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Bluebird concert to aid food bank

By Catie Connors · Friday, April 25,2008 12:11 a.m.

Hoosier Hills Food Bank will hold a benefit concert featuring the African music of Nomo and Sheasby Matiure on Saturday in order to raise funds for a new facility.

Local musician will play benefit for Ugandan orphans

By Brian Hettmansperger · Friday, April 25,2008 12:10 a.m.

Bloomington singer-songwriter Krista Detor will play two back-to-back shows at the Waldron Arts Center Saturday night.

Students cast their votes early

By Amy Burke · Friday, April 25,2008 12 a.m.

Filing through Indiana Memorial Union, students, faculty and members of the Bloomington community waited in line to cast their early votes for the Indiana primary election.

‘Furry Finals Fix’ to promote friendly, relaxed environment before finals

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:35 p.m.

As part of its effort to “give animal advocacy a sexy new makeover,” Revitalizing Animal Well-being will host its latest “Furry Finals Fix” at 1 p.m. Sunday at Briscoe Quad. The event, which is free and open to the public, encourages students, faculty and community residents to join RAWfficers to relax and play with animals.

Around the World

By Arthur H. Rotstein · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:24 p.m.

A Texas appeals court Thursday agreed to hear arguments that hundreds of children the state took from a polygamist compound should be allowed to see their mothers while the massive custody case is resolved. The Yearning For Zion Ranch was raided three weeks ago, but many of the mothers had not been separated from their children until Thursday. Two buses took the women back to the west Texas ranch from nearby San Angelo Coliseum, where the state had been keeping them and the children. One woman held up a cardboard sign that read, “SOS; Mothers Separated; Help.”

Abbas to appeal for more US help in Mideast peace process

By Arthur H. Rotstein and Matthew Lee · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:11 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants the Bush administration to press Israel to stop expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank – a step he says is needed to make progress in Mideast peace talks. The White House acknowledges the talks are stagnant five months after both sides pledged to reach a deal by January.

Charity collects 1 billion pop tabs

By Nicole Palmer · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:06 p.m.

After 13 years, the Ronald McDonald House, located in Indianapolis, and its “Collect-A-Million” Club has raised more than $500,000 by recycling pop tabs donated from schools, corporations and individuals.

Brown County hosts annual wine fair

By Dayna Sheinberg · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:05 p.m.

The Sixth Annual Indiana Wine Fair will be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and for $15 those who attend will be able to taste wine from 34 Indiana wineries.

Mexican Ambassador gives lecture, says Latin America ‘strong and stable’

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:58 p.m.

Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Garcia-Moreno explained the progress Latin American countries have made toward democracy at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Coronation Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. The lecture started off with David Hertz, IU professor of comparative literature, introducing the ambassador, who happens to be Hertz’s brother-in-law.

RPS looking for ‘photobloggers’ for Web site

By Amanda Bridgman · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:57 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services is taking a new look at IU through the lens. RPS wants to recruit three to five students who are interested in photography, living in the residence halls and want to become a “photoblogger.” The student would be expected to take a specified amount of pictures each week and post them on the RPS Web site for students to see.

Robotics exhibit to showcase work from students

By Jess Mullins · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:56 p.m.

It’s not every day that an IU student is able to watch a self-driving golf cart or a saxophone-playing robot. That’s exactly why the cognitive science program is hoping for a high student turnout for Friday’s second annual robotics exhibition.

Obama campaign hosts 2-man panel on foreign policy

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:55 p.m.

Despite a 50-minute delay, the Indiana Memorial Union’s Georgian Room saw a full house Thursday for the Obama campaign’s National Security Forum with former General Tony McPeak and Obama Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Denis McDonough.

Hair Ethics

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:29 p.m.

In December I got my first perm, and my hair has been falling out by the fistful ever since. I tried to rationalize this problem by telling myself this is probably just what happens when you get a perm, and I tried to not think much of it...

Superfluous science

By Rachel Goldberg and Robert Granger · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:28 p.m.

We’re all going to die. Well, maybe. Two American citizens have filed a lawsuit in order to prevent the colliding of protons in a large particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland. The fear, according to the filers of the suit, is that this colliding of protons would create an ever-increasing black hole that would devour the earth and eventually the universe.

Are we in high school?

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:26 p.m.

OK guys, time to dish. Get your popcorn and your toenail polish ready because I have some super big news. The IUSA Supreme Court just voted, and the Kirkwood ticket is out! They have been replaced by the Big Red ticket. This is great news to me because I totally know someone on the Big Red ticket from my math class last year. So, yeah...

Supreme Court Justice

Thursday, April 24,2008 8:22 p.m.

For students following the IU Student Association election debacle, Monday’s news provided much-needed relief. IUSA’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Elections Commission, disqualifying the Kirkwood ticket and instating Big Red as the ticket-elect. As an act of final justice, we could hardly have hoped for better.

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