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Just as bad as DWI

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In driver education, they throw a lot of videos at you about what can happen if you’re not careful when you drive. Most of the horror stories involve drunk driving, but over the last few years they’ve been warning about using cell phones while driving, too.



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Democrats at risk

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There is a big risk that Democrats will write off last week’s special election in Massachusetts without allowing it to challenge any of their beliefs about what Americans want or what President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders should do.

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Korean showdown

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South Korea, you need to put these 60-year-old grudges behind you. All this military posturing draws attention, but it doesn’t do anything to further your goals.


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Resuscitating reform

WE SAY Democrats might need to make more concessions, but reform can still happen.






Readings on Race

Prof. challenges links between race and crime

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Collective ignorance, or what we don’t know, can be the ultimate cause of some types of discrimination. This was one of the underlying ideas expressed in the lecture Monday night at the Indiana Memorial Union by assistant professor of history Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad.


Graffiti

Art or vandalism? Business owners agree graffiti is unnecessary

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From Super Mario to stylistic lettering, the back wall of Rhino’s Youth Center is a place for local graffiti artists to display their artistic visions to the world. But graffiti brings up a few concerns for local business owners, such as the safety of the artists, the cost of removal and its aesthetic value.


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Waldron in debt; artists still have faith

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The John Waldron Arts Center is a home for theater in Bloomington – a home that might be closed March 1 if the Bloomington Area Arts Council, the organization in charge of the center, cannot raise $120,000.


College Republicans

Congressional races back on

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Two republican challengers for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District, Mike Sodrel and Todd Young, debated for the first time this campaign season Monday at an IU College Republicans meeting.


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Didn’t pass ISTEP?

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In his State of the State address, Gov. Mitch Daniels lobbied the General Assembly to pass legislation that will not allow third-graders who do not pass the English/Language Arts portion of the ISTEP examination to advance to the next grade.


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New standards offer better library access

Hoosiers will have more access to the Internet and to public library materials across the state under new standards adopted by the Indiana State Library and Historical Board.



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Greenwood willing to pay $8 million for I-65

A central Indiana mayor says his city is willing to pay up to $8 million toward construction of a new Interstate 65 interchange in order to speed up the project.


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Fraternity hopes to renew interest in philanthropy

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Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity was founded on seven core values, but the brothers of IU’s chapter are focusing on one in particular this year – service and stewardship. Fraternity member and sophomore Jordan Fromm has organized a spring break trip to Mandeville, La., a suburb of New Orleans, where he and eight brothers will help build homes for Habitat For Humanity.