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Students get educated at eating disorder screening

By Monica Dix · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:29 p.m.

Junior Sam Turner knows that his attitude toward eating is unhealthy, but luckily he has an outlet. He is a fitness specialist minor, learning about healthy caloric intake and exercise patterns. In an assignment for his living wellness class Turner was required to go to a health screening on campus.

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Racism's many colors

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:28 p.m.

Now it's time to drop the bomb -- the racism bomb. But I'm not concerned strictly with black-white issues. The structure of racism -- both real and imagined -- is far more complex than that, especially in this country.

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Heard, loud and unclear

By George Lyle IV · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:28 p.m.

Working in the news business can get you in trouble. When you spell a name wrong, there's trouble. When you appear to be biased, there's lots of trouble. If you get a story just plain wrong, you deserve whatever trouble you get.

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Shying away from the Dell

By Brandon S Morley · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:27 p.m.

I've heard it said that writing is easy. Sure, you just have to be willing to sit down in front of a computer and open a vein.

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Israel approves release of 900 Palestinian prisoners

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:27 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and a military pullout from the West Bank town of Jericho within days in overtures intended to improve the climate ahead of next week's Mideast summit.

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RPS expansion not complete

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:25 p.m.

All freshmen have to live on campus, but after their first year, most students move to off-campus or Greek housing. In an effort to provide an on-campus alternative to luxury apartments elsewhere in Bloomington, Residential Programs and Services has presented plans for major renovations to Ashton Center, and the trustees have approved the project.

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U.N. rebukes oil-for-food chief's conduct

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:24 p.m.

NEW YORK -- A sweeping investigation of the U.N. oil-for-food program accused program chief Benon Sevan of a conflict of interest, saying Thursday his conduct in soliciting oil deals was "ethically improper and seriously undermined the integrity of the United Nations."

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U.S. Senate confirms Alberto Gonzales as attorney general

By Alyson Brodsy and Jesse J. Holland · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:20 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation Thursday as attorney general despite Democratic accusations that he helped formulate White House policies that led to overseas prisoner abuse and was too beholden to President Bush to be the nation's top law enforcement official. The Senate voted 60-36 to put the first Hispanic ever into the job, with all of the "no" votes coming from Democrats. Last week, 13 Democrats voted against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's confirmation.

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Production reviews Arthur Miller's work

By David Charles · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:12 p.m.

Words written more than 50 years ago take on new meaning as Bloomington High School North Theatre and Advanced Theatre Productions present "An Evening with Arthur Miller."

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'Bacchai' receives facelift, new spin

By -Jenny Kobiela · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:11 p.m.

When most people think of a Greek tragedy, they conjure up images of formal white robes. Check those preconceptions at the door, though, as the IU Department of Theatre and Drama presents "Bacchai" at the Wells-Metz Theater, beginning today.

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University gives opera 'legs'

By Josh Kastrinsky · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 11:10 p.m.

Fans of the opera will experience a modern twist on an old format as the IU Opera launches into its spring season. William Bolcom's "A View From the Bridge" comes to the IU Opera Theater this weekend and next, showing at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, with additional performances Feb. 11 and 12.

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23 new faces sign with IU football team

By Dan Click · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 1:05 a.m.

After months of traveling around the country and hosting recruits on campus, IU coach Terry Hoeppner celebrated one of the most exciting days in football as the Hoosiers announced the signing of 23 recruits Wednesday in the Football Complex at Memorial Stadium. In addition to the announcement of 23 commitments, one "mystery player" has not been announced. Upon the player's request, Hoeppner will wait until Saturday to announce who recruit No. 24 is, he said.

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He shall from time to time give the Congress information of the State of the Union

By Tony Sams · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 1:05 a.m.

The actual West Wing preempted the television drama "The West Wing" Wednesday night, as President Bush delivered his State of the Union address, drawing mixed responses from the IU community looking for domestic policies from the wartime president. Bush's 53-minute speech -- the first of his second term and his fifth overall -- proposed an ambitious agenda balancing a continued presence in the war on terrorism while focusing on American concerns at home.

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IUSA has 'five for fighting'

By Eric Tash · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 1:05 a.m.

For those unfamiliar with the excitement, drama, and tension surrounding the IU Student Association elections: They're back. Wednesday's 5 p.m. deadline to file with the IUSA elections commission came and went with five tickets registering with the hopeful goal of taking the reins from the current Crimson administration. The parties that have submitted their applications to be in the elections, which will be held Feb. 22 and 23, are College, Connect, Kirkwood, Vote for Pedro and What about Bobby.

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Greenbacks still falling vs. Euro

By Michael Zennie · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 1:05 a.m.

Similar to the depreciation of an automobile, the value of every dollar in your piggy bank is deflating with each passing day. The strength of the good 'ole greenback, in fact, has been steadily falling during the past several months when valued against the Euro and other world currencies, despite President George W. Bush's support of "strong dollar policies."

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Buck doesn't buy much today

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Thursday, Feb. 3,2005 12:39 a.m.

One-hundred pennies, 20 nickels, 10 dimes, four quarters. No matter how you add it up; a dollar is a dollar and these days and it doesn't buy much. In Bloomington, with restaurants and stores on every corner it's hard not to spend a buck or $20 on a daily basis. With a perceived sliding economy and prices rising faster than paychecks can be saved, thrifty buying is becoming harder these days. Nothing, it seems, can be bought for $1 anymore.

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