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Student petitions for diversity
IU-Bloomington places 13th in the nation for the number of international students on campus, but for sophomore Jordan Jacobs, a top 20 ranking is not enough.
REAL ticket to drop from IUSA elections
The REAL ticket is dropping out of the IU Student Association elections, ticket organizers said, citing a lack of financial means and an inability to connect with the student body as primary reasons.
Regular season ends in road rout
MADISON, Wis. – The clock ran out on the Hoosiers’ 1-17 conference season Sunday. Big Ten Conference Bracket
Senior is self-proclaimed IU pinball grand champion
Daniel Miller stands hunched over a pinball machine, jumping as he presses the buttons for the flippers. As he plays, his body is always ready for a well-timed hip thrust to tilt the machine and save a dying ball.
Lost Love opens at Art Hospital
Artists Cindy Hinant and Greg Ajamie’s ‘Lost Love’ and ‘Paper Cuts’ art shows premiered Friday at the Art Hospital with a reception of music, drinks and thousands of hand-cut paper hearts.
Great Big Sea plays great big show
The 8 p.m. show drew a large number of people for an early-evening performance in the middle of a work week. Dedicated fans of the band showed up in homemade T-shirts and hats to show their support.
Photography exhibit illustrates horrors in Guatemalan war
“This struggle is not just their struggle, it’s our struggle,” said human rights activist and photographer Jonathan Moller at a reception for his photography exhibit “Our Culture is Our Resistance.”
‘VOTE!’ musical tests its rate of success in Bloomington
In the spirit of the recent presidential election, a new, high-energy musical premiered Friday through Sunday at Bloomington’s Harmony School as a test run before its debut in New York this summer.
Exhibit displays Islamic book art
“From Pen to Printing Press: Ten Centuries of Islamic Book Arts” presents a variety of traditional Islamic writings, including calligraphy, paper marbling, printing, illumination and painting. The exhibit began Friday and runs through May 10 in the art museum’s Special Exhibitions Gallery and is free to the public.
‘Mamma Mia!’ makes audience dance
The “Mamma Mia!” cast filled the stage with energy during the two-act production, and following the play’s tradition, the cast provided a three-song set encore that got many audience members dancing.
Man stabbed early Friday morning
A 22-year-old man was stabbed while walking home from the bars early Friday morning.
Ms. Wheelchair looks for applicants
People On Wheels is sponsoring Ms. Wheelchair Indiana at 10 a.m. March 28 at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana in Indianapolis.
Young Democrats to have 1st meeting
Young Democrats will hold its first monthly meeting from 6 to 7:30 p.m. today at Village Deli.
Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned
A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.
Israel says Iran now able to build nuclear weapons
Iran is now capable of producing atomic weapons, Israel’s top military intelligence officer said Sunday, sounding the highest-level warning that Israel’s arch-enemy has achieved independent nuclear capability.
12,000 American, 4,000 British troops to leave Iraq
The U.S. military has announced that 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September.
Legalizing marijuana
The Illinois House committee gave the go-ahead for a plan that would legalize medical marijuana in the state.
Barbies and feminism revisited
For the record, I love my Barbies. I loved my Cinderella Barbie and my Ice Princess Barbie, and I remember begging my mom to take me to McDonald’s every week for six consecutive weeks just so I could collect all of those Happy Meal Barbies.
Obama and respect
I think the best way to be familiar with another country is living in the country and being aware of its news.






