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Group protests lifetime benefit ban for drug felons

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In September 2006, Tony Smith was released from Putnamville Correctional Facility after serving three years of a six year sentence. He was charged and went to jail for dealing look-alike drug substances – drugs made to look like crack cocaine, among other things. Now out on parole Smith is trying to rebuild his life.


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Hoosiers place 5th in conference meet

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The environment inside IU’s Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse had all the ingredients of a high-powered action movie as it hosted the men’s Big Ten indoor championships, complete with gunshots, foot-races and a lot of screaming.


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No. 29 Hoosiers fall to No. 23 Tennessee for 3rd loss on year

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With its 7-0 loss at No. 23 Tennessee, the IU women’s tennis team demonstrated the importance of home-court advantage this season. The No. 29 Hoosiers (9-3) won their first eight games of the season for the first time since 2002, but after losing three of the last four – with each loss being on the road against higher-ranked teams – the team has proven that playing at home really



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Hot fun in the summertime

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It’s everybody’s favorite time of year. The SRSC is busier than a couple of Mormon lovers, anyone who’s anyone is getting their lattes made nonfat, and HydroxyCut is being passed around like joints at a Bob Marley show. Yes, spring break is almost here. It’s so close, you can feel the Mexican busboys undressing you with their eyes from here.



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Hoosiers blow another opportunity

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He spent Friday battling flulike symptoms, and well, he just doesn’t look like a basketball player. But there Drew Neitzel was in the second half, crossing up IU’s senior guard Errek Suhr and nailing a tough jumper from just right of the free-throw line. And there he was, nailing 3 after 3, seemingly dissolving IU’s halftime lead to nothing in an instant.


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Ethnomusicology and folklore focus on heritage

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Students looking for classes that offer a wide range of topics can turn to one of IU’s top-ranked programs – the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. The department focuses on material culture, tradition and heritage.


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UPDATE 5:08 p.m.: IU senior files to run for mayor

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IU senior Jamie Lober is very interested in who will be elected as the Republican candidate for Mayor of Bloomington this May. That’s because Lober will be running against fellow Republican and current City Council member David Sabbagh in the primary elections.


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Bowl for Kids’ Sake hopes to raise $179k for charity

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Some people think that the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl For Kids’ Sake is kicking off its events this weekend, Feb. 24 and 25. But Lee Ann Jourdan, the associate development director and full-time fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kids’ Sake, started this campaign before Thanksgiving.


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No, you go first

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The law of large numbers is simultaneously the most fortuitous phenomenon of statistical probability and the most threatening. Without the statistical inevitability inherent in a two-party system the Democrats may have never taken control of Congress; similarly, had Thomas Edison not tried, and tried again, he may never have discovered the brightest burning filament.


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This weekend in the IU Jacobs School of Music

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The Jacobs School of Music presents its second opera of the semester Friday night with a production of Richard Strauss’ “Arabella.” Set in 19th-century Vienna, the opera tells the story of problem gambler Count Waldner, who must marry his daughter Arabella to a wealthy suitor in order to restore his wealth and reputation.


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IU Foundation raises $250 million

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The University received almost $250 million in “voluntary support” last year, according to the IU Foundation’s recently released annual report – a significant number, said the foundation’s president Curt Simic.


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Spartans win at home, too

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We all know the Hoosiers have ruled home court this year. With Wednesday night’s win against Minnesota, IU ran its record to 14-0 at home this season with only one game left against lowly Penn State.



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Encapsulating a streak

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So, as we may or may not already know, the Hoosiers haven’t won inside Michigan State’s Breslin Center since 1991– Feb. 28, 1991 to be exact. And if we want to get even more exact, we could break it down further. That’s 192 months. It’s also 5,838 days. It’s, well, it’s a long time.