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Then IU coach Kelvin Sampson responds to media questions after a game against Wisconsin on Feb. 13, 2008 at Assembly Hall. He later resigned and is now an assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA.

In exile, Sampson looks to become NBA head coach

By CHRIS JENKINS · Friday, April 3,2009 8:12 a.m.

Given the fallout from Sampson's messy exit from IU, he has accepted the idea that his exile from college basketball probably is permanent. So as he winds up his first year as an assistant to Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles, Sampson has a new goal in mind: To become a head coach in the NBA.

Runners at the IU Mini-Marathon start their watches and step into their first stride as the race begins Runners at the IU Mini-Marathon start their watches and step into their first stride as the race begins Sept. 8, 2007.

Mini Marathon racers to run for a cure

Friday, April 3,2009 12:38 a.m.

The IU Mini Marathon will attract runners from across southern Indiana this Saturday to support the fight against cancer.

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'Stuff White People Like' author to speak Sunday

By Bene Viera · Friday, April 3,2009 12:36 a.m.

Christian Lander, whose lecture is sponsored by the Union Board, will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Whittenberger Auditorium. The Union Board brought him to IU because of his popularity and thought his lecture would be funny and entertaining, said sophomore Caitlin Van Kooten, lecture committee director.

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Btown awaiting official certification

By Alyssa Goldman · Friday, April 3,2009 12:32 a.m.

After an intense campaign season filled with students running around in red and orange T-shirts, the results are in: The Btown ticket is the unofficial winner of this year’s IU Student Association election.

Riders cross the starting line during practice Thursday afternoon at the Bill Armstrong Stadium. Miss-N-Outs begin Saturday at noon at the Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Miss N’ Out to decide race’s top sprinters

By Sean Morrison · Friday, April 3,2009 12:23 a.m.

Miss N’ Out, a contest in the Little 500 spring series, is set to take place Saturday at Bill Armstrong Stadium. It is a heat-based elimination event in which riders make their way around the track, with the last rider of each lap after the warm-up falling out of the race until a certain number of riders remain.

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Weekend Symposium to focus on diaspora influences

By MaryJane Slaby · Friday, April 3,2009 12:20 a.m.

This weekend’s Herman C. Hudson Symposium will discuss politics, music, holistic therapy and different types of identity as among the many ways African-American culture still influences society. The African-American and African Diaspora Graduate Student Society will sponsor the sixth-annual symposium.

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Predictable tournament might have unpredictable ending

By Geoffrey Miller · Friday, April 3,2009 12:18 a.m.

Who’s the favorite to win this weekend’s Final Four? Well, you might have better luck throwing four eggs in a basket, drawing one and declaring that team the winner, because frankly, the 2009 edition of the NCAA men’s basketball championship is up for grabs.

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Taste of Asia brings culture in Sunday event

By Lindsey Erdody · Friday, April 3,2009 12:18 a.m.

Students can get a “Taste of Asia” through live performances and free food Sunday. The Asian American Association is sponsoring this year’s Taste of Asia to help spread cultural awareness. The event is free, and doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Performances will begin at 4 p.m. and will feature various IU organizations, each representing different cultural aspects of different Asian regions.

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IU economists to discuss issues with students

By Ashley Bornancin · Friday, April 3,2009 12:16 a.m.

The Department of Economics has decided to sponsor a forum of feature presentations by IU economists in an effort to educate the public, students, faculty and staff of the current economic conditions so they can form educated opinions.   The event, titled “Worldwide Economic Crisis: Proximate Causes, Historical Perspective and Policy Responses,” features seven economists and a question-and-answer session from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday in Woodburn Hall room 100. 

New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee cuts up fortunes to place in signed books before her speech Thursday evening in Ernie Pyle Hall. Lee spoke about how Chinese food has helped shape American culture.

New York Times Journalist tells how Chinese food shaped US

By Jake Wright · Friday, April 3,2009 12:15 a.m.

What is the origin of the fortune cookie? This is the question that inspired author Jennifer 8. Lee to write her book. Speaking about “The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food,” Lee spoke “amazingly,” said Mai-Ling Poon, graduate assistant for the Asian Culture Center.

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Around Sports

Friday, April 3,2009 12:10 a.m.

Here's what happened in Indiana Athletics

An overflow crowd listens and watches a Senate committee hearing from outside the room at the Statehouse on Thursday afternoon in Indianapolis. The committee was listening to a proposal to double state alcohol taxes to help fund the agency struggling to operate the major Indianapolis sports stadiums.

Panel clears bill to double alcohol taxes

By Deanna Martin · Thursday, April 2,2009 11:46 p.m.

A plan to double Indiana’s alcohol taxes and rescue the struggling agency that runs major Indianapolis sports stadiums cleared its first Statehouse hurdle Thursday despite less-than-enthusiastic support from those who are being asked to pay for the proposed bailout.

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