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East meets West in new opera

By Adam Sedia · Friday, Sept. 26,2003 1:01 a.m.

It's a Western masterpiece with Eastern flavor. It's a hodgepodge of speech and arias. It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio." Presented tonight by the IU Opera Theatre, the opera features many different theatrical styles and character types. The libretto has elements of vaudeville, opera buffa, pre-romantic ideas and is in many ways an oriental opera, said Stefano Vizioli, guest stage director. Mozart wrote this at 26, during one of the happiest periods in his life -- when he married Constanza Weber (who shares names with this opera's heroine). Critics say Mozart's personal happiness is reflected in the opera.

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Walker appears in court to face criminal impersonation charges

By Alyson Brodsy and Rick Callahan · Friday, Sept. 26,2003 12:53 a.m.

LEBANON, Ind. -- A woman accused of impersonating an Indiana couple's long-missing daughter was formally charged Thursday with identity deception, hours after her extradition from Kansas. Donna Lynette Walker, 35, listened quietly as a judge read the charges that accuse her of pretending to be the grown child of a divorced couple whose 6-year-old daughter has been missing since 1986. Boone County Superior Court Judge Matthew Kincaid entered an innocent plea for Walker and set a tentative trial date for March 1.

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Baghdad hotel bombed, 1 dead

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven R. Hurst · Friday, Sept. 26,2003 12:46 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A bomb exploded outside a Baghdad hotel housing NBC staff, killing a guard and injuring a Canadian sound engineer. Earlier Thursday, Aquila al-Hashimi, one of three women on Iraq's U.S.-picked Governing Council, died, five days after she was shot by gunmen. The bomb was placed about three feet from the wall of the al-Aike Hotel in south-central Baghdad in a hut that housed the hotel's generator, Iraqi police said. It killed the Somali night watchman as he slept. Lt. Col. Salman Kareem said the damage to the hotel was minimal, involving mainly broken glass. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.

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Herbert looks to change positions

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:21 a.m.

Two University administrators are retiring, but IU President Adam Herbert has ordered that there be no search for replacements as he looks at possible administrative restructuring. The retirements of Don Weaver, director of state relations, and Moya Andrews, vice-chancellor for academic affairs and dean of faculties, has prompted Herbert to examine their positions and whether they will exist in the same fashion. "We look at

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Law professor helps to revise death penalty on Massachusetts state panel

By Matt Lahr · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:20 a.m.

An IU law professor has been selected co-chairman of a Massachusetts panel that could drastically alter the use of the death penalty in the United States. Joseph Hoffmann, the Harry Pratter IU professor of law, is part of an 11-member council selected by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to develop a bill that would re-institute capital punishment in the state.

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James Dean's school renovated

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:14 a.m.

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. -- The old high school stage where James Dean honed the acting skills that would make him a Hollywood icon could become a community theater, the company renovating the building said.

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behind the scenes

By Elise Baker · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:14 a.m.

Throughout the warehouse-like interior of the IU art museum, sculpted faces peer out of the darkness, waiting for their turn to be exhibited. The museum's three galleries, each devoted to different parts of the world, display the important works of IU's art collection, such as a 1934 Picasso, "The Studio," year round.

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Latino education researched

By -Kehla West · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:13 a.m.

When Latino children enter a school for the first time, the school may not be ready to deal with some of the cultural barriers the children encounter. Education professor Gerardo Lopez's new research project is trying to do something about it.

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Latino education researched

By -Kehla West · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:02 a.m.

When Latino children enter a school for the first time, the school may not be ready to deal with some of the cultural barriers the children encounter. Education professor Gerardo Lopez's new research project is trying to do something about it.

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Groups must write new constitutions per rules

By Kelsey Flora · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:01 a.m.

There are over 100 new constitutions on campus this fall. Not the kind our forefathers wrote, but the kind our fellow students write. Student organizations filing with the Student Activities Office were required to create a new constitution when they returned to school this fall.

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IBM honors IU for life sciences work

By Devon Thomas · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:01 a.m.

The largest computer company in the world is teaming up with IU to aid life science research. IBM has named IU and Johns Hopkins University as partners in the Life Science's Institute of Innovation program.

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Freshman awarded for heroism

By Brian Janosch · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 2:01 a.m.

Thousands of freshmen enter IU each year bringing their own list of accomplishments and scholarships. But few can be held in the same light as 18-year-old freshman Aaron Allen, from Irvine, California.

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City Council adopts CREED

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 1:59 a.m.

The Commission for Establishment of a Community Revitalization Enhancement District, or CREED project, was adopted by the Bloomington City Council Wednesday night at City Hall. Bloomington Mayor John Fernandez said the benefit from such a project will help the downtown area.

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Volunteers breathe new life into old lagoons

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 1:59 a.m.

FRANKFORT, Ind. -- Barney Avery just wanted a place to fish. Three years later, with a little help from his friends, Avery has turned a trash-strewn haven for weeds and vandalism into an inviting spot to fish or to just sit back and enjoy nature.

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Two killed in truck collision on I-70

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Sept. 25,2003 1:58 a.m.

RICHMOND, Ind. -- A pair of tractor-trailers collided Wednesday on Interstate 70, killing two people, police said. The two trucks appeared to collide head-on. Television images from the crash site showed a Mayflower Van Lines truck with its front end destroyed up against another truck that was heavily damaged by flames. Tire tracks could be seen nearby in the grassy median.

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