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IU seniors to grapple at University Gym mats for final time Friday

By Connor O'Gara · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 10:44 p.m.

Friday night will be the last time the Hoosier faithful will see Angel Escobedo get the Hoosiers off to an early lead at 125 pounds, the last time they will see Matt Coughlin compete in a grind-it-out match at 149 pounds, the last time fans can get on their feet for a Trevor Perry pin at 175 pounds, and the last time they will get a chance to witness Nate Everhart secure a Hoosier victory at heavyweight.

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Case competition asks ‘How would you change IU?’

By Claire Wiseman · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 10:09 p.m.

A case competition will give students a chance to implement their ideas to improve campus. Winners will receive a $2,500 prize and work with IUSA to implement their plan. The competition will be judged by a board of faculty and students Feb. 19.

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‘Vagina Monologues’ to raise funds for women’s shelter

By Melissa Sokolski · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 10:04 p.m.

Started just 12 years ago with a performance of “The Vagina Monologues” on a New York stage, V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls, is now celebrated all over the world. This Friday, IU will carry on the campaign to end violence with its own production of “The Vagina Monologues.”

The Black History Art Fair

City honors artist Joel Washington's 50th birthday with 50-painting exhibit

By Alyssa Goldman · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 10:02 p.m.

He has become a local celebrity. You don’t have to look far to see his 1960s-inspired “pop art” paintings and portraits. You can pass his artwork while making your daily stroll through the Union. Joel Washington, a local artist and Indiana Memorial Union custodian, celebrates his 50th birthday with a 50-work exhibit at City Hall.

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Fringezilla

By Matt Straw · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 7:08 p.m.

The John Birch Society has been peddling much of the same message as the Tea Party movement for over 50 years now, with nearly the same level of self-importance, yet they are not covered by the mainstream media on a daily basis.

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Bringing Ghana to Vancouver

By Pete Christopher · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 5:47 p.m.

Friday, champions of snow and ice from around the globe will descend on Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Although the Olympic Games are billed as the embodiment of global diversity, many warm-weather countries have no winter athletes to offer. In Africa and South America, participation in the Winter Olympics is rare, and success is even rarer. Enter Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the inexperienced underdog whose story is sure to turn skeptics into fans.

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International inequality

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 5:32 p.m.

Around the world, the Olympic rings are a symbol of unity, each representing a continent. Despite this, no African or South American has ever brought home a Winter Olympic Games medal. While the climate is certainly a factor, there is more to the issue, experts say.

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Bobby Johnson to join Buffalo Bills staff

Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 5:14 p.m.

IU football offensive-line coach Bobby Johnson is leaving his position to take a job as assistant offensive line coach with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, a source close to the situation confirmed.

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Online courses provide alternative classroom

By Meredith Reffner · Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 4:24 p.m.

If those eight cups of coffee have left you feeling so awake that it would be a shame to not be productive, it might be a good time to go to class — even if it’s 3 a.m. Online classes are not new – there are universities that offer entire degrees solely through the Internet. At IU, though, space constraints and availability are making online classes a bigger part of the curriculum.

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Report: Hundreds forced into labor, sex in Ohio

Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 11:23 a.m.

About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday.

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Tension fills Oregon campus over extremists

Thursday, Feb. 11,2010 11:21 a.m.

The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe.

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