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(07/25/02 8:23pm)
There are no telephones. No televisions. No radios. No clocks. Cell phones definitely won't get service. To some, it sounds like a nightmare, but to many, Story, Ind., is the perfect place to run to when they want to get away from life in the city.\nWhat began as a boomtown in the late 1800s, Story, Ind., was the largest settlement in the area at the turn of the century. As Story's timber resources started to diminish, it became a ghost town and its popular general store closed. After the logging industry completely dried up, a gentleman named Doc Story came in and bought the village and made it what it is today. The original checkerboard and benches that were put on the porch of the general store are still sitting where they were first placed in the 1850s. \nYou won't find stop lights or busy traffic in Story. The population of the village is whoever occupies the Story Inn. General manager of the Story Inn, David Sabato, says the bed and breakfast prides itself in the fact that it doesn't have telephones, televisions or clocks. The rooms do come with a bottle of wine and free breakfast from their gourmet restaurant.\nBreakfast choices include banana walnut pancakes, biscuits and gravy and a few omelet selections. The lunch and dinner menus have choices such as the Celtic sausage sandwich, grilled artichoke served on a croissant with white cheddar cheese, pork medallions with rosemary sauce and Hawaiian chicken with pineapple. A trip behind the restaraunt will show you their large herb garden. This is where they get the herbs to make essential oils for the cooking in the restaraunt. \nAll rooms and homes are original homes that have been restored for the bed and breakfast. No two rooms are alike at the Story Inn. Each is differently decorated, often with flowers, wicker furniture and curtains and bedspreads that follow the room theme as well. There are 16 rooms total, all with private baths and a few with hot tubs. Also found in each room is a journal where residents can read entries from past occupants of the room and add their own experiences in Story into the journal. \nOne might ask then what exactly what a bed and breakfast in Story, Ind., would have to offer college students. For starters, Tonya Bokick, employee of the Old Mill Grill in Story, says the festivals in the summer and fall are a great time.\nThe annual festivals in Story bring many people to the village. In the 3M Scotch sponsored Sculpt-a-Celebrity Contest, people can enter sculptures of celebrities made out of Duct Tape. Other festivals include Story Fest, wine tastings and bluegrass festivals. All of these festivals take place in an opening in the woods behind the old general store. The woods surrounding the opening also contain a sauna for guests and the manager hopes so someday include fitness trails through the woods. The openess and naturalness of Story is almost like a time warp, taking you back to a time when the village was first founded.\n"In the summer and fall this place really gets packed," Bokick says. "There's good entertainment on any weekend. Of course the bar is great, we like to drink here. So if you just want to get away, it's a great spot."\nThe Old Mill Grill has a bar and is as rustic and historic as the rest of Story. In the summer time the party is sometimes moved outside to a patio where people can drink and enjoy the entertainment under the stars. \nEric Brown, a guitarist in the bands L.U.V. and The Hillbilly Cats, says the best thing about performing there is the enthusiasm for music. He says you get the feeling that it's a muscially educated group of people genuinely interested in being entertained. Brown says college students could find at Story something completely different than anywhere else they've been.\n"As wonderful as Bloomington is, you have to get out every once in a while. Story is the perfect way to break up a routine and do something different," Brown says. "You're definitely going to meet some interesting people there." \nAside from interesting people, visitors might encounter interesting stories behind the room they stay in. Students looking for a scare might want to check into the Blue Lady Room. Past customers have mentioned the ghost of the Blue Lady and wrote in the journal provided about her presence felt while they stayed in the room. Entries suggest that she slams doors, flushes the toilet in the middle of the night and sometimes makes actual appearances. All it takes is turning on the blue light beside the bed in The Blue Lady Room and she might make an appearance. \nSabato says he has felt her presence when he is working late in his office next to her room.\n"She's very friendly, not mean at all. I think she's a restless spirit but I consider her more of an angel than a ghost," Sabato says. "I think she's just watching over the town. Nobody knows what her history is or what her significance is."