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IUPD responds to possible gunshots Thursday morning

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Sept. 13,2007 8:45 p.m.

The IU Police Department received a call in reference to two possible gunshots fired off around 4 a.m. Thursday. Two custodians called in after hearing a possible shot on the northwest side of the HPER building, near Woodlawn Field, said IUPD Sgt. Craig Munroe, reading from a police report.

Fact or fiction 101

By Nathan Dixon · Thursday, Sept. 13,2007 8:06 p.m.

Well, I am in college now. In fact, I have been here for about three weeks. Obviously, that makes this my first column. And while I have no idea what kind of thoughts will grace this space in the future, now feels like a good time to be introspective about my first college experiences. College definitely hit me fast. I was not particularly sentimental at graduation, and throughout the summer, college did not feel that close. A month or two ago, college was still just an idea to me.

Miscarriage of justice

By Michael Duncan · Thursday, Sept. 13,2007 8:05 p.m.

During a newspaper internship this summer in Wilkes-Barre, Penn., I was called to report on national news in a city 45 minutes to the south, where an important court case hung in the balance. The story, like most good stories, began with one person trying to get things changed.

Hail to the T's

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Sept. 13,2007 8:03 p.m.

To any informed citizen, 2008 only means one thing: unofficial presidential T-shirts! All election decisions this year can and should be made based on whose campaign merchandise is most in line with your needs. For example, if you support free music downloading, you should vote for Barack Obama in 2008. He has campaign T-shirts that read “Barack and Roll.” Clearly he supports the free trade of music on the Internet. I bet he’s written some bills up in Congress about that, but I’m not going to bother to look. Why do research when all the facts are spelled out on a white ringer-T?

Hoosiers first

Thursday, Sept. 13,2007 8:01 p.m.

Many of us at IU are not the truest of Hoosiers. That is to say, we come from various backgrounds, many of us from outside the fine state of Indiana, and some native Hoosiers relate more to Chicago than Indianapolis. We’re lookin’ at you, Region Rats. Though we disparage the Hoosier State from time to time, even non-native Hoosiers come to love this fine state of soybeans, basketball, and also, we are told, other stuff. The out-of-staters among us are happy to attend IU, but we understand well that IU, being at least partially funded by the state of Indiana, has a duty to serve specifically the interests of Indiana students.