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IU gets $60M grant for AIDS program

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Treating and preventing AIDS is only part of the partnership that flourishes between the IU School of Medicine and Kenya’s Moi University Teaching and Referral Hospital.




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U. Minnesota researchers turning algae into fuel

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The University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council recently partnered to explore whether the large amounts of algae that come through the council’s wastewater treatment plants could one day be used as a fuel source for metro buses.

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Student group says bloodshed could be prevented with more firearms on campus

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Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns. Guzman, an economics major at Texas State University-San Marcos, is among 8,000 students nationwide who have joined the nonpartisan Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, arguing that students and faculty already licensed to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to pack heat along with their textbooks.





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Indianapolis looks to Jacksonville

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After a three-day break in the practice schedule, the Indianapolis Colts began preparing Monday for their AFC South showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Colts (9-2) have a one-game lead in the division. A win on Sunday would give Tony Dungy’s team a sweep in the season series and a cushion in its hunt for a fifth straight AFC South title. Jacksonville would move into a tie for the division lead with a win.


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Dividing lines

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Thirty-seven countries, 17 million square miles and more than 3 million inhabitants. To borrow a line from the oft-quoted movie “Anchorman,” the continent of Asia is “kind of a big deal.”







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Campus bigotry continues despite efforts

Despite recent University efforts to prevent racially and religiously charged incidents on campus, the IU Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs received the same amount of complaints in the 2006-07 school year as in previous years, and officials claim many incidents go unreported.


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New hate crime bill likely to reignite debate

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IU sophomore Paul Gardner does not know who etched the word “fag” into his Wright Quad dorm room door last fall. Even if he did, there’s no legal action Gardner could take to prosecute the offender for a hate crime due to Indiana’s current lack of hate crime legislation.


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Lynch to stay on as head football coach

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Following months of speculation as to whether he would retain the head coaching job for the IU football team at the end of the season, IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan announced Monday that Lynch – IU’s 27th head football coach – and the University had agreed to a contract. ONLINE EXTRA: Video of the press conference announcing Bill Lynch's contract extension (11/27/2007)