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Money-driven closing

It is no secret that we are living in a money-driven society, but this is also a society that is based on some values that supersede the pursuit of profit. It seems to me that the latter is forgotten by the current IU administration, who is trying to make a buck by canceling some of the most revered and student-friendly locations on campus and turning them into yet another office suite or lecture hall.


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Don’t forget

The most historically significant moment since Dec. 7, 1941, received at best negligible and at worst non-existent coverage of the attacks eight years prior. While the article regarding the effects of the attacks on Muslim life in America is perfectly legitimate, the lack of coverage regarding the rest of America is appallingly irresponsible.


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Endorsing beer pong?

WE SAY Paranoia about colored cans and ping-pong balls is a waste of time.


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Come dwell with me

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If you want to truly appreciate the weather before it takes a turn for the worse, take a break from the city.

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Fighting the drinking age

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In the case of alcohol, like that of any other dangerous mind-altering substance, there are no good solutions. There is no easy way to square the rights of society to be safe from those using alcohol irresponsibly with the right of individuals to make their own decisions – stupid or otherwise. Yet, America’s decision to maintain a high drinking age and promote abstinence as the only legal option while those under 21 continue to drink anyway is hardly the worst solution.


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Spineless Democrats

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Michele Bachmann believes in reviving McCarthyism and “Patriotism Panels,” talk radio is filled with nothing but the paranoid rantings of conservative white men, and a former vice president can tell a U.S. congressman so eloquently to “go (expletive) himself.” But to chastise a man for a singular comment such as the “a-bomb” comes off as thin-skinned and massively hypocritical.








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Job-seekers stay updated at local free fairs

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Students aren’t the only ones who have to worry about tests and resumes. With a shifting job market and unemployment on the rise, the Bloomington Lifelong Learning Coalition is reaching out to adults this week. The Coalition and the City of Bloomington Office of the Mayor are sponsoring Lifelong Learning Week. Starting on Sunday, the week has already included two free information fairs for adult learners and job seekers.


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Secretary Rokita calls for redistricting changes

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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita has called for state legislators to reform the process through which legislative districts are defined, saying the current maps were drawn with political interests in mind.




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Students to demonstrate at campus coal plant

Students will present a demonstration at noon Wednesday at the Central Heating Plant at 11th Street and Fee Lane in response to how much coal IU and colleges use across the country.


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'Dirty Dancing' star Patrick Swayze dies at 57

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Patrick Swayze personified a particular kind of masculine grace both on and off screen, from his roles in films like "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" to the way he carried himself in his long fight with pancreatic cancer. Swayze died from the illness on Monday in Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 57.



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Panel: News organizations need more diversity

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INDIANAPOLIS — Sports coverage will accurately reflect athletes and issues only when news organizations hire more people of color and women — not only as reporters but as editors who embrace diversity, panelists at a sports media symposium said Monday.