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Where Clouds make 'Tides'

By Brad Sanders · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:42 p.m.

Few bands in Bloomington play the same style of music as Clouds As Oceans. The quartet’s all-instrumental take on the post-rock genre, a sound popularized by acts like Explosions in the Sky and Mogwai, is a pronounced rarity in a local music scene dominated by indie rock and hip-hop.

Benton mural display shares history

By Eshley Spitzer · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:41 p.m.

IU’s Commission on Multicultural Understanding mounted artist Thomas Hart Benton’s famous Indiana Murals last week outside of Woodburn Hall 100 with the hopes of educating and sparking the interests of students, faculty and campus visitors.

Hysterical Hoosiers bring new aspect to student section

By Nathan Hart · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:21 p.m.

If sophomores Tony Adragna and Zach Litzelswope have any say, then organized chants will soon be filling Assembly Hall.

Peaper leads Hoosiers to Wexford Plantation crown

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:19 p.m.

The IU men’s golf team left Hilton Head, S.C., and the Wexford Plantation Golf Course on Tuesday with more hardware than the team has won all season.

Man found sleeping in library

By MaryJane Slaby · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:18 p.m.

The IU Police Department was notified at 6:35 a.m. Monday of a man who had been sleeping in the Herman B Wells Library since Friday.

SEARCH helps find careers

By Kourtney Liepelt · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:16 p.m.

SEARCH, a yearlong school-to-work system for high school students and young adults with disabilities, originated in 1996 at Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital as a means of filling entry-level jobs in the hospital’s emergency department. The model has now spread across 39 states and four countries, according to the Project SEARCH website.

Column: Anything is possible in this rivalry game

By Nathan Hart · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:15 p.m.

After Saturday’s 70-64 loss to Northwestern, IU coach Tom Crean, who appeared as disappointed as he’s ever been this season after a loss, wanted his team back to practice as soon as possible.

Wisconsin awaits confident IU squad

By Caitlin Ursini · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:09 p.m.

With one week left in the season, the IU women’s basketball team has two more opportunities to prepare for the Big Ten Tournament and the Hoosiers said they’re ready.

NORML at IU to support Ind. marijuana legislation

By Alexandra Mahoney · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:09 p.m.

On Feb. 21, Bloomington’s National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws had attorney Steve Dillon and marijuana activist and nurse Debra Parrish come to discuss SB 192 and why Indiana should pass the bill, highlighting the issues with Indiana’s marijuana laws.

Men look to replicate success of women’s team at Big Ten Tournament

By Alex McCarthy · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:06 p.m.

The Men’s Big Ten Championships, in Minneapolis, Minn., start today and continue until Saturday night.

International students experience English

By Charles Scudder · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 11:01 p.m.

The Practical English Tutorial Program runs from noon to 1 p.m. every Saturday and partners native English speakers with international students to develop their English language skills.

Btownlinks complies list of most-used sites

By Sydney Murray · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 10:57 p.m.

Launched in fall 2010 by IU junior Forrest Fowler and sophomore at University of Wisconsin-Madison Tyler Henke, btownlinks.com provides an avenue to many websites, from Oncourse to Texts From Last Night.

OverStaffed creates new, non-gender specific ensemble

By Lauren McConnell · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 10:54 p.m.

The IU coed a cappella group OverStaffed aims to provide IU students with the opportunity to join a non-gender specific a cappella ensemble.

Open letter to State Rep. Peggy Welch

Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 6:14 p.m.

From despair to anger, we hope you are aware that your vote occasioned a surplus of negative feelings among your constituents. If you take the time to read the wall of your Facebook page, you will find that several of your “supporters” have only liked your profile in order to leave disapproving comments on your wall.

Letter to the Editor: Semantic discrimination

Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 6:13 p.m.

I will start with my conclusion: I have made a personal decision to stop referring to myself as a “black” person.

Harnessing your online persona

By Danielle Fleischman · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 6:12 p.m.

Applying for jobs used to be so simple. Armed with a cover letter and a résumé, you could go anywhere really.

IU getting left behind in sustainability

By Christopher Babcock · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 6:11 p.m.

I usually don’t go a day on campus without being unpleasantly surprised by an example of how IU fails to live up to its potential to be a frontrunner in sustainability.

Students, staff protest bill to outlaw unions

By MaryJane Slaby · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 12:40 a.m.

A group of students, staff and community members gathered in the rain Monday to stand in solidarity with Wisconsin and Indiana teachers against proposed state legislation concerning the future of unions.

Meet the IUSA candidates: reviveIU

By Matthew Glowicki · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 12:36 a.m.

Meet the top executives running for the reviveIU party.

IU revises Ph.D. research guidelines

By Caitlin Ryan · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2011 12:29 a.m.

In January, the Office of Research Administration at IU released a change in policy regarding principal investigators on studies involving human subjects. According to this new policy, the PI of a student’s work must be one of the individuals listed on the Human Subject Office’s website as an academic appointee eligible for this title.

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