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The average voter

By Amanda Lowry · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:39 p.m.

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.

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School’s out for summer

By Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:37 p.m.

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?

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Rising faith

By Jordan Greenberg · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:35 p.m.

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.

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Mexico City Supreme Court upholds abortion

Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:27 p.m.

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.

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Citizens protest with golf clubs, batons, bamboo sticks

Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:27 p.m.

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.

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6.1-magnitude quake shakes Canada’s coast

Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 9:26 p.m.

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.

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday in Denver.

Bayh bashes GOP in convention speech

By Peter Stevenson · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 12:44 a.m.

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.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., wave at the crowd Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Obama officially 1st black nominee

By Peter Stevenson · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 12:43 a.m.

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.

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Culture center finds new home

By Dion Hazelbaker · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 12:39 a.m.

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.

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Katrina memorial takes shape

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:56 p.m.

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.

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Dalai Lama cancels trips

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:54 p.m.

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

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Freshman will learn traditions and spirits of IU at rally

By Samuel Leffers · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

It’s Friday afternoon, and the powerful music of the Marching Hundred echoes from inside Assembly Hall. The historic words of the fight song float down Fee Lane. Welcome Week is coming to an end, but Traditions and Spirit of IU has just begun.

IU President Michael McRobbie speaks to the freshman class of 2012 Wednesday afternoon at the IU Auditorium. McRobbie welcomed the many different freshman this year, including one set of quadruplets.

Freshmen inducted into IU

By Ben Phelps · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:50 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie stood before the full-capacity crowd at the IU Auditorium on Wednesday and welcomed the incoming freshman to IU, but the family man could just as easily have been on the other side of the stage.

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2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al-Qaida insurgents

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:45 p.m.

A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents, according to arrest reports obtained Wednesday.

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Smith chats on state of team

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:14 p.m.

IU coach Tracy Smith is impressed with the depth of his team at several different positions.

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