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Just another morning

By Michela Tindera · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 9:12 p.m.

Getting around campus isn't easy for anyone. But imagine what it would be like if you couldn't see. For Misty it's just another morning.

20/20

By Steph Aaronson · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 8:27 p.m.

Hindsight is 20/20. Looking back it’s easy to see the mistakes and the never agains, but these three people have learned that sometimes looking back isn’t always about the regrets — it’s how you’ve grown since then.

Sense of humor

By Dianne Osland · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 8:06 p.m.

Ben, Tom, and Jamison make up three of the five guys who helped build the Bloomington comedy scene, the ones who started together four years ago when The Comedy Attic first opened as The Funny Bone on Walnut Street.

Remember that?

By Christine Spasoff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 7:18 p.m.

We encounter millions of sensory cues every second of every day, from the itchy sweater tickling our arm to the almost inaudible hum of the refrigerator in our apartment. Most of these sensations go unnoticed, but how is it that you immediately think of high school prom when you hear the song “I Gotta Feeling”?

Abercrombie and Snitch

By Emily Farra · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 7:10 p.m.

Abercrombie & Fitch is known for drowning their customers in their signature “Fierce” cologne, but why do they do it? A current A&F employee gave us the low-down on her experiences with the unmistakable scent.

How to create your very own perfume

By Emily Farra · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 7:05 p.m.

As the only perfumer to blend, bottle, and sell fragrances in the United States, Renee Gabet of Annie Oakley Perfumery has loved fragrances since she was a little girl.

Tripped Up

By Hannah Waltz · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 7:01 p.m.

Think the use of marijuana is a phenomenon of the last century? Think again.

Do pheromones actually work?

By Dianne Osland · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 6:53 p.m.

Small, white, heterosexual female wears commercial pheromones to the bars to test the product's effectiveness. Results surprising.

Seeing in 50 shades of sound

By Carmen Huff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 6:36 p.m.

For sophomore Lily Wolf, every letter and number has a different color. Wolf has synesthesia, a joining of one sense with another.

Noteworthy: living with perfect pitch

By Belle Kim · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 6:25 p.m.

When freshman composition major June Lee listens to a song he identifies each note by pitch with ease. After all, he has perfect pitch.

Woman arrested for alleged battery of woman, officer

By IDS staff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3:50 p.m.

Roselia Sons, 42, was booked at the Monroe County Jail as of 2 p.m. Monday facing preliminary charges including battery of a law enforcement officer.

Model Behavior

By Jackie Veling · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3:18 p.m.

Junior Dillon Olney, a BFA sculpture major, is working on his first project of the semester. It’s a transition piece now, he says, from despair to success. Like his love for sculpture, the piece is being molded.

To do on campus

By IDS staff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3:16 p.m.

Whether it's music, art or a conversation club, try something new this week on campus.

Tunnel Vision

By Carmen Huff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3:12 p.m.

Caleb Konstanski, former captain of the NCAA national championship-winning IU men’s soccer team, is one of the newest members of the Major League Soccer team, the Chicago Fire. He's sharing a few of his game-winning secrets with Inside.

Tracing origins of our most ‘handsy’ habits

By Jackie Veling · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3:06 p.m.

A handshake, a high-five, a kiss — it turns out all of these gestures, which use one of our most intimate senses, touch, can be traced back through human history.

Every time we touch

By Christine Spasoff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 3 p.m.

We talked to the experts at Bloomington’s Mac Experience store for the digital 411.

Take Five

By Christine Spasoff · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 2:56 p.m.

We’ve focused on the five “traditional” senses in this issue, but there are five more that are often overlooked.

‘It’s like I have ESPN or something...’

By Jeff LaFave · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 2:41 p.m.

You might not have realized it, but here are four more senses that even Karen hasn’t mastered.

Softball sweeps Georgia Tech Classic

By Julia Thomas · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 12:36 a.m.

The IU softball team swept the field Feb. 15-17 at the Georgia Tech Classic in Atlanta, marking the team’s second weekend of play of the 2013 season.

Residents threatened with firearm at Villas

By Kirsten Clark · Monday, Feb. 18,2013 12:32 a.m.

A resident of Varsity Villas was arrested during the early morning hours Saturday after allegedly threatening his neighbors with a shotgun for playing their music too loudly.

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