\nThe festivals are fun and The Blue Lady might give you a scare, but Story Inn employee Vassar Davis says the nature surrounding the village is the best thing about it.\n"I grew up around here and I've gone to IU on and off for the past five years," Davis says. "Now I've come to work here and it's a very nice area. I like the isolation, and I'm also a songwriter. More than anything, Story offers a place of inspiration."\nBrown says it's a great time, but the trip there isn't all that easy.\n"There is no good way to drive to Story. It's a beautiful drive, but as a performer, it can be difficult to get in and out of," Brown says. "You also want to stay and party with the folks, but you know you've got 25 miles of curvy road ahead of you."\nWinding roads along the sides of hills with deep drop offs could provide for a dangerous ride in snow or rain. What should normally be a 45-minute trip from Bloomington could turn into an hour or longer trip if the weather isn't on your side. When you finally do make it to Story, the prices aren't exactly made for college students. Room rates start at $97.25 and run as high as $200 a night for the rooms with hot tubs.\nThe drive might be a rough one and the prices expensive for a college budget, but Story, Ind., seems to offer something for everyone. Festivals, a bar and grill, history, entertainment, nature and good food can all be found in the small village named Story.
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A Walk to Remember - PG\nStarring: Shane West, Mandy Moore\nDirected by: Adam Shankman\nShowing: Showplace West 12\nBring your tissues girls. Guys, you might want to bring earplugs to drown out the sound of sniffles you'll hear from the girls during the movie. "A Walk to Remember" captures all the deep emotions many of us hold inside. It will remind you what it feels like to fall in love for the first time, the troubles along the way and the tragic ends that sometimes result.\nWhile you might be skeptical of yet another singer-turned-actress, Mandy Moore proves to be incredible as Jamie Sullivan. She lives in a small town in North Carolina, has no clue how to dress, totes her Bible with her wherever she goes and loves to sing in the church choir. While Sullivan is a prototypical geek in this movie, the thing that makes her character different from geeks in other movies is that she doesn't change. You won't see Sullivan in the end of the movie smoking a cigarette and wearing leather pants and high heels. She sticks to her morals and ways of life. Unfortunately, this includes the way she dresses.\nIf you are not in love with actor Shane West, you soon will be -- just like Moore's character. West's performance as Landon Carter is breathtaking. West will win your heart in "A Walk to Remember," and his character will bring tears to your eyes. His character falls in love with the geeky Jamie Sullivan, even though he is in the popular crowd. Besides problems in the relationship with Sullivan, Carter encounters family and friend problems along the way as well.\nWhile the role of Eric (Al Thompson) isn't a main one in the film, it seems to be a bit of an annoying one. You'd think by now movies would break the stereotype of the "token black guy," but this could be the worst I've seen. Eric is constantly checking out girls and coming out with sexist remarks, calling everyone "brother" and always wanting to party. His character could have been a good one had the writers not stereotyped it so much.\n"A Walk to Remember" had me completely sold until about halfway through when it joined the clone ranks of many movies in its genre. I can't reveal what the cliché is, but it's a typical one that keeps this movie from being anything more than a sappy chick flick.\nI cried four separate times. I cried because I was happy and because I was sad. Of course, most girls will cry at these parts, even if we've seen the same story over and over in movies before. Guys, you might want to skip this one as it definitely fits into the category of a chick flick.\nOverall, Moore pulled off the jump to acting. And while "A Walk to Remember" is cliché, it will warm your heart and make you smile.\n
