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Man threatened with shotgun

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:40 p.m.

A tow truck driver reported he was threatened with a shotgun while driving through Bloomington Monday.

Quarry worker still in critical care

By Sarah Core · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:39 p.m.

Jon Day, 29, of Williams, Ind., remains in critical condition at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, five days after suffering an accident at the Maple Hill Quarry on Rockport Road. Day was one of two workers injured when a slab of limestone block broke loose from the wall of the quarry. The men were on a ledge preparing to work on the limestone when it partially fractured and fell, said Assistant Chief Joe McWhorter of the Perry-Clear Creek Fire Department.

HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION

By Alyson Brodsy and Georgia Perry · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:37 p.m.

HOLOCAUST COMMEMORATION - Marija Krupoves performs Yiddish folk songs in a program titled "Cultural Life in the Vilna Ghetto" during the George J. Stolnitz Holocaust Memorial Program, held Monday in the Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union. Her concert consisted of songs composed by survivors of the Vilna Ghetto.

IU's diving program gives students chance to explore underwater environment

By Josh Bagriansky · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:35 p.m.

Charles Beeker is a scuba enthusiast. Involved with scuba for nearly 40 years, he is the head of the IU Academic Diving Program. But Beeker said he wants students to know that they don't have to be enthusiasts like him to get involved with the 43-year-old program, which is run through the kinesiology department.

Famed adviser to speak on campus

By Andrea Alumbaugh · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:34 p.m.

Larry Diamond has traveled the world to teach, lecture and conduct research. And when Diamond comes to Bloomington, he will share what he has learned, especially from his stint in Iraq as senior adviser of the Coalition Provisional Authority, an organization -- now dissolved -- that multiple countries set up to help with the democratization of Iraq.

Fletchall Room honors Union pioneer

By Gavin Lesnick · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:33 p.m.

High atop the Student Activities tower, the Fletchall Room pays tribute to one of the Indiana Memorial Union's greatest supporters.

Harvard student unforgiven for cheating 'accident'

By Alyson Brodsy and Hillel Italie · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:31 p.m.

NEW YORK - Teenage author Kaavya Viswanathan has acknowledged taking material from fellow novelist Megan McCafferty but says the borrowing was an accident. McCafferty's publisher doesn't believe her.

TRASHY

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:30 p.m.

TRASHY- One Thousand so-called "Trash People" by the German artist HA Schult are installed in front of the Cologne Cathedral in Cologne, Germany Friday. The art installation has been exhibited in Egypt, China and Russia and can be seen in Cologne for the first time.

Young Cuban girls embrace Spanish heritage with dance

By Alyson Brodsy and Anita Snow · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:28 p.m.

HAVANA -- Little Cuban girls fantasize about being flamenco dancers -- strong, beautiful women in ruffled skirts and swept up hairdos who evoke wondrous, thunderous magic by stomping their black strapped shoes.

Sound advice

By Alyson Brodsy and Derek Kagemann · Tuesday, April 25,2006 11:27 p.m.

Not a day goes by that I don't see someone listening to an iPod and think to myself, "Man, what crappy headphones." OK, I'm slowly deafening myself listening to Fantomas on my mammoth studio headset, which has a cord long enough to play jump rope with in-between classes. Still, though I admire the iPod's guts and glory approach to music, sacrificing sound for style is a tough decision for any audiophile, and out-of-the-box earbuds just don't cut it.

UPDATE: 29 children checked into hospital after school bus crash

By Sarah Core · Tuesday, April 25,2006 10:08 p.m.

Twenty-nine students of Summit Elementary School were sent to the hospital after a pick-up truck crashed into a school bus Tuesday morning. The accident occurred at 8:45 a.m. on Rockport Road, about 145 feet south of Graham Drive. The school bus had stopped and was boarding students when a brown pick-up truck traveling southbound hit the bus head on. "The stop arm was out, and the lights were flashing," said Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. David Drake, reading from the police report. The 17-year-old driver of the truck said he was attempting to stop for the bus when his wheels slid on the wet pavement, according to the report.

SWIM SEASON

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bracho · Tuesday, April 25,2006 9:04 p.m.

Cool waters and warm sunbeams filled the IU Outdoor Pool as the men's and women's swimming teams dove into the season's first outdoor practice.

