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Sophomore catcher Wes Wilson makes an unsuccessful attempt at tagging freshman infielder Brian Ritz during game one of the Cream & Crimson World Series on Wednesday afternoon at Sembower Field. The Cream squad beat Crimson 6-2.

My life from the top step

By Zach Osterman · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 11:09 p.m.

The last time I picked up a baseball bat in competition, I was 7 years old. We had all moved past hitting off a tee, but we still weren’t allowed more than one base at a time. So when IU coach Tracy Smith asked earlier in the fall if my fellow beat writer Ryan Gregg and I wanted to manage one of his team’s intrasquad Cream against Crimson fall games, the words “natural fit” came to mind. After all, those who can’t do, coach, right? Maybe not.

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Students find freedom in joining Peace Corps

By Anna Radtke · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:40 p.m.

For most students, once they receive their diploma, they want to apply what they learned outside of an academic setting. The Peace Corps puts students in situations where they have to use their skills, said Rose Galer, IU’s Peace Corps recruiter.

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Home foreclosures shouldn’t keep registered voters from polls

Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:40 p.m.

For this election, much attention has been focused on the millions of new registered voters. It provides us with the pleasant narrative of an active citizenry. At the same time tales of voter fraud and voter suppression make us uncomfortable and tend to turn people away. Yet, as much as we might not want to, we need to engage these stories. Mistakes in the handling of registrations and voter files this election have caused problems in Colorado, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Nevada and North Carolina. In some states, for every voter added to the rolls in the past two months, election officials have removed two.Also distressing is the possibility that some citizens might see their ballot challenged if their home has recently been foreclosed. Democrats, persuaded by a conventional wisdom that says foreclosed voters will more likely come out against the GOP, are concerned Republicans will do just that.Pressed in Marion County in Indiana, the GOP announced they have no plans to engage in this activity, yet they didn’t rule it out. County GOP Chairman Tom John said in an Oct. 3 Indianapolis Star article: “It’s entirely possible. I think it would be a solid basis for asking someone to vote provisionally.”

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Sexism alive and well

Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:39 p.m.

While there is not room here to address all of my concerns with Wednesday’s op-ed piece on gender, there are a few issues I feel compelled to address. First, Chad Quandt wrote that there is “no real oppression of women by a governing body.” To take just one example, the government is constantly limiting women’s rights to autonomy over their bodies and reproductive rights. For instance, although it is unconstitutional, in Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Carolina, women must obtain spousal consent to secure abortion services (if abortion services are even provided in their communities).

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A devout route

By Kristi Lafree · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:38 p.m.

I don’t wear my iPod on my walk to class. I find eavesdropping to be much more fun. But I’m beginning to realize that most students spend their time complaining. It is a necessary part of life. Most gripes I hear are legit. Yes, tortellini should be served more than once a week at the Gresham Food Court; I second that motion. I’ve found that a majority of complaints I hear are at bus stops. And most of the time, they’re about the bus system:

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Shave your pits

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:35 p.m.

A pleasant-looking girl in a sleeveless sundress boarded the bus I was riding this morning on my way to class. The bus was crowded, and she had a large art portfolio hanging by a strap from her shoulder that brushed against me. “Sorry!” she said. I looked up at her, about to say that it was OK, that I had been in an art class too, and knew what it was like to have to lug that thing around, when suddenly I saw something that sucked the words right out of me.

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Space and politics

By Bertrand Teo · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:34 p.m.

The Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union symbolized a struggle for technological and political supremacy during the Cold War-era of the 1950s and ‘60s. The U.S. won. On July 20, 1969, the crew from Apollo 11 made the first successful moon landing, edging the Soviet’s initial lead of sending Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit in 1957. More importantly, the moon landing signified democracy defeating communism. Fast forward to 2008. China is the third country after the U.S. and Russia to conduct a spacewalk. While the media coverage has been about the financial fire storm and the economic bailout, three taikonauts went to space onboard Shenzhou VII and back, marking a heroic and successful return to Beijing. The Chinese government’s burgeoning space program aims to reach the moon eventually.