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\nKylie Minogue\nCapitol Records\nAustralian pop princess Kylie Minogue has finally hit it big in the U.S. with her newly released album, Fever. At this year's 25th Annual Brit Awards, Minogue walked away with International Female of the year and International Album of the year. Unlike most rising artists in the U.S., Minogue has been around in the U.K. for quite awhile and will celebrate her 35th birthday in May. Obviously Minogue remembers the '80s and sounds like a bad flashback to that decade's pop.\nThe disco pop hit "Can't Get You Out of My Head" is making its way up the chart on TRL. It is the first single released from Fever and unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard it. The "la la la la la la la…" is something you definitely won't get out of your head. The tune is catchy and the words are easy to learn so you might find yourself singing it all day long until you can't stand it.\nWhoever said the '80s were coming back was right in all aspects, and so far as music goes, Minogue is definitely bringing it back. Call it disco pop, techno, whatever, but we all know it's that '80s sound, and we can't avoid it. The first track on the CD is "More More More" and its "runway" beats instantly made me feel like I was shopping at Express in the College Mall. \nThe first few weeks of the CD's release in the U.S. will contain two hidden bonus tracks "Boy" and "Butterfly." Both these songs prove to be two of the best on the CD, which isn't really saying much. \nSome people might like the CD (like your little sister who wasn't raised in the '80s), but I doubt it will last long. And for those of us avoiding the '80s comeback, we will avoid Kylie Minogue and her CD as well. The beats are good, words are about as deep as a wading pool and her first single off the album is already over-played on the radio. She has a style of her own that has completely rocked the U.K. Unless there's more amazing bonus tracks on Fever that I'm missing, if you want to hear late '80s/early '90s techno pop, just listen to your old Ace of Base CD and save yourself the cash.\n\n\n
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White Lilies Island\nNatalie Imbruglia\nRCA Records\nHer hair might be longer, but her music sounds the same. It's been a while since we've heard from Natalie Imbruglia. Her new CD, White Lilies Island, is a lot like her first album, Left of the Middle, which was released in 1997. \nHer career began when she was 16 and did a commercial for Japanese bubblegum. Since that commercial, her career took off and now she brings us her second album. White Lilies Island has the same sound as her first album and the same type of lyrics that might leave you confused. Imbruglia makes it obvious that she knows exactly what she's talking about and how she feels, but won't come out and directly say in her songs exactly what she means. They are certainly open for interpretation, which makes for a good album that anyone can relate to. \nI've always thought the best thing about Natalie Imbruglia was her lyrics. My favorite track on the album is "Hurricane." The music and lyrics perfectly flow together. It discusses the confusion in relationships and that special person that's changed it all -- that's my interpretation anyway. The CD has power because of the openness of all the songs and their interpretations. \nMy biggest problem with the album is the song "Goodbye." Remember the song from "The Sound of Music" where the Von Trapp children go to bed at the big party and at the end of the song sing "goodbye" about 30 times? The song goes something like that. It's just as annoying in Imbruglia's song as it was in the movie.\nHer first single off the album, "Wrong Impression," wouldn't have been my choice for a first single. There's much better on the album like "Satellite" and "That Day." I'm still partial to her first album and the singles off of it, but White Lilies Island has a sweet and innocent sound that makes it worth listening to.\n
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Full Moon\nBrandy\nAtlantic Records\nBrandy took her time on this one. She's spent the last three years coming up with her new album, Full Moon. Her first two albums, Brandy and Never Say Never, earned multiple awards during the years and in all likelihood the new album won't be any different.\nRodney Jerkins produced the album and was Billboard Magazine's 1999 top producer of pop singles. Jerkins has produced for pop greats such as Michael Jackson, Aaliyah and Whitney Houston and is known for bringing back artists we haven't heard from in a while. The magic Jerkins has brought to comeback albums in the past is apparent on Full Moon as well.\nBrandy makes it obvious on her newest album that she's been treated badly and isn't going to take it anymore. The songs on the album also explore the adventure of not being able to leave someone who treats you poorly. There are mixed emotions throughout the entire album that make you wonder exactly what Brandy's love life went through during her three years without an album release.\n"When You Touch Me" and "Like This" are songs that explore a sexual side of Brandy that we haven't really seen in the past. Maybe her marriage last summer to producer and songwriter Robert Smith sparked some new feelings and emotions in her songs. \nBrandy is one of those artists that succeeds in her slow songs as well as her upbeat pop-sounding songs. The first single "What About Us?" is one of the upbeat tunes on the album and has landed on MTV's TRL countdown numerous times.\nIn one of the slower songs on the album, "Die Without You," Brandy sings with her brother, Ray J. It's a pretty good remix of the 1992 P.M. Dawn hit from the "Boomerang" soundtrack.\nWith a baby coming in the next few months, Brandy might not have time for many awards shows in the coming year. But she'll surely be a part of them. The quality lyrics and R&B sound of Brandy are back and better than they've ever been.\n
