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Rosenbaum knows good fashion and is not afraid to talk about it

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

In case you don’t get the allusion to a very popular TV program about some big city on the East coast, you can stop reading right now. Trust me, you won’t enjoy this. But I hope that everyone else feels the same way as we two German exchange students do about the weekly fashion column by the great Teri a.k.a. “Carrie” Rosenbaum.

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A simple plan?

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

After the shootings at Virginia Tech University left 33 dead, including the shooter, a range of emotions rocked the nation – shock, sadness and anger among others. Some answers followed shortly after when it was revealed that the gunman sent photos, a letter and a video to NBC between the shootings. This “multimedia manifesto,” as it came to be known, was a mix of a confession, ranting and an explanation of his motives.

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Endgame for me

By Edward Delp · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

"What else could I possibly do to make noise? / I done touched on everything but little boys.” As I sat back last week to reflect on six years at IU, these words suddenly popped in my head.

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Cuts to Middle Way House harmful for IU students

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Reading the article “IUSA Redistributes Rape Crisis Fund” made me wonder what the actual purpose of the IUSA was. I went to their Web site and found this: “IUSA is a congregation of Indiana University students that work to protect student rights, enrich student life, and improve Indiana University.” In keeping with this, you might assume they make decisions with the best interests of IU students in mind.

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Editorial Board’s scrutiny of Hill needs clarification

By Abra Oliver · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Some clarification is called for to your April 17 editorial (“Up and down the Hill”) raising questions about why Congressman Baron Hill addressed students at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. The editorial suggested that Congressman Hill came to Bloomington to get the attention of those sympathetic to his political views rather than to address “budding policymakers” at SPEA. In fact, Representative Hill was here solely to address students. He had been invited to speak to SPEA students by Dean Astrid Merget a month earlier, and he graciously accepted. In light of the national debate surrounding legislation related to war funding, we asked the Congressman to speak on the topic of Iraq. During his visit, he also met with SPEA student leaders to discuss careers in public service. SPEA regularly invites public officials from local, state and national level offices to address our students – our nation’s future leaders – to elevate and sharpen their thinking on critical public policy. The editorial also questioned Congressman Hill’s dedication and support for higher education. We have found it to be absolute. During Mr. Hill’s tenure in Congress, he has been supportive of every funding request Indiana University has submitted. Earlier this year, he voted for legislation that would lower the interest rate on federal student loans by 50 percent. Just this month, Congressman Hill urged his colleagues on the Appropriations Committee to support increased funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, the two agencies from which IU receives the bulk of its federal grants. These grants allow faculty and students across IU disciplines to engage in important and meaningful research. We in Government Relations appreciate and do not question Congressman Hill’s support of Higher Education, Indiana University, its faculty and students. Astrid E. Merget and Tom Healy Dean, School of Public Environmental Affairs and Vice President for Government Relations

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Excess meal points roll over for 1st time

By Shannon McEnerney · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

As the school year draws to a close, freshmen Jordan Conley and Danielle Thompson sit in Wright Place Food Court dining on food purchased with meal points. Conley has less than 200 points left, but Thompson still has almost 700 remaining. Because of the 75 percent meal-point rollover plan that Residential Programs and Services recently enacted, students this year aren’t scrambling as much to use up all their leftover points.

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No ace in the hole

By Wes Jakacki and Jennifer Miller · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

There is such a thing of too much of a good thing. In "Smokin' Aces," director Joe Carnahan tries to make a movie too cool for its own good, overloading it with big-name actors, characters and their agendas. Movies like "Snatch" have been successful at developing several characters while still having you feel connected to them. But in "Smokin' Aces," the characters are not developed properly, leaving you disconnected to the characters and story. Without any attachment to the characters, you are unsure whom to root for. Even the story's hero, Ryan Reynolds, does not take lead and the most developed characters, the lady hunters Georgia Sykes (Alicia Keys) and Sharice Watters (Taraji Henson), are the least important to the plot.

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Game over

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

This is the last one. After six semesters of writing about squirrels and Britney Spears and working in the word “hottie” as often as possible, I’m graduating. I don’t agree with goodbye-themed columns in principle, but here we are. I feel I owe some closure to the three people who actually read this – Mom, Dad and Shakira. OK, I’ll be honest. My mom and dad stopped reading my column long ago after the novelty wore off. Gracias, Shakira. Ésto es para tí.

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Tribeca festival presents a diverse lineup

By Jake Coyle · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – The word “tentpole” is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it.

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IU, Microsoft align for cybersecurity

By Heather Haemker · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Microsoft and IU are forming a new partnership that will help make IU’s computer systems safer. Microsoft Corporation and the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center are forming an alliance that will extend the reach of Microsoft Security Cooperation Program to include colleges and universities.

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Bombing kills 9 U.S. soldiers

By Abisalom Omolo and Hamid Ahmed · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD – An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Tuesday for double suicide truck bombings that killed nine U.S. paratroopers in the worst attack on American ground forces in Iraq in more than a year, saying it sent “two knights” for the attack.

Courtesy Photo Former IUSA President, Alex Shortle, looks over Dubrovnik, Croatia in Feb. 2006. Shortle traveled from Ireland to Turkey during his year off from school. He will return to IU as a senior in the fall.

Former IUSA leader travels across Europe

By Maria Srour · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Alex Shortle has not shaved in five months, and his face clearly shows it. Behind the lumberjack beard sits last year’s IU Student Association president, completely content with his decision to take the school year off and travel

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Vandalized Heart

By Julia Boriss · Wednesday, April 25,2007 12 a.m.

Last week at Virginia Tech, Seung-Hui Cho took a 2-hour breather from murdering 32 people to mail a video of himself to NBC. This video was full of accusatory statements such as “You had a hundred billion chances and ways to have avoided today” and “You have vandalized my heart.” To me, the words of this loner speak to the greatest human tragedy of all. I’m not defending Cho.

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