GRAIN OF SALT: Democrats wasted time compromising with GOP

Politically, the health bill is less of a victory for Democrats than it is a complete public relations disaster for Republicans. Republicans had stalled for months, banking on the Democrats' incompetence to kill reform efforts. As of Sunday night, that bet failed to pay off.



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Beaming Obama signs historic $938 billion overhaul

WASHINGTON  — A beaming President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a historic $938 billion health care overhaul that guarantees coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans and will touch nearly every citizen's life, presiding over the biggest shift in U.S. domestic policy since the 1960s and capping a divisive, yearlong debate that could define the November elections.



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Museum of Art to showcase student talent

Art students will be given a chance to show off their class projects to their peers, faculty and the general public in an art show that promises prizes and more. The 75th Annual Student Art Show is free and will open at 9 a.m. Friday at the Ball State University Museum of Art. The opening ceremony and awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. 


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Roe v. Wade lawyer reflects on experience

A lawyer in one of the most influential court cases in U.S. history spoke to Ball State University students in an experimental presentation Monday night at Pruis Hall.




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Staying dry stylishly

Associate fashion merchandising professor says fashionable rainwear this season includes bright colors and fun designs.


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OUR VIEW: Student aid overhaul underway

Lost in the hubbub of the health care debate Sunday night was substantial support to students' efforts to attend college. Tacked onto health care reform, the U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping changes to student aid.


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Women's Week series continues with "Surviving Psycho"

 The University Film Committee will pair with the Women's Week Committee in their discussion of women in horror films with their showing of the Alfred Hitchcock classic "Psycho" (1960) from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Art and Journalism Building Room 175. The film is the first in a three-part series titled Bad Girls and Blood: Gender, Culture, and Slasher Films.


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75th annual art show showcases student talent

Art students will be given a chance to show off their class projects to their peers, faculty and the general public in a show that promises prizes and more.The 75th Annual Student Art Show is free and will open at 9 a.m. Friday at the Ball State University Museum of Art. The opening ceremony and awards ceremony will begin at 6 p.m.


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Congress clears historic health care bill

WASHINGTON — Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.




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