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Addicted to power

By Levi Harris · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:34 p.m.

So, I'm worried about President Bush. Between you, me and the fence post, the guy's got real problems. I first noticed it Nov. 1, when he took an 11th-hour trip to Virginia to stump unsuccessfully for Republican gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore. Once upon a time, a visit from Bush on the eve of an election would've been political gold. But as Bush launched into his standard rose-colored rhetoric about "freedom" and "values," it was clear the gold had lost its luster. Bush has become "that guy." You

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Herbert's unrealistic requests

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:33 p.m.

IU President Adam Herbert has given IU-Bloomington Interim Chancellor Ken Gros Louis a tall order to fill before Jan. 1. Herbert has charged Gros Louis with appointing a new vice chancellor for enrollment services, a new graduate school dean and associate vice president for academic affairs and a new director of IU Faculty Colloquium of Excellence in Teaching.

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Best-selling author to speak about Mexican heritage

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:32 p.m.

Best-selling author Victor Villaseñor will speak at 7 p.m. today in the Neal-Marshall Black Cultural Center Grand Hall. Hosted by the La Casa Latino Cultural Center and the Union Board, the lecture is free and open to the public.

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BSU serves soul food at annual fund-raiser

By Megan Stuart · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:32 p.m.

Thanksgiving dinner is coming to IU one week early. The Black Student Union will be serving ham, turkey, chicken, greens and macaroni and cheese at its annual Soul Food Dinner at 6 p.m. tonight in the Forest Greenleaf Dining Room. The event is open to the public and costs $2 with a canned food donation and $3 without. "The best reason (to attend) is because it's great soul food that's difficult to get in Bloomington unless you have parents here," said Eric Love, diversity educator and BSU adviser.

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Unions protest produce placement trend

By Alyson Brodsy and Gary Gentile · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:31 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood writers and actors are calling for a code of conduct to govern a growing trend of hidden advertising in TV shows and films, and they say they will appeal to federal regulators if studios don't respond.

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Lewis and Clark monument dedicated

By Jim Suhr · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:31 p.m.

CAIRO, Ill. -- While thrilled to be entrusted with creating a memorial to Lewis and Clark's brief visit two centuries ago to this outpost near where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet, Evertt Beidler found the work itself to be a bit of an adventure. The Southern Illinois University art graduate student built the 12-foot, 1,100-pound sculpture of stainless steel and bronze inlays in a school building that lacked the right hoisting equipment for such a massive project. As a result, Beidler did a lot of improvising.

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Former Straight No Chaser singer goes solo

By Allison Richie · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:30 p.m.

Local singer-songwriter Ryan Ahlwardt has been creating quite the buzz around Bloomington. He is working on finishing his first album featuring his track "I Can See Forever." Ahlwardt hopes the album will be released later this year, but for now, he's still working on trying to "get the fun I have on stage onto a CD.

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Getty's ex-curator to appear at art theft trial

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:30 p.m.

ROME -- The former antiquities curator of the J. Paul Getty Museum was dealt a series of setbacks as her trial on illegal trafficking charges resumed Wednesday in a court case widely seen as a warning to the art world. The case, which stemmed from a 10-year smuggling investigation, has cast doubt over the provenance of artifacts in several museums other than the Getty, including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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Hoosiers swept away by No. 1 Fighting Illini

By Josh Sacks · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 1:29 p.m.

Early in a season, there are defining games that symbolize what kind of future lies ahead for a team. The IU hockey team experienced one of those games in a loss to the defending American Collegiate Hockey Association champion Friday night in Champaign, Ill.

Progressive hard rock live

By Sam Nissen · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

If the music world were put on a political spectrum… The Dave Matthews Band, The Neptunes or Franz Ferdinand might correspond to liberal politicians, being progressive innovators across genres. Simple Plan, Nelly or Bon Jovi might correspond to middle of the road politicians, being pervasive, well-liked but not really all that good or substantive.

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What happened to the Weekend?

