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Meet Dr. John Greenman, (unofficial) keeper of race stats

By Brad Zehr · Tuesday, April 20,2010 3:38 p.m.

Dr. John Greenman, a family practice physician in Bluffton, Ind., has meticulously tracked the Little 500 race data since he was an IU freshman in 1958.

New teams to compete on race day

By Nathan Hart · Tuesday, April 20,2010 2:20 p.m.

New teams happy to be part of "World's Greatest College Weekend."

Breaking down an exchange

By IDS · Tuesday, April 20,2010 2:15 p.m.

During the race, teams have to switch riders somehow. We break down the different types of exchanges.

Breaking down a bike

By IDS · Tuesday, April 20,2010 2:11 p.m.

Little 500 bikes are single-speed, coaster-brake racing bicycles with 28 mm tires. Within certain restrictions, modifications to the bike are allowed.

Remembering Howdy Wilcox

By IDS · Tuesday, April 20,2010 2:10 p.m.

Known most for his creation of ‘The World’s Greatest College Weekend,’ Howard S. “Howdy” Wilcox was also a dedicated alumnus and a scholarship founder.

Brother and sister compete at Bill Armstrong Stadium in different ways

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, April 20,2010 1:58 p.m.

Growing up only five months apart, Mindi and Rich Balchan have always been close, even though they aren’t biological siblings. As kids they played every sport they could, and while at Carmel High School, they competed on the soccer pitch.They both chose to attend IU, but once they set foot on campus they chose different paths: Mindi, a sorority and Rich, IU athletics. But it only took a semester for both their paths to cross at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Breaking sweats and breaking bones

By Nathan Hart · Tuesday, April 20,2010 1:42 p.m.

Injuries have always been a part of the race

From the court to the track

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Tuesday, April 20,2010 1:38 p.m.

Senior Nick Kappas always dreamed of playing basketball at IU. Now he has his sights set on a different goal.

The hunt for Snoop Dogg tickets continues

By IDS staff · Monday, April 19,2010 11:42 p.m.

All tickets and VIP passes from yesterday were found. Here are 10 new clues with 10 different locations. Each location has either a general admission ticket or a VIP pass.

A brilliant Sheen

By Bennett Fuson · Monday, April 19,2010 11:40 p.m.

Despite an almost 50-year career filled with enough memorable roles to certify and ensure a place among legendary actors, Martin Sheen couldn’t help but crack a few jokes about his personal life Monday during his IU Auditorium appearance. “It’s not easy to be Sheen,” he said.

Author: Google changed everything

By Vanessa Valentin · Monday, April 19,2010 11:39 p.m.

Ken Auletta, author of “Googled: The End of the World as We Know it,” spoke about the impact Google has had on the world in regards to education, advertising and journalism Monday at the Whittenberger Auditorium.

College faculty hit hard by recession

By Kevin Wang · Monday, April 19,2010 11:36 p.m.

Though the average annual salary for full-time IU-Bloomington professors has increased from the previous year’s $118,400 to $120,700 in 2009-10, according to a searchable database on The Chronicle of Higher Education website, it does not figure to increase much, if at all, during this economic recession.

Deadline in sight for film festival

By Ariel Ivas · Monday, April 19,2010 10:21 p.m.

There is still time to submit short films for the fourth-annual Iris Film Festival. Selected films will be showcased 7 p.m. May 1 at in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Building 015.

I’ll make that a combo with extra fries

By Lilly Miller · Monday, April 19,2010 10:15 p.m.

Fritos and chocolate soda. What do these two foods have in common?

Drive resists IUPD, flips van

Monday, April 19,2010 10:14 p.m.

At 1 a.m Sunday, a van with seven occupants fled from an on-foot IU Police Department officer at Teter Quad and flipped over onto the sidewalk of 10th Street. According to the police report, read by IUPD Lt. Craig Munroe, Officer Patrick Hammel approached the vehicle while it was on Teter’s circle drive. The vehicle drove away, struck a sign and continued north on Sunrise Drive.

IUPD student officers patrol their home ground

By VINCE ZITO · Monday, April 19,2010 10:06 p.m.

At 10:15 p.m. Saturday, part-time IU Police Department officer and senior Kyle Moulden was already at the station on 17th Street writing up his first police report of his night shift, which began shortly after 9 p.m. The offense: a subject exposed his genitals and urinated on the side of Foster Quad Gresham. Moulden, who is the live-in IUPD officer at Foster, cited him for underage consumption of an alcoholic beverage but cut him some slack on the preliminary charges of public intoxication and nudity.

IU rugby club eyes national prominence at Ohio

By Joe Popely · Monday, April 19,2010 10:02 p.m.

After narrowly missing the cut for the U.S.A. Rugby National Championship, the men’s club team has something to play for — this time on a bigger stage.

IU wins top AIPAC award for pro-Israel activism

By Julie Steigerwald · Monday, April 19,2010 10:02 p.m.

Twelve IU student representatives spent their spring break this year traveling to the 2010 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. to receive the prestigious “Duke Rudman Annual Leadership Award.” IU was presented the top award for the campus-wide collaboration of pro-Israel activism in front of 370 U.S. campuses and 7,500 pro-Israel advocates.

Lyon emerges as IU's newest threat

By Geoffrey Miller · Monday, April 19,2010 10 p.m.

As the team watched the movie “61*” on the way back from last week’s game at Valparaiso, IU sophomore Josh Lyon jokingly compared himself to baseball legend and the film’s central character, Roger Maris.

Local group concerned with school funds

By VINCE ZITO · Monday, April 19,2010 8:54 p.m.

Supporters concerned about Monroe County Public Schools’ lack of funding gathered at City Hall on April 10 after a letter to the editor in the Herald-Times and a 1,500-member Facebook group sparked interest.

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