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IU Army ROTC named No. 1 senior program in the nation

By Ryan Winn · Wednesday, July 16,2008 9:16 p.m.

Physical fitness training at 6 a.m. has its perks, as proven by the No. 1 ranking The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America recently gave the IU Army ROTC program for 2007.The award is based on an evaluation of each of the 272 active ROTC programs in the nation. IU Army ROTC will receive the award at the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America awards banquet sometime this fall.

COURTESY PHOTO John Tafoya, Directior of the IU Summer Percussion Workshop

IU Summer Percussion Workshop to hold concert

By Amanda Cochara · Wednesday, July 16,2008 7:40 p.m.

Good vibrations are coming to the IU campus. The IU Summer Percussion Workshop Grand Finale Concert will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Auer Hall. “Percussion is anything that can be struck or scraped,” said John Tafoya, director of the IU Summer Percussion Academy/Workshop and Jacobs School of Music faculty member.

COURTESY PHOTO Evelyne Brancart

Jacobs School of Music stays in harmony

Wednesday, July 16,2008 7:39 p.m.

As part of the Summer Music Festival, Jacobs School of Music faculty member and pianist Evelyne Brancart will perform at 8 p.m. Sunday in Auer Hall.“(The Summer Music Festival) is diversifying IU music,” Jacobs School of Music Director of Marketing and Publicity Alain Barker said. “The festival is growing every year.

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Music workshop holds faculty concert

By Amanda Cochara · Wednesday, July 16,2008 7:38 p.m.

The College Audition Preparation Faculty Concert will kick off the week-long CAP workshop 7 p.m Sunday in Ford Hall.“It is a great concert,” said Alain Barker, the Jacobs School of Music director of marketing and publicity. “There will be a lot of wonderful music by the Jacobs School of Music Faculty.”

Ruth Witmer IDS IU alumnus Ryan Hildebrandt watches his shot off the 10th tee during the 2007 Take It Easy Open at the Links Golf Club July 28, 2007 in New Palestine, Ind. The annual tournament raises money for the John M. Jackson Memorial Scholarship. The event honors Jackson, an IU student and former editor in chief of the Indiana Daily Student, who died in 1996. Hildebrandt, a design editor at the Indianapolis Star newspaper, was one of more than 60 participants at the event.

Friends swing for scholarships

By Ryan Winn · Wednesday, July 16,2008 7:38 p.m.

Twelve years after passing away from a brain aneurism during March of his senior year at IU, John Jackson, who served as the Indiana Daily Student’s editor-in-chief for the summer of 1995, is still being publicly remembered by his friends and family.

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Not the whole story

Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:19 p.m.

I have to say I was interested in your article about I-69 when I first saw it mentioned on the second section of the latest IDS. I have been wondering what everyone’s HUGE complaints were. When I moved back to Bloomington in December of 1996, one of the first things I saw of this town was an I-69 protest meeting at my new middle school. First they were complaining that they should take care of the roads they have, that the highway was going to go through Amish property, along with the obvious environmental issues. I never knew how much of a compromise was struck on some of the issues that could be tackled like going through Amish land, and that’s what I was really interested in.

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Goodbye Mr. Sims

Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:17 p.m.

We are writing to say goodbye to a dear friend and colleague, Damon Sims, associate vice provost for student affairs. Damon is leaving IU for Penn State where he will be vice president of student affairs. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Damon over the year, know that he is an exceptionally gifted, intelligent and caring human being. We can only express our sorrow and regret that we are losing such a fine and vital member of our community.

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Have compassion for homeless

Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:15 p.m.

Though I applaud the IDS for addressing the issue of poverty in Bloomington (“Getting By,” 07/03), I took great offense at the article’s moralizing conclusion that “one thing is uniformly detrimental to curing the problem of poverty: giving spare change to panhandlers.”  

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Pack your bags, Billy

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:11 p.m.

There’s not much that can ruin a college basketball game, no matter who is playing or what the outcome is, especially during March Madness. But each and every year, there is one thing – a man actually – who ruins everyone’s viewing experience: Billy Packer. For fans like me, today couldn’t be better. The sun is shining, there are no clouds in the sky and Billy Packer was finally removed from his position at CBS as main college basketball analyst.

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The great divide

By Nick Wallace · Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:09 p.m.

His evident mentality of division is why I feel sorry for the man who thought slapping this sticker on his pickup truck was a good idea. He’s an unfortunate addict of the poisonous negativism cooked up by the likes of Karl Rove, although he has plenty of contemporaries across the partisan divide.

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Guide to the county fair

By Georgia Perry · Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:07 p.m.

It’s July in Indiana, and that can only mean one thing: County fair season is upon us! No matter which Indiana county you call home, it is important that you heed certain behavioral “musts” in order to enjoy your fair fully. Almost all of us will share a very similar experience which will unite us with our brothers and sisters across the state the way television does when it isn’t July and people don’t have to eat fried things in order to have fun.

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Tank is half full

By Ashley Ames · Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:05 p.m.

The current trends in gasoline prices have led many Americans to envision a world in which the price displays on gas pumps resemble slot machines along the Vegas strip, numbers spinning in constant upward motion. Already, I find myself saying, “In the good old days, I could fill up my car for less than $20!”

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'The right to offend'

Wednesday, July 16,2008 6:03 p.m.

The editorial cartoonist and his or her editor make an odd couple: One doesn’t like getting censored, the other doesn’t like getting sued. More intriguing, however, is the relationship of a cartoonist to the people, groups and ideas he or she satirizes, if not the government that punishes him or her for doing so.

Summer staples

By Stefania Marghitu · Wednesday, July 16,2008 3:34 p.m.

This issue, WEEKEND finds five regular 21+ events around town that highlight local, regional and national acts – from singer/songwriters to Jazz performers and DJs.

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