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(10/03/02 12:13am)
Since "Legally Blonde," the name Reese Witherspoon stirs a lot of excitement among movie fans, but some may be disappointed at the overall outcome of her latest movie.\nMelanie Carmichael (Witherspoon) is living the life she never thought she would. Her boyfriend, Andrew (Patrick Dempsey), is everything a girl could want in a guy, and she's a successful fashion designer in NYC. When Andrew proposes and gives Melanie her choice of a ring from Tiffany's, it's a dream come true for her. But Melanie has a few secrets in her past.\n"Sweet Home Alabama" is an adventure for Melanie as she goes back home to Alabama for the first time in seven years. Waiting for her is her husband, Jake (Josh Lucas). Lucas is quite possibly Hollywood's newest blonde-haired, blue-eyed heartthrob. Jake is adorable, funny and loving, just like everyone and everything else in the movie.\nMelanie's past is brought back to life when she travels back home and sees that many things are just as she left them. Quite possibly the funniest scene in the movie involves a drunk Melanie playing pool at a bar. \nNow she's moved on to bigger and better things in New York City, but it's hard for viewers to envision this troublemaker-turned-fashioned designer in a transition from one to the other. The movie lacks background and explanations for a lot of key elements of the movie.\nThe movie's plot and ending can be called by anyone. It's the typical romantic comedy. It does go steps above many other romantic comedies this year, but the magic just isn't there like it is in so many older movies of its type.\nMoviegoers can't ignore the innocence and sweetness of the "Sweet Home Alabama," but a sold-out theater is a bit much for this one. Everyone seems to be saying they love it, but given time to sit and think about it, it's not as funny as it looks or sweet as it appears.
(09/26/02 4:00am)
With popular artists like Ricky Martin and Shakira, Latin music has been hitting the radio airwaves in the past few years. Held during a weekend when musical diversity is celebrated on campus, Saturday's Festival Latino will focus on local Latino talent from around Bloomington and Indiana.\nWhile many people might be busy planning their weekends around -- and buying tickets for -- Lotus Fest, the members of La Casa, IU's Latino Cultural Center, are holding their own mini-festival for free. \nLillian Casillas, director of La Casa, says she knows there are some people who can't afford admission to Lotus Fest. Festival Latino, she says, gives people an opportunity to participate in Lotus Fest without having to buy tickets. Like in previous years, La Casa is working in conjunction with Lotus Fest to put on Festival Latino.\n"The people who run Lotus Fest really do a lot for us to make sure we have a great partnership," Casillas says. "They give us a lot of access to great Latino music groups."\nFestival Latino, which will run from noon until 5 p.m. on Saturday, will be an afternoon of music, food, information booths and interaction with people from the community. The information booths will spotlight various Hispanic clubs on campus.\nSponsors for Festival Latino include IU's Office of the Vice President for Student Development and Diversity, the FASE Mentoring Program, Union Board and Lotus World Music Festival.\nSome of the musical artists scheduled to appear include three groups from the Indianapolis area. Conjunto Urbanos, which plays Cuban music; Tresuno-7, a 10-piece, a multinational band known for its Latin Tropical music from the Caribbean; and the Cool Chilies, who specialize in a variety of Latin dance music, will be making their way down from central Indiana; they have covered such songs as "La Bamba" and "Mambo No. 5." The show will feature one local act, the Brazilian-style Abacaxi.\nCasillas is excited about the performers this year and hopes the music is a great success.\n"We want to bridge that gap where we see not only bigger names from all over but the local talent as well," Casillas says.\nFestival Latino was first held in the fall of 1998, and Casillas says the event has been a popular attraction for many. Casillas hopes for a large turnout this year and says the festival's publicity committee has been advertising since August when freshman came down to campus for orientation. The festival's brightly-colored posters are visible all over campus, and Casillas recently publicized the event on a local radio station.\nSince Festival Latino has become such a large family event, La Casa has added something for the kids this year -- there will be a children's area featuring activities dealing with Latino culture. There will be six different tables in the children's area that will have crafts and games for children. The FASE Mentoring program and teachers from the community are sponsoring the children's area.\nCasillas said she loves to see all the children with their familes, but she wanted something special this year strictly for the kids. Casillas hopes to see Dunn Meadow full of students and families who come out to listen to the music and enjoy the free afternoon on Saturday. \n"What's really cool about it is it brings people together, not only people from campus, but also Latinos from off campus as well," she says.\nCasillas says she likes the fact that the festival falls during National Hispanic Heritage Month. She especially sees the festival as a way to celebrate Latino music and its influences.\nDonna Colon, a junior, likes many different things about Festival Latino but especially notices the variety of people who attend. \n"I like the fact that when I go there, I see all the different people dancing and the different cultures that kind of blend together," Colon says. "You see Hispanics there, you see whites there, and all sorts of races." \nColon will be working as a stage manager for the music at Festival Latino and says this year there will be a great variety of performers. She says she doesn't have a favorite group out of the line-up but looks forward to listening to them all.\nFreshman Jacqueline Ann Lopez recently became a part of La Casa and says she has heard a lot about the festival and the great music that is showcased. She says she is looking forward to her first experience at Festival Latino.\n"It will be a new experience for me, and I am really looking forward to the music and variety of people who attend," Lopez says. "I'm of course looking forward to the food as well."\nLopez says that, more than anything, she is excited about interacting with other students she hasn't met yet, and she can't wait to take her friends to the afternoon of hanging out and having fun.\nCasillas says the festival is starting to feel like a tradition and already has certain followers.\n"We usually have people who come and bring blankets and a picnic basket," she says. "They have a picnic and listen to the music and dance."\nColon says it's gratifying to see people having so much fun at the festival.\n"You see all sorts of people dancing, people who don't even know how to dance, but are having a great time," she says. "It's nice to see the kids, the college students and adults enjoying the festival. The community comes together and we get to share our Latino culture with them"
(09/26/02 4:00am)
Ever go out to the bars and see those two older women trying to dress like they are still in college, but in reality they just look ridiculous? "The Banger Sisters" gives an explanation for some of those townies wearing leather pants and halter tops and trying to fit in with people half their age. \nLavinia (Susan Sarandon) and Suzette (Goldie Hawn) were "famous" back when they were our age. They drank to oblivion, went to every rock concert and even slept with all the big rock stars of their time. After the wild years were over, Lavinia went her own way, marrying a lawyer and straightening her life out in a big fancy house in Phoenix. Suzette, on the other hand, stayed her rock star-loving self as a bartender in California.\nThe previews make it look like Suzette crashes Lavinia's perfect world in Arizona, then brings Lavinia out of her new "beige" life and makes it a colorful one. Suzette also apparently wrecks the family and makes the kids mad but manages to show them that their mom was cool. Then all the problems are solved and everyone is happy with Mom's new image. This all happens in about three days.\n"The Banger Sisters" moves so quickly, movie watchers won't have time to decide whether they like Suzette or not. It's hard to understand why she's been around for not even 24 hours and the two daughters blame her for everything that is going wrong in their family. \nSarandon and Hawn may have picked a so-so movie to be in, but they're still as beautiful and successful as two women their age can be. Their chemistry on screen is fabulous as well, but Geoffrey Rush (Harry) steals the show. While he's not crucial to anything that happens in the plot with "The Banger Sisters," the movie would be a complete waste without him. \nThe fact that process of Lavinia's home going from perfect, then destroyed, then perfect again occurs all in three days just doesn't make sense. The best thing about the movie, besides Harry, is the look students get when they hear the stories behind those old women out at the bars. At one time, they may have been cool.
