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Foreign embrace

Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 10:35 p.m.

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, embraces Kenya’s 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai.

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U.S. pressures Iran with unprecedented new sanctions

By Matthew Lee · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 10:33 p.m.

The Bush administration imposed sweeping new sanctions against Iran Thursday – the harshest in nearly three decades – cutting off key Iranian military and banking institutions from the American financial system for Tehran’s alleged support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions.

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Give Sampson’s bonus back to ticket holders

Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 9:16 p.m.

Students have been complaining since last season about the cost of student tickets, when the price per game increased from $11 to $15. This year, the rate was the same, but many had to dig deep to pay for the $248 season package. My idea is simple: Take the money forfeited by Sampson and give it back to the student season ticket holders.

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Suspended for sickness

Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 9:05 p.m.

Could it be justifiable for IU to kick a student out of school for disrupting class by having a heart attack? What about punishing a soldier returning from Iraq who has a terrifying flashback during a biology lecture? What about a student suffering the same sort of flashback from a sexual assault? It wouldn’t happen here. There would be outrage. There would be lawsuits. It wouldn’t happen because our administration fundamentally recognizes that to punish a student for an unavoidable medical crisis is outrageously discriminatory. Though the editorial board members have much faith in the evolved nature of IU’s administration, we can’t say the same about Eastern Illinois University. Jill Manges, a student at EIU, discovered just how backward her administration really is when she suffered a panic attack during class in early September. Manges suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder due to sexual abuse she experienced eight years ago. The reports state she felt the attack coming on and tried to leave her French history class but was unable to make it out before she collapsed on the floor screaming and sobbing for 10 to 15 minutes.

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IU alumnus remains composed after finding early success

By Jessica Andrews · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 8:26 p.m.

Brian Buch, an IU alumnus, started writing music for his friends in fifth grade, and by his senior year of high school he had already composed his first major classical work. Last year, Buch was a finalist for the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Composition Competition in Brussels, Belgium.

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Suspended for sickness

Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 8:06 p.m.

Would it be justifiable for IU to kick a student out of school for disrupting class by having a heart attack? What about punishing a soldier returning from Iraq who has a terrifying flashback during a biology lecture? What about a student suffering the same sort of flashback from a sexual assault? It wouldn’t happen here. There would be outrage. There would be lawsuits. It wouldn’t happen because our administration fundamentally recognizes that to punish a student for an unavoidable medical crisis is outrageously discriminatory.

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Cuts for corruption

By Michael Duncan · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 8:02 p.m.

If it can be argued that the Republican Party is the party of big business, then the Democratic Party is the party of big labor. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the labor industry has donated more than $285 million, just more than 90 percent of its funds, to Democratic members of Congress since 2000. It would be reasonable to say, then, that the Democratic Party has good reason to promote the interests of labor.

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RPS germs

By Alexandra Chtchedrina · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 8:01 p.m.

IU students are falling like flies. It seems that everyone in my class is exhibiting some form of sickness. Some are sneezing, some are coughing, some are blowing their noses. And then there are some who aren’t in class at all. Presumably, they are turning over in their beds with aches and fevers as I write. Even though fall officially began Sept. 23, for me, Monday marked its real beginning. The days of Indian summer – courtesy of global warming – are sadly over. Monday has ushered in the gray and soggy days of fall.

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Sugar free is the way to be

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 7:59 p.m.

Allow me to share an anecdote. On a road trip this summer, my older sister and I pulled over for coffee and pancakes at a Waffle House in Alabama. Straight up, she put about six spoonfuls of sugar in her coffee. This is not acceptable behavior for an adult. That is all.

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Gateways to musical addiction

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 7:41 p.m.

After listening to new releases from Say Anything, Cobra Starship and Coheed and Cambria this week, I couldn’t help but revel in the sheer awesomeness of new music that October has brought for punk/emo/not-quite-indie fans. October has brought even more great new albums to the absolutepunk.net sort than chubby girls in sexy cop/nurse/pirate costumes.

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Months later, minimum wage increase hasn’t helped all

By Brandi Baldwin · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 12:58 a.m.

Since the minimum wage increased last spring, tipped employees have found that while others are making more money, their wages remain largely unchanged. Seth Stridel, a server at Pizza Hut near College Mall, said he’s still making the same amount.

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‘Noose’ sparks class discussions

By Elizabeth Dilts · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 12:11 a.m.

Driving home from work last week, senior Heather Barchet said she was stunned by what looked like a noose hanging from a porch at the intersection of Second and Henderson Streets.

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2 men make 100-mile trip to meet Dalai Lama

By Chelsea Merta · Thursday, Oct. 25,2007 12:10 a.m.

The original plan was to walk 60 miles from Hope, Ind., to Buddha, Ind., but upon realization that the Dalai Lama was in Bloomington and 40 miles from their destination, the two men knew they needed to extend their pilgrimage to see the spiritual leader.

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