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COLUMN: CRISPR – the hottest tool in biotech

By Jay Keche · Thursday, April 21,2016 6:35 p.m.

Gene editing is the hottest new technique in biotechnology. Even though biologists have been editing the genes of organisms for the past two decades, a hot new development has revolutionized the way it is accomplished. This breakthrough is known as “clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats” – or CRISPR for short. Unlike older methods of editing genes – which could cost 1000s of dollars – biologists are able to edit the genes of nearly any organism for about $30 using CRISPR. CRISPR was originally a mechanism that bacteria used to defend themselves from their enemies.

EDITORIAL: Sanders' similarities with the Pope

By Editorial Board · Thursday, April 21,2016 6:34 p.m.

Social media was abuzz last week over news that Sen. Bernie Sanders had been invited to the Vatican by Pope Francis.  After rumors began to circulate that the above statement was incorrect, debate ensued, plagued with broad generalizations and sweeping characteristics about candidates and their respective parties, over how and why Sanders had actually been invited to the Vatican.  It turns out that the Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, invited Sanders to address the Academy during their conference on social, economic, and environmental issues.  The conference celebrates the 25th anniversary of an encyclical by Pope John Paul II about the pitfalls of the market economy and the globalization of the aforementioned issues. No, the Pope himself did not wake up one morning and decide to invite Sanders to a meeting as some sort of subliminal endorsement of his candidacy. However, a bishop, who is quite close to the pope, did make a specific decision about which candidate for the United States presidency to invite to speak on these issues. And he chose Bernie Sanders.  This should be not overlooked or marginalized.

EDITORIAL: Thick colored skin

By Editorial Board · Thursday, April 21,2016 6:34 p.m.

Journalists are supposed to have thick skins. Right? As champions of the written word, we all have the authority vested in us to write anything we damn well please.

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COLUMN: All eyes on the Indiana primary

By Steven Aranyi · Wednesday, April 20,2016 8:19 p.m.

The Indiana Primary takes place on May 3, 2016, and the entire nation will be watching what happens on the Republican side of the aisle. As the primary season goes down to the wire, Sen.

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COLUMN: Baby business practices

By Maggie Eickhoff · Wednesday, April 20,2016 8:18 p.m.

A same-sex couple from Ontario, Canada, recently filed suit against an Augusta, Ga. sperm bank after they received notice of information they did not have at the time of their sperm collection: their donor has schizophrenia and a criminal record, and he had lied about the amount of higher education he had completed.  Typically, couples or individuals who choose to use sperm or egg donors spend a long time researching their options.

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COLUMN: Journalism in the information age

By Jacob Worrell · Tuesday, April 19,2016 8:21 p.m.

I recently came across a bit of commentary in the New York Times article "For news outlets squeezed from the middle, it's bend or bust" about a topic I’ve always held a fairly firm position on, the role of journalism in the information age.

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Letter: Send in the Marine

By Brett Heinisch · Tuesday, April 19,2016 8:19 p.m.

I have spent the past three years at IU studying politics. During my time there I was able to meet, work with, and campaign for Congressman Todd Young.

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Letter: Choosing a major

By Gerhard Glomm · Tuesday, April 19,2016 8:18 p.m.

A bright ambitious student the other day asked what she could do with an econ major. To her, the path to a good career seemed more clear cut with a degree from a professional school.

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COLUMN: Want to stop abortions? Teach sex ed

By Neeta Patwari · Monday, April 18,2016 10:16 p.m.

During the Planned Parenthood trials, Republican Representative Jason Chaffertz pointed to an incorrectly labeled graph and stated that the number of abortions performed by planned parenthood had increased between 2006 and 2013.

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