Community Arts

Behind Enemy Lines

By John Rodgers · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:37 a.m.

Last year, it was a debacle: One of college basketball's biggest rivalry games turned into a complete annihilation.

Nation's best duos face off in semifinal match

By Brian Janosch · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:34 a.m.

CARSON, Calif. -- When the Missouri Athletic Club selected the 15 best players in the country, only three teams were fortunate enough to have two players crack that list. Today, two of those three teams will battle for a right to play in Sunday's National Championship, and the battle between the Hermann Trophy candidates will take center stage.

Finding the reason behind the season

By David A. Nosko · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:33 a.m.

To shop or not to shop this holiday season? Naughty or nice throughout the year? What is this so-called holiday spirit? Students keep all of these issues in mind as they approach the stressful end to the semester.

Graham Colton Band to play B-town

By Lindsay DeWitte · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:32 a.m.

Rarely do bands from out of town make an impact on the local Bloomington music scene, but recently one Dallas band has been making waves.

Having a merry little Christmas with chimes

By Brandon S Morley and Riaz Khan · Friday, Dec. 10,2004 12:26 a.m.

The IU Auditorium and School of Music joined forces Wednesday night when the IU Singing Hoosiers took the stage with the support of the Wind Ensemble for yet another of IU's traditions -- "The Chimes of Christmas."

Workshop uses rhythms of the body to release emotion

By Eboni Gatlin · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:59 p.m.

Amy Fortoul's work expresses her painful battle with confronting her own sexuality and an eating disorder "This is my body, my heart, my soul and my struggle."

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:56 p.m.

Jay-Z named president of Def Jam records LOS ANGELES -- Jay-Z, who has declared himself retired from his rap career, now has a new job to occupy his time -- president and chief executive of the Def Jam record label.

Students frustrated with campus bus delays

By Brad Keist · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:54 p.m.

The C Bus sat idle on the street shoulder next to the Burger King on College Mall Road. All students accounted for. Bus driver? Sophomore Sherry Pate sat in her seat waiting for the driver to return. Ten minutes had passed. He didn't come back. Fed up, about 10 people got off and began walking.

Willie Nelson greets folk fans at Texas Roadhouse

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:47 p.m.

Each of the 183 Texas Roadhouse restaurants in the United States has a corner dedicated to Willie Nelson -- complete with a neon sign, autographed bandanas and other memorabilia of the country music legend. Thursday, the Bloomington location had the most prized item of them all: Willie himself.

Kmart-Sears merger could impact city economy

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:46 p.m.

When Kmart and Sears joined forces last month in a massive, $55 billion merger, the two companies combined to operate nearly 3,000 locations in the United States. With the aim of challenging industry leaders Wal-Mart and Target for profits, the two retailers are now trying to figure out if that many stores will mean closings, reinventions or other changes in communities like Bloomington where both stores are prevalent.

A calculated change

By Jeff Alsott and Jeff Alstott · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:20 p.m.

Man, I love Asia. Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, rice, samurai, the Yin Yang, Mongols, seppuku, gunpowder. What more could you want from a continent? Well, there is one thing they could use, I suppose: human rights.

2 arrested in Madrid train bombing case

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:14 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- Police have arrested a Syrian and an Egyptian in the March 11 train bombings in Madrid that killed 191 people, the interior minister said Thursday.

Iraqi Shiites unite, announce 228 candidates for elections

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:12 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's mainstream Shiite groups Thursday announced a diverse list of 228 candidates for the Jan. 30 elections, a victory for Shiite leaders who wanted to present a powerful, united front as they seek a leading role in post-Saddam Iraq after years on the sidelines.

'Tis the same season

By Rick Newkirk · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:11 p.m.

This is my Christmas column. If you, gentle reader, have not an affinity for yuletide cheer, then read no more. And bah humbug to you. Christmas is my favorite holiday because it lasts for a freaking month. Sure, Thanksgiving is turkeytastic. The Fourth of July is spectabulous. Halloween is splendiferous. Easter is ... well, pretty weak.

Sharon wins vote to ensure Gaza pullout

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Lavie · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:11 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon easily won a crucial party vote to reinforce his shaky government to carry out his Gaza pullout plan, party officials announced Thursday.

Deal with dissent

By Adam Maksl · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:09 p.m.

Our freedom is being jeopardized, my friends. But not by any outside influence; rather, by our own inner fears. On Dec. 6, the New York Times reported a controversy had erupted in Denver when a group that organizes the city's annual Parade of Lights event rejected a religiously-based float a church wanted to enter into the parade.

Court says Canada can redefine marriage

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:07 p.m.

Canada's Supreme Court said Thursday the government can redefine marriage to include same-sex couples. However, the court added that religious officials cannot be forced to perform unions against their beliefs, and the legislation to allow gay marriage still must pass with a majority of the House of Commons.

15 high-tech minutes

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 11:06 p.m.

Somewhere between a flying penis and someone's virginity, IU freshman Joe Minkner is tempting the limits of inappropriate things to sell along the information highway roadside. Beginning Wednesday, bids to buy Minkner's roommate began rolling in on eBay. The description reads: "Used (but semi-clean) item shows some signs of wear and tear usual for its age. Only in one accident which resulted in minor body damage to the shoulder -- was fixed by local body shop (hospital) and comes with all paperwork."

Offense sputters, loses to Notre Dame

By John Rodgers · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 2:33 p.m.

The smatterings of boos and cat-calls reigned down at Assembly Hall just as often as the Hoosiers' missed shots as IU fell 55-45 to Notre Dame Wednesday. IU only shot 30.2 percent from the field as Notre Dame's defense, which often featured a 2-3 zone, kept the Hoosiers frustrated.

Grad student excels in, out of pool

By Ricardo Hernandez · Thursday, Dec. 9,2004 1:59 p.m.

With a nervous sickness in the pit of her stomach, IU diver Cassie Cardinell was staring her dreams square in the eye. After making sacrifices such as red-shirting her senior year at IU, she had finally achieved her dream. After what IU's head diving coach Jeff Huber calls "the best meet of her life," Cardinell advanced to Athens and then to finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials in the syncro 10-meter platform.