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Pranking ourselves

Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 7:41 p.m.

On Jan. 2, 1961, people around the nation gathered in front of their TVs to watch the live broadcast of the Washington Huskies playing Minnesota’s Golden Gophers in the Rose Bowl. For the half-time show, Washington’s marching band had distributed flip cards to a designated section of Huskies fans that, held up on the cheerleaders’ signal, would cycle through 15 different designs. But when the Huskies fans lifted their cards for the 12th design, the picture looked strangely like a beaver rather than a husky, and the 13th design spelled “huskies” backwards (“seiksuh”).

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Just a costume?

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 7:39 p.m.

Each year after Halloween, controversy erupts over some poor fool’s limited judgment and social consciousness in selecting a racially-charged costume. Consider some recent unfortunate Halloween costume tricks: Six football players from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., sparked campus-wide controversy and discussion after putting on blackface and body paint in order to portray African tribesmen. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, four white kids donned blackface to portray the Jamaican bobsledders from the movie “Cool Runnings.” At a Halloween party and government fundraiser in Washington, D.C., hosted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, a guest sported a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and makeup to darken his skin.

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Just a costume?

By Johnathan P. Rossing and Jonathan P. Rossing · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 7:39 p.m.

Each year after Halloween, controversy erupts over some poor fool’s limited judgment and social consciousness in selecting a racially-charged costume. Consider some recent unfortunate Halloween costume tricks: Six football players from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., sparked campus-wide controversy and discussion after putting on blackface and body paint in order to portray African tribesmen. At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, four white kids donned blackface to portray the Jamaican bobsledders from the movie “Cool Runnings.” At a Halloween party and government fundraiser in Washington, D.C., hosted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, a guest sported a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and makeup to darken his skin.

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On God’s side

By Tristan Reitz · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 7:36 p.m.

For as long as most of us can remember, the American public has been told that it is exceptionally religious. Unfortunately, this belief has had a huge effect on the way politicians campaign, making it almost mandatory for political candidates to bring up God in one way or another. Karl Rove may be to blame for this. He convinced George Bush that he would need to reach out to Christian evangelicals to get re-elected in 2004 – advice that seems to be responsible for his countless references to his religion and God.

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Proofreading the provost

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 7:35 p.m.

Thanks to Provost Karen Hanson’s e-mail last week, the topic of the smoking ban has seen renewed outrage across campus. I, for one, was enchanted by Hanson’s easygoing attitude toward grammar and sense. Here is her e-mail, with my thoughts italicized: As you may know, Indiana University has made a determination (Has made a determination = has decided. Hire a proofreader, Karen Hanson.) that it will be tobacco-free on all its campuses by January 2008.

Jacob Kriese

Keeping Kruzan

By Lindsey Alexander · Wednesday, Nov. 7,2007 1:14 a.m.

Volunteers recognized the arrival of newly re-elected Mayor Mark Kruzan at the Monroe County Democratic Party headquarters with screaming, clapping and kissing. Kruzan thanked his supporters – “the real Democrats” – Tuesday night before congratulating future city council members and mingling with the crowd.

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‘We did everything we could’

By Ben Phelps · Tuesday, Nov. 6,2007 11:59 p.m.

Shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, David Sabbagh announced that he conceded the mayoral election to incumbent Mayor Mark Kruzan in a room full of Monroe County Republicans at their headquarters in the Fountain Square Mall ballroom.

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Bombs target Afghan lawmakers

By Amir Shah · Tuesday, Nov. 6,2007 11:50 p.m.

A bomb attack targeted a group of lawmakers in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least 28 people, including five parliamentarians.

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