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Vegan diet patriotic

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:02 p.m.

This Fourth of July, caring Americans can help win freedom for animals in factory farms by adopting a vegan diet. Animals value their lives just as we value ours. They yearn to be with their loved ones, feel the warmth of the sun, breathe fresh air and feel grass beneath their feet.

Bush declines to rule out full pardon for Libby

By Matt Apuzzo and Stephen Graham · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:01 p.m.

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Tuesday left open the possibility of an eventual pardon for former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby.

Groups students compete in summer intramurals program

By Linnea Coulter · Thursday, July 5,2007 1:01 p.m.

For members in IU’s Groups program, the fun has finally begun. Last week marked the start of the intramural summer season for these students, which kicked off with two days of extreme dodgeball in the racquetball courts of the Student Recreational Sports Center.

Ann Coulter’s attack shows media’s bias

Thursday, July 5,2007 1:01 p.m.

The conservative goddess Ann Coulter has stirred the muck again. Of course, if there weren’t so much muck available to stir, she’d likely have nothing to do. I don’t agree with what she said, but I do agree with her right to say it, as well as her severely overlooked purpose.

McRobbie lunches with new students

By Michael Zennie · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:59 p.m.

Most students go four years without ever meeting the University president. But Michael Coleman got to sit at a small table and eat lunch with him. And Coleman hasn’t even started classes at IU.

Tension bursts at mosque in Islamabad

By Stephen Graham · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:56 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The tension long-brewing around a radical mosque in Pakistan’s capital burst into street battles Tuesday between security forces and masked militants who challenged the government by mounting a vigilante anti-vice campaign.

Affirmative action unnecessary, improper

By Joe Bialek · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:55 p.m.

Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled against the use of affirmative action in Meredith v. Jefferson County Board and Community Schools v. Seattle School District. The court’s ruling limits the use of race in assigning students to public schools.

British look into last week’s failed car bombings

By Ab D. Phillip and Ben McConville · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:54 p.m.

GLASGOW, Scotland – The fast-moving investigation into failed car bombings in Glasgow and London has swept up at least five physicians and a medical student, officials said Tuesday, including a doctor seized at an Australian airport with a one-way ticket.

Wishing you the best, thanks

Thursday, July 5,2007 12:54 p.m.

Now that the trustee election is over, please accept my sincere thanks for your very kind and expressive endorsement.

IMU Executive Director’s appointment ‘shameful,’ but fortunate

Thursday, July 5,2007 12:53 p.m.

Union Board President Sarah McDonough’s article (“No student input for the IMU Executive Director,” June 27) was wholly warranted. It is shameful that the IU administration did not include students in the process of appointing a new director of the Indiana Memorial Union.

Soldiers not terrorists

Thursday, July 5,2007 12:52 p.m.

In response to “Wake Up!” by Grace Low (June 25): Ms. Low has good reason to be angry at the deaths of civilians in a recent air strike in Afghanistan. However, the U.S. military should not bear the brunt of her criticisms. In describing the air strike, Ms. Low downplayed the significance of the terrorists’ presence in the targeted building. The primary target was Abu Laith al-Libi, al-Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan and one of Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenants.

Transfer credit agreements just the beginning

Thursday, July 5,2007 12:50 p.m.

The recent flurry of agreements in Indiana allowing students to seamlessly transfer community college credits to four-year public institutions is welcome news. These agreements are the first of many steps Indiana must take to position itself for rapid economic change in a world where high school graduates are no longer guaranteed positions in the middle class.

Clinton/Moore '08

By Anna Piontek · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:49 p.m.

When Michael Moore sees injustice, he does not waste time pandering to our rational side. Instead he pulls our heartstrings, appeals to our sympathy for the everyman and points an angry, nay, incensed finger at the powers that be. He does all this and more in “SiCKO,” his new documentary about the American health care system.

iPhone answers ‘hello’ to latest call on technology craze

By Erica J. Nourse · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:48 p.m.

This toy isn’t the new Tickle Me Elmo, the latest version of Playstation nor part of the Cabbage Patch Revolution. This toy is for adults – it’s the new iPhone.

No Summer of Love

By Brian McFillen · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:48 p.m.

I am so tired of reading about the Summer of Love. More specifically, I’m tired of reading fawning, nostalgia-dripping, Boomer-ego-stroking articles about the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love. “It was a magical time of free love and consciousness-altering experimentation,” you say? “It showed the power of young people to change the world,” you say? So, you say you got a revolution?

Tortured artists

By Amanda Lowry · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:47 p.m.

On Monday night, I came to an embarrassing realization: I didn’t know who won the last four seasons of “American Idol.”

Sink the Quiz

Thursday, July 5,2007 12:46 p.m.

Last week, a group of researchers released their findings about the “Thirsty Thursday” drinking habits of 3,341 volunteer undergraduates. The study, published in the journal “Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research,” found that about half of students who had late or no Friday classes drank on Thursday nights, but only one-third of students drank who had classes at or before 10 a.m. Furthermore, two-thirds of those drinkers with late or no Friday classes consumed a “binge amount” of alcohol.

Middle schoolers come to IU for a week to learn

By Erica J. Nourse · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:45 p.m.

IU’s Pathfinder summer camp wrapped up last week leaving underrepresented middle-school students with a focus on their academic future. “This year we wanted to raise the bar for students,” said Kim Morris-Newson, co-director of Pathfinders.

18 students return from 25-day trip to Ghana

By Kelly Cochran · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:44 p.m.

Eighteen undergraduate students recently returned from a 25-day trip to Ghana. The trip ran from May 11 through June 3 and allowed the group to travel throughout Ghana not only to learn about Ghanaian culture, but about the transatlantic slave trade as well.

Americana acoustic band stops at Bluebird Nightclub Saturday

By Lena Stouppe · Thursday, July 5,2007 12:39 p.m.

For a band that has been together more than six years and played more than 700 shows, Railroad Earth’s musical philosophy is simple: “It’s really just about the music. If people are there to hear it, it’s just extra,” Tim Carbone, the band’s violinist, said.