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Attila winning the race

By Mitchell Blatt · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:20 p.m.

John McCain needs a miracle to win. That, or Sarah Palin. It’s not that Palin has experience, political know-how or judgment. She just knows how to speak. That might sound funny given her interviews with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, but somewhere between then and the vice-presidential debate, she learned how to attack. As of last Wednesday, McCain was down 11 points. With a month to go, being aggressive is the only way he stands a chance.

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Arrow Open golf outing to be held this weekend

By Sarah Brubeck · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 10:06 p.m.

The wide smile on a child’s face brought upon by a brand new book is what Pi Beta Phi is aiming for with this weekend’s Arrow Open golf tournament philanthropy event. In its third year, $12,000 has already been raised, and a total of $20,000 is expected, said Jen Naye, vice president of philanthropy for Pi Beta Phi. In the first year of the outing, $3,000 was raised, and $10,000 was raised last year.

Home again – Gloria Guy gets a hug from her granddaughter, Coral Bourgeois, at an open house for her new home on Thursday in New Orleans. Guy is receiving the home thanks to Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right “ program. The first few homes in Pitt’s rebuilding project in the city’s Lower 9th Ward are complete.

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9 die in suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan

Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 9:31 p.m.

A suspected U.S. missile strike targeted two areas in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing at least nine people, intelligence officials said.

The first class of the Hoosier Hills Preschool class pose in this 1948 photo.

Hoosier Courts Nursery School to celebrate 60th anniversary

Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 9:24 p.m.

Hoosier Courts Nursery School opened its doors in Bloomington in 1948 to accommodate the families of World War II veterans. Sixty years later, it has a reputation of raising successful 3- to 5-year-old children by embedding life skills in kids through play.

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Taste of Tibet to offer food, tea

Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 9:21 p.m.

In an effort to reach out to the community, the monks organize Taste of Tibet every year. This year’s Taste of Tibet is from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.Despite his departure from town, however, the Tibetan Buddhist influence remains in Bloomington year-round with the Dagom Gaden Tensung Ling monastery. In an effort to reach out to the community, the monks organize Taste of Tibet every year. This year’s Taste of Tibet is from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday. The Taste of Tibet features authentic Tibetan dining prepared in the monastic style by the DGTL monks. A part of the community since 1996, the DGTL monastery offers classes open to the public as well as an annual meal prepared for Bloomington residents interested in Tibetan culture and cuisine. Jamyang Lama, translator and monk at the DGTL, knows the monastic style of cooking firsthand.“Before my training as a monk I used to go to the monastery (at home) to get tea,” Lama said. “Even though my mom is a very good cook, it always tastes better than the tea at home.”

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Tina Fey can’t do Sarah Palin forever

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 11:41 a.m.

As most know, it’s for the best that John McCain and Sarah Palin don’t win this election.  Non-Republicans justify that statement with rhetoric about the need to avoid “four more years,” and they are probably right. However, sometimes people forget to consider the effects of a candidate’s success on the entertainment industry.

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Federal Reserve cuts interest rate, IU professors explain effects

By Sean Morrison · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 12:29 a.m.

Following a Federal Reserve federal funds rate cut of half a percent, banks around the world followed suit in a global effort to help the struggling economy. This global rate cut, along with the $700 billion bailout plan passed last Friday, are part of an effort to alleviate the current credit crisis and ease economic concerns. IU experts said they think the effects of this rate cut could be complicated and multi-faceted, but believe the Fed’s move could put banks in better position to lend money to individuals for car, student and housing loans, among others.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks to a crowd of supporters on Wednesday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.

Obama stumps at state fairgrounds in Indy

By Ben Phelps · Thursday, Oct. 9,2008 12:28 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Barack Obama said he isn’t fooled by John McCain. Obama won’t be hoodwinked. Or bamboozled. He isn’t buying what McCain is trying to sell. And he doesn’t want anyone to buy it either. The Democratic presidential nominee criticized McCain’s health care, tax and economic policies Wednesday during a rally in Indianapolis.

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