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Students expect A’s despite work ethic

By Haley Adams · Thursday, Feb. 26,2009 12:01 a.m.

Results from a recent study from the University of California-Irvine reported that one-third of students expect a B just for going to lectures, and 40 percent think a B is appropriate for finishing reading assignments.

Controversial bishop in Britain

Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 11:51 p.m.

A British bishop whose denial of the Holocaust led Argentina to order him out of that country returned to England on Wednesday.

Cops hit wall in ‘Sleeper’ hunt

Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 11:50 p.m.

They have a sample of his DNA, a description from a survivor and a $500,000 reward, but detectives investigating the city’s most notorious serial killer have hit a wall.

Feds still searching for CEO

Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 11:49 p.m.

For months, prosecutors say, technicians in the gloom of a run-down North Carolina plant prepared life-sustaining syringes and shipped them before ensuring they were sterile.

March is the month to save our shows

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:46 p.m.

To most people, the beginning of March brings thoughts of warmer weather and spring, but for me, it’s survival time. It’s about that time for networks to begin planning for the ’09-’10 new season, and for shows on the bubble, panic sets in. Therefore, this week I’m going to suggest four shows that should be checked out immediately. If you don’t, chances are they won’t be around this fall – tell all your friends.

A never-ending cliche

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:44 p.m.

If you’ve seen one stupid comedy, you’ve seen them all.

Off-Broadway play examines death penalty

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:43 p.m.

The Cardinal Stage Company will present a reading of the off-Broadway play “The Exonerated” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium as a part of ArtsWeek.

Jason sells out

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:41 p.m.

For those who were not around in the 1980s to experience the classic “Friday the 13th” and its 10 progressively worse sequels, it will be difficult to appreciate the groundbreaking achievement of the original.

Artists combine styles to create computerized ceramics

By Jackie Kochell · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:41 p.m.

Two artists explored the use of digital technology in ceramics in a SoFA Gallery exhibit, a collaboration resulting in a whimsical exhibition of clay pears, winding arrows and comic book-printed cups.“Rendering and Meaning: Infinite Speed, Zero Errors & Total Memory: Creativity and Desire in the Digital Age” will run from Feb. 24 through March 13.

Guilio Cesare (Andrew Rader) and Cleopatra (Jacqueline Brecheen) perform the roles of Guilio Cesare and Cleopatra during the dress rehersal for the Guilio Cesare Opera Tusesday evening at IU's Musical Arts Center. The production, put on by the Indiana Jacobs School of Music's Opera and Ballet Theater, will run February 27, 28 and March 6,7.

IU Opera Theater’s ‘Giulio Cesare’ to tell classic tale of politics, sex, war

By Maggie Conner · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:38 p.m.

IU Opera Theater will present George Frideric Handel’s baroque opera “Giulio Cesare,” written in 1724, this weekend and next at the Musical Arts Center.

Cinemat show boasting chamber music and noisecore

By Joshua Kraus · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:36 p.m.

Two bands are going acoustic and two bands are just going nuts March 4 at The Cinemat. Headliner Capillary Action will be joined by Basilica and local bands Push-Pull and Racebannon for a night of intimate performances and rock ‘n’ roll.

Liz Lerman performance to combine dance, genetics

By Caitlin Johnston · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:33 p.m.

Modern dance, science and ethics will combine in a clash of creativity at 8 p.m. tonight on the IU Auditorium stage. The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange will present a performance titled “Ferocious Beauty: Genome,” a look at the ethical questions that arise from the progression of molecular science.

‘WTF’ exhibit shows pain before, after Iraq

By Alex Brown · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:32 p.m.

On treacherous grounds in Iraq, Ashley Gilbertson jumped out of an American convoy to shoot his camera. Although he braved the dangers of being a photojournalist during the war, he said he does not view himself as a hero like the American soldiers who fight on the battlefront.

Matrimonial bliss

By Greg Winget · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:32 p.m.

Dripping with nostalgia, husband&wife’s “Dark Dark Woods” is at times both heart-wrenching and inspiring.

Graduate students Sara Fischer, as Lady Chiltern, and Eric Young, as Lord Chiltern rehearse a scene from "An Ideal Husband" Monday evening at the Ruth N. Halls Theatre. The play is presented as part of IU's 25th annual ArtsWeek by the Department of Theatre and Drama.

‘Ideal Husband’ to bring Victorian era to ArtsWeek

By Alex Brown · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:30 p.m.

Centered in a ballroom, women adorned in floral silk gowns curtsy and extend gloved hands for their suitors to delicately kiss. An evening in the Victorian era might not be as far away as it seems.

Music abroad

By Danielle Fleischman · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:28 p.m.

Like its namesake, Beirut is a melting pot of cultural influences. Front man Zach Condon, 22, was inspired by the European travels he took at age 17 to create “Gulag Orkestar,” an album that sounds as though it might have been lost beneath the former Iron Curtain.

High Voltage: WIUX Culture Shock 2009

By Kelsey McArdle · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:26 p.m.

As the season of music festivals begins, Bloomington will certainly not be left high and dry. This year’s WIUX Culture Shock, held on April 18 in Dunn Meadow, will not only provide performances by several national and international up-and-comers, but also feature a few local gems.

From South Africa to South Central Indiana

By Stefania Marghitu · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:23 p.m.

How does a band from Johannesburg, South Africa end up in Bloomington?

Jam on It: Hip Hop Awareness Week

By Danielle Paquette · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 10:19 p.m.

Attention Bloomington: Clear your schedules, and turn up your stereos. The ninth annual Hip Hop Awareness Week, organized by the IU Hip Hop Congress and Union Board, is in full swing. Genre-related speakers, performances, contests and showcases are available to anyone interested.

Ivy Tech students,Freshmen Patrick Anderson and Patrick Anderson, pretend to hold up and rob Ivy Tech employee Chelsea Rood. They were renacting a scene as a pawn shop and gun shop worker during a poverty simulation Wednesday afternoon in the Ivy Tech Commons. The simulation included students from Ivy Tech and IU who had to manage the hardships of poverty by juggling their family's sustenance and education, finding and keeping a job, repaying loans, and other scenarios.

Ivy Tech conducts 3-hour long poverty simulation

By Molly Johnson · Wednesday, Feb. 25,2009 8:54 p.m.

Ivy Tech Community College-Bloomington partnered with the South Central Community Action Program on Wednesday afternoon to hold a poverty simulation for Ivy Tech students and faculty.