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By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, April 17,2008 11:22 p.m.

Authorities in India sealed off the center of their normally frenetic capital Thursday with 15,000 police to protect the Olympic torch relay from anti-China protesters who held their pro-Tibet demonstrations elsewhere in the country.

Rival says Mugabe could face justice

By Abisalom Omolo and Donna Bryson · Thursday, April 17,2008 11:21 p.m.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may be forced to face justice by a citizenry that has run out of patience with his regime’s abuses, his main rival said in an interview Thursday.

Around the arts

Thursday, April 17,2008 10:39 p.m.

Kaia presents: ‘Get Down, Rise Up!’ concert When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday Where: John Waldron Arts Center Auditorium More Information: Bloomington’s a cappella world music ensemble performs music from every hemisphere, political anthems and outrageous schmaltz. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and children ages 5 and under get in free. Purchase tickets online at bloomingtonarts.info.

Extravaganza: blast from past

By Danielle Patras · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:36 p.m.

This year’s Big Band Extravaganza is going to take some feeling.

World trip on two wheels

By Chris Pickrell · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:35 p.m.

Imagine “Easy Rider” on a budget. And the riders don’t die in the end.

Cornhole tournament to be held Saturday

By David Schlegel · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:19 p.m.

Twenty or more cornhole boards will be set up this Saturday in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union for a cornhole tournament. The tournament will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. IU Lutheran Campus Ministries will host the event.

Rubber Duck Regatta floats to IU

By Matt Howe · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:18 p.m.

Dunn Meadow: trees, beautiful landscape, the Jordan River and ... smiling yellow ducks? This Sunday in Dunn Meadow, Alpha Phi Omega will be presenting the 18th annual Rubber Duck Regatta on the Jordan River.

Internship rip-off

By Alexandra Chtchedrina · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:59 p.m.

As the spring semester nears its end, summer internships are about to begin. But if you are thinking of taking internship for credit, think again; because if you do, you’ll have to brace yourself for a bursar bill.

Roommate wars

By Brian Frange · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:57 p.m.

Much like communism, a house with roommates does not work unless everyone contributes equally. I’m not a communist. I’m a materialistic, free-market capitalist and I understand the importance of incentives and personal gain. This is why, when you move into a house next year with four other guys, you’ll need to learn a few tricks to cope with the stresses.

Fun with guns

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:56 p.m.

When I went home for Christmas break, I started noticing disturbing behavior around my house. Dad was prancing around singing Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is you,” but replacing the word “you” with “a 9 millimeter semi-automatic,” or sometimes “ammo.”

Dying chivalry

By Rachel Goldberg · Thursday, April 17,2008 8:55 p.m.

A few weeks ago, I was standing in line with one of my guy friends at the grocery store. We’d put all of our things in one cart, and at the very bottom of the cart, near the wheels, he’d stashed a pack of water bottles. As we piled our things on the counter, I asked, “Hey, can you lift up this water?” and he replied with, “Uh, can you just do it?”

Sexing up field trips

Thursday, April 17,2008 8:53 p.m.

As it turns out, your nostalgia for frequent field trips isn’t unfounded. And while you remember fondly when you used to go to museums or state parks, a class at Randolph College in Virginia is doing one better —it went to a brothel. It’s the legal kind, of course, nestled 60 miles outside of Las Vegas in a part of the country that refuses to separate entirely from the idea of the Wild West.

Monroe County takes a new approach to eliminate poverty

By Nicole Vargas · Thursday, April 17,2008 7:59 p.m.

Due to a recent agreement between Monroe County’s South Central Community Action Program and a poverty-fighting initiative known as the Circles Campaign, a solution for the county’s impoverished might not be far off.

Domestic violence shelter to hold volunteer training sessions Saturday

By Kristina Hunter · Thursday, April 17,2008 7:59 p.m.

As most students pack up and leave IU for the summer, Bloomington’s Middle Way House is left scrambling for summer volunteers.

Bloomington AIDS Walk set for Saturday

Thursday, April 17,2008 7:58 p.m.

The fourth annual Bloomington AIDS Walk will take place Saturday at Third Street Park. Organized by IU’s Student Global AIDS Campaign, the walk will benefit Bloomington Hospital Positive Link, an agency serving south central Indiana residents living with HIV and AIDS.

Susan Schaller to speak about ‘Languagelessness’

By Nicole Palmer · Thursday, April 17,2008 6:14 p.m.

Ildefonso, a 27-year old deaf man, had lived his entire life without words or any real way of communicating until Susan Schaller did something considered impossible to the academic community; she taught an adult his first language.

Capobianco to be a Hoosier

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, April 17,2008 5:24 p.m.

Bobby Capobianco, a 6-foot, 8-inch power forward from the class of 2009, has committed to play for the Hoosiers. BLOG: Basketblog

Crean names two assistant coaches to staff

By Chris Engel · Thursday, April 17,2008 2:59 p.m.

IU head coach Tom Cream named two of his former assistants at Marquette, Tim Buckley and Bennie Seltzer, to join the new Hoosier head coach in Bloomington.

Smarter to Skip ‘Smart People’

By Anna Piontek and Mark Bay · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:34 a.m.

In “Smart People,” Noah Murro’s directing debut about an aging academic and his family, both the ego and gut of Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid) have bloated with age.

Prom disaster

By Ernest Moore · Thursday, April 17,2008 10:28 a.m.

In Hollywood’s latest attempt to scare and leave audiences on the edge of their seats in suspense and fear, this movie about a night at the prom gone wrong fails to deliver a story line, actors or film direction that allows for the film to be anything other than a strong misrepresentation of the classic horror movies it attempts to remake and replicate.