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Don't let fear cloud reason

In her Feb. 13 column, “Guns Blazin’,” Indira Dammu vehemently argues for stricter gun control laws, but


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Dammu is not shooting it straight

This is in response to Indira Dammu’s Feb. 13 column entitled “Guns blazin’.” First, the idea that “Indiana has no restrictions on the sale of assault weapons” is a false statement. Indiana


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End the debate: fire Sampson

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I don’t even understand what the debate is about. Maybe it’s a product of having been alive to see the Hoosiers hoist a national championship


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Experience ruined

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For as long as I can remember I’ve wanted to go to IU. Since I was four years old my best memories are sitting on the couch with my family watching IU basketball games. When

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Brazen "Blazin"

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Indira Dammu’s Feb. 13 “Guns blazin’” article is filled with many inaccuracies and misunderstandings. Starting with the beginning of the article, the Virginia Tech tragedy did not


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Goodbye and good riddance, Sampson

Friday had to be one of the worst days in the history of IU athletics. Or the best, depending on how you look at it. If you’ve read our last two staff editorials about the Sampson fiasco, it should be no surprise that we think the decision was definitely the correct one: Kelvin Sampson lost his job as IU basketball coach.


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Digital dominance

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Last week, inventor Ray Kurzweil predicted that artificial intelligence would catch up to human levels by 2029. Granted, what Kurzweil told the BBC was that we’d see a merger of humans and machines via nanotechnology rather than, say, the rise of an intelligent race of machines – but, come on.


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Lying under the Bush

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This February, President Bush gave his first interview to the BBC in almost seven years when he sat down to discuss Africa and his legacy. Watching the president’s grayed hair and hearing his worn voice, I almost began to feel sympathy for a man so trampled by his own presidency.


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Dirty money

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It’s been more than a year since major presidential hopefuls such as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others announced their candidacies for the White House. Each candidate stood in front of all their supporters, many just regular, everyday Americans, and gave grand speeches explaining why they felt the country “needs them at this moment in history.”


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Capitalist propaganda

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Of all the American myths, perhaps the one most deeply embedded in our American psyche is the notion of capitalism’s infallible virtues. Stay with me, here. Don’t worry, I’m not going to dismiss capitalism in a 500-word column.




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Why you should care about IUSA

It’s your money. The IU Student Association is student-funded and there to provide student services along with funding and input for student events. Students should



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Sampson resigns, reaches settlement with University

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The speculation is finally over: Kelvin Sampson is finished coaching the IU men’s basketball team. Sampson and IU agreed to a $750,000 settlement on Friday.  VIDEO:  Greenspan press conference  DOCUMENT:  Sampson's contract  DOCUMENT:  NCAA letter of allegations  DOCUMENT:  NCAA notice of allegations





Brandon Foltz

IUSF to sponsor 76th annual IU Sing competition this weekend

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This Friday and Saturday, about 49 different organizations will be “caught in the spotlight” for the 76th annual IU Sing. IU Sing is a competition sponsored by the IU Student Foundation where student organizations come together and create four- to six-minute musical acts.


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Judgment Day

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University officials will announce Friday the fate of IU men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, IU trustee Phil Eskew Jr. said Thursday. “It is just my understanding that there will be an announcement tomorrow,” Eskew said, after receiving an e-mail from an IU administrator about Sampson’s situation.