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Panelists take questions from the audience at A Non-Partisan Look at Healthcare Monday at the Whittenberger Auditorium. Panelists discussed the merits of a single payer healthcare system.
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Panelists take questions from the audience at A Non-Partisan Look at Healthcare Monday at the Whittenberger Auditorium. Panelists discussed the merits of a single payer healthcare system.
Supporters walk a 5k at the CROP Hunger Walk Sunday on Eleventh Street on Oct. 19, 2009.
The Rock resides in the northern endzone at Memorial Stadium. The Rock recently became the IU mascot.
Hoosier Dance performs at Yell Like Hell Thursday at Alumni Hall. Yell Like Hell competitors are given three minutes to perform, and are judged based on originality, appearance, crowd response and their use of this year's homecoming theme, "Wacky, Wild, Crimson Style."
Junior Trent Downey wears a Pizza X costume during the Nearly Naked Mile Monday evening at Dunn Meadow. Many students wore athletic clothes to the mile, but others like Downey wore costumes.
Sophmore Brennan Woodruff gets his blood drawn during the Blood Donor Challenge Tuesday afternoon at the DeVault Alumni center. Breenan had participated in the Nearly Naked Mile the night before.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>HORSE the Band’s “Desperate Living” would be nearly indistinguishable from the sea of metal releases this year if it weren’t for the band’s obsession with "Nintendo." All 12 tracks on “Desperate Living” are awash with keyboards that sound straight out of Super Mario World. The synthesizers have a certain novelty, but when it wears off “Desperate Living” doesn’t have much else to offer.More than the obnoxious keyboards, the biggest problem with “Desperate Living” is its production. Even on a nice pair of headphones, the album sounds thin and weak. The guitars have no bite and are often just background noise. “The Failure of All Things” exemplifies everything wrong with this album: Every decent riff that appears is immediately run over by an unnecessary Nintendo moment. If the keyboards weren’t so annoying and the production was better this album might have been one of the better metal releases of the year, but as it stands “Desperate Living” is a muddy, obnoxious mess.
Famed atheist Richard Dawkins spoke about his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution" Monday evening at the IU Auditorium. Dawkins first gained popularity with his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene."
Isak Nti Asare represents the African Studies Program Saturday Afternoon at the Bloomington Multicultural Expo. The Expo featured numerous cultural clubs and organizations.
Members of the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the court house steps Wednesday afternoon.
Members of the Bloomington Peace Action Coalition protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the court house steps Wednesday afternoon.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>As a band, Alice in Chains has been through a lot, chiefly the death of its lead singer, grunge god Layne Staley in 2002. After Staley’s death, there didn’t seem to be much of a future for the rest of the band. Yet here we are with a new Alice in Chains album – one that is possibly the best record the band has done.“Black Gives Way to Blue” is dark, but Alice in Chains no longer lives under the shadow of Staley’s drug addiction and suicidal musings. New vocalist William Duvall matches Staley’s vocal power and gives the album its emotional lift. “Blue” is the comeback story of the year, maybe decade, in rock music. It’s hard to think of another band that has fallen so hard and then released such a strong album like this. “Black Gives Way to Blue” was released under the shadow of Staley’s death, but it will be remembered as a record about the triumph of life.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Pandorum” stars Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster as two astronauts stuck inside a dying starship in deep space and a plot that dies even quicker.The ship’s onboard nuclear reactor needs resetting and like any good starship, it must be done manually. Foster can’t remember much, but he does know the ins and outs of the reactor, so Quaid stays back and Foster ventures into the ship, alone of course. The film’s opening borrows elements from “Alien” and “Event Horizon”: The hero plods along through dark corridors, surrounded by growls and gasps, with only his flashlight to guide him. Then we see the creatures prowling the ship, and the film devolves into a series of increasingly ridiculous fight scenes between the survivors and the monsters. Although the film ends with a few smart plot twists, it’s not enough. After the scene where the monster awkwardly tosses a lead pipe to a survivor before their fight, I pretty much stopped taking “Pandorum” seriously.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Season Two of “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” follows the world’s most badass single mom (Lena Headey) as she tries to protect her son, the world’s future leader, John Connor (Thomas Dekker). Following a similar formula as the “Terminator” movies, the Connors are protected by a terminator, this time a female robot named Cameron (Summer Glau). When the show was on the air, several of the story arcs seemed to disrupt the season’s flow, but being able to watch episodes back to back keeps things moving. Although the main focus is on Sarah and John Connor, it’s the supporting characters, like terminator Cameron and Derek Reese (Brian Austin Green), who really make the show stand out. Unlike the “Terminator” films that are known for their gorgeous and abundant special effects, “The Sarah Connor Chronicles” lacks any really impressive visuals. If you’re a fan of the films or just looking for some sci-fi, you could do worse than “Sarah Connor.” Just don’t get too attached because Fox terminated the show in May.
