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I should always get an A if I’m smart, right?

By CJ Lotz · Tuesday, April 26,2011 12:30 a.m.

This month, students await grades and sign up for next year’s class offerings. Across the country, “A” is the most commonly given grade at universities, the nation’s GPA guru said.

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An alternative ending

By Sarah Brubeck · Tuesday, April 26,2011 12:18 a.m.

For the students at Aurora, high school at Bloomington North or South wasn’t just difficult; it was a nightmare. They dreaded school dances, hated the cliques and didn’t bother to attend homecoming. The students at Aurora were students who were bored at North and South, the drop-outs, the junior with only nine credits and the student who the guidance counselor said would never graduate. The system had failed these kids and most had lost hope in graduation. Aurora Alternative High School, a small building tucked away on the corner of North Fairview and Ninth Streets, was their last chance.

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Stars honored at showcase

By Alex McCarthy · Monday, April 25,2011 11:31 p.m.

After working hard all year long, IU athletes got to dress up and have some fun at the first-ever Spirit of Indiana Showcase awards ceremony Monday night.

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IU looks to gain confidence back

By Kevin Bowen · Monday, April 25,2011 11:29 p.m.

Junior Alex Dickerson knows that today’s game against Miami (Ohio) (22-18) only counts for one tally in the win or loss column, but coming off the Hoosiers’ first three-game losing streak this season, this is not an average midweek game.

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Language as a lecture topic

By Lauren McConnell · Monday, April 25,2011 10:51 p.m.

Professor Yasir Suleiman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa’id, gave a lecture Monday night titled “Language, Conflict and Inter-cultural (Mis)Communication” to a crowded audience in the Indiana Memorial Union Maple Room.

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Gordon gears up for third motivational campus visit

Monday, April 25,2011 10:36 p.m.

Union Board did not hesitate to bring motivational speaker Jullien Gordon to campus Wednesday. Gordon’s “30 Day Do It” lecture will take place 7 p.m. in the Frangipani Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. It will be an interactive discussion about achieving goals and not procrastinating.

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Local filmmakers begin work on feature film

By Kelsey Holder · Monday, April 25,2011 10:31 p.m.

Matthew Levandoski loves the author Ernest Hemingway. Levandoski’s great-grandfather’s name was Ernest Evans. When Levandoski and his wife discovered they were expecting a baby boy, “Ernest” seemed like the perfect name to mix Levandoski’s pop culture love and his and his wife’s family values.

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IU librarian’s work honored

By myriam sopel · Monday, April 25,2011 10:08 p.m.

The head of the Government Information and Kent Cooper Services Department in IU’s Herman B Wells Library, Lou Malcomb, was honored with the 2011 Documents to the People Award.

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Interstate 69 construction postponed due to inadequate funding

By Colleen Sikorski · Monday, April 25,2011 8:04 p.m.

At an April 8 meeting, the Monroe County Metropolitan Planning Organization postponed deciding to add I-69 to its Transportation Improvement Program for 2012 to 2015. In order for INDOT to receive federal funds to construct I-69, the new interstate must be included in the TIP.

planned parenthood protest

House Bill 1210 could abolish Ind. women's abortion rights

By David Ballard · Monday, April 25,2011 8:01 p.m.

Republican lawmakers in Indianapolis are once again pushing for the enactment of House Bill 1210, which would cut nearly $3 million in funding for Planned Parenthood of Indiana and place additional restrictions on women seeking voluntary abortions.

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Vegetarians are destroying America

Monday, April 25,2011 6:08 p.m.

The idea that challenges will resolve themselves in the long run is a comforting one. And sometimes it seems plausible.

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The secret life of nerds

By Megan Binder · Monday, April 25,2011 6:07 p.m.

Some are born to nerdom, others have nerdom thrust upon them. Either way, I find it works out best if you embrace it.

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