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Activist, author to speak at University about bisexuality on Thursday, Friday

After four years of traveling to nine nations and more than 300 universities, internationally known speaker, teacher, writer and gay-rights advocate Robyn Ochs will speak at IU for the first time this week.

Convicted drug dealer sentenced to 100 years in prison

IU professor leads the fight against fat

The threat of becoming overweight is an ongoing issue and Indiana is not pulling its weight in the war on obesity, said Lloyd J. Kolbe, a professor and researcher in the Department of Applied Health Science, who wants to see a change in schools’ attitudes toward health.

Hoosiers sweep shortened road series

The IU club baseball team opened its season with a rain-shortened series sweep against the Clemson Tiger club team last weekend, winning two games Saturday.

Iran, Syria invited to meeting about Iraq

WASHINGTON – The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a “neighbors meeting” on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.

Baton Rouge Bassoonist to join Jacobs faculty

This fall, bassoonist William Ludwig will join the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music. Ludwig began playing the saxophone in middle school because he wanted to become a jazz musician. He went on to study at the University of North Texas, which is known for its jazz program.

Hoping to clear up misconceptions, scholar discusses Russian author Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn was the most influential thinker of the 20th century, Daniel Mahoney, professor of political science at Assumption College, told a group of people in a crowded Woodburn Hall lecture room last night.

Mother begins healing by founding award for fallen son

Sunlight shone through the window of the office as Jo Burgess took a deep breath, folded her hands and began to talk about the person who changed her life – her son, Sam. Smiling, the IU Wylie House Museum Director told of the impact Sam had on others; laughing, she remembered stories from his childhood; crying, she talked about how much he will be missed.

Professor says that deaths during Holocaust were ‘sacred’

There was complete silence as American University professor Gershon Greenberg narrated the anecdote of a sergeant who had to amputate his own child’s limbs to save him.

Starving for tenure

I've studied a fair amount of political movements, negotiations, protests, revolutions, terrorism and other sorts of means to try to get what you want out of the powers-that-be. But I have to say that a phenomenon recently highlighted by the Chronicle of Higher Education has me baffled: Why would a junior professor ever think a hunger strike could get him or her tenure?

Student apathy detrimental to voice

After the Feb. 9 IDS report “2 parties emerge for this month’s IUSA election,” the editorial board began to consider its preparations to follow a precedent set by former Opinion editors: interviewing the competing executive tickets and endorsing the one best for the position.

Bloomington’s practicing Nunn: ‘It’s just that easy’

The coffee table in Ken Nunn’s office gives off the vibe of a lawyer obsessed with his time, eager to charge a client for every second devoted to a case. The table has no place for family photos or candy jars, and certainly no sign of tolerance for putting one’s feet up to relax on the couch behind it. This table is simply an impressive collection of glass clocks. But the man behind the desk opposite the table has quite a different outlook than his office furniture might suggest. Nunn, one of the most well-known injury lawyers in the state, thanks to his renowned TV and phone-book ads, is a lawyer who charges his clients on a contingency fee. He doesn’t charge until he wins the case.

Firetruck Elections!

Today, fellow students, marks the most important day of the academic year. Forget midterms, screw finals and don’t even think about Little 500.

Judge upholds police reports against Colts Rhodes

INDIANAPOLIS – Affidavits by a police officer who arrested Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes can be used in the drunken-driving case against him, a judge ruled Monday. Rhodes’ attorney, Jim Voyles, argued during a hearing that there were inconsistencies between the affidavit the officer wrote soon after arresting Rhodes on Feb. 20 and a supplemental report filed later.

Dating Web site to choose 5 ‘Date Masters’ from Indiana universities

If you are the person your friends turn to for cheering them up when they are going through relationship or break-up troubles, you might be a good candidate to represent IU as its “Date Master.” You could even be awarded a scholarship for your social skills. The dating site www.MyCampusDates.com announced last week that it will award up to $5,000 in scholarships to students from IU, Butler University, Purdue University, Ball State University and Indiana State University.

Colleges bring in record $28 billion in donations

Colleges and universities brought in a record $28 billion through charitable donations in 2006 – a 9.4 percent increase from 2005. Alumni giving, which accounts for about a third of such donations, grew by over 18 percent compared to last year, according to statistics released last week by the Council for Aid to Education.

BPD arrest man for domestic battery

Fredric Hays Jr., 25, was arrested Sunday after confining his wife in a bedroom and beating her.

$40,000 in electronics damaged by vandals

About $40,000 in electronics were damaged Monday morning as part of a vandalism spree in Ballantine and Jordan halls, according to IU Police Department reports.

Presidential pot o’ gold

They say only two things in life are certain: death and taxes. Well, folks, one of those two is about to hit IU in a big way. Don’t worry. There hasn’t been an outbreak of bird flu or the Black Death.

Around the World

Britain’s defense secretary on Monday announced the deployment of 1,400 extra troops to Afghanistan. It bolsters NATO’s mission to oust the resurgent Taliban only days after Prime Minister Tony Blair disclosed plans to trim British forces in Iraq. The deployment will bring British troop levels in Afghanistan to around 7,700 until 2009, meaning Britain will have more forces based there than in Iraq for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion.