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IUPUI faculty want larger role

By Michael Zennie · Monday, Feb. 19,2007 12 a.m.

The faculty of IU-Purdue University at Indianapolis has voted overwhelmingly to approve an open letter to the IU board of trustees requesting the next University president treat IUPUI as an equal to IU-Bloomington.

IRAQ CAR BOMB

Twin car bombs kill 56 in Baghdad

By Abdullah AlShihri and Brian Murphy · Monday, Feb. 19,2007 12 a.m.

Two car bombs exploded in an outdoor market in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 56 people and injuring scores in the deadliest attack since U.S. and Iraqi forces began a major security push around the capital last week.

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A cold draft

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:50 p.m.

A University of Minnesota professor has proposed a draft of all "adults ages 18 to 65, excluding parents of young children" and "a two-year mandatory public-service requirement for 18-year-olds in an organization such as the Peace Corps" (Minnesota Daily, Feb. 6).

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Rested water polo ready to rebound this weekend

By Tom Kir · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:40 p.m.

With a week off to recuperate and prepare for the Terrapin Invite this weekend at College Park, Md., the IU women's water polo team knows exactly what it wants to do this weekend. "Win some games, play some hard 'D' and hit our shots." junior goalie Jackie Pyrz said.

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IU hopes for successful follow-up to '06

By Joel Sanders and Joel Sansers · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:21 p.m.

The IU softball team begins its trek to what it hopes is a second-consecutive NCAA tournament bid when it kicks off the 2007 season at the Crowne Plaza Classic in Houston on Friday. The Hoosiers hope to build upon last year's historic campaign in which the Hoosiers earned their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 10 years. Head coach Stacey Phillips said she wants the hunger from last year to remain but was quick to warn that this is a brand new year.

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The Complete Moron's Guide to: Filmmaking

Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:15 p.m.

Several venues on and around campus have been offering film festivals recently. We at the arts desk thought you could use some enlightenment on the more interesting terminology used in filmmaking. Because there are so many words that have been adopted into the language of directors and their stars, this will be a two-part series. Check back next Friday for more fun definitions.

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Around the World

Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:14 p.m.

An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars.

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Fool us once ...

By Ayesha Awan · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:13 p.m.

The popular saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." Wise up -- don't be fooled again. U.S. intelligence has laid out so-called "evidence" that Iran is supplying weapons to Shiite insurgents in Iraq.

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Sorry to disappoint

By Ryan Corazza · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 10:50 a.m.

Well, I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer for all of you out there, but I'm going with another IU loss on Saturday against the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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New RPS social space still adjusting to campus

By Shannon McEnerney · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:11 a.m.

Huddled around a table, seven boys intensely watch the IU-Purdue basketball game, their eyes not wavering from the screen. Instead of watching the latest chapter in the heated rivalry of the residence halls, a crowd of about ten people turned out Thursday evening to watch the basketball game in the new Foster-Gresham social space, now officially dubbed, "Hoosier Den."

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Stone Belt prom needs dress, jewelry donations

By Elizabeth Dilts · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:09 a.m.

Standing in the day room around lunchtime, the talk is all the same. "Are you going to the dance?" "Do you have something to wear?" "Will Ronnie and Betsy win King and Queen?" Everyone knows what it's like to get excited for a dance, but for the clients at Stone Belt Arc, the upcoming Winter Wonderland Formal Dance is a chance to be like everyone else.

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Hoosiers not phased by schedule change

By Jordan Cohen · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:02 a.m.

Facing No. 61 DePaul without junior Thomas Richter and with senior David Bubenicek nursing an injured wrist was not going to be an easy task for the IU men's tennis team. If the No. 63 Hoosiers did not come ready to play, they very well could have seen an 'L.'

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Track hosts Hoosier Hills Invite

By Ryan Gregg · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12:01 a.m.

The IU track and field teams have been hurdling past meets all year long and are finally able to see the finish line. They have only one more hurdle before the Big Ten championships, the Hoosier Hills Invite, this weekend. The invite will be hosted by IU Friday afternoon in the Gladstein Fieldhouse, and will serve as a tune-up meet for the Hoosiers' top athletes.

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Wrestlers look to end season with wins

By Linnea Coulter · Friday, Feb. 16,2007 12 a.m.

The IU wrestling team usually ends practice with scrimmages in which coach Duane Goldman simply tells the squad to wrestle. These scrimmages are sometimes sluggish after hours of practice and lifting. There was no such sluggishness this week.

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