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IU Police use 3 sobriety tests to make OWI arrests

By VINCE ZITO · Sunday, March 21,2010 10:52 p.m.

Contrary to popular belief, portable on-site breathalyzer tests are not admissible in a court of law. For this reason, IU Police Department officers rely on three field sobriety tests to initiate probable cause to make an arrest and secure a conviction for Operating While Intoxicated.

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Escobedo takes 3rd at NCAAs

By Connor O'Gara · Sunday, March 21,2010 10:49 p.m.

Angel Escobedo will go down as one of the greatest wrestlers in IU history. The senior wanted nothing more than to establish that with a second national title to cap off his IU career. Unfortunately for Escobedo, that was not in the cards at the NCAA Championships in Omaha, Neb., last weekend.

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Former Surgeon General honored by HPER

Sunday, March 21,2010 10:25 p.m.

C. Everett Koop, M.D., has received the 2010 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award by the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Koop was the chief spokesman for AIDS while serving as U.S. Surgeon General in the 1980s.

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Cities build bridges, break down barriers

By Allison Tyra · Sunday, March 21,2010 9:02 p.m.

The goals are simple — expose people to other cultures and lifestyles to tear down walls and boundaries and combat stereotypes and cultural misconceptions, said Frances Reimers, communications and programs manager for Sister Cities, Inc.

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South by Southwest

By IDS staff · Sunday, March 21,2010 8:32 p.m.

After stopping at the inaugural Pit Stop Music Marathon in Bloomington, some 31 bands, as well as hundreds of musicians from across the country aspent over a week in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest Conference and Music Festival.

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Oprah, students to testify at defamation trial in Africa

By AP Reports · Sunday, March 21,2010 8:31 p.m.

Oprah Winfrey and several girls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify in a trial over a defamation lawsuit brought by the school’s former headmistress, whose performance Winfrey criticized.

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‘Distinguished Masters’ lecture set for April 13

By IDS staff · Sunday, March 21,2010 8:29 p.m.

David Bordwell will be this year’s lecture of the Provost Professors’ Distinguished Masters Invited Lecture Series. Speaking on “How Motion Pictures Became the Movies,” the lecture is now 4 p.m. April 13 in the Moot Court Room at the Maurer School of Law.

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FNECC begins search for new director

By Rachel Krasnow · Sunday, March 21,2010 8:14 p.m.

Three years after being officially established on campus, the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center has begun its search for a tenured director. According to a statement regarding the search, the candidate who fills the position will serve as both the director of the center and will be a faculty member in a department appropriate to the person’s credentials.

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Nobel Laureate de Klerk to speak in Greencastle

Sunday, March 21,2010 5:01 p.m.

Former South African President F.W. de Klerk will visit DePauw University in Greencastle on May 7, becoming the seventh Nobel Laureate to deliver the school’s Ubben Lecture at DePauw.

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Praise for some politicians

By Ashley Ames · Sunday, March 21,2010 4:12 p.m.

Politicians don’t get much praise. Being Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., could arguably be even more thankless than being an IDS opinion columnist. Maybe.

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Show your digital skin

By Chad Quandt · Sunday, March 21,2010 4:11 p.m.

Don’t be afraid to show a little digital skin; just make it less embarrassing cleavage skin and more impressive muscle skin. Show potential employers your Internet prowess.

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P.M. means night

By Nick Wallace · Sunday, March 21,2010 4:09 p.m.

The annual Daylight Saving Time “leap forward” is probably my favorite of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ achievements. This is where his real supporters and I differ.

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An apocryphal apology

Sunday, March 21,2010 4:08 p.m.

WE SAY Pope Benedict should back up his sincere bark with meaningful bite when it comes to issues of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

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President ‘bling-bling’ down in polls

By Carrie Schedler · Sunday, March 21,2010 3:03 p.m.

In France, some rouge states are about to turn bleu.This past week, at dinner with my host family, the topic of the ongoing French regional elections came up. The streets of Paris have been littered with campaign posters for every party imaginable, one for every shade of political belief.

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Drug cartels still actively infiltrating US security

By Olufemi Taiwo · Sunday, March 21,2010 3:02 p.m.

Earlier this month, students, concerned citizens and members of the press crammed into a hearing room on Capitol Hill. Before them sat Senator Mark Pryor, D-Ark., who apparently represented an entire subcommittee of the Senate’s Committee on Homeland Security. He convened a hearing about ongoing corruption problems among the agencies tasked with protecting American borders.

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