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Demystifying Kabbalah

By Elisha Sauers · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 1:02 a.m.

They come to fill the cracks. Liz Lintott, like so many generations of Jews, crossed an ocean to press her fingers against the only stones left of the original Temple in Jerusalem. It's an age-old tradition that when Jews make a pilgrimage to Israel, they scribble a few thoughts on a scrap of paper and crimp the message into one of the Western Wall's crevices, where either nature has weathered away the mortar or a history of warfare has split into it with veins.

BFC seeks student input on revised code of rights

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:59 a.m.

As IU adopts a consolidated student code of rights for next fall, the message to students seeking input is clear: speak now or hold your peace. The Bloomington Faculty Council began discussion Tuesday on a streamlined IU Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities and Conduct, and one council member reiterated the importance of student input into the code's revision process as the council's vote draws nigh.

Despite self-imposed sanction, Buckeyes prove they can still play like contenders

By Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:57 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- They still suit up. They still play their games. Their fans even still come. They have nothing to lose and nothing to gain because of self-imposed sanctions, but that doesn't matter for the Ohio State Buckeyes. By March 13, the Buckeyes will be back on campus after playing in the Big Ten Tournament, snuggled on their couches and have their televisions tuned to CBS for March Madness.

Hoosiers fall in potential bubble buster

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:54 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When the IU basketball team leaves the state of Indiana, they can't win a game. Coming into Tuesday's game at Ohio State, the Hoosiers hadn't won outside of the state in more than a year. That stretch continued as IU dropped a 57-44 contest in Columbus' Value City Arena as the Buckeyes capitalized on an 18-4 second half run for the victory. The defeat was IU's 10th consecutive outside of Indiana -- the last win at Penn State on Feb. 11, 2004.

'Drake' breaks hearts, opens minds

By -Kehla West · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:39 a.m.

"Vera Drake" ostensibly tells the story of a London woman who "helps out young girls" in the 1950s. (That translates to "back-alley abortions" for the euphemistically challenged.) But the true story, the one that sticks, is of a poor family struggling in post-war London. They work hard, they fall in love slowly and they always, no matter what, try to do the right thing. And Vera herself teaches us that whatever the matter, there's no problem so insurmountable that it can't be fixed with a nice cup of tea and a word of comfort. This is a quiet little movie, but it speaks loudly.

Office of Admissions looks for volunteers

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:27 a.m.

For the thousands of high school seniors who come to visit IU each year, making a decision about going to college is a life-changing experience. Of those thousands, those who do attend IU made their decision based on a visit to campus and had some kind of interaction with a tour guide from the University.

Kapow! Explodes on Music Scene

By Annie Tasker · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:24 a.m.

Fledgling rock band Kapow! is getting its name known around Bloomington by leaving it where people can see. Sketches of its comic-like logo explode on multicolored CD envelopes all over town. Free demos sit in front of the register at Soma and on the counter at Dharma Emporium on Kirkwood. Local merchants don't know where they came from. "If they came in and left those CDs, I didn't see them," says a Dharma Emporium employee.

Comic Relief

By Tristan Mathews · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:19 a.m.

Over the past half-decade the popular masses have discovered that comic books are not exclusively for kids. There has been a general misunderstanding that this is a change from years past, but comics' main audience has always been more adult in nature.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:11 a.m.

Elisha Sauers opens her column "La Crème de porno" (Feb. 9) with this: "To a man, porn is like a juicy Big Mac." I'll ignore this outrageous comment to get to the core issue: "Ain't no shame in it, boys. A man got to eat."

Overcoming stereotypes with Pooh

By Tristan Mathews · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:11 a.m.

Winnie, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit and Eeyore take the backseat in "Pooh's Heffalump Movie," an amusing tale of disproving prejudice and finding new friends.

The heart of the Internet

By Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:10 a.m.

For Valentine's Day this year, I decided to go all out. I put on a nice suit, took the girlfriend to a very pricey Italian restaurant and even got a bottle of champagne that I'll probably be paying off until graduation. And in the midst of this, over a delicious mousse dessert, she grabbed my hand, looked at me with her big beautiful brown eyes and said, "I heart you."

Smith gets 'Jiggy With It' in romantic comedy

By Sean Abbott · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:08 a.m.

The funny thing about love is how different people like to experience it. Some people want it to happen fast, and others try to make it slow way down. Still other poor souls don't know how they like it, and by the time they've discovered their strategy isn't working, it's too late to fix the problem.

Arts advocate recognized for life-long impact

By Christine Jang · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:06 a.m.

At 77, Patricia Murphy Pizzo still has the energy to play baseball with her grandchildren in the backyard during their frequent visits. She has demonstrated that kind of energy throughout her career, said her daughter, Fiora Pizzo Alicea. Pizzo created the Friends of Art Bookshop 37 years ago, volunteering for 14 years there to generate numerous scholarships for fine arts students.

Peels offer up a refined debut

By Mike Ley · Wednesday, Feb. 16,2005 12:02 a.m.

Rock 'n' roll came back with the Strokes and has been stuck in a Stooges rut ever since. This is only acceptable since I can't have that signature Ron Asheton crunch outside of their catalog. Meanwhile, new rock bands have been keeping the hipsters happy with repetitive riffs and slurred speech. In picking up this record, the Peels looked like another '70s throwback, but it turns out that's not all they've been listening to.

Strictly for the grown and sexy

By Sana Jafrani · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:57 p.m.

With Gemini, Brian McKnight is attempting to show off the more risqué, edgy side of his personality. Listeners are used to the romantic side of McKnight, which produced hits like "Back at One," but now the songs are more sexual in nature. Since this is a more personal album for McKnight, it is appropriately titled with the name of his astrological sign.

Video conference focuses on global politics

By Ryne Shadday · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:56 p.m.

Despite the lack of attendance on the Bloomington end, the first of four video conferences on service civic engagement was held Tuesday in the Office of International Programs. The conference began with introductions of the 12-member team from IU-South Bend and then moved on to the IUB contingent consisting of five members.

Tickets face off at IUSA debate tonight

By Colleen Corley · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:55 p.m.

For the tickets looking to take over the IU Student Association offices in April, tonight can make or break a campaign. Four out of the five tickets running for IUSA plan to debate at 8 p.m. in the Oak Room in the Indiana Memorial Union.

'Seventeen Days' not enough to write album

By John Barnett · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:55 p.m.

With three hit songs and multiple music award nominations under their belt thanks to their last two radio-friendly LPs, Escatawpa, Miss. quartet 3 Doors Down continues to record rock for the working man on their latest release, Seventeen Days; an album as pedestrian as it is superficially earnest.

'P.S.' ... this movie's mediocre

By Tony Sams · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:48 p.m.

After watching "P.S.," Dylan Kidd's romance, I think there are five sins every romance movie commits. First, find yourself a couple of attractive leading stars; then pull some heartstrings here and there to make the audience coo first, cry next and coo again at the end; recycle the same plot that was cliché even when Shakespeare wrote it; throw in some empty, meaningless comic relief side characters and finally rinse with some quirky angle which makes us believe this romance is the one that breaches the formula.

'Notebook' a noteworthy tearjerker

By Mallory Simon · Tuesday, Feb. 15,2005 11:47 p.m.

Every couple months a director feels the need to force a little love into our lives in one way or another. The love story is often a reproduced, clichéd attempt at a box office hit. And while many of them may indeed become acclaimed (if not critically than with women as a whole), it's not often a movie has actually moved me to find the Kleenex, until now.