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`Crash' pulls off Oscar upset with best-picture win

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Monday, March 6,2006 12:11 a.m.

LOS ANGELES - The ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, winning best picture Sunday over the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain," which had been the front-runner. "Crash," featuring a huge cast in crisscrossing story lines over a chaotic 36-hour period in Los Angeles, rode a late surge of praise that lifted it past "Brokeback Mountain," a film that had won most other key Hollywood honors.

Students sculpt peanut butter in Art Olympics

By Rachel Skybetter · Monday, March 6,2006 12:10 a.m.

The athletic action in Turin, Italy, ended last week, but the IU School of Fine Arts held its own version of the Olympics Saturday.

Thumbs up

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:06 a.m.

Jake Gyllenhaal, nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for his work in "Brokeback Mountain," arrives for the 78th Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. Check out idsnews.com for more Oscar coverage.

Backstage at the Oscars: Nervous stars, controlled chaos

By Alyson Brodsy and Sandy Cohen · Monday, March 6,2006 12:05 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the glamour and glitz that comes with being a movie star, backstage at the Oscars even the biggest luminaries are human. Prior to going before an audience of their peers -- and potentially hundreds of millions of television viewers -- some of Hollywood's most polished professionals look more like anxious children getting ready for a school play, nervously pacing, mouthing lines and inhaling deeply before heading into the bright lights.

Mathers exhibit celebrates once-lost film

By Ariel Ivas · Monday, March 6,2006 12:04 a.m.

"Silvia the Zulu" was once thought to be completely lost. But the historic film inspired filmmaker and historian Peter Davis, and he refurbished it for modern audiences.

Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams move into fashion's big leagues on Oscar red carpet

By Alyson Brodsy and Samantha Critchell · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:09 p.m.

There's a new young fashion star in Hollywood. Keira Knightley wore a striking wine-colored, one-shoulder gown by Vera Wang to the Oscars Sunday night that hit the right balance between youthful funkiness and movie-star glamour. Knightley wore her strawberry blond hair in a loose ponytail, and she complemented the dress with a one-of-a-kind necklace with emeralds, rubies and diamonds from the Bulgari archives and gold sandals with multiple ankle straps by Jimmy Choo.

Clooney, Weisz win supporting-performer Oscars

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:08 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - George Clooney won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for the oil-industry thriller "Syriana," and Rachel Weisz took the supporting-actress prize for another corporate thriller, "The Constant Gardener." The win capped a remarkable year for Clooney, who made Oscar history by becoming the first person nominated for acting in one movie and directing another.

Hoffman wins best-actor Oscar for `Capote'

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:07 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best-actor Academy Award on Sunday for "Capote," in which he gives a remarkable embodiment of "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote. "Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed. Really overwhelmed," said Hoffman, whose performance nimbly straddles the magnetic qualities of raconteur Capote and the effete, off-putting egoism of the gay author.

WEEKEND UPDATE: IU women stun third-seeded Minnesota to advance to Big Ten semifinals

By Steve Brennan · Saturday, March 4,2006 12:33 p.m.

The IU women's basketball team beat Minnesota, the No. 3 seed in the Big Ten tournament. The Hoosiers will face Purdue in the semifinals 3:30 Sunday at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Bank on Kirkwood robbed

By Sarah Core · Friday, March 3,2006 2:50 p.m.

A man robbed the Peoples State Bank at the corner of Kirkwood Avenue and Washington Street Thursday afternoon, according to police.

ONLINE ONLY: Hoosiers claim Big Ten first round

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Friday, March 3,2006 1:37 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Coming off two tough road losses that saw them drop to the sixth seed in conference, the IU women's basketball team wasted no time Thursday night putting those defeats behind it, trouncing 11-seed Michigan 68-52.

IU swim team wins array of awards

By Joel Sanders · Friday, March 3,2006 11:45 a.m.

Throughout their championship season, the Indiana men's swimming and diving team constantly reiterated that it is always about the team, and never the individual. So when the Hoosiers nearly swept the Big Ten end of the year awards given at the finale of the championships Saturday, one should not be surprised to hear them put the team first yet again.

Black Student Union to protest trustee meeting

By Peter Stevenson · Friday, March 3,2006 11:30 a.m.

When members of the IU board of trustees walk into the Indiana Memorial Union Friday morning to convene for their March meeting, they will be met by members of the Black Student Union who want to let the board know they hope more blacks are hired for administrative and other University positions.

Hoosier wins IUSA election

By Stephanie Susman · Friday, March 3,2006 8:36 a.m.

After two days of nonstop campaigning, followed by one day of waiting, the IU Student Association election results are in: Hoosier with 4,505 votes and Red Hot with 3,064. Hoosier also swept congress with every Hoosier candidate winning a seat. Red Hot won two off-campus seats, said Elections Coordinator Keith Johnson. "I'm so excited," said Hoosier President-Elect and junior Betsy Henke. "We're very, very honored to be able to do this and have this opportunity. Our team really stepped up to the plate and did an amazing job. I think that shows in the number of people that voted and stood behind us well."

Football player arrested

By Audrie Garrison · Friday, March 3,2006 12:14 a.m.

IU Police Department officers arrested IU freshman football wide receiver James Bailey early Monday morning under suspicion of trespassing, intimidation and conversion -- a lesser theft charge -- said IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report.

The competitive edge

By John Wustrow · Friday, March 3,2006 12:14 a.m.

When the referee lifted IU senior wrestler Joe Dubuque's hand after a 2-0 victory against Kyle Ott of Illinois last March, it wasn't just any victory. The win gave Dubuque a national title in the 125-pound division -- IU's first individual wrestling national championship since 1990.

The image of Islam

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 2,2006 11:56 p.m.

The reaction to the cartoon depiction of Mohammed represents a dual failure of societies. On one hand, Islam as a religion, and the importance of respecting all of the Prophets, has not been explained to non-Muslims in the West. On the other hand, we have seen a media unwilling to represent a positive Islam in any sense, and a Western culture that has not seen beyond the media's false representations of Islam.

W is for 'Wrong'

By Alyson Brodsy and Bryan Schmidt · Thursday, March 2,2006 11:54 p.m.

And now for something completely different. Last week, I wrote about an international issue (as I am wont to do) concerning the threat to freedom of speech in the international community. This week, I will focus on something a little closer to home to coincide with IUSA elections. I happened to peruse my transcript online at OneStart the other day to look for an old course number, when I came across what was probably my best academic performance in a single semester. But upon closer inspection, I rediscovered a detail I had forgotten until now: I have a W.

D'oh

By Alyson Brodsy and Ayesha Awan · Thursday, March 2,2006 11:53 p.m.

The "Simpsons" is one of the longest-running programs on TV, and hey, it is pretty popular. I was an avid Simpsons watcher in high school, faithfully tuning to Fox at 5:30 p.m. every weekday. But I guess I never truly appreciated the power that "The Simpsons" wielded until I read an article on www.Yahoo.com News on Wednesday. Apparently, more Americans can name all five Simpson family members correctly than can name the five freedoms guaranteed in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

Hoosiers hit the road in search of first victory

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Thursday, March 2,2006 11:52 p.m.

If there's one thing the IU baseball team learned from losing three straight games against the Charlotte 49ers last weekend, it's that it has to take care of the little things to win.