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Delegates slowly trickle into the Pepsi Center for the kickoff of the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Denver.

DNC has bigger focus on Indiana

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, Aug. 26,2008 12:53 a.m.

DENVER – Bob Pastrick, one of 85 Indiana delegates here, is no stranger to conventions. After all, he’s been going to them for almost 50 years.

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Son of diversity

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 11:45 p.m.

While McCain people envied then mocked Obama’s popularity, I’ll bet many of us got a little misty-eyed when this American son of diversity addressed the German people. The sea of Berliners seemingly stretched beyond the horizon. Heady stuff! And why not?

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Welcome home

By Abby Schwimmer · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 11:43 p.m.

The powers that be often prove themselves to have quite an unusual sense of humor, and in selecting a location for Bloomington, they have simply outdone themselves. It’s almost as if someone airlifted a bohemian, progressive, all-around badass town out of an undeserving, pretentious spot in New England and dropped it down in the middle of a cornfield in southern Indiana.

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Remember 2008

By Nathan Dixon · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 11:40 p.m.

I just don’t like conservatives. They make supposedly principled calls for personal responsibility, freedom and American values that come across to me as either macho and narcissistic or crotchety and irrelevant.

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The gray dilemma

By Erich Reinhard · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 11:37 p.m.

It was the single least-stressful day in my recent memory: fishing, swimming, lazing about and reading on a lake in northern Maine, followed by a delicious nap until dinner. I’d indulged in a pleasant lack of hygiene, having not showered in some time.

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Painting Indiana blue?

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 11:30 p.m.

No one doubts that Bloomington is home to more than a few wide-eyed Obama supporters. Many were probably excited enough about his candidacy to think they could swing Indiana blue for the first time in 40 years, especially when our own Sen. Evan Bayh was rumored to be the VP choice.As just about everyone knows by now Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., not Bayh, is Obama’s choice for a running mate (plenty of students on this campus probably got the text message at the amusing time of 3 a.m.). Bayh was still rumored to be pretty close to the top of the list, so all the enterprising young Democrats on campus should know he may yet be tapped for higher office.

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Flyers spoil season opener

By Brandon Smith · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 10:10 p.m.

The women’s soccer team came into this season after a successful 2007 season, advancing further in the NCAA tournament than any other team in school history. The third round exit capped a 13-7-3, 5-4-1 in conference, record for a year ago on the strength of a 13-game unbeaten streak.

Kara DioGuardi celebrates being named Co-Songwriter of the Year during the 55th Annual BMI Pop Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a Tuesday, May 15, 2007 photo. Grammy-nominated songwriter DioGuardi has joined "American Idol" as a fourth judge and will sit alongside Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson at the judges table.

Fourth 'Idol' judge a straight-shooting hitmaker

By Erin Carlson · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:59 p.m.

Scooching in between Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson sounds intimidating, if not a little scary. But Kara DioGuardi, the newly-installed fourth judge on "American Idol," is confident she'll find her niche within the bickering, ratings-tested judges' panel where the line between love and hate is blurred with every critique.

Miss Indiana University Gabrielle Reed waves during a IU Day parade on Aug. 7 at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis.

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:58 p.m.

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County food drive falls short of goal

By Viktoria Nasteva · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:50 p.m.

Rising prices have strained the pocketbooks of many Monroe County residents, causing some to resort to organizations like food pantries as a way to put food on their tables.

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IU to host famed speakers this fall

Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:45 p.m.

The School of Journalism announced its fall lineup of three big-name speakers Monday, including a best-selling author, a radio personality and an editor of one of the nation’s most-esteemed newspapers.

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Greek community gets ready for new members

By Haley Adams · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:42 p.m.

Greek life is a staple at big colleges like IU, and students new to campus or upperclassmen looking for a new activity can learn all about it this September. For fraternities, fall recruitment or “rush,” starts at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at a kick-off event in Dunn Meadow, in which students interested in joining a house can talk to active members.

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Navigating the IDS

By Audrie Garrison · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:37 p.m.

If you’re navigating your way from Fee Lane to 10th Street for the first time or trying to determine the difference between the B bus and the C bus – they’re very different, trust me – we want to help.

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'Idol' alum Ace Young to make Broadway debut

By Erin Carlson · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:21 p.m.

NEW YORK - Another "American Idol" alum is heading to "Grease" on Broadway. Ace Young, who competed on season five of the Fox show, joins the cast Sept. 9, playing Kenickie in the revival of the popular musical.

Cutting back

By Savannah Worley · Monday, Aug. 25,2008 9:18 p.m.

Sophomore Kym Pagel is on a back-to-school budget.She’s not buying notebooks this year, because she still has paper in the ones she used last semester. She’s shopping for her textbooks online, hoping to find cheaper prices than at local bookstores. And she’s scouring shelves at discount retailers Target and Wal-Mart, looking for deals.

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