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Suicide bomber kills IU alumnus

By Alberto D. Morales · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

A Taliban suicide bomber killed an IU alumnus Tuesday in Afghanistan. He was the first South Korean soldier to be killed in a terrorist attack since troops were deployed to the country in 2002.

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Festival season is upon us

By Wes Jakacki · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

I'm like a kid on Christmas morning as festival season rolls around and it looks to be another great one. With the recent release of the Bonnaroo, Sasquatch, Coachella and SXSW lineups, which include several band reunions, it looks as if the festival scene continues to expand and transform. An excellent example of this is this year's Bonnaroo lineup. Last year people were outraged as Bonnaroo turned from a hippie festival to a hippie and hipster festival (including the likes of Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, etc.). This year the festival has expanded even more, with headliners Tool, Widespread Panic and the newly reunited Police. These festivals are bringing rock 'n'roll back to life in the way that they are beginning to bring rockers, stoners, hippies, hipsters, hicks, punks, hip-hoppers and metalheads together to enjoy something they all love -- music.

The spring break craze started this week as students from several universities, including the University of Michigan, hit the beaches in tropical spring break hotspots, like Cancun.

Want fun in the sun?

By Whitney Mitchell and Ken Kunsmer · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

It's finally that time of year. The ice is thawing, spring is just around the corner, and you've spent months day-dreaming about basking in the sun, swimming in the ocean and staying out into the early hours of the morning with friends during a week of spring break madness. The only problem? You don't have a flight to get there or a hotel to sleep in. Luckily there's still hope for those who have yet to make travel arrangements but are still determined to escape to a tropical locale. Although availability is severely limited, those willing to shell out the extra bucks and be flexible with their options can still find themselves relaxing at the pool with students who made their reservations months ago.

Get outta town

By Michael Reschke and Nadia LaMantia · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Students staying in Bloomington over spring break have been known to acquire serious cases of cabin fever. It might be too late to book a hotel and a flight to a hot spring break destination on the coast, but it's never too late for a random road trip. A popular road trip destination for many students is Chicago. While the city is home to many well-known tourist attractions, students suggest checking out some of its lesser-known attractions.

This movie is great...if you have to see it in class or your parents paid for you.

Not so amazing 'Grace'

By Kristi Oloffson · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

If I had to watch this movie in a history class or if my parents took me to see it, I would have enjoyed it more, but as far as Friday night movies are concerned, it didn't quite capture me the way I was expecting. Set in England in the late 1700s, this largely historical film centers around abolitionist William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd), whose passion for the abolition of slavery drives his work to end the practice in the British empire. Though Wilberforce is denied and ridiculed by Parliament again and again, his small groups of supporters -- including his former minister John Newton (Albert Finney), who was once captain of a slave ship and wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace" to help him go through with his desire to abolish the practice.

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Delta Zeta sorority sisters being dealt double standards

By Aparna Venkatraman and Holly Hudecek · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

I was the VP of membership at Delta Zeta’s IU chapter during the 1995-1996 school year. While I was at IU, our chapter was asked to assist the DePauw chapter with their recruitment activities, an echo of what happened recently between the two campuses. When a chapter is struggling to meet quota and simply does not have enough women to speak with prospective new members, gaps need to be filled, and, out of respect for our fellow sisters well over a decade ago, we agreed to assist (as did the current collegians at the IU chapter). The fact that the DePauw women referred to the IU women who volunteered to help them this year as “plastic”, while simultaneously claiming that they were being judged by nationals based on their own appearances, smacks of irony. “Real women” come in all shapes, sizes, colors and physical packages. To suggest that one is being judged on her appearance in one breath while passing judgment on others based on their appearance in another is a little unfair. Although the timing of the decision from Delta Zeta nationals to move women from the DePauw chapter to alumnae status was extremely poor, I don’t see it as being malicious. Sororities have objectives they must meet, one of which is a membership quota. The fact the DePauw chapter actually voted to disband after the 2006-2007 school year is being overlooked. The fine print of that decision included repercussions such as being moved to alumnae status and losing their housing at the sorority. It is very unfortunate the women at DePauw were unable to connect with prospective new members on their campus and meet their quota. However, that is really what this is about at the end of the day; it’s not about being asked to leave because they weren’t “attractive.” Had they met their quota, this would be a nonissue and nationals would have had no reason to step in and conduct a membership assessment. Holly Hudecek Atlanta, Ga.

