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Portrait unveiled for president emeritus

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, May 4,2008 9:12 p.m.

Former IU President Adam Herbert will now have his portrait hanging among past IU presidents such as Herman B Wells in the Indiana Memorial Union. The 17th IU president’s portrait was unveiled in a ceremony held Thursday in the Indiana Memorial Union’s East Lobby.

I.U. Honors Sirleaf

Sunday, May 4,2008 8:47 p.m.

IU has been applauded for honoring Africa’s first elected female head of state, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, at the recent commencement ceremonies. She received IU’s honorary Doctor of Laws degree for promoting peace, justice and democracy.

Beginning to forget

By Jacob Levin · Sunday, May 4,2008 8:44 p.m.

I’m never expecting anything pleasant when I stop to read political flyers around campus – great truths are rarely stapled. But recently I saw something that raised (or perhaps lowered) the bar for my indignation – a poster comparing the Monroe County Jails to the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.

Back to the Basics

Sunday, May 4,2008 8:44 p.m.

For more than a century, Indiana has received esteem on a lineage of great artistic and scientific minds – Theodore Clement Steele, Hoagy Carmichael and Alfred Kinsey, to name a few. The Jacobs School of Music holds an international reputation on par with the Kelley School of Business.

Local businesses support military families through discounts

By Dayna Sheinberg · Sunday, May 4,2008 8:34 p.m.

More than 45 businesses in Bloomington and Indiana give discounts, waived fees and free items to members of the military and their families through a program started by Ree Matthews, general manager of Plato’s Closet.

New stickers aim to cut down distribution of alcohol to minors

By Nick Cusack · Sunday, May 4,2008 8:33 p.m.

Some Indiana youths are sticking it to those of age who buy alcohol for their underage counterparts.

Commencement ceremonies to take place Saturday

By David Schlegel · Friday, May 2,2008 11:52 p.m.

On Saturday, a procession of students will stretch from the Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse to Assembly Hall, where they will sit with red, blue, green and various other colored tassels. PHOTO GALLERY: The Year in photos

Sampson Milwaukee to join Skiles in Milwaukee

By Aaron Beard and CHRIS JENKINS · Friday, May 2,2008 5:55 p.m.

Former Indiana University coach Kelvin Sampson has agreed to become a Milwaukee Bucks assistant under Scott Skiles, a person with knowledge of the hiring told The Associated Press on Friday.

Four players to leave basketball team

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Friday, May 2,2008 2:47 p.m.

DeAndre Thomas, Jamarcus Ellis, Armon Bassett and Eli Holman will not be returning to the IU basketball team. BLOG: Basketblog

Hoosier favorite, White, goes out a grad

By Chris Engel · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:38 p.m.

D.J. White will distinguish himself Saturday from many of his fellow blue-chip recruits from the class of 2004, and it won’t be on the hardwood.

Last place baseball team aims for Big Ten Tournament

By Ryan Gregg · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:18 p.m.

A recently snapped nine-game losing streak left the IU baseball team’s season hanging by a thread.

‘Shorts’ with Will Shortz

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:17 p.m.

Will Shortz, an IU alumnus who is now the New York Times crossword editor, will speak at IU’s graduation ceremony May 3.

Familiar faces could await Hoosiers at NCAAs

By Zina Kumok · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:17 p.m.

Anxiously awaiting their NCAA seed, the women’s tennis team sat on faded burgundy couches crowded around the large TV monitor.

Tumultuous season ends in penalty kicks

By Linnea Coulter · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:15 p.m.

Upsets. Heartbreak. Elation. The 2007-2008 men’s soccer team had it all.

Senior’s 39th home run makes her No. 1

By Brandon Smith · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:13 p.m.

It has been an eventful six years for Woodland Hills, Calif., native Tory Yamaguchi.

Obama: ‘I need every Indiana student’

By Michael Zennie · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:13 p.m.

Barack Obama told thousands of screaming, cheering IU students Wednesday night that he needs their vote in Tuesday’s primary election.

IU, I bid you adieu

By Ben Homrig · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:09 p.m.

It was earlier in the fall

A Big Ten education

By Aaron Beard and Jonathan Hines · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:06 p.m.

I grew up in a Big Ten family in the heart of Big Ten country.

Police dispatched to Assembly Hall to calm an angry Eli Holman

Thursday, May 1,2008 11:05 p.m.

IU Police Department officers were dispatched to Assembly Hall on Thursday afternoon after freshman basketball player Eli Holman threw a potted plant and created a disturbance in the men’s basketball office, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said, reading from a police report.

Graduates look to future

By Alanna Malik · Thursday, May 1,2008 11:02 p.m.

With final exams almost over, many students are preparing for a final goodbye to their undergraduate years at IU.

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