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Immigration legislation advances after dispute

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INDIANAPOLIS – A partisan impasse in the Indiana House over illegal immigration legislation ended Monday, but minority Republicans filed a formal protest over the way the measure was handled and accused Democrats of an arrogant use of power.








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What is normal?

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No jokes this week. Some topics are more important than cheap laughs. The tragic death and amazing life of Lawrence King is one of those topics.


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They’ll miss you ... right?

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I love reading obituaries. Not because I consider myself particularly morbid or fascinated with death, but because they are usually some of the most intriguing pieces of literature you can


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Freedom of hate speech?

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Max Karson is not funny. That didn’t stop Karson, a staff editor of The Campus Press at the University of Colorado at Boulder, from penning a column titled,“If it’s war the Asians want ... ” in which he supposedly attempted to write satire. About what, we’re not entirely sure. Whatever it was, he went about it using hate speech rarely found in anyone’s mouth against an amorphous group of “Asians,” stirring up controversy on the Boulder campus.


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Ban gun bans

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I think most of us feel pretty safe here at IU. That’s good. But there’s a difference between feeling safe and being safe. Probably the students at NIU, Virginia Tech, Columbine and other schools that have been victims of random


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Pura vida

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SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA – In this day and age, the world moves at a pretty fast pace. Even for self-professed “lazy” college students, time is regimented: class at 9, work at 1:30, Kilroy’s at midnight. Patience is a virtue, but


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University, Sampson reach $750,000 settlement deal late on Friday

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The speculation is finally over: Kelvin Sampson is finished coaching the IU men’s basketball team. As part of the settlement, Sampson will be paid $750,000, agreeing not to file a wrongful termination lawsuit against the University.  SLIDESHOW:  The Sampson saga  VIDEO:  Greenspan press conference  DOCUMENT:  Severance agreement  DOCUMENT:  Sampson's contract  DOCUMENT:  Letter of allegations  DOCUMENT:  Notice of allegations



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Don't compromise safety for political correctness

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The Indiana Daily Student editorial board’s complaining about the federal government’s policy forbidding homosexual men from giving blood should be addressed (“Donation Discrimination,” Feb. 13). I was pleased to see