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New group plans to get students voting, involved

By Nola Lazin · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:46 p.m.

Brianna Dines, president of Democracy Matters, is helping start up one of the newest clubs on IU’s campus. She said the club focuses its energy around supporting a nonpartisan group that works on getting money out of politics and getting the voters back and more involved. Democracy Matters is a national group that was started in 2001 by NBA basketball player Adonal Foyle. The mission of the group, as stated on their Web site, is “to strengthen democracy by training young people how to be effective grassroots organizers and advocates and supporting full public financing of election campaigns and other pro-democracy reforms.”

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IU club hockey roster set

By Tyler James Perry · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:46 p.m.

The IU club hockey team took to the ice last Friday night for an intrasquad exhibition game at Frank Southern Ice Arena in Bloomington for one final shakedown. The coaches divided the squad into two separate teams to help determine starters and finalize the roster.

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Weekend of sports facilitates escape

By Bryan Payton · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:44 p.m.

You know, I really wanted to write about how my Chicago White Sox beat up on the Detroit Tigers to force a one-game playoff, but thanks to Mother Nature, that wasn’t possible – the game was delayed for too long. But the writing must go on. While my heart is currently with the White Sox, I realize this weekend was a pretty good one for sports. There was pretty much something for everyone.

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Capobianco: ‘I’m not worried’

By Jordan Cohen · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:43 p.m.

With the recent pledge from 6-foot-11 center Bawa Muniru, IU men’s basketball coach Tom Crean now has six commitments from the 2009 class, although he only has room to give away five available scholarships. Muniru’s commitment last Thursday leaves 14 potential scholarship players in the fold for next year’s IU squad. But NCAA rules limit teams to 13 scholarships with the Big Ten permitting the Hoosiers to over-sign by one. Crean will be forced to make an adjustment should all six sign, but that hasn’t stopped him from recruiting for next year. Despite Muniru’s commitment, four-star recruit Chris Braswell visited this past weekend.

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Late-voter registration to surge as deadline nears

Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:42 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – More than 70,000 Indiana residents have registered to vote since the May primary, and those numbers are rising as the deadline nears to vote in the Nov. 4 election.

Sophomore midfielder Rich Balchan eyes the ball during the Hoosiers' 2-1 loss to UC Santa Barbara on Friday night at Bill Armstrong Stadium.

Rough atmosphere awaits IU men's soccer’s chance to rebound

By Greg Rosenstein · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:42 p.m.

After the team’s 2-1 loss to UC-Santa Barbara on Saturday night, IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag said his biggest concern was the “casualness” his team displayed on the field. The Hoosiers hope to show a more aggressive approach today when they travel to Evansville for an 8 p.m. showdown against the Purple Aces. This weekend’s loss dropped the Hoosiers to a No. 17 national ranking and 4-2-2 on the season. The Purple Aces are 6-2 and coming off their largest margin of victory this year, a 6-0 win over Centenary.

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Soldiers to get mental health evaluations

Monday, Sept. 29,2008 11:42 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Members of an Indiana National Guard brigade returning in November from a deployment to Iraq will spend time meeting with mental health counselors before heading home to their families.

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McCain: Obama policies will deepen recession

Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:33 p.m.

Lagging in the polls, Republican presidential candidate John McCain unleashed a blistering attack Monday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a simple question: “Country first or Obama first?”

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Change just a slogan

Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:14 p.m.

The extent to which Barack Obama shows concern over America’s financial crisis isn’t resonating with the American people. For a campaign running on “change,” there has been little done with his campaign in these recent months that even hints at reforming the old regime. The man who purports his desire to help Americans in their current crisis hired Franklin Raines as his housing financial adviser.

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Biden’s ties and lies

By Yahya Chaudhry · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:09 p.m.

Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware is one lucky guy. Out of the blue, Barack Obama picked Biden to be his running mate in the upcoming presidential election. Then, Sen. John McCain of Arizona chose an inarticulate fool as his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

IU scientists designed special rugged computing equipment that will be used for the Polar Grid Project, which is studying Earth's shrinking ice caps in Antartica and Greenland.

Indiana University hardware sent to Antarctica

By Megan Meyer · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:09 p.m.

A team from IU’s Pervasive Technology Labs and University Information Technology Services bundled up powerful computing equipment and sent it off to Antarctica on Friday.The equipment is specially designed for the Polar Grid Project, an organization formed to provide better information about Earth’s shrinking ice caps.

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The biker dilemma

By Erin Chapman · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:08 p.m.

The other day while biking on North Jordan, I had a close call when I was almost forced to swerve into a parked car in order to avoid the black Honda Civic that passed too close on my left.

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Give me an elitist

By Ashley Ames · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:06 p.m.

America is in love with the notion that anyone could become president; a commonplace citizen taking command is the ultimate illustration of what our land of opportunities represents. We value in our political candidates an aura of ordinariness and a sense of being down-to-earth. We want our presidents to be just like us. We enjoy imagining that our commander in chief is the type of dude with whom you’d like to sit down at a bar and have a beer (or, in the case of Hillary, a swig of whiskey), which is why the dub “elitist” has become so, well, nasty. It’s a label both candidates reject, snub and fear.

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Pastors should pay the price to politicize

Monday, Sept. 29,2008 10:03 p.m.

As the election heats up, a group of ministers across the country might run into trouble for endorsing their choices for president. Dubbed Pulpit Freedom Sunday, 33 church leaders will speak to their congregations about how they should vote. Copies of their sermons will be sent directly to the Internal Revenue Service in attempt to challenge the law that prevents nonprofit organizations from dealing with partisan issues. The issue is these churches’ tax-exempt status. By allowing tax-exempt organizations to be involved with the political process, the government is, in essence, contributing to those campaigns.It doesn’t matter if it’s an official nomination or a recommendation in a Sunday sermon.Saving an organization money through tax breaks is a negative tax, essentially the same as donating to them.

Hello: My name is ...

By Lindsey Hoeppner · Monday, Sept. 29,2008 9:58 p.m.

Track. Bristol. Willow. Piper and Trig.Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee, gave her children five unusual names. Plenty of IU students can empathize.Freshman Piper Hamlett, who shares the name of one of Palin’s daughters, said students with uncommon names encounter a range of experiences.“Having an unusual name is fun because it stands out in a group,” she said. “People don’t forget it once they’ve met me.”

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