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Democratic Platform promises needed aid

To most students the Democratic National Convention probably seemed like little more than a show. Bill Clinton awkwardly embraced the – now official – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. (Was Bill really thrilled to hear his audience start shouting “Yes, we can!”?). Our own Sen. Evan Bayh showed off his presidential ambitions with incessant Bush-bashing. Obama addressed crowds in his own personal stadium .

Democratic Platform promises needed aid

To most students the Democratic National Convention probably seemed like little more than a show. Bill Clinton awkwardly embraced the – now official – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. (Was Bill really thrilled to hear his audience start shouting “Yes, we can!”?). Our own Sen. Evan Bayh showed off his presidential ambitions with incessant Bush-bashing. Obama addressed crowds in his own personal stadium .

Democratic Platform promises needed aid

Democratic Platform promises needed aid

Democratic Platform promises needed aid

Democratic Platform promises needed aid

To most students the Democratic National Convention probably seemed like little more than a show. Bill Clinton awkwardly embraced the – now official – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. (Was Bill really thrilled to hear his audience start shouting “Yes, we can!”?). Our own Sen. Evan Bayh showed off his presidential ambitions with incessant Bush-bashing. Obama addressed crowds in his own personal stadium.

The average voter

I’m not sure I’m the kind of voter the Founding Fathers had in mind. Now, I don’t know much about the Founding Fathers. I only got halfway through Ben Franklin’s autobiography, I don’t remember most of what I learned in high school history, and I think most of what I know about them stems from the pictures on dollar bills.

School’s out for summer

Ahh, wasn’t that a marvelous school year? Who’d have thought that 2008-2009 would turn out to be so filled with momentous change? Would crackle with such boundless energy? Would turn out to be such a roller coaster of terrifying lows and soaring highs?

Rising faith

Before this experience, I would consider myself someone who did not know what to believe in. It is not that I had no faith, but I just did not know where to put it. I decided to join Birthright, a free, 10-day trip to Israel for Jewish students, sponsored by Jewish philanthropists. From this trip, I could learn about my Jewish heritage and then maybe find a good place to put my faith.

Mexico City Supreme Court upholds abortion

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Supreme Court has upheld legal abortion in the capital. Mexico City is one of only a handful of places in Latin America that allow abortion without limitations in the first trimester.

Citizens protest with golf clubs, batons, bamboo sticks

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thousands of demonstrators – some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks – defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister’s office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country’s leaders resign.

6.1-magnitude quake shakes Canada’s coast

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – A strong earthquake struck off Canada’s west coast early Thursday near Vancouver Island. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

Pulitzer-prize winning journalist to teach at IU

IU alumnus and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Thomas French has accepted a teaching position at the School of Journalism effective fall 2009.

Bayh bashes GOP in convention speech

DENVER — Sen. Evan Bayh delivered a scathing attack on the Bush administration and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Wednesday, citing what he called “this administration’s disgraceful incompetence.” The Indiana senator and IU alumnus even linked their policies with problems in the Hoosier state. Bayh, who was on Sen. Barack Obama’s shortlist of candidates for the Democratic vice-presidential nomination and is thought to still have presidential ambitions, wasted little time in declaring McCain as just another Bush.

Obama officially 1st black nominee

DENVER – Barack Obama was officially chosen as the Democratic nominee for president Wednesday, making the Illinois senator the first black nominee from either of the two major political parties. The vote also brings to a close a hard-fought battle for the nomination that saw the two front runners – Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., – contest states like Indiana that had been largely irrelevant in previous elections.

Incoming freshmen say goodbye to families, hello to IU

Boxes and tears filled the room in Teter Thompson on Wednesday. Friends and family laughed and talked while the girls steadily unpacked their belongings onto the dorm floor.VIDEO: Move-in Day & Freshmen Induction

Culture center finds new home

In July, the office doors were locked. By August, the board resigned. Some wondered if the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, created in April of 2007 to serve the needs of IU’s Native communities, would survive.

Computerworld Magazine recognizes School of Informatics graduate program as one of the top 10 programs in the nation

IU’s School of Informatics was the first of its kind in 2000. In the eight years since its inception on campus, it is now being recognized as one of the finest the country has to offer.

Katrina memorial takes shape

Six mausoleums for the unclaimed dead of Hurricane Katrina stand on what was vacant land just five weeks ago, as New Orleans – in what could be a testament to its determination – scrambles to complete a memorial by Friday’s third anniversary of the storm.

Dalai Lama cancels trips

The office of the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan spiritual leader is suffering from exhaustion and is canceling his international trips