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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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Defense Intelligence Agency not worth IU’s time

By David Keppel · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:18 p.m.

An e-mail invites IU students to sign up at IUcareers.com for Oct. 4 interviews with the Defense Intelligence Agency. According to The Washington Post of Jan. 23, 2005, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld established the Strategic Support Branch as a new wing of DIA that reportedly conducts coercive interrogations. Funds for the unit were “reprogrammed” from other appropriations.

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Iraqi prime minister says country has violent problems

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:17 p.m.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday that the continued flow of weapons, suicide bombers and terrorism funding into his country would result in “disastrous consequences” for the region and the world.

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IU’s new standards hurt poor Indiana students

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:16 p.m.

I am writing this letter in response to a letter from Dr. Roger J. Thompson (“Rise of admission standards good for IU,” Sept. 13). As an educator in disadvantaged communities, the older brother of a student recently denied admission to IU and an alumnus of Indiana University Bloomington, I can’t help but disagree with Dr. Thompson.

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Affordable housing needed to fight poverty

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:15 p.m.

With over 36 million Americans living in poverty, and over a million homeless on any given night, hunger and homelessness are huge issues across the nation. The driving force behind this severe problem is the lack of affordable housing that plagues the U. S. It is impossible for a family earning minimum wage to find an affordable apartment in most cities, which propagates chronic homelessness.

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Prince of Persia

By Tristan Reitz · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:13 p.m.

If (Hitler) were willing to engage in a debate and a discussion, to be challenged by Columbia students and faculty, we would certainly run it.” – John Coatsworth, dean of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. While Hitler may not be available for any speaking engagements, the university did decide to allow Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak, angering many who say it legitimizes or appeases the Islamic republic’s president.

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The Living Dead

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:11 p.m.

Being the language addict I am, an Associated Press article caught my eye this past week about how thousands of languages around the world are dying out as speakers turn to more commercially-useful or national languages. According to the article, the world has about 7,000 living languages, as many as half of which have never been written down. Languages are dying out at a rate of about one every other week. For some languages, this is because researchers have not yet gained cultural access to them. For others, it is because we do not yet even know they exist.

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In deep in my inbox

By Matt Peyton · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:10 p.m.

I get a ton of e-mail. This isn’t necessarily because I’m popular (even though I am) or because I’m very important (although, again, that’s not untrue). No, I get a ton of e-mail because everyone gets a ton of e-mail, and instead of just dealing with their own problems, they feel the need to bring me down with them. Lately, it’s really reached staggering proportions. I’ll leave for a 50-minute class and when I get home I have eight new e-mails.

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All bets on Betty

By Jonathan P. Rossing and Jonathon P. Rossing · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:07 p.m.

Today, this gay man’s version of the Holy Virgin Mary returns to primetime television with braces, thick glasses and a poncho from Guadalajara. “Ugly Betty” – alternately known as Queer Betty in my world – is back. It is a show that brings laughter, tears, serious life lessons and, most importantly, stories to which we can ALL relate every single week. Betty’s made me a believer – ugly is the new beautiful. It’s often hard for me to identify with characters in popular entertainment. I can appreciate the broader experiences and sagas about love, friendship, isolation and belonging.

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Judging Jena

Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 10:03 p.m.

The nation saw an eruption of protest last week in support of the six black students now being charged with second degree battery after beating up a white student. T-shirts and chants of “Free the Jena Six” were prominent on college campuses across the nation, including IU, and in Jena, La., where civil rights leaders Reverend Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III led a march on the local courthouse.

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A civil sports conversation

By Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, Sept. 26,2007 9:27 p.m.

I ran into my old freshman roommate in the tailgating fields last weekend after IU’s maddening loss to Illinois. I caught him unhinging a propane tank off someone’s abandoned gas grill. He never could be mistaken for someone with good character.

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