(09/26/02 12:37am)
Ever go out to the bars and see those two older women trying to dress like they are still in college, but in reality they just look ridiculous? "The Banger Sisters" gives an explanation for some of those townies wearing leather pants and halter tops and trying to fit in with people half their age. \nLavinia (Susan Sarandon) and Suzette (Goldie Hawn) were "famous" back when they were our age. They drank to oblivion, went to every rock concert and even slept with all the big rock stars of their time. After the wild years were over, Lavinia went her own way, marrying a lawyer and straightening her life out in a big fancy house in Phoenix. Suzette, on the other hand, stayed her rock star-loving self as a bartender in California.\nThe previews make it look like Suzette crashes Lavinia's perfect world in Arizona, then brings Lavinia out of her new "beige" life and makes it a colorful one. Suzette also apparently wrecks the family and makes the kids mad but manages to show them that their mom was cool. Then all the problems are solved and everyone is happy with Mom's new image. This all happens in about three days.\n"The Banger Sisters" moves so quickly, movie watchers won't have time to decide whether they like Suzette or not. It's hard to understand why she's been around for not even 24 hours and the two daughters blame her for everything that is going wrong in their family. \nSarandon and Hawn may have picked a so-so movie to be in, but they're still as beautiful and successful as two women their age can be. Their chemistry on screen is fabulous as well, but Geoffrey Rush (Harry) steals the show. While he's not crucial to anything that happens in the plot with "The Banger Sisters," the movie would be a complete waste without him. \nThe fact that process of Lavinia's home going from perfect, then destroyed, then perfect again occurs all in three days just doesn't make sense. The best thing about the movie, besides Harry, is the look students get when they hear the stories behind those old women out at the bars. At one time, they may have been cool.
(09/26/02 12:24am)
With popular artists like Ricky Martin and Shakira, Latin music has been hitting the radio airwaves in the past few years. Held during a weekend when musical diversity is celebrated on campus, Saturday's Festival Latino will focus on local Latino talent from around Bloomington and Indiana.\nWhile many people might be busy planning their weekends around -- and buying tickets for -- Lotus Fest, the members of La Casa, IU's Latino Cultural Center, are holding their own mini-festival for free. \nLillian Casillas, director of La Casa, says she knows there are some people who can't afford admission to Lotus Fest. Festival Latino, she says, gives people an opportunity to participate in Lotus Fest without having to buy tickets. Like in previous years, La Casa is working in conjunction with Lotus Fest to put on Festival Latino.\n"The people who run Lotus Fest really do a lot for us to make sure we have a great partnership," Casillas says. "They give us a lot of access to great Latino music groups."\nFestival Latino, which will run from noon until 5 p.m. on Saturday, will be an afternoon of music, food, information booths and interaction with people from the community. The information booths will spotlight various Hispanic clubs on campus.\nSponsors for Festival Latino include IU's Office of the Vice President for Student Development and Diversity, the FASE Mentoring Program, Union Board and Lotus World Music Festival.\nSome of the musical artists scheduled to appear include three groups from the Indianapolis area. Conjunto Urbanos, which plays Cuban music; Tresuno-7, a 10-piece, a multinational band known for its Latin Tropical music from the Caribbean; and the Cool Chilies, who specialize in a variety of Latin dance music, will be making their way down from central Indiana; they have covered such songs as "La Bamba" and "Mambo No. 5." The show will feature one local act, the Brazilian-style Abacaxi.\nCasillas is excited about the performers this year and hopes the music is a great success.\n"We want to bridge that gap where we see not only bigger names from all over but the local talent as well," Casillas says.\nFestival Latino was first held in the fall of 1998, and Casillas says the event has been a popular attraction for many. Casillas hopes for a large turnout this year and says the festival's publicity committee has been advertising since August when freshman came down to campus for orientation. The festival's brightly-colored posters are visible all over campus, and Casillas recently publicized the event on a local radio station.\nSince Festival Latino has become such a large family event, La Casa has added something for the kids this year -- there will be a children's area featuring activities dealing with Latino culture. There will be six different tables in the children's area that will have crafts and games for children. The FASE Mentoring program and teachers from the community are sponsoring the children's area.\nCasillas said she loves to see all the children with their familes, but she wanted something special this year strictly for the kids. Casillas hopes to see Dunn Meadow full of students and families who come out to listen to the music and enjoy the free afternoon on Saturday. \n"What's really cool about it is it brings people together, not only people from campus, but also Latinos from off campus as well," she says.\nCasillas says she likes the fact that the festival falls during National Hispanic Heritage Month. She especially sees the festival as a way to celebrate Latino music and its influences.\nDonna Colon, a junior, likes many different things about Festival Latino but especially notices the variety of people who attend. \n"I like the fact that when I go there, I see all the different people dancing and the different cultures that kind of blend together," Colon says. "You see Hispanics there, you see whites there, and all sorts of races." \nColon will be working as a stage manager for the music at Festival Latino and says this year there will be a great variety of performers. She says she doesn't have a favorite group out of the line-up but looks forward to listening to them all.\nFreshman Jacqueline Ann Lopez recently became a part of La Casa and says she has heard a lot about the festival and the great music that is showcased. She says she is looking forward to her first experience at Festival Latino.\n"It will be a new experience for me, and I am really looking forward to the music and variety of people who attend," Lopez says. "I'm of course looking forward to the food as well."\nLopez says that, more than anything, she is excited about interacting with other students she hasn't met yet, and she can't wait to take her friends to the afternoon of hanging out and having fun.\nCasillas says the festival is starting to feel like a tradition and already has certain followers.\n"We usually have people who come and bring blankets and a picnic basket," she says. "They have a picnic and listen to the music and dance."\nColon says it's gratifying to see people having so much fun at the festival.\n"You see all sorts of people dancing, people who don't even know how to dance, but are having a great time," she says. "It's nice to see the kids, the college students and adults enjoying the festival. The community comes together and we get to share our Latino culture with them"
(09/19/02 4:00am)
