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Nowhere to run(away)

By Martha Irvine · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:52 a.m.

The young caller’s voice is high-pitched and trembling. Her mother’s been drinking, she says. They got into a fistfight, so the girl grabbed her backpack and a cell phone and bolted, with little thought about where a 13-year-old could go on a cold night.

Changing 100 lives in 100 minutes

By Amanda Bridgman · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:51 a.m.

On Wednesday, a nationwide promotional event will take place at 100 eye-care offices around the country for 100 minutes. “Changing 100 Lives in 100 Minutes” is sponsored by Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturers of the crystalens needed for the cataract correction surgeries the 100 patients will receive.

“Caffeine can be classified as a drug because it is toxic.”

Pitfalls of an energy boost

By Morgan Waters · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:50 a.m.

A typical energy drink such as Red Bull has about 76 milligrams of caffeine, and local dieticians say this popular stimulant is too easy to abuse. Caffeine is being added to more products, and dieticians say the amount some people are consuming is excessive and could cause health problems.

As Crean comes, Greenspan needs to go

By Aaron Beard and Ben Homrig · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:38 a.m.

At around 5:30 April 1, I walked from campus to my house to check in for the evening and caught word that Tom Crean had been elected God of Bloomington with his hiring as the newest IU men’s basketball coach.

IU senior transfer wins heptathlon in Texas Relays

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:37 a.m.

It didn’t take long for senior Abbie Stechschulte to make her mark on IU. Stechschulte, who suited up for the Hoosiers for the first time in competition, was the collegiate heptathlon champion in the 81st running of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays this past weekend.

Hoosiers turn to ‘Big Play Ray’

By Tom Kir · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:36 a.m.

Ray Fisher’s time has come. In high school, the wide receiver played with current NFL player and former Ohio State star Ted Ginn Jr. In his first two years as a Hoosier, he played alongside IU record-holder James Hardy.

Campaign gets greeks to ‘Go Green’

Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:05 a.m.

The greek system is starting to think green. “Think green” are the two words Alpha Chi Omega sophomore Brittney Banks and Phi Mu sophomore Clare Crosh hope their fellow greeks keep in mind when throwing trash away. Banks and Crosh have created a new organization in the greek system called “Greeks Go Green.”

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IU is now displaying colorful, creative recycling bins around campus in order to promote and encourage students to recycle whenever possible.

IU promotes recycling awareness

By Amanda Cochara · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:04 a.m.

Usually a unicorn, a sun, a swallow and flying bottles don’t have much in common. However, all of these are the winning designs to be displayed on recycling bins throughout campus.

Students celebrate 3rd annual Korean Night

By Sara Ko · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:03 a.m.

A diverse crowd of more than 200 people took over the McNutt Residence Center for Korean Night on Friday. “Korean Night is about sharing our culture with other people at IU who might be interested or just simply curious,” said Jung Eun Yun, secretary of the Korean Student Association.

Daniel Ellsberg shares Pentagon stories

By Dion Hazelbaker · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:02 a.m.

No sooner did he walk on stage than did Daniel Ellsberg receive a standing ovation Friday at the IU Auditorium. He spoke to the audience about both the risks he took in leaking the Pentagon Papers and the state of the modern world.

Architects seek students’ opinions on campus buildings

By Dion Hazelbaker · Tuesday, April 8,2008 12:01 a.m.

Students got to “Post-it” their thoughts last week. SmithGroup and JJR are both Michigan-based architectural firms that were stationed last week in Wright Food Court looking for students to write their opinions on Post-it notes regarding campus buildings.

Housing, auto layoffs expected to be high as recession looms

By Abisalom Omolo and Martin Crutsinger · Monday, April 7,2008 11:53 p.m.

Hospitals, schools and the assembly line at an airplane factory look like pretty good places to be with a recession looming and unemployment rising.

Last run of Paris Olympic torch relay canceled following protests

By Abisalom Omolo · Monday, April 7,2008 11:53 p.m.

Organizers canceled the final leg of the Olympic run through Paris after chaotic protests Monday, snuffing out the torch and putting it aboard a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters decrying China’s human rights record.

‘Riverdance’ stops at IU for farewell tour

By Shannon Dahmer · Monday, April 7,2008 10:23 p.m.

Born of the intricate moves and traditions of Irish step dance, “Riverdance” has traveled across the Atlantic and made its way to the IU Auditorium. As part if its farewell tour, “Riverdance” will visit IU at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

‘Bearded Child’ to visit Bloomington

By Evan Wells · Monday, April 7,2008 10:19 p.m.

The bizarre and out-of-the-ordinary will hit the big screen Tuesday night as the Bearded Child Film Festival comes to Bloomington.

Letters from Abroad: Taking it easy

By Lindsey Landis · Monday, April 7,2008 10:18 p.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – “‘The water,’ by Feist.” “‘Bridge over troubled water,’ by Simon and Garfunkel.” “‘Black water,’ by the Doobie Brothers.” My friend Maureen and I were playing our favorite game – trying to find all of the songs with a given word in the title – on the banks of Lake Como this weekend.

Around the State

By Alexandra R. Moses · Monday, April 7,2008 9:44 p.m.

AP and IDS Around the State headlines

Local boy allegedly threatened family with knife

By Ben Phelps · Monday, April 7,2008 9:43 p.m.

A brief summary of Bloomington Police Department reports.

Confused? Me too

By Cheryl Thomas · Monday, April 7,2008 8:52 p.m.

The nation stirred in interest days ago when the story a transgender man from Oregon claiming to be pregnant hit the national media. Photos of what appeared to be a

The real political party

By Abra Oliver · Monday, April 7,2008 8:49 p.m.

Last Wednesday, it seems more or less everyone got the same message from a friend: There was a free Dave Matthews concert and a huge line to claim tickets to the event. No one really knew more than that, nor seemed to care. And even though it would eventually become clear to the general public that this concert was a generous gift from the Barack Obama campaign, it’s safe to say that the good senator was far away from most of the crowd’s thoughts as the show began.

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