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‘Cup of Tea’ discusses new program

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 11:47 p.m.

The Asian Culture Center hosted its monthly “Over A Cup of Tea” program Wednesday, featuring the topic about the process of developing an Asian American Studies program at IU.

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Indonesian cooking lessons Friday

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 11:45 p.m.

If Lotus Festival isn’t enough world culture for one weekend, take a stroll Friday to the Asian Culture Center for a free cooking lesson in Indonesian cuisine.

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Lotus Festival: Blending culture, arts, music

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 11:01 p.m.

This weekend Bloomington will play host to the fall’s cultural equivalent of Little 500. Years of hard work, dozens of musicians and artists and more than 10,000 energetic attendees will combine for the 14th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival beginning tonight. The musical acts will travel from as far as halfway around the world and from as close as the local community to entertain anticipated thousands.

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House hearing criticizes sex, violence in hip-hop

By Jim Abrams · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers, music industry executives and rappers disagreed Tuesday over who was to blame for sexist and degrading language in hip-hop music but united in opposing government censorship as a solution.

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New Web site designed to network IU, local community

By Whitney Biber · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:39 p.m.

Five years ago, IU alumnus Dale Staton worked for a company that struggled to communicate between departments because each was isolated from the others. At that time, he realized the situation was not unlike the community in his former college town: Bloomington.

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7 diagnosed with viral meningitis in Boone County

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:38 p.m.

Seven students in Boone County have been diagnosed with viral meningitis since the beginning of September, but officials say it is not time to worry about an epidemic yet.

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Tourist group raising funds for statue of the Fonz

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:37 p.m.

MILWAUKEE –The Fonz in bronze? It could happen. Visit Milwaukee, a group that promotes the city as a tourism and convention destination, is leading an effort to raise money for a bronze sculpture of the character played by Henry Winkler on TV’s “Happy Days,” which was set in Milwaukee.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:36 p.m.

‘Knocked Up’ When: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., today, Friday and Saturday Where: Whittenberger Auditorium, IU Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St. More Information: Union Board presents “Knocked Up” as part of its weekly movie series. Tickets are free for IUB students, $2 for non-students.

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Mathers to display new Afghanistan photographs

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:35 p.m.

A new photography exhibit titled “Afghanistan: A Doctor Returns from Exile,” opens Friday at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave.

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What is art?

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:34 p.m.

There is an affliction that has taken our generation by the throat. No, it isn’t Attention Deficit Disorder or obesity. It is the complete and utter numbness to everything going on around us.

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Gallery owner to present own work

By Whitney Biber · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:33 p.m.

Painter, video artist and musician Ryan Woods is unveiling his never-before-seen 2007 exhibit from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Bloomington Art Hospital, located at 1021 S. Walnut St.

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‘Curses’ poor excuse for political commentary

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:23 p.m.

The editorial by Peter Chen (“Curses!” Sept. 21), though initially seeming to have good intent, quickly lowered itself into the very cesspool of profanity it was seeking to condemn.

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Comic shows typical whiny student behavior

By Rory Starks · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:20 p.m.

I aim to dismantle the editorial comic shown in the IDS on Sept. 21 piece by piece. First of all, I am certain the same people who complain about campus construction would be first to bitch and moan about the exact opposite – an unmaintained environment with inadequate roads and other areas of disrepair.

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Why are Americans still homeless?

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:19 p.m.

In the richest country in the world on any given night, anywhere between 744,313 and 3.8 million people are without a roof over their heads. This is not difficult to understand when one considers the fact that 36.4 million Americans live in poverty – a statistic that becomes especially alarming when one takes into account the unrealistic stringency of the requirements people must meet to fit into that category.

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