With a bottle of Crystal in one hand, his girlfriend by his side and thousands of people cheering for him, Mike Love knew he was living his dream. It was last New Year's Eve when Love, known to most as DJ Quikmix, realized that everything he had worked so hard for was finally staring him in the face.\nHis family has pictures of him holding a mic when he was only three. His father was in a band, so having equipment to play music with was never a problem. Love was in the sixth grade when he threw his first party. \n"All I did at this party was sit and play tapes," Love says, "but everyone who came thought I did a really good job, and my classmates started asking me to play at their parties."\nFrom pool parties to middle-school dances, Love did more than 100 shows before he was even in high school. At the age of 17 he got his first set of turntables and learned to spin and mix well enough to play at teen clubs in his hometown of Chicago.\n"One of the turning points in my career was when I was 18 and won a contest for Bad Boy Bill," Love says. "He's one of the biggest DJs in the world right now. People who knew Bill knew me, would get me into some of the big clubs. After winning that contest, everyone knew who I was."\nLove did commercial work for Chicago radio stations like B96 WBBM and made $200-300 a night as a teenager doing weekend gigs. He thought it was easy and cool, and it got him massive attention. Love realized that he wanted to make a career out of his favorite hobby.\nAfter he turned 21, Love was opening up for big name acts like Cypress Hill, Onyx and Digital Underground. Love says a downfall to meeting famous musicians is finding out that it's not as glamorous as it all looks to fans.\n"Sure, meeting these big name acts is cool, but they're just normal people like everyone else," Love says.\nDoing gigs in Indianapolis, like a Fabulous and Jay-Z after-party, isn't what Love remembers most out of his career. One show Love says he'll never forget is opening for DJ Skribble. \n"I found out 10 minutes before I was supposed to open for DJ Skribble that my dad had died," Love says, recalling the painful moment, "but I went ahead and did the show. I knew it's what my dad would have wanted me to do."\nThe loving support of Love's friends and family has helped him make it big in the business. After coming to Bloomington to take classes at IU, Love found a job at local nightclub Axis, where he is currently the house DJ. Being a DJ isn't only about Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Love spends time during the week in his studio listening to new music and working on commercials and whatever other projects he has going on.\n"Any good DJ has to spend a lot of time listening to music," says Will Havens, general manager of Axis. "Mike is really great at beat-matching songs. He's awesome at putting songs together that you never would imagine putting together. Now that's talent."\nAmanda Scott, a junior who works with DJ Quikmix at Axis, says the same.\n"He can play anything," she says. "He can take a rap song and mix it with a house track and make it sound off the hook. Most DJs are specified in one area, but he knows it all."\nScott has also seen Love practice before competitions and says he can scratch under his leg, with his chin and with his feet.\n"He's just really, really good, and people don't realize how good he is," Scott says. "He has to play to the format that this club sets for him. People here don't appreciate hard house, so he can't really show off in a setting like this."\nLove says it's great to throw parties and play music for a living, but like any job, it does have its bad moments. Drunken college students can be some of the worst people to deal with at a club, Love says, especially when they demand a certain song.\n"People complain," he says. "Like the girl who comes up and is all drunk and wants to hear Britney Spears and I've already played it an hour ago. If people ask for Metallica and I say we don't play that kind of music on that night, they get mad. They call you names and flip you off."\nAside from the occasional angry listener, Love is having a great time in the business and doesn't wish he was doing anything different. He's put more than $30,000 into his equipment, but it's paid off, and his advice to beginners is to do the same.\n"Anyone who wants to get into the business should buy the good equipment right now," he says. "Don't waste your time on cheap equipment that you'll just have to replace anyways. Don't ever give up either -- you really have to work your way up the ladder before you can make it big in this business."\nDJ Quikmix has done just that. He's made moving up the ladder of success look easy to anyone on the outside. People can see the enthusiasm and excitement in his eyes when Love talks about his experiences as a DJ. He's living the life of a DJ in Bloomington, and loving every minute of it. Listeners can't help but notice it when they hear him spin.\n"He loves music," Scott says. "He cares about music and that's what makes him a great DJ"
(09/19/02 12:44am)
With a bottle of Crystal in one hand, his girlfriend by his side and thousands of people cheering for him, Mike Love knew he was living his dream. It was last New Year's Eve when Love, known to most as DJ Quikmix, realized that everything he had worked so hard for was finally staring him in the face.\nHis family has pictures of him holding a mic when he was only three. His father was in a band, so having equipment to play music with was never a problem. Love was in the sixth grade when he threw his first party. \n"All I did at this party was sit and play tapes," Love says, "but everyone who came thought I did a really good job, and my classmates started asking me to play at their parties."\nFrom pool parties to middle-school dances, Love did more than 100 shows before he was even in high school. At the age of 17 he got his first set of turntables and learned to spin and mix well enough to play at teen clubs in his hometown of Chicago.\n"One of the turning points in my career was when I was 18 and won a contest for Bad Boy Bill," Love says. "He's one of the biggest DJs in the world right now. People who knew Bill knew me, would get me into some of the big clubs. After winning that contest, everyone knew who I was."\nLove did commercial work for Chicago radio stations like B96 WBBM and made $200-300 a night as a teenager doing weekend gigs. He thought it was easy and cool, and it got him massive attention. Love realized that he wanted to make a career out of his favorite hobby.\nAfter he turned 21, Love was opening up for big name acts like Cypress Hill, Onyx and Digital Underground. Love says a downfall to meeting famous musicians is finding out that it's not as glamorous as it all looks to fans.\n"Sure, meeting these big name acts is cool, but they're just normal people like everyone else," Love says.\nDoing gigs in Indianapolis, like a Fabulous and Jay-Z after-party, isn't what Love remembers most out of his career. One show Love says he'll never forget is opening for DJ Skribble. \n"I found out 10 minutes before I was supposed to open for DJ Skribble that my dad had died," Love says, recalling the painful moment, "but I went ahead and did the show. I knew it's what my dad would have wanted me to do."\nThe loving support of Love's friends and family has helped him make it big in the business. After coming to Bloomington to take classes at IU, Love found a job at local nightclub Axis, where he is currently the house DJ. Being a DJ isn't only about Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Love spends time during the week in his studio listening to new music and working on commercials and whatever other projects he has going on.\n"Any good DJ has to spend a lot of time listening to music," says Will Havens, general manager of Axis. "Mike is really great at beat-matching songs. He's awesome at putting songs together that you never would imagine putting together. Now that's talent."\nAmanda Scott, a junior who works with DJ Quikmix at Axis, says the same.\n"He can play anything," she says. "He can take a rap song and mix it with a house track and make it sound off the hook. Most DJs are specified in one area, but he knows it all."\nScott has also seen Love practice before competitions and says he can scratch under his leg, with his chin and with his feet.\n"He's just really, really good, and people don't realize how good he is," Scott says. "He has to play to the format that this club sets for him. People here don't appreciate hard house, so he can't really show off in a setting like this."\nLove says it's great to throw parties and play music for a living, but like any job, it does have its bad moments. Drunken college students can be some of the worst people to deal with at a club, Love says, especially when they demand a certain song.