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Russian Prince Andrew Romanoff’s art exhibit shows storybook life

INVERNESS, Calif. – If history hadn’t gotten in the way, Andrew Romanoff could have been the emperor of Russia. But as things turned out, the mustachioed grandnephew of the ill-fated last czar spends his time painting whimsical, folk-art renderings of his unusual upbringing in a dethroned royal family onto “Shrinky Dinks,” the plastic children’s toy that shrinks in the oven.

Party crashing

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France – I was fairly excited about going to the Communist Party meeting. After all, the French Communist Party has long held significant influence over the political environment of France, and to be honest, I’ve never really hung out with 5,500 communists before. (There was this whole Cold War thing that made communism in America fairly unpopular, I hear.)

IDS Mailbox

In response to David White’s Feb. 22 letter to the editor entitled “Gore’s invitation a step backward in diversity,” I would like to clarify that the Union Board is not in the process of bringing Al Gore to campus. Nor does the Union Board have the funding to spend $150,000 on a single program. The Union Board has a commitment to bring diverse programs to campus; programs that enrich both the educational and entertainment aspects of student development. Programming for such a diverse community will always be a struggle, but diversity is far more than the diversity of political parties. Anyone is welcome to bring a program idea to a committee meeting. Sarah McDonough, Union Board president

Around the World

18 boys were killed in Ramadi, a city west of Baghdad, when a car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with young soccer players, police and Iraqi state television said.

IU set for final Big Ten road contest

During the Big Ten coaches’ teleconference Monday, IU coach Kelvin Sampson and Northwestern coach Bill Carmody were each asked what they thought the Big Ten’s representation should be in this year’s NCAA Tournament. Both coaches offered short, vague responses.

Start Z revolution

The English language is like a can of SpaghettiOs, the kind with alphabet-shaped pasta. Picture a freshly opened can full of red goo and pasty pasta letters. But be careful not to cut your finger on the side of the can.

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.