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Students protest advertisement

Fifteen minutes before noon Thursday, about 20 concerned individuals gathered at the Sample Gates to protest the April 13 publication of a controversial advertisement in the IDS. As the minutes passed, the group expanded.

Highway study released

There's a need to build a major $1 billion-plus highway between Evansville and Indianapolis, according to a state study released last week. While the Indiana Department of Transportation has not ruled out other routes, the study is calling for a more direct connection, predicting an economic boom for southwest Indiana.

Governor gives up tax fight

Gov. Frank O'Bannon has dropped his plan to raise cigarette taxes to help the state out of its $923 million revenue shortfall. Angela Belden, O\'Bannon\'s press secretary, said the governor found little support for the plan in his weekly breakfast with top legislators Wednesday.

Teter team deserves more credit

Being an out-of-town alumnus, I look forward to reading the IDS after Little 500 each year. It extends the good memories a bit longer and helps keep me in contact with such a great event. This year was no different, and after attending the race I was excited when I saw the article about the Teter cycling team. I was interested in where they came from and how they got to the podium.

Concertgoers assume risk

Although I agree that a $24 ticket for a Nelly concert was "not worth the money," I would have also taken that opinion had the ticket been $4; I indeed appreciate the value of opinions.

Safety Escort not a cab service

This letter is in response to the April 17 letter "Safety Escort System must provide rides at all times." The letter indicated that six girls had called Safety Escort and were denied by the dispatcher on duty.

Haston, give it one more shot

I wholeheartedly agree with Ron Gubitz's letter to Kirk Haston that was printed in last Friday's IDS ("Please Kirk, don't go" April 20). I have had so much fun watching him play in the last few years. Without a doubt, he is my favorite IU basketball player of all time.

People with disabilities at a disadvantage

It is no secret that we have a large, hilly campus.

'Preacher Dan' needs to mature

Mr. Moy's ignorant high school friend used an approach that obviously did more harm than good for the cause of Christ; let's hope this "Preacher Dan" has since matured. Moy accused this friend of being closed-minded when he'd asserted those who didn't accept Christ as their Savior weren't going to heaven.

Riots over, time to move on

I am writing in response to Duncan Teater's April 16 article "Distracting the public eye." The riots that occurred after the firing of Coach Knight were very small in comparison to other basketball riots.

Stop, check, write

I checked the IDS Web page yesterday and found yet another well-researched letter by a reader. In the letter ("Better fact checking needed at 'IDS,' Carr mistaken," April 17) Andrew Teel was nice enough to indicate his general disgust with the lack of fact checking of the IDS.

Nelms article racist

In his article, Charlie Nelms, vice president for student development and diversity, makes the absurd statement that he is one of "those of us who feel the stinging effects of slavery, bigotry and racism on a daily basis."

Horowitz critics' arguments fail

In the debate waged in this paper over the decision of the IDS to print David Horowitz's ad defending the anti-reparations argument, much has been made of the supposed historical inaccuracies and half-truths in the ad.

Real issue 'blowing in the wind'

Not to be the twice dead horse, but I'm gonna. I have been following the current debate over the Horowitz advertisement, "Ten Reasons Why Reparations for Slavery is a Bad Idea -- and Racist Too," and during all of the commotion, I have found that the real issue has been blinded by Mr. Horowitz's racially and historically inaccurate portrayal of African Americans.

Horowitz ad hate speech

I was very disappointed, even surprised, although many weren't, to read the veiled Horowitz "advertisement" in the April 13th edition of the IDS.

'IDS' irresponsible

It does not surprise or shock me that the IDS published Horowitz's inflammatory, wholly and knowingly false, racist monologue (he certainly did not want to encourage rational dialogue in academia). It does not shock me that the IDS has such a "tin" ear when it comes to deciding what is racist and offensive to non-European Americans. After all, the IDS gave a platform to Benjamin "August" Smith the spring before he went on his racist killing and maiming rampage that ended the life of one of IU's own Asian graduate students. Their uncritical (read that as unquestioning) presentation of Smith and the World Creation church should, and perhaps did, prepare some African-American IU students, faculty and staff for the publication of the infamous "reparations ad."

So-called 'ad' wrong

As an expert on the psychology of oppression, I feel inclined to respond to your decision to print the so-called ad on reparations. My hope is that this letter can be instructive; my suspicion is that may will be dismissed by many. But the risk is worth taking.

Around The Campus

Other side not represented

I'm troubled by the IDS editors' failure to offer critics of the Horowitz ad an opportunity to comment on it in the same issue in which the ad was run. I would have liked to have seen a news story that very day quoting critics of the ad, along with a diverse array of students offering their opinions on whether or not such an ad should be run. I would also have liked to have seen editors explain why they published the ad. The explanation should have appeared the day the ad ran.

Hoosiers volunteer computers for research

Now, students can donate to cancer research without giving up cash. The "Volunteer Your PC" Program, sponsored by Intel, United Devices, the National Foundation for Cancer Research and several other companies, is a way for people to help find a cure for cancer without giving a single penny.