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Eco-Chic

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In less than a month, the newest “it” bag has sold out. In a panic, eBay profiteers have taken to the streets in search of Chinese-produced knock-offs to mark up 20 times, while those outside the fashion world wonder what in God’s good name is going on here. No, it’s not a new Hermes design nor the hippest Louis-Vuitton print.


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Telephony

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On Monday, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the “madam” whose Washington, D.C., escort agency boasted clients from among the U.S. political elite, made 13 years’ worth of phone records public on her Web site.


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Pope Benedict the Defender

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The Vatican, which has long been shrouded in the archaism of its flying buttresses, Renaissance domes and painted ceilings, recently made a resolute step into the light of modernity. “Behold,” said Pope Benedict XVI from his balcony, a burning bush next to him. “I stand before you, ordained by God, in offering of the new Ten Commandments. Of Driving.”


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Global boring

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I would like to think that if Al Gore, Sting and Madonna would stop abusing the privilege of exhaling carbon dioxide, global warming would cease to be a problem. Much to my dismay, their efforts last Saturday with Live Earth, the music event that featured 100-plus artists on seven continents rocking against global warming for 24 hours straight, did not correct this issue.

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Chained to a cause

Severe mental illness and psychosis manifest themselves in a number of ways: odd or bizarre behavior, self-mutilation or social isolation, to name a few. Given those descriptions it’s easy to see how chaining oneself to a tree, a dog house or the front porch of your South Bend home could easily be construed as insanity.




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Walk of art

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The John Waldron Arts Center was a lively place last Friday evening, when the July exhibits in the Rosemary P. Miller and Flashlight Galleries opened. People of all ages wandered through the exhibits examining wall sculptures and paintings, and peering through artist Jerry Farnsworth’s kaleidoscopes. Gallery walk participants talked with artists and among themselves about the works on display. Peter Lawrence picked up a kaleidoscope and looked through it at his own painting, “Fiorra”. Jerry Farnsworth demonstrated how to use one of his more complex kaleidoscopes to a small group of people, holding it in front of each person’s eyes so they could peer through, telling them, “Thanks for looking.” The opening featured art Farnsworth, James B. Campbell, Peter Lawrence and Monique Cagle. The gallery runs through July 27.




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Dean of Honors College named to provost post

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Karen Hanson, dean of the Hutton Honors College, will be IU’s first permanent provost once she is approved by the IU board of trustees. Hanson’s appointment ends a summer-long search for the first permanent provost, and Bloomington’s first such leader within the administration since Sharon Brehm stepped down from the chancellor position in 2003.






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World’s Game

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This Tuesday will mark Major League Baseball’s 77th All-Star game at AT&T Park in San Francisco.


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Big bat additions should help basbeall team

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The College World Series doesn’t exactly come to mind for IU sports fans when considering the Hoosiers’ baseball team. In fact, IU has a total of 19 conference wins over the past two seasons – two fewer than perennial winner Michigan Wolverines tallied during this year alone.



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Suicide bomb blasts Iraqi village

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A suicide truck bomber blasted a Shiite town north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 100 people, police said, in a sign Sunni insurgents are pulling away from a U.S. offensive around the capital to attack where security is thinner.