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Dissent: Commandments a vital document

All parties have reached a settlement, and the Ten Commandments will be proudly displayed -- in a collection of "law-making" documents -- near Washington County's Courthouse in Indiana. Some will say this violates the separation of church and state, or that it is offensive to people who practice religions other than Christianity or Judaism.

Professor, alumnus aid dinosaur tracks discovery

For several years, associate professor Erik Kvale and Al Archer, an IU alumnus and associate professor of geology at Kansas State University, have been working on dinosaur track sites from the Middle Jurassic period.

Pornography causes addiction, problems

Campus tragedy can be lesson for students

Administrators should rethink bus plan, fee

Columnist buys into partisan rhetoric

Athletics department should examine football program

Nader's showing not that impressive

The death of an activist

to clarify one common misperception: I am not an activist. I cringe at Robert's Rules of Order, sub-committees and rubber chicken luncheons. Agendas are just what they sound like, whether personal or typed: a funeral for spontaneity. I make a bad activist because I don't always think the enemy is identifiable. I hear wild implausible theories for the origin of AIDS, the transmission patterns data-mined out of clinical and hospital reports, the accusations of biological warfare and selective infection and, what do I know? I'm just a guy with AIDS.

Holiday madness

celebrate Christmas! So, often I'll get "You have a good Hannika" or "You too!" but never back do I hear "Merry Christmas!"

A guide to resolutions

making resolutions for the New Year is starting to look like trying to elect someone president: They're both a waste of time. I don't really know anyone who has followed through with his or her promises, and that's sort of strange when you think about it. After all, they are making promises to themselves. But don't worry. I have come up with an almost foolproof plan for making resolutions. All you need are some low expectations for yourself and a creative mind.

A Boxing Day special with a piquant punch

Along with the trimming of the tree, the four-hour long Christmas-morning gift opening ritual and the carols played by my sister on our old upright piano, one of the most stable memories of my childhood Christmases is that of my mother bursting into tears on Boxing Day.

Some forms of hunting unfair

while perusing the Web, I came across a safari site, African Safari Consultants. For only $1,200 per day and a $4,000 trophy fee, I found I can bag an honest-to-goodness Zimbabwe lion.

America must compromise on environment

During the past 10 years, the United States has released more than five times the ozone-depleting gases of any other developed country. But in recent United Nations-led international talks aimed at reducing ozone damage, the United States refused to compromise with European and developing countries, insisting on a different method of calculating emissions.

Church and state must be separate

A settlement was finally reached in the long-standing dispute over a historical display at the Washington County Courthouse in Salem, Ind., that includes the Ten Commandments alongside such historical documents as the Mayflower Compact and the Gettysburg Address. Last week's settlement will change the monument to include displays of other historical law-givers and documents, such as King John, the Magna Carta, Thomas Jefferson and the Bill of Rights.

A new Great Depression

Everything is gone, wore out, or shot, just like me." These were the last words written by an Iowa farmer before he ended his life. It is a testament to the sadness that has overtaken our rural communities.

Union Board elections today

Twelve of the 23 candidates for directors of the Indiana Memorial Union Board spoke to the current Union Board of Directors Monday. Each spoke of his or her plans for the future of the IMU. The speeches began at 7 p.m. in the IMU Gallery. Speakers were each allowed two minutes to outline their platforms. To be eligible for selection, all candidates must be in good academic standing with an expected graduation date of no earlier than December 2001.

Hoosiers seek to avenge earlier loss to Creighton

John Swann has proven himself this season. The sophomore marking back has repeatedly marked the opponent's most dangerous attacker, and, for the most part, he's been successful in shutting his man down. Swann didn't let UCLA's McKinley Tennyson Jr. or Portland's Olympian Conor Casey do much against the Hoosiers. And just this past weekend, he kept North Carolina's Chris Carrieri, the nation's leading scorer, from scoring a goal.

Women's roles in Islamic world changing

An Arab proverb states "every daughter is a handful of trouble," but it is one of the tenets of Islam that "whoever doeth good to girls, it will be a curtain to him from hellfire."

Bush wins key legal battle

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida judge rejected Al Gore's quest to overturn George W. Bush's certified statewide victory Monday, turning away what some Democrats have said was Gore's best hope to become president.Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls, in refusing the vice president's historic election contest, rejected Gore's request for a manual recount of thousands of contested ballots in Florida's presidential election.