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Food illustrates Caribbean rituals
By
Rachel Krasnow
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:43 p.m.
Julie Kim, professor of English at Fordham University, spoke Thursday at the Indiana Memorial Union in a lecture called “Tactics of Taste: Food, Alliance, and Resistance in the Early Caribbean.”
Experts link suicide bombings, education
By
Bailey Loosemore
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:39 p.m.
Najeeb Shafiq, assistant professor of education policy studies at IU, is not convinced that suicide bombings are attributable to a lack of income and education.
Despite distance, professors drawn to IU
By
Molly Johnson
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:36 p.m.
Stephen Selka is one of the many professors at IU who routinely commutes to campus. Selka remains in Bloomington until Thursday night. During the week, he rents a room in a friend’s house, and on the weekends he returns home to his wife, who is a professor at the University of Chicago.
‘Quirky’ harpist fills Buskirk with indie sounds
By
Kelsey Finn
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:30 p.m.
A line of fans eager to see singer-songwriter Joanna Newsom stretched from the doors of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater to South Washington Street toward East Third Street on Thursday as the sun went down two-and-a-half hours prior to the show.
BPP celebrates 1980s nostalgia in ‘’80s Shorts’
By
Melissa Sokolski
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:10 p.m.
The BPP is celebrating the good times of the 1980s with its “’80’s Shorts” show, which features six 10-minute plays about, or set in, the ’80s.
Film festival brings adventure to IU
By
Ben Kerns
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:09 p.m.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, sponsored by IU Outdoor Adventures, is making a stop at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater to showcase a collection of 15 environmental and adventure films.
Brazil comes alive at Jake’s
By
Ariel Ivas
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:06 p.m.
The lively and tropical energy of Brazil will come to Bloomington for the fourth annual Bloomington Brazilian Carnaval at 10 p.m. Friday at Jake’s Nightclub.
RSO models prowl the catwalk
By
Danielle Paquette
· Thursday, April 1,2010 11:04 p.m.
Designers recycled old styles into new looks at the IU Retail Studies Organization’s annual fashion show, “Retro Revival,” on Thursday in the Indiana Memorial Union.
BPD uses facility to train
By
VINCE ZITO
· Thursday, April 1,2010 10:36 p.m.
Midwestern law enforcement agencies utilize Bloomington’s multi-million dollar, state-of-the art police training facility to train in SWAT and non-tactical operations.
Farmers’ Market opens for season on Saturday
By
Elvia Malagon
· Thursday, April 1,2010 10:32 p.m.
Marcia Veldman has been shopping at the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market since she was a college student at IU in 1985. This season will be no different.
We already rely on solar power
By
Tyler Atkins
· Thursday, April 1,2010 6:58 p.m.
We have discovered our ability to harvest the power of the sun.
Peace out, bread. Hello matzah!
By
Jordan Zaslow
· Thursday, April 1,2010 6:57 p.m.
I love bread. I love the way it warms up my stomach.
A passionless society
By
Matt Straw
· Thursday, April 1,2010 6:56 p.m.
If it’s not Lost or on network TV, I might as well just ramble to myself to save time and blank stares.
A superfluous suit
Thursday, April 1,2010 6:54 p.m.
WE SAY Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller’s fight against health care reform is unproductive political posturing.
Caning sentence revoked
Thursday, April 1,2010 5:32 p.m.
A Muslim woman’s caning sentence for drinking beer has been commuted unexpectedly, ending a high-profile case that raised questions about Islamic laws intruding into personal matters in Malaysia.
Lawyer: Saudi could behead man for witchcraft
Thursday, April 1,2010 5:31 p.m.
The lawyer of a Lebanese TV psychic who was convicted in Saudi Arabia for witchcraft said Thursday her client could be beheaded this week and urged Lebanese and Saudi leaders to help spare his life. Attorney May al-Khansa said she learned from a judicial source that Ali Sibat is to be beheaded Friday, but she does not have any official confirmation of this. Saudi judicial officials could not be reached for comment.
U.S. Navy frigate captures 5 pirates
Thursday, April 1,2010 5:28 p.m.
Suspected Somali pirates fired on a U.S. Navy warship off East Africa early Thursday in what appeared to be a ransom-seeking attack on an American guided missile frigate, officials said. The USS Nicholas returned fire on the pirate skiff, sinking it and confiscating a nearby mothership. The Navy took five pirates into custody, said Navy spokesman Lt. Patrick Foughty.
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