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State to take over 4 IPS schools

Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett asked for approval from the State Board of Education for the state to take over six failing schools in the Indianapolis Public School system.






Theater Auditions

Department of Theater, Drama opens doors for fall auditions

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Students from every major and class were invited to audition for the Department of Theater and Drama’s productions of “Hair,” “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” “Three Musketeers” and “Lysistrata” on Monday at the Lee Norvelle Theater.


Rowing

When the sun rises

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The IU Rowing Club, in its sixth season, currently has only six rowers and a coxswain. The club’s first regatta is Lemonhead on Oct. 1 at Lake Lemon.


IUSA officers answer questions about student government

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IUSA’s specific initiatives change each year, as different administrations choose to campaign on and, if elected, tackle different projects. Nonetheless, the constant aim of IUSA is to “protect student rights, enrich student life, and improve Indiana University,” as per its constitution.



Little 500 Riders graph

The athletes of the Little 500

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Out of 141 riders who took a survey conducted by the IDS in the weeks leading up to the 2011 race, only five said they didn’t participate in a sport for at least one full season in high school. Among the field of riders in the last race, 307 seasons of athletic experience pedaled across a cinder track.


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Fall Themester examines war

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The Fall 2011 Themester, a College of Arts and Sciences initiative in undergraduate education, is titled “Making War, Making Peace” and will explore the opposing forces and the related issues surrounding them — genocide, human rights violations, religiously-motivated conflict and others — that drive war in the world we live in.


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Construction to improve stadium park-and-ride

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A construction project in the Memorial Stadium parking lot, which began in late July, will install two shelters for passengers waiting for the X and A buses in the parking lot, IU Landscape Architect Mia Williams said.




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BPP to drop "Bomb/Shell" as season opener

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What do Leo Tolstoy and the Bloomington Playwright’s Project  have in common? War and peace. In conjunction with IU’s Themester of “Making War, Making Peace,” sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the BPP is kicking off its 2011 season with “Bomb/Shell,” which begins Sept. 30 and runs until Oct. 15.


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Staff members receive Governor's Arts Awards

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Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Indiana Arts Commission have announced six recipients of the 2011 Governor’s Arts Awards. Of the six candidates chosen from the entire state of Indiana, two were Bloomington residents associated with the Jacobs School of Music, Susann McDonald and Sylvia McNair.