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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., wave at the crowd Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

Obama officially 1st black nominee

By Peter Stevenson · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 12:43 a.m.

DENVER – Barack Obama was officially chosen as the Democratic nominee for president Wednesday, making the Illinois senator the first black nominee from either of the two major political parties. The vote also brings to a close a hard-fought battle for the nomination that saw the two front runners – Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., – contest states like Indiana that had been largely irrelevant in previous elections.

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Culture center finds new home

By Dion Hazelbaker · Thursday, Aug. 28,2008 12:39 a.m.

In July, the office doors were locked. By August, the board resigned. Some wondered if the First Nations Educational and Cultural Center, created in April of 2007 to serve the needs of IU’s Native communities, would survive.

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Katrina memorial takes shape

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:56 p.m.

Six mausoleums for the unclaimed dead of Hurricane Katrina stand on what was vacant land just five weeks ago, as New Orleans – in what could be a testament to its determination – scrambles to complete a memorial by Friday’s third anniversary of the storm.

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Dalai Lama cancels trips

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:54 p.m.

The office of the Dalai Lama says the Tibetan spiritual leader is suffering from exhaustion and is canceling his international trips

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Freshman will learn traditions and spirits of IU at rally

By Samuel Leffers · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:52 p.m.

It’s Friday afternoon, and the powerful music of the Marching Hundred echoes from inside Assembly Hall. The historic words of the fight song float down Fee Lane. Welcome Week is coming to an end, but Traditions and Spirit of IU has just begun.

IU President Michael McRobbie speaks to the freshman class of 2012 Wednesday afternoon at the IU Auditorium. McRobbie welcomed the many different freshman this year, including one set of quadruplets.

Freshmen inducted into IU

By Ben Phelps · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:50 p.m.

IU President Michael McRobbie stood before the full-capacity crowd at the IU Auditorium on Wednesday and welcomed the incoming freshman to IU, but the family man could just as easily have been on the other side of the stage.

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2 Iraqi officials accused of aiding al-Qaida insurgents

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:45 p.m.

A university president and a top local official in a restive province north of Baghdad are suspected of giving weapons and government cars to al-Qaida in Iraq insurgents, according to arrest reports obtained Wednesday.

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Smith chats on state of team

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 11:14 p.m.

IU coach Tracy Smith is impressed with the depth of his team at several different positions.

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Money, narcotics stolen from K-mart

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 10:55 p.m.

The Bloomington Police Department is still investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Kmart Pharmacy, 3175 W. Third St.

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Fleeing man shot, killed by police

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 10:54 p.m.

OSCEOLA, Ind. – An autopsy found that a gunshot wound to the chest killed an Osceola man who authorities say died while trying to flee an off-duty police officer.

Construction crews continue work at the intersection of 17th Street and North Fee Lane Tuesday afternoon. As campus move in ramps up, construction workers are looking for ways to accommodate the sharp increase in campus automobile traffic.

City, IU partner for smooth construction near campus

By Amanda Bridgman · Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 10:51 p.m.

The intersection of 17th Street and Fee Lane is just one area in Bloomington that has been a headache for drivers during the summer months. The city of Bloomington and IU have worked together to fix the area in time for the fall semester. These major upgrades were seen by the state of Indiana as necessary to the improvement of the busy road.

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Keep the park

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 9:42 p.m.

In the Monday, Aug. 4 edition of the IDS, guest columnist Ellis Latham-Brown lamented that People’s Park is still not family-friendly, although he is very pleased that the rest of Kirkwood has been “cleaned up.” He mentions that “most of the seedy establishments that once lined this street – The Den, for example – have been replaced by posh boutiques and upper-scale eateries.”

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Presidents should and can have private lives

Wednesday, Aug. 27,2008 9:41 p.m.

Traditional imagery depicts universities as institutions throwing open the floodgates of knowledge for their students. But after a photo from his July Fourth boating excursion surfaced, it seems Iowa Central Community College President Robert Paxton is more practiced at filling young people with beer than with learning. In the contentious photo, Paxton appears to be holding the tap on a keg of beer open directly above a young woman’s mouth. Lucky for his career, the only Iowa Central Community College student aboard the boat was his own son, who only attended the school the year before. Moreover, an Iowa Central trustee has come forward to agree with Paxton’s argument that because the party took place outside campus and working hours, it is strictly a private matter.

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