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Online video game rental service comes to IU

By Ben Fearnow · Friday, March 13,2009 12:13 a.m.

GameFly, a leading online video game rental service, has chosen the IU Bookstore to install one of its first automated rental kiosks as part of the company’s first offline program.

MBA students working with Peru businesses

By Greg Brav · Friday, March 13,2009 12:12 a.m.

On March 8, MBA students from the Kelley School of Business flew to Peru, where they have been working with five small, local businesses.

IU freshman Malik Story, right, wipes his face as teammate Nick Williams talks with a member of the media in the IU lockerroom following IU's 66-51 loss to Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The loss ended the worst season in the program's history.

IU loses 66-51 in 1st round of Big Ten tourney

By Tom Kirby · Friday, March 13,2009 12:12 a.m.

The Hoosiers (6-25) fell 66-51 to Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, ending a season that witnessed the setting of school records for most conference and total losses in a season.

IUSA supports caution in student travels to Mexico

Friday, March 13,2009 12:10 a.m.

The IU Student Association is encouraging students to take precautionary measures while traveling to Mexico during spring break. IUSA is backing the U.S. Department of State’s warning of an escalated level of violence in Mexico due to government efforts to curb drug trafficking.

Student chosen as 1 of Indy 500’s princesses

By Sarah Hann · Friday, March 13,2009 12:09 a.m.

Jenna Liechty has always been involved in community service, and now she’s being rewarded for her efforts by being chosen as one of 33 Indy 500 Festival princesses. “I’m so excited,” said Liechty, a first-year student at the School of Optometry.

Bloomington Hospital beats national average in EKG time

Thursday, March 12,2009 11:44 p.m.

For its second and third quarters in 2008, Bloomington Hospital successfully achieved a 90-minute patient arrival-to-surgery time in 90 percent of its cases. This places the hospital above both the state average of 71 percent and the national average of just 70 percent.

American Red Cross sponsors hero campaign

By Brianne Mahala · Thursday, March 12,2009 11:41 p.m.

March is Red Cross month, and the American Red Cross Monroe County Chapter is looking for “heroes.”

Tutto Bene owner Craig Widen, right, presents the Volunteer Award to Kate Perry, center, and her family during Downtown Bloomington Incorporated’s annual meeting and award ceremony Thursday afternoon at the convention center. The Perry family won for its support of the annual Downtown Easter Egg Hunt.

Local business efforts awarded at city meeting

By Mehdi Ayari · Thursday, March 12,2009 11:37 p.m.

Downtown Bloomington Inc. had its annual meeting and award ceremony in the Bloomington Convention Center on March 12.

Stuck in town for break?

By Rachel Krasnow · Thursday, March 12,2009 11:33 p.m.

Students staying in Bloomington during break still have many volunteer, recreation and entertainment options.

Doctors Without Borders workers abducted in Darfur following Sudan’s expulsion of 13 aid groups

Thursday, March 12,2009 10:40 p.m.

Armed men abducted three international aid workers and two Sudanese guards in Darfur, a week after the government in Khartoum ordered aid groups expelled in response to an international arrest warrant for the Sudanese president, officials said Thursday.

International space station crew has close call with space junk

Thursday, March 12,2009 10:39 p.m.

The crew of the international space station had a close call with space junk Thursday.

‘Deeply sorry’ Madoff pleads guilty to swindle

Thursday, March 12,2009 10:38 p.m.

Saying he was “deeply sorry and ashamed,” Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday to pulling off perhaps the biggest swindle in Wall Street history and was immediately led off to jail in handcuffs to the delight of his seething victims.

Helicopter with 18 aboard ditches in Atlantic

Thursday, March 12,2009 10:37 p.m.

Rescuers searched freezing waters for 17 missing people Thursday after the craft reported mechanical problems and ditched into the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, officials said.

Film, theater, dance students offered grants of up to $25,000

By Desiree Lestingi · Thursday, March 12,2009 9:18 p.m.

Undergraduates who study theater, film and music have been presented with an opportunity to receive up to a year free of college tuition since 1984. Future artists with great potential will be rewarded for their excellence.

Theater company brings ‘radical’ approaches, style to Bloomington

By Mickey Woods · Thursday, March 12,2009 9:16 p.m.

The Missoula Oblongata, a three-person, unconventional touring theater company, will come to Bloomington to perform “The Moon, The Raccoon, The Hot Air Balloon” at 7 p.m. March 17 at Boxcar Books. Admission is $5, but theatergoers can donate more to help support the group.

Concert raises awareness about suicide

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, March 12,2009 9:15 p.m.

While using music to raise awareness for a cause might not be a new concept, it is definitely effective, as BuffaLouie’s co-owner Ed Schwartzman can attest.

Mission, Colbert

By Tyler Chernesky · Thursday, March 12,2009 7:59 p.m.

Outer space seems horrible: weightlessness, vacuum-sealed food and diapers. I mean, I can’t even stomach a roller coaster. Escaping Earth’s gravity might be a bit too much.

Patronizing Post-its

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, March 12,2009 7:57 p.m.

I vividly remember going into my shared bathroom freshman year and finding a Post-it note left by one of my suitemates on the toilet paper roll. It read: “Next time refill the toilet paper. How hard is it, really?”

Gay marriage already decided

Thursday, March 12,2009 7:56 p.m.

Many were surprised when Proposition 8 passed in California the same day Barack Obama was elected president. It seemed strange that while a Democratic government was ushered into Washington D.C., gay marriage rights were being squashed across the state.

Broadcast goes broad

By Cory Barker · Thursday, March 12,2009 7:54 p.m.

Who knew the only jobs in the world were cops, investigators, lawyers or doctors?

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