\n"People complain," he says. "Like the girl who comes up and is all drunk and wants to hear Britney Spears and I've already played it an hour ago. If people ask for Metallica and I say we don't play that kind of music on that night, they get mad. They call you names and flip you off."\nAside from the occasional angry listener, Love is having a great time in the business and doesn't wish he was doing anything different. He's put more than $30,000 into his equipment, but it's paid off, and his advice to beginners is to do the same.\n"Anyone who wants to get into the business should buy the good equipment right now," he says. "Don't waste your time on cheap equipment that you'll just have to replace anyways. Don't ever give up either -- you really have to work your way up the ladder before you can make it big in this business."\nDJ Quikmix has done just that. He's made moving up the ladder of success look easy to anyone on the outside. People can see the enthusiasm and excitement in his eyes when Love talks about his experiences as a DJ. He's living the life of a DJ in Bloomington, and loving every minute of it. Listeners can't help but notice it when they hear him spin.\n"He loves music," Scott says. "He cares about music and that's what makes him a great DJ"
(09/05/02 4:30am)
He's the funny guy everyone knows and loves from Thursday night's "Must See TV." It's Chandler Bing, and he stars in yet another romantic comedy where he plays himself. Haven't people noticed this? From "Fools Rush In" and "The Whole Nine Yards" to his latest movie, "Serving Sara," Matthew Perry is doing nothing more than playing the goofy, off-beat character Chandler Bing from NBC's "Friends."\nPerry's real character in "Serving Sara" is process server Joe Tyler, whose current mission is to serve divorce papers to Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley). Surprise, surprise, the two hit it off and end up in Texas trying to serve Sara's husband before he serves her.\nIt's been done before. When are romantic comedies going to try something different? And when is Perry going to step outside of his comfort zone and play a new character? Probably never. While Chandler keeps audiences laughing on Thursday nights, surely this movie will leave people a little tired of the same old thing. Perry's character is klutzy, witty and yet the perfect romantic guy at the perfect moments.\nHurley and Perry's onscreen chemistry works well for the movie, but that could have something to do with the tabloid rumors that the two are dating. Besides their relationship, Hurley doesn't do much for the movie except serve as eye candy for all the guys whose girlfriends dragged them out to see the movie. After losing her pants in the all-too-familiar clip ("I said help me, not undress me!"), Sara must find new clothes and comes up with what has got to be the most uncomfortable outfit and heels a girl could find. Yet she easily maneuvers around the cattle ranch with no problems at all.\nThere are a few laughable situations in the movie, but not enough to make it worth moviegoers' time. Save the money on the movie and wait for the season premiere of "Friends" to see Chandler in action.
(09/05/02 4:00am)
He's the funny guy everyone knows and loves from Thursday night's "Must See TV." It's Chandler Bing, and he stars in yet another romantic comedy where he plays himself. Haven't people noticed this? From "Fools Rush In" and "The Whole Nine Yards" to his latest movie, "Serving Sara," Matthew Perry is doing nothing more than playing the goofy, off-beat character Chandler Bing from NBC's "Friends."\nPerry's real character in "Serving Sara" is process server Joe Tyler, whose current mission is to serve divorce papers to Sara Moore (Elizabeth Hurley). Surprise, surprise, the two hit it off and end up in Texas trying to serve Sara's husband before he serves her.\nIt's been done before. When are romantic comedies going to try something different? And when is Perry going to step outside of his comfort zone and play a new character? Probably never. While Chandler keeps audiences laughing on Thursday nights, surely this movie will leave people a little tired of the same old thing. Perry's character is klutzy, witty and yet the perfect romantic guy at the perfect moments.\nHurley and Perry's onscreen chemistry works well for the movie, but that could have something to do with the tabloid rumors that the two are dating. Besides their relationship, Hurley doesn't do much for the movie except serve as eye candy for all the guys whose girlfriends dragged them out to see the movie. After losing her pants in the all-too-familiar clip ("I said help me, not undress me!"), Sara must find new clothes and comes up with what has got to be the most uncomfortable outfit and heels a girl could find. Yet she easily maneuvers around the cattle ranch with no problems at all.\nThere are a few laughable situations in the movie, but not enough to make it worth moviegoers' time. Save the money on the movie and wait for the season premiere of "Friends" to see Chandler in action.
(08/29/02 4:00am)
The smell of beer, liquor and cigarettes, the blurred vision and the sight of flashing blue and red lights through the window is a scene all too familiar to many college students. It's the scene of cops busting a party. The Princeton Review may have given IU its new national reputation as the No. 1 party school, but that doesn't mean students can party all year long and not worry about getting busted. \nAccording to seniors Kevin Sayler and Rebecca Marsh, a good party has a lot of people, a keg and good music. Ironically, Lt. Tom Miles of Indiana State Police Excise District 5 says those are the exact same things that attract the police.\n"Parties get busted a lot just from someone on patrol driving by," Miles says. "The long lines and people holding empty cups are sure signs that something is going on."\nLoud noise is a key signal to police that a rambunctious party may be going on. So while it may seem cool to turn the volume up to 80 decibels, it won't seem so cool when the fines come due. Marsh learned that lesson the hard way at Little 500 this past year.\n"We had a band playing in our garage," Marsh says. "The cops came because of the noise ordinance. Things had gotten really loud."\nDespite the risk, Marsh says music is crucial to throwing a good party.\n"Hip hop is usually pretty popular at parties, but get me drunk and I'll dance to Britney Spears," Marsh says.\nEven if the music volume is kept to a minimum, it's also important to know how many people are at the party. While to potential party promoters it might seem like a good idea to invite all their closest friends and all of their closest friends, the more invites, the higher the probability of the cops showing up. \n"We send the word out about our parties to friends and people we have classes with," Sayler says. "We never want things to get overcrowded, though."\nJill Coleman, a junior, says guests overflowing into the lawn is a big mistake. People outside, beer in hand, she says, will attract the cops more than anything.\n"I've been at a party that was busted before, and the reason the cops came is because of everyone standing around drinking in the yard," Coleman says.\nThose in charge of a party should take care to know everyone in attendance. An unknown partier could be an undercover officer. Miles says the State Police sometimes send undercover agents to scout out any illegal activity. If the agent spots underage drinkers inside, it gives cops the go-ahead to investigate and question people leaving or entering the party.\nBesides good music and a nice crowd of people, most college parties have one major thing in common: alcohol. Be it beer or Everclear, it's no secret that some students go to parties just for the intoxication factor. So while anyone over the age of 21 can legally consume those beverages, everyone has a reason to worry when the cops show up.\n"Supplying to a minor is a class C misdemeanor," Miles says. "That's a $500 fine and up to six months in jail."\nWhile checking IDs at the door might seem like an inconvenience and might keep out those young, eager freshman, avoiding the consequences may outweigh whatever benefits of allowing minors into a party.\nAs if music volume, potential underage consumers and crowd capacity weren't enough for party-throwers to worry about, the Indiana state legislature is discussing the possibility of a keg-tracking and registration policy. Keg buyers in a few months might have to report exactly where the keg is going to be. Marsh supports this proposal. \n"We had a keg stolen from our house at one of our parties last year," she says. "In that sense, it's a good idea to have a tracking policy."\nMarsh adds that those over 21 buying a keg shouldn't have anything to worry about. She says that the registration and tracking is only bad for underage drinkers if it leads the police to the party they are at.\nMiles says it's not difficult to have a party that won't get busted.\n"Just keep away underage drinkers," Miles says. "It's not hard to do, and for any party held someplace other than your home, you need a permit to have alcohol. Those have to be signed by us, so we know about those parties ahead of time. Those parties really try and shy away from having people under 21"