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Living Proof\nCher\nWarner Brothers\nIn her first album since 1998's quadruple-platinum Believe, which spawned the platinum title track of the same name, Cher delivers Living Proof that on the dance floor she is here to stay.\nHer deep voice, yet limited range works incredibly well with her style of disco/dance/techno-pop reminiscent of the single "Believe," inserting technological blips and computerized inflections. Cher has found her new audience in the club scene and delivers an all out dance-till-you-drop list of tracks.\nCher's first single, "Song For the Lonely," while recorded pre-Sept. 11, is dedicated to the people and heroes of New York City. The track effectively uses Cher's seasoned voice in front of a strong techno backbeat. \n"A Different Kind of Love Song" starts out with Cher's remixed, computerized vocals before launching into a head-boppin', booty-shakin' dance track sure to make even the most infrequent clubber dance like a pro.\n"The Music's No Good Without You" sounds like a Daft Punk track, her voice completely unrecognizable. While a good dance track, the song seems to be one massive remix with little of Cher's true voice coming through.\n"Rain, Rain" is an especially weak track exhibiting just how limited Cher's range is. When she ascends into her upper range I can't help but cringe. The ridiculousness of the semi-poetic lyrics make the song hard to take seriously. The incessant chant-like quality of the chorus is another annoyance.\nWe hear the soft Latin-esque sounds of a Spanish guitar in "Love So High," as well as the sound quality we have heard from Cher for so many years, that low, sultry, seemingly testosterone-filled voice. Her lower range is her best range without a doubt. \nThe album boasts two tracks written by Oscar-winning songwriter Diane Warren, "Body To Body, Heart To Heart" and "When You Walk Away." \nOverall this album is good. The problems concern the overuse of technology influencing Cher's vocals. Another problem is the album's intended audience. Living Proof is geared toward club-goers, leaving behind 35 years of audiences who don't dance like today's youth. \nThe popularity of Believe and Living Proof show us that Cher is changing her total image, packaging herself as a total disco diva complete with platinum blonde locks. You go girl.\n
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Seventy-five years ago Nick Hrisomalos, a Greek immigrant, purchased a piece of land on Kirkwood Avenue and opened up a sandwich shop named "Nick's English Hut." Ironically enough, that same year Dick Barnes, current co-owner of Nick's, was born. July 3rd will mark 75 years for Nick's English Hut and Dick Barnes' 75th birthday.\n"We're having a private invitation only party on July 3rd for friends and regular customers," Rex Barnes, Dick's son, says. "We will be celebrating our 75th year of business and Dad's 75th birthday."\nHrisomalos ran the Hut until he died in 1953, then his wife Katina took over. Dick Barnes was a good friend of Nick and Katina's son Frank. In 1957, the IU graduate found himself the owner of Nick's, but says he didn't even think about changing the name for fear it would change the tradition.\nDick's son Rex, now co-owner and general manager, began working at Nick's when he was 18 and hasn't left the place yet.\n"I've been co-owner and general manager for almost 8 years," Rex says. "Dad and I have made a lot of changes to the place since it first opened. When Dad bought Nick's in 1957 the legal seating capacity was 75, and since all the adding on we've done, the seating capacity is almost 475."\nWith more seating and more college students and alumni coming in year after year, Dick says he hasn't seen much of a change in their cliental. \n"We've always been a place that anyone can come to," Dick says. "We've got construction workers with mud on their boots sitting across the isle from the president of the University."\nRex agreed with his father.\n"Our cliental and target is anyone from your 21-year-old college student to your 89-year-old grandmother," Rex says. "We don't target just one section like a lot of other bars in town do."