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Assistant coach named head coach

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Wednesday, May 30,2007 8:08 p.m.

Nearly one month after letting former coach Ken Hydinger go, the IU men’s tennis team promoted assistant coach Randy Bloemendaal to take ov

Tolerance is a Christian value

Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:51 p.m.

In response to the letter “Jesus Christ just one of many paths” written by IU employee Steve Salter, I find such a letter offensive both as a Christian and as someone who makes a strong effort to be a tolerant and accepting person. Mr. Salter is obviously bothered that any Christians and presumably people of other religions believe that their faith is the only right faith.

Falwell representative of evangelicals

Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:50 p.m.

Amanda Lowry, your May 24 column, “Memoirs of Jerry Falwell,” did the man well-deserved justice in my opinion. However your apologetics on behalf of evangelical Christians seems to me to be an attempt to distance them from that clown now that he is gone.

Christianity a religion of love

Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:49 p.m.

I would like to help Mr. Salter understand Christianity and other religions (“Jesus Christ just one of many paths,” May 24). One must create amazing rationalizations to conclude that the Bible is fictional. Please state your case. The most common understanding of a “cult” is a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, and “devotion” regarded as a literary or intellectual fad.

So it goes

By Jennifer Miller · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:47 p.m.

It’s been more than a month and a half since I received a text message in the Indiana Memorial Union that simply read, “Vonnegut died.” When it happened, I suddenly felt that my frantic scrambling to finish my political theory term paper in the next two hours was a mistake of priorities.

Environmental awareness raised through clothing

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:45 p.m.

DAVIS, Calif.– By mixing unique fashion sense and environmental awareness, students from the University of California-Davis Environmental Consciousness Design class have created a sustainable design exhibition that displays stylish clothing and other functional pieces that not only look good, but help reduce global warming.

IU alumni donate $3 million for law clinic

Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:45 p.m.

For years, IU alumni and entrepreneurs David and D.G. Elmore have been searching for a way to give back to their alma mater. Both father and son value the education they received through the School of Law and the Kelley School of Business, respectively, and decided to fund an area that encompassed both of these fields.

IU fighting shortage of math teachers

By Kailtin Shawgo · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:43 p.m.

Indiana universities are encouraging students to fill the gap many secondary math and science teachers will leave behind when they retire, said Charles Barman, professor of education and adjunct professor of public health at IU Purdue University-Indianapolis. He cited U.S. Department of Education statistics that point to retirement as a main cause of the lack of math and science teachers.

Pretty tough

By Brian McFillen · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:43 p.m.

Television opened my eyes this week. You and I – we all have things that go wrong in our lives. We all have our disappointments and problems. And we’re used to fixating on them and feeling sorry for ourselves.

Feminists For...What?

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:42 p.m.

Though feminism was once a titan movement of coherent objectives, it is now descending into the den of ambiguity. The trouble is that feminist groups, right-wing haters and everyone in between still believes the term “feminism” means something. A largely unrelated mass of issues has settled under the domain of “feminism” and is weakening the movement.

The rehab buzz

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:39 p.m.

No one could have seen it coming. Despite her recent stint in rehab, during which she surely gained a considerable amount of wisdom about the evils of drugs, Lindsay Lohan was arrested last week on DUI charges.

College rankings unfair

Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:37 p.m.

In retrospect, you know you made the right choice. But when you were applying for college, IU might not have been your first pick. Looking back, it seems hard to believe you almost gave up the unique combination of award-winning academic programs, the beauty of the solarium at dawn and the diversity of Bloomington culture. But don’t worry about it. No one holds it against you.

South Korea urges North to redouble reonciliation efforts after nuclear rift

By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:19 p.m.

South Korea pressed communist North Korea to redouble its reconciliation efforts Tuesday, as the estranged neighbors opened high-level talks amid rifts over the North’s nuclear program and the South’s delayed rice shipments.

Venezuela’s Chavez defends censorship of TV network

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jorge Rueda · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:18 p.m.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended his decision not to renew the license of a popular opposition-aligned television network and warned Tuesday he might crack down on another TV station, accusing it of trying to incite attempts on his life.

Traveler with rare TB strain federally quarantined

By Abdullah AlShihri and Mike Stobbe · Wednesday, May 30,2007 7:17 p.m.

A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors’ advice and took two trans-Atlantic flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordered quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday.

Track and Field hires new head coach

By IDS staff and Aaron Beard · Tuesday, May 29,2007 9:57 p.m.

IU University Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan announced Friday there would be a new director and head coach of men’s and women’s cross country and track and field.

Get in touch

By Tiffany Yoder · Tuesday, May 29,2007 5:58 p.m.

Not many Hoosiers have the opportunity to touch a live shark. The Indianapolis Zoo is making that opportunity possible.

IU celebrates spatial technology

By Andrea Knapp · Tuesday, May 29,2007 4:44 p.m.

During Geographic Information Systems Day 2006, everyone at IU could learn about GIS and its uses. According to a GIS pamphlet, the systems combine software, computers, geographic data and people to perform spatial analyses of patterns on Earth's surface. The multibillion-dollar industry converts the rows and columns in databases and spreadsheets to maps displaying locations, routes and features, according to the University Information Technology Services Web site. The Web site also said IU staff provides support for GIS technologies on all of the IU campuses and helps with state efforts in structuring a map for Indiana.

Congress nears agreement on Iraq funding bill, timeline

By Abdullah AlShihri and David Espo · Tuesday, May 29,2007 11:13 a.m.

Flinching in the face of a veto threat, Democratic congressional leaders neared agreement with Bush administration Tuesday on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without a troop withdrawal timeline.

25 people killed by bombing in Iraq, death toll at least 100

By Abdullah AlShihri and Robert H. Reid · Tuesday, May 29,2007 11:13 a.m.

A car bomb exploded Tuesday at an outdoor market in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 25 people and wounding at least 60, the deadliest in a string of attacks that stoked sectarian tension in and around the capital.