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Registration deadline looms

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:08 a.m.

The window of opportunity for students and Bloomington residents to make a difference in the November election is getting smaller. The last chance to register to vote in the upcoming November election is at 4 p.m. today. Voter registration began May 31, but Deputy Registrar Barbara Borrill said there are always people who wait until the last minute. Borrill said whether voters register in May or today, one vote in an election can mean everything.

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Bloomington community offers volunteer opportunities

By Mike Malik · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:08 a.m.

Senior Liz McOuat has been helping her community since she was 5 years old, when she volunteered with her church. In high school, she started her own club called Students Taking A New Direction. Her club introduced students to volunteering opportunities in their community. In college, she is on the executive board of the Timmy Foundation, which provides health care for children.

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Leadership roles essential for resume

By Mike Malik · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:06 a.m.

Junior Amy Wanninger has been participating in extracurricular activities since high school. Currently, she is the Union Board director of Student Voice, a position in which she coordinates programs the organization brings to campus. "I fell in love with it and I wanted to become a more concrete part of it I guess," she said.

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IU junior runs for city clerk

By Jenny Viviano · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:05 a.m.

Ever since the 1992 presidential election -- when he was in fourth grade --Matt Stevenson has been captivated by politics. I always wanted to stay up and watch Ross Perot and the paid advertisements he had on during prime time," Stevenson said.

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Wow with your resume

By Patrick Commiskey · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:04 a.m.

The function of most resumes is to win an interview, said Mark Brostoff, Associate Director of Career Placement Services at the Kelley School of Business. We all know we need one, but what makes a really good resume? "You need your first, middle and last name. And your address and phone number. Then start with start with your education," said Lena Le, a sophomore business major.

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Learn how to ace the interview

By Rachel Ward · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2:03 a.m.

Senior marketing major Brandon Hunt has been preparing for his career through internships since his sophomore year. Now, he's preparing for the real thing -- finding a job.

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Preparing for Grad school with a cool head

By Jessie Moskal and Jessica Moskal · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 2 a.m.

Sean Ellis has known for quite some time that Informatics is the field for him. He is a second-year graduate student at IU, studying Human-Computer Interaction. As opposed to going out and working in the "real world" before going back to graduate school, as many of his peers did, Ellis dived right into the graduate school experience. He earned an assistantship at the School of Informatics, which enabled him to receive financial aid as well as a salary for his work as an assistant instructor.

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Lecture to focus on effects of space shuttle tragedies

Monday, Oct. 6,2003 1:57 a.m.

The Department of the History & Philosophy of Science is hosting a lecture entitled "Two Accidents Rooted in History and Culture: the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia in Perspective."

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Internships abroad can help job search

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 1:55 a.m.

Graduate student Mike Kiss always saw London as the financial capital of the world, so when the opportunity came earlier this year for him to intern at the public relations firm Edelman London, he immediately seized it. "(London) has a history of major global influence, and I really wanted to see these aspects first hand," Kiss said. "The convenience of the English language helped too."

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Jail warden admits role in Dali theft

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 1:46 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The crime was ... well, it was surreal. On an island inhabited by 14,000 accused criminals, a $250,000 Salvador Dali sketch disappeared during a midnight fire drill, replaced by a fake. And the people responsible were not the inmates, but four prison officials, authorities said.

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Man suing judge, state for wrongful imprisonment

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:49 a.m.

ANDERSON, IND. -- An Anderson man who claims he spent more than a year in prison after the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered him released is suing a judge and state correction officials for wrongful imprisonment.

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Cookie cataclysms and the undead

By Anna Dittmer · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:46 a.m.

Admit it: you've been lying awake at night wondering about the forces required to drag sheep over various surfaces. Well, now your worries are finally over.

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Private v. Public

By Vince Carr and Vincent Carr · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:45 a.m.

Politicians and education experts have long pondered why private schools, in general, do a far better job than public schools at educating America's youngsters, often with less money.

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The cost of buckling up

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:43 a.m.

A recent ruling from the Indiana Supreme Court found that drivers of sport utility vehicles who choose to pay an additional $9 for truck license plates for their automobiles are exempt from the Indiana seat belt law.

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Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:39 a.m.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California voters polled as new allegations were surfacing last week about Arnold Schwarzenegger's treatment of women still favored the Republican actor over the front-running Democrat by a slim margin and supported recalling Gov. Gray Davis.

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Israel attacks Islamic Jihad base

By Alyson Brodsy and Jason Keyser · Monday, Oct. 6,2003 12:36 a.m.

KATZRIN, Golan Heights -- Israel bombed a target inside Syria that it claimed was an Islamic Jihad training base, striking deep inside its neighbor's territory Sunday for the first time in three decades and widening its pursuit of Palestinian militants.

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