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Remembering a friend

By Sarah Brubeck · Thursday, March 6,2008 12 a.m.

As the shooter walked onto a stage in a classroom Feb. 14 at Northern Illinois University, Dan Parmenter grabbed his girlfriend, threw her to the floor and began praying out loud. He saved her life.

Doing their best to impress NFL scouts at Pro Day

By Tom Kir · Thursday, March 6,2008 12 a.m.

Cattle show.

IU alum survives fire, fights for life

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, March 6,2008 12 a.m.

Somewhere in a South Korean hospital Judy Kapoun sits waiting, staring at her son Bill’s disfigured body, which she is only able to recognize by a tattoo.His body – 64 percent of it burned after an apartment fire Feb. 24 – is wrapped from head to toe “like a mummy,” Judy said, with little room for his eyes and charred nose to peek out.

IUSA welcomes students to submit questions to candidates for debate

By Regan McCarthy · Thursday, March 6,2008 12 a.m.

Students will have the opportunity to ask next year’s potential student leaders about important issues by submitting questions for the March 19 IU Student Association election debate.

Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, March 5,2008 11:17 p.m.

Despite losing several states, Sen. Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s string of comeback primary victories.

U.S. Military frees 2 former Iraqi Health Ministry officials

By Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, March 5,2008 11:16 p.m.

Two former Health Ministry officials cleared of helping Shiite death squads celebrated their release with friends and family Wednesday while outraged Sunni politicians called it a black day that showed just how dysfunctional Iraq’s judicial system is.

Undersexed

Wednesday, March 5,2008 10:58 p.m.

As I opened my Indiana Daily Student today, I nearly sprayed milk out of my nose reading the preposterous abstinence article written

State senator dies after long-term battle with cancer

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, March 5,2008 9:25 p.m.

State Sen. David Ford died Wednesday at age 59 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Local women receive awards

By Ben Phelps · Wednesday, March 5,2008 9:24 p.m.

“Still functioning.” This simple phrase became the mantra of Wednesday’s Women’s History Month Luncheon after several speakers used it to refer to themselves, including Liz Kirkland, recipient of the Woman of the Year Award at the Bloomington/Monroe County Convention Center.

YOU’RE ALL GONNA DIE ... psych!

By Abra Oliver · Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:55 p.m.

Imagine this scenario: You’re sitting in a foreign policy discussion section trying to keep your eyes open. Suddenly something happens that wakes you up really fast. A gunman bursts through the door and begins lining you, your classmates and your instructor against the wall. Are these the actions of some deranged, bloodthirsty killer? Well, in this case, it’s the work of your friendly university administration. They’re trying to help you feel safer.

Stripper idol

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:54 p.m.

This season on “American Idol,” the men will perform hits from the 1980s while giving nude lap dances to guys in the audience. Wait. That’s my

Changing channels

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:53 p.m.

This week, the cable TV network TNT announced that it was developing at least 14 new original programs, all of which they hope to have on the air by 2010. TNT is

Up in smoke

By Peter Chen · Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:52 p.m.

Sen. Barack Obama smoked pot. President George W. Bush has essentially admitted to it. So have Sen. John Kerry and former President Bill Clinton. Political leanings don’t make any difference: arch

Stop preaching

By Sriram Raghuraman · Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:51 p.m.

Justin Hill’s column is a confused attempt to slap on a one-size-fits-all approach to sexuality. First of all, sex

Wildermuth was a secret racist

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:50 p.m.

Ignoring the laughable homonym in the lead sentence of your above-the-fold cover article on March 4th (“Officials

ELF is the real threat

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:46 p.m.

How could any sensible tree-hugger, animal-lover or planet-protector not respond to yet another senseless Earth Liberation Front terrorist act (“Washington house fires

IDS opinion’s ‘comedian’

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:45 p.m.

Whereas most of my fellow liberals tend to say largely negative things about the ever-polemic Chase Cooper, I actually want to thank him for spawning – and the IDS for hiring – his Mini-Me-like

No room for sob story

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:44 p.m.

I took issue with the article “IU admission standards increase” printed in the March 3 paper for a very obvious reason. Students don’t have a low G.P.A. because

Kudos to columnist

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:43 p.m.

I would like to thank Justin P. Hill for his article “Oversexed” (March 4). I agree wholeheartedly that “our culture has a serious obsession with

Scooter driver protests police

Wednesday, March 5,2008 8:41 p.m.

On Saturday, March 1 at 11:55 p.m., marshalling an utterly superflous display of power, the Bloomington Police

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