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Burton puts Chase sights on Johnson

By Geoffrey Miller · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:57 p.m.

Forty-one-year-old Jeff Burton now has two race wins in 2008, but his victory Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway outside of Charlotte, N.C., could not have come at a better time.

Wishing I could make it rain like Pacman

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:55 p.m.

LAS VEGAS – Sometimes, the smartest move is to fold. That statement is extremely relevant for a lot of businesses in Las Vegas. Last week, the Indiana Daily Student sent me to Vegas for an extensive research trip for this column. Before you run to the newsroom to grab an application, let me tell you that the Indiana Daily Student didn’t pay a cent for my trip. National sports columnists don’t get top priority on budgetary concerns, and I doubt they will ever pay me a dime past the amazing weekly salary I currently rake in.

Sophomore midfielder Daniel Kelly moves the ball upfield against UC Santa Barbara Sept. 27 at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kelly and the Hoosiers face Notre Dame tonight.

IU men's soccer team gets ‘motivation’ for Freitag, make strides

By Greg Rosenstein · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:54 p.m.

Dropping out of the national rankings and falling further back in the Big Ten, IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag decided to change up his typical practice regimen this week. His players responded. “I found out that these guys need external motivation,” Freitag said. “If you lose, you have to run. ... I didn’t have those punishments before. We had a long discussion as a team on how to get things right. You get it out in the air, talk about it, and go back to work, and that is what we did.” The Hoosiers face No. 9 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. today at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Senior midfielder John Mellencamp said the added passion in practice is necessary for his team’s crucial matchup against the Fighting Irish. “It was one of the most intense trainings I have seen this season,” he said. “There was a lot more competition today and guys were taking things personally on the field. No one wanted to lose a single thing they did today, and that is the mind-set that gets you ready to play a game.”

Revenge of the dorks

Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:49 p.m.

Traditionally, a man in a movie has been portrayed as a hyper-masculine archetypical male, who, at the last possible moment, darts onscreen to save the day and then saves his love from near-certain demise, all the while looking impossibly handsome and glossy.

Mason Jennings, a folk singer and songwriter from Minnesota, performs Tuesday at the Bluebird.

Mason Jennings rocks Bluebird

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:48 p.m.

Minneapolis-based artist Mason Jennings made the crowd dance at the Bluebird Nightclub during his performance Tuesday night.

Indie band Deerhoof to play at Buskirk

By Katie McKenna · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:46 p.m.

Indie band Deerhoof, which began as an art-rock duo in San Francisco in 1994, will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Tickets are $12.

Low economy provides high times for urban art

By Ryan Brown · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:45 p.m.

In a recent article titled “Local arts world wobbles as patrons feel squeeze,” Boston Globe writer Joan Anderman describes the economic perils faced by Boston Symphony Orchestra subscribers who can no longer spend upwards of $100 to see a show.

Rocky Horror Picture Show ‘eye-opening’ experience

Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 9:43 p.m.

It’s the show where incest is strangely embedded, aliens fill the stage and a separation between the audience and performers is nonexistent.

Old dogs use old tricks

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 8:37 p.m.

Sometimes it’s pretty easy to see why print journalism is so behind most other mainstream media outlets. It seems that a major portion of its problems stem from its unwillingness to change its approach or accept anything new. In various situations, it’s probably a good thing that print journalists stick to their guns, but the following situation demonstrates how insane print journalists can be.

Sketchy political comedy

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 6:19 p.m.

IDS Opinion Editor Nathan Dixon cuts down "Saturday Night Live" and their recent success.

Sidetracked

Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 6:17 p.m.

Three of WEEKEND'S best reviewers tackle the newest tracks in music.

"John, what the hell is that?" "I think it's M. Night's career blowing up in his face Mark."

More happening than you’d think

By John Barnett · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 6:16 p.m.

This is a frightening movie about one of the many ways mankind could meet its end, this time by way of nature purging us from the planet.

Tina Fey is funnier when she’s not Sarah Palin.

The best comedy on TV

By Megan Clayton · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2008 6:13 p.m.

I think the brilliance of “30 Rock” alone is enough incentive to buy the second season, but if you need another reason, the commentaries are a truly hilarious and illuminating extension to the regular episodes. Otherwise, it left me wanting “more” like the back of the box promised.