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Alexander the Great

3rd annual XRA-Fest to showcase local bands

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XRA-Fest 2010 will showcase bands on the Crossroads of America Records label as well as other local talents. The third annual festival begins at 8:30 p.m. Friday at Russian Recording and continues at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Bishop.


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Basement salon to move above ground with new name

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Housed in a basement amid a multitude of shops and restaurants on Indiana Avenue is John Edward Salon. However, in a few weeks, the salon is moving to a building on the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Washington Street as well as changing its name.


Missing Person

Woman still missing after K-9 search

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A thin layer of fog covered the open acreage of a farm on North Walnut Street on Wednesday morning. The cold air suppressed the smoldering scent allowing it to disperse at ground level. This would help the dogs — if they had any chance of smelling a body.


Volleyball v. Purdue

Purdue hands Hoosiers first loss

The IU volleyball team suffered its first loss of the season in four sets Wednesday against Purdue at University Gym.









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Staff editorial: France's expulsion of the Roma is racist

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Tempers flared at a recent European Union summit when French President Nicolas Sarkozy argued with President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso about France’s continuing deportation of Roma migrants. Sarkozy took special umbrage to E.U. Justice Commissioner Vivian Reding’s lamentation that “this is a situation I had thought Europe would not have to witness again after the Second World War.”



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Does your Facebook hurt, 'cause it's killing me

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Facebook in the middle of class. We might not do it ourselves, but we’ve all seen it. Lecture is boring, students opt for Facebook. Woot. Because Facebook gets you to use your brain in ways professor XYZ never will. Facebook gives you skills.


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Pondering pumpkins

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Wednesday was the autumnal equinox. With this, I can now comfortably accept the crunchy pile of leaves that collects around the bike racks near the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts. I can tape my string of kitschy synthetic leaves above my writing desk.