IU places 13th at Lady Buckeye Invite

By Sam Story · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:19 a.m.

At the start of the season, the message was simple from IU women's golf coach Clint Wallman. "We just want to score better with every round," he said. While the Hoosiers were steady in their play this weekend at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, there was only so much they could do against the best of the Big Ten and two Southern powerhouses in the University of Florida and Auburn University. The Hoosiers fired rounds of 306, 307 and 308. If a team could shoot as consistently, Wallman would never be convinced of it.

Teams captures 2nd title of season

By Kevin Kane · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:18 a.m.

In its last tournament before the Big Ten Championships, the IU men's golf team won its second title of the season. Defeating runner-up Minnesota by four strokes, IU left East Lansing, Mich., as the 39th winner of the Fossum/Spartan Invitational. The team will now focus on the upcoming conference championship. Eight events into the season, the Hoosiers had not secured a tournament championship. After inclement weather denied the team the chance to play the third round and move up on the leaderboard at Pinehurst, IU has since tallied two championships in the past three events with a second-place finish as well.

IU edges out in-state rival Cardinals 2-0

By Chris Sauer · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:17 a.m.

Playing its fifth game in four days because of a rain out earlier in the season, the IU softball team took on in-state rival Ball State Monday. The Hoosiers won 2-0, improving their record to 25-22 overall. "We did what it took to win," IU coach Stacey Phillips said. "Everyone is a little worn out from the past weekend, but we still pulled through for the win." Senior Megan Roark, pitching for the second consecutive game, pitched a three-hit shutout against the Cardinals with eight strikeouts. Junior Christy Wahl entered the game in relief in the seventh inning and recorded her first save of the season.

Hoosier skipper faces former team for 1st time

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:17 a.m.

When IU baseball coach Tracy Smith glances right from his perch atop the steps of the Hoosier dugout today, he's going to see a team on the visitor's side with which he is very familiar. Scouting reports aside, Smith will know everybody in the Miami of Ohio dugout because he spent nine seasons as the head coach there, compiling a .590 winning percentage and two NCAA tournament appearances as the Redhawks' skipper. Smith took over the IU program after completing the 2005 season with Miami, and while he looks forward to the reunion with his former team, he remains focused on the task at hand on the field.

Void left in School of Music

By Chip Cutter · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:15 a.m.

They graced the stage with their music, spirit and talent. Now Jacobs School of Music officials say they are faced with the task of finding a way to fill the void left by the students who died in a plane crash late Thursday night. "They were extremely visible," said Carmen Helena Téllez, a professor of music in the choral department. "Their profile in the school was very prominent. These people were gifted in many, many, many ways."

Students stay out of court

By Kasey Hawrysz · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:15 a.m.

For about 169 students, Little 500 week ended with four to five hours of picking up trash around campus Sunday to help make restitution for crimes committed during the week, said prosecutor Carl Salzmann. Garbage collection is just one facet of the Defendant Accountability Program, which helps educate students and keeps their cases out of a courtroom. "The program recognizes that we are a university community," Salzmann said. "We've all gone to college and understand that people are testing the social boundaries and norms."

Outbreak of mumps deemed unlikely

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:11 a.m.

IU Health Center officials said Monday they do not believe an outbreak of mumps is likely on the Bloomington campus. One IU-Bloomington student was diagnosed with the virus April 21, but officials said the student's case had progressed far enough that it was no longer contagious. "The likelihood of additional cases (of mumps at IU) is very slim," said IU Health Center Director Hugh Jessop. "This is taking into consideration that the individual infected would be able to transmit the disease the week before they developed symptoms and two weeks after symptoms appeared. The incubation period for those exposed is up to 18 days after exposure. That window of time will have passed, and no additional cases that we are aware of have been reported in Bloomington."

IU student opening restaurant

By Ryan McLaughlin · Tuesday, April 25,2006 12:09 a.m.

New Jersey native Joshua Gold came to Indiana to study business three years ago. Now the junior is putting school on hold to start his own business -- Mixed Greens Restaurant and Juicery. After working at a small pool cleaning business last summer, Gold decided it was time for him to try his hand in an entrepreneurial role since he had been interested in business for many years. "I decided I was motivated enough and dedicated enough to start my own business," Gold said. "The question was where to start."