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Of Dogs and Men

By Alyson Brodsy and Lize Kolar · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:49 p.m.

Recent developments in pet policies have sent landlords "howling," according to a June 26 New York Times article. Tenants have taken to insisting that their 70-pound black labradors or Berneses are as essential to their mental health as seeing dogs are for the blind.

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U.S. forces launch massive new operation to stem insurgency

By Borzou Daragahi · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:42 p.m.

CAMP BOOM, Iraq -- U.S. forces launched a massive operation early Sunday to crush insurgents and capture senior figures from Saddam Hussein's ousted regime, arresting mored to last several days, military officials said. More than 20 raids involving air and ground forces were carried out, military officials said. The region has become "the nexus of paramilitary activity in central Iraq," the military said in a statement.

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Syria asks for return of guards

By Sam F. Ghattas · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:42 p.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria's foreign minister said Sunday that Damascus wants to avoid escalating tensions with Washington and is quietly seeking the return of five Syrian border guards wounded and taken by U.S. forces during a battle on the Iraqi border. The June 18 border clash, during which U.S. forces attacked what they suspected were fleeing officials of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime, threatened to stoke already strained relations between Washington and Damascus.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah declare suspension

By Ibrahim Barzak · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:41 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups and Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement declared immediate suspensions of attacks against Israel on Sunday. Israel began pulling troops out of Gaza, in breakthrough attempts to end almost three years of fighting. The militant groups announced three-month truces and Fatah's cease-fire was for six months.

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Arts Center displays showcase local talent

By Rebecca Herr · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:41 p.m.

Upon entering the oak-framed glass doors of the John Waldron Arts Center, the busy sounds of Bloomington fade away as the familiar sounds of laughter and conversationalists at their best celebrate the opening reception of four talented, local artists Friday.

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Vatican hopes Web site appeals to new generation

By Alyson Brodsy and Nicole Winfield · Sunday, June 29,2003 8:40 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- The Sistine Chapel is now online. The Vatican put its enormous art collection on the Web on Tuesday, launching a new site for the Vatican Museums that it hopes will attract more tourists while also disseminating the church's message around the globe.

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Non-conference schedule announced

Thursday, June 26,2003 6:09 p.m.

The 2003-2004 Hoosier basketball team will have its hands full in non-conference bouts as IU will face numerous teams that made it into post-season play. Well-known teams such as Kentucky, Missouri, Notre Dame, Wake Forest and Xavier will face the Hoosiers out of conference. While the Big Ten schedule has yet to be set, coach Mike Davis is sure that IU's non-conference opponents will be formidable. "Six of our first eight games are against teams that made the NCAA Tournament, and three of those teams (Kentucky, Notre Dame and Butler) made the Sweet 16," Davis said in a press release. While they are going to face some tough opponents, this is no change for the Hoosiers, as their schedule has ranked amongst the top eight in the nation in Sagarin Ratings schedule strength for the past five seasons. Davis hopes that a schedule with such elite opponents will drive his players to train harder during the offseason.

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Incoming! Freshmen!

By Bonnie Real · Thursday, June 26,2003 6:08 p.m.

Nerves flutter and nametags reign on the IU campus as incoming freshmen and their families complete the first rounds of summer orientation. The New Student Orientation program is required for anyone who is attending IU for the first time, and it will draw nearly 6,900 new faces to the campus by the time it concludes July 25, Orientation Director Melanie Payne said.

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The importance of the music you hate

By Seth Forster · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Someone once asked how it all started for me. "What was that one song that made you want to be a musician?" or "Why is it that all you ever seem to talk about is music?" OK, to be fair, 'someone' is a little less accurate than 'just about everyone who knows me.'

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Songs for the working stiffs

By B. James Reid and Brian Reid · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Fountains of Wayne songwriters Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger, the men responsible for the Academy Award-nominated theme to Tom Hanks's "That Thing You Do," have put their pop sensibilities back to good work on Welcome Interstate Managers.

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Trick continues to fade

By Jessica Halverson and Jesscia Halverson · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Tricky does a better job admitting his fears through music than titling his newest Vulnerable -- the overstatement almost does him an injustice by reducing his depth to a cliché. His textured electronica is a mixture of beats and fittingly barely-strange samples, with old-time sounding blues harmonicas mixed piecemeal with the drum machines. But the haunting necessity of this 13-song disc comes in the vocals.

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Illegal street racing minus Paul Walker

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Rockstar Games has become a major player within the video game industry these past few years, as its "Grand Theft Auto" series has blown-up into a full-fledged cultural phenomenon. "Midnight Club II," the sequel to one of its lesser, but nonetheless entertaining games, continues the proud, deviant tradition set forth by the label. "MCII" is edgy fun, but it lacks the grit and perversity that made "GTA III" and "Vice City" so damned cool.

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('The real ' - Anglophile rock)

By Doug Auer · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

In its fourth release, Blackout, The Dropkick Murphys show why they are everyone's favorite barroom heroes: hard rocking, Celtic-influenced tunes that are tightly produced and sound great.

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Drive-By Truckers becoming 'Decorated' Band record

By Val Tsoutsoutris · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Sure, Drive-By Truckers is a silly name for a rock band. And sure, putting out a Southern rock record in 2003 is about as hip to some people as putting out a new polka record in 2003. Conviction means something though , as does mastery of the form. Drive-By Truckers have both, and with their new album Decoration Day they continue to update a sound that supposedly died about 25 years ago.

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... and songs for the privileged

By Mia Partlow · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Deerhoof have managed to put out a perfectly delectable pop record with its fifth release, Apple O.' Satomi's vocals are candy-sweet and never fail to add the icing on the bubble gum-flavored cake that is Deerhoof. Deerhoof is pop music for indie snobs; the guitars are layered and even heavy at times, and the bass is dancy and clean. The first two tracks, "Dummy Discards a Heart" and "Heart Failure," are fast-paced and frantic, but keep an upbeat rhythm that is easy to get caught up in.

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Local film distributors seek space and beyond

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

It's an unseasonably cool summer night. Ascending upon a local Chinese eatery following an endless car ride, I'm tired and not the least bit hungry -- Starbucks is needed, not Schezuan. The purpose: interviewing Colleen Jankovic and John Landis (no, not the director of "Animal House"), the brainchildren behind Sprocket to the Moon -- Bloomington's brand-new, first of its kind independent film distributor.

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'Narc' pulls the big guns on DVD

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

"Narc" is one of the best cop flicks I have ever seen. As such, it went woefully ignored during its all-too-brief theatrical run this past winter. Now that the film is available on a jam-packed DVD, it'd be a crime for any cineaste worth his or her salt to miss it.

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Pernice Brothers delightfully dull

By Jessica Halverson and Jesscia Halverson · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

Winsome, wishful, witless. It always seems that the poets who compare love to nature are straining to capture some sort of profound redundancy, something that makes them seem wise and outer-worldly. Is man afraid to admit that he has created anything beautiful? The beauties of awkwardness and bashful mistakes are lost on the Pernice Brothers, who stretch for pleasing pop melodies mildly drifting amongst lyrics of romanticism that are so universal they're vaguely forgettable.

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Film doesn't dance around revolution

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, June 26,2003 12 a.m.

One needs only to read about a new Hollywood black list or to hear the indignation shown against those entertainers objecting to the war in Iraq to know that many people feel art and politics are a dangerous mix. An artist or entertainer who makes political commentary, especially commentary that's against government policy, risks public condemnation. Through the influence of their art, artists may have the power to create social upheaval.

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