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Tax Meat

Monday, Nov. 10,2008 9:26 p.m.

It took a long time for people to realize the dangers of smoking, and now, to discourage people from harming themselves, we put a heavy tax and warning labels on tobacco products. The three major health problems of today are heart disease, cancer and obesity, and medical professionals are now beginning to realize the association of these problems with excessive meat and dairy consumption.

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Unplugged

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 9:25 p.m.

Last week, a epic catastrophe befell me: I lost my cell phone. In one horrible day, I fell unwillingly into the throngs of the pre-cellular world. Now, I realize there are many things in life that are infinitely worse than a lost phone. As my mother keeps reminding me, people did, in fact, survive for years without cell phones. Good for them. I, on the other hand, cannot. There is only one way to describe the experience of attempting to survive on campus without a phone: OMG TISNF. So much of college life really depends on having a cell phone. I had no idea what was going on Friday because when you can instantly contact anyone, why would anybody ever need to plan in advance?

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Revenge of the nerds

By Ashley Ames · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 9:24 p.m.

Sure, we all heard plenty this election season about the Bradley effect (the theory proposed to explain the discrepancies between election results and opinion polls in races involving one white and one nonwhite candidate, which implies people say they’ll vote for a nonwhite candidate but won’t actually do it). But what about the Urkel effect? Joel Stein wrote in Time days before the election: “The Urkel effect holds that voters leaning toward Obama will suddenly think, ‘I cannot take four years of listening to that giant-eared nerd.’”

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A big win for an OK candidate

Monday, Nov. 10,2008 9:22 p.m.

Surely the campaign for change must have done Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th, a lot of good. Locked in a perpetual contest with his Republican challenger - this was their fourth meeting - Hill finally scored the decisive victory he was looking for. Just four years after Mike Sodrel unseated Hill in 2004, Hill achieved a crushing victory with 58 percent of the vote. His success might be attributable to how he crafted his image going into this campaign, emphasizing his stance on the bailout to show himself responsive to Hoosier families. It might also be because his derogatory (and unfair) caricature of Sodrel as the bumbling “Millionaire Mike” finally stuck. Hill calls himself an “independent voice in Congress.” He might be independent, but not the kind of independent Indiana students would like. As a member of the Blue Dog Democrats, he is too conservative for many students’ progressive tastes. Furthermore, his brand of populism is bad for the economy.

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Anti-theist manifesto

By Yahya Chaudhry · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 9:21 p.m.

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote: “God is dead.” But I don’t think God is dead. I think he never even existed. This atheist belief seems to be coming to the forefront of American pop-culture. Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” follows the success of recently published atheist manifestos by Oxford professor Richard Dawkins and Atlantic Monthly contributor Christopher Hitchens. My similar atheist views lead me to critique all religion. Why is religion above reproach? Whenever people unapologetically criticize any religion or faith, they are vilified and unfairly marginalized by society. Religion does not deserve any special respect or caution. It is an idea and choice like any other and must be scrutinized and investigated.

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In defense of stalking

By Chad Quandt · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 6:22 p.m.

When Facebook announced its News Feed feature, a new era of stalking began. Anyone who’s spent a night prowling the site instead of doing homework knows the amazing amount of information you can dig up on your friends, and that new feature in essence activated automated stalking. There was a tremendous uproar about it, but in reality, the feeds were only giving information that was already accessible. Based off a super scientific poll of my friends, it seems that most of us were digging up that dirt anyway. If you insist that this friend pursuit isn’t as common as I do, think about every time the phrase “I saw on Facebook that ...” has come up in casual conversation. Because of this, we’ve become more hyper-aware of stalking and it’s not uncommon to refer to someone’s behavior as “stalkerish.”

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Students gather at Neal-Marshall Center to celebrate Obama

By Nicky Purser · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 4:47 p.m.

The grand hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center was host to a cacophony of young voices, cheers and livetelevised election coverage Tuesday night as roughly 250 people gathered for the NMBCC’s election night watch party and food drive. Students sat around tables, some with laptops laid out in front of them and textbooks off to the side. Others leaned against the walls and watched as the presidential election results emerged as a victory for Obama, the clear favorite among those gathered. As state results were announced live throughout the evening, people cheered and applauded for Obama’s victories.

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IU women's tennis team strong in home invitational

By Lauren Savitskas · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:43 a.m.

The IU women’s tennis team concluded play for the fall with its second home tournament this year Sunday. The Indiana Invitational brought DePaul, Western Michigan and Wisconsin to the IU Tennis Center to showcase their skills. IU coach Lin Loring said his team had been working on movement during the past two weeks, which seemed to pay off in the results of the tournament. The first day of competition started Friday with singles matches against Wisconsin. IU senior Sigrid Fischer had the most exciting match of the tournament when she faced Angela Chupa of Wisconsin. Fischer lost the first set 4-6, won the second 6-2 and won the tiebreaker 13-11.

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Nothing but a one-half wonder

By Dave Leno · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:41 a.m.

