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Brown County hosts annual wine fair

By Dayna Sheinberg · Thursday, April 24,2008 11:05 p.m.

The Sixth Annual Indiana Wine Fair will be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and for $15 those who attend will be able to taste wine from 34 Indiana wineries.

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Mexican Ambassador gives lecture, says Latin America ‘strong and stable’

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:58 p.m.

Mexican Ambassador Alejandro Garcia-Moreno explained the progress Latin American countries have made toward democracy at 4 p.m. Thursday in the Coronation Room in the Indiana Memorial Union. The lecture started off with David Hertz, IU professor of comparative literature, introducing the ambassador, who happens to be Hertz’s brother-in-law.

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RPS looking for ‘photobloggers’ for Web site

By Amanda Bridgman · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:57 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services is taking a new look at IU through the lens. RPS wants to recruit three to five students who are interested in photography, living in the residence halls and want to become a “photoblogger.” The student would be expected to take a specified amount of pictures each week and post them on the RPS Web site for students to see.

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Robotics exhibit to showcase work from students

By Jess Mullins · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:56 p.m.

It’s not every day that an IU student is able to watch a self-driving golf cart or a saxophone-playing robot. That’s exactly why the cognitive science program is hoping for a high student turnout for Friday’s second annual robotics exhibition.

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Obama campaign hosts 2-man panel on foreign policy

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, April 24,2008 10:55 p.m.

Despite a 50-minute delay, the Indiana Memorial Union’s Georgian Room saw a full house Thursday for the Obama campaign’s National Security Forum with former General Tony McPeak and Obama Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Denis McDonough.

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Hair Ethics

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:29 p.m.

In December I got my first perm, and my hair has been falling out by the fistful ever since. I tried to rationalize this problem by telling myself this is probably just what happens when you get a perm, and I tried to not think much of it...

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Superfluous science

By Rachel Goldberg and Robert Granger · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:28 p.m.

We’re all going to die. Well, maybe. Two American citizens have filed a lawsuit in order to prevent the colliding of protons in a large particle accelerator known as the Large Hadron Collider in Cern, Switzerland. The fear, according to the filers of the suit, is that this colliding of protons would create an ever-increasing black hole that would devour the earth and eventually the universe.

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Are we in high school?

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:26 p.m.

OK guys, time to dish. Get your popcorn and your toenail polish ready because I have some super big news. The IUSA Supreme Court just voted, and the Kirkwood ticket is out! They have been replaced by the Big Red ticket. This is great news to me because I totally know someone on the Big Red ticket from my math class last year. So, yeah...

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Supreme Court Justice

Thursday, April 24,2008 8:22 p.m.

For students following the IU Student Association election debacle, Monday’s news provided much-needed relief. IUSA’s Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Elections Commission, disqualifying the Kirkwood ticket and instating Big Red as the ticket-elect. As an act of final justice, we could hardly have hoped for better.

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Knight to give speeches in Nashville

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Thursday, April 24,2008 8:20 p.m.

IU men’s basketball coaching legend Bob Knight is returning to the Bloomington area for a speaking engagement Saturday at the Little Nashville Opry, in Nashville, Ind.  BLOG:  Basketblog

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IU Art Museum honors murals’ 75th anniversary

By Allie Perlman · Thursday, April 24,2008 5:59 p.m.

The IU Art Museum opened an exhibit titled “Shallow Creek: Thomas Hart Benton and American Waterways” on the 75th anniversary of the installation of the two controversial Thomas Hart Benton murals in Woodburn Lecture Hall 100.

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A Quiet Protest

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, April 24,2008 3:41 p.m.

A group of about 30 students marched towards Dunn Meadow in support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights for the National Day of Silence at IU.  VIDEO:  National Day of Silence

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Gov. Daniels: College could become more affordable

By Matt Gard · Thursday, April 24,2008 1:02 a.m.

Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ proposal to increase financial aid for in-state students might not have an impact on the IU-Bloomington campus. Dean of Students Dick McKaig said the plan might not have as big an impact because of the attention IU has already given to lower-income families.

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US government scraps virtual border fence

By Arthur H. Rotstein · Thursday, April 24,2008 12:09 a.m.

TUCSON, Ariz. – The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings, officials said.

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