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Exhibition match ends in tie for IU, Louisville

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, April 2,2008 1 a.m.

The spring exhibition season is usually a time to play a few casual games in the warm breeze. But in Tuesday night’s match against Louisville, the breeze was frigid and the game was anything but casual. The teams went into overtime, but the game ultimately ended in a 1-1 tie.

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Crean will have to start from scratch

By Aaron Beard and Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, April 2,2008 12:57 a.m.

After coaching IU to a first-round exit in the NCAA Tournament – a game that turned out to be his last as head coach – Dan Dakich made his case for why he should be the permanent head coach at IU. He said all the right things.

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Who is Tom Crean?

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, April 2,2008 12:57 a.m.

IU finally has its man in Tom Crean. Crean and IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan landed at Monroe County Airport Tuesday evening, greeted by about a dozen fans and a couple members of the media.

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INPIRG hosts debate between campus Democrats, Republicans

By Michael Walker · Wednesday, April 2,2008 12:56 a.m.

In an evening that mostly highlighted the differences between the platforms of the nation’s two biggest political parties, there was at least one thing on which both sides could agree: the most important thing for the country to focus on now is what comes next. INPIRG sponsored a debate Tuesday night between the IU College Democrats and the IU College Republicans.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, April 2,2008 12:39 a.m.

President Bush said Tuesday he fully supports proposals to put ex-Soviet states Ukraine and Georgian the road toward joining NATO despite French and German qualms it would upset relations with Moscow.

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Zimbabwean president may cede power to opposition

By Abisalom Omolo and Angus Shaw · Wednesday, April 2,2008 12:38 a.m.

Advisers of President Robert Mugabe and his chief rival are discussing the possibility of Zimbabwe’s longtime leader relinquishing power, a businessman close to the electoral commission and a lawyer close to the opposition told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

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France’s architect Jean Nouvel wins Pritzker award

By Jacob Adelman · Tuesday, April 1,2008 10:09 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – Jean Nouvel, the French architect whose hyper-modern buildings have been acclaimed for their eclectic nature and departure from tradition, has won the 2008 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was announced Sunday.

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When thin becomes deadly

By Gabrijel Gelic · Tuesday, April 1,2008 10:08 p.m.

Being thin is always “in” in the fashion industry, but some young models are taking this not-so-new trend to a whole new extreme.

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MTV: Minus the ‘M’

By Teri Rosenbaum · Tuesday, April 1,2008 10:06 p.m.

At the time of its inception, MTV revolutionized the music industry. It changed how people heard about music by promoting and showing new artists.

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IU players comment on new coach

Tuesday, April 1,2008 9:37 p.m.

Several IU men's basketball players commented to IDS reporters while playing a game of pick-up basketball Tuesday night at the HYPER. Jamarcus Ellis wants to be a Hoosier. And apparently, that’s been the story the entire time. "I never had no plans to leave, it was just (Dan) Dakich being the head coach and we didn’t see eye-to-eye on things," Ellis said.  BLOG:  Basketblog

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Scheduling screw-ups

Tuesday, April 1,2008 9:30 p.m.

The IU administration is thinking about implementing two things not many of us want to happen: more classes at 8 a.m. and more classes on Fridays. But why would IU do this to us ... aren’t rising tuition prices enough? Well, according to the administration, the blame for this falls right on our shoulders.

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The fall of Cuban communism?

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, April 1,2008 9:29 p.m.

Shortly after Fidel Castro stepped down as president of Cuba in February, ending a reign that began in 1959, his brother Raul was elected as his successor. Since Raul was preferred by Fidel to take that position, it was widely speculated that Fidel’s departure wouldn’t bring any significant changes to Cuban domestic or foreign policy.

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Liberalism run amok

By Indira Dammu · Tuesday, April 1,2008 9:24 p.m.

Colleges have long been considered bastions of liberalism, much to the chagrin of conservatives. Indeed, campuses are traditionally home to anti-war protests, pro-choice rallies and campaigns raising awareness about sweatshop labor. However, even by these standards, one college might have recently one-upped itself.

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Feeding gossip

By Tristan Reitz · Tuesday, April 1,2008 9:22 p.m.

Watching CNN Headline News is a lot like looking into a little glass ball that holds the future of cable news, and the future does not look good.

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