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Monroe County Fall Festival starts Thursday

By Michael Reschke · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:28 p.m.

The Monroe County Fall Festival will return Thursday for its 44th nonconsecutive year. There is no entry fee to the three-day festival, which will feature two stages for live entertainment, a parade, rides from Pic-A-Chic farms of Bloomington, a cruise-in car show and fireworks displays.

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For whom the road tolls

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:20 p.m.

This weekend, I received a surprise when my parents, lifelong Republicans, announced they were planning to vote for Ohio's Democratic candidate for governor, Ted Strickland. Why? Besides the fact that Republican candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell was generally too conservative for them -- as a friend once put it, he's a "God conservative," while my family and I are "economic conservatives" -- one big issue was playing on their minds. Blackwell wants to lease the Ohio Turnpike to a foreign consortium, Macquarie-Cintra. You Hoosiers might have heard of it.

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Truck you

By Abby Schwimmer and Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:19 p.m.

Picture this: In the quiet hours of the early morning, your SUV rumbles over the rough terrain. Its 10-cylinder engine propels you through a deep ravine, one so rugged only the most ridiculously huge of vehicles can pass.

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GOP advocates fence along Mexican border

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:14 p.m.

According to a Sept. 14 New York Times article, House Republicans have announced they will back a proposal that would require the Bush administration to build 700 miles of two-layered, reinforced fence along the Mexican border with the United States. This is one of many bills regarding border control the Republicans have promised to push through the House before the midterm elections.

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A Species In Silence

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 11:05 p.m.

There is an epidemic developing at IU. It's not cholera or influenza or even alcohol poisoning. No, this new disease is much more terrifying and is capable of transforming the human race into monosyllabic -- or worse -- nonvocal members of the animal kingdom: self-isolationism! That's right. It seems as though IU students are cutting themselves off from meeting people or developing new friendships. Want evidence? Look around you right now: How many people are silent and using an electronic device? If you happen upon one of those mutated by this disease (or are one yourself), our columnists will help you identify just exactly what you're dealing with.

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Steven Irwin memorial at Australia Zoo Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:51 p.m.

BEERWAH, Australia -- More than 5,000 people, including the Australian prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service.

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Bush assures Muslims U.S. not at war with Islam

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 10:41 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- President Bush on Tuesday appealed directly to Muslims to assure them that the United States is not waging war with Islam as he laid out a vision for peace in the Middle East before skeptical world leaders at the United Nations.

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Pot discovered in AEPhi

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Police issued arrest citations for possession of marijuana to three IU students at Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority Saturday afternoon, a police report said, after a fire alarm was set off in the building.

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SLIS dean wins highest information science honor

By Carly Dachis · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Every year since 1964, the American Society for Information Science and Technology has bestowed its highest honor on one researcher in the information science field. This year, Blaise Cronin, dean of IU's School of Library and Information Science, received the National Award of Merit.

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Business club holds fall call-out meeting

By Kristi Oloffson · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:21 a.m.

One way to get 200 students interested in a business club is to entice them with networking trips to New York City and Los Angeles. Another way is to have a cappella group Straight No Chaser perform at the organization's call-out meeting.

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Town hall meeting honors Constitution

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:18 a.m.

A town hall meeting discussing checks on presidential power took place in the Grand Hall of the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center Monday night. The meeting, held in celebration of Constitution Day, was sponsored by the IU Dean of Faculties office and moderated by education professor Terrance Mason.

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Report: 45 percent of Indiana college students binge drink

By Zachary Osterman · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:16 a.m.

A recent survey of 7,600 Indiana college students reported that 45 percent of those questioned said they participated in binge drinking while in college, which the report defined as consuming five or more drinks for a male and four or more drinks for a female in a two-hour period.

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EIGHTH & FESS IS SPROUTING

By Kasey Hawrysz · Tuesday, Sept. 19,2006 12:10 a.m.

With his long beard and denim overalls, senior Danny Atlas might look like an old-time farmer, but his growing methods are brand new.

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