A large group of children prepare for the kids one mile run at the Hoosiers Outrun Cancer 5k Saturday morning at Memorial Stadium. Kids of all ages participated in the race.
Kiva.org co-founder Jessica Jackley spoke at the Neal Marshall Black Cultural Center Thursday evening. Jackley discussed the history of her website and the benefits of microfinance.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“New Junk Aesthetic” is Every Time I Die’s fifth release, and it sounds pretty similar to their first release. And their second. And their third. You get the idea. Once again, vocalist Keith Buckley delivers hilarious one-liners and witty lyrics. This time we get gems like: “If my hands find themselves another body, well, you can’t blame them for trying to keep warm.” The rest of the band does their best to get the songs over with as fast as possible, with many of the songs clocking at just three minutes. Every song sounds like it was cast from a mold: some southern riffing, a break down, lots of screaming, a pinch of singing and a tiny bit of guitar noodling. Though this is the same formula that the band has employed since their first effort “Last Night in Town” came out eight years ago, it still works well. “New Junk Aesthetic” is a fun record that ends before you get tired of it, but there’s still nothing new to be found.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>“Love Happens” is a chemistry-free romantic comedy about a self-help guru who needs to deal with the death of his wife, apparently by hooking up with Jennifer Aniston. Aaron Eckhart stars as Burke Ryan, a Dr. Phil-style charlatan who guides people through the grieving process without having ever dealt with his own. Aniston plays a florist who makes bad life choices and charms Ryan. The film follows these two as they go through the chick-flick motions in what is probably the worst romantic comedy of the year. The film’s only real bright spots are John Carroll Lynch – who plays Walter, a grieving father who frequently calls bullshit on Eckhart’s advice – and a hilarious (probably unintentionally so) scene where Eckhart releases his dead wife’s bird into the wild. Unfortunately for Lynch, his quality performance is gutted of any impact by the film’s awful writing and direction; the bird, on the other hand, seems to have found the perfect film to launch his career. “Love Happens” is the worst kind of movie. It is not only poorly made; it has no soul.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>For BLK JKS – pronounced “black jacks” – this year’s Lotus Fest is a homecoming away from home. The band hails from Johannesburg, but when it came time to record their Secretly Canadian debut last winter, they packed up their things and headed to Russian Recording in Bloomington. “We really had to record in a place where we could really focus,” bassist Molefi Makananise said. “Bloomington offered that to us.” BLK JKS have drawn comparisons to bands like TV on the Radio and The Mars Volta. Songs like “Molalatladi” showcase the band’s fresh blend of African rhythms and rock ‘n’ roll. Lead singer Lindani Buthelezi’s voice is often backed up with a wall of gorgeous vocal harmonies or countered by discordant guitar shreddery. The band balances raucous rock and spacey ambient parts that fuse energy with serenity, and although they draw easy surface comparisons to other genre-bending bands, BLK JKS’s desire has always been originality. “When we started going out of our little space, all we focused on was making a song,” Makananise said. “We’ve tried to not sound like anybody else, even though the inspiration is there.” The band has spent six months touring the U.S. in support of “After Robots,” a record that’s been receiving rave reviews. Rolling Stone called BLK JKS one of Africa’s best new bands and gave “After Robots” three and a half stars, but none of the band’s success has changed how BLK JKS think about themselves. “We just want to deliver, whether we’re on a big stage or a small stage,” Molefi said. “I understand when people say good things come to those who wait, but it really comes to people who work.”
People wait in line at the International Christian Fellowship of United Presbyterian Church ethinic food fair Saturday afternoon. Attendees were able to sample a wide range of food from around the world.