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Candidates target swing voters

Swing voters, or those people whose loyalty is sworn to neither the Democrats nor the Republicans, could be the deciding factor in this year's presidential election.

Candidates for county council

Parties focus on differences in race for 3 council seats

Four votes decided the last county council election. This year, candidates realize the race could again be close and are campaigning hard to outline their differences. With three seats open on the council and six candidates in the running, Democrats and Republicans are holding fast to party lines.

Candidates for county commissioner

Commissioner race pits experience against outsiders

In with the new, out with the old. Or is it one is silver and the other gold? The political experience between the candidates for Monroe County Commissioner vary from several years as a commissioner to little political experience. Seats are open in District 2 and 3 and the third commissioner seat will open up in two more years. In each district there are two candidates -- with incumbent commissioners possessing the experience of county government politics, and their opponents fresh-faced and ready to battle.

Vigil honors slain woman

Four life-size, female silhouettes provided a visual reminder of domestic violence at a candlelight vigil Monday night at the Showers Building, 401 N. Morton St. Each silhouette on display in the lobby represented a woman killed as a result of domestic violence in Bloomington since last September.

Science talk memorializes late professor

James P. Holland and Homer A. Neal first crossed paths in the late 1950s when they were both IU students from the same small area of Kentucky. Holland was in graduate school; Neal was a freshman. Both faced the issues with which African-American students across the country were dealing: fear and hatred.

Final presidential debate excludes third parties

While Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore make their way to St. Louis for their final presidential debate today, another candidate will air his views -- although 40 million Americans will not tune in.

Debates end with St. Louis showdown

Stakes are running high for Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush as they duel in the third and final debate which could help determine who's the next president.

Kenyan minister visits partners in Bloomington

At a coffee hour discussion at the Leo R. Dowling International Center Friday, guest speaker Rev. Reuben Keya Lubanga of Kenya gave his audience a glimpse into the realities of life half a world away in a rural region hundreds of miles from the modern capital city of Nairobi.

Poll ranks team No. 1

Internetsoccer.com picked the men's soccer team as No. 1 in its national poll Monday. The Hoosiers had been ranked fifth in last week's poll, before unranked Syracuse upset top-ranked Connecticut 1-0 Saturday. IU (11-3, 5-0 in Big Ten play) defeated unranked Wisconsin 3-1 Friday and Northwestern 4-1 Sunday to claim the regular-season Big Ten title. The defending national champion Hoosiers hadn't been ranked No. 1 since the preseason and fell from the spot after losing the first two games of the season. At that point, IU was unranked.

A disgrace in every way

No one, not even God Himself, could defend any choice of words I write beneath this paragraph that bashes the disgraceful performance "Iniana" made Saturday.

'Mental' mistakes lead to 58-0 loss

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- It was a microcosm of one of the longest afternoons in the history of Hoosier football. Although the game was over long before the play, the exchange was representative of the problem that plagued IU all afternoon in its 58-0 loss to Michigan Saturday at Michigan Stadium. Just after the Wolverines scored their final points, junior receiver Derin Graham was returning the ensuing kickoff for the Hoosiers (2-4, 1-2 in Big Ten play). Like the team had done all afternoon, Graham hesitated at about the 20-yard line. A split second later, two Michigan players planted Graham before he could get moving again.

Rugby team dominates in tournament opener

Saturday marked the first round of the Midwest Tournament for the men's rugby team. The Hoosiers had to win Saturday -- and two more games -- to make it to the national final four. Win they did, and it was by no small margin. IU defeated Ohio University 61-8 in a game that was almost entirely on the Hoosiers' half of the field.

Bloomington volunteer opportunities

Blood services volunteers; Befriend a mental health recipient; Trail builders; Special Olympics bowling

Sexpert

Dear Sexpert, My girlfriend and I have been dating for more than a year, and we are deeply in love. Our sex life has been and continues to be wonderful. She can have an orgasm nearly every time we make love, but it is only a guarantee in the missionary position with a pillow under her butt. This gives me the angle to hit her G-spot. Is it too much to ask for multiple positions for her to achieve an orgasm through intercourse? (It's easy to do it manually.) Or should we just shut up and enjoy the magnificent sure thing? Fishing for Positions

Ombudsman: Selling out or just the facts?

One of the dirty little secrets of journalism is reporters' and editors' enjoyment of a wide variety of "perks" provided to them by the subjects they cover. These benefits include everything from complimentary compact discs and movie passes to all-expenses-paid trips to New York City -- such as the one IDS campus editor Michael Eisenstadt recently took.

New bill stifles free speech

Not everyone has the highest opinion of the press. Reporters are often viewed as snoops, prying into things that aren't their business and spilling private secrets to the public, all in the name of "The People's Right to Know." Still, even the harshest critics of the press admit reporters need to be inquisitive so the public can remain informed. But Congress seems intent on squashing this inquisitiveness, having voted Thursday to expand criminal penalties for government employees who leak classified information. The bill, H.R. 4392, subjects government employees to up to three years in prison for willfully disclosing nearly any classified information.

A different kind of platform

The presidential election isn't far away. I know it might be a little late for this, but I'm announcing my candidacy today. I'm dissatisfied with the current choices.

Living inside a cultural bubble

This is not America Brightly illuminated upon one whole side of a city building, the words above glowed within an outline of the United States. I don't remember on what building or in what city this electronic billboard appeared because I saw it in a photograph. But I do remember my reaction: "What the hell do you mean this isn't America?"