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Hoosier gain confidence from road-win

By DeAntae Prince · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

The IU softball team competed against Kentucky in a game that they desperately needed to start their seven-game road trip.

Game over

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

This is the last one. After six semesters of writing about squirrels and Britney Spears and working in the word “hottie” as often as possible, I’m graduating. I don’t agree with goodbye-themed columns in principle, but here we are. I feel I owe some closure to the three people who actually read this – Mom, Dad and Shakira. OK, I’ll be honest. My mom and dad stopped reading my column long ago after the novelty wore off. Gracias, Shakira. Ésto es para tí.

Tribeca festival presents a diverse lineup

By Jake Coyle · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The word “tentpole” is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it.

Iowa State survey says students would frequent smoke-free bars

By Ab D. Phillip and Kyle Ferguson · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

The Story County, Iowa, Tobacco Task Force released results of a recent survey that indicate a large number of Iowa State University students would frequent Ames, Iowa, bars more often if they were smoke-free.

State’s newest football program completes first spring practice

By Aaron Beard and Steve Herman · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Indiana’s newest college football program doesn’t even have a locker room yet.

DJ has pumped up airplay for women’s music for 20 years

By Karen Rivers · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

GOSHEN, Ind. – “Women’s music.” Wilma Harder uses finger quotes when she describes the first time she’d ever considered the idea.

IU, Microsoft align for cybersecurity

By Heather Haemker · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Microsoft and IU are forming a new partnership that will help make IU’s computer systems safer. Microsoft Corporation and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center are forming an alliance that will extend the reach of Microsoft Security Cooperation Program to include colleges and universities.

Choral conductor ‘explores’ world of early music

By Katie Ingmire · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

The words on her degree will read “Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting,” but Cinthia Alireti relates her studies to a different profession.

Bombing kills 9 U.S. soldiers

By Abisalom Omolo and Hamid Ahmed · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD – An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Tuesday for double suicide truck bombings that killed nine U.S. paratroopers in the worst attack on American ground forces in Iraq in more than a year, saying it sent “two knights” for the attack.

Courtesy Photo
Former IUSA President, Alex Shortle, looks over Dubrovnik, Croatia in Feb. 2006. Shortle traveled from Ireland to Turkey during his year off from school. He will return to IU as a senior in the fall.

Former IUSA leader travels across Europe

By Maria Srour · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Alex Shortle has not shaved in five months, and his face clearly shows it. Behind the lumberjack beard sits last year’s IU Student Association president, completely content with his decision to take the school year off and travel

South Bend officer killed Tuesday; gunman killed by local police

By Alexandra R. Moses and Tom Coyne · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

SOUTH BEND – A man suspected of firing random shots at an unoccupied nightclub and a billboard opened fire on two police officers talking to him through a motel room door, killing one of the officers.

Vandalized Heart

By Julia Boriss · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Last week at Virginia Tech, Seung-Hui Cho took a 2-hour breather from murdering 32 people to mail a video of himself to NBC. This video was full of accusatory statements such as “You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today” and “You have vandalized my heart.” To me, the words of this loner speak to the greatest human tragedy of all. I’m not defending Cho.

Frisbee club prepares for regionals

By Tiffany Yoder · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

No need for alarm. The flying saucers gracing the airspace at Woodlawn Field on Tuesdays belong to the women’s ultimate frisbee team. The squad, which boasts 20 members, competes in 10 tournaments each year, traveling as far as Baton Rouge, La.

Expert to speak on need to universalize health care

By Lindsey Alexander · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Dr. Adewale Troutman, director of the Louisville Metro Health Department and associate professor at the University of Louisville, will speak about health care inequality and the need to universalize health care.

IU embarks on seven-game trip

By DeAntae Prince · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Any competition between IU and Kentucky is usually a significant one on the schedule, but this time around holds a little more importance for the Hoosiers.

Sociology professor publishes research on biracial families

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Imagine spending five years studying families that don’t fit the stereotype, knowing there is only a one in 10 chance of getting the research published in a scholarly journal. Brian Powell did just that.

Burnam on trial for Indianapolis shootings

By AP Reports and Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A man with a history of mental illness who is accused of shooting four co-workers is competent to stand trial, a magistrate ruled Tuesday.

Va. governor announces review of Va. Tech’s handling of shootings

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine announced that he intends to form an eight-person panel to review Virginia Tech’s handling of last Monday’s shootings. After announcing the panel Tuesday, Kaine appointed retired Superintendent of Virginia State Police Lt. Colonel Gerald Massengill to lead the independent committee review board on Wednesday.

Absentee American

By Megan Robb · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

OXFORD, England – I wrote my first column this year about the benefits of studying abroad. Exposure to another culture or language enriches our appreciation of the world’s diversity. Exposure to international politics teaches us, as American students, that we are quickly falling from the pinnacle of power we so recently enjoyed. And of course, cheap travel to European countries is a novelty that still hasn’t worn off.

UPDATE: 8 p.m. Excise busts IU student for creating fake IDs

By Paige Ingram · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

The hands that have created hundreds of fake IDs for Bloomington residents were locked in handcuffs today, as Indiana State Excise Police discovered a counterfeit operation. IU student Nicholas Richardson, 21, has been lauded by police as “the largest manufacturer of false IDs in Bloomington,” excise officer Travis R. Thickstun said. Wednesday afternoon, police removed supplies from Richardson’s apartment within Smallwood Plaza, 455 N. College Ave., that suggested this notoriety was accurate. A cardboard Nutri-Grain box, carried out by Lt. Ken Murphy, was filled with pre-cut laminates, colored dust to produce holograms, ink cartridges and high-end printers.

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