(08/29/02 1:32am)
The smell of beer, liquor and cigarettes, the blurred vision and the sight of flashing blue and red lights through the window is a scene all too familiar to many college students. It's the scene of cops busting a party. The Princeton Review may have given IU its new national reputation as the No. 1 party school, but that doesn't mean students can party all year long and not worry about getting busted. \nAccording to seniors Kevin Sayler and Rebecca Marsh, a good party has a lot of people, a keg and good music. Ironically, Lt. Tom Miles of Indiana State Police Excise District 5 says those are the exact same things that attract the police.\n"Parties get busted a lot just from someone on patrol driving by," Miles says. "The long lines and people holding empty cups are sure signs that something is going on."\nLoud noise is a key signal to police that a rambunctious party may be going on. So while it may seem cool to turn the volume up to 80 decibels, it won't seem so cool when the fines come due. Marsh learned that lesson the hard way at Little 500 this past year.\n"We had a band playing in our garage," Marsh says. "The cops came because of the noise ordinance. Things had gotten really loud."\nDespite the risk, Marsh says music is crucial to throwing a good party.\n"Hip hop is usually pretty popular at parties, but get me drunk and I'll dance to Britney Spears," Marsh says.\nEven if the music volume is kept to a minimum, it's also important to know how many people are at the party. While to potential party promoters it might seem like a good idea to invite all their closest friends and all of their closest friends, the more invites, the higher the probability of the cops showing up. \n"We send the word out about our parties to friends and people we have classes with," Sayler says. "We never want things to get overcrowded, though."\nJill Coleman, a junior, says guests overflowing into the lawn is a big mistake. People outside, beer in hand, she says, will attract the cops more than anything.\n"I've been at a party that was busted before, and the reason the cops came is because of everyone standing around drinking in the yard," Coleman says.\nThose in charge of a party should take care to know everyone in attendance. An unknown partier could be an undercover officer. Miles says the State Police sometimes send undercover agents to scout out any illegal activity. If the agent spots underage drinkers inside, it gives cops the go-ahead to investigate and question people leaving or entering the party.\nBesides good music and a nice crowd of people, most college parties have one major thing in common: alcohol. Be it beer or Everclear, it's no secret that some students go to parties just for the intoxication factor. So while anyone over the age of 21 can legally consume those beverages, everyone has a reason to worry when the cops show up.\n"Supplying to a minor is a class C misdemeanor," Miles says. "That's a $500 fine and up to six months in jail."\nWhile checking IDs at the door might seem like an inconvenience and might keep out those young, eager freshman, avoiding the consequences may outweigh whatever benefits of allowing minors into a party.\nAs if music volume, potential underage consumers and crowd capacity weren't enough for party-throwers to worry about, the Indiana state legislature is discussing the possibility of a keg-tracking and registration policy. Keg buyers in a few months might have to report exactly where the keg is going to be. Marsh supports this proposal. \n"We had a keg stolen from our house at one of our parties last year," she says. "In that sense, it's a good idea to have a tracking policy."\nMarsh adds that those over 21 buying a keg shouldn't have anything to worry about. She says that the registration and tracking is only bad for underage drinkers if it leads the police to the party they are at.\nMiles says it's not difficult to have a party that won't get busted.\n"Just keep away underage drinkers," Miles says. "It's not hard to do, and for any party held someplace other than your home, you need a permit to have alcohol. Those have to be signed by us, so we know about those parties ahead of time. Those parties really try and shy away from having people under 21"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Great players have come and gone in the history of IU basketball. Some are remembered and some are not. Brian Evans, who started at IU from 1993-1996, is one who will likely be remembered for a long time. \nThe forward's accomplishments at IU put him in close contention for IU's All-Century Team, and his talent has continued after his time on McCracken Court in Assembly Hall.\nEvans was IU's leading scorer in 1996, also leading the team in rebounding and field goal percentage. He ranks 10th in school history with 1,701 career points and was named First Team All-Big Ten, the conference's Most Valuable Player and IU's Most Valuable Player of the year, in 1996, his senior season.\nEvans said he developed many close relationships while playing at IU and keeps in touch with several old teammates, including Todd Leary, Charlie Miller and Matt Nover.\nHe said he has many great memories from his time with one of the nation's storied basketball programs.\n"I'll never forget sophomore year when Kentucky was ranked No. 1 and we beat them at the Hoosier Dome," Evans said. \nEvans said he'll always remember his first year in Blooming-ton, when he was red-shirted while the Hoosiers made a run to the NCAA Final Four in Minneapolis.\nAfter receiving a degree in recrea-tion/sports management, Evans went on to fulfill his lifelong dream of playing professional basketball. \nFrom 1996-1998, Evans played for the NBA's Orlando Magic, and was with the New Jersey Nets for the 1998-1999 season. After the 1999 season, Evans moved across the Atlantic -- to Siena, Italy -- to play for the Monte Paschi Siena basketball team. He's still playing basketball in Italy, where the game is different from the style he grew up with in America.\n"Professional basketball is a totally different style in Europe," Evans said. "I came over here to Europe expecting to dominate, and the guys are smaller, but they played much better than I thought they would. The game in Europe is much more fundamentally sound than it is in the U.S. The guys aren't only skilled in shooting, but dribbling and passing as well."\nEvans said the game in Europe has come a long way and continues to improve.\nAlthough busy, Evans said he finds time to come back to Bloomington to practice with current players. Some of the players said Evans has helped them both mentally and physically for the strains of playing college basketball.\nSophomore guard Kyle Hornsby said Evans taught him not to attack when on the court.\n"It was neat to see the way he plays. Evans is such a good player because he never hesitates on anything," Hornsby said. "Brian has wonderful leadership qualities that we could all learn from. More than anything, he has great vocal leadership."