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General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies before the Senate Armed Services committee on Bush's $624.6 billion request in defense spending on Feb. 6, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Controversy sparked over Pace’s remarks

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

IU’s appointment of Gen. Peter Pace, who has openly spoken against homosexuality, to Poling Chair has sparked controversy within the University community and action within University bureaucracy.

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Hoosier Daddy will give drag kings an outlet

By Zach Sempsey · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:47 p.m.

The Wilkie Auditorium will likely be empty when Christina Sell walks in four hours before curtain today, but she doesn’t mind. She said she takes the extra space and time to “go from being a somewhat shy woman to an overly confident ‘dude.’” The boisterous individual to whom Sell refers is Duke McAllister, her onstage alter ego. McAllister is the reigning king of the Hoosier Daddy drag king pageant, which will be held at 7 p.m. today in the Wilkie Auditorium.

Students play basketball in the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center in this file photo from 2007.

Wildermuth name change to be tabled after questioning

By Nick Cusack · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:45 p.m.

The recommendation to rename the Ora L. Wildermuth Intramural Center is being tabled for now after one trustee objected to the compromise on Tuesday. Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer Terry Clapacs presented a proposal to the IU Trustees Facilities Committee to rename the intramural center the William L. Garrett/Ora L. Wildermuth Fieldhouse. After some deliberation, board of trustees Vice President Patrick Shoulders suggested the Student Recreational Sports Center be named for Garrett, while keeping Wildermuth’s name on the intramural center.

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The American novel vs. Cuban

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:26 p.m.

Partly because of my political leanings and partly because of my penchant for watching prominent figures fall from grace in the public sphere, I cannot stop myself from reading every update regarding IU alumnus Mark Cuban’s battle with insider trading charges.

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‘I Am You’ takes the stage at BPP

By Tyler James Perry and Caitlin Johnston · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:25 p.m.

Even though Stone Belt client Shirley Freeman cannot speak, she doesn’t feel held back. “Often people treat me as though I have a mental disability because I am non-verbal, and they automatically believe I have a low IQ,” said Freeman, one of the playwrights of the play “I Am You,” using gestures and expressions interpreted by IU senior Michelle Davenport. “This does not limit me, and I believe this is a disability of our society. I have the intelligence to accomplish whatever tasks I set my mind to.”

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Texas-size rock comes to Bluebird

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:23 p.m.

The enthusiastic crowd got what it came to see Tuesday night: Texas-size country-rock with James McMurtry and his three-piece band. He is touring in support of his new record “Just Us Kids.”

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Giving thanks to the entertainment industry

By Claire Burke · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 11:20 p.m.

Roasting turkeys, mashing potatoes, passing out by 3 p.m. Yep, it’s Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday. Any day that I don’t have to do anything but roll out of bed by noon-ish, pack as much food into my stomach as possible and spend the rest of the day in a food coma is fine with me.

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Don't be Rude

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:57 p.m.

I feel juvenile for deciding that a letter needed to be written concerning the manners of Indiana University students, but I’ve come to realize that it will be necessary to calm my aggravated mind.

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Be afraid, be very afraid

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:53 p.m.

It’s happened again. Homosexuality is threatening our communities. It’s being taught in schools. Lesbians and gay men are raising kids. Gays want to marry. And we’re afraid because this is America. And in America, we do what’s best for our children.

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Marriage is not a country club

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:50 p.m.

Earlier this month, we witnessed a historic election. Not only did we elect the first black president of the United States, but several states made important decisions related to their domestic agenda. One in particular is California’s Proposition 8, which defines marriage as being only between a man and a woman.

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TV makes me happy, not sad

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:48 p.m.

People who watch lots of hours of TV are lazy slugs. People who watch too much TV don’t educate themselves enough and fail to relate with other people.

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Bridge Over the Wadi

By Jack Killen · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:44 p.m.

On a morning like any other, Jewish children in the valley of Wadi Ara in Israel wake up, prepare for the day and travel to school. Unlike many of their peers, however, these students travel into a Muslim town. On the outskirts of Kfar Kara, atop a small hill, sits their elementary school, Bridge Over the Wadi. There they share the classroom with Muslim students.

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Sexual harassment training necessary

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:42 p.m.

It’s a fact of life that supervisors sometimes make their employees perform menial, pointless tasks. Whether it’s brewing another pot of coffee or putting cover sheets on reports, employees always like to say that these things waste their time. At the University of California at Irvine, a biology professor has stretched this excuse too far. Alexander McPherson, one of the leading scientists in protein research, stands to lose his tenure if he does not agree to attend sexual harassment prevention training, which is mandated by law for all public and private businesses with 50 or more employees. McPherson believes that the training session is a waste of his time and that it casts suspicion on his character. We think McPherson’s logic is backward. By not attending the sessions, he only makes himself appear to be more of a creeper, and by taking such a public stance against something so simple and straightforward, he is wasting everyone’s time.

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Bankrolling hate

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:41 p.m.

Last week, on a rather cold and bleary Saturday, around 250 IU students and community members gathered at the downtown square to protest the passage of Proposition 8, a California initiative that redefines marriage as between a woman and man. I was one of them.

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Lessons from Iraq

By DJ Funkhouser · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:38 p.m.

President-elect Barack Obama said throughout his campaign that he plans to withdraw our troops from Iraq and re-deploy some of them to the failing state of Afghanistan. Iraq will be left to handle itself.

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The balance of power

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:36 p.m.

BEIJING – Every time I go to the convenience store on campus, I pass a treasure trove of bootleg DVDs. They sit in stacks on a cart, in irregular packaging with poorly translated titles, but the price you can’t beat – about $1.10 per disc.

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Man arrested for threatening to cut man

By Larry Buchanan · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 9:11 p.m.

A Bloomington man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to “cut up” another man, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from a police report. Dale Harry Jackson, 56, faces a preliminary charge of intimidation.

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