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ROCKIN'

By Alyson Brodsy and Grace Low · Monday, April 24,2006 12:02 a.m.

Dancers Anna DeLong, Andrea Olges Shamblin and Shirin Ansari pause during "Iron Man," a piece in Windfall's Roots of Rock Spring Concert that was performed Saturday evening at the John Waldron Arts Center. The dancers used music that spanned the decades from musicians like Thomas Dorsey, Little Richard and Nirvana. The show ended with performance choreographed to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

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Concert to layer sounds

By Teri Rosenbaum · Thursday, April 20,2006 11:47 p.m.

This Saturday at 2 p.m., the Jacobs School of Music will host its biannual computer music concert. The event will take place at Sweeney Hall in the Simon Music Building.

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IU singers take on Beethoven piece

By Lindsey Landis · Thursday, April 20,2006 11:45 p.m.

"On the word, 'umschlungen,' I want you to embrace your neighbor with the warm sound," conductor and professor of music David Effron said to the Oratorio Choir at its rehearsal Wednesday evening. Appreciative sniggers from the students broke the otherwise intense, rich sound. Several singers took Effron's orders literally and hugged those standing next to them.

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'American Idol' for big stars, too

By Alyson Brodsy and Sandy Cohen · Wednesday, April 19,2006 11:50 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- It turns unknowns into icons overnight -- but "American Idol" isn't just for aspiring singers. With its unparalleled exposure -- the weekly audience is usually somewhere north of 30 million viewers -- "Idol" is now launching record sales of the established artists who appear as guests.

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Sidewalk runway

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 19,2006 11:49 p.m.

Senior Tiffany Leonhard (left) and Julie Duhon. describe themselves as "an odd pair" for the fashion runway. On their style: Leonhard described her style as "whatever matches" and Duhon as "just me."

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Un-covered

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 19,2006 11:42 p.m.

Sophomore Tanah Combs often finds herself naked in the middle of a classroom full of people staring at her, but it's not a bad dream. It's her job.

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Cruise, Holmes's baby arrives after much spectacle

By Alyson Brodsy and Sandy Cohen · Wednesday, April 19,2006 12:27 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The Tomkitten has arrived. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, the public lovebirds dubbed TomKat by the media, had a baby girl Tuesday, said Cruise spokesman Arnold Robinson. The baby, named Suri, weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 inches long, he said.

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Truman Capote's personal letters on Harper Lee, butter beans on display

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 18,2006 11:31 p.m.

MONROEVILLE, Ala. -- Some rare family photos and a collection of Truman Capote's letters to his favorite aunt in Alabama -- on topics ranging from Harper Lee to Tallulah Bankhead to his longing for down-home butter beans -- are going on permanent display in the state's literary capital, where the writer spent some of his boyhood.

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Movie, music instant success

By Alyson Brodsy and John Rogers · Tuesday, April 18,2006 11:30 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The most he and his colleagues were expecting to do with "High School Musical," a song-and-dance romance that Disney executive Gary Marsh described as "'Grease' meets 'Romeo and Juliet,'" was create a hit movie for kids.

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Wilco rocks IU

By Paul Coover · Tuesday, April 18,2006 1:19 a.m.

Students packed the IU Auditorium last night for the Union Board's Little 500 Concert featuring Wilco. The Monday night scheduling did nothing to damper students' enthusiasm, as they opted for Wilco's brand of rock and roll over homework obligations. Graduate student Paul McCorkle attended the concert after a positive experience at a previous one. "We should be working on a final project right now," he said, amongst friends.

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Dancers pursue artistic vision

By Nicky Purser · Tuesday, April 18,2006 12:27 a.m.

Junior Stephanie Lampe stood amid her dancers, with all eyes on her. They tilted their heads as she demonstrated how they all should turn and sweep an arm to reach for a corner. "Release the head," she said, almost letting the top of her head face the floor. Lampe is one of a group of IU ballet majors who will present their work at Ballet at the BCT: An Evening of New Choreographic Works at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.

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