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All subsequent copies cost $2 each. Nuclear Experts say terrorism still a threat Continued from Page 1 enemy during the Cold War. “During the Cold War, we had thousands of weapons on alert pointing at the Soviet Union, and they had thousands of weapons pointing at the United States,” Gard said. “Had there been an exchange, it would have obliterated both sides if not the entire world.” Web site Continued from Page 1 of payment for doing something like this,” Allen said. The creation of the position was voted down. The vote on the Election Contestation Modification Bill was postponed. Currently, elections are contested by obtaining the signatures of five students, — even if they are SGA members — who voted in the election who agree to contest the election and presenting those Despite this ominous doomsday scenario, Gard said the risk of the United States being attacked with a nuclear weapon has increased partly because of a deterioration of Russian advanced warning and command and control systems. “Each of us still keeps ab<strong>out</strong> 2,000 weapons on high alert, pointed at, and ready to be launched on warning of an Plagiarism may become harder Continued from Page 1 database where they can be used by other institutions to screen for plagiarism. IU S<strong>out</strong>heast chose the option to have their submitted papers stored exclusively in the IU database which means that only IU campuses will be able to view them for comparison. While Turnitin.com is meant to be a faculty and student resource, not all students will have access. Only students whose professors have chosen to use the service to supplement their class will be able to check their papers for plagiarism. Wigley said students that find themselves in a class where it is not being used can ask their respective professors to make it available. “For the most part, students don’t have an account until their instructors create it,” she said. The service will not automatically be available to every student because it will be used primarily as a faculty resource. “Because it’s a faculty tool and because it’s a classroom resource, those are faculty decisions,” Wigley said. “They get to decide how their classes are run.” Students will still be required to use the style guides and, if it is available, should not rely on Turnitin.com to avoid plagiarizing someone else’s work. “Before there was Turnitin, there was no use of Turnitin,” Wigley said. “The onus is absolutely on the student to submit good work.” Leigh Ann Meyer, director of the Writing Center, is SGA piloting Turnitin.com during her summer writing courses to get an idea of its effectiveness. She said faculty should use it to educate students on the importance of properly citing sources instead of strictly as a tool to catch those that plagiarize. “A lot of times plagiarism is accidental,” she said. “We’re going to use Turnitin. com in a positive way.” Robert Lennartz, assistant professor of psychology, and Yu Shen, professor of history, said they use Google to check any suspicious papers for plagiarism and will probably use Turnitin.com when it becomes available. “I don’t know a lot ab<strong>out</strong> it,” Lennartz said, “but it sounds like it’s potentially useful.” “It will be good to check for originality,” Shen said. James Bonsall , Student Government Association president, said the issue was concerning to students and there wasn’t enough education on plagiarism. “At least they’re doing it the right way,” he said. “They’re letting students know and giving them a chance to correct their mistakes.” Robert McGonnell, MBA student, had a skeptical <strong>out</strong>look on the service. “It could be helpful to those that have the intent of not plagiarizing,” he said. “Those that want to will turn a blind eye to it.” Student and faculty surveys will be conducted during the spring 2010 semester to get feedback on the service which will then be used to reevaluate policies and procedures. Future election date may change signatures to the chief justice within five days of the election. However, the election is held the week before spring break, which means the time period to contest the election falls during spring break. The bill would modify the five day period in the bylaw to five academic days. The postponement will allow for a rewrite to clarify which election and how to handle getting the information to the chief justice. So long! And please, recycle me! incoming attack on the other country,” Gard said. Gard said while highly unlikely, misinformation could lead to these weapons being launched, but the more pertinent threat, and probably the greatest we face according to Gard, is the desire of terrorists to steal, buy or build, and ultimately detonate a nuclear weapon. “That wasn’t an issue at Forum Continued from Page 1 Protect Yourself from Bank Card Fraud FRAUD ALERT! Recently, con artists from <strong>out</strong>side the United States have been targeting residents in the S<strong>out</strong>hern <strong>Indiana</strong> area. These criminals have employed a combination of phony automated telephone calls and fraudulent emails in an attempt to trick residents in the 812 area code into giving <strong>out</strong> their confidential bank card information. Corydon Branch Manager: Darrell NesSmith 812-738-2198 800-390-1465 Jay-C Store Branch Manager: Ronda Bailey 812-738-9099 Greenville Branch Manager: Craig Engleman 812-923-8051 processes as a citizen-driven process and they are usually more common in western states since they are more liberal. “$83 million was spent on both sides of Proposition Eight,” Gugin said. “That was the most money spent on a campaign in 2008 besides the presidential campaign.” She also said Proposition Eight was a battle among interest groups. “Almost a mirror image of those who were for it was against it,” Gugin said. Those who were in favor of the proposition were churchgoers, like Evangelicals and Catholics and couples with children. Gugin also said the people who were against the proposition were nonchurchgoers, lesbians and gays. Aldridge spoke on the differences between a constitutional amendment and revision. He also said the reason some were challenging the Proposition Eight was because some believed it was more of a revision than an amendment. Aldridge went on to say that it’s rather hard for a government to recognize same-sex marriage and then take it back. He said the California court is struggling with what are inalienable rights and what are not. “There has to be a limit to the power of the majority on minorities,” Aldridge said. Sarris said Proposition Eight failed for a variety of reasons. Some of which included Therefore, we ask all residents to be on alert for: credit union or credit card company. numbers, or direct you to automated phone systems. you to reveal confidential information. Don’t fall for SCAMS! Protect yourself by NEVER giving <strong>out</strong> confidential information to unknown sources. In the meantime, should you suspect that your personal and/or confidential information has been compromised, please call your local branch immediately. New Salisbury Branch Manager: Jeremy Utz 812-347-0700 Palmyra Branch Manager: Lori Kiesler 812-364-6192 800-422-6192 Edwardsville Branch Manager: Claire Hirt 812-923-5578 New Albany Grant Line Rd Branch Manager: Angela Kitchel 812-949-2265 New Albany Charlestown Crossing Branch Manager: Rick Newlin 812-944-4011 Salem Branch Manager: Gerilee Hunt 812-883-8300 the time of the Cold War, but it certainly is now,” Gard said. “Take it on faith, they’re after one, and they would like to use it.” Gard then proposed another doomsday scenario to the crowd. “Consider the unthinkable; the detonation of a crude, 10 kiloton nuclear weapon on Manhattan Island,” Gard said. “It would kill 1 million people and render that area uninhabitable for centuries.” Houser noted our current armed forces are overworked and, in some part, staffed insufficiently. To fix this, Houser suggested the United States draft young men and women to supplement the ranks of the armed forces. Gay marriage discussed the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender communities didn’t campaign in Spanish and African-American communities to get their support. “It was a matter of them not doing their leg work and expecting people to do the right thing.” The four speakers also took questions from the large crowd in attendance. Peter Clark, president of the CLU, said this was the largest turn<strong>out</strong> the CLU has ever had for their spring forum. Julie Bland, CLU events coordinator, said there were 127 people in attendance at the forum. The speakers took questions concerning the arguments against same-sex marriage and legislation in <strong>Indiana</strong> concerning samesex-marriage. Jeffersonville Branch Manager: Kevin Burke 812-285-1223 Floyds Knobs Branch Manager: Doris Parsons 812-923-0677 Hardinsburg Branch Manager: Amy Birkla 812-472-3208 EASY It has taken Jerod Clapp far too long to graduate.
Week of April 20, 2009 Sports The Horizon • Page 3 IUS women’s tennis tames Tigers OP LEFT: Brooklyn Becher, sophomore tennis player, attempts a backhand at the net during the match against the Campbellsville <strong>University</strong> Tigers. Photos by Patrick Emmert OTTOM LEFT: Britta Oliver, junior tennis player, returns a shot during the Campbellsville match. IGHT: Abby Enteman, sophomore tennis player, serves during the Campbellsville <strong>University</strong> match. The Grenadiers won the match 8-1, improving their record to 13-3 overall and -0 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Grenadiers sweep Midway Eagles Photos by Meagan Scott TOP LEFT: Rachel Ferguson, freshman third base, asks the umpire for a little more time during her at-bat against Midway College on Friday, April 17 at the Koetter Baseball Sports Complex. BOTTOM LEFT: Allie Alford, freshman <strong>out</strong>fielder, rounds first after hitting a single against Midway. RIGHT: Paige Dickey, senior <strong>out</strong>fielder, runs to first after hitting a ball against the Eagles. The Grenadiers swept the Midway <strong>University</strong> Eagles on Friday, April 17, to improve their overall record to 20-19 and 10-3 in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. In ancient Japan, public contests were held to see who in a town could fart the loudest and longest.
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