Thirty minutes of hard-nosed, gut-wrenching football simply doesn’t cut it. Not against a non-conference opponent, not against a Big Ten enemy and certainly not on the FBS stage. Since Michigan State’s week four shellacking of the Hoosiers, IU coach Bill Lynch has often repeated the Hoosiers “need to play two halves of football.” Fast-forward six weeks to Wisconsin’s 55-20 manhandling and Lynch’s order remains MIA. “(After halftime) it was such a turn of events,” safety Brandon Mosley said following his team’s fifth conference loss, this one on senior day. “We’ve made a lot of mental mistakes. And as you can tell, mental mistakes can cost you the game.”

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IU volleyball team suffers costly loss to Michigan State

By Ari Shifron · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:40 a.m.

What appeared to be a winnable match in the IU volleyball team’s quest to make the NCAA Tournament turned out to be anything but Saturday. On paper, Michigan State appeared to be one of the easier matches the Hoosiers had left, as the Spartans came in with a 4-9 Big Ten record and losers of seven of their last eight games. The Hoosiers, meanwhile, came in as winners of four out of their five previous matches, putting themselves back into postseason contention.

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No. 23 IU men's soccer upsets No. 8 Northwestern

By Zina Kumok · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:39 a.m.

Like Jordan and  Pippen, Montana and Rice, sophomore forward/midfielder Andy Adlard and freshman forward Will Bruin make a good couple. Bruin’s header off Adlard’s corner kick in the 26th minute gave IU a 1-0 lead in Friday’s match. Together the duo has scored 10 out of the 26 total team goals for the season. They have also notched a combined total of five game-winning goals.   Later in the game, Adlard notched another assist when senior midfielder John Mellencamp put the ball near the right post after Adlard’s miss in the 38th minute for a 2-0 advantage.

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Transition game will be key this year

By Zachary Osterman · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:37 a.m.

For Hoosier nation, Friday night was something akin to a baby’s first flu shot – scary, but in the end, really not that bad. Oh, there was dread. For weeks, there hung over Assembly Hall like a Big Ten championship banner lingering questions: “Can these Hoosiers even beat Anderson? Are they really that bad?” No.

IU sophomore quarterback Ben Chappell lies face down on the field after being injuried during IU's 55-20 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Chappell did not return to the game after the play.

Hoosiers bowl hopes blown away by Wisconsin

By Lee Hurwitz · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:35 a.m.

Ben Chappell saw daylight and sprinted toward the end zone. Preparing to slide at the Wisconsin 4-yard line, he hoped to put IU in position to take a 27-21 halftime lead. For a brief moment, it seemed as if the collective fan base thought maybe, just maybe, this Hoosier team could pull out a win and keep its bowl hopes alive. Only Wisconsin defensive back Jay Valai popped Chappell near the neck, sending the sophomore quarterback out of the game, the ball tumbling into the Badgers’ possession and effectively starting the rout that resulted in a 55-20 Wisconsin win. “We lost our players,” said IU coach Bill Lynch. “I think the turning point of the game was it’s 21-20, we recover a fumble and our quarterback, who’s playing awfully well, runs the ball, gets hit and loses the ball. We lost our quarterback, we lost the ball.”

IU coach Tom Crean instructs from the sideline during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Saturday at Assembly Hall.

IU wins Crean’s coaching debut

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:33 a.m.

The IU men’s basketball team went on an 11-0 run to start the game and never looked back, easily defeating Division III Anderson 103-71 in Tom Crean’s coaching debut. Pacing the Hoosiers were junior guard Devan Dumes and freshman forward Tom Pritchard. Dumes scored 22 points, while Pritchard added a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. “It’s good to have a game that they played against somebody else,” Crean said. “And now they really feel like the season’s here.” The exhibition game marked not only Crean’s coaching debut, but also the first time the new-look Hoosiers competed against another team. IU overwhelmed the Ravens, scoring 35 points off turnovers while committing just 10 turnovers themselves. For what is likely to be one of the few times this season, IU had a size advantage over Anderson, which resulted in the Hoosiers taking just 11 3-point attempts and outscoring the Ravens 50-28 in the paint. Freshman guard Verdell Jones said part of IU’s game plan was to to exploit Anderson’s lack of size down low. “They were sort of an undersized team compared to us,” Jones said. “I think Tom (Pritchard) and Tijan (Jobe) and Nick (Williams) and those guys did a great job of getting the ball down low and making plays. That was pretty much our game plan.”

Freshman guard Verdell Jones goes in for a layup during IU's 103-71 win over Division III Anderson on Friday at Assembly Hall. Jones had 18 points in the win.

Crean era off and running in 103-71 win

By Tom Kirby · Monday, Nov. 10,2008 12:26 a.m.

The differences between last season and this season for IU men’s basketball are endless. But perhaps this became most apparent on Friday night, when the new-look Hoosiers took the floor against an opponent for the first time.     PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines

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