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Stolen Keys

4 charged in theft of giant key sculpture installed in Maryland

By Associated Press · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 8:56 p.m.

FREDERICK, Md. – These giant skeleton keys can’t be used to pick locks, but they could soon be opening some jailhouse doors. Four men were arrested and charged with stealing one of 30 fiberglass keys installed throughout Frederick’s historic downtown in tribute to national anthem author Francis Scott Key.

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Le Denier Cri

By Claire Burke · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 8:55 p.m.

There are millions of types of jeans in the world. Skinny, boot cut, wide leg, dark wash, low rise, high waist – what is a girl to do? Finding a pair of trendy jeans in the right cut and wash is nearly impossible. This season though, straying away from their normal strictly one-cut-of-jean idea, designers have chosen two very different cuts for us, the general public, to choose from.

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Exhibit provides look into Tibetan life

By Nathan Brown · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 8:54 p.m.

Bloomington City Hall is playing host to “Tibet in Sight and Sound,” an exhibit of rare photography and music from the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center’s collection. Those who are interested in familiarizing themselves with Tibetan life can do so until Oct. 31.

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Colbert Nation

By Thomas Wachtel · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 7:35 p.m.

Television comedian and fake pundit Stephen Colbert is running for president. No, seriously. He announced his candidacy on his show “The Colbert Report” last week, though until he clarified on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” it was hard to tell whether or not he was joking. In fact, to be perfectly honest, I’m still not sure if he’s serious, considering the fact that he’s entering both as a Republican and as a Democrat, and that he says he’s only running in his home state of South Carolina. It would be pretty interesting to see what would happen if Colbert – by some twist of fate – actually becomes the president of the United States.

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Need more worm farmers?

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 7:31 p.m.

Indiana needs more worm farmers. No, really, it’s true. For whatever reason, a worm farmer, technically known as a vermiculturist, is not generally among the answers you will get when you ask someone, “What do you want to be when you graduate?” But the devastating lack of students studying worm farming may soon be solved if Mitt Romney gets his way. At a campaign event last week, the former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential hopeful mentioned that he would like to see federal college aid distributed to college students based on the career paths they intend to take following graduation.

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The new pollution

By Jennifer Miller · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 7:30 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt – Flying in and out of Cairo International provides a pretty sight. A massive, opaque brown cloud blankets the city and spans for miles. I know that to certain Americans, global warming just isn’t a problem. But living in the world’s most polluted city is giving me a not-so-nice preview of what we Westerners and our slam-bang capitalism have in store for our kids. The Bush Administration’s case for global warming is not just wrong – it’s logically inconsistent.

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The lost woman

By Ayesha Awan · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 7:29 p.m.

Three billion people in the world live on less than $2 a day. Women, in many cases, must bear a double burden – one of poverty, and one of the societal beliefs and practices that reflect the brutal reality of the world. A woman’s life isn’t quite worth that of a man’s.

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No news is good news

By Chase Cooper · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 7:28 p.m.

Q:How do you know when things are going well in Iraq? A: You don’t. Last week, CNN’s Howard Kurtz reported that decreasing casualty figures in Iraq received scarce attention on CBS and NBC evening news programs. America’s leading newspapers also buried this good news on their inside pages rather than putting it on the front pages.

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Give coach Sampson a chance

Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:36 p.m.

Few among us forget the Sunday afternoon that coach Bobby Knight’s employment with this University was terminated. And for those of us who supported the coach, the reason for the termination given – the violation of a “zero-tolerance policy” – was insufficient.

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Take Back the Night is not about condemning victim

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:36 p.m.

I am very upset and discouraged by the IDS’s coverage of Take Back the Night this year. Wednesday’s article “Uniting to Take Back the Night” by Chelsea Merta misrepresents the purpose of the event, ignoring one of the most important messages reiterated by every speaker in Dunn Meadow: Victims are not to blame for domestic and sexual assault.

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Duncan confuses Democrats with Republicans

By Tom Schwoegler · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:36 p.m.

In your editorial “Elite idealists” you make an ineffectual case for the Democrats losing the election in 2008, saying that it will be a repeat of 2004. Unfortunately, you left out one relevant point, which is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room. That point is that Democrats will be running against the seven-year record of the current Republican administration. You commented that Democrats: “are too enamored with their own rhetoric to know how the American people will actually vote.”

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McRobbie should sign Climate Protection Commitment

Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:35 p.m.

Friday, the environmental activist community received a boon when leaders in climate change, former vice president Al Gore and the UN-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, received a joint Nobel Peace Prize. This award solidifies the legitimacy of climate change alongside such corporeal threats as nuclear weapons, landmines and terrorism in the Middle East.

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Ron Paul is not anti-abortion

Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:28 p.m.

I enjoyed Kelly Cochran’s article about Monday’s Ron Paul event. However, I would like to make one clarification. Kelly described Ron Paul as anti-abortion, and I don¹t believe that label is accurate. Ron Paul voted nay to the following bills: • Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, a bill that prohibits the transportation of a minor across state lines to obtain an abortion without the consent of a parent or legal guardian

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IDS coverage misrepresents Take Back the Night

Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:28 p.m.

I was beyond disappointed with the IDS’s coverage on Oct. 10 of the Take Back the Night rally. The point of Take Back the Night is that women can reclaim their freedom to walk alone at night, their freedom to be free from unwanted sexual advances, their freedom from fear. This is nothing short of a reclamation of autonomy.

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Cooper ignores glaring problems

By Clint Ward · Tuesday, Oct. 23,2007 4:28 p.m.

This is in response to Chase Cooper’s Oct. 10 column “Outraged? Start Paying Attention.” First of all, at one point in the article his grammar is so poor he actually refers to President Bush as a liberal. Secondly, he should be careful with the way he uses the word “propaganda.” The fact is we won’t win in Iraq unless the Iraqi government stands up for itself.

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