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Memorial Stadium fireworks thrill crowds

By Sara Amato · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:15 p.m.

Vendors under red, white and blue tents sold Kettle corn, Polish sausage and Hawaiian shaved ice while bands entertained the crowd that began filling the north lot of Memorial Stadium on Tuesday night for the Amvets Post 2000 Independence Day Fireworks show.

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Scooting justice

By Kirk Nathanson · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:09 p.m.

I’m thinking of a North Carolina man, a 25-year veteran and widely respected federal employee convicted of perjury, ordered to spend 33 months in prison for making false statements to investigators.

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“Up in Smoke,” just smoke and mirrors

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:05 p.m.

No one can reasonably argue that smoking is good for you; that’s not the point. The frustrating aspect of this debate, however, is that the government and the public increasingly overlook, and even sanction, other health risks.

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In defense of OneStart

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:03 p.m.

With respect to your recent OneStart upgrade editorial, we offer a clarification. It’s easy to confuse OneStart itself with the services it provides; however, OneStart, like enterprise portals at most universities, is a delivery mechanism

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Big Ten Network to launch in late August

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:02 p.m.

The Big Ten Network is coming to you at 7 p.m., Aug. 30. Maybe. While this is the date the network is set to launch, who will see it remains a mystery. Viewers subscribed to DIRECTV are set for 24-hour Big Ten programming. Subscribers who use cable or the Dish Network, however, might be out of luck. No deal has yet been reached with many of these services, but Network President Mark Silverman remains optimistic.

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Vegan diet patriotic

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:02 p.m.

This Fourth of July, caring Americans can help win freedom for animals in factory farms by adopting a vegan diet. Animals value their lives just as we value ours. They yearn to be with their loved ones, feel the warmth of the sun, breathe fresh air and feel grass beneath their feet.

Groups students compete in summer intramurals program

By Linnea Coulter · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:01 p.m.

For members in IU’s Groups program, the fun has finally begun. Last week marked the start of the intramural summer season for these students, which kicked off with two days of extreme dodgeball in the racquetball courts of the Student Recreational Sports Center.

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Ann Coulter’s attack shows media’s bias

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:01 p.m.

The conservative goddess Ann Coulter has stirred the muck again. Of course, if there weren’t so much muck available to stir, she’d likely have nothing to do. I don’t agree with what she said, but I do agree with her right to say it, as well as her severely overlooked purpose.

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McRobbie lunches with new students

By Michael Zennie · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:59 p.m.

Most students go four years without ever meeting the University president. But Michael Coleman got to sit at a small table and eat lunch with him. And Coleman hasn’t even started classes at IU.

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Tension bursts at mosque in Islamabad

By Stephen Graham · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:56 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The tension long-brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan’s capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.

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Affirmative action unnecessary, improper

By Joe Bialek · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:55 p.m.

Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in Meredith v. Jefferson County Board and Community Schools v. Seattle School District. The court’s ruling limits the use of race in assigning students to public schools.

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