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Race expands Little 500 tradition, runners compete for 50 team spots

By Sarah Brubeck · Thursday, April 1,2010 11:47 p.m.

Although the runners in the Little Fifty might not prepare by shaving their legs and arms as Little 500 riders do, it is still a part of the Little 500 tradition.

IU brings winning record to Big Ten action

By Geoffrey Miller · Thursday, April 1,2010 11:45 p.m.

Crediting the mental toughness of his players, IU coach Tracy Smith said he’s plenty proud of his squad as it heads into its first series of the Big Ten schedule this weekend at Sembower Field.

IUSA withdraws petition against Funding Board

By Claire Wiseman · Thursday, April 1,2010 11:45 p.m.

IU Student Association historian John Gillard withdrew a petition Wednesday for injunctive relief submitted to the Student Body Supreme Court alleging that Funding Board’s constitution violated IUSA bylaws.

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Thursday, April 1,2010 11:43 p.m.

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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.

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