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TV makes me happy, not sad

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:48 p.m.

People who watch lots of hours of TV are lazy slugs. People who watch too much TV don’t educate themselves enough and fail to relate with other people.

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Bridge Over the Wadi

By Jack Killen · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:44 p.m.

On a morning like any other, Jewish children in the valley of Wadi Ara in Israel wake up, prepare for the day and travel to school. Unlike many of their peers, however, these students travel into a Muslim town. On the outskirts of Kfar Kara, atop a small hill, sits their elementary school, Bridge Over the Wadi. There they share the classroom with Muslim students.

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Sexual harassment training necessary

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:42 p.m.

It’s a fact of life that supervisors sometimes make their employees perform menial, pointless tasks. Whether it’s brewing another pot of coffee or putting cover sheets on reports, employees always like to say that these things waste their time. At the University of California at Irvine, a biology professor has stretched this excuse too far. Alexander McPherson, one of the leading scientists in protein research, stands to lose his tenure if he does not agree to attend sexual harassment prevention training, which is mandated by law for all public and private businesses with 50 or more employees. McPherson believes that the training session is a waste of his time and that it casts suspicion on his character. We think McPherson’s logic is backward. By not attending the sessions, he only makes himself appear to be more of a creeper, and by taking such a public stance against something so simple and straightforward, he is wasting everyone’s time.

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Bankrolling hate

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:41 p.m.

Last week, on a rather cold and bleary Saturday, around 250 IU students and community members gathered at the downtown square to protest the passage of Proposition 8, a California initiative that redefines marriage as between a woman and man. I was one of them.

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Lessons from Iraq

By DJ Funkhouser · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:38 p.m.

President-elect Barack Obama said throughout his campaign that he plans to withdraw our troops from Iraq and re-deploy some of them to the failing state of Afghanistan. Iraq will be left to handle itself.

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The balance of power

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 10:36 p.m.

BEIJING – Every time I go to the convenience store on campus, I pass a treasure trove of bootleg DVDs. They sit in stacks on a cart, in irregular packaging with poorly translated titles, but the price you can’t beat – about $1.10 per disc.

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Man arrested for threatening to cut man

By Larry Buchanan · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 9:11 p.m.

A Bloomington man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to “cut up” another man, said Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Jeff Canada reading from a police report. Dale Harry Jackson, 56, faces a preliminary charge of intimidation.

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Inmates crawl through ceiling to have sex, drink alcohol

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 9:09 p.m.

BLOOMFIELD, Ind. – Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges after they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time by having sex.

Scrubs is always willing to go outside the creative structure of a normal sitcom.

Scrub in again

Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 3:59 p.m.

Although the writer’s strike and NBC’s idiocy shortened season seven of “Scrubs,” the show still delivered laughs and legitimate character arcs where season six didn’t.

This creature/guy should not have made fun of the horns.

Who said hell can’t be fun?

By Jordan Greenberg · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 3:55 p.m.

“Hellboy II” may not be the most famous comic book ever, but when it comes to on-screen performance, it has surpassed almost every single one of its comic book peers.

"Look at this blurry photo that proves nothing."

Let it go, Oliver Stone

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 3:53 p.m.

When "JFK" was first released it was a disappointing waste of talent. Today it feels much the same.

Couldn’t some of these people have waited for another table?

TV’s best series in a box

By John Barnett · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 12:38 p.m.

I could fill page after page with what’s groundbreaking, thrilling and fantastic about HBO’s legendary series “The Sopranos,” but I’ll just say it’s the best series ever to grace the television medium. The momentous Greek tragedy that is Tony Soprano’s dual life as family man and made man never once sagged during its eight years.

Tracy Chapman is looking out the window and for her old career.

Tracy Chapman is not so fast

By Danielle Fleischman · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 12:30 p.m.

It is a pity that Chapman could not return the greatness of “Fast Car,” but fans of her work will still enjoy this addition to their collection.

Totally awesome

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 12:25 p.m.

Fun. That’s probably the best word to describe Bloomington artist Totally Michael’s self-titled debut album.

The Postmarks know how to produce a good cover, but have no clue how to take a cool photograph.

Delivered on time

By Danielle Fleischman · Wednesday, Nov. 19,2008 12:21 p.m.

One very impressive thing about this album is that The Postmarks are able to retain their signature sound while still singing the songs of other artists.

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