\nJunior forward Jarrad Odle said he hangs out with Evans both on and off the court.\n"Brian is a guy that really understands the game," Odle said. "He's a great guy that prepared us all for transitioning from high school basketball to college basketball. It was also nice how he could relate to those of us from small towns in Indiana, coming to play at a big university."\nOdle said when he chose to come to IU, Evans helped prepare him for former coach Bob Knight's style and system.\nEvans said although Knight is no longer at IU, he considers himself lucky to have been able to play for him.\n"I am a strong supporter of Coach Knight," Evans said. "He made my experience with IU basketball what it was. It was always a dream of mine to play for Coach Knight, even more than a dream it was to play at IU."\nIn addition to his basketball career, Evans is making wedding plans with his fiancee, Erin Heimann, a former IU athlete who played on the volleyball team from 1996-1999. \nThe two met through mutual friends at IU, have been dating for eight months and plan to get married in June.\n"I didn't attend IU while Brian played basketball; I was still in high school," Heimann said. "Brian's mom gave me some tapes of old games from when he played for IU; it's been fun to look back and watch when he used to play as a Hoosier."\nAs for the future, Evans said he hopes to come back to the United States and play in the NBA again.\n"Right now, playing in Italy is the best thing for me," Evans said. "Playing in the NBA, I would play only about 12 minutes a game. Over here I'm playing 35-40 minutes a game. I'm still improving and when I feel I'm ready to play in the U.S. again, I'm going to give the NBA another shot"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
The games this weekend for the volleyball team were intense. Fans came to the Blimpie/Holiday Inn Classic at Assembly Hall wearing red and white to support the team.\n"Point Indiana!" said the announcer. The crowd followed with an enthusiastic, "point Indiana!"\n"If you come out to one volleyball match you usually come back," coach Katie Weismiller said after a disappointing loss to Tennessee in the final match of the tournament. \nWhile the basketball and football teams have no problem drawing in thousands to their games, the volleyball team realizes they have to give fans a reason to come and cheer. This season the volleyball team hopes to break attendance records. \n"I think winning is obviously going to help," Weismiller said. "Once we get back on a winning curve and students hear about it, more fans will come out. We're really hoping to get some new people out there."\nThe crowd is another souce of motivation for the team, said sophomore Melissa Brewer.\n"We worked pretty hard for this weekend to get a lot of fans to come," Brewer said. "In the past week we went to dorms and handed out flyers, and we've done the entire poster day, where we go around town and hand out schedules."\nBrewer also said it's nice out on the court to look out and see so many people, especially when they play at a large venue such as Assembly Hall. Following play on Saturday, members of the team and staff said there were many unfulfilled expectations.\n"The fans this weekend were great," Weismiller said. "That was one of the things that was difficult for us because we count on our fans so much and we didn't give them a whole lot to be excited about today. They were still great fans though and are still in it for us."\nKyle Muehlbauer, a freshman, offered his own opinion on what the Hoosiers need to do to be successful.\n"What happened this weekend was they needed to block more and communicate on the court," Muehlbauer said. "The communication needs to be there to win." \n Fans may have found it hard to avoid the cheering section of about 10 male students at the final game on Saturday night. They were heard yelling out cheers and singing the school fight song to pump up the Hoosiers.\n "I read somewhere that Indiana University has some of the poorest fan support in the Big Ten for sports like volleyball," said freshman Mark Osborne. "We're just trying to change that."\nThese energetic freshmen cheered even when the team wasn't playing to their full potential.\n"We want to intimidate teams when they play here." Muehlbauer said. "We want to make them afraid to play at IU because Indiana's fans are so supportive and so great"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Take "Dead Poets Society," "The Skulls" and "Cruel Intentions" and put them in a blender. Out comes "O," the latest remake of William Shakespeare's "Othello." \nSet in a private high school in South Carolina, "O" was actually finished in 1998, but the outbreak of school shootings, including Columbine, prompted Hollywood to hold back the movie for two years. For that reason, one will be surprised to see that it is not even remotely as violent as most scary teen movies such as "Scream." \nJosh Hartnett plays the jealous and threatening Hugo, while Martin Sheen portrays his father, Coach Duke. Although Hugo plays his best on the court, he cannot measure up to team MVP and NBA hopeful Odin James (Mekhi Phifer). Julia Stiles comes in as Odin's girlfriend, Desi, the dean's daughter. \nViewing the trailer for the movie, many people might have thought "O" was going to be a rip-off of "Save The Last Dance." But the racial difference between Desi and Odin is an issue only with her father.\nThe real conflict in "O" is Hugo's plot to ruin people's lives in a clever and evil way. Hartnett plays a very convincing Hugo, making even his most loyal fans hate him. \nYou might find yourself thinking about this movie days after you've seen it. It's disturbing and leaves you with an almost eerie feeling. The entire movie is worth seeing just for the powerful ending and a monologue that Phifer delivers with perfection. \nDon't go expecting to laugh a lot; don't go expecting to see an epic Hollywood film. Instead, be prepared for a movie with excellent acting, a decent soundtrack, but some scenes that could have been fixed in the two years before the movie was released.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
The IU volleyball team left to travel across the country Thursday to The Loyola Marymount Invitational -- a tournament they could not be more excited about.\n"I've never been to California," said sophomore Melissa Brewer, "I'm very excited. Hopefully we'll have some free time to look around and this trip should give us a chance to regroup."\nFreshman Carla Crose said the team is looking to see what it can accomplish.\n"For the tournament we need to work some kinks out first," Crose said. "We're really focusing, during practice, the things we need to improve on."\nSophomore Nicole Hill said many players acted individually this past weekend in the Blimpie/Holiday Inn Tournament.\n"This weekend I think we will come together more as a team," Hill said, "We have great team chemistry off the court, we just need it more on the court too."\nCoach Katie Weismiller said the team needs to play more aggressively.\n"If we can play aggressive and if we can play to win, we can be a good team," Weismiller said. "If we play not to lose, that is when we struggle. That has to be the attitude of this team, we play for every point, and we play to win."\nThe Hoosiers' first match is against Loyola Marymount University; a match that most players believe could determine their confidence for the rest of the weekend. The 24th-ranked LMU has a record of 1-1.\n"We obviously need to pick it up from this past weekend," Hill said. "Everybody was disappointed in that. But we still have high goals and expectations for ourselves set for this weekend. We've had a goal since last year to beat LMU."\nWeismiller said the team is working on being aggressive when serving.\nCrose said LMU would be their toughest match but not to underestimate what the team can do.\n "LMU is really good, but if we can come in with the right attitude we can do anything we put our minds to," Crose said. "We have a really good chance if we play really strong against them."