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Listen and Look: Multimedia in live shows

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If there’s one thing I love about music, it’s multimedia! Throughout the history of musical performance, designers, directors and performers have been seeking ways to heighten the emotion of words and music by combining spectacle to live performance.


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An upbeat night

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It was all hugs and air kisses at the end of the night, waves to the crowd and standing ovations. There were chants of “M-V-P” from the crowd as senior forward D.J. White said his goodbyes while “One more year” was directed at freshman guard Eric Gordon – “the other half of the best duo in college basketball,” in White’s words.


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Hoosiers begin Under Armour Invite

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While most IU students will still be in Bloomington today waiting for spring break to start, the Hoosiers (1-8) are already in Florida. The Hoosiers are one of 14 teams competing in the Under Armour Invitational hosted by the University of South Florida this weekend.


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Trying to take control of their destiny

With its NCAA Tournament hopes likely resting on a Big Ten Tournament championship, the IU women’s basketball team will make the short trip up State Route 37 to Indianapolis for the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.


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Sex fair teaches students to protect all their body parts

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“Wanna guess how many condoms I have?” Planned Parenthood peer educator and master’s student Emily Forsyth asked passers-by this question Tuesday while holding a 5-gallon clear plastic jug filled to the brim with assorted condoms. The prize for guessing the number of condoms was three dozen condoms.



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RPS prepares spring break living for 36 students who are staying

Spring break is a few days away, and students around campus are preparing for the much-needed recess from school work. For students living in dorms, however, the vacation means having to make arrangements for special living quarters if they do not plan to leave Bloomington.


NIU Shooting

Remembering a friend

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As the shooter walked onto a stage in a classroom Feb. 14 at Northern Illinois University, Dan Parmenter grabbed his girlfriend, threw her to the floor and began praying out loud. He saved her life.



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IU alum survives fire, fights for life

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Somewhere in a South Korean hospital Judy Kapoun sits waiting, staring at her son Bill’s disfigured body, which she is only able to recognize by a tattoo.His body – 64 percent of it burned after an apartment fire Feb. 24 – is wrapped from head to toe “like a mummy,” Judy said, with little room for his eyes and charred nose to peek out.



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Around the World

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Despite losing several states, Sen. Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s string of comeback primary victories.


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U.S. Military frees 2 former Iraqi Health Ministry officials

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Two former Health Ministry officials cleared of helping Shiite death squads celebrated their release with friends and family Wednesday while outraged Sunni politicians called it a black day that showed just how dysfunctional Iraq’s judicial system is.


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Undersexed

As I opened my Indiana Daily Student today, I nearly sprayed milk out of my nose reading the preposterous abstinence article written



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Local women receive awards

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“Still functioning.” This simple phrase became the mantra of Wednesday’s Women’s History Month Luncheon after several speakers used it to refer to themselves, including Liz Kirkland, recipient of the Woman of the Year Award at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center.


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YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE ... psych!

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Imagine this scenario: You’re sitting in a foreign policy discussion section trying to keep your eyes open. Suddenly something happens that wakes you up really fast. A gunman bursts through the door and begins lining you, your classmates and your instructor against the wall. Are these the actions of some deranged, bloodthirsty killer? Well, in this case, it’s the work of your friendly university administration. They’re trying to help you feel safer.



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Changing channels

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This week, the cable TV network TNT announced that it was developing at least 14 new original programs, all of which they hope to have on the air by 2010. TNT is