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Africa more than source of danger

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:34 p.m.

In a column titled "Africa matters" (June 26th), Mark Weinberg argues that Americans need to know more about Africa. I wholeheartedly agree! Weinberg chooses to enumerate threats that the continent poses to the United States, as a "breeding ground for terrorists," for example, or as a source of immigrants "already storming the borders of Europe" and "carrying a variety of deadly diseases." The article engages in negative stereotyping, which has a long history in U.S. media.

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'Sexual preference' not preferred wording

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:33 p.m.

I am thankful to David A. Nosko for the thorough reporting of the recent event that focused on communities of faith and how they might better welcome and include GLBT people in their midst ("Community debates church's role in gay life, marriage," IDS June 26, 2006). At the same time, I was disappointed at some of the language choices Mr. Nosko used to report the story. On Page 1, he explains how participants learned to welcome GLBT Hoosiers "regardless of their God-given gender or sexual preferences" (my emphasis), and, on Page 9, we hear how a speaker told participants that GLBT Christians "are often afraid to admit their sexual orientation and sexual preferences to other(s)" (my emphasis). First, when GLBT people come out, we acknowledge our sexual orientation.

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States can keep newspapers from certain inmates

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:29 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Pennsylvania officials did not violate the free-speech rights of troublesome inmates by keeping secular newspapers and magazines away from them. Justices, by a 6-3 vote, said the state could use newspapers as incentives to get inmates in a high-security unit to behave themselves.

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Storms sweep Northeast, thousands evacuated, 10 thought dead

By Alyson Brodsy and Roger Petterson · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:28 p.m.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The storm that drenched the nation's capital swept into the Northeast on Wednesday, forcing thousands of people from their homes, including more than 2,200 who fled from a rising Maryland lake. A section of interstate highway was washed out in New York state and least 10 deaths were blamed on the stormy weather. Three people were missing. After days of heavy rain and floods, the sun was shining in Washington, D.C. as the storm moved into New York and New England, but rivers were still rising in Virginia. Highways across the region were blocked by flooding and washouts.

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Israelis pressure Palestinians in effort to win soldier back

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:26 p.m.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Israel turned up the pressure on Palestinian militants to release a captive soldier Wednesday, sending its warplanes to bomb a Hamas training camp after knocking out electricity and water supplies for most of the 1.3 million residents of the Gaza Strip. The Hamas-led Palestinian government called for a prisoner swap with Israel, saying the Gaza offensive would not secure the soldier's release. Hamas-affiliated militants holding the hostage previously made that demand, but this was the first time the government did.

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Several versions of phishing e-mail sent

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:23 p.m.

During the last week hundreds of thousands of fraudulent phishing e-mails have been sent out targeting IU Credit Union members, said the credit union's Vice President of Management Information Systems Mark Weigle. Several versions of the e-mail have been sent out -- even to non-credit union members -- that attempts to lead the user to click on a link that sends them to a fake Web site. While the site appears to look legitimate, it is actually a "fake" site set up by someone attempting to steal personal information.

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Trustee election to be decided Friday

By IDS staff and Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:22 p.m.

The board of trustees' open seat will be filled shortly from one of seven candidates vying for incumbent trustee Cora Breckenridge's seat. The voting is in the hands of the 481,000 IU alumni who received their ballots in May. Votes tallied on Friday afternoon will provide quick turn around, with the new trustee term beginning the next day. Determining the winner will be difficult before votes are counted because there are no exit polls and only a small portion of ballots are typically returned. Last year less than 32,000 valid votes were cast.

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Forced fondling incident reported

By Trevor brown · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:20 p.m.

The IU Police Department is investigating a claim that a 37-year-old woman was fondled inappropriately by an unknown man Monday afternoon near Bryan Woods, Lt. Jerry Minger said, reading from the police report. According to the report, the victim said the man came up from behind her in the south, when he touched her inappropriately and kept on running. The victim then screamed and the man turned around before walking slowly away, the report read.

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Nine African languages taught in intensive sessions

By Julie Mahomed · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:18 p.m.

Students from around the country are spending the second half of their summer learning an African language at IU. Nine African languages -- Bambara (Bamana), Igbo, Kiswahili (Swahili), Somali, Twi (Akan), Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba and Zulu (Isizulu) -- are being taught during the national Summer Cooperative African Language Institute, currently being held at IU through Aug. 4.

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Former Delta Zeta house to be demolished

By Sarah Walden · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:17 p.m.

This summer, yet another old Greek house will be removed from campus. The former Delta Zeta sorority house, standing at 809 E. Seventh St., is set to be demolished before the fall semester begins. Unlike the situation surrounding the razing of the former Kappa Sigma house on Third Street, Bloomington's Historic Preservation Commission is pleased with the future for the former DZ site. During the next year, construction will begin on a new $3 million building for the Hutton Honors College.

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No love for the Bundys

By C. Warner Sills and Matt McMullan · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:13 p.m.

"Married… with Children," arguably the flagship show of the Fox network until its cancellation in 1997, has just released its fifth season on DVD. And that, friends, is a lot of television to sit through.

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Original version of horror classic

By C. Warner Sills and Ash Cartwright · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:13 p.m.

Horror movies featuring creepy children are not exactly uncommon, we have "The Bad Seed," "Children of The Damned," "The Exorcist," "Children of the Corn" and Dakota Fanning Playing "Hide and Seek" with Robert DeNiro, to name a few.

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The great white Russian hope

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:11 p.m.

Terms like "folk," "anti-folk" and "singer-songwriter" often send people running to their bomb shelters because they're usually code words for self indulgent, un-listenable music that only five other people besides the artist truly "get."

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Black sings the blues

By C. Warner Sills and Ty Schrock · Wednesday, June 28,2006 9:11 p.m.

With each successive album that Frank Black puts out, his music sounds less and less like the band that made him famous, and that's actually a good thing.

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Balkan Beat Box

By C. Warner Sills and Meghan Lucas · Wednesday, June 28,2006 8:46 p.m.

In a world where cultures clash and politicians plunder, one band has made a message through their music of unity and harmony.

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Home in B-town

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, June 28,2006 8:34 p.m.

I wasn't always a fan of Bloomington. I moved here almost three years ago, but it's taken nearly as long for me to feel at ease. It wasn't that I liked my hometown better -- I'm from Carmel, Indiana -- but I guess there's always a breaking-in period, wherever you live, that makes you feel like a foreigner. It wasn't a political thing. Yes, politics is a big deal to people here -- and sometimes you find yourself in the company of people with opinions that would make El Ché say, "whoa, dude, take it easy." Other times, you find yourself the one person in the room who has an opinion about something besides beer and sluts.

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