By Stephanie Susman · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

It's 11 p.m., Monday, Oct. 10 and senior Andrew Phillips has class at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. While some IU students are spending their Monday nights at home studying or sleeping, Phillips and his roommates, seniors Jonah Pryor and Ben Falk, are sitting on the patio at Kilroy's on Kirkwood enjoying the weather and hoping to achieve their near-daily goal: to get drunk.

Adam Fithian

Horror worthy of rejection

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

For anyone familiar with Rob Zombie, the ex-front man of rock band White Zombie, you will know that he is a devout fan of horror movies. His music videos always had a creepy style to them, his stage presence was always elaborate and his 2003 directed horror film "House of a 1000 Corpses" was packed with personal odes to the genre he loves. His recent opus, "The Devil's Rejects" is a continuation of "Corpses"' vicious story. But does this already mediocre story really need a follow up?

Coline Sperling

'Greatest Hitz' according to the band

By -Sam Johnston and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

There used to be a time when great bands made great albums and then years later took their best and most beloved songs and released a greatest hits CD. Nowadays, bands feel that after releasing a couple of albums each containing two or three singles, they are ready to make a greatest hits CD. This shouldn't be the case. Greatest hits albums should promote exactly what it says, a band's greatest hits.

Not left up to 'fate'

By Alyson Brodsy and Patrick Hurley · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

Female singer/songwriters are a dime a dozen, so it takes something extra special to get recognition in that genre. We already have Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette and Jewel (who even hails from Earl's home state of Alaska). But Kate Earl offers something just a little different than those who have paved the road for her.

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Getting "to the pain" never felt so good

By -Sam Johnston and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

In this day and age of punk rock and rap music dominating the music industry, it's refreshing to hear bands that aren't afraid to play heavy metal. Nonpoint is one such band that has always managed to stay true to their roots and their fans. They have experimented with their sound a number of times over the years, but they always end up redefining themselves and making themselves better.

Pete Stuttgen

Not quite 'perfect'

By Alyson Brodsky and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

With Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear starring as a mother-daughter duo, this movie is the epitome of the saying, "nothing in life is perfect." Jean (Locklear) is a single mother who is desperate to find the perfect man. The problem is every time her relationship with a man falls through, she packs up and moves her two daughters to a new city. Irritated by her mother's immature ways and determined to do anything to make her mother happy, Holly (Duff) creates an imaginary admirer to boost her mother's confidence.

Ashley Udell

The Boys in the Basement

By Nick O'Neil · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

The music rings through the "Mobley House," drawing from an old staircase and a dimly lit basement. The voices of the band thunder off the walls, they argue, they laugh, they agree and the music continues. The songs play among pizza boxes and dirty laundry. The sounds echo in between an ironing board and an old microwave. This might sound like your average college band, but Mobley is far from average.

Ted Somerville

Love and zombies!

By Alyson Brodsy and Diana Glozman · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

Halloween may have passed, but for those still not ready to let go, Mest's new album is sure to keep the holiday spirit alive. Tony Lovato (lead vocals), Jeremiah Rangel (guitarist/vocalist), Nick Gigler (drums) and Matt Lovato (bass) formed the band Mest about four years ago in their working class suburb of Chicago. John Feldmann of Marvin Records helped produce the fourth album, Photographs.

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Steal this column -- then listen to it

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

During a weekend back home this time last year, a group of what I like to call Evanston street thugs burglarized my small Japanese economy sedan. The aftermath of the heist, although not terribly severe, was upsetting to say the least. The crooks got away with a handful of change from my ashtray, helped themselves to the $40 VCR in my trunk and even indulged in a pack of Orbitz Winterfresh gum. The horror.

Jay Seawell

Relive the "OC"

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Mellini · Thursday, Nov. 17,2005 12 a.m.

I don't know too much about indie rock music, but if Seth Cohen likes it, it's good enough for me. As an "O.C." aficionado, nothing brings me greater joy than a release of any new "O.C." product. The "O.C." producers know how to match scenes with the perfect music.

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