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Role reversal: Hoosiers ruin Iowa homecoming

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Shutdown corner, punt returner and special-teams gunner. Tracy Porter plays a lot of roles for the Hoosiers. On Saturday, playing in front of 70,585 fans for Iowa’s homecoming game, Porter played a role that his teammates aren’t accustomed to.



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From ‘Oh crap’ to touchdown

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The play is legendary. It’s referred to as “the fumblerooski,” and also as “the annexation of Puerto Rico.” On Saturday, sophomore quarterback Kellen Lewis and senior fullback Josiah Sears had their own serendipitous variation that left the Hoosiers elated and the Hawkeyes stunned.


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Colts defeat Broncos 38-20; lose Harrison, Morris to injuries

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For the third consecutive year, the Indianapolis Colts are 4-0. But Sunday’s 38-20 home win against the Denver Broncos came at a price. Pro Bowl wide receiver Marvin Harrison and starting linebacker Rob Morris suffered injuries during the first half, causing them to leave the game. Morris had a brace placed on his strained left knee and was carted off the field near the end of the half.


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ACC hosts cooking demo

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Carefully pouring some creamy, light green goo into an 8-inch frying pan, Evita Luminto, senior and president of Permias, the Indonesian Student Association, prepared a flat pancake for the Indonesian cooking demonstration Friday afternoon.


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University shares science with kids

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Kneeling in the grass in a green shirt, white shorts and with a striped mitten on her hand, a girl slid a chunk of dry ice down a miniature bowling alley into six empty 2-liter bottles.


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IUNotes.com hopes to expand across Big Ten

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IUNotes.com, a popular Web site created by three juniors, is expanding its services to the University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin and eventually the entire Big Ten.


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Boats sink or swim at 7th annual regatta

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Before starting the Cardboard Boat Regatta Friday, Evans Scholars team members senior Jesse Burroughs and junior Karl Schaefer were holding homemade swords, axes and shields. Afterward, they were holding trophies.


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You can’t save Darfur

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Two-hundred thousand residents of the Darfur region of Sudan are dead. Thousands more have been raped and tortured by the (probably government-endorsed) Janjaweed militias. Additionally, 2.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict.



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You can't save Darfur

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Two-hundred thousand residents of the Darfur region of Sudan are dead. Thousands more have been raped and tortured by the (probably government-endorsed) Janjaweed militias. Additionally, 2.5 million people have been displaced by the conflict.


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Byte the power

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"Computers are a fad.” This is and always has been the mantra of one of my esteemed professors. The first time I heard him say it, I thought to myself, “Wow, this guy is on to something!” And I knew he had to be right, too – he does, after all, have a Ph.D., which, as we all know, makes a person infallible.


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Subsidized journalism

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The latest edition of the Columbia Journalism Review contains a feature by Bree Nordenson calling for news outlets to be government-subsidized. See, newsgathering is expensive, and the Internet is reducing newspapers’ revenues – because it increases competition between papers, making it hard to charge subscription fees; and because Web sites like Craigslist siphon off advertising. Thus, rather than adapt our business models to this growing trend, why not get the government to pony up some cash? It works for farmers, defense industries and Amtrak, right? And PBS and NPR are never pressured by the government, are they?


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You and Paris

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Paris Hilton isn’t exactly a good role model. She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, and she’s had her fair share of troubles. But then again, who hasn’t messed up before? Who hasn’t gone out to a party and done something stupid? The only difference is Paris’ every move is being followed. If we don’t like a picture of ourselves, we can just untag it on Facebook, while she has to face seeing unflattering photos of herself plastered across the cover of most every magazine in the nation. Now, this column isn’t about defending Paris Hilton against the evils of the media. It’s about how she has never let her mishaps get the best of her.


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Facebook faces up

Over the past few years, the phenomenon of social networking sites – MySpace, Facebook and the like – has exploded. It seems that practically everyone under the age of 25 has a profile on at least one such site, and phrases like “top eight” and “writing on someone’s wall” have become a part of social culture.