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Mathers houses hidden treasures

By Lindsay Kaplan · Sunday, June 22,2003 9:01 p.m.

It is almost hidden if you're not looking for it. Tucked behind a small sea of trees and a hill of concrete steps lies the William Hammond Mathers Museum of World Cultures. The building houses a charming collection of artifacts from cultures all over the world and is a great place to explore history and escape Bloomington without ever leaving.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:58 p.m.

The IDS has a real problem with the presentation of graphic information. Jennifer Nentrup's chart (May 29), which shows differences in scores between minority and non-minority applicants to the Law School, is the most recent example.

Suspects in Saudi terror plot include many teens

By Faiza Saleh Ambah · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:56 p.m.

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi security forces unraveling an alleged plot to attack the holiest city in the Islamic world say many of the suspects were teenagers -- one as young as 15, whose boyish features and hairless cheeks may have helped mask a violent assignment.

Iraq exports first crude oil since war

By Selcan Hacaoglu · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:55 p.m.

CEYHAN OIL TERMINAL, Turkey -- Iraq returned to the world oil market Sunday, exporting its first crude oil since the U.S.-led invasion, a step crucial for paying for the country's reconstruction. The loading of tankers at this Mediterranean port caps two months of efforts since the fall of Saddam Hussein to restart the flow of oil revenues.

Corydon celebrates past on July 5, 6

By Chris Morris · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:52 p.m.

CORYDON, Ind. -- As the state's first capital, Corydon was once the centerpiece of Indiana. While that was 190 years ago, Corydon has never lost its ability to attract visitors to its history-rich capital building. On July 5 and 6, visitors from across the state and beyond will once again flock to Corydon to participate in Corydon Capital Days -- once known as Old Settlers Day.

Depression no laughing matter

By Alyson Brodsy and Paige Gray · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:51 p.m.

Charles Schulz's Snoopy once soliloquized, "Yesterday I was a dog.Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement." Geez. I think our favorite beagle might be depressed. Actually, he might even be clinically depressed and going along untreated, as it seems many Americans (excluding dogs) are today.

Using insects to fight crime

Sunday, June 22,2003 8:51 p.m.

OAKLAND CITY, Ind. -- To lawman Doug Young, flies and other bugs aren't always pests -- they can be allies in the fight against crime. Young uses bugs to help establish a time of death and other conditions surrounding a crime such as murder.

A sign of the times

By Alyson Brodsy and Hank Grimes · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:51 p.m.

In 1971, Five Man Electrical Band presciently bemoaned our societal preoccupation with signs, symbols and icons when they sang, "Signs, signs, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind. Do this! Don't do that! Can't you read the sign?"

I want to hold your hand

By Joe Grace · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:50 p.m.

I'm 21 years old and I've still never held hands with a girl during a movie before.

TNN gets Bamboozled

By Alyson Brodsy and JP Benitez · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:49 p.m.

There once was a boy named Shelton Lee. He never grew up to be tall, strong or good looking, but he swore that he'd make it big.

Restaurant should do more

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:48 p.m.

In a creative advertising effort, Pizza Schmizza, a pizza restaurant chain out of Portland, Ore., recently hired Peter Schoeff, a homeless man, to hold a controversial poster. The sign read, "Pizza Schmizza paid me to hold this sign instead of asking for money." While some have accused restaurant owner Andre Jehan of exploiting his life-size advertisements, the homeless people don't seem to have a problem with the deal.

Campaign fundraising in full swing

Sunday, June 22,2003 8:48 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mitch Daniels, the former White House budget director who began a campaign for governor about 10 days ago, has kicked the fund-raising side of his campaign into high gear. Daniels already has scheduled at least 15 fund-raisers from July through early August. They include two $5,000-per-person dinners to be thrown by former Eli Lilly and Co.

Cities vying for factory

Sunday, June 22,2003 8:47 p.m.

Several Indiana communities are vying for a Boeing Co. plant that will produce the company's proposed new 7E7 jetliners. About two dozen states hoping for a big economic boost made pitches to the company by Friday's deadline.

Powell concerned about attack

By George Gedda · Sunday, June 22,2003 8:29 p.m.

SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday the killing of a Hamas leader by Israel could set back the U.S.-backed peace initiative for the region. Powell said he was concerned about Saturday's shooting by the Israeli army of Abdullah Kawasme in the West Bank town of Hebron, but the U.S. official stopped short of condemning the act because he lacked details.

'Naked Pictures' in the Taco Bell

By Jessica Halverson · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

Too bad Jack White decided to guest on this album, thereby lowering his IQ by association. Electric Six's mixture of neo-hair-metal stupidity ala Andrew W.K., but somehow worse, is an exercise in blandness. You wouldn't think an album attempting to be chock full of adrenaline could be this vanilla, but with lyrics like "Fire in the disco/Fire in the Taco Bell/Fire in the disco/Fire in the gates of hell," and barely-developed attempts at keyboard coolness, Fire is all smoke.

Metheny leaves them wanting less

By Seth Forster · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

Yet another argument for bringing back vinyl would be that few people, even the geniuses, aren't as interesting to the rest of the world as they are to themselves. Records rarely exceeded 45 minutes because they physically couldn't (according to RIAA standards).

Hanging on in the computer age

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

Somewhere in the bleakest of all possible worlds lie the fellows from Grandaddy. Obsessed with the dissolution of nature and its eventual and inevitable displacement by technology, the group is able to paint extremely vivid pictures of a burnt-out planet.

'Thief' purebred Radiohead

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

When the beautiful people breed, their offspring are either endowed with an otherworldly genetic code of perfection, inheriting all of the best qualities, or they become Frank Stallone. With its sixth studio album officially out, Hail to the Thief is purebred Radiohead and a swaggering culmination of the band's best features. The Oxford-based rockers have delivered an album that draws from its critically acclaimed past and leaves us wondering where it'll go next.

I 'Dream'ed this record was better

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

What do hard rock/metal fans look for in bands new to the genre? Probably not what's on Depswa's Two Angels and a Dream.

Gilliam's truly 'Lost in La Mancha'

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, June 19,2003 12 a.m.

Perry Gilliam is a director of immense skill. Churning out works of sheer brilliance ("Brazil," "The Fisher King" and "12 Monkeys"), or at the very least flawed yet fascinating filmmaking i.e. "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" -- the man's a master (albeit a strange one) of his field. That's part of what's so disheartening about "Lost in La Mancha," the documentary chronicling the rise and fall of Gilliam's Don Quixote-themed dream project.