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GM exec says 1,600 will lose jobs in next few days despite aid

By Tom Krisher · Monday, April 20,2009 4:54 p.m.

DETROIT – About 1,600 white-collar workers at General Motors Corp. will lose their jobs in the next few days as the troubled automaker accelerates cost cuts in order to qualify for more government aid. GM North America President Troy Clarke said Monday in an e-mail to employees that the layoffs are needed to ensure the company’s long-term viability. “In these unprecedented times, GM is reinventing every aspect of our business, including our organizational size and structure, to create a lean and agile company,” Clarke wrote in the e-mail obtained by The Associated Press.

Carpooling business could expand to other schools

By Doug Hungerford · Monday, April 20,2009 4:51 p.m.

Students who are used to begging their families, bribing their friends or just sticking their thumbs out in traffic to find a ride home might find a new student-run carpooling Web site worth their while.  Sophomores Jordan Crehan, Michael Brown and Anton Grazin recently co-founded an online carpooling business for the purpose of “connecting students with cars with students who need rides home,” according to their Web site, btownrides.com.  In the future, the group hopes to expand the Web site to other universities and has already begun doing so at Purdue.

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Greek houses have traditions before races

By Carrie Schedler · Monday, April 20,2009 12:01 a.m.

As the men’s and women’s Little 500 races approach, the Indiana Daily Student asked the presidents of a few greek houses across campus to share their chapters’ pre-race superstitions and traditions.

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GLBT office honors dean of students

By MaryJane Slaby · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:59 p.m.

It wasn’t until a former student treasurer, whom Dean of Students Dick McKaig met during his first job as a campus administrator, visited him in Bloomington that McKaig realized the student was gay.

Shah and Jafri, Miss and Mr. Indian and Pakistan, celebrate after being announced Mr. and Miss Asia 2009.

Asian pageant highlights diversity

By Stephanie Doctrow · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:57 p.m.

The sounds of Bollywood music, traditional Japanese fish chants and Indonesian pop songs filled the Indiana Memorial Union’s Alumni Hall on Friday night at the ninth-annual Mr. and Miss Asia competition.

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Community walks for AIDS awareness

By Mickey Woods · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:41 p.m.

The red and white balloons adorned the steps leading to Teter Quad’s south courtyard Sunday and formed the shape of a ribbon, commemorating the fifth year of the Student Global AIDS Campaign’s AIDS Walk.

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IU places 5th at Ohio State

By Ryan Winn · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:17 p.m.

In the final tournament of the regular season, the IU women’s golf team showed it can compete in the postseason with a fifth-place finish in the Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.

Freshman Stephen Vogl returns the ball April 12 at the Varsity Tennis Courts. The Hoosiers leave Thursday for the Big Ten Tournament in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Hoosiers win, lose in Michigan

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:16 p.m.

In the last two Big Ten match of the season, sophomore Lachlan Ferguson picked up his third and fourth straight win. Yet, the Hoosiers won only one match.

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Team splits Big Ten games

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Sunday, April 19,2009 11:13 p.m.

After a solid four match Big Ten win streak, IU (14-9, 6-4) dropped two consecutively before beating Michigan State to end the regular season with a win.

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