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IU students celebrate Moon Festival on Saturday

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:46 p.m.

Sophomore Ren Han did not celebrate this year’s Moon Festival like he typically does, but he isn’t complaining. “Usually it’s not a party, but because our family is not here, the Chinese society is one big family,” Han said. Han was one of the more than 500 attendees who spread across Dunn Meadow on Saturday afternoon celebrating the annual Moon Festival.

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Debate a tie. Obama, McCain repeat rhetoric

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:45 p.m.

Barack Obama and John McCain managed to spend a great deal of time talking about a bailout without really saying anything about it.Both candidates assured us there was no social program or tax-cut that couldn’t be paid for simply by cutting wasteful spending or closing corporate tax loopholes; and, in a move that surely ruined drinking games across the country, McCain hardly ever said “my friends.”Disappointing.That sums up the first debate. Nearly the first 40 minutes involved the bailout and the financial crisis. Instead of really talking about the bailout plan, both candidates just reverted back to their standard economic talking points.   McCain talked about reducing earmark expenditures and lowering taxes, repeating a long-rebuked claim that Obama had voted to raise taxes on people making $42,000 a year. Obama, for his part, was unwilling to acknowledge that the $700 billion bailout could spell certain doom for several of his projects.

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Stay classy, IU

By Christian Hines · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:39 p.m.

Anyone who has attended an IU football game recently knows that school cheers have undergone a peculiar transformation. The staccato catchiness of “Go! Big! Red!” has been supplanted by the equally catchy, albeit edgier, “Hey, you suck!” A few measures later, the band’s final three notes give the student section just enough time for a hurried refrain of rhyming profanity before “Go Big Red!”

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Not a ‘lost’ cause

By Abby Schwimmer · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:38 p.m.

Some people are born with an innate sense of direction. They can navigate the one-way streets of Bloomington flawlessly, it doesn’t bother them that Tapp Road has four names and they get offended whenever you have the audacity to remind them where to turn.

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Social etiquette for expression

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:36 p.m.

People go to extremes in an effort to stand out, to express themselves creatively and, ultimately, to leave their mark on the world – and their bodies. Last week, The New York Times featured an article about tattoos and facial jewelry and how they are becoming less of a taboo in the workplace. Apparently, employers are growing more lax, and the timing is impeccable because the latest trend has people putting tattoos on body parts only a burqa could hide.

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Poor journalism

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:35 p.m.

Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of the IDS and the aspirations of the Opinion section. I believed the IDS was to provide an environment for aspiring journalists to practice the trade while providing facts and news to the community. I thought the point of the Opinion section was to provide informational analysis of current events. I must have been mistaken. The full page ‘Palin vs. The Press’ (Sept. 17) not only fell short of those expectations – it was nothing short of a disgrace.

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America will not respond to peer pressure

By Danielle Fleischman · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:34 p.m.

These days it has been pretty hard to argue that America has much popularity overseas. President Bush has not been well received in the States, so it should come as no surprise that he’s not all that favored among those in foreign countries either. His invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, his refusal to sign the Kyoto Treaty and even something as trivial as his improper grammar during speeches has dropped America a few rungs on the popularity ladder since the 1990s.

Senior running back Marcus Thigpen scores one of his three touchdowns during the Hoosiers' 42-29 loss to Michigan State Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium. Thigpen finished with 207 total yards.

Hoosiers give up 42 in loss to Michigan State

Saturday, Sept. 27,2008 4:21 p.m.

For the second straight week the Hoosiers let up 42 points, and for the second straight week, they lost. Instead of Michigan State dealing the final blow of the game it was IU who did itself in their 42-29 defeat.With 1:39 left in the third quarter, backup quarterback Ben Chappell connected with sophomore wideout Terrance Turner for a 97-yard touchdown strike. The play made both the Michigan State and Hoosier crowds stand up and cheer. The Hoosier crowd was happy because of the touchdown, the Spartans because there was a little yellow piece of cloth 108 behind Turner’s touchdown celebration.

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Presidential Debate

Friday, Sept. 26,2008 2:06 p.m.

Presidential candidates, Obama and McCain will debate at the University of Mississippi. Read the story.

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McCain to participate in debate

Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON – Republican John McCain agreed to attend the first presidential debate Friday night even though Congress doesn’t have a bailout deal, reversing an earlier decision to delay the event until Washington had taken action to address the crisis.

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Election Day

Friday, Sept. 26,2008 9:23 a.m.

Don't forget to vote.

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Muniru commits to IU

By IDS staff · Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:19 a.m.

Three-star prospect Bawa Muniru gave a verbal commitment to Tom Crean and the IU men’s basketball program, Scout.com confirmed late Thursday. The commitment of the 6-foot-11 Muniru means Crean has signed his maximum allowed allotment of six players for his first full recruiting class.BLOG: Basketblog

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Voter registration deadline nearing

By Ben Phelps · Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:17 a.m.

The deadlines for absentee voting by mail are approaching, including Indiana’s. By Oct. 6, anyone wishing to vote absentee in Indiana must have mailed a request for a ballot to their county clerk’s office.

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Even after improvements, IU named least sustainable school in the Big Ten

By Sean Morrison · Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:14 a.m.

The Sustainable Endowments Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to environmental standards and practices, gave both IU and Northwestern C+ grades, making them the lowest Big Ten schools on the scale for the 2009 report. This is still an improvement for IU from last year’s D-range grade, said Sustainability Task Force Co-Chair Michael Hamburger.

IU alumnus Donald Griffin stacks cups Thursday evening at Kilroy's Sports Bar.

Senior wins Big Ten Cup Stacking Challenge

By Lee Hurwitz · Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:08 a.m.

E.J. Chung was in a fist-pumping moment of ecstasy. The senior had just won four IU basketball tickets and was entered into a drawing for a pass to the Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis after winning the Solo Cup Stacking Challenge on Thursday night at Kilroy’s Sports Bar.

Will Thomas turns some meat on his grill prior to a football game between IU and Western Kentucky on Aug. 30 near Memorial Stadium.

Serving up soul food

By Cheryl Thomas · Friday, Sept. 26,2008 12:05 a.m.

Smoke rises from the red tent on the corner of 17th and Dunn as people line up for a taste of the barbecue that has become a fixture on gamedays for more than a decade.Will Thomas, known to most as Willy T, flips some ribs on the grill, joking with people standing around.“Another game day,” he explains amid tailgaters, a light southern drawl coating his voice. “People come here hungry.” PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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