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Smoky prospects

By Jennifer Miller · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:15 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt – This just in – wildly advanced statistical agencies have pooled their lofty resources and finally reached a verdict: Cairo is ... unhealthy. In other world shockers, the Israel-Palestine conflict continues to look bleak, Roger Federer looks good this year, and the new Celine Dion album sucks.

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Printing pleas

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:14 p.m.

You’re probably vaguely aware that IU has granted you a generous “print quota” of 650 pages a semester.

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Affirmative action for conservatives?

Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 9:12 p.m.

For years, universities have struggled to make sure their policies and attitudes are both accommodating and attractive to a variety of regional, ethnic and religious groups. But now the stereotypically liberal American higher education system might begin to make an effort to incorporate another minority group into the arms of academia – the oft-perceived mortal enemies of free exchange and compassion, conservatives.

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IU gets $60M grant for AIDS program

By Chelsea Merta · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 3:34 p.m.

Treating and preventing AIDS is only part of the partnership that flourishes between the IU School of Medicine and Kenya’s Moi University Teaching and Referral Hospital.

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U. Minnesota researchers turning algae into fuel

By Ab D. Phillip and Liz Riggs · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 1:12 p.m.

The University of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Council recently partnered to explore whether the large amounts of algae that come through the council’s wastewater treatment plants could one day be used as a fuel source for metro buses.

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Student group says bloodshed could be prevented with more firearms on campus

By Ab D. Phillip and Michelle Roberts · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 1:11 p.m.

Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns. Guzman, an economics major at Texas State University-San Marcos, is among 8,000 students nationwide who have joined the nonpartisan Students for Concealed Carry on Campus, arguing that students and faculty already licensed to carry concealed weapons should be allowed to pack heat along with their textbooks.

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Indianapolis looks to Jacksonville

By Aaron Beard · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 12:58 p.m.

After a three-day break in the practice schedule, the Indianapolis Colts began preparing Monday for their AFC South showdown with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Colts (9-2) have a one-game lead in the division. A win on Sunday would give Tony Dungy’s team a sweep in the season series and a cushion in its hunt for a fifth straight AFC South title. Jacksonville would move into a tie for the division lead with a win.

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Dividing lines

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 12:30 p.m.

Thirty-seven countries, 17 million square miles and more than 3 million inhabitants. To borrow a line from the oft-quoted movie “Anchorman,” the continent of Asia is “kind of a big deal.”

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Campus bigotry continues despite efforts

Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 1:47 a.m.

Despite recent University efforts to prevent racially and religiously charged incidents on campus, the IU Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment Programs received the same amount of complaints in the 2006-07 school year as in previous years, and officials claim many incidents go unreported.

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New hate crime bill likely to reignite debate

By Sara Amato · Tuesday, Nov. 27,2007 1:45 a.m.

IU sophomore Paul Gardner does not know who etched the word “fag” into his Wright Quad dorm room door last fall. Even if he did, there’s no legal action Gardner could take to prosecute the offender for a hate crime due to Indiana’s current lack of hate crime legislation.

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