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Viewers barely 'survive' lump of Christmas coal

By Rhett Umphress · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 11:19 p.m.

"Surviving Christmas" is the Christmas season's first holiday movie, and it is a disappointment. The film offers an uninspired look at "real family life" as only Hollywood could bring it.

Night of the living British people

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 11:16 p.m.

While the title of the film immediately suggests a zombie spoof flick, "Shaun of the Dead" is more on par with a Mel Brooks movie than another installment of "Scary Movie."

'Huckabees' an exercise in existentialism

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 11:13 p.m.

David O. Russell is one weird dude. After making his directorial debut with the icky incest comedy "Spanking the Monkey," Russell made two of the '90s most underrated flicks in the forms of a trippy road movie ("Flirting with Disaster") and an eerily prescient Gulf War satire ("Three Kings").

Psychic faith

By Colin Kearns · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 11:11 p.m.

Nine days before Halloween, the weather almost seemed too good to be true. An oceanic sky cradled clumps of perfect clouds, the wind flowed subtly but carried enough strength to refresh walkers and cyclists and the sun gave a warm glow that reminded the student of early spring.

School spirits

By C. Warner Sills and IDS Weekend · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 11:11 p.m.

Check out what's going on this weekend to celebrate Homecoming and Hallaween.

Voting important

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 9:42 p.m.

In response to Grace Low's letter regarding why she won't vote this year: you are absolutely right.

My car exploded

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 6:16 p.m.

I've heard IU's campus has some sort of parking problem. Individual vehicle sectors, commonly called parking spaces, are in high demand and short supply. Students must often promise away their firstborn children just to obtain parking permits and even then, they are not guaranteed a spot.

Prolonged 7th Street closure strangling campus traffic flow

By Haley Beck · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:47 a.m.

The green fence and white trailers blocking Seventh Street on the north side of the IU Auditorium might turn out to be a permanent fixture on campus.

Student hit by bus at 10th Street, Jordan Avenue

By Mallory Simon · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:47 a.m.

At the busiest intersection on campus, a bicycle accident involving an IU B bus left a sophomore student hospitalized and in serious condition Tuesday, according to IU Police Department reports.

Protestors rally in rain

By Mike Wilson · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:47 a.m.

If turnout for the anti-Bush rally Tuesday was lower than expected because of the rain, the noise and enthusiasm of the crowd was not.

IU encounters tough weekend, looks to Illinois

By David Resnik · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:34 a.m.

Last weekend, the IU hockey club made the journey north to face Big Ten rival Michigan State for a two-game weekend set. After beating Minnesota and St. Cloud University at home earlier this month, the Hoosiers walked into the Spartan arena with their heads held high.

Team bowls over Boilers in Brickyard

By Chris Engel · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:33 a.m.

IU and Purdue have one of the largest rivalries in all of collegiate athletics. Beating Purdue is one of the main highlights for any fan of a Hoosier team. But this rivalry does not stop on the basketball hardwood, football field or the soccer pitch. Any time the Hoosiers and Boilermakers square off, it's a big game. Intensity for the in-state rivalry escalates further when the two meet up with a championship title on the line, no matter what the sport.

Hoosiers place 10th, Overton 4th, in fall finale

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:31 a.m.

In its final tournament of the fall season, the IU men's golf team was victim to a difficult course, bad weather and one of the toughest fields it faced this fall. Despite starting the second day of competition tied for sixth, the Hoosiers couldn't keep up with the rest of the field and finished 10th at the inaugural Big Ten/Pac-10 Challenge.

Louisville 1st of 3 straight nonconference foes IU to face

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:29 a.m.

With the team's sights still set on a repeat national championship after winning this year's Big Ten regular season title, the No. 8 IU men's soccer team is focusing on winning its last three regular season matches -- all of which come against nonconference opponents.

Don't drink the water

By Matt Mattucci · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:25 a.m.

OK, so there's really no hope for the Bears making the playoffs this year. In fact, they may not win more than three games this entire season. But let's forget about that purely idiotic prediction I made weeks ago and address the current issues at hand. Somebody has obviously slipped something into the NFL's water recently because things just aren't going as anybody predicted they would. This past week alone some of the most bizarre things took place on and off the field that have spawned the following --

Video says Japanese captive faces beheading

By Alyson Brodsy and Maamoun Youssef · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:23 a.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Video posted Tuesday on a militant Islamic Web site showed what it claimed was a Japanese captive kidnapped by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group and threatened to behead him within 48 hours unless Japan pulls its troops from Iraq.

Red Sox 1 win away from Series title

By Alyson Brodsy and Ben Walker · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:21 a.m.

ST. LOUIS -- Get ready, Boston. There's no other outcome now: Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez and the Red Sox will either win the World Series or add another historic collapse to their legend.

IUPD investigate subject carrying axe

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:05 a.m.

A man carrying a large axe was arrested near T.I.S. Bookstore Friday on two warrants for failure to appear in court. The IU Police Department received a call Friday afternoon that said a male carrying a large axe was seen urinating on the front lawn of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house.

Students partake in foreign policy discussion

By Craig Ginsberg · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:05 a.m.

With just seven days until the presidential election, a panel of three IU political science professors discussed the impact of how each candidates' philosophies, plans and beliefs could shape the landscape of U.S. foreign policy.

Students fast for local charity

By Lindsay Lyon · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2004 1:04 a.m.

Participants in the second-annual Ramadan Fast-a-thon gathered in the Forest Greenleaf Cafeteria Tuesday to break their one-day fast with a plate of date fruits and a dinner of traditional Middle Eastern dishes. The IU Muslim Student Union organized the event, and with the help of about 200 non-Muslim students and numerous sponsors, they raised $550 for the Bloomington Community Kitchen, a local agency that provides warm meals six days-a-week to the hungry.