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To protect and serve

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I finally got around to watching "The Da Vinci Code" and, though I'll refrain from commenting on the movie itself for now, there was a line that has stuck in my head since: "We are what we protect." This statement, though fairly inconsequential to the plot, holds a profound message when taken in the context of government-citizen relations and human motivation.


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Smoke and mirrors

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If Facebook is any indication of the general sentiments of students at IU, it seems that a sizable minority of us think Ugg boots are annoying, if not outright offensive. Logically, the next step is to form a group against Uggs on IU's campus, followed by submitting a proposal to President Adam Herbert outlining how to effect a ban of such hideous footwear.


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Lights

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Lights -- Fireworks light up in the sky Friday during the 44th annual Circle of Lights at Monument Circle in Indianapolis.


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Palestinian attacks ignore truce agreement

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip as an unexpected truce took hold Sunday, but two major Palestinian militant groups, saying they had no intention of stopping their attacks, fired volleys of homemade rockets into Israel.




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Women alerted to possible identity theft

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EVANSVILLE -- Two computers containing health records on people in the state's Breast and Cervical Cancer Program were stolen, leaving more than 7,500 Indiana women at risk of identity theft, officials said.




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Elkhart woman charged with killing her 4 children

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ELKHART, Ind. -- A prosecutor is considering seeking the death penalty against a mother charged with strangling her four young children. Angelica Alvarez, 27, of Elkhart, was ordered to be jailed without bond on four counts of murder during a court hearing held Wednesday just hours after she was released from Elkhart General Hospital. She had been in the hospital since being found unconscious with a faint pulse Nov. 14 next to the bodies of her children, ages 2 to 8.



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Lilly gives philanthropy center $40M

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A $40 million endowment grant to the Center on Philanthropy at IU will help certify the center as one of the nation's top institutions of its kind for years to come.




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Alternative spring break offers Jamaican trip, opportunity to learn foreign culture

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For the third year in a row, students will be jetting off to Jamaica for spring break to earn IU credit. Roots, Fruits and Jamaican Ecologies: Cultural, Agricultural and Environmental Initiatives in the Blue and John Crow Mountains is a three-credit, service-learning course being offered again this year as an "alternative spring break."



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I fought Black Friday, and I won

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Everyone has a time of year that's special to them. For some, it's Restless Leg Syndrome Education & Awareness Week; for others, it's Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month. Well, this weekend was my special time.


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Center may expand senior art options

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Plans are in the works for a Bloomington center where senior citizens can stay active in the arts. On Nov. 19, the director for the National Center for Creative Aging, a New York-based initiative to create arts programming for older adults nationwide, Susan Perlstein, held a workshop at the John Waldron Arts Center to launch a local chapter of the Center for Creative Aging. She presented examples of work that senior citizens have done in creative aging centers around the country.