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Alesana: Where Myth Fades To Legend

Where awful fades to dreadful

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:46 p.m.

It’d be smart to say that Alesana has produced one of the worst albums of the year, but there are so many other screamo bands that are sadly worse at them. Where Myth Fades To Legend is an album no one would wish upon even their greatest enemies. Someone put a bullet in this genre, please.

Marie-Louise Parker asks, "Where the weed at?"

Smokin' good

By Stefania Marghitu · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:43 p.m.

It’s no surprise that a TV show about a suburban housewife who deals California’s largest cash crop is both relevant and hilarious.

"The Red Album" displays the best and the worst of Weezer's musical abilities.

A mixed bag of Weezer

By John Barnett · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:40 p.m.

Weezer’s sixth studio effort and third self-titled release is half a great album and half a mediocre one. The first four tracks and the final track are among the best the band has ever recorded, but it’s unfortunate that tracks five through nine feel like Rivers Cuomo and company got a little lazy.

“Semi-Pro” can’t touch “Space Jam.”

Semi-Entertaining

By Caleb Jackson-Boys · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:36 p.m.

This film is another example of the same Will Ferrell formula repeated in a slightly different situation. It almost seems as if he is tiredly going through the motions, and judging by his performance on the talk-show circuit and his recent movies, he just doesn’t give a shit anymore.

Though he’s not this flexible, Jack Black is still on top of his game.

"Panda" delivers punches, laughs

By Brent Williamson · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:33 p.m.

"Kung-Fu Panda" had every indication of being shallow and cheaply written piece of family schlock. Fortunately, Kung-Fu Panda breaks the preconceptions of the audience and delivers a vibrant and funny movie filled with humor, heart, and hard-hitting Kung-fu action.

Adam Sandler should spend less time on his hair and more time selecting screenplays.

Don't bother with the Zohan

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, June 11,2008 4:25 p.m.

In keeping with Sandler’s recent crop of movies, the focus of "Zohan"’s is ambitious but uneven. There are funny parts, but they are brief moments of relief from a storyline that dawdles throughout, lurching forward at odd intervals.

Coline Sperling

Disaster Area

By Deanna Krinn · Monday, June 9,2008 8:49 p.m.

NASHVILLE, Ind. – Thirty minutes was all it took for Debbie Guffey’s family business to go under water. “I’ve seen it (to the grass),” Guffey said. “But never, never to the windows of the shop.”

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Campus buses will cut service for Summer Session II

By Eric Welch · Monday, June 9,2008 8:49 p.m.

Last week, the IU Campus Bus Service announced its plan to thin bus schedules along the A route by 50 percent as a result of rising fuel prices and a decrease in passengers during the second summer session.

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What's in a tribute?

By Erich Reinhard · Monday, June 9,2008 1:35 p.m.

For the denizens of Ernie Pyle Hall, last week marked the anniversary of two people’s deaths, two people whose sense of humanity and range of accomplishment transcended the reaches of IU and the country. One was former Director of Student Media Dave Adams. The other was former Attorney General and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy.

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MTV revives the video star

By Cory Barker · Monday, June 9,2008 12:53 p.m.

Could it be that MTV has finally seen the error of its ways? After years of ignoring the music portion of their name, the network might be taking a step forward.

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Wrong Way does time at the Bluebird

By Deanna Krinn · Monday, June 9,2008 12:53 p.m.

Wrong Way, a Sublime tribute band out of Athens, Ga., brought all the energy needed and then some to the Bluebird Saturday night, and the crowd was there to push them along the whole way.

COURTESY PHOTO A man sits in a chair made entirely of balloons at a balloon twisting convention. Every year, hundreds of people from around the globe gather at Twist and Shout, one of the world's premier balloon twisting conventions to compete, attend balloon twisting classes, and make jaw-dropping balloon sculptures. Filmmakers Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler explore the art of balloon twisting in their 2007 film Twisted: A Balloonamentary.

Balloon documentary in Indy puts ‘twist’ on latex art

By Amanda Lowry · Monday, June 9,2008 12:34 p.m.

The last time you saw someone twisting a balloon into a dog or sword, you probably thought it was an impressive party trick. Maybe you were about 8 years old. But the documentary “TWISTED: A Balloonamentary” shows balloon artists invest a whole lot more than childish amusement into those fancy pieces of latex.

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Indiana Methodist ministers come out against gambling at conference on campus

By Eric Welch · Sunday, June 8,2008 9:25 p.m.

Indiana clergy members took a stand against gambling Friday. Literally. Inside the IU Auditorium, about 1,200 United Methodist ministers and lay leaders from southern Indiana rose from their seats in a standing vote to display their overwhelming approval of a resolution to lobby against the expansion of gambling in the state.

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Assault on 11-year-old girl reported

By Alexandra R. Moses · Sunday, June 8,2008 9:24 p.m.

A Bloomington man was arrested June 4 on charges of burglary and sexual battery. Brandon I. McCarey, 18, was arrested for reportedly entering a residence on South Rockport Road without permission. While inside the residence, McCarey allegedly forced an 11-year-old girl outside where she said he then groped and kissed her.

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