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Internationally known horn player takes professorship at music school

By Katie Ingmire · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:36 p.m.

From a pig farm in western Canada to the bright lights of Broadway, Jeff Nelsen's French horn talent has taken him all over the world. Now the internationally known horn virtuoso has taken a position as an associate professor of music at IU's Jacobs School of Music. Nelsen is currently a visiting associate professor in the school, and he said spending time in this role made the decision to take the faculty position easy.

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SPEA professors joins EPA advisory board

By Nadia LaMantia · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:32 p.m.

Longtime IU faculty member Jim Barnes has been appointed chair of the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board. Barnes is a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU School of Law.

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Club offers singular, group competition

By Tom Edwards · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:26 p.m.

The IU figure skating club might well be the best-kept secret in IU team athletics. As a club sport, the club has enjoyed noteworthy success since its founding four years ago. The competitive team is ranked No. 1 in the Midwest and performed in the 2006 Intercollegiate National Figure Skating Competition in San Jose, Calif.

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Online Only: Doubleplus ungood untruths

By Alyson Brodsy and Abram Hess · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:23 p.m.

Two weeks ago the ghosts of George Orwell and Josef Stalin appeared in midtown Manhattan. Orwell was carrying a placard that read: "I Told You So," while Stalin's read: "Russia Did It First." The characters in the fictitious scenario above were drawing attention to a rule under consideration by the New York City Board of Health that would allow a citizen born in one of the five boroughs to legally change information on his birth certificate. The New York Times reported that the proposed rule allowing revision of historical documents will likely be adopted soon.

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Nation of wusses

By Alyson Brodsy and Waddell Hamer · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:08 p.m.

People are wusses. I'm talking about those whiny, crying, annoying, simple, egotistical types who just can't fathom a life in which maybe their views are wrong and someone else's views are right. So they spend every waking minute trying to explain why they are right and you are wrong and how, if you don't agree, you are stupid.

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You gonna eat that?

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:07 p.m.

I've been watching you for a while now. Studying your behavior. Anticipating your next move. By now, I can read you like the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the pale-headed brush finch. But I have to be certain of your intentions. Let's end this charade. I'll just be blunt. Are you gonna eat that?

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Commission mission

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:05 p.m.

Educashion iz varry impoortent. In fact, some people go so far as to suggest that the economic future of the state of Indiana is dependent on the success of public institutions like IU. Over the past 30 years, however, higher education's share of state general appropriations has declined by about 5 percent. That may not seem like a lot of money to at first, but given the billions of dollars it takes to run IU, it's a substantial chunk of change, the kind of money that proverbially "makes the world go 'round."

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Bush says U.S. won't quit Iraq until 'mission is complete'

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 10:52 p.m.

RIGA, Latvia -- Under intense pressure to change course, President Bush on Tuesday rejected suggestions Iraq has fallen into civil war and vowed not to pull U.S. troops out "until the mission is complete." At the opening of a NATO summit, Bush also urged allies to increase their forces in Afghanistan to confront a strengthening Taliban insurgency.

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Charities asking for holiday help

By Shannon McEnerney · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 10:49 p.m.

Bet Savich, director of the Bloomington Volunteer Network, hopes that before the bags are packed, the plane tickets are bought and carpools home are arranged, students will remember the volunteer opportunities that are needed before and during the winter holiday season.

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County Republicans file for vote recount in three races

By Kristi Oloffson · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 10:46 p.m.

The Monroe County Republican Party is filing for a recount contest in three county races from the Nov. 7 midterm election, saying they found problems with voter registration and absentee ballots. An $11,000 bond paid for the recount was filed before noon Monday, just minutes before the recount deadline, said Monroe County Republican Party Chairman Franklin Andrew.

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