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Hollywood and the Tragedy

By Edward Delp · Wednesday, May 9,2007 9:17 p.m.

Where is the outpouring of support? Where are the Hollywood stars pledging millions of dollars in support and bemoaning President Bush’s lackluster response?

Paper for all

By Kirk Nathanson · Wednesday, May 9,2007 9:16 p.m.

For most students, summer is a time of renewal and rejuvenation. Classes are out, beaches are in, and checking accounts are overflowing with disposable income from local Starbucks and summer camps. The rest of us are running on empty, until September or until we keel over and die—whichever comes first.

B&N Buyout

Wednesday, May 9,2007 9:15 p.m.

Only time will tell if our new corporate overlords will rule benevolently or if they will squash us like bankrupt insects, despite the assurances of President Adam Herbert that Barnes and Noble Booksellers will provide equal or superior service and the outsourcing will have little if any negative impact on the University or the Bloomington community.

7.9 percent of registered voters turn out Tuesday

By Nick O'Neill · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:41 p.m.

The polls stayed open, and for the most part empty, for the duration of the 2007 Bloomington primary elections Tuesday.

Purdue selects 1st female president

By IDS staff and Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:35 p.m.

On Monday, Purdue University’s board of trustees announced that France A. Córdova, an astrophysicist who is chancellor of the University of California at Riverside, will serve as Purdue’s next president.

School of Dentistry punishes cheaters

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:31 p.m.

The IU School of Dentistry has disciplined nearly half of its second-year class for cheating, said the school’s dean, Dr. Lawrence Goldblatt. Out of 95 students in the class, nine have been dismissed from the school, 16 have been suspended for various lengths of time and 21 have received letters of reprimand.

Hoeppner releases public statement on health condition

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:28 p.m.

IU football coach Terry Hoeppner issued a statement Wednesday through IU media relations addressing the leave of absence he took before the start of spring practice.

Bloomington mayoral opponent questions job-post

By Nick O'Neill · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:24 p.m.

Now that the polls have closed on Bloomington’s primary elections, the city’s focus has shifted to the mayoral elections in November. Incumbent Mayor and Democrat Mark Kruzan will campaign for his second term, while Republican City Councilman David Sabbagh is set to challenge his bid for re-election.

Students win bath and kitchen design competition

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:17 p.m.

Three IU juniors, Elizabeth Schaefer, Elizabeth Sutton and Julia Hamilton won first, second and third place, respectively, in their competition categories for the National Kitchen and Bath Association Student Design Competition.

Study finds that men earn more than women despite college degrees

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:16 p.m.

DAVIS, Calif. – Despite years of gain in the workplace, a new study shows that come payday, it’s still very much a man’s world.

Faculty members win awards, honors

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:16 p.m.

Joining the ranks of Nobel and Pulitzer prize winners, presidents, authors and other influential thinkers is IU’s very own Linda Smith, the chair of the Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences and a noted early childhood development expert. Smith was recently announced as a fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

IU Health Center still active despite lower summer enrollment

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:15 p.m.

While most students go home for the summer, others opt to stay in Bloomington. As summer sessions start up and allergy season kicks in, the IU Health Center stays active.

Grant awarded to help digitally preserve music collections

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:14 p.m.

The IU Archives of Traditional Music has received a grant of more than $300,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to digitally preserve the field work of researchers going back to the 1930s.

Hoosiers travel to Evanston for NCAAs

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:08 p.m.

Led by the Big Ten Coach of the Year, two All-Big Ten athletes and an attitude that says they don’t have anything to lose, the Hoosier women’s tennis team will head to Evanston, Ill., to compete Friday in the NCAA regional tournament.

Hoosiers head to NCAAs for first time in Wallman era

By Ari Shifron · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:07 p.m.

The IU Women’s Golf Team is in unfamiliar territory in a familiar place.

Hoosiers in Penn State for Big Ten championships

By Ryan Gregg · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:06 p.m.

The culmination of a long season of indoor and outdoor meets for the IU track and field squads is in sight. This weekend, the squads will be traveling to Penn State for the Outdoor Big Ten championships.

Big Ten push begins for IU with series at Illinois

By John Wustrow · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:03 p.m.

Eight conference games left. Eight games left to rebuild a season.

Underdog wins in Fort Wayne

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:02 p.m.

The self-proclaimed underdog won the Republican nomination for Fort Wayne mayor on Tuesday and will face a former City Council member in November to become the new leader of Indiana’s second-largest city.

Fourth-meal

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:02 p.m.

You know the times. It’s fourth-meal at Taco Bell and you just don’t know what to order. There is too much on the menu and indecision strikes even the greatest minds. Do you order the three taco meal, a quesadilla, a chalupa or the therapeutic cheesy gordita crunch?

Steffey’s parents hold tree-planting

By IDS staff and Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, May 9,2007 8:01 p.m.

Dale Steffey and Dawn Adams will be holding a tree planting ceremony Thursday afternoon in remembrance of their late son. The ceremony will be before a track and field meet at Bloomington High School South, 1965 S. Walnut St.

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