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Grading the grades

By Steven Chung · Wednesday, Nov. 17,2004 12:09 a.m.

When David Gallahue graduated in 1964 from the IU School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, he was the top student in his graduating class with a grade point average of 3.28. Now the school's dean, Gallahue expressed disbelief at the high grades both at the school and at the University.

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Nothing to cry over

By Alyson Brodsy and Edward Delp · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:54 p.m.

How did I feel when I heard Yasser Arafat was dead? Well, I thought to myself that maybe his death is not necessarily a bad thing. I shouldn't go so far as to say it is good that he is dead, but his death is certainly nothing to cry over. Arafat was a murderer and master manipulator who caused his people to suffer while making himself and those around him rich. Sound familiar? Saddam Hussein will hopefully suffer the same painful fate.

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Don't panic!

By Alyson Brodsy and Daniel Hiester · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:53 p.m.

Like many of you, I was dismayed to hear that "moral values" was the biggest deciding factor of the presidential election. For one week, I struggled to make sense of what it said about America, and more importantly, about the American church. Is this election a cultural green light for the church to alienate anyone who's just a little different, when those are the people to whom Christ showed the most compassion?

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The cross and the crossword

By Alyson Brodsy and Colin Dugdale · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:52 p.m.

Six Across. Three-letter word. Begins with "G." A person whose sexual orientation is to persons of the same sex. Six Down. Three-letter word. Begins with "G." The principal object of faith and worship in Christian religion. Gay and God: two little words, two big concepts. In a crossword puzzle, these terms are able to bond harmoniously, sharing the same beginning letter "G." However, in this ever-expanding crossword puzzle called life, these words tend to cause conflict whenever they cross paths.

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Daylight-saving worth changing

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:49 p.m.

Daylight-saving time is not some random system implemented by most states to confuse Indiana. Mitch Daniels is, in fact, on the right track by attempting to lead Indiana out of the "dark ages." Even if one ignores the fact that the time difference creates a disconnect between Indiana and various other states within our time zone, in terms of commerce and casual communication, there are legitimate health benefits associated with daylight-saving.

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A thin line: do not cross

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:48 p.m.

Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are in an uproar over a comic strip printed in their student newspaper. The Daily Illini recently published a comic involving a student who wants to tell a "Jew joke" but decides against it because he doesn't want "Isaiah down at the bank to beat me with his nose." The comic and its creator, Matt Vroom, immediately drew negative attention from both Jewish groups and students. Vroom's comic strips have been known to poke fun at stereotypes, but this time he went too far.

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European spacecraft enters lunar orbit

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:39 p.m.

BERLIN -- A small spacecraft has made it into lunar orbit, signaling Europe's first successful mission to the moon and paving the way for the craft to be used to study the lunar surface, a European Space Agency spokesman said Tuesday.

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Saddam diverted oil for food money to suicide bomber families

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:38 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who carried out attacks on Israel, say congressional investigators who uncovered evidence of the money trail.

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Scoreboard Stoops ticks me off

By Ryan Phillips · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:37 p.m.

Something happened this weekend that made me so mad that I was yelling at the TV more than I usually do. I had to take a second dose of my medication and wash it down with a six-pack just to get calm again. It's something that really bothers me, and I think I have to address it. So this is a memo to Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops: "Stop running up the score!!!"

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Veteran defenders expected to lead team

By Brian Janosch · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:32 p.m.

Despite a 2-1 loss in the Big Ten tournament last week, heads remained high after the announcement the IU men's soccer team would be seeded No. 2 in the NCAA tournament. Much of the reason for enthusiasm among the Hoosiers was the knowledge that their tournament fate lies in the hands of five men who have been there before -- the defense.

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Daniels appoints next budget director

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:32 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Gov.-elect Mitch Daniels named the chief executive of a group that promotes pharmaceutical and medical devices companies as his administration's state budget director Tuesday.

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Professor studies political promises

By Rick Newkirk · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:31 p.m.

Recent studies conducted by IU students have uncovered a disparity between the number of campaign promises made by politicians and the number kept. V450: Promises and Performance in U.S. Congress is Professor Evan Ringquist's School of Public and Environmental Affairs gem. Students researching the performance of politicians from 1992 to 2002 found that, on average, just more than three-fifths of all promises made on campaign trails are kept by their makers.

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Driver could face 10 to 20 years

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:30 p.m.

Police arrested the driver who caused a fatal car crash Nov. 9 upon his release from Bloomington Hospital Tuesday. Bryan M. Gooldy, 45, the driver of the car that killed IU alumna Katharine B. Comiskey, will make an appearance in Monroe County Court at 2:30 p.m. today, said Bloomington Police Department Cpt. Joe Qualters in a press release.

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'Bleachers' a refreshing change for Grisham

By Britany Ausmus and Brittany Ausmus · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:20 p.m.

"Bleachers" author John Grisham's dive into heartland football, is not only perhaps one of his most emotionally sensitive works to date, but also a radical departure from the formula that has made him a darling of The New York Times Best Seller List for the past decade. Gone is the small town Southern lawyer who struggles along until a gem of a case falls into his lap.

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'Man of La Mancha' produced, performed solely by students

By Allison Rose Davis · Tuesday, Nov. 16,2004 11:19 p.m.

The lyrics to "The Impossible Dream," "To dream the impossible dream/to fight the unbeatable foe/to bear with unbearable sorrow/to run where the brave dare not go," are more than just words to the cast of the Union Board's student production of "The Man of La Mancha," which opens this weekend. They are a mantra.

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