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Spring fever

All the signs of spring were popping up around campus Wednesday. Little 500 bike teams took long rides around Bloomington. Classes met by the Jordan River. The front lawns of fraternity houses were lined with students playing football.

G. Love & Special Sauce

Aero Dynamic

'Lone Gunmen' bites the bullet

Music school honors legendary composer

To pay tribute to the influential composer Benjamin Britten, the School of Music has assembled an eight day celebration -- that began Monday -- to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death.

Expand your musical IQ beyond the top 40

Book provides tips for young investors

The back cover of "Early to Ri$e" claims it is a book everyone younger than 25 should read. I disagree. The caption should have read "a book that some high school and a few college students should read."

Madonna video disturbs viewer

Girls can wear jeans, cut their hair short, wear shorts and boots, because it\'s OK to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading, because you think that being a girl is degrading. But secretly, you\'d love to know what it\'s like, wouldn\'t you. What it feels like for a girl."

With a little help from my friend

Ahh, the return to school from spring break. Well, maybe it's more like ugh. Going to class Monday was rough, given the nonstop activities of my spring break.

Americans should be thankful for the schools they have

As a person who has 11 years of Japanese education background, I do not think the Japanese school methods (mentioned in Matt Csanyi's Feb. 28 column "Japanese school methods worth trying") are worth trying.

OPEC decision could lead to recession

In its most recent meeting, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) decided to again decrease production of crude oil, this time by 1 million barrels per day. OPEC hopes this move will stabilize the weakening international economy, especially because demand for oil typically decreases in summer months.

12 Monkeys: Barrel of suspense

City honored for disability efforts

The City of Bloomington's Council for Community Accessibility has been selected as the second-place winner in the "Cities over 50,000" category in the National Organization on Disability's Community Awards Competition for outstanding disability programs.

15 Minutes: Time flies

The Gates of Wrath

Bike team uses break for practice, training

The men's basketball team wasn't the only IU-affiliated team that spent its spring break in San Diego. The Pi Beta Phi bike team spent its break preparing for next month's Women's Little 500 by riding on the hilly San Diego terrain. But Pi Phi, unlike the basketball team, spent more than a few days sweating in Southern California.

Professors named Carnegie Scholars

The Carnegie Foundation has chosen to honor two IU associate professors as Carnegie Scholars for the upcoming year. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas of the Department of Communication and Culture and Dennis Rome of the Department of Afro-American Studies will represent the Bloomington campus as two of the 30 scholars. The foundation additionally recognized IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis professor Didier Bertrand.

Activists protest Starbucks

Since Starbucks Coffee opened its doors at 110 S. Indiana Ave. a little more than a year ago, it has had an intense relationship with the community. Tuesday, local activists rallied against the shop they say mistreats its workers and uses unsafe products. But Starbucks maintains that the company has been responsible. Orin Smith, CEO, president and spokesman for Starbucks, said the company seeks to please local communities such as Bloomington.

University chooses new chancellor

Quoting one of Bloomington Chancellor Kenneth Gros Louis' favorite lines of T.S. Eliot poetry, IU President Myles Brand introduced Gros Louis' successor Tuesday by saying, "We at the University are experiencing an end and a beginning." The beginning will be when Ohio University provost Sharon Brehm replaces Gros Louis July 1.

IU ready for Valpo, sweeps Taylor

The baseball team won its fourth consecutive game with a doubleheader sweep of in-state foe Taylor Tuesday. IU (13-7-1) smacked 14 hits on its way to a 12-3 victory in Game 1, then jumped on the Tigers early in Game 2 to win 8-2.