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Hoosiers on trial

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, June 11,2008 9:50 p.m.

Nearly a year after the initial self-investigation into alleged impermissible phone calls made by the men’s basketball staff, the University and former coach Kelvin Sampson will defend themselves in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions in Seattle Friday and Saturday.

Crawford to leave Hoosiers

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, June 11,2008 9:48 p.m.

Jordan Crawford decided to transfer from IU Wednesday, making him the 11th player to leave the program since the end of last season.

Damage in 29 counties being assessed by FEMA

By Maegen Ionof · Wednesday, June 11,2008 9:25 p.m.

In response to Gov. Mitch Daniel’s request for expedited assistance, President Bush declared Indiana a state of “major disaster” Monday, and has ordered federal funding be made available to assist recovery efforts.

World Wide Leader in bias

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:53 p.m.

Even though it is the largest and most influential sports media outlet, ESPN has been thrashed in the blogosphere continually for a while now. People complain about the World Wide Leader in Sports’ blatant East Coast bias and over-reliance on the “Let’s put two guys together and let them yell at each other about every topic” format.

Forget American soccer, turn to Europe

By Zina Kumok and Aaron Beard · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:43 p.m.

On a recent trip to Ukraine – the host of the 2012 Union of European Football Association Euro championship and the country where I was born – I started reading Franklin Foer’s “How Football Explains the World.”

Hitting it from 60 yards

By Zachary Osterman and Aaron Beard · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:41 p.m.

Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of summer deadlines, this column does not take into account games played in Group A on Thursday, June 11. Sue me.

‘As true an IU man as there has ever been’

By Jonathan Benedek · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:40 p.m.

Inside the office of IU’s director of football operations is a framed photograph taken in Pasadena, Calif, on Jan. 1, 1968. That was the only time the Indiana Hoosiers played in the Rose Bowl. It was also the last college football game director of IU football operations Harold Mauro played

It's not easy being green

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:34 p.m.

Kermit was right. Going green is difficult, and in the case of green schools, it’s also expensive. The 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act represents Congress’s latest effort to pump money into environmental-efficiency projects.

Flash floods leave football field in frenzy

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:34 p.m.

Along with other facilities around the city of Bloomington on Wednesday, the damage left by last week’s floods put the status of Memorial Stadium’s field in peril for the upcoming months.

News flash

Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:27 p.m.

The top 5 things you need to know in entertainment this week.

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Festival goers enjoy Bluegrass music at the Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival in 2006. Some festival goers made a trip from as far as Minnesota to participate in the festival.

Get ready for the Bean Blossom experience

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:23 p.m.

This year’s festival starts Saturday and runs through June 21. It features 50 bands including J.D. Crowe and the New South and the legendary Dr. Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Stanley is a bluegrass hall of famer and has enjoyed mainstream success in recent years with his song, “O Death” appearing on the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack.

McCain's Math

By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:23 p.m.

Our two presidential candidates have all both been tagged, by some combination of their own campaigns and the media, with some defining characteristic. Barack Obama is the “change” candidate. Hillary Clinton, while she was still around, was the “experience” candidate. John McCain, of course, with his military service and time spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, was prepackaged as the military and foreign policy candidate – which was supposed to be a boon to him, since the United States is, after all, currently at war. Unfortunately for McCain, it would appear that he doesn’t actually know anything about Iraq, the troops who have been stationed there or how the war is being run.

Water wars

By Georgia Perry · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:21 p.m.

I have spent 20 summers of my life in Indiana and one in Long Island, N.Y. Long Island, for me, was essentially an unpleasant blur of large Italian men in tank tops bragging about flat pizza, and that’s all I care to say about it. Regarding Indiana summers, though, I do have something to say: I’ve never seen weather like this before.

PETA campaign opts for 'shock value'

By Deanna Krinn · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:21 p.m.

A blood-splattered human being covered with plastic wrap on a Styrofoam tray isn’t something that would be offered next to other items in the meat section in any supermarket, and with good reason. However, Ashley Byrne doesn’t see much of a difference between this and any other packaged unit of chicken or beef.

Acts of gods

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:20 p.m.

Thunder, lightning, torrential rain, tornadoes, floods ... Southern Indiana’s weather has been going bonkers lately, and it looks like it’s far from ready to take a break. But while you and I have been staying indoors, sipping cocktails made from fermented beets and yelling obscenities at the neighborhood chipmunks, the politicians have been busy ignoring the facts behind this sudden, dramatic shift in the local climate. There is a clear, scientific, logical and totally rational explanation for all of this: The gods are angry at Bloomington.

New printing shop offers custom apparel to groups on campus

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:19 p.m.

If you’ve been walking down Indiana Avenue near the Sample Gates recently, you may have noticed T-shirts hanging in a window next to Buffa Louie’s.

Mathers Museum promotes cultural learning

By Zach Sempsey · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:17 p.m.

The William Hammond Mathers Museum’s newest exhibit plays on the differences and similarities between cultures that are a world apart.

IU Summer Music Festival kicks off this weekend with Sweet Honey in the Rock

By Tom Edwards · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:16 p.m.

The IU Summer Music Festival begins June 15, touting an impressive lineup of performers from around the world. With more than 40 performances scheduled through Aug. 9, this year’s festival will present Bloomington with world-class orchestra, jazz, opera, a capella and chamber music all summer long.

New interns lay groundwork for university sustainability

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:14 p.m.

Senior Isabel Estevez has her hands full this summer. Revamping a Web site, creating and maintaining a blog, producing podcasts, writing press releases and meeting with campus leaders and news outlets are only part of her efforts to spread the word and promote campus sustainability.

Juneteenth celebration marks 10 years in town

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, June 11,2008 8:13 p.m.

Although Juneteenth is not officially observed by the state of Indiana, this weekend the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center will commemorate its 10th year of bringing the celebration to IU and Bloomington.