\n Saturday at noon, the Hoosiers will take on Arizona State (1-3).\n "ASU is a very good team," Weismiller said. "Look at our record, we're 1-2 and we're a really good team as well. Arizona State is going to be a fight, but if we work hard against Arizona State, or even LMU, it will all fall into place for us."\nThe final match of the weekend will be against the University of New Mexico. The Lobos are 2-1.\n"This weekend will give us a chance to prove to people that we are really a good team and that we've worked hard this week in practice," Brewer said. "We're going to turn this season around right away. We're going to play good competition. Hopefully we'll come out of this weekend with wins and it will help our confidence a lot"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Games and practices aren't the only thing the volleyball players do. On the Saturday mornings of home Big Ten matches, the players are at the University Gymnasium teaching volleyball techniques to about 100 children. The children who attend the clinics are known as Junior Hoosier Hitters.\n"We teach little kids the basic skills of volleyball and try and get them to have fun and be enthusiastic about it," sophomore Anna Makowski said.\nThe first clinic has already taken place, and there are three more -- Oct. 13, 27 and Nov. 10. The cost of the clinics is $10 for four Saturdays. The $10 fee includes a T-shirt and free admission to that night's game for the child and his or her parents. Boys and girls ages 6-13 are invited to the clinic.\nAssistant coach and program director of Hoosier Hitters, Sally Schulte, said it's a great opportunity for the players and children alike. \n"The players run the entire thing," Schulte said. "They actually demonstrate and instruct. They teach all the drills."\n"The coaches give us an itinerary of what we're supposed to do, and we're responsible for running the entire thing on our own," junior Hillary Toivonen said. "We come in and we know a lot of the kids. I've been here for three years, and it's neat to see the little kids come back year after year."\nSome players and coaches say it's surprising to see the number of boys that show up for the clinic.\n"It's mostly girls, but we do have a fair number of boys; usually younger because by the time they get to middle school they think volleyball is a girls sport," Makowski said. "It's really good to see the little boys come out and they are really excited about it just as much as the girls are."\nToivonen says it's exciting to see the boys come out to the clinics, because you don't see a lot of males in the sport of volleyball.\n"We kind of like to give them some special attention for giving the sport a try," Toivonen said.\nThe players said their favorite part of the clinics are the bonds and relationships they form with the kids.\n"I think they look at us as role models, and a lot of them come to the game that night," Makowski said. "It's really great for them to interact with us in the morning and then come see us play and what it's all about."\n"More than anything, the kids create a relationship with the players," Schulte said. "It's a really good time for everyone."\nThe Hoosiers don't seem to mind waking up early to run the clinic on the Saturday mornings of home Big Ten games.\n"It's fun, because we go right into practice after the clinic, so the entire morning is pretty relaxed," Makowski said. "Then we use the afternoon to prepare for the game that night."\n"It's a little difficult," Toivonen said. "But it really does get us going. We're up and we're moving and we're not sleeping in real late. It's hard but it gets our minds on volleyball and what we have to do."\nSchulte says the program is very successful and won't be ending any time soon.\n"We're not closing at all," Schulte said. "It's been around for about six years and will continue. There is a strong yearning for it in the community. Kids come from all over the Bloomington and Bedford area. It's our way of introducing the sport of volleyball to these kids"
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Not Another Teen Movie - R\nStarring: Chris Evans, Chyler Leigh, Mia Kirshner\nDirected by: Joel Gallen\nShowing: Showplace East 11\nWhat a great idea for the writers of "Not Another Teen Movie" to come up with a parody of teen movies, but didn't the Wayans brothers already convince us after "Scary Movie" and "Scary Movie 2" to stick with the originals? \nAmong all the movies made fun of, it takes the biggest stab at "She's All That," but tries to incorporate every other teen movie made since 1980. This makes for a confusing plot, but not necessarily a disappointing one to those who assumed the movie would be stupid. The thing is you will find yourself not even thinking about the plot because you and your friends will be too busy playing a game of "guess what movie they're making fun of now."\nAll the characters are rip offs from other films, without that, it wouldn't be a parody. This might be where the writers were actually clever. If you know your teen movies well, the names just might give you a chuckle. One such example is Jake Wyler (Chris Evans), the jock football player in the movie. Think Zack Siler, the role Freddie Prinze Jr. inhabited in "She's All That." \nKeep an eye out for Evans and leading lady Chyler Leigh. Being young, attractive and willing to act in stupid movies, they fit the perfect description of actors for the next "real" teen movie.\nThe best part of the movie is the cameos by teen movie stars Melissa Joan Hart ("Drive Me Crazy"), Sean Patrick Thomas ("Save the Last Dance") and the queen of all teen movies, Molly Ringwald. Seeing Ringwald may make you wish you were at home watching "Sixteen Candles" or "The Breakfast Club." \nThe originals are corny, cheesy and unrealistic, but they're also better than "Not Another Teen Movie." It's a flop like many predicted, while I myself predicted to be rolling in the aisles crying from laughing so hard. Instead, I occasionally chuckled and was more disappointed than anything. I enjoyed seeing all the different movies they incorporated into "Not Another Teen Movie," but felt they could have worked a little harder to be more original. As is, this is just another teen movie, and a poor one at that.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Jay-Z Unplugged\nJay-Z\nUniversal/Def Jam\nIf you own all or most of Jay-Z's albums, Jay-Z Unplugged no doubt needs to be a part of your collection. Jay-Z, aka Jigga or Young H.O.V.A., whatever you want to call him, has done it again with a hit album less than four months after his previous release, The Blue Print. Few artists can release quality albums one right after the other, but Jay-Z has proved to his fans, as well as the general public that he is capable of things that most artists aren't.\nThe "Unplugged" series first aired on MTV in 1989, and has since showcased artists such as Nirvana, Eric Clapton, among many others. Jay-Z is one of the first rappers to be added to the list of performers in the series. Backing him up on the CD is the Grammy Award winning the Roots. While it may sound strange to hear a violin in the background of "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)", true fans will appreciate Jay-Z's music no matter what instruments happen to accompany him.\nSongs from Jay-Z's first album to his most recent can be heard on the CD. From "Ain't No" to "Girls, Girls, Girls," Jay-Z takes his biggest hits and performs them without the electric guitars and keyboards. \nJay-Z Unplugged isn't a CD you'll want to pop in at your next party, much like his previous works. Although it has all his hit songs, the songs have a more mellow sound, and the language has been toned down from the original album versions. \nIf you think Jay-Z is an okay rapper and you only like a few of his songs, you won't find yourself enjoying the album. If you love Jay-Z and his previous efforts, there's no excuse for you to pass this one up. I never liked the "Unplugged" series preferring the original albums and songs, but Jay-Z has amazed me with his excellent foray into the format and will surely amaze fans everywhere.\n
