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Empty stomachs, empty pockets

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, May 17,2009 7:09 p.m.

If you hate grocery shopping on a weekly basis, you would hate living in London.

Jay Dowl plays the recorder while Kanase, Zak and Hagino Hargis listen Saturday afternoon outside the old Greek's Pizzeria on Kirkwood Avenue. Dowl has playedthe recorder for 12 years, and performed many various pieces, including classical songs from various composers.

'Flute Man' performs downtown

By Mickey Woods · Sunday, May 17,2009 7:07 p.m.

As a cool breeze blew through the trees lining Kirkwood Avenue on Saturday evening, Dowl stood in the wooden doorway of the former location of Greek’s Pizzeria, playing pieces ranging from Bach to spiritual hymns on his recorder.

British Tamils gather to support Sri Lanka's Tamil community in Sri Lanka during a vigil Friday afternoon at the Houses of Parliament in London.

Protesting for peace

By Sarah Brubeck · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:54 p.m.

LONDON – Protestors gathered in front of the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday to support the Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka.For more than 25 years, the Sinhalese majority and Tamil minority ethnic groups have been fighting in Sri Lanka. The civil war ended Sunday when the Tamils admitted defeat after the government rejected their cease-fire proposal. Rebel official Selvarasa Pathmanathan said in a statement Sunday that the group had no option left to protect the civilians in the area but to stop fighting. He appealed to the government to reciprocate and enter peace talks.

The Florence, Italy, historic skyline looking north from across the river Arno on May 15. The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, or Duomo, center, is a Gothic-style cathedral complex completed in 1436 and is home to daily Mass services. Its dome is the largest brick and mortar dome in the world.

Familiarizing with Florence

By Bryce Wininger · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:52 p.m.

Arriving in Florence after 16 hours of travel could not have been more fulfilling. The last thing I saw before making the turn onto our hotel’s street, Via delle Oche, was the monolithic, looming shadow of the Duomo. It rose from the piazza like the dream I knew it would be. Now I see that same wondrous structure every night from the terrace of our pensione high above the narrow streets that we are just starting to memorize.

IU adds video to site to help prospective students

By Mark Wilson · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:29 p.m.

IU has added itself to a new Web site that offers prospective college students the ability to explore a desired university without actually visiting it.

IU educational software sold for $100M

By Lindsay Eckert · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:27 p.m.

Blackboard Inc., an educational software provider, announced last week it will purchase ANGEL Learning, the educational software produced from IU technology, for $100 million.

IU’s Facebook page in top 5 most popular

By Ashley Bornancin · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:26 p.m.

IU’s Facebook page is among the top five most popular university pages in the country, along with Stanford University, Ohio State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Kansas, according to Inside Facebook, a Facebook tracking site for developers and marketers.

Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech

Sunday, May 17,2009 6:25 p.m.

President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America’s leading Roman Catholic university that both sides must stop demonizing one another.

Marijuana proponents urge colleges to mellow out

By Rick Callahan · Sunday, May 17,2009 6:24 p.m.

Marijuana advocates who say pot is safer than alcohol want colleges to wade into a hazy debate over whether schools’ tough pot penalties are actually worsening their drinking woes.

Interstate 69 price tag tops $3 billion

Sunday, May 17,2009 6:22 p.m.

New estimates show it will cost more than $3 billion to extend Interstate 69 from Indianapolis to Evansville – a price tag that’s grown by more than a billion dollars since 2003.

IU to launch redesigned, 'dynamic' Web site

By Kristina Hunter · Friday, May 15,2009 10:29 a.m.

People visiting the IU-Bloomington Web site will see some changes beginning May 18.

Johnsen Senate confirmation hangs in limbo

By Brad Zehr · Thursday, May 14,2009 3:05 p.m.

The Beltway saga of IU law professor Dawn Johnsen’s confirmation drags on.

New IU head coach Tom Crean holds a T-shirt that says "Crean & Crimson" during a press conference on April 2, 2008 in the Hoosier Room at Memorial Stadium. Crean was hired after a two week search.

Crean talks to media about off-season, recruiting

By Sean Morrison · Thursday, May 14,2009 1:01 p.m.

IU basketball coach Tom Crean spoke to the media today regarding recruitment, off-season training and what the program is doing to prepare for next year Thursday.