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True Life: I’m Pregnant!

By Shane Springer · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:51 p.m.

Am I the only one who finds this absurd? At a time when we are seeking to elect a new leader to run our country the foremost and pressing issue seems to be which trimester Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter is in. On one side of the ring stands the Democrats, bruised and bloodied, who are using the matter to somehow raise concerns that the governor of Alaska is hypocritical in her stance that the preaching of sexual abstinence should be the only way to educate young adults. Maybe safe-sex education is the answer?

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Panel discusses effectiveness of abstinence-only sex education

By Rorye O'Connor · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:48 p.m.

Kindergarteners in the Monroe County Community School Corporation learn that AIDS is transmitted through body fluids. Members of the League of Women Voters of Bloomington and Monroe County learned this, and how sex education is taught throughout MCCSC students’ entire education, at a panel discussion Wednesday in the Monroe County Public Library auditorium. League members and attendees also discovered the ways various organizations in Monroe County offer a chance for teens and adults to learn how to protect their bodies from sexually transmitted infections.

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God-given rights

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:48 p.m.

In response to Sarah Palin’s hope that people in every country can enjoy “God-given” rights including “life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness” Nick Wallace remarks, “Can we really elect a leader who defines what is right for her country only by the voices she hears in her head?” (IDS, Sept. 17). A little history lesson might be in order.

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BPD to hold open house Saturday

By Elvia Malagon · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:46 p.m.

The department’s open house will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the BPD headquarters located on 220 E. Third St. The open house is part of the department’s 109th anniversary, said Danny Lopez, communications director for the City of Bloomington.

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Taking responsibility

By Kristi Lafree · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:45 p.m.

We’ve all heard it at least once by now. A professor asks his class for opinions about Sarah Palin and her quick rise in the political sphere as John McCain’s vice-presidential pick. If you’re lucky, you’ll get one or two educated answers about Palin’s policies or experience.

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Ready for anything

By Julia Boriss · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 10:42 p.m.

IU’s new emergency alert system is filling up my voice mail and inbox like a needy ex-lover. On Sept. 5, the IU-Notify system was tested in the form of loud sirens, cryptic e-mails and a voice mail message left on my phone and yours from IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger. (I don’t remember giving this dude my number or permission to call me during class, so that kind of feels threatening in its own way).

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Heli crash kills 7 U.S. soldiers

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 9:28 p.m.

Seven American soldiers were killed in southern Iraq early Thursday when their helicopter crashed as it flew into Iraq from Kuwait. Military officials said they suspect a mechanical problem was to blame after ruling out hostile fire.

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4 dead after formula scandal

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 9:25 p.m.

Thousands of parents anxious about tainted baby milk powder rushed their infants to hospitals for health checks on Thursday as the government said that a fourth child had died in the scandal that has engulfed one-fifth of the nation’s formula makers.

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Gates: U.S. reviewing its Afghanistan war strategy

Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 9:24 p.m.

In an echo of a time when things were going from bad to worse in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday the Bush administration is reviewing its war strategy in Afghanistan amid spreading insurgent violence, rising U.S. and allied military deaths and doubts about winning.

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We’re all journalists

By Cory Barker · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 12:38 p.m.

“Entertainment.” “Oh, so you mean like celebrities, Britney Spears and Hollywood stuff?” That’s basically the gist of many conversations I’ve had throughout the past year since I began writing as a columnist here at the Indiana Daily Student. It really takes too much time for me to explain to people that when I say I cover “entertainment” stories, I don’t mean celebrities. And thus, my problem.

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Don’t lie, you know you love it too

By Claire Burke · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 12:29 a.m.

To some, it’s a guilty pleasure. To others, it’s simply trash. But for those drama-loving, fashion-coveting TV fans out there, it’s the best hour we have all week. All right, maybe not the best, but it’s up there.

Joshua Bell performs a piece from "The Red Violin" with the IU Philharmonic Orchestra Wednesday evening at the IU Auditorium. This was the first performance of Bell as an IU faculty member.

Slatkin, Bell perform for sold-out crowd

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 12:22 a.m.

Wednesday night, the IU Philharmonic Orchestra performed for a sold-out crowd at the IU Auditorium. Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin led the orchestra, joined by one of the Jacobs School of Music’s most famous almunus and faculty members, violinist Joshua Bell.

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How To Understand Shakespeare

By Allison Tyra · Thursday, Sept. 18,2008 12:21 a.m.

From “Othello” to “Romeo and Juliet,” everyone has heard of Shakespeare’s plays, but many students would rather be inside Hamlet’s skull than sitting in the audience. Never fear – experts from the IU Department of Theatre and Drama have advice for not only understanding, but even enjoying, the Bard’s dramas.

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