Community Arts

Coldplay dude hits the Faultline

By By Jonathan Sanders and Jonathan Sanders · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

The art of dissonance blends with challenging musical innovation to create an album well worth hearing. Faultline doesn't create music for the weak-minded. This album is going to take some delving, some real exploration. But when you find the core of the electronic blends that are Your Love Means Everything, you'll have found a complete album worthy of a place in your record collection.

Hoosiers take third at shootout

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:42 p.m.

The IU women's golf team traveled just up the road to Franklin, Ind., to take part in the fifth annual Shootout at the Legends Tuesday and returned to campus with a third place finish. The third place finish is the highest the Hoosiers have finished in the event. In the previous four years the team has not finished above fourth place. While the squad did not walk away with the team championship trophy, junior Karen Dennison captured her second individual title of the year by shooting a 212 and finishing 4-under par for the tournament. Dennison finished four shots ahead of her closest competitor, junior Malinda Johnson from Wisconsin.

Mourning ends on 'The West Wing'

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:46 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The mourning period was suitable. It's been more than a year since beloved White House secretary Dolores Landingham was laid to rest on "The West Wing." Still, we would be ready to resent just about anyone who tried to replace Mrs. Landingham. As played by Kathryn Joosten, she was not only a moral bulwark for Martin Sheen's President Bartlet but a real pistol to boot.

Player comes back to game

By Alyson Brodsy and Dan Gelston · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:43 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Oliver Miller's travels to return to the NBA have been as wide as his portly 325-pound frame. Miller, a first-round pick in 1992 who helped Phoenix reach the NBA Finals as a rookie, is trying to win a roster spot in training camp with the Indiana Pacers. Miller, though, doesn't look at this as a last chance to revive a stagnant NBA career. Instead, he says he is hungry again. The 32-year-old, 6-foot-9 center has rediscovered his love for the game and says he can become a productive player again. "I'll never cut it out unless I'm in a wheelchair, a walker, or you see me somewhere on Jerry Springer stuck in a bed and I can't get out," Miller said. What Miller was stuck in was career limbo, wondering whether he would ever get the chance to play again in the NBA. Now, he's asking the Pacers for a fair shot at making the roster and not use his fluctuating weight as an excuse. "It's always about my weight, my weight," Miller said. "Even when I was in the CBA, it was we wanted you but we heard you couldn't run up and down the floor. We heard you were 500 pounds. Don't believe everything you hear. Put me out in the floor and then make a judgment."

Parked in

By Corinne Reynolds · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:42 a.m.

If you find the perfect parking place, you'll never move. And that's exactly the problem. "Our number one dissatisfaction on user surveys is parking everywhere on campus," said Steve Heeter, assistant director for member services for the Division of Recreational Sports. Heeter and his colleagues are currently working with student groups and campus leaders to address the issue of parking at the Student Recreational Sports Center.

Voter drive runs out of gas

By Josh Sanburn · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:39 a.m.

The deadline to register to vote for the upcoming November elections came and went Monday, leaving the job up to the Monroe County Clerk's office to file through IU students' applications as IUSA's controversial Project Vote Hard wraps up.

Lengthy project planned

By Adam Van Osdol · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:39 a.m.

The campus will undergo a mammoth internal evaluation called "strategic planning" to clarify its mission, values and priorities, IUB Chancellor Sharon Brehm said Tuesday. The 18-month project will be led by a 25-member committee of students, faculty and administrators appointed by Brehm.

Spike Lee's jaunt brings him back to campus

By Jackie Corgan · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:39 a.m.

Ten years later, he's back. Hollywood filmmaker Spike Lee is scheduled to speak at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the IU Auditorium and will be presented with the Oscar Michaux Award for Outstanding Achievement from the Black Film Center/Archive and the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies.

Singer Jewel coming to IU Auditorium in November

By Ryota Kashiwa · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:36 a.m.

Singer and songwriter Jewel Kilcher, widely known as "Jewel," will perform Nov. 21 at the IU Auditorium. Tickets go sale 10 a.m. Thursday. Jewel's on tour promoting her album, "This Way," which was released in November 2001.

State college savings plan posts big losses

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:01 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Declining stock values have contributed to the state's college savings program posting double-digit losses for the year in three of its key portfolios. About 43 percent of the plan's participants have children in the early years of elementary school and will most likely have plenty of time to recover from the loss, state officials said. Indiana Treasurer Tim Berry said officials were exploring ways to widen investment options for participants. Berry said details on such a plan would likely be announced this year. Despite the performance of the plan this year, Berry said enrollment and assets are up. The plan has about 20,000 participants, up from about 7,000 at the beginning of 2002. Assets have grown over that period to more than $45 million from $36 million.

Around the Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1 a.m.

