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Local Speedway makes small-town racing a big deal

By Bryan Payton · Monday, June 23,2008 9:38 a.m.

Off of Fairfax Road on the south side of town sits a quarter mile dirt track where, in the summer, local history is made each week. Over one thousand people gathered Friday at the Bloomington Speedway, where for 85 years auto racing has been center stage.  SLIDESHOW:  Bloomington Speedway

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A local 'Taste'

By Risha Kohli · Sunday, June 22,2008 10:40 p.m.

Locally owned restaurants shined at this year’s Taste of Bloomington. More than 7,300 people came to Showers Common for the event, a record turnout, the event’s co-director Talisha Coppock, said. The event showcased Bloomington restaurants, wineries, breweries and live music.

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Farm flooding could cause increase in food, fuel prices

By Amanda Lowry · Sunday, June 22,2008 10:06 p.m.

With prices at the pump already topping $4 a gallon and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating grocery prices will rise more than 5 percent this year, the flooding of much of America’s farmland will be causing those prices to soar even higher.

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IU removes turf from Memorial Stadium

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Sunday, June 22,2008 10:02 p.m.

It’s almost all gone. With exception to the red IU logo at mid-field, every inch of AstroPlay turf on which the Cream and Crimson were last seen hoisting the Old Oaken Bucket has been removed from the field at Memorial Stadium in the wake of flood damage two weeks ago.

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Euro Cup 2008 draws audience of IU international students

By Brian Meredith · Sunday, June 22,2008 9:59 p.m.

Soccer fans all over campus are keeping a close eye on the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, or Euro 2008. IU students and faculty, especially those with European ties, congregate around television sets in the Indiana Memorial Union and Leo R. Dowling International Center each afternoon to watch the games.

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Police arrest man in house-party murder

By Michael Zennie · Sunday, June 22,2008 9:56 p.m.

Bloomington police arrested a Warsaw, Ind., man for murder after he allegedly stabbed the lead singer of a Minneapolis-based thrash band to death at a house party early Saturday.

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An open letter to our administration

Sunday, June 22,2008 9:01 p.m.

Since the end of the spring semester, students have watched the availability of public transportation decrease steadily. First, the E Route, it was announced, would no longer run to College Mall. Then the A Route began running half as frequently. Now, the administration is promising us further route eliminations and adjustments for the fall semester.

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Height issues

By Rob Bermingham · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:57 p.m.

I prefer to be referred to as vertically challenged, thank you very much. It’s something I’ve dealt with all of my life. I realized my shortness at a young age when I discovered I couldn’t reach the top cabinet where my mom hid the cookies. It was devastating.

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Getting oriented

By Julia Boriss · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:56 p.m.

Overwhelmed freshmen and their bewildered parents are aimlessly wandering this campus like lost sheep and, fittingly, attending meetings in mass herds. Watching this sad display of behavior makes me the opposite of nostalgic for when I was in their shoes. If there’s one piece of advice I could give to reassure these nervous mobs that they aren’t making a horrible mistake, it would be this: Your experience at orientation is no indication of what your college experience will be like.

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Three cheers for $4

By Jacob Levin · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:55 p.m.

To listen to the story painted by most of the media, high gas prices are destroying our society. Most of the major dailies have invested a considerable amount of time in running tragedy pieces about the terrible choices imposed by fuel costs.

Chris Pickrell

Psychedelic bands jam at Bear’s Place

By Greg Winget · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:16 p.m.

Psychedelic music is a beast with many heads, a fact made clear by the varied acts who played June 18 at Bear’s Place. Making one last tour stop in Bloomington before heading to psych-heaven festival Terrastock, all of the acts shared a penchant for both psychedelic and folk music.

Ellis Latham-Brown

Artists sell works on courthouse square

By Kelly Cochran · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:13 p.m.

Close to 10,000 art enthusiasts walked the streets of downtown Bloomington on Saturday during the 28th annual Arts Fair on the Square. The fair, which took place outside the Monroe County Courthouse from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., offered space for 62 different artists to display and sell art.

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Kids raise money for flood victims on Friday

By Savannah Worley · Sunday, June 22,2008 8:04 p.m.

Although it was only 25 cents for a cup of lemonade, local children raised $92.25 in four hours to help local flood victims. But the lemonade stand run by children in the Makemson family is just one example of their charity work.

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