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Guest column: Autism Awareness Month

By Adria Nassim · Thursday, April 14,2011 11:04 p.m.

In honor of April being Autism Awareness Month, I have decided to review three books, all dealing with characters affected by some form of autism spectrum disorder. I hope these reviews offer a glimpse of what life is like for those of us on the spectrum and help Indiana Daily Student readers keep an open mind in regard to autism and other disabilities.

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What's on the white board?

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:47 p.m.

With 20,000 roaring fans, coaches have to find a quick way to relay information to their cyclists, so they use whiteboards. We compiled our favorites from the past races.

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What makes the Little 500 bikes so special?

By Michael Norman · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:21 p.m.

In the beginning of each Little 500 season, each team is issued two bikes from the IU Student Foundation to use throughout training and the competitions. Although the brand of the bike may change from year to year, this year’s Schwinn bikes follow the same single-gear design that has been used in every Little 500.

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Cyclists' journey, hard work to become reality show

By Michael Norman · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:17 p.m.

While the Little 500 may lack the insect eating and designer haircuts of other great reality shows, Junkdrawer Media and 12th Floor Films are currently working on bringing “College’s Greatest Weekend” to the reality TV show world in “Cycle U: The Little 500.”

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Pam Loebig: A girl of many kits

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:15 p.m.

When she came to IU in 2005, Pam Loebig was a freshman from Cincinnati. Six years later, Little 500 and other aspects of IU have defined her life in Bloomington.

Gunner

Gunners: the IUSF elves

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:12 p.m.

They are the elves of the Little 500. They have many jobs and, some nights, only a few hours to complete them. They are the gunners of Indiana University Student Foundation, and they do everything surrounding race day. For this year’s Qualifications, gunner Andrew Dafnos was in charge of changing the standings on the qualifications board. When the entire board was full, Sigma Chi qualified third. Dafnos had to move down 30 team boards, but he didn’t mind.

Grounds Crew

Meet the keepers of the one-of-a-kind Little 500 cinder track

By Alex McCarthy · Thursday, April 14,2011 8:08 p.m.

While thousands watch the racing action on the grand stage of the Little 500, two men will be watching the stage itself — the one-of-a-kind cinder track that circles inside Bill Armstrong Stadium. These two men, Wally Hansford and Steve McCutchen, make up the entire staff of track caretakers.

Little 500 Team Pursuit

The 61st Men’s Little 500 Race – (Live Chat begins at 2 p.m.)

By Alex McCarthy · Thursday, April 14,2011 7:46 p.m.

Here is a recap the 2011 Spring Series events. Teter won the women's Little 500 for the second year straight. The men's race begins today at 2 p.m. For a live chat with IDS Little 500 reporters visit Hoosier Hype. For all the coverage of the 2011 Little 500 visit the IDS Little 500 page.

The New Clue!

Immigrants' rights still threatened

Thursday, April 14,2011 7:13 p.m.

The stagnation of anti-immigrant legislation in the Statehouse has proven that blatant racism is less capable of gaining political support than its proponents first believed.

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Supporting ‘This I Believe’

By Paige Henry · Thursday, April 14,2011 7:13 p.m.

NPR revived “This I Believe” in 2005 and continues to share people’s thoughts and motivations similarly to how the show did 60 years ago.

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Letter: Little 5 a cappella noise violations?

Thursday, April 14,2011 7:11 p.m.

My afternoon and evening were ruined because I couldn’t stop dwelling over the fact that the police had just claimed that an instrument-free a cappella band had caused a noise violation at 4:15 in the afternoon.

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