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Excavation of ruins confirm Rome myth

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:43 a.m.

ROME -- Legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, who were suckled as infants by a she-wolf in the woods.

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Traveling from Morocco to France

By Sara Philips and Sara Phillips · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:43 a.m.

When I came back from Morocco in mid-December, I was ready to undergo what many refer to as "reverse culture shock." This curious phenomenon occurs when a traveler returns home, and it can actually be much worse than the initial trauma of adapting to a foreign setting.

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Grammys flow to Ray Charles

By Alyson Brodsy and Nekesa Mumbi Moody · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:42 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Ray Charles had a legendary career that defied categorization and influenced generations of artists, but he never had one of those blockbuster albums that many lesser artists have enjoyed.

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IU connects to campuses, world

By Ryne Shadday · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:27 a.m.

Conversations About Service and Engagement, a program hoping to use videoconferencing to connect IUB to IU's satellite campuses and other campuses around the world, including the University of Southern Denmark and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will hold its first conference today. "The conference will discuss a myriad of topics through global politics, civic engagement and even how America is viewed through the eyes of the world," said senior Kathleen Claussen, the program's co-facilitator and a Indiana Daily Student staff writer.

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IU connects to campuses, world

By Ryne Shadday · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 12:09 a.m.

Conversations About Service and Engagement, a program hoping to use videoconferencing to connect IUB to IU's satellite campuses and other campuses around the world, including the University of Southern Denmark and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, will hold its first conference today.

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Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:36 p.m.

I decided to write this letter in response to a number of creationist arguments appearing in the IDS that suggested or openly supported teaching Christian creationism alongside evolution in public schools.

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Make the rich pay

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:22 p.m.

President Bush had better consider banning men in tights because if he pushes for a budget that takes from the needy and gives to the rich, he might wake up one morning to find Robin Hood getting medieval on his ass.

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Hillel center hosts expedition team spreading Mideast peace

By Janet Hamilton · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:22 p.m.

Antarctica seems but a dream to most people, a snowy mirage that's a world away. For four Israelis and four Palestinians, Antarctica was a trying terrain where the dream of peace in the Middle East could begin. Monday night, two members of this group of eight travelers, the "Breaking the Ice" team, spoke to IU students and community members about their expedition to prove that Israelis and Palestinians could work together.

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Wal-Mart Wars

By Alyson Brodsy and Edward Delp · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:19 p.m.

Depending on where you stand, Wal-Mart is either the devil or the best thing ever to happen to consumers in the retail business.

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Grab hold of the chance: vote

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:17 p.m.

In one week, IU students can log on and cast their ballots for next year's IUSA leaders. We expect a clean election with results that will accurately reflect student votes.

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United Way tops donation goal

By Melissa Swyers · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:12 p.m.

In the Monroe County community, nearly 14,000 neighbors have difficulties paying for food, according to last year's United Way Community Services of Monroe County's annual report.

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Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:11 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- IU Life Sciences may have found the Band Aid of the future. In light of a $1 million donation from the U.S. Department of Defense in January, the Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences & Engineering Research is able to focus more time and money toward the development of a new product that may help future injured solders to heal faster.

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HORROR

By Fatimah Scott · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 11:09 p.m.

Friday night rolls around and you are at the local movie theater with a friend watching the latest horror movie. On screen is the image of a slaughtered victim lying on the ground, brains oozing from her head in a pool of blood. Glancing over at your friend, you see her nervously bouncing her knee up and down. Her palms are sweaty. Her mouth gapes open.

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Hoosier earns spot at NCAAs

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:12 a.m.

Most of the IU women's track and field team traveled to Fayetteville, Ark. to compete in the Tyson Invitational, but one Hoosier athlete did not. Junior distance runner Jessica Gall left her teammates behind to pursue a shot at earning an automatic NCAA indoor qualifying time. Gall entered the 5,000-meter run at the Husky Classic held at the University of Washington.

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'Spirit' stays energized throughout 10 hours

By Katie Schoenbaechler and Katie Shoenbaechler · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:08 a.m.

For 10 hours more than 3,000 IU students and Bloomington residents tested their poker skills while playing Texas hold 'em, challenged gravity while rock climbing, tangled themselves together during Twister and enjoyed the night during Recreational Sport's 29th annual Spirit of Sport. Proceeds from the event benefitted Special Olympics Indiana. The all-nighter was held Friday from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. at the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

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Shiite, Kurd tickets take Iraq elections

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert H. Reid · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:05 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Clergy-backed Shiites and independence-minded Kurds swept to victory in Iraq's landmark elections, propelling to power the groups that suffered most under Saddam Hussein and forcing Sunni Arabs to the margins for the first time in modern history, according to final results released Sunday.

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Tuition cap has unlikely future

By Tony Sams · Monday, Feb. 14,2005 1:05 a.m.

Facing opposition from state colleges and state legislators, a proposed bill that would impose a cap on public university tuition every two years is likely to fail again this year, the bill's author said.

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