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Prescription-drug abuse on the rise

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:46 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Sometimes coffee just isn’t enough. After their energy has perished and they’re in over their heads with finals, some students skip the caffeine and find other ways to stay awake.

‘Other’ colleges gaining popularity

By Ab D. Phillip · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:46 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – With orientation season well underway across the country, many students are taking campus tours and registering for classes at colleges. That is, community colleges – an increasingly popular option for recent high school graduates.

The end is nigh

Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:31 p.m.

I was heavily distressed by the attitude expressed toward Earth First! in your opinion section on Monday (“Earth First! Common Snese Last!” July 16). We’re facing major catastrophic consequences due to destruction of and estrangement from the natural environment at levels never before seen in history.

Soldiers are murderers

By Steve Salter · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:30 p.m.

Loren Steinfeld’s letter to the editor, “Soldiers not Terrorists” (July 5), supporting the slaughter of civilians in Iraq is a typical opinion of those who think the end justifies the means.

Earth First! radicals a necessary evil

By Steve Salter · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:29 p.m.

I was very amused to read the IDS editorial titled “Earth First! Common sense last!” (July 16). My first smile appeared when I read “... radical environmentalists/anarchists ...”

Grow up, people

Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:28 p.m.

Classes on Friday? Getting up for an 8 a.m. class? Waaaahh? Folks, this is the real world we are preparing for - a five-day work week with most jobs starting at 8 a.m. My prior schools (University of Texas and Texas A&M) had classes on Friday, and I believe it was good discipline

Either all lives are sacred, or none

By Aaron Spector · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:25 p.m.

In her letter “Soldiers not terrorists” (July 5) Loren Steinfeldt responds to an editorial by Grace Low, “Wake Up!” (June 25), in which Low criticizes the U.S. military for the deaths of seven teenagers in an air strike that targeted Abu Laith al-Libi, al-Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan.

Letter proves white privilege is the future of racism

By Aaron Spector · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:24 p.m.

I write in response to Joe Bialek, whose letter to the editor on July 5 (“Affirmative action unnecessary, improper”) championed the recent ruling by the conservative majority in the U.S. Supreme Court limiting the use of race in assigning students to public schools.

A return to national greatness

By Brian Stewart · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:23 p.m.

Columnist George Will once said that you can tell who the real conservative is by asking, “Who would you have voted for in 1912?” (The conservative’s answer, by the way, is Taft.) Republicans failed to nominate Theodore Roosevelt, who subsequently launched the “bull moose” ticket and split the Republican vote, ceding the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

Moore facts

By Colleen Carroll · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:21 p.m.

The Internet’s been all a-titter lately over the Michael Moore-CNN feud. The fight began after Moore objected on live television to a report by dreamy CNN neurosurgery correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta about his film “SiCKO,” which directly preceded Moore’s interview by Wolf Blitzer.

Going public

By Brian J. McFillen · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:20 p.m.

Last week, the New York Stock Exchange’s Dow Jones industrial average saw its greatest “one-day percentage gain in four years,” and this week it climbed past an index value of 14,000, which means it’s worth a whole lot of samoleons.

Gender threads

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:18 p.m.

People have many good reasons for wearing clothes. Not getting arrested, for instance. But sexual advertisement? Not so much.

Borrowing from the future

Wednesday, July 18,2007 5:18 p.m.

At long last, the student loan industry is getting a much-needed kick in the pants after a bill passed by the House that will most likely be scooted through the Senate with little delay.

Dean of Honors College named to provost post

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, July 18,2007 2:59 p.m.

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.

Dean of the Honors College to become next IU provost

By Zachary Osterman · Wednesday, July 18,2007 2:58 p.m.

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 since Sharon Brehm stepped down from her chancellery in 2003.

High schoolers practice passion for journalism

By Erica J. Nourse · Tuesday, July 17,2007 6:02 p.m.

The IU High School Journalism Institute officially began its 61st year this month, allowing high-school students to attend workshops to brainstorm and interact with others who share the same passion for journalism.

Daniels offers ideas for quick homeowner tax relief

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mike Smith · Tuesday, July 17,2007 5:46 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Mitch Daniels gave lawmakers some new options on how to provide quicker and different forms of property tax relief for homeowners this year, floating a series of proposals Saturday that would require a special legislative session.

Tree of life

By Kate Middleton · Tuesday, July 17,2007 1:19 p.m.

Wade Steffey’s parents were among the first to arrive at Bloomington High School South where the North-South track meet was to be held, and where the first tree in honor of their son’s life was to be planted. The ceremony attracted a congregation of family, friends, members of the community and other athletes.

True story

By Kirk Nathanson · Tuesday, July 17,2007 9:04 a.m.

This morning I got a call from my publisher informing me he was pulling my new book “Ex-aggeration,” which details the hellish nightmare that was my previous girlfriend. “WTF, mate?” was my obvious reaction – that he was a kangaroo rancher before moving to New York made the joke funny.

Body found in Griffy Lake identified Friday

By Alberto D. Morales · Monday, July 16,2007 9:26 p.m.

Authorities confirmed a body found Wednesday afternoon in the northeast portion of Griffy Lake to be that of Miles Halstead, 17, of Bloomington, Ind. Halstead’s family contacted police the day before to report him missing. Upon completion of an initial search, authorities discovered Halstead’s bicycle near the lake.

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