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Residents march for green jobs

By Jessica Anderson · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 10:39 p.m.

With the recent economic downturn and steady decline of blue-collar jobs, the environmental movement is promoting the expansion of green jobs.

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Medevac helicopter crash kills 4 in Md.

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 9:16 p.m.

A medevac helicopter taking accident victims to a trauma center crashed in suburban Washington early Sunday, killing four of the five people aboard, authorities said.

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Up to 7 stabbed in NYC nightclub fight

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 9:16 p.m.

Police say as many as seven men were stabbed during a quarrel at a nightclub in New York City. Two are in critical condition.

Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang, left waves near Liu Boming, center as Jing Haipeng is assisted out of the Shenzhou re-entry capsule after they landed on Sunday on the plains of China's northwestern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Zhai conducted the country's first-ever spacewalk during the mission.

China’s 1st spacewalk team returns to Earth

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 9:14 p.m.

Three Chinese astronauts emerged from their capsule Sunday after a milestone mission to carry out the country’s first spacewalk, showing off China’s technological know-how and cementing its status as a space power and future competitor to the United States.

Dean McKaig holds on to the last moment after his boat capsized in the Cardboard Regatta on Friday at the Outdoor Pool. The 8th annual regatta featured the dean's challenge race featuring Deans Dick McKaig, Bob Goodman and Stephen Watt.

28 teams battle for win at Cardboard Boat Regatta

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:46 p.m.

Competitors used both brains and brawn Friday as they raced – or, in several cases, swam – across the IU Outdoor Pool in vessels constructed of cardboard and duct tape for the eighth annual Cardboard Boat Regatta.

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IU students celebrate Moon Festival on Saturday

By Elvia Malagon · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:46 p.m.

Sophomore Ren Han did not celebrate this year’s Moon Festival like he typically does, but he isn’t complaining. “Usually it’s not a party, but because our family is not here, the Chinese society is one big family,” Han said. Han was one of the more than 500 attendees who spread across Dunn Meadow on Saturday afternoon celebrating the annual Moon Festival.

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Debate a tie. Obama, McCain repeat rhetoric

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:45 p.m.

Barack Obama and John McCain managed to spend a great deal of time talking about a bailout without really saying anything about it.Both candidates assured us there was no social program or tax-cut that couldn’t be paid for simply by cutting wasteful spending or closing corporate tax loopholes; and, in a move that surely ruined drinking games across the country, McCain hardly ever said “my friends.”Disappointing.That sums up the first debate. Nearly the first 40 minutes involved the bailout and the financial crisis. Instead of really talking about the bailout plan, both candidates just reverted back to their standard economic talking points.   McCain talked about reducing earmark expenditures and lowering taxes, repeating a long-rebuked claim that Obama had voted to raise taxes on people making $42,000 a year. Obama, for his part, was unwilling to acknowledge that the $700 billion bailout could spell certain doom for several of his projects.

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Stay classy, IU

By Christian Hines · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:39 p.m.

Anyone who has attended an IU football game recently knows that school cheers have undergone a peculiar transformation. The staccato catchiness of “Go! Big! Red!” has been supplanted by the equally catchy, albeit edgier, “Hey, you suck!” A few measures later, the band’s final three notes give the student section just enough time for a hurried refrain of rhyming profanity before “Go Big Red!”

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Not a ‘lost’ cause

By Abby Schwimmer · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:38 p.m.

Some people are born with an innate sense of direction. They can navigate the one-way streets of Bloomington flawlessly, it doesn’t bother them that Tapp Road has four names and they get offended whenever you have the audacity to remind them where to turn.

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Social etiquette for expression

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:36 p.m.

People go to extremes in an effort to stand out, to express themselves creatively and, ultimately, to leave their mark on the world – and their bodies. Last week, The New York Times featured an article about tattoos and facial jewelry and how they are becoming less of a taboo in the workplace. Apparently, employers are growing more lax, and the timing is impeccable because the latest trend has people putting tattoos on body parts only a burqa could hide.

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Poor journalism

Sunday, Sept. 28,2008 8:35 p.m.

Perhaps I misunderstand the purpose of the IDS and the aspirations of the Opinion section. I believed the IDS was to provide an environment for aspiring journalists to practice the trade while providing facts and news to the community. I thought the point of the Opinion section was to provide informational analysis of current events. I must have been mistaken. The full page ‘Palin vs. The Press’ (Sept. 17) not only fell short of those expectations – it was nothing short of a disgrace.

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