\nRobyn Shelly, a 1999 IU graduate, says she remembers the comfortable atmosphere of Nick's and how it was a great place to go just to spend time with friends. Just hearing the word "Nick's" reminded Shelly of stories she had forgotten about.\n"I remember being able to go and just sit in a booth with your friends and talk," Shelly says. "There wasn't a need for black pants or tank tops; it's such a diverse place where anyone can go and feel in place. I specifically remember the time we went to eat there, and we were seated next to a bunch of coaches from IU sports teams. You never know who you might run into at Nick's."\nNick's English Hut is known for a wide variety of things. From the famous Bloomington Stromboli sauce to the Bucket Brigade that started in the '70s, Nick's is full of tradition and stories. One of Nick's most popular pastimes is "Sink the Bismark," but there's a lot of mystery around how the popular game came about.\n"To this day, no one knows exactly how 'Sink the Bismark' started. It only became popular starting in the '80s. Before then, the Bucket Brigade were the only players, and it was a very exclusive club," Rex says. "You had to have a bucket on a hook at Nick's in order to order a bucket."\nRex saw how this exclusive drinking game would be fun for everyone and made it available for anyone to play. On any given night one can walk into Nick's and see at least one table of college students huddled around a bucket full of beer, trying not to "sink the biz."\nThe good food, the drinking games and the memories are what keep people coming back to Nick's.\n"When I go down to visit my friends in the Bloomington area, I know we won't go out to Kilroy's or the Bird," Shelly says. "We'll definitely go to Nick's because of the laid back atmosphere and the memories we've already made there when we were in college."\nIt's hard to ignore the 75 years of history imprinted on the walls of Nick's English Hut. There isn't a space on the walls that isn't covered with pictures or autographs. IU memorabilia has always made Nick's a popular place to watch the Hoosiers sports teams play on television. Almost every booth has a regular customer that is well known or famous. John Mellencamp even has his own booth.\nThe wall that holds the most value to Rex is the upstairs wall covered in autographs.\n"Nick Nolte is my favorite," Rex says as he scans the many signatures on the wall. "Dave Wannstedt, head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Don Larson, Larry Bird, Bob Knight, John Walsh; the list just keeps going."\nRex chuckled when he came across the signature of Chris Darden, one of the district attorneys for the O.J. Simpson case. Darden wrote down how he felt about the outcome of the trial.\nAll the well-known visitors to Nick's don't compare to the good times Dick and Rex have had during IU basketball games.\n"I think the Final Four in my 10 years here is the craziest time we've had," Rex says. "There are idiots in every crowd, but as a whole, everything was well maintained. Nick's is unique in the respect that a lot of people don't tear this place up. People respect Nick's and know it's full of history and tradition."\nThe 75 years of history and tradition will be celebrated with the public on July 5 when an art competition and auction will be held.\n"Coach DiNardo will be speaking among other coaches," Rex says. "We've got lots of great things to auction off and all the proceeds will benefit the Monroe County Humane Association."\nJust a few of the items to be auctioned off include a dinner with football coach Gerry DiNardo, a workout with Kenny Aronoff, a basketball signed by Mike Davis, rock climbing lessons, IU memorabilia and lots more. Dick and Rex look forward to raising the money for the Humane Association.\nRex is still looking ahead into the future and doesn't expect things at Nick's to slow down anytime soon.\n"If in the last 75 years the seating has increased by almost 400, you've got to expect more great things in the future," Rex says. "In another 25 years when we celebrate our 100th anniversary, I expect business to be as thriving as it ever has been."\nSINK THE BISMARK\n• The game is played by filling a bucket with beer. A small empty glass is dropped in the bucket, and players take turns pouring beer from their cup into the glass in the bucket. The person who pours to much beer in the glass, causing it sink, must pound the beer in the sunken glass.\n• Sink the Bismark started at Nick's sometime in the '80s, soon after the drinking game Quarters was banned from the bar.\n• Each bucket holds 52oz. of beer.\n• Nick's keeps around 260 personal buckets on hand as members of its "Bucket Brigade."\n• To obtain a coveted spot in the Brigade, buckets must be willed from a previous owner.\n• Buckets that go unused for a very long time are sometimes retired, making room for new members.
