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Live From Bloomington bands present Club Night for charity

By Lindsey Alexander · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Charity is often considered to be a rewarding experience, but who knew that someone could see 19 bands perform just for donating two canned goods and $3? The Union Board’s 21st annual Club Night, part of Live From Bloomington’s campaign to support local bands and the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, featured 19 bands at Max’s Place, Blue Bird, Uncle Festers and Jake’s on Thursday. A donation of $5 or a combination of $3 and two canned goods got patrons into all participating venues for the night.

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Tavis Smiley to be commencement speaker

By Chelsea Merta · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

After almost a year of deliberation and negotiation, IU President Adam Herbert announced Thursday that IU alumnus and media personality Tavis Smiley will present the commencement address during graduation ceremonies May 5.

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Around the world

By Abdullah AlShihri · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against three people who allegedly conspired with suicide bombers in the attacks that killed 52 subway and bus passengers in London on July 7, 2005.

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AmeriKKKA

By Indira Dammu · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Sometimes, I have to remind myself that I’m in Indiana – and that’s a good thing. With just about every amenity available at our fingertips, it’s hard to believe that we go to school in the middle of nowhere. And then, at other times, I just want to forget. Like when I read that the Ku Klux Klan was planning a springtime march in Bloomington.

Telecommunications Professor Lee Sheldon holds a copy of one of the newest games he designed, "Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express," at the Radio-Televison center Thursday night.

The story of a storyteller

By Allie Townsend · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

The framed photo of Alfred Hitchcock hanging on the wall of his University office reminds IU professor Lee Sheldon of his first encounter with the Hollywood legend. “‘Good morning, Mr. Hitchcock.’ That’s all I said,” Sheldon remembers.

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Presidential debate

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

"It’s like bringing the Rolling Stones to campus times 100.” What is it that has IUSA President Betsy Henke so enthused? Why would she sacrifice IU’s chances at having Mick Jagger scream relentlessly into a microphone while hoping his skin stays on his skull (it’s been looking kind of baggy lately)?

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Musharraf mania

By Ayesha Awan · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

When I look at pictures of Pakistan’s so-called president, Pervez Musharraf, standing next to a smiling President Bush, I’m reminded of a similar photograph. The 1983 picture of Saddam Hussein shaking hands with Donald Rumsfeld seems to be long-forgotten.

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The mighty eraser

By Kirk Nathanson · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Monday marked the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War, a 74-day British military campaign ordered by Margaret Thatcher to reclaim the islands after a 1982 invasion by Argentine forces. Today both countries make sovereign territorial claims to the small Atlantic islands.

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‘A Christmas Story’ director and son die in car crash

By Jeremiah Marquez · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

LOS ANGELES – Film director Bob Clark, best known for the holiday classic “A Christmas Story,” was killed with his son Wednesday in a head-on crash with a vehicle that a drunken driver steered into the wrong lane, police and the filmmaker’s assistant said. Clark, 67, and son Ariel Hanrath-Clark, 22, were killed in the accident in Pacific Palisades, said Lyne Leavy, Clark’s personal assistant. The two men were in an Infiniti that collided head-on with a GMC Yukon around 2:30 a.m. PDT, said Lt. Paul Vernon, a police spokesman. The driver of the other vehicle, Hector Velazquez-Nava, 24, of Los Angeles and his passenger, described as a 29-year-old woman, were taken to UCLA Medical Center with minor injuries.

Evan Crawford wasn’t ready in fall practices, but with each passing day, the freshman improves by leaps and bounds.

Leaps and bounds

By Tim O Brien , Tim O'Brien and Jeff LaFave · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

Freshman second baseman Evan Crawford stands near the IU dugout at Sembower Field. The public address announcer goes around the horn, introducing the Hoosiers in the starting lineup. Crawford hears his name, works his way through a gauntlet of high fives from teammates, then jogs around third into shallow left field. He nears the middle of the infield, cartwheels and back flips, landing smoothly and softly behind second base. The pregame flip dates back to IU coach Tracy Smith’s days at Miami of Ohio when one of his players, outfielder Ryne Robinson, did the same move. It was at a fall practice that Crawford told Smith he could perform the flip, too. “(Evan) had talked about it at fall practice,” Smith said. “One time on the turf at practice, he whipped out a bunch of them. They were pretty cool. I liked it. The fans like it.” The IU fans have embraced Crawford – as much for what he does on the field as his pregame acrobatics.

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Cold conditions expected for weekend tourney at Purdue

By Mandy Eid · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

The IU men’s golf team will travel to West Lafayette tomorrow for the Boilermaker Invitational, its third tournament of the season. The two-day tournament will consist of 54 holes, with par set at 72. The team will play two rounds Saturday and one round Sunday.

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IU faces toughest test of season

By Kevin Kane · Friday, April 6,2007 12 a.m.

This weekend has the potential to be a very memorable one for the IU women’s tennis team. The No. 34 Hoosiers (15-3, 5-0) will host a pair of matches this Easter weekend against two top-ranked teams.

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