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Law school of hard knocks

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:34 p.m.

After her first year as a law student at Southern Illinois University, Lisa Rittenhouse had a GPA of 1.948, just below the 1.95 average needed to guarantee a spot in the law school for the coming semester. She was one of six students who reapplied for admission, and the only one denied, even though she claimed to have the highest GPA of all applicants.

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One great gyno

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:32 p.m.

Tuesday was one of the more devastating days of my life. It started with one of those scary letters in the mail from the gynecologist’s office. If you haven’t ever gotten one, they say this on the outside:

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Three strikes

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:30 p.m.

TV has officially struck out. With the writers strike screwing the few well-written shows on television, we have hit the point where most shows have run out of scripts.

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Strictly political

By Nathan Dixon · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:28 p.m.

The issue has largely been drowned out of this election, but every once in a while, in between all the diatribes about lowering taxes and curbing illegal immigration, Republican candidates will remind voters that they support the kind of strict constructionist judges supposedly needed to preserve the Constitution.

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Lacking rationale

By Tristan Reitz · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 4:33 p.m.

Isaac Asimov once said that “the saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” While most presidential candidates are incredibly intelligent and articulate, their grasp of science is not what many would see as commendable. And this is OK. I do not feel the need for Rudy

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The IDS enters the digital age

By James Brosher · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 3:56 a.m.

About a month ago, while most students were worrying about final exams, plane tickets and rides home, the staff at the Indiana Daily Student was planning ways to turn the corner with the paper’s online content.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Angus Shaw · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:35 a.m.

Fidel Castro said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to address Cuba’s people in person and can’t campaign for Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

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Expect to wait longer in hospitals

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:31 a.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The next time you go to the emergency room, expect to wait longer. A study by researchers at Harvard Medical School found that from 1997 to 2004, waits increased an average of 36 percent. And for the most severe cases, the wait increased by 40 percent.

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Stanford student develops free anti-spam program

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:31 a.m.

STANFORD, Calif. – If regular filters can’t stop spam from taking over your inbox, Stanford University computer science graduate student David Erickson has got your back with Default Off Email (DOEmail), which Erickson developed in tandem with Associate Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Nick McKeown.

Sri Lanka Civil War

31 killed in bus attack as Sri Lankan cease-fire ends

By Angus Shaw · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:29 a.m.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s cease-fire deal ended Wednesday in a spasm of violence, as suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus, gunned down the fleeing passengers and attacked farmers as they retreated into the bush, killing 31 people.

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Dancers expand horizons through art

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:24 a.m.

With auditions out of the way, Iris Rosa, IU professor and director of the African American Dance Company, busily prepares for a new semester. Rosa tries to teach her students a diverse mixture of dance styles.

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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to child molestation

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:22 a.m.

FORT WAYNE – A former religious education teacher at a Catholic parish has pleaded guilty to child molesting and other charges in assaults on three brothers and a fourth boy over several months.

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What is art? So true you’ll laugh

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:22 a.m.

In 1989, a television show premiered that had people shielding their children’s eyes at its depiction of immoral religion, disrespectful children and corrupt social servants.

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New Kinsey exhibit portrays ‘pleasure’

By Dae Woo Son · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:21 a.m.

“Women of Pleasure,” an exhibit exploring the erotic depiction of women in 18th- and 19th-century European art and literature will open tomorrow at the Kinsey Institute Gallery.

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