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IU junior guard Devan Dumes battles against Michigan State freshman forward Draymond Green (23) and MSU senior center Goran Suton (14) Saturday in East Lansing, Mich..

Dumes suspended indefinitely

By Tom Kirby · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:54 p.m.

IU’s leading scorer Devan Dumes has been suspended indefinitely by IU coach Tom Crean for his actions during the Hoosiers’ loss at Michigan State on Saturday.

IU freshman forward Danilsa Andujar drives to the basket during the first half against Illinois Sunday at Assembly Hall. IU lost 66-59.

Sunday loss drops Hoosiers to 5th in Big Ten

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:53 p.m.

In front of the second-largest crowd of the season – an estimated 3,558 people – IU (15-7, 8-5) lost its third consecutive game Sunday, falling 66-59 to Illinois

Optometry students travel to Mexico

By MaryJane Slaby · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:20 p.m.

Thirty Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity students left for Mexico on Saturday and will return to Bloomington on Feb. 14. Once in Mexico, the group will work at the clinic for about seven or eight hours a day from Sunday through Thursday and see about 500 patients each day.

Classes offer short-term travel abroad opportunities

By Meredith Reffner · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 11:17 p.m.

Short-term travel courses at IU are offering students a whole new way to experience the world. As an alternative to study abroad, several schools at IU now offer courses that take students overseas for a shorter period of time. The courses are led by IU faculty and staff but still allow students to have an international experience.

‘Stop Kiss’ acting could be refined

By Vanessa Torline · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:47 p.m.

Like any work by playwright Diana Son, “Stop Kiss” is punchy, passionate and honest. It is unfortunate, then, that IU’s production, now in performances at the Lee Norvelle Theater and Drama Center, fails to achieve the same straightforwardness.

1st Walk of the year features a wide range of exhibits

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:45 p.m.

Balloons marked the entrance of the eight participating galleries for the first Gallery Walk of the year on Feb. 6. While members of the community ate finger foods provided by the galleries, they viewed new exhibits chosen months in advance.

Freshmen cousins make art debut with graffiti paintings

By Bailey Loosemore · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:44 p.m.

With graffiti-inspired paintings and a love of art, IU freshmen Rafael Cronin and Grant Myers arrived in Bloomington’s art scene with the opening of their first collaborative exhibit. The show, titled “Urban Scrawls,” premiered at the Bellevue Gallery during the Gallery Walk on Feb. 6 and will remain on display until March 28.

IU College Comedy Festival draws about 400 people

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:42 p.m.

“Cactus!” And go. For the Awkward Silence Comedy group, this was the only prompt from the audience in what turned into a series of improvisational skits and sketches this weekend at the annual IU College Comedy Festival.

Community becomes more self-reliant

By Savannah Worley · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:42 p.m.

Concerned with global warming, peak oil and a carbon footprint on the earth, one local group said it hopes to change Bloomington into a more self-reliant, sustainable community.

Owner of Roots restaurant Andrew Stevens and a worker for the Humane Society of United States Anne Sterling discuss the situation of seal clubbing during SEALed With A Kiss, a dance fundraiser to raise awarness of seals Saturday evening in The Lodge.

RAW event raises $900 to stop Canada seal hunt

By Doug Hungerford · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:40 p.m.

More than 175 supporters of Revitalizing Animal Well-Being’s “Sealed with a Kiss” poured in and out of The Lodge at 101 E. Sixth St. on Friday night to dance, kiss and petition against Canada’s annual seal hunt.

Recession sending more students to community colleges

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:34 p.m.

College freshman Elizabeth Hebert’s choice of a four-year school suddenly got too expensive. George Haseltine already has a business degree, but he concluded after several layoffs that he needed more training to get work.

Hostage killing video appears

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:33 p.m.

A graphic video delivered to The Associated Press on Sunday appeared to show the execution of a Polish engineer by Pakistani militants who had held him captive for more than four months.

At least 108 dead in Australia fire

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:32 p.m.

Police say the death toll from wildfires in Australia has risen to at least 108, making it the country’s worst fire disaster.

Bloomington High School North senior Dylan Galyan-Wilkerson looks on as Harmony High School senior Izzy Jarvis talks to coordinator Steven Stothard at Boxcar Books Saturday evening. Boxcar Books celebrated its seventh anniversary Saturday with a two-hour open house and a raffle.

Boxcar makes it 7 years

By Emily Campion · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:32 p.m.

A sign in the foyer that said “Seven Years and Going Strong” welcomed customers into Boxcar Books on Feb. 7. People were scattered throughout the store, listening to music and scanning book covers.

Mistakes and apologies

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:03 p.m.

When a person makes a mistake, typically an apology ensues. It only takes two simple words to communicate remorse and, hopefully, receive forgiveness: “I’m sorry.”

Undergraduate voice is left unheard

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:02 p.m.

As I’m sure you are aware, President McRobbie has appointed a new search and screen committee to fill the position of vice president of research.

It’s a small world after all

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 10:01 p.m.

Like most children of the 1980s and ’90s, my moral sensibilities were not formed from Sunday school or citizenship classes. Not even my parents or my immediate family had as much effect on my personal development as a certain little big-eared mouse and the Walt Disney Company with its treasure trove of animated wisdom.

Capping executive pay

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 9:58 p.m.

The Obama administration announced Wednesday new restrictions on compensation for senior executives at any firm receiving government assistance. The proposed restrictions would cap cash compensation for senior executives at $500,000 and subject the dispersion of privileges such as private jets and country club memberships to scrutiny by corporate boards.

Changing the tune

By Chad Quandt · Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 9:57 p.m.

When you turn on Top 40 radio, it might seem like robots are performing the songs. Don’t be alarmed. While those are synthetic, digital voices you hear singing about love in the club and sexual double entendre, this is not that desolate future from “Terminator” where mechanical overlords hold sway. That robotic voice coming through the airwaves is only the magic of auto-tune.

Crean suspends Dumes indefinitely

Sunday, Feb. 8,2009 7:24 p.m.

IU junior guard Devan Dumes has been suspended indefinitely, IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean announced Sunday. During Saturday’s game against Michigan State, Dumes was ejected after picking up a flagrant foul. Dumes threw elbows to several Spartans during the 75-47 loss, including one to Goran Suton’s groin in the second half.