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Chris O'Riley presents eclectic lineup

By Nick Mills and Nicholas Mills · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

With his soft-spoken voice, pianist Christopher O’Riley asked the audience members at the IU Auditorium Tuesday night about their interest in his performance. He asked whether they came for his renditions of the modern popular music of Radiohead, or his arrangements of pieces from the 20th century classical composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Most of the younger audience was there for Radiohead, with the exception of music students who were there for both. The older audience was there for his renditions of Shostakovich pieces or knew him from his show on National Public Radio, “From the Top.”

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Trick your friends into baldness & pregnancy

By Joanna Borns and Zack Teibloom and Ken Kingery · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Mark Twain once said, "The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." The number of possible April Fools' Day pranks is an endless permutation of creativity, malice and good-natured ribbing. Some pranks are slight inconveniences, like ordering a Whopper at McDonald's or placing a pea underneath a mattress to see if someone can feel it. And some pranks are just a bad idea, especially if they're illegal. IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger said that he couldn't remember a prank taken to the point where the police had to get involved, but that doesn't mean the law is any less lenient. "The laws are in place on April Fools' Day as much as any other time of the year," he said.

Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle are laughing, but you'll cry at this tearjerker.

Let the tears 'Reign'

By Brian Hettmansperger and Brian Stewart · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

"Reign Over Me" is one of the first movies Hollywood has produced detailing the emotional destruction the 9/11 attacks brought upon everyday people. Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) is a 9/11 widower who lost his wife and three daughters to the attacks and Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) is a successful dentist who was Charlie's roommate in college. Charlie lives in a protected fantasy world in which his family never existed and Alan is trying to get Charlie to face his demons and remember.

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Steffey family hires lawyer in aftermath of student’s death

By Brian Spegele · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Parents of the deceased Purdue freshman Wade Steffey announced Wednesday that they will seek legal assistance from an Indianapolis law firm. This could be the first indication that the family might seek legal action in response to the death of their son.

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Cartoon gives untrue image of apartments

By Abra Oliver and Betty Rose Nagle · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

“Adding insult to injury.” That’s my reaction to Erich Reinhard’s March 19 cartoon about the apartment building scheduled for demolition to make way for an optometry school building. Yes, it’s true that the old structure has to go, for the greater good of the greater number, blah, blah, blah. But there’s no need to make it look rundown and ready to be condemned; doing that shows ignorance of why anyone would care about saving it. Before the apartment-building boom downtown, there were only three architecturally interesting ones near campus – that one on Third Street, another at the corner of Second and Fess, and a third near the intersection of 10th and Indiana. The rest of them – for example, the ones immediately south of the optometry building – looked like the 20-unit motels you used to see all over the country off U.S. and state highways in the pre-interstate era. Boring! I understand that editorial cartoons are often caricatures, but a caricature, like the ones of President Bush’s ears, ought to exaggerate a feature that actually exists. So, if anyone thinks that apartment building looks anything like the cartoon, go take a second look. Then, if you still think it does, don’t wait till the new optometry building replaces it – you need your eyes examined right now! Betty Rose Nagle Elm Heights Neighborhood resident

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Swimmer breaks world record

By Brian Buckey · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

IU senior swimmer Leila Vaziri set a world-record time in the 50-meter backstroke Wednesday at the FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.

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Student reports rape, abduction by 2 men in car

By Paige Ingram · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

More than a month after the incident, a 19-year-old IU student reported to the IU Police Department that she was raped twice by two unknown men. The victim, a white female, told Detective Sgt. Leslie Slone Monday that she was abducted on Thursday, Feb. 22, at 10:30 p.m., from the corner of 10th Street and Sunrise Avenue, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger in a press release.

