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Blood or oil

I'm coming to believe that while money may be the root of all evil in many fields, when it comes to foreign policy, oil is the root of most of today's evil. During a Feb. 19 speech at Marian College in Indianapolis, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., noted that getting Iran to abandon its nuclear programs would be very difficult because Iran has received support from such nations as Russia and China. While talking about the upcoming U.N.

Trash Title IX

Nearly a year ago, the U.S. Department of Education relaxed its stringent adherence to Title IX.

Must love dogs

With all honesty, I can finally say I found the perfect guy. He misses me when I'm gone, he'll sit through "Harry and Sally" without complaint, he doesn't mind morning breath and he understands what the word "No" means. Unfortunately he only weighs 20 pounds, drinks out of the toilet and eats socks. His name is Bubba, my 3-year-old Shih Tzu.

One day, but not today

In a bull-headed legal move that could have frightening implications for three Midwestern states, including Indiana, last week the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an important case concerning the free press rights of college journalists. It should have taken up the case and turned this unsettling issue around.

Citizens rally against toll road

INDIANAPOLIS -- Hundreds packed the Statehouse on Tuesday for a rally designed to build momentum for Gov. Mitch Daniels' "Major Moves" highway initiative. But as some cheered support, others shouted jeers that sometimes drowned out the governor and other speakers.

New Hindu temple draws Midwest followers

Since its opening Feb. 5, Indianapolis' new Hindu temple has provided Bloomington-area Hindus with a place to worship only an hour away. The Hindu Temple of Central Indiana, located on the city's eastside, is Indiana's only Hindu temple. Its continuing construction and expansion underscores the growth of the Hindu community in Indianapolis, which has reached nearly 3,000 families, according to the HTCI.

Hockey team drops tournament game

Going into last weekend's Great Midwestern Hockey League Tournament game against Miami University, (Ohio) held in Grand Rapids, Mich., the IU hockey team was 8-1-3 in its last 12 matches, had earned a berth for the national tournament and had beaten Miami twice already.

Ultimate Frisbee team takes third

Senior Jan Riccius is barely audible as he speaks about the Men's Ultimate Frisbee Club's participation in the Mardis Gras tournament this past weekend. As a result of his verbal celebration of the team's "intense" victories this Saturday and Sunday, his voice is little more than a raspy whisper.

IU lacrosse team victorious in 2 games

Fenton, Mo. -- IU lacrosse coach Todd Boward challenged his team to step up its intensity and consistency Saturday night.

Road woes need to end

If the Hoosiers hope to make it to the NCAA Tournament, they have to do one thing. At some point this season, they have to win a Big Ten road game. There is no better opportunity to accomplish that feat than tonight at Mackey Arena on Purdue's campus.

New hand-held device being developed for kidney dialysis patients

Kidney dialysis patients might no longer have to go through the hassle of monitoring their kidney health through the conventional treatment method for kidney failure — hemodialysis. A hand-held personal computing device for dialysis patients to monitor their health is in the early stages of development from collaborated research efforts between IU Informatics professors and IU-Purdue University Indianapolis medical researchers. Their research is designed to test whether the simple hand-held computing device can effectively give dialysis patients real-time feedback of their dietary intake.

No. 5 Fighting Irish too tough for IU

IU's women's tennis team jumped four spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings to No. 27 on Tuesday, but fell to No. 5 Notre Dame, 7-0.

Water flea genome sequence completed

Research into genetics-versus-environment and genomic studies has been revolutionized with the completion of the genome for Daphnia pulex, commonly known as the water flea. Scientists at IU and the Joint Genome Institute recently announced they have completed a "shotgun" sequence of the Daphnia genome. Daphnia is an important organism for genetic-versus-environment studies and serves as a model organism in evolutionary and ecological research projects.

Positive Hoosiers take on last-place Boilers

IU will continue its fight for a spot in the NCAA Tournament tonight in West Lafayette armed with a few weapons that have gone missing for a while now. The first of which, surprisingly, can't be seen between the baselines. IU coach Mike Davis calls it attitude.

Exploring ARTIFICIAL Intelligence

Years ago, when associate professor of psychology Olaf Sporns was in high school, he replicated the earth's ancient atmosphere by mixing gases, including methane, hydrogen and ammonia, and esind sparks through the gases to synthesize building modes of early life. "One day, I blew the top off the apparatus," Sporns said. "No big deal, really. But I was more careful after that."

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Helping find your inner-geek

Most people have at least a little geek in them. It might be the driving force behind an addiction to Dungeons and Dragons or the online World of Warcraft. For others, it's the subtle voice prodding them to understand the artistic merits of Radiohead or to watch "The Fellowship of the Ring" for the umpteenth time. This dork factor has carved out a healthy niche on the Internet -- one crammed full of movies and music catering to the geek in all of us.

IMP students showcase majors, art at exhibition tonight

Sophomore Abbey Stemler wanted to study mental health, but since there wasn't a program for that at IU, she developed her own major. Calling it Social Constructions of Mental Health and Illness, Stemler developed it through the Individualized Major Program. She selects classes from anthropology, sociology and psychology to gain perspectives from different disciplines. At the IMP's 2nd Annual Creative and Performing Arts Exhibition at 6:30 p.m. in the John Waldron Arts Center, Stemler and 19 other IMP students will display posters they have made that outline their majors. At 7 p.m., IMP students in dance, musical theater and fashion design will perform their talents in a show that is free to the public.

Wave of sectarian violence in Iraq leaves at least 56 dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A series of suicide attacks, car bombs and mortar barrages rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 56 people and wounding scores as fears of an Iraq civil war escalated. President Bush decried the violence and said Iraqis must choose between "chaos or unity." Iraqis have suffered through days of reprisal killings and attacks on Sunni mosques since bombers blew apart the gold dome of the revered Shiite Askariya shrine in Samarra on Wednesday. The Iraqi Cabinet said at least 379 people had been killed and 458 wounded in reprisal attacks since the mosque blast.

Mardi Gras returns to post-Katrina New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS -- The crowds were small and the costumes wickedly satirical as Mardi Gras built toward its boozy climax Tuesday in the hurricane-buckled city. The culmination of the eight-day pre-Lenten bash fell nearly six months to the day after the Aug. 29 storm that smashed thousands of homes and killed more than 1,300 people, the vast majority of them in New Orleans.