Community Arts

Big Ten Tournament returns to Bloomington, begins today

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1:15 a.m.

After a five-year hiatus, the Big Ten Tournament makes its way back to Bloomington and Bill Armstrong Stadium this year, marking the fourth time IU has hosted the conference tournament and the first time since 1997. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. IU coach Jerry Yeagley said he views the conference tournament as preparation for the Tournament for his team. "We like to look upon the Big Ten Tournament the same as the NCAA Tournament," Yeagley said. "Every game is the championship game. We have to be prepared though. Upsets have taken place." The Big Ten Tournament boasts a strong field, with three teams recording 11 or more wins. Michigan enters the tournament with the most victories, as they have 13. But IU was able to win the regular season title by going undefeated through the conference season.

Memo warns of e-mail release

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1:06 a.m.

IU officials are advising University personnel to obtain private e-mail accounts to send and receive personal messages since their e-mails could be requested as a matter of public record, according to a memo sent Oct. 20 by University lawyers.

Jury to deliver decision

By Mitch Blacher · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1:06 a.m.

Scott Wells' criminal trial concluded Wednesday, but the Monroe County councilman will have to wait until today for the verdict.

Top recruits sign with IU

By Tyler Hoeppner and Tyler V. Hoeppner · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1:06 a.m.

Mike Davis said Wednesday was like Christmas in November for the Hoosier program. The IU men's basketball coach announced his recruiting class for next season, landing four of his five early verbal commitments.

Seniors reflect on last season as Hoosiers

By Matt Glenesk · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1:01 a.m.

As the IU volleyball team's season winds down, players and coaches are starting to look ahead to next year. For four Hoosiers, the next year in their life will be drastically different from those of the players and coaches they leave behind.

Davis ready to see improvement in exhibition

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 1 a.m.

Last Friday, the IU men's basketball team barely pulled off an overtime win in their first exhibition game against Athletes in Action. Their two-point victory, 70-68, didn't come easy. "We probably should have lost the game by 15," IU coach Mike Davis said. "I see that now watching the tape."

Kernan's entry energizes Democrats

By Jim Harper · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:37 a.m.

It's good to be a Democrat in Indiana this week. Last week was election week, and it went well, but that isn't why it was a good week for Democrats in Indiana. That reason is Joe Kernan.

'Sow a smear of roses'

By JP Benitez · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:37 a.m.

The world is not a scary place. Not a cruel place. Not a happy place. According to Candace Bushnell, "The world is a very, very commercial place." And I guess I shouldn't have expected any less.

Hearing problems

By Rahsaan D. Bartet · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:36 a.m.

IU has a hearing problem. It's having trouble hearing the concerns and the hurt minority students have faced on campus.

The Dean of Hazzard

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:35 a.m.

Howard Dean is a straight-talkin' man. In an interview earlier this month with the Des Moines Register, Democratic presidential candidate Dean straight-talked just a little too much.

Truck bomber kills 26 in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:33 a.m.

NASIRIYAH, Iraq -- A suicide truck bomber attacked the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in this southern city Wednesday, killing 26 people and possibly trapping others in the debris.

Pledge of Allegiance still an issue

By Lindsay Lyon · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:32 a.m.

Tiny voices echo through the halls as the elementary students file into their morning classrooms. They have sharpened their pencils and put their knapsacks away. Teachers instruct them to prepare for morning announcements, which are broadcast on a schoolwide television program.

WonderLab adds five exhibits to Bubble Mania! this Saturday

By Cassidy Flanagan · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:25 a.m.

Bubbles are all the rage at a new exhibit at WonderLab, the family-oriented science museum in downtown Bloomington. As part of its Bubble-Mania! exhibit, WonderLab introduced new viscosity tubes Saturday.

Monroe County introduces CAPE program in schools

By Kourtney Schepman · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:25 a.m.

Monroe County has long been seeking a way to get students excited about school and to offer preparation for advanced learning while involving parents in their children's education. The community might have found an end to its quest in the Community Alliance to Promote Education.

Faculty to discuss composer's pioneering spirit

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:24 a.m.

Composer Claude Debussy's spirit of musical pioneering was part of a discussion at Sunday's faculty recital in Auer Concert Hall, the first of a three-recital series entitled, "Debussy Festival: A celebration of the music, art, and era of Claude Debussy."

sLowlife plant/art exhibit presented at SoFA Gallery

By Matt McNabb · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:24 a.m.

Five planters sit in one corner. Each planter contains the same plant at various stages of its growth. On the wall behind the plants are a collection of shelf fungi. In the adjacent corner, a plant sits inside a terrarium on top of a laboratory bench.

Christmas comes early with 'Elf'

By Alex Toombs · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12 a.m.

Sometimes Christmas cheer can come at surprising times from rather unexpected people -- Elf is one such example. Forget that it's not even two weeks past Halloween and that the picture stars hot comic of the moment Will Ferrell (big after streaking his way through the rollicking campus caper that was Old School) and is directed by Swingers/Made alum Jon Favreau. Elf's head and heart are unabashedly in the right place.

Jucifer is Livengood and playin' loud

By Val Tsoutsoutris · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12 a.m.

There are different kinds of loud. There is 12-year-old-girl loud. There is hey-whippersnapper-turn-it-down loud. Then there is the Athens, Ga., rock duo Jucifer.

Dog puppet comedy album a Triumph

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12 a.m.

Fans of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" will be elated to know that his foulmouthed, cigar-chomping puppet foil has finally been given his just due. As such, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (voiced and created by renowned "SNL" staple Robert Smigel) has released his own comedy record, titled appropriately enough, Come Poop with Me.

Teach your children the bass well

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12 a.m.

In order to be a good musician, or a good anything for that matter, one must have a great teacher. In my early adventures with the bass guitar, I was very fortunate because I had the best bass teacher there ever was. He was the Mr. Miyagi of bass playing. It's not that he is the world's greatest bass player, and he's no Mr. Holland's Opus, but simply put, the man loves to play. And he made me love playing.