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Lack of minorities concerns some Little 500 participants

By DeAntae Prince · Monday, April 23,2007 12 a.m.

In the same month as Major League Baseball’s celebration of Jackie Robinson Day, the lack of minority representation in the 57th running of the Little 500 field showed some involved that there are still strides that need to be made in diversifying the intramural bicycle race.

Bars dealing with large crowds

By Jessica Andrews · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

With Little 500 week underway, local bars and clubs are pacing themselves to accommodate large numbers of students, out-of-towners and untamed partygoers.

‘Major’ differences exist among Little 500 riders

By Shannon McEnerney · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

When senior Dylan Wickersham took his first diving class, he didn’t know it would lead him to major in underwater archaeology. He also didn’t know that his major, with a little business twist, would make him stick out from all the other hundreds of Little 500 riders in this year’s race.

Around the world

By Abdullah AlShihri · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

A suicide bomber breached Baghdad’s heavy security presence again Thursday, killing a dozen people in a mostly Shiite district a day after more than 230 people died in one of the war’s deadliest episodes of violence.

Partisan parlor tricks

By Indira Dammu · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Call me a cynic, but I’m no fan of bipartisanship. Something about Democrats and Republicans working together rubs me the wrong way. So, I was utterly amused to see sidewalk chalking for a “Support the Troops” rally, sponsored by the IU College Democrats and IU College Republicans.

Canvas creative-arts magazine celebrates 10 years at IU with event

By Nicole Palmer · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

With 10 years of hard work tucked under their belts, the people behind Canvas magazine have decided to celebrate with their special 10th anniversary issue, to be released Friday. A premiere event for the magazine will take place at 4 p.m. Friday in the Sunken Garden of the Indiana Memorial Union. Canvas is a literary magazine that publishes work by students each semester.

Little 50 kicks off ‘world’s greatest college weekend’

By Michael Duncan · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The running of the women’s and men’s Little 50 on Thursday at the Haugh Track and Field Complex officially kicked off the “world’s greatest college weekend.” Despite chilly weather, fans were in high spirits as hundreds came out to urge on their teams.

Hoosiers set to take on Big Ten’s best, worst this weekend

By DeAntae Prince · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The IU softball team will host Michigan and Michigan State this weekend at home before embarking on a monthlong road trip. The 2-7 record the Hoosiers have on the road, coupled with a 1-9 mark in the Big Ten, doesn’t bode well for the future of the IU season.

Chicago Field Museum exhibit to feature some of world’s most famous maps

By Tara Burghart · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

CHICAGO – You have a world atlas on your desk. With a few mouse clicks, you can print out door-to-door directions via the Internet. Then there’s the GPS device mounted on your car’s windshield. With Americans possessing more tools than ever to help get them where they want to go, a major upcoming exhibit at the Field Museum will route how maps have changed over the centuries and how various cultures have chosen to depict the world. “Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,” opening Nov. 2, will feature more than 130 famous or prized maps.

Track teams spend Little 500 weekend in Louisville at meet

By Ryan Gregg · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Originally, the IU track-and-field teams had the Little 500 weekend off. But when the Indiana Relays were canceled April 7 due to bad weather, their coaches added this weekend’s Cardinal Invitational to their schedule.

Va. Tech gunman was picked on in high school by classmates

By Abdullah AlShihri and Matt Apuzzo · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Long before he snapped, Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui was picked on, pushed around and laughed at over his shyness and the strange way he talked when he was a schoolboy in the Washington suburbs, former classmates say.

Tragic lessons

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Many of us have tried to make sense of the murders and suicide at Virginia Tech on Monday. It’s hard to comprehend how one person can become so isolated, angry and hopeless that the only solution is to destroy life that he has come to loathe so fiercely. But it’s not simply the gunman’s actions that have unsettled my thinking.

Forgivable insanity

By Kirk Nathanson · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

For students, Friday, May 4 will be a day of jubilation. Here in Bloomington the last day of final exams rings in the summer vacation with festivities that rival the madness of Little 500 just two weeks before. With thoughts turned to warm beaches and cold daiquiris it will be easy to ignore the unconscionable execution of David Leon Woods.

Boys and Girls Club to hold fundraising dinner

By IDS staff and Alexandra R. Moses · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington, 311 S. Lincoln St., will hold a fundraising dinner Saturday.

MFA printmaking exhibit to be held in remains of Ladyman’s Cafe

By Kelly Cochran · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

The historic Bloomington restaurant where tables and chairs once sat quickly became a blank canvas for nine Master of Fine Arts printmaking students. Noel W. Anderson, Paul Bohensky III, Joshua Brennan, Lee Busick, Julian Hensarling, Nate Herman Kuznia, Young Suk Lee, Dora Lisa Rosenbaum and Jeremy Sweet embarked on their journeys with little more than tools, paint and open minds when they started work on their exhibit, “Pre-Demolition Installation Exhibition,” just a few weeks ago.

Defense secretary: U.S. commitment to Iraq military buildup not open-ended

By Abdullah AlShihri and Lolita C. Baldor · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

FALLUJAH, Iraq – Defense Secretary Robert Gates slipped into Iraq on Thursday to warn Iraqi leaders that the U.S. commitment to a military buildup there is not open-ended.

A conversation with Little 500 itself

By Jacob Stewart and Jake Stewart · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Little 500 weighs heavily on the minds of many students, faculty and alumni as one of the biggest events of the year. Commentary from coaches, riders and fans has been sought extensively and found readily. Talk of tradition, strategy, victory and alcohol have been in the spotlight in such comments.

Giants’ Aurilia comes in clutch to beat Cards

By Aaron Beard and Janie McCauley · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO – Rich Aurilia spent his first nine big league seasons as a fan favorite in San Francisco.

Finding the music

By Allie Townsend · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Sounds from a flute floated through the smooth, circular halls of the Jacobs School of Music while footsteps kept the rhythm on the old marbled tile. As doors to classrooms and practice halls swung open and shut, the music of Thursday, April 19, weaved in and out of ears that paused to listen.

A month later, Wade Steffey’s parents still moving on

By Alberto D. Morales · Friday, April 20,2007 12 a.m.

Dale Steffey’s eyes well-up when he mentions anything involving his late son. His tears fill up around his eyes – just enough to not drop onto his cheek. Sleepless nights can be seen on his and his wife’s faces. Dawn Adams describes how it isn’t the same going to sleep at night. It’s harder to do now – now that their son is gone.