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Artists bridge the gaps between arts, sciences

By Jessica M. Pasko · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

TROY, N.Y. – Adam Zaretsky once spent 48 hours playing Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Greatest Hits” to a dish of E. coli bacteria to determine whether vibrations or sounds influenced bacterial growth. Watching the bacteria’s antibiotic production increase, Zaretsky decided that perhaps even cells were annoyed by constant subjection to “loud, really awful lounge music.”

Know Arcade Fire chapter and verse

By Brian J. McFillen , Aaron Beard and Jenna Fryer · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

You'd think that recording one of the decade's greatest rock albums, praise from David Bowie, gracing the cover of Time magazine's Canadian edition, opening for U2 and touring the world would make Arcade Fire happy. But Neon Bible, their sophomore album due out March 6, belies this notion. Chock-full of paranoia, despair, loss, betrayal, war, religious demagoguery, media malfeasance and apocalyptic visions, Neon Bible could be the darkest modern rock LP since Radiohead disappeared into their cave (it's even more depressing than Arcade Fire's 2004 debut, Funeral). But don't worry, that's a good thing.

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Defending Delta Zeta’s action

By Aparna Venkatraman and Sara Silbiger · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

I was very disheartened to read what was said about Delta Zeta in not only the IDS but other newspapers as well. On Monday a letter from the Delta Zeta national president was written to explain what really went on at DePauw University. The New York Times was extremely incorrect and misinformed on the situation at hand. I hope that this letter is read and the facts start to spread around so that this horrible rumor about “plastic” Delta Zeta girls diminishes. I find it sad to read in the IDS almost the same thing that was written in the New York Times. Maybe the next time an article is written, the facts can be sought out so that the article contains truth. Also, I feel that since the Times bashed on the IU Delta Zeta girls, that maybe the IDS would find out the real story and stick up for us. Here is the national Delta Zeta Web site containing the letter from our president: www.deltazeta.org/pages/content/dz_happenings.html. Sara Silbiger Freshman

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Picasso paintings stolen from his granddaughter’s house

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

PARIS – At least two Picasso paintings worth nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist’s granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday. The paintings, “Maya and the Doll” and “Portrait of Jacqueline,” disappeared overnight Monday to Tuesday from the chic 7th arrondissement, or district, a Paris police official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said that they were worth nearly $66 million and that there were signs of breaking and entering in the house.

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Around the World

Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

The economy grew at a sluggish 2.2 percent pace in the final quarter of last year, the government reported Wednesday in one of the steepest downward revisions in years. In another report, new-home sales plunged in January by the largest amount in 13 years. The pair of reports released Wednesday by the Commerce Department came a day after stocks on Wall Street and around the globe took a nosedive.

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Defending Dow

By Edward Delp · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

First they came for Wal-Mart. Then they came for Coca-Cola. The anti-capitalist forces on this campus are vicious but have wandering eyes. Now they are going after Dow Chemical Co.

Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin play detective duo Bernard and Vivian Jaffe in “I Heart Huckabees.”

UPDATE 4:46 p.m.: McRobbie chosen as IU's 18th president

By Brian Spegele · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS – Interim Provost Michael McRobbie was confirmed as IU’s 18th president today, receiving an outright vote of confidence from the trustees who took nine months to select him. In a simple announcement at IU Purdue University-Indianapolis, trustees all emphasized they were pleased, but also stressed that it was tough to pick between the two qualified candidates.

Magic doesn't come across on DVD

By Ash Cartwright and Kim Cullman · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

An engaging tale of rivalry between Victorian-era magicians Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) and Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman), "The Prestige" is itself like a magic trick, keeping viewers guessing as to how the pieces of this mystery-suspense will finally come together. It is in this way reminiscent of director and co-screenwriter Christopher Nolan's earlier film "Memento," though "The Prestige" is more spectacular and considerably less edgy and original than "Memento."

Bare bones DVD, not bare Dixie chicks

By Michael Reschke · Thursday, March 1,2007 12 a.m.

Fact: The Dixie Chicks were the greatest selling female group of all time. Fact: On the eve of the beginning of the Iraq war, Natalie Maines spoke out against President Bush and the war, overseas. Fact: Since then, the Dixie Chicks' career has suffered. So what do you do when you've become one of the most hated women in America because of your views? Make a documentary. At the height of their Top of the World Tour, a crew was filming footage backstage when the comments were made and they just kept on rolling for three years. Despite the context and circumstances behind the film, it's not as political or liberal as you might expect. The documentary focuses more on the sisterhood between the women and the support of their husbands and crew members, managers, etc., and ultimately how they dealt with the struggle of standing up for what they believe in an industry that doesn't tolerate dissenting views.

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