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IUPUI IMPACT: Celebrating achievements of 2007-2008How to order your personal copy
This new publication will highlight university and academic achievement, special events, and celebrate the commitment, community and culture of the university in 2007-2008. …
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'Jazzman drummist' Jack Gilfoy mournedMusic featured on JagRadio
IUPUI School of Music professor and performing artist Jack Gilfoy passed away in his sleep last weekend. As a tribute to one of the university's outstanding faculty members, JagBytes and JagRadio present a look at Gilfoy …
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Men's Basketball team delivers shoes to Africa
On January 24 Coach Ron Hunter raised more than 100.000 pairs of shoes and more than $20,000 for Samaritans Feet, on organization aimed at providing shoes for needy children. Coach Hunter garnered more national attention for IUPUI's basketball program and for an organization that aims to provide 10 million shoes over the next ten years.…
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Military wife rose to top while her husband overseas
Almost every night at 9 for seven months, Lauren Sell would look up to the sky and search for the middle star on Orion's Belt. Thousands of miles away over in Iraq, her deployed husband would do the same. This is how they stayed connected.
She would sleep with her cell phone on her pillow with its volume to the max.…
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IUPUI senior Jon Laski poses after driving the winning kart to victory in Purdue's Grand Prix Saturday. The win by the IUPUI Motorsports Club No. 25 was the first ever Grand Prix win in IUPUI history. Motorsports team wins Purdue Grand Prix
IUPUI Motorsports Club No. 25 kart won the 51st annual Purdue Grand Prix Saturday April 19, giving IUPUI its first ever win.
IUPUI senior, Jon Laski, drove the kart and led most of the race after starting in the eighth spot. He battled much of the way with Matt Barolowits in the 13 kart of Hillenbrand Hall at Purdue.…
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Ryan Sears discusses staying ahead of curve, industry's futureAll fun and gaming"Fallout 3" is a role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic future. It has been singled out as one of the most anticipated releases of 2008 at many Web sites, including, GameSpy (www. gamespy.com) and GameTap (www.gametap.com).
Ryan Sears, a world artist working on the game at Bethesda Game Studios in Rockville, Md.
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A look at summer shows hitting IndianapolisWith this semester coming to an end, and summertime quickly approaching, it is time to start getting geared-up for one of the greatest perks of summer vacation - summer concerts!
The Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville has a great line-up of concerts scheduled for the summer to entertain just about everyone, regardless of taste.
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Holy Bowly!You're stuck again this week with what seems like nothing to do. Why not try something that will make you hurt the next day? Feel a slight burn in your arms and put a little lag in your stride.
Whatever side of town you live on, there are countless bowling alleys you can visit.
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Get away: Take a rock and roll road trip this summerAs we grow older, summer becomes less fun. We have to work, some of us go to summer school, and as a result, we have less time for fun. A good solution to this is to get out of town for a night and see a killer show.
What follow is a few suggestions to help fill those summer weekends, short road trips, providing entertainment, and stories that may, or may not, last a lifetime; depending on how much "fun" is had at said show.
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Women's soccer signs six national letters of intent for 20082008-2009 RecruitsIUPUI's head women's soccer coach Chris Johnson announced the signings of six national letters of intent for the 2008 season. All six recruits will be true freshman at the start of the season. The class included two time IHSAA state champion Margaret Allgeier.
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Students weigh benefits of campus housingHeather Pannell trudges up the stairs of her mother's two-story house and makes her way to the fully stocked kitchen, greeting the ankle-biting poodle as it wags its pom-pom tail and yips. She reaches in the cabinet for some fiber cereal and heads back down to her dungeon-like room in the basement where she gathers her things for a full day of classes at IUPUI.
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Autism affects IUPUI students, teachersAt first, they thought Eric was deaf.
"When he was a toddler and he wasn't talking," remembers brother Trent Dilts, a junior at IUPUI, "we knew something was wrong. We just didn't know what."
Dilts, older by three years, has memories of playing quietly on the doctor's office floor with Eric while the specialist explained what was really wrong.
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Candidates reach out to young votersAlong with history being made in this year's presidential election comes a spectacular rise in the push toward young people voting. Whether it is through text messaging, ring tones or college visits, each candidate is bringing something to the table to get the word out about voting.
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MOVIE REVIEW: 'THE RUINS'Human flesh! It's what plants crave!"The Ruins," an uncommonly effective horror-thriller from first-time
director Carter Smith, is the only film I have seen in my 21-odd
years of life and two-odd years of semi-professional film criticism
to ever elicit a physical response from me.
Indeed, there are scenes in "The Ruins" that sent more than one
person running from the theater and made me feel nauseous -
honest to God, the first time I think that's happened.
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Sophomore Pitcher faces challenges on and off moundWhen you see number 18 out on the pitcher's mound for the Jaguars, know that after the game she has much more to focus on than softball alone.
Jessica McGown is from Fairland, Ind., and is a sophomore at IUPUI. She is studying Mechanical Engineering, or in German, which she studies as well, Machienbau.
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Ling uses journalism for positive social changeA woman of medium stature with long black hair and dark brown eyes spoke with passion and sincerity. Her tenacious attitude and kind heart were evident with every word. From her sense of humor and her easy-going demeanor, one might never guess she was famous nor could they guess what her eyes have seen during her adventures through journalism.
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Senuior Catcher leaves mark on IUPUI SoftballJenny Boyts thought she would be spending the summer of 2007 playing fast-pitch softball in New South Wales, Australia, until a collision at home plate halted her big plans.
Boyts is a senior at IUPUI and will be graduating in May with a major in Social Work.
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