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Valentino says fashion industry lacks ‘creativity’

By Gabrijel Gelic · Tuesday, March 4,2008 10:07 p.m.

Fashion industry veteran and celebrity designer Valentino Garavani showcased his last collection this past October in Paris before leaving the fashion industry forever. “This environment is no longer stimulating,” Valentino said during his last show in an interview with fashionweeknews.com.

Health services grants to combat secondhand smoke in rural areas

By Kristina Hunter · Tuesday, March 4,2008 8:55 p.m.

Rural Hoosiers have been given more means to combat secondhand smoke in the workplace and receive advances in health services, thanks to grants awarded to the Indiana Rural Health Association by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Federal Communications Commission.

Health officials have doubts on proposed cleanup plan

By Kristin McFarland · Tuesday, March 4,2008 8:54 p.m.

Twenty-five years have passed since the Monroe County Health Department found polychlorinated biphenyls, called PCBs, contaminating Bennett’s Dump, a quarry-turned-landfill on the North Park development in northwest Bloomington.

Arts Review: ‘Evita’ shows only part of true Eva Peron

By Shannon Dahmer · Tuesday, March 4,2008 8:26 p.m.

Multi-colored lights flashed from all angles as melodious voices filled every inch of the auditorium. The dancers’ strong synchronized steps in front of an ever-changing screen of historic footage were surrounded by authentic Latin art.

Breaking through the bars

By Paul Coover · Tuesday, March 4,2008 3:51 p.m.

A number of inmates are pursuing associate’s and bachelor’s degrees, hoping to one day walk out from behind those walls, through the facility gates and into the outside world with a college education.

Officials request time to decide building name

By Erin Riley · Tuesday, March 4,2008 10:43 a.m.

When former IU President Adam Herbert discovered last April that a campus building bares the name of a known segregationist, he vowed to take speedy action. Almost a year later, with Herbert out of office, the team of faculty and administrators responsible for resolving the issue is requesting more time. COLUMN: Shaffer: IU building should not be named after a racist (04/10/07)

Pop-Ed with Peter Chen

Tuesday, March 4,2008 3:10 a.m.

WEEKEND reviews editor Peter Chen discusses the lost art of the book review. PODCAST: Pop-Ed with Peter Chen

Making a point: Sophomore guard transitions from shooter to leader

By Brian Buckey · Tuesday, March 4,2008 3:03 a.m.

Fresh off a stellar freshman season, IU sophomore point guard Jamie Braun is having a breakout sophomore campaign.

Planned Parenthood to promote ‘parts’ protection this week

By Allison Tyra · Tuesday, March 4,2008 3:01 a.m.

Bob Barker probably never anticipated that “The Price Is Right” game Plinko would one day be applied to sexually-transmitted infections. PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

Alumni offer ‘critical connections’ to IU

By Patrick McIntyre and PJ McIntyre · Tuesday, March 4,2008 1 a.m.

IU’s Kelley School of Business credits itself with more than 86,000 alumni worldwide, in 106 countries and on six continents. Some of the most powerful and recognizable business moguls in the world have walked the hallways of Kelley, including NBA Dallas Maverick owner and President and CEO of HDNet, Mark Cuban.

First Big Ten Career Expo to hit Indianapolis

By Dan Dicker · Tuesday, March 4,2008 1 a.m.

Big Ten students and alumni are invited to the first Big Ten Conference Career Expo on March 14 at Union Station in Indianapolis. The Expo, sponsored by the Big Ten Network, pairs scholars from the conference’s 11 universities with companies from both within and beyond Indiana’s borders.

Web site offers video game play for money

By Caitlin Keating · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:59 a.m.

One day in 2005, brothers Ari and Gabe Rubin were playing video games in Gabe Rubin’s living room in Detroit. As they played, they developed the idea to create a Web site where users could play games for cash.

Danger ahead

By Erica Beringer · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:58 a.m.

When the new year begins and spring break is suddenly around the corner, unnaturally tanned skin and meal replacement bars become all too familiar sights among young people. The trends of visiting tanning salons and unhealthy crash diets become even more popular in college-aged adults as winter comes to a close.

Girl power: the key to being fit

By Rachel Skybetter · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:54 a.m.

I was one of the lucky thousands to catch the Spice Girls reunion tour a few weeks ago and it was everything I remembered it being a decade ago, only plus Ginger Spice (who had left the group) and minus some baby fat.

New study links chronic daily stress to HPV virus

By Heather Haemker · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:53 a.m.

A link between stress and poor health has been known for years, but a new study highlights how for women, chronic daily stress might be more damaging than even major stressful events, such as divorce or job loss.

Letters from abroad: Not enough time to try everything? Have a sample.

By Lindsey Landis · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:26 a.m.

BOLOGNA, Italy – Spring break is three days away. If you are one of the few who stuck around to finish your classes this week, the nice weather and visions of faraway places are probably making it difficult to focus.

Local painter to display work at Trulli Flatbread

By Jackie Kochell · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:21 a.m.

An artist inspired by the San Francisco Bay Area and the University of California at Berkeley campus will bring his newest collection to a Bloomington restaurant this month.

No. 28 Hoosiers net two wins over weekend

By Zina Kumok · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:15 a.m.

With the memories of two tough losses still in their heads, the Hoosiers defeated No. 57 DePaul 5-2 and unranked Xavier 7-0 Saturday.

IU junior upsets field during Big Tens

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:13 a.m.

A No. 16 seed has never beaten a No. 1 seed during March Madness. A runner seeded last going into the finals of a 600-meter run also had never beaten a No. 1 seed, especially when the No. 1 runner happens to be a former NCAA champion and five-time All-American.

'That's What He Said' welcomes Steve Lavin to podcast Wednesday

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, March 4,2008 12:12 a.m.

After making the rounds in Bloomington last week, ABC/ESPN analyst Steve Lavin will appear as a special guest on this Wednesday’s “That’s What He Said” podcast.