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Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:45 p.m.

Dear Ms. Joanna Borns, Unfortunately, I ran across your (Sept. 13) article titled "Pandas shmandas" and must say that I was very disappointed with your incredibly naive point of view. I am a zookeeper at the Memphis Zoo and spend eight to 12 hours of my day caring for the animals which you blame for being nonproductive members of society.

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Pickin' the prez

Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:36 p.m.

On Friday the board of trustees held public forums to give community members a chance to voice their opinions on the search for the next IU president. The forums were of special interest because they were the first opportunities that students had to have a direct impact on the selection process for Adam Herbert's successor.

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The single's shack

By Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:24 p.m.

I spent my entire childhood indulging in three basic activities: playing with Nintendo, playing with myself and playing MASH (Mansion-Apartment-Shack-House). The latter, in fact, being the only activity that didn't require a tiny joystick.

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False ISTEP

By Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:22 p.m.

This week students across the state of Indiana begun the yearly Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus exams. About 700,000 students between grades three and 10 will take these standardized exams to test their abilities in math and language (some grades have science exams as well). Supposedly these exams prove how much students are learning and measure student and teacher accountability.

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President Sarkozy?

By Peter Chen · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:21 p.m.

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France -- Nick Sarkozy, meet America. America, meet the new face of French centrist politics.

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Shuttle undamaged, cleared for landing

Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:16 p.m.

HOUSTON -- NASA cleared Atlantis for a Thursday landing after finding that the space shuttle appeared undamaged and concluding the discovery of unexplained space debris did not pose a serious problem.

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Prospects for anti-terror bills improve

Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 10:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's embattled anti-terrorism agenda got a boost Wednesday when a wiretap bill was revised ...

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Black leaders concerned with drop in enrollment figures

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 9:37 p.m.

For senior D'Anna Wade, potentially having to change the slogan on a T-shirt carries more weight than a simple phone call to the printing company. The slogan "representing the 3.8%" might no longer be an accurate representation of IU's black population.

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UPDATE: Athletics Department proposes $55M plan to upgrade facilities

By IDS staff · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 6:01 p.m.

IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan presented a $55 million "facility enhancement" plan to the IU board of trustees Wednesday afternoon. The plan includes four major projects that would upgrade athletics facilities, according to a news release from the IU Athletics Department.

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Shut up, heart

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:19 p.m.

Let's play a guessing game. There's one vital organ that is supposed to be responsible for leading you in the right direction in all of life's hard decisions. This organ is supposed to lead you to happiness. I'll give you a hint: It also pumps blood.

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Marriage by the book

By Alyson Brodsy and Abram Hess · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:04 p.m.

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, IU played host to the king of red herrings when John Corvino and Glenn Stanton debated the merits of gay marriage. As the Indiana Daily Student reported the following day, the two-hour-long debate was "civilized."

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Hate speech preaching

By Alyson Brodsy and Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 3:03 p.m.

Last week, the Westboro Baptist Church, an independent Baptist community, continued its protesting at military funerals despite laws passed to prevent it from doing just this.

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Wiki-what?

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 20,2006 2:57 p.m.

For some time, academia had speculated about the credibility of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. Thanks to last week's series in the Indiana Daily Student, that debate has arrived full-steam at IU.

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