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Obama is new voice in political arena

By Abra Oliver and Emma Cullen · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

In response to “Kids these days,” March 23: Chicago community organizer, president of the Harvard Law Review, civil-rights lawyer, teacher of constitutional law, eight very successful years in the Illinois state Senate, United States senator, husband and father. I hope Indira Dammu will forgive us College Democrats for seeing and believing in a new kind of candidate. I’ve heard the “Republican-lite” charge many times – and it always makes me laugh. Walk into a College Democrats meeting and you’ll find a group of people whose politics differ greatly, but who share the same foundation, who share the same values. A belief that government can do good, can be a positive force, that too much privatization can cause a profit-first, people-second mentality – a group that’s fundamentally pro-choice, yet determined to make it “safe, legal and rare,” and that still believes in public education, job training and the value of the American worker. College Democrats want change – we want to do more than talk. It’s not Republican of us to work with the other side – it’s called compromise and it’s how things get done. It’s odd to me that Ms. Dammu would call us “Republican-lite” and then attack us for supporting Obama, who happens to stand to the left of Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden and my early favorite, Tom Vilsack. Obama spoke out against the war – before everyone else thought to do so. He’s brought the rhetoric of personal responsibility back to the Democratic Party. He’s a new voice, free from the restraints of the old guard. Free from so much that made politics so ugly. We will continue our work to elect a Democratic president in 2008. We will make a difference. We know what we stand for. Do you? Emma Cullen 2006 IU College Democrats president

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Focusing on their fortes

By Katrina Loh · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

The sound of opera fills the hallways of the Simon Music Center as students lug awkwardly shaped cases while weaving through crowds. They rush from rehearsals to classes, then to more rehearsals, all in the effort to perfect their craft. The students of the IU Jacobs School of Music are passionate about their work and spend countless hours studying and rehearsing. Sophomore Sarah Taylor, a voice major, said she has encountered a wide range of stereotypes. “People don’t know a lot about us,” Taylor says. “People think that we don’t go out, or that we are nerdy or dorky, or that we don’t have other interests.” There are more than 1,600 music students at IU, yet many students outside the Jacobs school know little about their daily lives. Though the following three students come from different backgrounds, they all share the same level of commitment to their art.

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The next step in Darfur

By Thomas Wachtel · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

At this point, pretty much everybody knows about what’s happening in Darfur. But just in case you don’t, Darfur is a region in Sudan, an African nation just south of Egypt. The region has been plagued by conflict since 2003, when the Sudanese government began backing a militia known as the janjaweed in a battle against two anti-government rebel groups.

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Muslim students respond to study

By Megan Clayton · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

A recent study by the Canadian Federation of Students’ Task Force on the Needs of Muslim Students found that harassment, hostility, vandalism and a lack of religious accommodation are common experiences for Muslims at universities in Ontario, Canada.

Bottom feeder

By Andy Shore and Kyle Meehan · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

B-Sides don't make an A album, and that's a scientific fact. So I've seen this band somewhere in the ballpark of 40 times, and I heard that their new album drops pretty soon. I should be psyched, right? The last show I caught they were sounding better than ever. Umphrey's McGee's latest album, The Bottom Half, is a double-disc composed of B-Sides from the band's Safety in Numbers sessions as well as outtakes, alternate mixes and some banter from the band. Disc one has many tracks that fans would recognize as a part of Umphrey's live repertoire for some time, as well as a couple of new songs.

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In trustees we trust

By Edward Delp · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

The IU board of trustees does not care about students and their wishes. Right or wrong, this seems to be the sentiment among many students on this campus. After the controversy over the presidential search and its alleged exclusion of students, I decided to investigate what the trustees actually think and what can be done to improve current relations.

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Love thy sex life

By Jennifer Miller · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Good news for all of you who have accepted Cosmo into your heart as your lord and savior – there’s a new sex guru available for consultation. The bad news is you’ll have to be up on a Sunday morning to get your fix.

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ARTiFACT

Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

What: A Japanese wedding kimono. The kimono was worn by Haruko Torii at her 1933 wedding to Kochitaro Torii and was donated by her niece to the Elizabeth Sage Historic Costume Collection.

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