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As the title indicates, this film was definitely baffling. The story was interesting, but pushed too far for a movie based on reality. The acting was superb, but the inaccuracies were abundant. Even a few days after seeing "Enigma," I'm not quite sure how much I'm willing to forgive.
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NellyvilleNellyUniversal Records
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Like Mike -- PGStarring: Bow Wow, Morris ChestnutDirected by: John SchultzShowing: Showplace East 11
(07/11/02 4:00am)
NellyvilleNellyUniversal Records
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Like Mike -- PGStarring: Bow Wow, Morris ChestnutDirected by: John SchultzShowing: Showplace East 11
(06/27/02 6:01pm)
Ashanti, Khia, Tweet, and now Truth Hurts are all coming out with R&B/Hip Hop albums that many are hoping to be big hits this summer. African American females are making a major appearance and comeback in music. At the bottom of the list is Truth Hurts.
(06/27/02 4:00am)
Seventy-five years ago Nick Hrisomalos, a Greek immigrant, purchased a piece of land on Kirkwood Avenue and opened up a sandwich shop named "Nick's English Hut." Ironically enough, that same year Dick Barnes, current co-owner of Nick's, was born. July 3rd will mark 75 years for Nick's English Hut and Dick Barnes' 75th birthday.\n"We're having a private invitation only party on July 3rd for friends and regular customers," Rex Barnes, Dick's son, says. "We will be celebrating our 75th year of business and Dad's 75th birthday."\nHrisomalos ran the Hut until he died in 1953, then his wife Katina took over. Dick Barnes was a good friend of Nick and Katina's son Frank. In 1957, the IU graduate found himself the owner of Nick's, but says he didn't even think about changing the name for fear it would change the tradition.\nDick's son Rex, now co-owner and general manager, began working at Nick's when he was 18 and hasn't left the place yet.\n"I've been co-owner and general manager for almost 8 years," Rex says. "Dad and I have made a lot of changes to the place since it first opened. When Dad bought Nick's in 1957 the legal seating capacity was 75, and since all the adding on we've done, the seating capacity is almost 475."\nWith more seating and more college students and alumni coming in year after year, Dick says he hasn't seen much of a change in their cliental. \n"We've always been a place that anyone can come to," Dick says. "We've got construction workers with mud on their boots sitting across the isle from the president of the University."\nRex agreed with his father.\n"Our cliental and target is anyone from your 21-year-old college student to your 89-year-old grandmother," Rex says. "We don't target just one section like a lot of other bars in town do."\nRobyn Shelly, a 1999 IU graduate, says she remembers the comfortable atmosphere of Nick's and how it was a great place to go just to spend time with friends. Just hearing the word "Nick's" reminded Shelly of stories she had forgotten about.\n"I remember being able to go and just sit in a booth with your friends and talk," Shelly says. "There wasn't a need for black pants or tank tops; it's such a diverse place where anyone can go and feel in place. I specifically remember the time we went to eat there, and we were seated next to a bunch of coaches from IU sports teams. You never know who you might run into at Nick's."\nNick's English Hut is known for a wide variety of things. From the famous Bloomington Stromboli sauce to the Bucket Brigade that started in the '70s, Nick's is full of tradition and stories. One of Nick's most popular pastimes is "Sink the Bismark," but there's a lot of mystery around how the popular game came about.\n"To this day, no one knows exactly how 'Sink the Bismark' started. It only became popular starting in the '80s. Before then, the Bucket Brigade were the only players, and it was a very exclusive club," Rex says. "You had to have a bucket on a hook at Nick's in order to order a bucket."