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Tickling big keys

By Katherine Fay · Thursday, April 10,2008 1:02 a.m.

The Jacobs School of Music has appointed two internationally prominent performer-teachers to its organ department.

Riverdance When: 7:30 today Where: IU Auditorium More Information: Student tickets are $19 to $40 and general admission is $37 to $59. Tickets are available at the Auditorium Box Office, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster.

'A funny thing happened on the way to the forum'

By Sam Leffers · Thursday, April 10,2008 12:57 a.m.

Many people know how partial the Bloomington community is to the festivity of Greek life. IU’s Department of Theatre and Drama hopes it will be equally interested in the comedy of Roman life.

It’s Thursday of Little 500 week. You don’t want to read. I don’t want to write. So instead, since the NHL playoffs started Wednesday and no one is going to watch, I decided to draw you a picture of who I believe is this year’s MVP.

Little 500: Special Edition

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, April 10,2008 12:17 a.m.

It’s Thursday of Little 500 week. You don’t want to read. I don’t want to write. So instead, since the NHL playoffs started Wednesday and no one is going to watch, I decided to draw you a picture of who I believe is this year’s MVP.

Lynch upset with his team’s lack of intensity

By Tom Kir · Thursday, April 10,2008 12:16 a.m.

The football team got an earful from IU coach Bill Lynch after Tuesday’s practice, and afterward the offense had to do extra conditioning drills.

IU holds Sycamores to 1 run in 4-1 win

By Brandon Smith · Thursday, April 10,2008 12:15 a.m.

The IU softball team (11-26) took out the Indiana State Sycamores 4-1 on Wednesday as junior pitcher Monica Wright continued her dominance against non-Big Ten Conference opponents.

Hoosiers take pounding in Ohio, use 7 pitchers

By Zachary Osterman · Thursday, April 10,2008 12:14 a.m.

IU baseball coach Tracy Smith called on his pitching staff to improve after losing three of four against Illinois last weekend. But a trip east to Oxford, Ohio, only left Smith more frustrated, after Miami (Ohio) took the Hoosier pitching staff to the proverbial barn, scoring 10 earned runs in an 11-4 victory.

Around the World

By Angus Shaw · Wednesday, April 9,2008 11:37 p.m.

American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights Wednesday

Petraeus says he’s unlikely to call for another troop buildup in Iraq

By Angus Shaw and Anne Flaherty · Wednesday, April 9,2008 11:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON – The top U.S. military commander in Iraq said Wednesday that he is unlikely to call for another troop buildup in Iraq, even if security deteriorates after the extra American soldiers return home this summer.

Panel discusses transgender rights

By Elvia Malagon · Wednesday, April 9,2008 10:33 p.m.

Students wanting to impact legislation on transgender rights can do so at 7 p.m. today through a panel discussion in the Indiana Memorial Union Maple Room. The panel discussion is part of a project by three students in S352: Social Welfare Delivery Systems, a class in the IU School of Social Work, said junior Jeremy Forcier, who is in the class.

Hudson-Holland hosts event to honor women

By Sara Ko · Wednesday, April 9,2008 10:32 p.m.

The Hudson-Holland Scholars Council honored women this month at an event to recognize the value all women have. “This event is to celebrate womanhood and to share special moments to acknowledge the great women in our lives,” said Adeyinka Kevin Okunade, vice president of the Hudson-Holland Scholars Council, a group that works to recruit and retain minority students at IU.

Activist groups sponsor benefit dinner

By Jeff Lipps · Wednesday, April 9,2008 10:32 p.m.

Indiana Public Interest Research Group and Outreach Kenya will be hosting the Neighbors in Action Benefit Dinner at 8 p.m. today in the Grand Ballroom of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Proceeds from the dinner will go to health and community development programs in Kenya, which are organized by Neighbors in Action.

Local alumni to host volunteer fair

By Dayna Sheinberg · Wednesday, April 9,2008 10:13 p.m.

The Monroe County Chapter of the IU Alumni Association is hosting a community volunteer fair from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the DeVault Alumni Center.

Local man receives free eye surgery

Wednesday, April 9,2008 10:13 p.m.

Bloomington resident Vernon Dudley was one out of 100 people in the entire U.S. to receive a free cataract surgery from Bausch & Lomb, that allowed him to see clearly once again.

The CW: Constantly Worthless

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:06 p.m.

When the WB and UPN combined to create the

A total man

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:05 p.m.

I’m a proud uncle of seven adorable nieces and nephews. Luckily, I see two of them regularly.

Excited to death

By Peter Chen · Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:04 p.m.

Everything hinges on up-to-the-minute excitement these days. The Internet has made the new-and-improved product the forefront of what’s important in our consumer lives

Playing to lose

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:03 p.m.

If you weren’t in the treehouse when we first started planning this, I’ll let you in on a little secret

OMG, WTF, TTYL

By Abra Oliver · Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:02 p.m.

The click-clack of texting seems inescapable these days, even in the classroom. As our phones have become prosthetic extensions growing out of our hands and ears, we have grown inseparable from them. Even many of us on the Editorial Board confess to sending these grammatically-deficient missives to our friends, and the problem of texting in class has grown with the increased prevalence of the technology.

Check the box!

Wednesday, April 9,2008 8:01 p.m.

Is the school year winds down, most of us are in the middle of registering

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