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Riders react to senator’s presence at Little 500

By Michael Sanserino · Monday, April 14,2008 12:25 a.m.

Barack Obama left freshman Melissa Vargas a little disappointed.

Down to the wire

By Brian Buckey · Monday, April 14,2008 12:24 a.m.

Around lap 20 of the women’s Little 500, Teter looked like it might run away with a win. The Spring Series champions had senior Sarah Rieke, one of the top individual riders, on the bike and had pushed out their lead to close to a lap.

ATO returns to Little 500 glory after failing to qualify in 2007

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, April 14,2008 12:24 a.m.

Alpha Tau Omega just wanted to gain back the respect it once had as a top cycling team. After a fourth-place finish Saturday in the 58th annual Little 500, they might have gotten it.

Cutters riders hoist their trophies following their victory in the Men's Little 500 race Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. The Cutters won the event for the second year in a row.

Cutters triumph as 1st team to repeat as champions since 1981

By Brian Buckey · Monday, April 14,2008 12 a.m.

On a cold and wet afternoon, the Cutters won their ninth Little 500 championship, becoming the first team to repeat as champions at Bill Armstrong Stadium. SLIDESHOW: Men's Little 500 VIDEO: Men's Little 500

Cutters rider Sasha Land celebrates as he pulls his bicycle into the team pits following the men's Little 500 race Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Land and Cutters head coach Jim Kirkham were arrested for battery hours after the victory when the two got into an altercation with an employee of Nick’s English Hut.

Cutters rider, coach arrested for battery hours after Little 500 win

By Ben Phelps · Monday, April 14,2008 12 a.m.

Bloomington police officers arrested Cutters rider Sasha Land and head coach Jim Kirkham for battery around midnight Saturday after the two got into an altercation with an employee of Nick’s English Hut, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Joe Sanders said.

Barack Obama surprises students at Little 500, Nick's

By Michael Zennie · Monday, April 14,2008 12 a.m.

Barack Obama crashed the Little 500 women’s race with a surprise appearance on campus and then traveled in his motorcade to Nick’s English Hut where he shook hands with all of the patrons inside. SLIDESHOW: Obama at the Little 500

Delta Gamma becomes 4th sorority to win Women's Little 500 title

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, April 14,2008 12 a.m.

Delta Gamma became the fourth sorority in race history to win the women's Little 500 on Friday afternoon. SLIDESHOW: Obama visits Little 500 SLIDESHOW: Women's Little 500 VIDEO: Women's Little 500

NBC historian to speak today

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:43 p.m.

The IU School of Journalism will bring historian Michael Beschloss to campus today to discuss how news media have played a role in past and present presidential elections.

Alpha Phi Alpha, Zeta Phi Beta win 6th Stepdown

By Ashlyn McNeal · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:43 p.m.

For the second time in a row, fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha and sorority Zeta Phi Beta won the sixth Annual Stepdown Saturday at the IU Auditorium.

Mini University nearly full

By Amanda Cochara · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:42 p.m.

The Mini is almost at its max. Last week, IU’s Mini University reported having only about 20 seats left, said Kyla Cox, communications and outreach director for IU Continuing Studies.

Man falls 3 stories off ATO roof

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:41 p.m.

Emergency response vehicles were dispatched at about 3:55 p.m. Friday to Alpha Tau Omega, 720 E. Third St., after a man was reported to have fallen three stories from the building’s roof, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger.

Worried Italians vote amid sense of national decline

By Abisalom Omolo and Alessandra Rizzo · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:41 p.m.

Italians voted Sunday in a general election that could return conservative billionaire Silvio Berlusconi to power amid a widespread sense of national decline and an economic downturn.

30 fraternity members suspended

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:40 p.m.

Thirty Kappa Sigma members were not expelled from their house April 8 but instead are suspended until they can appeal the eviction, which will be in the fall.

Israeli leaders snub Carter during trip to Mideast

By Abisalom Omolo and Amy Teibel · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:40 p.m.

Former President Jimmy Carter brokered the first Israeli-Arab peace deal, but he’s getting a cool reception in Israel during his latest visit to the Mideast.

Bush: Olympics not a political event

By Associated Press and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:39 p.m.

It would be a “cop-out” for countries to skip the opening ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics as a way of protesting China’s crackdown in Tibet, President Bush’s national security adviser said Sunday.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:38 p.m.

Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday conceded that comments he made about bitter working class voters who “cling to guns or religion” were ill chosen, as he tried to stem a burst of complaints that he is condescending.

Kenyan leader names rival prime minister in power-sharing agreement

By Abisalom Omolo and Tom Maliti · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:37 p.m.

President Mwai Kibaki named opposition leader Raila Odinga as prime minister Sunday, implementing a long-awaited power-sharing deal aimed at resolving a political crisis that left more than 1,000 people dead.

‘A Funny Thing’ lives up to title

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:14 p.m.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” the final show of the IU Department of Theatre and Drama season, numbers among the few for which I can genuinely offer no criticism – sets, costumes and actor performances were all good to outstanding, particularly in the case of guest actor Darin De Paul in the lead role of Pseudolus.

Sultry songstress charms crowd

By Chelsie Hopkins · Sunday, April 13,2008 11:14 p.m.

Little 500 weekend began with 70-degree weather and an outstanding performance by indie-rocker Feist at the IU Auditorium.

Rowling sues author of ‘Harry Potter Lexicon’

Sunday, April 13,2008 11:07 p.m.

Author J.K. Rowling is eager to tell a judge this week that one of her biggest fans is in fantasyland if he believes a “Harry Potter” encyclopedia he plans to publish does not violate her copyrights.

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