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She got game

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:51 p.m.

I ran across a WNBA game on ESPN2 last week, and after I got past the initial depression from realizing the league had a TV contract and the NHL does not, I remembered that I had set out to see a WNBA game this summer.

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Stern blames ‘rogue, isolated criminal’ for betting scandal

By Aaron Beard and Brian Mahoney · Wednesday, July 25,2007 7:46 p.m.

David Stern has seen college basketball and German soccer overcome point-shaving scandals. He never imagined his own league would be thrown into one. The NBA commissioner blamed “rogue, isolated criminal” Tim Donaghy for that, creating a betting scandal that has devastated the league and threatened the credibility of every referee.

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President of the United States: Commander in Chief

By Robert Vane · Wednesday, July 25,2007 4:31 p.m.

Congressman Baron Hill’s op-ed (“In Support of the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act,” July 19) served as a needed reminder of why the Founding Fathers gave the constitutional responsibility of commander-in-chief to one person – the president of the United States.

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Pitchfork debacle

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, July 25,2007 4:21 p.m.

Pitchforkmedia.com is the bane or boon of rock journalism, depending on whom you ask. Since the Web site’s launch in 1996, the Internet music magazine has provided nibbles and bits of erudite music criticism to feed the hungry hipster masses. It has become an institution among indie fans.

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Shake your Boilermaker

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, July 25,2007 4:19 p.m.

On Friday, the Journal & Courier of Lafayette, Ind., revealed that, on June 30, Purdue University spent $576,778 on a party for 600 donors to the university. Purdue justified the expense by saying that it was a drop in the bucket compared to the $1.7 billion the donors had contributed, and that costs had increased due to the location and timing of the event (Mollenkopf Athletic Center had to be specially equipped, and student musical groups were unavailable in the summer).

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YouTalk campaigns

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, July 25,2007 4:18 p.m.

You know something’s ingrained in American culture when the government finally catches on to it. CNN sped up that process earlier this week by introducing the Democratic candidates to the cultural phenomenon that is YouTube.

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Bio-logical errors

Wednesday, July 25,2007 4:17 p.m.

Finally, the Indiana state government is looking at pragmatic solutions to our environmental woes. Last week, Sen. Richard Lugar announced that the federal government is setting aside money to help fund the efforts of an Indiana town trying to run completely on alternative energy sources.

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2007 Miss Monroe County crowned

By Alberto D. Morales · Tuesday, July 24,2007 1:13 p.m.

Alyssa Lampkins woke up at 5 a.m., Saturday, to tend to her show pigs at the Monroe County Fair. Fourteen hours later, she was crowned 2007 Miss Monroe County.

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There’s something about Harry

By Emily Gibbons · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:57 p.m.

Since 1997, readers have almost yearly immersed itself in the magical, mirror-image world of Harry Potter, a boy raised in England but educated in the ways of magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry’s coming-of-age tale, told in a language of wands, spells and the ever-present game of Quidditch, came to an end last week with the release of the last installment in author J.K. Rowling’s internationally renowned series. Fans flooded bookstores across the world to snatch up copies of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” and the scene at the Bloomington Barnes and Noble, 2813 E. Third St., was no different.

Edwin C. Marshall, professor and associate dean for academic affairs and student administration at the IU School of Optometry, was named vice president for diversity, equity and multicultural affairs Wednesday by IU President Michael McRobbie. Marshall replaces Charlie Nelms, who accepted the position of chancellor at North Carolina Central University, a position Nelms will assume at the beginning of August.

IU welcomes new VP of diversity

By Zachary Osterman · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:53 p.m.

IU announced July 18 that Edwin C. Marshall, a professor and associate dean for academic affairs and student administration at the IU School of Optometry, has been named the next vice president of diversity, equity and multicultural affairs.

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House passes college cost act

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:38 p.m.

MACOMB, Ill. – The College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 passed its second test last Wednesday when the House of Representatives passed the legislation with a 273-149 vote.

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New Web site connects different races

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:35 p.m.

ATLANTA – Joining the trend while establishing its own uniqueness, www.minorityspace.com, a burgeoning social networking Web site, joins the collective as a means of using spare time on the Internet.

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McRobbie appoints new administrators

By Ab D. Phillip · Sunday, July 22,2007 8:34 p.m.

Since IU President Michael McRobbie took office on July 1, IU administration has experienced several changes. With Edwin Marshall’s appointment to vice president of diversity, equity and multicultural affairs, he joins many other newly appointed administrators in McRobbie’s cabinet.

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