This is the third *IU Community News Fifth Tuesday Special Edition*.

In this Special "Halloween" Edition we highlight a few different topics relevant to next week's election from the perspective of education and the Internet. Some of the choices next week may instill more fright in some citizens than Trick-or-Treat spookiness.

In any event, be sure to vote next week and be sure to check out this week's no frills edition--no pictures or graphics in this issue, sorry. Just the facts.

As a bonus to all of our faithful survey takers, and a restful incentive to vote next week in the survey that really counts, we have decided not to include "This Week's Survey" in today's edition.

The IU Community News is emailed and published the first and third Tuesday of each month.

Breaking News Stories

• In Washington, the President and the Congress have apparently come to a compromise on the long simmering and controversial issues surrounding legislation about Internet filters for school and library computers. This article reports on an October 31 announcement, and contains a number of background stories.
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• The California Secretary of State has warned two web sites against the swapping of votes on-line, and threatened legal action if the practice is not stopped.
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From the Campaign Trail

• The candidates in Silicon Valley. While Mr. Gore leads the race in California, Gov. George W. Bush is giving him a run for his money in Silicon Valley.
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• A company divided? While "geeks" in their cubicles may be more inclined to be Gore voters, the bosses seem to lean toward Bush, according to this article from the New York Times.
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• Bush, coal and the Internet--what do they have in common? Get the scoop in this assessment of a major address on energy by the Texas Governor, a Yale Grad and former pilot in the Texas Air National Guard, who also happens to currently be running for the highest office in the land!
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• Why do some claim Ralph Nader--who began his career with his now famous revelations about unsafe automobile technology--today campaigns against "techno-twits"?
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Politics and Technology: from National to Local

• Why are technology and "new economy" issues not more prominent in the 2000 Presidential campaign?
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• A new group that works to educate lawmakers about the benefits of technology is making inroads on Capitol Hill.
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• And finally, this article explains a new pilot program whose goal is the establishment of Websites that will enable communication between school board members and the public, with the hope of getting parents and communities more involved in the educational decision making process.
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