Community Arts

Former politician gives guest lecture

By Colin Kearns · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:44 a.m.

When retired Indiana congressman Lee Hamilton was introduced before his lecture, "Reflections on American Foreign Policy," the audience was noticeably impressed by his former job titles and accolades.

Merits of marijuana focus of panel debate

By Matt Conn · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:43 a.m.

Students and professionals debated the consequences and legal ramifications of marijuana use and marijuana legalization at "Pot or Not," a panel discussion held Tuesday at Briscoe Residence Center.

NCAAs to kick off in Texas

By Mark Carlson · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:42 a.m.

Two members of the men's swimming and diving team will be representing IU at the NCAA Championships, starting today. The national title meet unfolds today through March 29 in Austin, Texas. Juniors Marc Carlton and Claes Andersson will be competing at the tournament. Junior Matt Leach and sophomore Murph Halasz were selected as alternates but did not travel to the competition.

Taking classes, without credits

By Cory Schouten · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:41 a.m.

Graduate student Gabriel Swift attends a four-credit-hour "The Book in the Renaissance" course Tuesdays and Thursdays, doing readings and participating in class discussions.

Just short

By John Rodgers · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:39 a.m.

Coach Bob Morgan's bid for his 1,000 victory fell as fast as the setting sun as Wright State's two-run eighth inning rally propelled the Raiders to a 7-6 victory over IU. Sophomore Ty Brown's grounder to second took a bad hop on sophomore Jay Brant, and Raider runners senior Kofi Gyimah and freshman Justin Wilson came around to score to provide the winning margin.

Jordan River Forum

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:21 a.m.

Haven't we had about enough of this anti-war, peace-on-earth garbage? When are people going to wake up and realize that the world will never have perfect harmonious peace?

Give me a break

By Joe Ptak · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:07 a.m.

Spring break has lowered me into a financial position worse than the airline I flew on.

When atheists attack

By Drew Buser · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:06 a.m.

If atheists get their way, "under God" will be dropped from the Pledge of Allegiance.

She moves in mysterious ways

By Pedro Pontual · Thursday, March 27,2003 12:02 a.m.

Spring has arrived. The sun is out again. It is warm out, and my coats have been hanging at home for a while now.

Sodomy laws are outdated

Thursday, March 27,2003 12:01 a.m.

In 1998, Texas resident John Geddes Lawrence and his companion Tyron Garner were having sex in the privacy of Lawrence's home.

Austin-based Spoon brings experimental rock to Bloomington

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Jim Eno seemed like a normal guy around the office. His co-workers at Advanced Micro Devices, a computing company in Austin, Texas, brushed off his band Spoon, which he drummed for, as a hobbie. Despite the fact that Spoon's recent release Kill the Moonlight, was put on the best albums of 2002 lists for magazines such as Spin, Rolling Stone, Blender and GQ, his fellow employees saw Eno as a talented guy who just took off work to follow a dream, one they were unsure if he would achieve.

Solid country-rock on soundtrack

By Seth Forster · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

The music that exploded into rock in the '60s continued to move further away from its roots through the years. In a similar way, the small towns and dusty roads where this music was born are slowly becoming nothing more than an echo in the music of today. The Slaughter Rule Soundtrack captures the raw sounds of small mid-Western towns and music of the lonely roads that signal freedom as much as separation from the rest of the world. It's a little less bluegrass than O Brother Where Art Thou?, but every bit as authentic. The album features some solid traditional country-folk and some of its most convincing followers.

Malkmus finds solo career liberating

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Stephen Malkmus has always dealt in irony, so maybe we should have seen this coming. His solo albums sound much more like full-band efforts than the records he made with Pavement or at least all Pavement records post Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. I was inclined to say that after his 2001 self-titled solo debut, and I am even more sure of it after listening to his latest, Pig Lib.

Good acting for a subpar film

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

The Hunted" is a overly simple movie from Oscar-winning director William Friedkin. In fact, it's too simple, almost as if scenes have been cut from the movie. Aaron (Benicio Del Toro) is a special operative in the marines who excels at one thing: killing people. Using only a knife, he hunts down and kills his victims; most of them unaware that he is even nearby. The only man nearly as skilled in the art of hand-to-hand combat is L.T. (Tommy Lee Jones), a non-military man who trained Aaron and others in hunting and survival techniques. When Aaron has had enough of working for the government, he goes into the woods and starts killing people, so the military recruits L.T. to find Aaron.

Robots! Arenas! Oh My!

By David Antognoli · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

At first glance, "Robot Arena: Design and Destroy" looked like the type of sloppy game that gets pimped out in the checkout aisle of Wal-Mart, deceiving innocent children into thinking they could get a fun game for a discount price. Little did I know I would be spending over ten hours in the next two days contently designing and destroying robots in arenas.

International students get a taste of American culture in Bloomington

By Jamieson Hawkins · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Though international students are generally lured to Bloomington by IU's academic reputation, at one time or another they will all put away their pencils and notebooks and venture downtown to experience the plethora of activities the town has to offer. The search for entertainment is a universal one, and for many European students studying at IU, yet another chance to experience American culture.

Diamonds pales to other Harper work

By Ryan Allen · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Diamonds are indeed precious commodities, and as the title of the latest Ben Harper release suggests, there are some gems on this album. But after an initial perusal, most seem surprisingly inconsistent in comparison to previous works. The first adjective that comes to mind is experimental, as Harper delves into several types of music on Diamonds. Reggae, delta blues, southern rock, synth funk and African influences are found throughout the record.

Talented cast wasted in stilted King retread

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Having never read Stephen King's novel "Dreamcatcher" puts me at a slight disadvantage in discerning what exactly unfurled during writer/director Lawrence Kasdan's cinematic adaptation/abortion of the same name. Many cite it as King's worst book to date and, if the film's any indication, they're probably right on the money. "Dreamcatcher" centers on four lifelong friends: Henry (Thomas Jane), Beaver (Jason Lee), Jonesy (Damian Lewis) and Pete (Timothy Olyphant). United as children when rescuing a mentally retarded classmate named Duddits (played in adult form by former New Kids on the Block member Donnie Wahlberg), the four are endowed with poorly defined telepathic powers. As adults, the men gather for a hunting trip in the wintry woods of Maine in which their preternatural abilities are put to the ultimate test when an alien invasion occurring within their midst transforms these hunters into the hunted.

Small Bloomington club scene demands big fashion choices

By Kama Korvela · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

Fashion is a huge part of Tober's life. Aside from the fact that she is majoring in apparel merchandising, she says she sees it as a break from her daily grind of hooded sweatshirts and lounge pants.

Glover takes the cheese in rat-pack remake

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, March 27,2003 12 a.m.

He's creepy in that quietly threatening way that makes you wrap your arms tighter around loved ones. He lives in a dilapidated castle of a mansion with his wheezing, sickly mother. It's disturbingly obvious that this individual is either on the crumbling edge of sanity, and if he's not, it's because he jumped long before we got there. And he's out for blood. This could serve as a fairly loose interpretation of Hitchcock's Norman Bates from "Psycho." But the one I describe deserves one more little nail-biting, shiver-inducing detail: he holds power over hordes of rats. This is the basic premise of Glen Morgan's revenge-ridden, rat-loving, freak-fest of a remake, "Willard," based on the 1971 cult-smash of the same name.