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For information, feed yourself

By DJ Funkhouser · Tuesday, Sept. 16,2008 10:09 p.m.

This August, I felt people probably had their presidential picks in mind, so I began informally asking people who they were voting for and why. I got a milieu of responses: “I’m voting for Obama because he could be the first black president,” “I think McCain is honest” and “I want change.” I was shocked. All these reasons seemed shallow. In fact, I felt sick. Their vote counts? So I asked one of them, “Well OK, what about health care? Why do you like Obama’s plan?” This lady’s response was, “He’ll modernize it.”

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Open the doors to ROTC

Tuesday, Sept. 16,2008 10:08 p.m.

There are very few issues with which Republicans and Democrats can agree. But even Barack Obama and John McCain both agree that ROTC programs should be allowed on all university campuses. Regardless of your stance on military policy, one should acknowledge that these programs not only help college students pay for their education, but also create opportunities for them to grow into future leaders and potential problem solvers.

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The Lib Test

By Chase Cooper · Tuesday, Sept. 16,2008 10:06 p.m.

Like most of you, I’ve had a great time starting another school year. I love being a student, and I especially love being here at IU. But unfortunately, entering college is a time when millions of students across the country identify themselves as liberals for the first time. Many of them languish for years in this sad state of mind until they get jobs and start paying taxes – some even remain liberals all their lives.

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AT&T to add cell tower to campus

Tuesday, Sept. 16,2008 7:05 p.m.

AT&T will add a cell phone tower to the IU campus to combat poor wireless coverage, said IU spokesman Larry MacIntyre.

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NCAA extends deadline for response to ‘failure to monitor’

Tuesday, Sept. 16,2008 4:36 p.m.

The IU Department of Athletics today received a letter from the NCAA extending the deadline for the University’s response to the “failure to monitor” allegation leveled against the department. According to the letter, the original Sept. 17 deadline has been moved to Sept. 26.Visit the Basketblog for more information.

Colin Hammermeister, a Munster, Ind. high school football player, helps patch up areas along the Little Calumet on Sunday after the Little Calumet river spilled its banks flooding Munster and Hammond, Ind.

7 killed by flooding, wind damage in Indiana

Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:54 p.m.

MUNSTER, Ind. – Heavy rains and strong winds that swept across the Midwest during the weekend caused seven deaths in Indiana and flooded hundreds of homes in the state’s northwestern corner.

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Trojan to bring condoms, education to IU

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:53 p.m.

Ribbed. Magnum. Lubricated. Flavored. Her pleasure. Condoms, anyone? Trojan will come to IU from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dunn Meadow on Wednesday as part of its “Evolve” tour. The company is working to educate students about sexual health and will provide games and activities – an area where it believes IU could improve.

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Library reaches 100,000 deliveries

By Nick Cusack · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:52 p.m.

After six years and nearly 100,000 deliveries, IU’s Ruth Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility, or ALF, has never lost a book, damaged a book or delivered one late. The library currently holds about 1.8 million books, and 1,500 arrive daily. The library stores them by size, not subject, so the four full-time staff members and seven part-time student workers shelve and retrieve the books using a series of barcodes.

IU alum Mike Roque drills a sheet of OSB (oriented strand board) in order to patch up a roof at the Urban Life Missions camp on Saturday in Biloxi, Miss.

CALLED to the COAST

By Amy Burke · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:50 p.m.

On Thursday, eight members of Y’ALL went down to Biloxi, Miss., to help with hurricane relief efforts. Y’ALL was formed in 2005 when 200 students went to Mississippi to help the relief effort after Hurricane Katrina destroyed or damaged much of the Gulf Coast region. For the students who went to Mississippi with Y’ALL this past weekend, their main job was to get the work camp Urban Life Missions back into shape.

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City poverty rate climbs 6.9 percent

By Nicky Purser · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:46 p.m.

Of the 65,929 people living in Bloomington, 41.6 percent of them live in poverty, up from 34.7 percent in 2006, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released in August.

Firefighers block 15th Street near the intersection with Woodburn Avenue after a fallen tree limb brought down several utility lines on Sunday. The remnants of Hurricane Ike pushed north into the midwest over the weekend, bringing high winds and flooding.

Electricity for some out until Saturday

By Deanna Krinn · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:45 p.m.

Some Monroe County residents who lost power when the remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through the area this weekend could be without electricity until Saturday. Duke Energy officials blamed the delay on the number of customers effected.

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Opening up education

Monday, Sept. 15,2008 11:03 p.m.

Last week, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued an advisory opinion saying the state’s colleges and universities aren’t required to verify whether or not the students they admit are in the country legally. Undoubtedly, two questions about this decision have arisen in your mind, and in answer to the first, yes, there are colleges in Arkansas, and some of them are actually very good. Now quit being an elitist Midwesterner and read the rest of the editorial.

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Give me the fish

By Justin P. Hill · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 10:45 p.m.

Liberalism threatens “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” I am constantly amazed at the willingness of individuals to yield so much power to the hands of so few people. Liberalism asks us to put our trust in the government, big government, and those who represent it. Liberals fail to recognize, however, that one of the main reasons America exists today was to escape the political rule of despotic kings and monarchies whose centralized power – big government – controlled everyone.

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With a campus this nice, why drive?

By Abby Schwimmer · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 10:43 p.m.

Everyone knows there are a lot of dumb ways to break the law. There are also a lot of dumb ways to blow money, along with lots of ways to hurt others and the environment. But what if I told you there was a way to do all of the above at once?

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Wearing the pant(suit)s

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Sept. 15,2008 10:41 p.m.

The other week, in preparation for an important interview, my mom offered to buy me a formal outfit. Being the starving college student that I am, I was not going to turn down free clothes, so I agreed to go. Accustomed to campus casual, I was in no way prepared for what lay in store for me: the pantsuit. After two hours of trying on pinstripes and neutral colors, I came away with a not-so-ugly jacket-skirt combo and a newfound understanding of Hillary Clinton.

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UN watchdog says Iran blocking arms probe

Monday, Sept. 15,2008 10:28 p.m.

Iran has steadfastly blocked a U.N. investigation into allegations it tried to make nuclear arms and the probe is now deadlocked, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.

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