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IUNotes.com benefits students, University

By Abra Oliver and Michael Kurlancheek · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

In your March 26 editorial “Note-able laziness,” IUNotes.com was criticized for creating a note-taking service that may open the “potential for abuse” if misused by slackers. IUNotes.com is a newly established note-taking service that offers inexpensive lecture notes and review packets to IU students. Our service was founded on the principles of academic endeavor and the progression of higher education. IUNotes.com has had an immense positive impact on IU that greatly outweighs its potential for misuse. Our notes are intended to be supplements to lectures that enhance students’ understanding of the subject material. While tutoring services can range from $20 to $70 per hour, our service offers an inexpensive learning alternative to college students on a tight budget. Everyone has experienced a professor who teaches too quickly or writes on the overhead too small, and our notes provide essential clarification to their lectures. Even high achievers find our products useful in offering alternative perspectives to course material. Esteemed accounting professor Mikel Tiller believes “you can get an awful lot out of class if you’re not distracted by taking notes. Especially if you want to be in the discussion. That’s pretty meaningful.” IUNotes.com now works in collaboration with the IU Division of Student Affairs and the Department of Disability Services for Students to bring free notes to students with learning disabilities. Our company can provide disadvantaged students with free access to the IUNotes.com note database. In the future, we hope to find additional creative ways to support the University. As our business expands, we will continue to add more notes and review packets for students to utilize. At IUNotes.com, it is our duty to provide students with the resources they need to achieve the dream of academic success. Leo Tolstoy once said, “The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity,” and at IUNotes.com, we take this to heart. Michael Kurlancheek President of operations IUNotes Inc.

The Indiana Daily Student

Around the World

By Abisalom Omolo · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Up to 1.4 million U.S. women should get annual MRIs as well as mammograms, the American Cancer Society advises in new guidelines. Women with an unusually high risk of developing breast cancer are the prime targets.

The Indiana Daily Student

The state of privacy

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

How will you remember this academic year? Some may see the transition of president from Adam Herbert to Michael McRobbie as noteworthy. Others may point to the news of the Jill Behrman murder trial that consumed the campus and the community. Maybe it will be a bittersweet memory, such as James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul,” gracefully performing at IU in September 2006 before his surprising death in December. It’s possible that some will remember the Wade Steffey tragedy above all.

The Indiana Daily Student

‘Boys’ have some growing up to do

By Abra Oliver and Shawna Meyer · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Ah, spring is finally here! Now don’t get me wrong, I love this time of year – warm-weathered cookouts, Little 5 and the sprawled out couples in Dunn Meadow. But spring also brings out the inevitable rude yelling boys. (I say “boys” because I have yet to encounter this type of action from any real men or women.) Why is it that so many over-grown boys think that they can just run their mouths when any person passes their way? How can these boys have no sense to even think that other people have feelings? Being a modestly dressed woman on the IU campus, I shouldn’t cringe every time a group of guys walks by me or worry about what’s going to be yelled from the windows of the lettered oversized houses. Now you might suggest that girls walk in groups, be assisted by a male or just walk on the other side of the road. But I can walk alone. I don’t need a guy to protect me, and I won’t alter my path because of some remarks. So those comments which appear to be “just fun and games” degrade and offend someone out there; no person is meant for the momentary comic relief of a stupid drunk guy. Maybe we should make every freshmen take How to Not Be an A-hole 100, or simply reapply kindergarten etiquette where they learn how to treat people. Ladies (or gentleman), if you happen to come across some idiot who yells some vain statement your way, just know they lack the confidence to say something to your face. They are probably just trying to impress their brother – and need to by belittling someone else. Don’t respond, they have nothing better to do. They are lacking something – you decide where – but be smart enough not to humor them. Shawna Meyer Junior

The Indiana Daily Student

Marines ban tattoos below elbows, knees to preserve their image

By Thomas Watkins · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Five tattooed skulls stretch from Marine Cpl. Jeremy Slaton’s right elbow to his wrist, spelling out the word “Death.” He planned to add a tattoo spelling “Life” on his left arm, but that’s on hold because of a Marine policy taking effect Sunday. The Marines are banning any new, extra-large tattoos below the elbow or the knee, saying such body art is harmful to the Corps’ spit-and-polish image.

Ronni Moore

Teter rider sets new track record

By Aaron Beard · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

For Teter junior Sarah Rieke, No. 1 is becoming a familiar position. Four days after helping her team claim the top spot at Qualifications, Rieke broke a Little 500 Individual Time Trial record with an official 2:34.27 mark she set Wednesday night.

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Students see zoo wildlife up close

By Emily Spitz · Thursday, March 29,2007 12 a.m.

Eduardo Fernandez designs toys. He helped create a giant frozen applesauce-soaked seal for polar bears to play with and hamster balls filled with fish for penguins. These toys are far more than entertaining.

The Indiana Daily Student

Riders fight through pain for glory

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, March 28,2007 12 a.m.

When sophomore Jackie Moeller takes the track at Bill Armstrong Stadium for the Little 500 Individual Time Trials this evening, she’s going to be telling herself the same thing over and over. “It’s only four laps,” said Moeller, who rides for women’s pole-sitter Teter. “That’s it. After four laps, it’s over.”

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Co-star of ‘Harold & Kumar’ gets guest teaching post at university

By Associated Press · Wednesday, March 28,2007 12 a.m.

PHILADELPHIA – Kumar is going from White Castle to the Ivy League. Kal Penn, known for his role as Kumar Patel in the 2004 cult classic “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle,” will be a guest instructor at the University of Pennsylvania during the spring 2008 semester, the school announced Monday.

The Indiana Daily Student

IU golf club to hold info session tonight

By Shannon Dahmer · Wednesday, March 28,2007 12 a.m.

Spring is here and the IU golf club has come with it. The IU golf club is holding an informational meeting today at 7 p.m. today at the Student Recreational Sports Center auditorium. The co-presidents, junior Brenton Ling and freshman Preston Linville, will discuss what the participants want from the program.

Chris Pickrell

Notable educator inspires students

By Allie Townsend · Wednesday, March 28,2007 12 a.m.

Oprah told him that he’s living her dream. He’s done the Harlem shake on national television. He’s casually ‘run into’ Nelson Mandela – and he’s just a fifth-grade teacher. Award-winning educator Ron Clark concluded his lecture, “Educating America: The Ron Clark Story” standing on a chair, wearing striped socks in front of a crowd who gave him a standing ovation Tuesday night in Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union.

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