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Food stamps saved my life

This is by no means a question of empowerment for low income families; for many it’s a question of survival, one of the most basic human instincts.


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Keep an open headlock

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I don’t miss professional wrestling. I missed the innocent, forgiving mindset we all have as kids.


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This is a reading PSA

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Literacy fosters creativity and advance argumentative, communicative and analytical skills. These skills can be used to solve problems — namely, government problems, a government that a measly 19 percent of Americans say they trust


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Land of the weak, home of the afraid

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Some of our most profound rights, which were carefully provisioned to us courtesy of the Founding Fathers and paid for by the blood of American ancestors, have become negligible due to threats ranging from racism to terrorism.


Voiceless Glenda

Glenda drops a house on Republicans

The obvious solution is a bipartisan, independently-selected board to support whomever the state elects to be superintendent, especially when considering Ritz has to work at odds with a conservative governor.


Love on campus

IU fights for equality

The fact McRobbie and IU have come out against HJR6 in support of Freedom Indiana speaks volumes. It means a large public institution has put its foot down. IU is a well-known and influential school in the Big Ten and across the country. This bold move will hopefully inspire others to take a stand.



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Women’s basketball wins exhibition game

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It was an unusual start to the season with four first-year players starting and a technical foul call before the tip, but Indiana still opened its 2013-14 season with a 79-55 exhibition victory over Georgetown College (Kentucky).






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Gitlitz strives for glass center

Bloomington Creative Glass Center Director Abby Gitlitz spends her days around 2,000 degrees of hot glass, and she wouldn’t have it any other way.


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Mormon missionaries spread Gospel

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Dusk brushes over the town. Cicadas drone. The two missionaries see her approaching on the Third Street sidewalk. She stands straighter in her sleeveless, thigh-length black dress and looks ahead, careful not to make eye contact. But it’s too late.




Puzzle Maker

Man makes puzzles of Bloomington

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As the founder of Press Puzzles, Marc Tschida specializes in making specialized Bloomington-themed wooden jigsaw puzzles. They are based around the Bloomington’s performing arts, visual arts and iconic views.


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City works on technology park

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Bloomington owns 12 of the 65 acres of the Certified Technology Park in the downtown area, which will be integrated into the fabric of downtown.CTPs are created as a tool to support the growth of high-technology business and to promote technology transfer opportunities.


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Man shoots bullet through neighbor’s apartment

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A Bloomington man is charged with criminal recklessness after his firearm discharged in his apartment, with the bullet traveling into an adjoining apartment, Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Joe Crider said.