\nRex saw how this exclusive drinking game would be fun for everyone and made it available for anyone to play. On any given night one can walk into Nick's and see at least one table of college students huddled around a bucket full of beer, trying not to "sink the biz."\nThe good food, the drinking games and the memories are what keep people coming back to Nick's.\n"When I go down to visit my friends in the Bloomington area, I know we won't go out to Kilroy's or the Bird," Shelly says. "We'll definitely go to Nick's because of the laid back atmosphere and the memories we've already made there when we were in college."\nIt's hard to ignore the 75 years of history imprinted on the walls of Nick's English Hut. There isn't a space on the walls that isn't covered with pictures or autographs. IU memorabilia has always made Nick's a popular place to watch the Hoosiers sports teams play on television. Almost every booth has a regular customer that is well known or famous. John Mellencamp even has his own booth.\nThe wall that holds the most value to Rex is the upstairs wall covered in autographs.\n"Nick Nolte is my favorite," Rex says as he scans the many signatures on the wall. "Dave Wannstedt, head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Don Larson, Larry Bird, Bob Knight, John Walsh; the list just keeps going."\nRex chuckled when he came across the signature of Chris Darden, one of the district attorneys for the O.J. Simpson case. Darden wrote down how he felt about the outcome of the trial.\nAll the well-known visitors to Nick's don't compare to the good times Dick and Rex have had during IU basketball games.\n"I think the Final Four in my 10 years here is the craziest time we've had," Rex says. "There are idiots in every crowd, but as a whole, everything was well maintained. Nick's is unique in the respect that a lot of people don't tear this place up. People respect Nick's and know it's full of history and tradition."\nThe 75 years of history and tradition will be celebrated with the public on July 5 when an art competition and auction will be held.\n"Coach DiNardo will be speaking among other coaches," Rex says. "We've got lots of great things to auction off and all the proceeds will benefit the Monroe County Humane Association."\nJust a few of the items to be auctioned off include a dinner with football coach Gerry DiNardo, a workout with Kenny Aronoff, a basketball signed by Mike Davis, rock climbing lessons, IU memorabilia and lots more. Dick and Rex look forward to raising the money for the Humane Association.\nRex is still looking ahead into the future and doesn't expect things at Nick's to slow down anytime soon.\n"If in the last 75 years the seating has increased by almost 400, you've got to expect more great things in the future," Rex says. "In another 25 years when we celebrate our 100th anniversary, I expect business to be as thriving as it ever has been."\nSINK THE BISMARK\n• The game is played by filling a bucket with beer. A small empty glass is dropped in the bucket, and players take turns pouring beer from their cup into the glass in the bucket. The person who pours to much beer in the glass, causing it sink, must pound the beer in the sunken glass.\n• Sink the Bismark started at Nick's sometime in the '80s, soon after the drinking game Quarters was banned from the bar.\n• Each bucket holds 52oz. of beer.\n• Nick's keeps around 260 personal buckets on hand as members of its "Bucket Brigade."\n• To obtain a coveted spot in the Brigade, buckets must be willed from a previous owner.\n• Buckets that go unused for a very long time are sometimes retired, making room for new members.
(06/27/02 4:00am)
As the title indicates, this film was definitely baffling. The story was interesting, but pushed too far for a movie based on reality. The acting was superb, but the inaccuracies were abundant. Even a few days after seeing "Enigma," I'm not quite sure how much I'm willing to forgive.
(06/27/02 4:00am)
Ashanti, Khia, Tweet, and now Truth Hurts are all coming out with R&B/Hip Hop albums that many are hoping to be big hits this summer. African American females are making a major appearance and comeback in music. At the bottom of the list is Truth Hurts.
(06/06/02 4:00am)