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Students 100 – Administrators 0

Tuesday, April 14,2009 10:06 p.m.

My son and I recently visited the Bloomington campus to attend official University presentations for prospective students. The administrators who made presentations at the Office of Admissions and the Kelley School of Business were disappointing.

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Safer than a toaster

Tuesday, April 14,2009 10:05 p.m.

In his April 3 column “Locked, loaded and ready to learn,” Tyler Chernesky criticizes legislation currently being considered in Texas that would allow college students to carry concealed weapons on campus for personal defense, yet he provides nothing to support his argument other than over-simplified statistics and hypotheticals.

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What is truth?

Tuesday, April 14,2009 10:03 p.m.

Our University seal says, “Lux et Veritas,” “Light and Truth”. A Roman procurator of a backwater conquest once spoke the revealing question, “What is truth?”

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Tobacco tax increases motivate IU students to quit

Tuesday, April 14,2009 10:02 p.m.

No one knows better than Phillip Morris how an increase in taxation on their product decreases the use of it. “Of all the concerns, there is one – taxation – that alarms us the most. While marketing restrictions and public and passive smoking (restrictions) do depress volume, in our experience taxation depresses it much more severely.”

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Bogged down in blogging

By Chad Quandt · Tuesday, April 14,2009 10:01 p.m.

Newspaper is apparently going the way of the dodo, and I understand the irony that you’re most likely reading this column in that medium.

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Rebuilding our economy

Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:59 p.m.

Inheriting one of the worst economic crises this country has experienced since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats have acted swiftly to limit the effects and scale of the recession and to speed up economic recovery.

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Say “No More”

Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:58 p.m.

We are inching closer and closer to eliminating the freedom to succeed in the United States.

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Don’t ask, but don’t forget

Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:57 p.m.

Among the deluge of promises President Barack Obama made along the campaign trail was an assurance to the gay community that the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy would be abolished.

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Live responsibly

By Sanjay Mohanty · Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:54 p.m.

In my pathology text, tucked away at the bottom of a paragraph in the chapter on cancer, is the following: “It begins to appear that almost everything one does to gain a livelihood or for pleasure is fattening, immoral, illegal, or, even worse, oncogenic.”

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President Bow-bama

By Abby Mitchell · Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:52 p.m.

If you’re unhappy with President Barack Obama, look at it this way: We could be currently subject to King Paul instead. 

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Little 5 dualism

By Christian Hines · Tuesday, April 14,2009 9:50 p.m.

“I’ve attended Super Bowls, World Series and the Monaco Grand Prix,” Lance Armstrong said. “But the coolest event I ever attended was the Little 500.”

In this April 16, 2008 file photo former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas smiles before a basketball game in Indianapolis. Thomas has accepted the job as Florida International's basketball coach. The school said Tuesday, April 14, 2009 that Thomas signed a five-year contract.

Isiah Thomas takes FIU coaching job

By Tim Reynolds · Tuesday, April 14,2009 2:57 p.m.

MIAMI — Isiah Thomas is back in coaching, and Florida International wound up as his surprising destination. The former IU player and NBA coach was hired to take over FIU's program Tuesday, a move that gives the Hall of Fame player a chance to revive his career.

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Police investigating knife incident

Tuesday, April 14,2009 2:06 p.m.

Police are looking for two men who allegedly pulled a knife on a doorman at the Upstairs Pub after they were kicked out for smoking.

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University announces commencement speaker

Tuesday, April 14,2009 1:07 p.m.

The University announced today that Justice Michael Kirby, a human-rights advocate who recently retired from the Australian High Court, will present the 2009 commencement address.

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Documentary to raise awareness about addictions

Tuesday, April 14,2009 12:28 a.m.

An up-and-coming documentary concerning addicts and their effect on Bloomington residents will feature freshman Justin Schreiber’s story in April, the national month for alcohol awareness. Junior Deuce Thevenow, co-director of music for the student group Business Careers and Entertainment Club, has been coordinating this documentary.

Jooski Buffoonski and the rest of the Buffoonski Brothers take down a shotski. Dyngus Day is more commonly known as Easter Monday, and celebrated regularly in only a few cities around the nation.

Yogi’s patrons let loose on Dyngus Day

By Mickey Woods · Tuesday, April 14,2009 12:25 a.m.

Electric hair wigs, flashing neon beer logos and shotskis abounded Monday at Yogi’s Grill and Bar as patrons celebrated the restaurant’s 16th annual Dyngus Day, a Polish holiday that celebrates the end of Lent.

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McRobbie to have office hour today only

Tuesday, April 14,2009 12:21 a.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie is offering office hours today for students interested in discussing University issues and college life.

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BFC to review graduate student wages

Tuesday, April 14,2009 12:20 a.m.

The Bloomington Faculty Council approved a resolution on March 24 to create a committee to review stipends given to student academic employees.

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