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Humanities professor named to the American Philosophical Society

By Derek Smith · Wednesday, May 26,2004 9:19 p.m.

Fedwa Malti-Douglas, professor of humanities at IU, recently joined the likes of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Robert Frost as a member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the country. Malti-Douglas, a native of Lebanon, became the fourth IU faculty member to receive the honor and is also a professor of gender studies and comparative literature as well as an adjunct professor of law.

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Struggling students look to programs for help

By -Jenny Kobiela · Wednesday, May 26,2004 9:18 p.m.

Academic troubles can plague anyone from new students adjusting to college life to battle-hardened college veterans who have too much on their plate. While these hardships are the bane to the existence of any student, there is help for struggling students vying to get out of academic trouble. One major source of help is the Student Academic Center.

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BLEMF to present 'Solomon' Sunday

By Andrea Opperman · Wednesday, May 26,2004 9:15 p.m.

The Bloomington Early Music Festival produces an opera each year. This year, they were given the opportunity to do something similar, but with a twist. While the performances are usually theatrical, this year the featured choir, vocalists and orchestra will perform without the on-stage action. The BLEMF will present composer Georg Frideric Handel's oratorio about the life of King Solomon, as featured in the Old Testament. The production will also hold concerts in Lafayette and Indianapolis, as well as Bloomington.

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Stalking rival politically tacky

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 26,2004 9:15 p.m.

Politics is certainly not a clean game. Sometimes it requires getting your hands dirty. But even politics, amazingly enough, has its limitations. Justin Warfel, a campaign staffer for Illinois Republican Senate candidate Jack Ryan, has been given the assignment of following Ryan's Democratic opponent, state Sen. Barack Obama with a hand-held video camera, documenting his every public move.

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Muncie wrong to ban flags

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 26,2004 9:13 p.m.

The Muncie City Park Department has decided to ban some flags while allowing others in its campground at Prairie Creek Reservoir. Confederate flags, NASCAR flags, Colts flags and Pacers flags are among those banned, while only the American and POW-MIA flags will be allowed.

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FAME IS JUST A DOWNLOAD AWAY

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:26 p.m.

Despite a seeming barrage of lawsuits aimed to curb illegal filesharing, use of such engines as KaZaA, Morpheus and LimeWire are nevertheless on the rise, and high-profile old stalwarts like Metallica have upped the ante with their anti-MP3 rhetoric

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The problem of Indie rock

By Greg O'Neil · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:21 p.m.

I believe, when statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties … they lead their country by a short route to chaos."

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'Served' serves up audiences on DVD

By John Barnett · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:20 p.m.

I always wondered how long it would take those boys from B2K and those other boys from IMx to get together and make a really crappy movie about street-dancing.

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'Miracle' shoots, scores on DVD

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:18 p.m.

Come-from-behind, feel-good, larger-than-yourself stories -- at least the kind on display in "Miracle," the story of the "miracle on ice" 1980 U.S. hockey team which is new to DVD -- are something that will never go out of style in movies.

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A 'Line' you'll want to cross

By Mike Ley · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:06 p.m.

L.A.'s heating up again. Bad attitudes are notorious -- a la www.buddyhead.com -- and the guitars are getting just as abrasive.

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Coleman a shining light for women in blues

By Ryan Whirty · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:05 p.m.

The blues has always been a largely male domain. Sure, we've had a slew of great vocalists, from Bessie Smith to Billie Holiday to Dinah Washington to Etta James to Koko Taylor.

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Same old tunes still rock

By Amy Hamblen · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:04 p.m.

A few summers ago in Indy, George Thorogood was getting ready to throw his bandana out into an audience of eager women throwing their arms up in excitement and screaming for him to toss it their way.

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Member of Wu brings nothing nu

By -Brandon Tucker · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6:01 p.m.

Method Man fans, don't worry about the first single, "What's Happenin'" featuring Busta Rhymes being what Tical 0: The Prequel is all about.

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Lenny gets 'Baptism' by fire

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Wednesday, May 26,2004 6 p.m.

His ill-fated romance with Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman may be behind one of his latest tracks, but inspiration seems to be one thing rocker Lenny Kravitz is sorely missing.

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