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For gamers, not skaters
skate. Grade: B
Horribly ever after
Sydney White (PG-13) Grade: D+
SPOILER ALERT!
"30 Rock"
Prescription drugs injuries increase
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Reports of serious injury and death as a result of taking prescription drugs have more than doubled since 1998, a recent study found.
College degrees generate more than high salaries
PHILADELPHIA – It’s hardly news that college diplomas generate higher salaries than their high school counterparts.
‘Cup of Tea’ discusses new program
The Asian Culture Center hosted its monthly “Over A Cup of Tea” program Wednesday, featuring the topic about the process of developing an Asian American Studies program at IU.
Indonesian cooking lessons Friday
If Lotus Festival isn’t enough world culture for one weekend, take a stroll Friday to the Asian Culture Center for a free cooking lesson in Indonesian cuisine.
Sophomore heads initiative to begin Campus Kitchens
The Campus Kitchens Project is an organization that strives to fight hunger by creating meals from unserved college-cafeteria food and delivering the food to the community.
Lotus Festival: Blending culture, arts, music
This weekend Bloomington will play host to the fall’s cultural equivalent of Little 500. Years of hard work, dozens of musicians and artists and more than 10,000 energetic attendees will combine for the 14th annual Lotus World Music and Arts Festival beginning tonight. The musical acts will travel from as far as halfway around the world and from as close as the local community to entertain anticipated thousands.
House hearing criticizes sex, violence in hip-hop
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers, music industry executives and rappers disagreed Tuesday over who was to blame for sexist and degrading language in hip-hop music but united in opposing government censorship as a solution.
Sarah Silverman discusses controversial VMA jokes
NEW YORK – Sarah Silverman is still responding to the negative reactions toward the Britney Spears jokes she made at the MTV Video Music Awards.
New Web site designed to network IU, local community
Five years ago, IU alumnus Dale Staton worked for a company that struggled to communicate between departments because each was isolated from the others. At that time, he realized the situation was not unlike the community in his former college town: Bloomington.
7 diagnosed with viral meningitis in Boone County
Seven students in Boone County have been diagnosed with viral meningitis since the beginning of September, but officials say it is not time to worry about an epidemic yet.
Tourist group raising funds for statue of the Fonz
MILWAUKEE –The Fonz in bronze? It could happen. Visit Milwaukee, a group that promotes the city as a tourism and convention destination, is leading an effort to raise money for a bronze sculpture of the character played by Henry Winkler on TV’s “Happy Days,” which was set in Milwaukee.
Around the Arts
‘Knocked Up’ When: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., today, Friday and Saturday Where: Whittenberger Auditorium, IU Memorial Union, 900 E. Seventh St. More Information: Union Board presents “Knocked Up” as part of its weekly movie series. Tickets are free for IUB students, $2 for non-students.
Mathers to display new Afghanistan photographs
A new photography exhibit titled “Afghanistan: A Doctor Returns from Exile,” opens Friday at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, 416 N. Indiana Ave.
What is art?
There is an affliction that has taken our generation by the throat. No, it isn’t Attention Deficit Disorder or obesity. It is the complete and utter numbness to everything going on around us.
Gallery owner to present own work
Painter, video artist and musician Ryan Woods is unveiling his never-before-seen 2007 exhibit from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Bloomington Art Hospital, located at 1021 S. Walnut St.










