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Baseball looks to snap 7-game skid in weekend series

By Kevin Bowen · Friday, May 6,2011 12 a.m.

The seven straight losses for Tracy Smith’s ballclub account for the most losses since 2008. During that stretch, IU has left 57 runners on base while being outscored 55-19 with 15 of those 55 runs being unearned.

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April showers bring free comics each May

By Adam Lukach · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:53 p.m.

On the first Saturday of May every year, local comic book stores around the country, including Phoenix Comics in Bloomington, give away comics to anyone who walks into the store.

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Professor wins mentor award

By myriam sopel · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:34 p.m.

Jason Jackson, IU associate professor of folklore in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the recipient of the annual Faculty Mentor Award.

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PlayStation breach compromises millions of users' online data

By Kevin Knight · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:32 p.m.

Sony announced Tuesday that its PlayStation data center, which supports its online gaming network, experienced a massive cyberattack. Intruders gained access to the personal data of an estimated 77 million PlayStation users. Sony began investigating unusual activity April 19 and shut down the network April 20.

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IU students lend hand in summer technology camp

By Kat Kitson · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:30 p.m.

For the ninth year running, the School of Informatics and Computing is organizing a summer camp for current and incoming high school students, providing “five days of the Web, Wii and all the technology knowledge you can soak up,” according to the SOIC website.

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IU organizes electronic waste collection

By Lauren McConnell · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:28 p.m.

For those who don’t know what to do with their unwanted electronics, IU is organizing its third annual Electronic Waste Collection Days to provide free recycling collection services for items such as hard drives, cell phones and televisions.

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Senior catchers push each other throughout time at IU

By Drew Allen · Thursday, May 5,2011 11:14 p.m.

As Dylan Swift and Wes Wilson look back on their years in Bloomington and their growth together as members of the IU baseball team, they believe the Hoosiers will receive solid production from the catcher position no matter who dons the gear in a given game.

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What We’ve Come to Expect, Love

By Brad Sanders · Thursday, May 5,2011 10:30 p.m.

Many bands are expected to bring something radically new to the table every time they commit sound to tape. Texan post-rockers Explosions in the Sky are not among them.

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One viewer's trash is another's treasure

By Brian Welk · Thursday, May 5,2011 10:22 p.m.

During the last few summers there have been too many absurd superhero fantasies that take themselves entirely too seriously and not enough real-world car chase movies that don’t in the slightest.

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Gibbs growing up before our eyes

Thursday, May 5,2011 10:15 p.m.

WEEKEND remembers just a short while ago, last Novemember, when rapper extraordinaire Freddie Gibbs was preparing for his show at the Bishop, chatting on the phone with our reporters about music, sports and some of the partying he’s incited at various Indiana colleges. 

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This week, go ethnic

By Zina Kumok · Thursday, May 5,2011 10:06 p.m.

When the average freshman arrives in Bloomington, they are usually introduced to the miracle of Fourth Street. The boulevard of ethnic food is one of the most celebrated areas close to campus, and this week I’m using it as inspiration.

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Gov. Daniels signs two major education reform bills

Thursday, May 5,2011 1 p.m.

Today, Gov. Mitch Daniels signed two key parts of his sweeping package of education reform bills. One would expand the number of public officials who are legally allowed to create charter schools outside of standards in the public education system and the other would create one of the broadest private school voucher programs in the nation.

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