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Bloomington man sentenced to 30 years for manslaughter

By Sarah Hutchins · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 1:05 a.m.

A strait-laced Baptist stood in a Bloomington courtroom Friday and tried to explain the death of a Purdue University psychologist he shot and killed in 2008. The gunman, John R. Moore III, said he was protecting his three children and his wife from a sexual pervert. But for the victim’s family and friends, it was execution.

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Students raise funds for Haiti with buffet dinner

Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 1 a.m.

Students can still buy $10 tickets for a Haiti benefit dinner, which hopes to raise $5,000. The money will benefit Partners in Health, an organization that has been working in Haiti for more than 20 years to bring medical care to 12 countries worldwide, according to its Web site.

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Women's swimming and diving set to defend Big Ten title

By Caitlin Ursini · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 12:58 a.m.

The IU women’s swimming and diving coaches gave each swimmer a T-shirt with a target on the back during this week’s practice. This is exactly what the No. 14 Hoosiers will have when they step foot in West Lafayette to defend their Big Ten title.

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Women's swimming and diving set to defend Big Ten title

By Caitlin Ursini · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 12:57 a.m.

The IU women’s swimming and diving coaches gave each swimmer a T-shirt with a target on the back during this week’s practice. This is exactly what the No. 14 Hoosiers will have when they step foot in West Lafayette to defend their Big Ten title.

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Race for Sen. Bayh’s seat officially underway

Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 12:55 a.m.

U.S. Senate elections are a complex process that take months to prepare for, and considering U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh’s decision to retire from public office, the whole process has become a conundrum.

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Despite youth, MacTaggart displays veteran skills

By Justin Albers · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 12:08 a.m.

IU freshman Josh MacTaggart doesn’t overpower anyone on the tennis court. His serve is of average velocity compared to his Hoosier teammates, and he rarely surprises anyone with his strength. At first glance, he looks more like a runner or a swimmer than a tennis player.

Basket Ball

Hoosiers make small strides in loss

By Jordan Cohen · Wednesday, Feb. 17,2010 12:06 a.m.

The scoreboard might not have shown it — and it was the team’s seventh loss in as many games — but IU took some baby steps in the right direction Tuesday.

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Diversity Committee brings culture to campus

By Lindsey Mohlman · Tuesday, Feb. 16,2010 11:29 p.m.

The IU-Bloomington Diversity Committee gathered Tuesday to discuss the upcoming events on campus for spring, including a Holocaust exhibit and Diversity Day presentations with the theme of Civil Conversation.

Elinor Ostrom Nobel Speech

Auditorium fills for Nobel Lecture speech

By Alycin Bektesh · Tuesday, Feb. 16,2010 11:17 p.m.

McRobbie told the packed auditorium that Ostrom had received her Nobel Prize in Economics “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons,” and that she was the first woman to have won the prize.

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Students express from the heart in spoken word poetry

By Alyssa Goldman · Tuesday, Feb. 16,2010 10:04 p.m.

“Spoken word is poetry, but it’s basically a song without music,” said IU alumnus Branden Scott. “Spoken word has more feeling. It’s like giving a speech. Poetry is reading from a book; it’s not emotional. Spoken word is a conversation meant to sway you.”

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Ignore the idiots

By Sarah Hann · Tuesday, Feb. 16,2010 9:40 p.m.

There are some very stupid people in the world. Take, for instance, the missionaries who are currently being held in a Haitian jail for the attempted kidnapping of 33 children abandoned or orphaned in the wake of the earthquake. They claim they had the correct papers and had set up a place in the Dominican Republic to take the children until their relatives could be found or someone could adopt them.

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