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NFL in Naptown

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 11:42 p.m.

Can you feel it? Can you feel the cool breeze smacking you in the face as you enter through the revolving doors, the warm feeling when your body hits the seats and the chills from the roaring crowd? If you are lucky enough, like I am, to be able to go to today’s NFL Colts-Saints season opener at the RCA Dome, you will feel those things. But this game is more than a football game. It’s an event that goes well beyond the realm of throwing a lopsided ball. It’s a civic event. Prior to the 8:30 p.m.

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Hoosiers head to Valparaiso for weekend tournament

By Harry Buc · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 11:41 p.m.

This weekend, IU will stay in the Hoosier state as they travel north to Valparaiso, Ind., to compete in the Valparaiso University Popcorn Classic. This will be the third tournament the Hoosiers have participated in so far this season, and the team will have one more next weekend before conference play begins. Senior right side Lauren Ditteon feels the previous tournaments have helped the team gel as a unit.

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Participation in high school sports sets new record again

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 11:15 p.m.

More than half of the nation’s high school students participated in sports last year, and for the first time, more than 3 million of them were girls. The National Federation of State High School Associations released the results of its annual participation survey on Wednesday, listing a record 7,342,910 high school athletes in the 2006-07 school year among its member associations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It’s the 18th straight year the number of participants has increased. “This is certainly another great report,” NFHS executive director Robert F. Kanaby said. “The girls participation figure is particularly exciting since this year is the 35th anniversary of Title IX.”

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Bloomington Hospital buys 3 acres for future expansion

By Sophie Pappas · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 11:05 p.m.

On Aug. 9, Bloomington Hospital finalized the $6 million purchase of three acres in the North Park development. The land is just the first of the 85 total acres Bloomington’s largest hospital will buy over the next six years as it expands its facilities.

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Fear and loathing

By Peter Chen · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 10:58 p.m.

On Sep. 1, alarmed that there were Arabic-speaking men who “looked mean” on her late night flight from San Diego to Chicago, Leigh Robbins demanded to get off the plane in order “to protect her kids.” Her commotion forced the men to be questioned and searched by American Airlines and airport security, with no probable cause other than Robbins’ unsubstantiated panic.

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Conspiracy claptrap

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 10:53 p.m.

When Rosie O’Donnell proclaimed on The View on March 27 that she doubted the official story behind 9/11, it gave me one more reason to hate her. As she put it definitively, “I do believe it’s the first time in history that fire has melted steel. I do believe that it defies physics.” Admittedly, I have long refrained from turning to Hollywood for careful scientific analysis. So it was quite easy to dismiss her ranting as a ploy to boost visibility. As we near the sixth anniversary of 9/11, however, the voices that support a conspiracy theory are getting louder.

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Spitin’ Irish

By Ayesha Awan · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 10:51 p.m.

I am definitely no expert when it comes to public education or how education policy is formed. I do have friends who have recently graduated and gone into education, some teaching in the suburbs surrounding my hometown and some venturing into inner city schools via Teach For America. From those friends, I hear about the various problems that persist at their schools and the underfunded school districts in general. Nothing I’ve heard could have mentally prepared me for what I read about elementary school children in Ireland. Apparently in the Irish school system, parents have to seek out “places” for their children to attend school. Unfortunately, this year in a suburb of Dublin called Balbriggan, “almost all” of the 90 children who could not find “places” in either of the town’s two elementary schools were black.

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Get a clue!

Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 10:48 p.m.

For years, IU has proudly ranked among the “best party schools in America.” And for IU students, having fun generally does not entail sipping apple juice and playing Jenga. Usually, Hoosiers interested in having a good time will not approach juice of any kind not of the “jungle” variety. We’re sorry to break it to those who would like to believe otherwise, but saying that alcohol is “popular” in Bloomington might just be the biggest understatement in IDS history.

A look from Tim Hamilton's spring collection. His presentation will be shown at Fashion Week in New York City.

New York Fashion Week 2008

By Kevin Caldwell · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 10:13 p.m.

The island of Manhattan will be a bit more crowded than usual as fashion editors, buyers, celebrities and clothing-lovers of all breeds flock to the infamous tents in Bryant Park during New York Fashion Week.

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You hear that echo, Mr. Gordon?

By Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, Sept. 5,2007 9:24 p.m.

Pssst. Eric Gordon. Yeah, you, Mr. North Central basketball star. Heard you came to Bloomington last weekend -- unofficially, of course. Heard you chatted with coach Kelvin Sampson and even grabbed a couple bites at Yogi's. Been thinking about trying on a pair of candy-striped pants?

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