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Sophomore Mariela Colindres speaks to Craig Jorgensen of Ave Maria School of Law Class of 2008 Monday afternoon in Alumni Hall. Jorgensen was here as part of the law fair, featuring law school representatives from across the country.

Law fair draws possible students

By Sean Morrison · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:26 p.m.

With a turnout of more than 600 students last year, this year’s Law Day event boasted similar numbers as students took time to learn about opportunities offered by 108 law schools across the nation.

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Students want more local food on campus

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:20 p.m.

I was thrilled to see two articles dealing with the growing attraction of sustainable food in Thursday’s paper.  It is good to know that options other than processed, faceless, chain-store chow are available to eaters in Bloomington. 

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Karma Comes Back to Simpson

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:19 p.m.

There was a reason why in the late ’90s, every time I had a glass of juice, “murder” was the first phrase in my mind. Orenthal James “O.J.” Simpson was the focus of one of the biggest trials in history. We all know the back-story, and the ridiculousness of the proceedings were lampooned on everything from Seinfeld to Saturday Night Live. As much comedy as Simpson gave us, the trial was a serious social issue that brought race relations and the judicial process into question.

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Pointless back and forth

By Danielle Fleischman · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:17 p.m.

Now that the first presidential debate and the only vice-presidential debate are over, it seems the undecided have their minds no more made up than before. While none of the candidates fumbled or made any major mistakes to hurt their campaigns, I’ve come away from both debates feeling as though I’ve learned nothing new about their respective policies or characters. In fact, both debates have seemed a tad disappointing when compared to the amount of hype the media has shoveled onto them.

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How much for that burger?

By Sanjay Mohanty · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:16 p.m.

In California on Tuesday last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill requiring restaurants with more than 20 locations to post nutrition information – calorie counts, to be exact – on menus by 2011. The issue here, of course, is access. This law targets national fast-food and fast-casual chains, most of which already provide nutritional information. However, such information is usually in brochures tucked discreetly in plastic holders behind the cash registers or on the Internet.

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Popular rule

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:14 p.m.

Andrew Jackson once said, “The people are sovereign; their will is absolute.”    Jackson, the original maverick, was born on the South Carolina frontier and once killed a man who insulted his wife. As president, he took on the National Bank and even attempted to abolish the Electoral College. He was just the sort of renegade who Washington outsider Sarah Palin claims to be. The only problem is that Palin is no Andrew Jackson.

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Lawmakers have been out-of-touch

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 9:12 p.m.

In an effort to win back control of the Indiana House of Representatives, Republicans promised they would seek caps on state spending, an increase in drilling in off-shore areas and in Alaska, as well as offering two years of free community college tuition. This agenda for the 2009 legislative section is, according to House Minority Leader Brian Bosma, focused more on issues most important to voters – taxes, jobs and education. Notably absent from the to-do list were constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage and initiatives to crack down on illegal immigrants. It’s about time. The Indiana General Assembly has a history of being fantastically out-of-touch with the needs of the people it represents. Just in the past year, this translated into mediocre legislative sessions marked by occasionally ridiculous and unconstitutional bills designed to pull in quick votes without  delivering any service to constituents.

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Rising gas prices to increase heating bills

By Emily Gibbons · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:30 p.m.

Bloomington residents might have to turn down the heat this winter. Gas and electric companies project that the price for natural gas heating will rise as much as 15 to 25 percent from last year, due to an increase in all fuel prices.

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Eli Lilly to buy ImClone for more than $6 billion

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:20 p.m.

The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its pipeline of cancer treatments.

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Lawmaker’s home bombed in Pakistan; 15 dead

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:19 p.m.

A suicide bomber attacked a lawmaker’s house in eastern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 50, officials and a witness said.

German cancer researcher Harald zur Hausen stands in his laboratory on Monday in Heidelberg, Germany. Zur Hausen and French researchers Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering the AIDS virus and the role of viruses in cervical cancer.

German, 2 French researchers share Nobel prize

Monday, Oct. 6,2008 8:17 p.m.

Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

Participants in the annual Hoosiers Outrun Cancer event approach the finish line of the 5k race Saturday morning at Memorial Stadium. Hundreds ran to support and commemorate the lives of those who have been affected by cancer.

Hoosiers turn out in swarms for charity run

By Sean Morrison · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 1:13 a.m.

In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, members of the IU Foundation partnered with various businesses across Bloomington to sponsor Hoosiers Outrun Cancer, an event aimed at bringing digital mammogram technology to Bloomington.

Members of the March Fourth Marching Band preform during the evening parade during Lotus festival on Satrday.

Artists bring the world to Bloomington

By Chelsea Merta · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 1:11 a.m.

Reindeer, gently falling snow and woolen sweaters are not the first things you think of when Bloomington comes to mind. But this year Scandinavia appeared and extended its wintery hand to downtown, sharing hundreds of years of musical and cultural tradition.The 15th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival began gently this year compared to other years, opening Thursday night in the Buskirk-Chumley Theater with the Northern Realms concert. In the past, world-renowned world-fusion Balkan Beat Box explosively inaugurated Lotus Fest to begin the three day-long revelry and cultural exchange.Thousands of world music enthusiasts, including students and Bloomington residents, congregated downtown to hear a mostly new artist list. With bands spanning from Spain to Syria, Mongolia to Mexico and Brown County, Bloomington’s arguably largest cultural event delivered the rest of the world to southern Indiana.SLIDESHOW: Lotus Fest

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IU professors predict bailout bill aftermath

By Sean Morrison · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 1:07 a.m.

As the credit crunch worsens and people continue to lose confidence in the stock market and the economy as a whole, a controversial saving grace appeared for the affected financial institutions Friday in the form of a 263-171 vote in the House of Representatives.Though IU professors know the $700 billion bailout plan passed by both the House and the Senate will involve intervention into private financial institutions such as banks and lenders, they are unsure of the impact it will have on the country.

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GLBT residents say city has few gay-only resources

By Jessica Hullinger · Monday, Oct. 6,2008 1:05 a.m.

When senior Ryne Shadday goes out to the bars, he goes to the same places most IU students do – Sports, Kilroy’s and Jake’s. But he wishes he were at Bullwinkle’s or Willy Joe’s, the gay bars that once inhabited the city of Bloomington and are now gone, leaving the city’s gay community with few nightlife options.PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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