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'Underclassman' Flunks Out

By Robert O'Connor · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 11:12 p.m.

Ah, "Underclassman." This has to be one of the least anticipated movies of the year, up there with "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo." If you saw the previews for this film and thought, "Hey, that looks delightful," then you are a bad person, and I blame you for being the reason that self-indulgent tripe like this is even made.

Middle-aged bald guy is thrilling

By Ty Schrock · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 11:10 p.m.

In Season 4 of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", Larry David continues to do what he does best: alienate almost everyone around him by saying and doing whatever he pleases, while finding himself in humorous and embarrassing predicaments along the way. Like George Costanza, the "Seinfeld" character based off of him, David has the uncanny knack for getting under people's skin. Even at his most polite, he still refuses to adhere to any normal social standards.

Kanye graduates to sophomore album

By Cordell Eddings · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 10:48 p.m.

According to Kanye West: "It's a celebration, bitches." The Louis Vuitton Don and his disturbing mascot, the Bear, are back in Late Registration, arguably the most anticipated album of 2005, and the cocky Chi-town artist/producer Kanye West will not let us forget it.

A standing 'O' for obscene 'Aristocrats'

By Evan Wade · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 10:41 p.m.

Okay, so a guy walks into a talent agent's office with his wife, two kids and a dog. Stop me if you've heard this one. Actually, don't. Chances are even if you have heard it, you haven't heard it the way it's told in "The Aristocrats," a hilarious, if flawed, quasi-documentary from Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame) and Paul Provenza.

IUPD to crack down on tailgating during game time; tickets required

By Michael Sanserino · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

In four years as assistant athletic director for game management at IU, Kit Klingelhoffer has witnessed a police officer assaulted with a beer bottle, a large fight that partially closed down 17th Street and numerous arrests for anything from disorderly conduct to public urination. All took place in the parking lot.

Changes expected for first home game

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

IU head coach Terry Hoeppner silenced many rumors yesterday regarding the Hoosiers' home opener against Nicholls State University, a Lousiana-based school.

Riding out the storm: Part 1

By Rami Chami · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

I graduated from IU in August and moved to New Orleans to start a graduate program at Tulane University four days before Hurricane Katrina struck. I arrived on a Thursday afternoon and was staying at a hostel on Canal Street whose guests were mostly European and Australian backpackers. Immediately after arriving I was very busy searching for an apartment, taking care of university paper work, and getting settled into the city affectionately known as the Big Easy.

A mother's Love

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

Her voice rang out cool and smooth against the sunshine that speckled Dunn Meadow: Peace is flowing like a river, Flowing out of you and me. No one can take away our pain, Nor bring our soldiers back to life again. Mia Lorraine's song flowed over the small crowd sitting in the shade of one of the meadow's trees, as heads nodded softly in agreement. "People ask how many soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq," said Lorraine, of Sebastopol, Calif., a member of Military Families Speak Out. "I say all of them."

RPS meal points

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

-New campus cash registers make it more difficult to check your balance.

Tailgating Changes

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

-Parking lots are reserved for attending the game. Patrons who enter are expected to have game tickets.

Checking meal point balances not as simple anymore

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 2:38 a.m.

The past two weeks of school have brought frustration to countless students around campus. The frustration, however, is not directed at professors or books. It is directed towards the new cash registers in Residential Programs and Services dining facilities.

Woman steals jar of relief donations

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:45 a.m.

MUNCIE -- A woman who purchased ribs and a salad from a restaurant walked away with something more -- a jar stuffed with donations for the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Damon's Grill owner Rick Sutton said the jar, which was stolen Sunday, held at least $100.

2 arrested after post-party altercation

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:43 a.m.

Police arrested two men late Friday night suspected of brandishing weapons during an altercation outside a party in the 1200 block of North Dunn Street. Jameson Cassidy, 20, was preliminarily charged with intimidation with a deadly weapon, criminal confinement and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, and Andrew J. Franklin, 19, faced a preliminary charge of intimidation with a deadly weapon.

Preservationists react to loss of Ernie Pyle's home

By Lori Snow · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:41 a.m.

In the wake of the demolition of Ernie Pyle's childhood home in mid-August, pro-preservationist Tommy Kleckner takes a "could-have, should-have, would-have" approach to saving the farmstead home in Dana, Ind.

Gingerbread Man becomes 'Ginger Person' at IMU

By Lindsay Lyon · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:32 a.m.

Both Betty Crocker and Mother Goose might be shocked if they took a stroll through The Market at the Indiana Memorial Union in search of one of their favorite cookies: the Gingerbread Man.

Man rides horse to work when gas prices rise

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:30 a.m.

MINOT, N.D. -- Jim Jundt told co-workers if the price of gasoline ever hit $3 a gallon, he'd ride his horse to work. They laughed, but he wasn't joking.

The Fallout of Hurricane Katrina

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:30 a.m.

-For part two of Rami Chami's first-hand account, check out Thursday's paper.

Buying at the 'Black Market'

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:29 a.m.

Now you can buy a candy bar or a lottery ticket while simultaneously stepping back in time. Downtown Bloomington has a new late-night convenience store that provides a glimpse of its history. Inside the Black Mercantile, on the corner of Seventh and Walnut streets, the colors of shiny candy wrappers pop out against red brick walls that have existed for nearly 200 years. Neon signs glow inside windows that look as though they could've been taken out of a black and white movie; outside, you might half expect to see horse-drawn carriages rather than cars.

Heart disease blamed in death

By Alyson Brodsy and Greg Beacham · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:14 a.m.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Thomas Herrion had heart disease and showed evidence of previous heart trouble when he collapsed and died after a preseason game last month, an official in the Denver County coroner's office said Tuesday.

Greek houses experience technology problems

By Eric Smith · Wednesday, Sept. 7,2005 1:14 a.m.

University Information Technology Services has received various complaints regarding connectivity difficulty in fraternity and sorority houses. But Mark Bruhn, acting associate vice president of telecommunications for UITS, was quick to dispel any rumors of extensive breakdowns.