Thacker · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:23 p.m.

Music begins. Colorful stage lights reveal lush scenery. The curtain lifts for Tuesday night’s performance of “South Pacific,” Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical adaptation of Michener’s book.

Possible child pornography reported at high school

By IDS staff · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:22 p.m.

School officials at Bloomington High School North called Bloomington police Tuesday in response to rumors floating through the school. The rumors were that a student, 15, was showing a video of two other students in their late teens having intercourse to others at the high school, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Steve Kellams said.

2 church leaders win Human Rights Award

By Mark Keierleber · Wednesday, March 28,2012 8:16 p.m.

For their community service, Rev. Charles Dupree, 42, and Rev. Virginia B. Hall, 69, won this year’s Human Rights Award from the City of Bloomington Human Rights Commission.

Dumpster aflame near IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

Wednesday, March 28,2012 6:41 p.m.

A blanket of flames and smoke consumed the inside and peak of the dumpster that sits beside the IU School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation.

This Is Tango Now challenges dance tradition with 'Identidad'

By Hannah Crane · Wednesday, March 28,2012 6:07 p.m.

This Is Tango Now is an Argentine tango company founded by Alfredo Minetti, who earned a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology at IU. It works to push the boundaries of traditional tango.

'Spring Awakening' group protests tuition hikes on campus

By IDS staff · Wednesday, March 28,2012 2:48 p.m.

"Spring Awakening: A Mobile Noise Demonstration" took place this afternoon as students carried posters, used noise-makers and shouted their concerns about the rising costs of education.

IU fills women's basketball coaching job with Curt Miller

By Trent Stutzman · Wednesday, March 28,2012 11:47 a.m.

IU Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass announced Wednesday that Curt Miller will be named the new IU women’s basketball head coach.

Farrell qualifies for 2012 Summer Olympics

By Jordan Littman · Wednesday, March 28,2012 12:27 a.m.

Senior Margaux Farrell qualified for the 4X200 freestyle relay team at the French National Championships this past week in Dunkerque, France. Farrell’s journey to the Olympics has been a balance between academics and her sport.

Proposed teacher certification process questioned

By Michael Majchrowicz · Wednesday, March 28,2012 12:24 a.m.

An auditorium of perturbed educators, administrators and parents expressed concerns Tuesday about the Indiana Department of Education’s recommended changes to the teacher certification process.

Kingsolver seeks student inclusion in provost search

By Kirsten Clark · Wednesday, March 28,2012 12:23 a.m.

IU Student Association President Justin Kingsolver asks why students have not been involved in the search and screening process for the University's new provost.

Crimson and Cream ticket exits race after Tuesday debate

By Michela Tindera · Wednesday, March 28,2012 12:21 a.m.

Crimson and Cream dropped out of the IU Student Association 2012 election Tuesday night. Hours after the public debate, two members of the former ticket, freshmen Yuqing (Kate) Jiao and Brady Bair formally relinquished their positions in an email to presidential candidate Duane Thompson.

Argument leads to alleged assault, resisting arrest

Tuesday, March 27,2012 11:48 p.m.

IU Police Department officers were called just after midnight Sunday in response to a man pushing a woman to the ground behind Kilroy’s Bar and Grill on Kirkwood Avenue.

Police respond to call of man spraying people with garden hose, arrest another for public intoxication

Tuesday, March 27,2012 11:46 p.m.

IU police were called just before 5 p.m. Saturday to a house on East Eighth Street after an intoxicated man allegedly sprayed people with a garden hose and shoved a woman.

Rabid bat bites sleeping student in Teter Quad

By Hannah Smith · Tuesday, March 27,2012 11:35 p.m.

On March 21, a rabid bat bit a resident of Teter Quad, said Mark Land, associate vice president for university communications. The student was sleeping when the bat bit him. Land said the student then woke up, shook the bat off in the hallway and went back to sleep.