Community Arts

Eskew: Earnest and progressive

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:31 p.m.

I’m not a particularly big fan of oligarchic decision-making bodies. I am especially not a fan of these bodies if the majority of members are appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Such is the structure of IU’s board of trustees. But this election is the IU alumni’s annual stab at democracy: we can vote for one new trustee.

Wimbledon stars reach third round

By Aaron Beard and Stephen Wilson · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:30 p.m.

After another slow start, Serena Williams got her grass-court game back on track.

Miller: The right choice

By Colleen Carroll · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:30 p.m.

As unfortunate as it is, IU is a business and the effect is similar to the dilemma of American health care – it’s a public good forced to eke out a profit everywhere possible. Often, education here is considered secondary to roping money from alumni and attracting research grants.

Congress may get involved in dispute over NFL disability

By Aaron Beard and Jesse J. Holland · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:22 p.m.

Aging NFL retirees told Congress Tuesday that playing professional football left them with broken bodies, brain damage and empty bank accounts. Lawmakers said they may get involved if a better pension and disability system isn’t created.

Benoit said he’d be late to event because family was ill

By Aaron Beard and Greg Bluestein · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:21 p.m.

Two days before he and his family were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide, pro wrestler Chris Benoit told co-workers his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing up, according to World Wrestling Entertainment.

Pacers unsure if they will obtain draft pick

By Aaron Beard and Cliff Brunt · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:21 p.m.

Indiana Pacers president Larry Bird says he plans to improve the team and make the playoffs next year. He just isn’t sure how yet.

Remembering the glory days

By Brandon Smith · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:19 p.m.

Let’s go back to October 26, 2005, when life was good. I was a couple of months into my freshman year, I lived on a co-ed floor, my 19th birthday had been the day before and most importantly, the ground-out to White Sox shortstop Juan Uribe wrapped up a sweep in the 2005 World Series for the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros.

D-Day 2007 for the NBA

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:17 p.m.

As I bask in the glory of being omniscient vis-a-vis the NBA, I realize two things: no one talks the way I just wrote and the NBA draft is taking place in New York tonight.

Jailhouse ‘knock’

By Mike Abrams and Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:16 p.m.

Think back a few weeks. You were at Kilroy’s when the police came and you got arrested to be brought in for questioning. A few days later you were convicted for public indecency and you landed yourself in an Indiana state prison.

Accused teen murderer to have hearing Friday

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, June 27,2007 7:10 p.m.

The 15-year-old Bloomington teenager who was charged with murder Saturday after she stabbed her mother’s boyfriend in the chest will have a hearing this Friday to determine if she will be waived from juvenile court to adult court.

The Price is Wrong

By Mike Abrams · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:52 p.m.

June 15, 2007, was a very sad day. It was the airing of Bob Barker’s last time hosting “The Price is Right.” Barker was the host of the show that daily touched the lives of the elderly, the unemployed and sick kids staying home from school.

Tim Street teaches local artists

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:51 p.m.

Two cameras, a projector, an umbrella, a photography light and a Tyrannosaurus Rex action figure were spread across the room as 16 people gathered in the John Waldron Arts Center on Tuesday for the Artists After Hours program.

Art Deco Quartet plays at Max’s Place Tuesday

By Karly Tearney · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:50 p.m.

The smell of pizza filled the air as The Art Deco Quartet took the stage with special guest and tenor saxophone player Alex Beltran on Tuesday evening at Max’s Place. The band was led by trumpet and flugelhorn player David Miller as they performed a variety of cover compositions and original music.

Violinist Ben McClelland releases new CD Friday

By Sara Amato · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:48 p.m.

Ben McClelland drives up to a home recording studio in a beat-up, black Honda Accord missing its muffler. He jokes that “This is the life of a struggling artist.”

OneStart v. “2.oh.no”

Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:13 p.m.

UITS recently unveiled its plans to implement OneStart Version 2.0, a more streamlined version of the oft-derided Web interface, for this coming fall. But UITS has a history of unveiling unfinished systems.

Service worker confessions

By Anna Piontek · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:04 p.m.

Like many Americans, I work in the service industry. And I, like many Americans, am treated like crap at my job by many of those to whom I provide services. It’s about time that stopped.

Bipartisan bias

By Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, June 27,2007 6:03 p.m.

As a person who doesn’t see herself as fitting anywhere on the American conservative-to-liberal political spectrum, I tend to notice the mainstream media’s biases not only in terms of opinion balance within articles but also in what they choose to report in the first place.

Teenager charged with murder

By Sara Amato · Tuesday, June 26,2007 11:48 a.m.

A 15 year-old Bloomington teenager was charged with murder on Saturday after she stabbed her mother’s boyfriend in the chest.

Plane-crash victims honored by family, friends

By Shannon McEnerney · Tuesday, June 26,2007 3:36 a.m.

Karen and Ken Goff stood in the aisle at First United Methodist Church Saturday evening with their disposable camera in hand. They faced a cross positioned on the left wall of the church, taking a picture of it to add another memory to their already over-flowing memories of Zachary Novak, one of the five victims from the IU Jacobs School of Music, who were killed in a plane crash last year. Video: Crash vigil

Evolution of revolution

By Brian Hettmansperger · Monday, June 25,2007 6:12 p.m.

"Radical" student leaders of the past say campus protests are dwindling.