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Como es my accent?

By Erin Chapman · Sunday, June 21,2009 6:42 p.m.

I used to be pretty confident I could speak Spanish. But as my departure for Peru creeps closer and closer, I find myself doubting my language abilities more and more.

A vehicle burns near a train derailment Friday, June 19, 2009, on Mulford Road just north of Sandy Hollow Road in Rockford.

Woman killed fleeing Ill. train derailment, blast

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:29 p.m.

ROCKFORD, Ill. – Railroad tank cars holding thousands of gallons of highly flammable ethanol derailed and exploded in flames, killing a 41-year-old woman as she tried to run to safety from a car stopped at a crossing.

South Korean protesters shout slogans during a rally against North Korea's nuclear program while denouncing the ninth anniversary of the June 2000 summit between the South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, in front of the former South President Kim's house in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 14, 2009. North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions. The Korean read "'Annihilate North Korea at the start of war and Support U.N. sanctions."

North Korea ship suspected of carrying missiles

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:27 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea – A U.S. Navy destroyer is tailing a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons toward Myanmar in what could be the first test of new U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its recent nuclear test, a leading TV network said Sunday.

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Wabash wildlife refuge project set to expand

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:26 p.m.

Land acquisition is under way for 2,700 acres along the Wabash River in western Indiana that could eventually become part of an 8,000-acre wildlife refuge.

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Swiss police find body of Ind. boy at waterfall

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:24 p.m.

 Swiss authorities said Friday they have found the body of a 12-year-old Indiana boy who apparently fell into a torrential waterfall during an outing last month.

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Gay rights group plans local demonstration

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:23 p.m.

A gay rights group says it’s planning a demonstration July 2 in Bloomington to fight a constitutional amendment against same-sex marriage in Indiana.

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Search continues for Purdue grad in Wash.

Sunday, June 21,2009 6:21 p.m.

Rangers in Washington state have expanded their search for a hiker from Indiana who’s been missing for several days in North Cascades National Park.

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Q&A: Debi Townsend

Sunday, June 21,2009 10:06 a.m.

We've gone straight to parents who've been through it before: our own. When it comes to getting us through college, they've been there, done that. And we love them for it. Debi Townsend lives in Fort Wayne, Ind., and her daughter Allie is the editor of the IDS Orienter.

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Q&A: Gerard Amato

Sunday, June 21,2009 10:05 a.m.

We've gone straight to parents who've been through it before: our own. When it comes to getting us through college, they've been there, done that. And we love them for it. Gerard Amato lives in Monmouth Junction, N.J., and his daughter Sara is the summer editor-in-chief of the Indiana Daily Student.

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Helicopter parents smother students

By Chip Cutter · Sunday, June 21,2009 10:03 a.m.

When Amanda Shettlesworth sent the School of Public and Environment Affairs’ students a mass e-mail two years ago describing a competitive internship opportunity, she got an unlikely reply – from a student’s mother.

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What they'll really need

Sunday, June 21,2009 10:02 a.m.

Moving in is tricky, but relax, we’ve done this plenty of times. Here is our advice for things your student should really have that might not be on the University’s list.

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Over the influence

By Jordan Zaslow · Sunday, June 21,2009 10:01 a.m.

As soon as students arrive on campus for Welcome Week, they are subjected to alcohol, whether they’re drinking it or not. Many celebrate their newfound freedom from high school administrators and their parents’ authority and “crack open an ice cold Bud Light,” as the commercial instructs. A few drinks later, incoming freshmen are drunk and ready to make new friends they might not remember in the morning.

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Advice from an expert

Sunday, June 21,2009 9:58 a.m.

Christine Schelhas-Miller teaches adolescent development at Cornell University and is the co-author of “Don’t Tell Me What to Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years.” Along with a Ph.D. in human development from Harvard, Schelhas-Miller received a master’s degree in education from IU in 1977.

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Handle it

Sunday, June 21,2009 9:57 a.m.

Even if you aren’t there for your student physically, you can still be there emotionally. As your student becomes an adult, he or she will need you to lend an ear – an understanding, non-judgmental ear. 

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Get them where they need to go

Sunday, June 21,2009 9:56 a.m.

It’s hard enough to take care of your own transportation, let alone a child’s who no longer lives at home. We might not have the perfect solution, but we do have some pretty good starting points.

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