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IU focuses on student safety abroad

By Meredith Brown · Friday, Jan. 18,2008 12:01 a.m.

If an IU student were in a minor accident in Bloomington, they would know exactly what to do. But if the same incident occurred in Freiburg, Germany, they might not have any idea where to go for help.

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Bush and Bernanke back plan to stimulate economy

By Abisalom Omolo and Jeannine Aversa · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:39 p.m.

President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday embraced calls for an economic stimulus package to avert recession. Bernanke said such a plan should be aimed at quickly getting cash into the hands of people, especially those with low and moderate incomes.

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Parks Department to teach survival skills

By Nathan Brown · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:38 p.m.

Many might find it difficult to imagine being caught in a situation where using winter survival skills would be absolutely essential. But Bloomington’s Parks and Recreation Department is holding a program from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Winslow Woods Park to teach people those exact skills.

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Around the Arts

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:30 p.m.

City Lights and Underground presents: Punk Cinema Night Where:Radio-TV Center 251 When: 8 p.m. Jan. 18 More Information: City Lights and Underground will screen several punk movies from the 1970s, highlighting the abrasive sentiment of the times.

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La Dernier Cri: Think spring

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:28 p.m.

The fashion world has been thinking spring since shows back in October. Magazines have been previewing the newest spring trends while here in Indiana, we have yet to put away our snow boots and mittens. I have decided that, at least for a few minutes, I will think spring too.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:26 p.m.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that sending Marines to Afghanistan will keep pressure on the Taliban and doesn’t “reflect dissatisfaction” with NATO countries’ performance.

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Joshua Bell to perform to sold out audience

Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:25 p.m.

Free tickets were available for Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell and acclaimed pianist Jeremy Denk, who will perform at the Musical Arts Center at 4 p.m. Feb. 10.

COURTESY PHOTO The IU Auditorium, built in 1938 and renovated in 1997, has seen a long history of prestigious performances, including Red Skelton and "Les Miserables."

IU Auditorium lights still shining 70 years after groundbreaking

By Shannon Dahmer · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 10:24 p.m.

The faint songs and immortalized words of thousands of performances and speeches still echo through the halls of the Indiana University Auditorium. For students today, the auditorium is a staple; it’s been here forever. Yet many, including Bloomington residents, do not know anything about its history.

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Law school of hard knocks

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:34 p.m.

After her first year as a law student at Southern Illinois University, Lisa Rittenhouse had a GPA of 1.948, just below the 1.95 average needed to guarantee a spot in the law school for the coming semester. She was one of six students who reapplied for admission, and the only one denied, even though she claimed to have the highest GPA of all applicants.

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One great gyno

By Georgia Perry · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:32 p.m.

Tuesday was one of the more devastating days of my life. It started with one of those scary letters in the mail from the gynecologist’s office. If you haven’t ever gotten one, they say this on the outside:

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Three strikes

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:30 p.m.

TV has officially struck out. With the writers strike screwing the few well-written shows on television, we have hit the point where most shows have run out of scripts.

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Strictly political

By Nathan Dixon · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 9:28 p.m.

The issue has largely been drowned out of this election, but every once in a while, in between all the diatribes about lowering taxes and curbing illegal immigration, Republican candidates will remind voters that they support the kind of strict constructionist judges supposedly needed to preserve the Constitution.

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Lacking rationale

By Tristan Reitz · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 4:33 p.m.

Isaac Asimov once said that “the saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” While most presidential candidates are incredibly intelligent and articulate, their grasp of science is not what many would see as commendable. And this is OK. I do not feel the need for Rudy

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The IDS enters the digital age

By James Brosher · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 3:56 a.m.

About a month ago, while most students were worrying about final exams, plane tickets and rides home, the staff at the Indiana Daily Student was planning ways to turn the corner with the paper’s online content.

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Around the World

By AP Reports and Angus Shaw · Thursday, Jan. 17,2008 12:35 a.m.

Fidel Castro said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to address Cuba’s people in person and can’t campaign for Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

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