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Diversity debate

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Stewart · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:15 a.m.

David Irving recently pleaded guilty to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in an Austrian prison. As the brownshirt historian serves time for expressing his opinions, it seems apt to note other entrenched forces fighting against First Amendment values. We are reminded of the great educator, Allan Bloom, who nearly 20 years ago published his seminal book, "The Closing of the American Mind." In it, Bloom criticized the narrow frame of debate abounding on America's campuses that excluded many opinions, whatever color shirt you happen to wear.

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Progress for backlash?

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Obermeyer · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:14 a.m.

A new study by W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock seems to suggest that women who agree with and enact traditional gender roles are happier than "progress-minded women."

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God vs. Patriotism

By Alyson Brodsy and Felipe Maya · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:13 a.m.

Holy turn offs: God hates shrimp. God hates figs. God hates fags. God hates Christians and God hates America. Whoa, chill out God.

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Indiana's 'equal' opportunity provider

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:13 a.m.

To call the wording of Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program "unfortunate" is probably little solace to "E.C.," a senior at a high school in Elkhart County in northern Indiana. Nevertheless, the program created and launched in 1990 by Sen. Evan Bayh, a Democrat who was governor at the time, is an amazing opportunity for some, but a tragic exercise in discrimination for others.

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Three arrested for Alabama arsons

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:10 a.m.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Three college students were arrested Wednesday for a string of nine rural Alabama church arsons last month that allegedly were set first as "a joke" and later as a diversion, federal agents said.

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Sachem Award

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:06 a.m.

Sachem Award -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels presents Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, with the 2006 Sachem Award, Tuesday, in Indianapolis. Daniels named Hesburgh, 88, as the recipient of the award, named for the Algonquin term applied to village leaders that implies wisdom, age and grace.

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Non-profit honors special employers

By Amanda Robert · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:04 a.m.

Workers sat in rows lining the large room, laughing and talking, but focused on their tasks. In many ways, the employees are just like any other factory workers, but in one common way they're unique -- each employ has either physical or mental disabilities.

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Bloomington preparing for possibility of avian flu spread

By Lauren Cooper · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:03 a.m.

On March 9, Monroe county and surrounding counties will take part in a "tabletop drill" to talk through what to do if a patient has been identified as having avian flu. Every community's hospital, department of health, police, fire and ambulance services will be represented.

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Continuing Studies wins fourth straight award

By Jamey Wray · Thursday, March 9,2006 12:01 a.m.

For the fourth year in a row, the Indiana Council for Continuing Education honored the IU School of Continuing Studies with the 2006 Program of the Year award. The award was given to the new certificate program, "Managing in the Life Sciences Industry."

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Geology class takes trip to California

By Ariel Ivas · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

Each year a small group of undergraduate students interested in geology go beyond the classroom and are introduced to the natural history of the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

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IU student group spends spring break in New Orleans

By Beka Mech · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

Senior Kate Ebert said this spring break will be unlike any other. Ebert will be spending spring break in an area where residents sometimes wear face masks and use portable toilets and showers. IU's Campus Crusade for Christ group has organized for more than 120 IU students to go on trips to Louisiana and Mississippi. According to the group's Web site, students' destinations -- New Orleans and Pass Christian, Miss. -- are places where, "once it gets dark, there is nothing to do." Post-hurricane New Orleans, however, is proving to be a common spring break destination for students this month.

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We'll always love B.I.G. Papa

By Alyson Brodsy and Cordell Eddings · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

Nine years ago today outside the Vibe Awards in Los Angeles, Christopher Wallace (aka the Notorious B.I.G) was gunned down, ending the promising and still budding career of yet another revered musician whose life ended before it really got a chance to get started. Still in his mid-20s, the chubby Brooklyn-born rapper had the rap industry in a chokehold, almost single-handedly reviving East Coast Rap and contributing to hip-hop's now international appeal. His life was like lightening flashing across the dark sky: maddeningly short, but lighting up the music industry around him before his exit.

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IDS CLASSIC ALBUMS:

By Alyson Brodsy and Maggie Bozich · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

In the eighth grade, I remember sitting in my room and hearing a beautiful alto voice crooning "Help me. I think I'm falling in love again," from my living room. I can still remember how those words struck a chord with me. I later stole that CD from my dad and Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark became my all-time favorite album. Her raw voice delivers the kind of song that makes you feel her pain as she sings every note. At the risk of sounding clichéd, not many female artist since Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King have been able to capture such emotion and wittiness in their songs.

IDS FILE PHOTO Matthew Klam reads a story from his writings at the Annual Writer's Conference Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the John Waldron Arts Center. Klam has been writing for 12 years and was invited by a former teacher at the conference.

All About Me:

By Alyson Brodsy and IDS WEEKEND reports · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

Anne Elaine Rebeck, a senior, is currently studying photography and is the photo editor for the Weekend magazine. "With photography, I didn't know there was anything that could evoke such emotion out of me, and I want to be able to create that for other people. "Photography is extremely important because you can document time. The right photography is priceless. It's worth more than any amount of words." When Rebeck isn't out shooting with a Canon digital camera, here's what this Indiana native gets into:

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Controversial classics on DVD

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Thursday, March 9,2006 12 a.m.

Three controversial classics of New Hollywood cinema, three films showing how powerful the media truly is. The boxset "Controversial Classics Vol. 2: The Power of Media" is a goldmine of a release -- offering amazing new two-disc editions of Alan J. Pakula's "All the President's Men" and two of Sidney Lumet's greatest works, "Network" and "Dog Day Afternoon." All three of them Oscar gems, with 24 nominations and nine wins between them.

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