Community Arts

Pets help students relax for final exams

By Allison Tyra · Monday, April 28,2008 6:12 p.m.

Dogs had their run of the tennis courts Sunday afternoon for Revitalizing Animal Well-Being’s annual “Furry Finals Fix,” where students and Bloomington residents could play with the animals and relax.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks Friday afternoon at Assembly Hall.

Hillary Clinton takes over Assembly Hall

By Michael Zennie · Monday, April 28,2008 6:09 p.m.

Hillary Clinton painted herself as a candidate who can move America forward and change the nation Friday afternoon during a speech at Assembly Hall. VIDEO: IU and the Presidential Candidates

Krista Detor concert raises $4,000 for Nyaka School

By Brian Hettmansperger · Monday, April 28,2008 1:40 p.m.

The Bloomington arts community showed up in droves to musician Krista Detor’s benefit show at the John Waldron Arts Center for Indiana Friends of Nyaka, an organization supporting the Nyaka School for AIDS orphans in Nyakagyezi, Uganda. SLIDESHOW: Krista Detor Nyaka School Benefit Show

ONLINE ONLY: Hoosiers finish 4th in Big Ten Championships

By Ari Shifron · Monday, April 28,2008 12:51 p.m.

IU is floating on a bubble right now, and will see today if it pops or expands.

‘Collinsfest’ celebrates end of the year

By Allison Tyra · Monday, April 28,2008 6:32 a.m.

Students celebrated the annual Collinsfest Saturday afternoon, complete with great weather, a Jurassic Park bounce house, live music and a giant balloon arch over the main steps of Edmundson Hall .

Split squad competes on two fronts

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Monday, April 28,2008 12:38 a.m.

The IU men’s and women’s track teams were sucessful at this weekend’s Drake Relays.

Women’s rugby club ends season ranked 11th nationally

By Jess Mullins · Monday, April 28,2008 12:37 a.m.

With a trip to round of 16 and a final ranking of 11 nationally, the IU Red Storm women’s rugby team has come a long way since being a Division II team last year.

Hoosiers fall to Illini at conference championships

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Monday, April 28,2008 12:35 a.m.

The No. 37 IU men’s tennis team (16-9, 6-6) got the rematch it sought with No. 15 Illinois, but not the result the team hoped for Friday at Iowa in the second round of the Big Ten championships.

Knight: ‘The good far outweighed the bad’ at IU

By Ryan Gregg · Monday, April 28,2008 12:33 a.m.

After two hours of laughs and anecdotes, former IU basketball coach Bob Knight concluded his speech at the Little Nashville Opry Saturday by thanking the event’s coordinators.

Hoosiers lose 4-2 to No. 21 Michigan

By Zina Kumok · Monday, April 28,2008 12:31 a.m.

Regardless of a familiar result, the Hoosiers performed at a higher level this weekend against No. 21 Michigan than they did in the past.

Home runs halt Illinois, Iowa

By Brandon Smith · Monday, April 28,2008 12:29 a.m.

The Hoosiers kept their possibilities of making the Big Ten Conference Tournament alive by winning three of four games this weekend against conference foes Illinois and Iowa.

IU takes 2 from Big Ten’s top team

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, April 28,2008 12:28 a.m.

You would have been hard-pressed to find many smiles among the 38 faces of the IU baseball team last weekend after getting swept at Penn State and falling to last place in the Big Ten. What a difference a week makes.

IU’s all-time touchdown receptions leader selected right after teammate Porter

By Tom Kir · Monday, April 28,2008 12:25 a.m.

The first day of the NFL draft lasted for several hours. But all the excitement for former Hoosiers James Hardy and Tracy Porter happened in less than 20 minutes.

Freshmen reflect on 1st-year experience at IU

By Sarah Hutchins · Monday, April 28,2008 12:14 a.m.

Nine months ago, more than 7,000 freshmen from across the country flooded the campus during Welcome Week. Representing 45 states and 45 different nations, they found a home at IU. As the year comes to a close, freshmen Luke Fisher and Jessica Lehfeldt look back on their first year at IU.

IU receives record number of applicants

Monday, April 28,2008 12:13 a.m.

Imagine 31,000 people competing for 7,000 spots. That is the challenge for students wishing to enroll at IU this fall.

Lecture to discuss the universe

By Megan Meyer · Monday, April 28,2008 12:13 a.m.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, IU will host two lectures by Sir Roger Penrose, author and mathematical physicist. Penrose is this year’s guest for the 18th annual Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Public Lecture and Colloquia Series in Physics. With the promise of presenting a “radical new idea,” Penrose will discuss the nature of the universe before the Big Bang.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:53 p.m.

A wildfire that broke out in a popular hiking area blackened the steep slopes of the foothills near Pasadena and forced mandatory evacuations for 300 homes, authorities said Sunday.

13 states to send overseas troops presidential election ballots by e-mail

By Abisalom Omolo and Lolita C. Baldor · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare.

13 dead, 9 wounded in Tijuana

By Abisalom Omolo and Elliot Spagat · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.

Sharpton vows to ‘close this city down’

By Abisalom Omolo and Verena Dobnik · Sunday, April 27,2008 11:51 p.m.

Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.

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