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Daniel Duncan and Nate Dotzlaf sat on a back porch with a few drinks and a dictionary. It took hours of flipping through the pages to find the perfect name for their new creation: Vertigo. Their business first opened its doors in September 2000 and became a local hot spot for college students 18 years and older.\n"We've never gotten into any sort of trouble when the age requirement was 18 and over. We were careful about the drinking and making sure it was only people 21and over -- we had stamps and wristbands," Duncan says. "We were a safe place for people to go. We got some pressure from the University about how we were doing this because we were selling alcohol at a place where there were students under 21."\nThough Vertigo was not implicated, in late October police suspected audience members of selling Ecstacy at an electronic music night sponsored by an Indianapolis promoter at Vertigo, according to IU Police Department officer Dave Hannum. The IU Police Department, Bloomington Police Department and Indiana State Excise targeted the electronic music night, and although no charges were ever made against Vertigo itself, Hannum says three drug-related arrests were made that night. \n"We had an officer on duty to ensure safety, but we can't control drugs. Drugs are everywhere, but we don't promote drugs at all," Duncan says. "We tried to do the right thing by having the officer there and sometimes the right thing gets you into trouble."\nIn the past, fraternities and sororities rented Vertigo for private events. After the incident with the drug-related arrests, Vertigo was allowed to continue to hold these private events, but the owners have opted to discontinue these events to prevent future trouble. They have also stopped holding electronic music nights, which they say have been viewed as an atmosphere for drugs.\nDuncan and Dotzlaf say their original plans were to have a full bar, but they opened with only a one-way liquor license allowing the sale of beer only. Not wanting to put their original plan of having a full bar in jeopardy, this past November they raised the age requirement to 21 and older. \nTurning away their regular customers who are under 21 hasn't been easy for the owners. But the change has also brought a lot of new people to Vertigo who wouldn't have given the place a chance before. While many students might have been skeptical because some high school students are 18, what they didn't know was that a college ID was also needed to get in.\nDuncan made it clear that Vertigo isn't like any bar or club in Bloomington. Its appearance is one thing that makes the venue stand out. It is located in an old warehouse with a ceiling of black pipe and seats ranging from bar stools to couches. Duncan says the performers on stage can be seen from everywhere, which is the most important aspect.\n"We're a live music venue. We're not Axis, we're not the Bluebird. We're somewhere in between," Duncan says. "We want to give a voice to the artists here in the town. Whether it's someone that plays records or someone that plays instruments, we want to give them a chance to perform."\nDuncan and Dotzlaf say it's all about the music and they want everyone's experience at Vertigo to be different every time they come. They don't want Vertigo to be a place where people come just to see friends like they might at bars and clubs, but a place people come to because they know the music will be outstanding.\nDuncan says people are looking for something different and Vertigo has something different to offer every weekend. The atmosphere is based on the entertainment so customers will never know what to expect.\n"We want to be a venue where people come out for the music and the artists and it's not just a carbon copy of other places," Duncan says. "We want to give a voice to original music in town. We're going to offer the same entertainment if not better entertainment than any of the other bars or nightclubs and also offer better drink specials." \nJunior Brandy Granacki checked out the place last year when it was an 18 and over club. Granacki compared the appearance of the live music venue to a rave, but isn't certain about ever returning to Vertigo.\n"I've been there twice and doubt I'll ever go back. I thought it would be fun, but it was just really different. I wouldn't go back unless someone huge was there or there were some major changes," Granacki says.\nThe decision to change the age requirement came only a few weeks before the IDS Weekend "Best of Bloomington" listed Vertigo as the best place for students under 21.\n"We felt bad after seeing we were voted the best place to come for people under 21," Duncan says. "That was like a stab to heart because we had just raised the age requirement."\nSophomore Colby Miller and his band Myst performed at Vertigo both before and after the age change and says it will take some time but the change will eventually be a good one.\n"The second time we performed there was the week following the age change and there was hardly anyone there. No one knew about it," Miller says. "As far as the atmosphere, it's almost kind of more classy now than it was (before the change)."\nMiller hopes to see more people come out the next time Myst plays.\n"I think people will eventually start to go back there. I hope so anyway," Miller says. "It's a cool place, a great music venue."\nThe music is what Duncan and Dotzlaf hope brings people out. They would rather see 500 people come out and have a good time than to sit on a pile of money. What once was a $5 cover has changed to range between $1 and $3. \nBesides waiting on the approval for their three-way liquor license and a new look for the place, the owners are making some changes in the weekend line-ups. They hope to set up consistent theme nights and see Mondays and Tuesdays as possible nights for entertainment. Vertigo is currently only open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.\nFor Duncan and Dotzlaf it's not about profits and planning for their retirement. It's about a dream to open a live music venue with a bar and entertaining the younger crowd in Bloomington and the students of IU. Vertigo is not Axis, it's not Sports, it's not the Bluebird and they don't want it to be. Striving to be different is their goal. But a change in age requirement is just a change along the way to the venue they've envisioned.
(07/25/02 8:23pm)
Rock Steady\nNo Doubt\nUniversal/Interscope\nThe Billboard Top 200 has Rock Steady listed as No. 13 for the week for Jan. 12. People are listening to No Doubt and becoming new fans, and it's easy to understand why with their new album, Rock Steady.\nLead singer Gwen Stefani heads up her band releasing yet another album with upbeat, happy sounds and lyrics about everything from making out to spying on a lover. While their sound isn't exactly the same from album to album, No Doubt takes their original sound of ska and reggae and mixes it with some pop and techno sounds. You'll definitely want to dance to a lot of the tracks on the CD.\nThe first single off the album is "Hey Baby," which seems annoying in its begging/pleading nature, becomes much cooler upon repeat listenings. Besides, what IU bar hopper or frat party regular can't identify with the lyrics of "watching boys and girls and their sex appeal" or "with the tank tops and flirty word"? \nThe track "Don't Let Me Down" has a definite '80s sound to it, but is also hard to ignore with its catchy chorus.\nThe tracks "Running" and "Underneath It All" slow things down and really show off Stefani's vocal abilities. \n"Waiting Room" has a familiar voice in the background. "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince" backs up Stefani in this track about waiting for such things as a lover to call or waiting for a lover to be at the same level as you in a relationship.\nAlthough I have their previous albums, I'm not that huge of a fan. But Rock Steady has inspired me to keep buying their stuff. It is far and away the band's best album to date and hopefully future efforts will continue this pattern.\n