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Grant enables students to explore math

By IDS staff · Thursday, May 20,2010 1:37 p.m.

Over the next three years the Indiana Department of Education will provide more than $1 million to continue the Greene County Math Advancement Partnership Project.

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A Real American Hero

By Adam Lukach · Thursday, May 20,2010 11:50 a.m.

WEEKEND sits down with the director and stars of “MacGruber” to talk about the film’s expectations and what went into making it.

Oil spill

Local salons, pet groomers send hair to help with oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

By Allie Cooper · Wednesday, May 19,2010 8:14 p.m.

Hair salons and pet grooming facilities across the nation have been collecting hair clippings to send to the Gulf of Mexico to help absorb oil from the hazardous tank explosion that occurred April 20. Bloomington is no exception.After receiving the hair, volunteers stuff it into nylon stockings, which are then tied together to make “brooms” that surround and contain sections of the gulf while soaking up oil.

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Developmental disability services in Indiana face budget cuts

By Katie Koselke · Wednesday, May 19,2010 8:11 p.m.

Services for people with developmental disabilities across the state of Indiana will soon be affected by budget cuts. Three local agencies serving people with developmental disabilities, Options, Stone Belt and Christole, Inc., have announced that steep budget cuts are affecting about 905 staff members and 2,500 consumers in Monroe County, said Susan Rinne, chief executive officer and executive director of Options.

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Friends remember Becca Lanter's positivity

By Bailey Loosemore · Wednesday, May 19,2010 8:07 p.m.

Lanter, a 21-year-old senior, was killed in a collision early Saturday morning when her car hit a tree. In celebration of Lanter’s life, a memorial service will take place 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Student Recreational Sports Center, where Lanter worked for three years.

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Team prepares for Regionals in South Bend

By Kevin Bowen · Wednesday, May 19,2010 8:02 p.m.

The Hoosiers earned the No. 10 seed in the Central Regional out of 14 teams and will be looking to finish in the top five of those teams that will earn bids to the NCAA Championships from June 1 to 6.

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Hoosiers will need balanced attack against Fighting Illini

By Joe Popely · Wednesday, May 19,2010 8 p.m.

Taking a look at the IU baseball team’s last five wins, one might conclude that the team knows how to win close games. But a closer look at the scores — 10-7, 18-17, 1-0, 11-9, and 12-11 — shows a disturbing trend of needing to out-muscle the opposition.

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Hureau named Rookie of the Year

By Drew Allen · Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:51 p.m.

But freshman Leslie Hureau’s rare situation, playing No. 1 singles in 13 matches this season, might have been the biggest factor in her garnering the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Ohio Valley Region Rookie of the Year honor.

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Around Sports

Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:45 p.m.

IU missed out on Walter Offutt last weekend and this week decided to not pursue Tennessee transfer Emmanuel Negedu. Negedu suffered from cardiac arrest while working out at Tennessee and sat out the 2009-10 season. After Tennessee doctors refused to clear him, he decided to transfer.

Spirit of 68

Do you feel the spirit?

By Ryan Martin · Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:34 p.m.

Ryan Martin's music column, BloomingTunes, examines Spirit of '68 promotions and Nobunny's Tuesday night performance at the Bishop.

Noon Talk : For the Love of the Line

Value of line discussed in lecture

By Sara Singh · Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:27 p.m.

Lara Nguyen, a fundamental drawing professor in the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, lectured Wednesday on the descriptive and emotive qualities of line in a new collection of drawings. The exhibition consisted of drawings from the August L. and L. Tommie Freundlich Collection, titled “The Great American Sketchbook.”

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Indiana air begins to clear of harmful smog

By Allie Cooper · Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:25 p.m.

Governor Mitch Daniels announced April 30 that all 92 counties in Indiana met federal air quality standards for the first time in the state’s history. After they were labeled as “nonattainment” areas, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management focused on Lake and Porter counties to help implement new air quality standards so they could meet the federal requirements, said Rob Elstro, public information officer for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

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The corporate hippies

By Henry Alderfer · Wednesday, May 19,2010 7:12 p.m.

The modern music festival has transformed from its bohemian beginnings into a monstrosity of marketing and entrepreneurial spirit.

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