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Writers’ Conference draws big crowd

By Emily Gibbons · Wednesday, June 13,2007 9:16 p.m.

A class of unconventional students gathered at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Dogwood Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Coffee in hand, the members of Adam Langer’s “Writing Like My Dog” class were unlike a majority of students on the IU campus. These classmates were not attending class for credit. Instead, they were attending the 67th annual Indiana University Writers’ Conference.

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Survey: Lawyer ads weigh negatively on some patients

By Alexandra R. Moses and Tom Murphy · Wednesday, June 13,2007 9:12 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Eli Lilly and Co., which has faced thousands of lawsuits over its anti-psychotic Zyprexa, is taking the fight for its top seller to attorneys, whose ads, the company says, have prompted some patients to discontinue mental illness medications when they shouldn’t.

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WIUX makes move to new frequency

By Kaitlin Shawgo and Kailtin Shawgo · Wednesday, June 13,2007 9 p.m.

WIUX fans need not fear any longer – the radio station will stay on the FM dial. The station jumped from 100.3 FM to 99.1 FM on June 4, after WYGB, a Columbus, Ind., country station, moved to 100.3 FM, ending months of negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission.

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News blues

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, June 13,2007 8:47 p.m.

One of the tough realities about the news media is that while journalistic ideals dictate that you try to inform the public about important things – things they need to know about – what pays the bills is reporting things they want to know about. Although the latter might be interesting, it’s generally unimportant.

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Phil’s Phorgotten Phailure

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, June 13,2007 8:21 p.m.

Dear Mr. Phillip Mickelson, Remember June 18, 2006? Of course you remember. How could you forget? You will never forget that Sunday. It was late afternoon and you were walking off the 17th green. You had a one-shot lead with one hole to play. You were four measly strokes away from winning the U.S. Open Championship, a title you had dreamed of winning since childhood.

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Career minded

By Jennifer Miller · Wednesday, June 13,2007 7:23 p.m.

Half the people I know are MIA for the summer, having fallen victim to the internship gods who demand loud and clear that it doesn’t matter what you’re doing in that power suit as long as it’s something. As near as I can tell, all one truly needs is a jaded internship coordinator who’ll verify your having worked with company-X for X-number of weeks and you’ll be right in line with the rest of college career hopefuls.

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41st annual bluegrass festival in Bean Blossom begins

By Kelly Cochran · Wednesday, June 13,2007 7:22 p.m.

The twang of a banjo, the pluck of the guitar and the experience of a lifetime is music to the ears of Bill Monroe Bean Blossom Bluegrass Festival attendees. Campsites extend for miles, vendors are plentiful and music is always playing, while people from all over the country reconnect and reminisce during the annual meeting.

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Conspiracy theory: I-69

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, June 13,2007 7:20 p.m.

If there is a weird theory out there – whether it concerns the assassination of JFK, the virginity of Jesus’ mom, or the whereabouts of some undiscovered Nazi gold – you can bet my dad believes it. He is a conspiracy theorist. There are two ways to look at life: either things happen for a reason or they don’t. People of a postmodern persuasion, such as myself on normal occasions, tend to believe the latter.

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Vergin’ on Trouble?

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, June 13,2007 7:19 p.m.

In the movie “Saved!” starring super-talent Mandy Moore, a pregnancy-troubled teenage girl named Mary, the film’s protagonist, makes a remark about the biblical Mary’s virgin birth that I’ve always thought solid:

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Vanquish identity theft

Wednesday, June 13,2007 7:18 p.m.

How much would you say you download in a single week? Not just music. Count all the pictures, movies and assorted documents you find while stumbling around The Internet. Don’t forget the links your friends send you in instant messages, which more often than not direct you to some hacker’s Web site in Russia instead of a buddy’s MySpace page. There’s no telling how much you download; you probably don’t notice most of it.

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The world’s other great college weekend

By Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, June 13,2007 6:05 p.m.

What would college sports be like without scholarships, alumni, multimillion-dollar facilities or coaches who rake in more per year than state governors? What if college sports were exclusively for the students? Would the competition be as fierce? Would the students cheer as hard? Would the outcome even matter?

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