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Senderoff’s resignation raises more questions

By Jonathan Hines · Wednesday, Oct. 31,2007 12:28 a.m.

With the opening exhibition game of the men’s basketball season less than a week away, the latest development in Kelvin Sampson’s “Land of Impermissible Phone Calls” includes the resignation of assistant coach Rob Senderoff and the public release of the Ice Miller report, which documents all possible recruiting violations made by the coaching staff.

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Pumpkin launching solves post-Halloween problems

By Nathan Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 31,2007 12:10 a.m.

It’s just after Halloween. Masks are stowed in the closet until next year, candy wrappers are strewn across the floor and the same horror movies that run year after year stop. But what happens to the pumpkins that are slowly rotting away on the porch?

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Ban on legislative prayer overturned

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Oct. 31,2007 12:08 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – A federal appeals court has ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging sectarian prayers being given during sessions of the state House of Representatives.

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Mitchell house draws ghost hunters, Sci Fi Channel movie

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 11:59 p.m.

About four years ago, Mitchell, Ind., resident Jarret Marshall noticed an ad about the Whispers Estate, a historical home for sale. The house was cheap, almost too cheap, but Marshall bought it anyway. What he didn’t know was that someone already inhabited his new home.

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Education School's Web site reaches out

By Kasey DeVore · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 11:44 p.m.

The new School of Education Web site is prepared to handle any type of visitor – current students, former students who are now teachers or students as young as middle school who may never even attend IU.

Hepburn Papers

NY Public Library gets starlet’s papers

By Karen Matthews · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 10:08 p.m.

NEW YORK – Picture this: Katharine Hepburn and her chauffeur stopped for speeding in the tiny town of Blackwell, Okla. Hepburn berates the strapping young officer as a “moron” and “dumbbell,” then adds, “If I ever found an Oklahoma car in Connecticut, I would flatten all the tires.”

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Le Dernier Cri

By Claire Burke · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 10:07 p.m.

I am one of those people who holds onto everything. Notes from past classes, old magazines, trinkets from childhood and old clothing fill up my room and my closet. It is this hoarding of old clothing that is puzzling me. Why do I keep clothes that I will never wear again? Wouldn’t it be better to donate them to someone who needs them more or simply throw them out?

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‘Rocky Horror’ back at Buskirk

By Ashlyn McNeal · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 10:06 p.m.

This Halloween, students can be de-virginized the Rocky Horror way. The local Cardinal Stage Company will present the “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” today at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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What’s wrong with journalism

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 8:50 p.m.

As a journalism major and an idealist, I prefer a certain level of professionalism and class in my news coverage. I like a person like Anderson Cooper, who covers important issues well and actually cares about those issues and confronts the responsible (or irresponsible) parties – see his coverage of Hurricane Katrina for an example.

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No fly ninnies

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 8:48 p.m.

Robert Johnson is on the government’s No Fly List. He was convicted of plotting to blow up a movie theater and a Hindu temple in Toronto. He served a 12-year prison sentence before he was deported to Trinidad. For the multitude of Robert Johnsons that reside in the United States and elsewhere, this means that they are now subjected to searches and interrogations – sometimes for hours – every time they decide to fly on an airplane.

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Hard-knock life

By Indira Dammu · Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 8:46 p.m.

Imagine this scenario: Due to unfortunate circumstances, you find yourself locked in a bare room. Everyday activities are monitored with the expressed intent of breaking you down. Your life becomes a routine, played out at the behest of those unconcerned with your well-being. You eventually lose contact with your family and friends. Such a scenario isn’t improbable – 2.2 million Americans currently lead a life similar to this in prisons around the country.

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Tactless fundraising

Tuesday, Oct. 30,2007 8:44 p.m.

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, tact is “a delicate and considerate perception of what is appropriate.” It’s also something administrators at Virginia Tech seem to be lacking at the moment. Perhaps they should have consulted this definition before they finalized the design of their $1 billion fundraising campaign, because from the way it’s being run, it appears that they have forgotten the meaning of the word. Barely six months after the tragic shootings that claimed the lives of 32 students and faculty and left the nation upset and confused, the university has already, whether intentionally or not, taken advantage of the outpouring of support it’s received from across the country and used it to support its own institutional goals.

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