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Report: Tom Crean agrees to 2 more years

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, July 30,2008 9:06 p.m.

The Indianapolis Star reported Monday that IU coach Tom Crean received a two-year contract extension until the 2017-2018 season, although the coach has yet to sign an actual contract with the University. IU officials declined comment about the status of the contract.

IU employees, provost weigh in on effectiveness of campus smoking ban

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, July 30,2008 9:03 p.m.

Josh Olsson, a housekeeper for the Indiana Memorial Union Biddle Hotel and Conference Center, took a cigarette break with fellow employees Tuesday on Seventh Street. He remembers when there was a specific smoking area near his work place, but because of the campus-wide smoking ban, employees are only allowed one smoking area – in front of the IMU on the circle drive.

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Smoking ban hasn’t hurt

By Savannah Worley · Wednesday, July 30,2008 9:02 p.m.

After five years, the Bloomington and Monroe County Smoking Ordinance has received few complaints and many praises, according to city officials and business owners.

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Animal shelter ends 2-for-1 cat adoptions

By Viktoria Nasteva · Wednesday, July 30,2008 8:59 p.m.

Thursday is the last day to adopt two felines for the price of one at the Bloomington Animal Shelter. In celebration of June being American Humane Society’s National Adopt-a-Cat Month, and because cats breed in the spring and have kittens in the summer, the promotion continued through July.

Sheryl Woodhouse-Keese, president of Twisted Limb Paperworks, stands next to Hollander beater Tuesday afternoon. The company uses the machine to produce pulp used in the manufacture of 100% recycled paper products.

Twisted Limb keeps it green

By Viktoria Nasteva · Wednesday, July 30,2008 8:57 p.m.

Nestled in the wooded countryside of Bloomington is Twisted Limb Paperworks, LLC. January 2008 marked the 10th anniversary of the company, which has been devoted to producing 100 percent recycled, handmade paper invitations for those who wish to have an eco-friendly celebration.  

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New game for students will teach healthy living

By Jeremy Watt · Wednesday, July 30,2008 8:34 p.m.

This fall, about 90 freshmen living in Briscoe Quad’s Fitness and Wellness Living-Learning Center will play an eight-week-long multimedia game geared toward helping students adopt healthy lifestyle choices.

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The shoe fits

By Jeremy Rosenthal · Wednesday, July 30,2008 8:32 p.m.

IU senior Matt Unterfranz has a passion for shoes - and designing them. At IU, he's working toward his goal of designing for Nike someday.

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Summer Lovin'

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, July 30,2008 8:13 p.m.

To be sung to the tune of “Summer Lovin’” from the musical “Grease”:

Umphrey's still pleasing

By Ryan Dorgan · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:40 p.m.

An evening with South Bend’s hometown heroes Umphrey’s McGee is always guaranteed to be quite a treat. Throw in instrumental-groove powerhouse Sound Tribe Sector 9, a beautiful forecast and a phenomenal outdoor venue nestled along the White River and suddenly nothing else seems to matter.

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Worth while movie sequels

Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:37 p.m.

There’s no point in arguing with studios’ obsessive turnout of sequels – established successful titles are safe and likely to bring audiences back in theaters, but in a summer with a new “Hulk” reboot and a very aged “Indiana Jones,” you sometimes wonder why movies that might actually deserve sequels don’t always get a number two. Here are some movies we wouldn’t mind sitting through a second (or third and fourth) outing.

No bluffing here, just talent

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:30 p.m.

My Favorite Highway’s knack for unspooling glimmering pop/rock ditties is fairly flawless on their debut full-length How To Call A Bluff. One would hope it’d be enough to get some record label attention, but the band seems to be doing more than fine on their own.

Shine a candle

By Alex Benson · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:28 p.m.

Into the Sun is one of those albums that you listen to and think “Hey that doesn’t sound half-bad, in fact it’s pretty good,” then it gets lost in your iTunes/LimeWire download history or somewhere in your car.

I don't want to believe

By Kaleb Havens · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:24 p.m.

The mystery is barely paranormal (if at all), the pacing is boring and the general feel of the mise-en-scene wasn’t up to par; it just felt like a generic suspense movie.

Family matters

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:22 p.m.

The most salient feature of “Step Brothers,” however, may simply be that studios have finally discovered a way to use Ferrell that is commensurate with his potential.

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Festival Orchestra to perform third and final show

By Jaclyn Kochell · Wednesday, July 30,2008 7:01 p.m.

The IU Jacobs School of Music’s 2008 Summer Music Festival is coming to an end.  The third and final Festival Orchestra performance will be held Thursday, led by world-renowned conductor Robert Spano.Although Spano has played in orchestras all over North America, his performance at IU is memorable for him because he grew up in Elkhart, Indiana.“It’s nice to feel at home,” he said.

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