Community Arts

Police: Man likely drowned in Lake Monroe

By Mike Malik · Thursday, July 28,2005 1:19 a.m.

Divers began searching a section of Lake Monroe late Tuesday afternoon for the body of Tim Browning, 21, of Bedford. Police say Browning had been tubing without a life vest.

Around town

Thursday, July 28,2005 12:55 a.m.

A list of events around town

Exiled Prime Minister from Burma to speak in Bloomington

Thursday, July 28,2005 12:49 a.m.

The Center for International Education and Development Assistance and IU will host the Annual Burmese Refugee Scholarship Program Friday through Sunday. The highlight of the weekend will be exiled Prime Minister of Burma Dr. Sein Win.

Some students find Gmail better

By Jordan Majewski · Thursday, July 28,2005 12:48 a.m.

Many IU students are making a move, and it has nothing to do with finding a new place to live.

Local bridge receives federal grant for historic renovations

By Hannah Lodge · Thursday, July 28,2005 12:33 a.m.

One of Monroe County's oldest bridges is about to receive a $485,000 face-lift.

Students read 'guerilla' poetry at Wal-mart

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, July 28,2005 12:26 a.m.

Poetry is found within town on local bookstore shelves and poets are often spotted stumbling across Kirkwood Avenue spewing words that otherwise possess no meaning. Frustrated with their perceived community lack of poetry appreciation, a local group decided to take its prose to the city streets.

A light at the end of the summer sports tunnel

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 28,2005 12:17 a.m.

It's Christmans Eve and I'm eagerly awaiting the bountiful goodies that I will soon receive. Only instead of being eight-years-old and anticipating a jolly fat man in a red jumpsuit bringing me a brand-spanking new Ghostbusters Ecto-Pack, I'm 21-years-old and counting down the days until ESPN begins to televise the greatest stretch of sporting events of the year.

Senate should get it on

By Alyson Brodsy and Daniel Hiester · Thursday, July 28,2005 12:09 a.m.

I wish that people immediately thought about sex when they heard my name, but I guess I'm not as lucky as John Roberts. When you're the man who has the power to potentially vote against Roe v. Wade, you're going to put sex on a lot of people's minds.

Ball State to offer electronic art

Thursday, July 28,2005 12:04 a.m.

MUNCIE -- Ball State University is offering students a chance to earn a fine arts degree specializing in electronic art and animation, which school officials say is the first program of its kind in Indiana.

Big budgets, small thrills

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 28,2005 12 a.m.

Say what you will about Michael Bay, the man makes some handsome movies.

'Rejects' a disturbing treat

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Thursday, July 28,2005 12 a.m.

Despite his rather disappointing directorial debut "House of 1000 Corpses," Rob Zombie's pseudo-sequel "The Devil's Rejects" drops the creepy carnival-esque camp found in its predecessor, replacing it with 70's grind house grit.

Black returns with third solo album

By C. Warner Sills and Ty Schrock · Thursday, July 28,2005 12 a.m.

When Frank Black was forming the Pixies, he ran an ad looking for musicians that were into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul & Mary.

It's not TV … it's HBO

By C. Warner Sills · Thursday, July 28,2005 12 a.m.

It is quite safe to say that I have become a junkie for HBO television.

Pimpin' ain't easy

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 28,2005 12 a.m.

Winning the Audience Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival helped secure newbie writer/director Craig Brewer's "Hustle & Flow" a record-setting $9 million distribution deal with Paramount Classics and MTV Films, which, in turn, will propel the film into popular consciousness and 1,000-plus theaters.