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Senate GOP rejects call for Iraq war pullout plan

By Alyson Brodsy and Liz Sidoti · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:52 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The GOP-controlled Senate rejected a Democratic call Tuesday for a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq but urged President Bush to outline his plan for "the successful completion of the mission" in a bill reflecting a growing bipartisan unease with his Iraq policies.

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Super senior times ... nine?

By Megan Robb · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:51 p.m.

The New York Times last week ran a front-page article on Johnny Lechner -- an undergraduate in his 12th year at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater who doesn't plan to graduate any time soon. Although he has earned enough credits to graduate with four majors, Lechner has never applied for graduation. Not only that, but companies like National Lampoon are supporting the super senior by paying his tuition, hoping to capitalize on his image as a figurehead of the party-hard philosophy.

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173 detainees found tortured in Bagdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:50 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister said Tuesday that 173 Iraqi detainees -- malnourished and showing signs of torture -- were found at an Interior Ministry basement lockup seized by U.S. forces in Baghdad. The discovery appeared to validate Sunni complaints of abuse by the Shiite-controlled ministry.

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Alito plays down abortion statements

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:49 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Samuel Alito who argued against abortion rights in 1985 was "an advocate seeking a job" with the conservative Reagan administration, the Alito who is now a Supreme Court nominee told Democrats Tuesday.

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Yay for Turkey Day

By Matt Peyton · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:49 p.m.

You know what's so great about Thanksgiving? Everything. Think about it, a holiday (+50 points) where you get together with family and friends (+/- 5 points, depending on the circumstances), eat a ton of food (+20 points) and feel all sentimental about what you're thankful for (+20 points). You don't have to agree with my point system, but anyway you slice it, Thanksgiving leaves you wanting seconds.

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Privatizing our public university

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 6:47 p.m.

IU's state funding has decreased over the years, forcing the University to rely more and more on private sources of funding. Only 21.2 percent of revenue for this year came from state or public funding, compared to 47 percent in 1975. Interim IU-Bloomington Chancellor Ken Gros Louis said a higher proportion of IU's revenue is coming from tuition, private funding and research grants. While this trend is not ideal, moving toward increased private funding seems inevitable for higher education.

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Student faces 2 counts of battery

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 5:56 p.m.

IU student Jeffery Catron was arrested early Tuesday morning after the IU Police Department responded to a call of an assault in Briscoe Quad.

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Herbert: Open to the public?

By Adam Aasen and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 5:55 p.m.

The administration of IU is in the midst of a tumultuous time. IU faculty members voted Monday night to have the IU board of trustees consider reviewing the presidency of IU leader Adam Herbert.

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Gros Louis to evaluate School of Informatics

By Allie Townsend · Wednesday, Nov. 16,2005 5:54 p.m.

IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis and committee will soon evaluate the School of Informatics and its effects on the IU-Bloomington campus, as ordered by President Adam Herbert as part of the effort to maintain the momentum of the position of IUB chancellor.

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International Week shows IU's diversity

By Liz Rice · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:48 a.m.

A worldwide celebration dedicated to the appreciation of international education and exchange takes center stage at IU this week. International Education Week, sponsored by the U.S. departments of Education and State, aims to cultivate understanding of education across borders.

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Concert to help ill student with bills

By Kristin Huett · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:48 a.m.

Ashley Lee has not been outside for nearly seven weeks. She has missed the coming of autumn, and she has nearly missed her first semester at college. Lee, an IU freshman who was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis in late September, is now turning to her community for help in paying medical expenses.

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Faculty to consider splitting positions

By Peter Stevenson · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:48 a.m.

IU-Bloomington faculty members will raise questions about the structure of IU's leadership, particularly the role of the IUB chancellor, at a mass faculty meeting today. One of five resolutions to be discussed argues that a Bloomington chancellor, who is also the University-wide senior vice president for academic affairs, might not be able to focus exclusively on Bloomington's best interests. Though the resolution does not explicitly ask for a separation of the two jobs, it suggests to the IU board of trustees that faculty are concerned.

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All grown up

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:48 a.m.

Hanson, a band of brothers that reached the height of fame before they could drive, have reinvented their image, with legions of loyal fans who have backed them since the beginning. The band documented its recent experiences in the music business and discussed them with fans Monday at Alumni Hall. For coverage of the day's events, see page 10. Check Wednesday's IDS for coverage of the concert which ended late Monday night.

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Vaccination teams in Pakistan warn of shortage of funds

By Alyson Brodsy and Sadaqat Jan · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:32 a.m.

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan -- A tear rolled down the cheek of 5-year-old Syed Junaid Shah Monday as doctors from UNICEF and the Pakistani Health Ministry vaccinated him against tetanus and measles. The boy is one of the 1.2 million children in Pakistan's quake zone that doctors hope to immunize in the next two to three weeks, but organizers say they have only received about half the $8 million needed for the program. Without the money, "we will not be able to complete the whole activity, which means large numbers of vulnerable children will remain unprotected," UNICEF project manager Edward Hoekstra told The Associated Press.

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Alito boasts anti-abortion work in White House

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito boasted about his work arguing that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" while trying to become a deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration, according to documents released Monday. Alito, a federal appellate judge nominated by President Bush to the nation's highest court, was a young lawyer working for the solicitor general's office in 1985 when he applied for the position under Attorney General Edwin Meese.

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Kansas school board approves science standards casting doubt on evolution

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 15,2005 12:15 a.m.

TOPEKA, Kan. -- Risking the kind of nationwide ridicule it faced six years ago, the Kansas Board of Education approved new public-school science standards Nov. 8 that cast doubt on the theory of evolution. The 6-4 vote was a victory for "intelligent design" advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power.

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