Paul V. McNutt lecture scheduled for tonight. Distinguished Biochemist speaking today. Astronomy deptartment lecture set for today.

'Jewel of a program' moves to SPEA

By Alyson Brodsy and Jamie Lusk · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:57 a.m.

Melissa Spencer, a second-year graduate student at IU, has interned with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, has been on the Board of Directors for the Buselli Wallarb Jazz Orchestra and plans to intern next semester at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in St. Paul, Minn. All this was made possible for her through the Arts Administration program in its new home, the IU School of Public Affairs and Environmental Sciences. "SPEA has been great in taking us in," Spencer said. "I think the program will start to grow since we have moved there." Spencer has a background in music and strong interest in music business. She said she likes having the program in SPEA because it complements the interdisciplinary aspects of the Arts Administration program. "It lets me cater to areas where my strong interest lies, which right now is orchestra management," Spencer said. This summer, IU's dynamic Arts Administration program -- a two-year graduate program -- relocated to the School of Environmental and Public Affairs. Having been housed previously in the Kelley School of Business and School of Music, its multi-disciplinary nature as well as its lack of a director this past year contributed to the move. Arts Administration Director Charles Bonser said the program has a better chance to thrive in their new environment.

History takes its course

By Alyson Brodsy and David Antognoli · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:56 a.m.

A historical magazine with its own impressive history is giving IU students a local perspective as it approaches its second century of publication. The Indiana University Magazine of History, which has been in existence since 1905, publishes articles on all aspects of Indiana history and the history of the Middle West, in addition to publishing reviews on books concerning historical topics. Eric Sandweiss, editor of the publication as of this August, said he will concentrate on including essays that explore the questions of how and why we think about history in the first place. "As we take the magazine into its second century, our choice of topics will continue, as it always has, to evolve," Sandweiss said. The IMH aims to engage a wide readership -- not just professional historians and history buffs, but also students of all ages, said Lana Ruegamer, associate editor of the IMH. The IMH may help students better understand and appreciate the significance of Indiana's history as it has for graduate student Daniel Gregory, assistant editor of the magazine. "Working (for the IMH) has brought home to me the many connections between local, state, regional, national and global history," Gregory said. "For example, I have come to appreciate how important the ban on slavery in the Northwest Territories written into the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to the development of Indiana and the nation. Had slavery been legal in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan, our national history would have taken a different course." Released quarterly, the IMH has new issues appearing in September and December, March and June. The September issue features an examination of the cholera epidemic that threatened residents of Lafayette, Ind. in 1849.

Covered bridges are cause for celebration

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:53 a.m.

ROCKVILLE, Ind. -- Parke County's claim to fame is covered bridges, but taste-tempting country cooking and friendly, encouraging words from the amicable residents make repeat visits to this annual event a must for thousands of families nationwide.

Making the streets safe

By Obaid Khawaja and Obaid Khawaja lr · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:52 a.m.

The room, which had been silent only twenty minutes ago, was alive with debate, as maps were unfurled and proposals were put forth. An hour and a half later all was calm again, the people in the room having made decisions that may well alter the lives of tens of thousands of people… The Hague? Nope. The UN General Assembly? Hardly. All of these life-changing decisions are made every month at the Bloomington Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Commission meetings. The cause? Safer roads for cyclists and pedestrians.

Building Trust

By Alyson Brodsy and Laura Lacci · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:51 a.m.

The Liberal Arts and Management Program held its annual Sophomore Leadership Retreat Sunday, but this year, despite its name, sophomores were not the only ones to participate. The event had previously been led by an outside team, but now LAMP's own advisory board is responsible for the facilitation of the retreat, said Assistant Director Jane Rogan. She said she hopes the new set up will allow sophomores to become better acquainted with the older students in the program who comprise the advisory board. The retreat, which was held at the Belmount Girl Scout Camp, was a chance for students to get to know each other better and also provides an opportunity to learn important skills, Program Director Tim Tilton said.

Nigerian awaits death squad

By Scott Shoger · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:49 a.m.

For birthing a child out of wedlock, the young woman awaits her punishment. After a proper period for weaning, she shall be buried up to her neck in sand and then stoned to death, her skull crushed beneath a hailstorm of rocks and bricks. A tribal court says the punishment is proper and just, as the accused partner flees with nary a scratch.

Jazz performance entertains all

By Alyson Brodsy and Katie Killebrew · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:47 a.m.

Some people came to see friends, others came for the love of jazz, and yet some people came for their love of music in general. For whatever reason, people came to listen to the Jazz Ensemble conducted by Pat Harbison Monday night at the MAC. Almost every Monday there is a performance of an ensemble at the MAC. This was the second Jazz ensemble that has performed in the MAC, but the first time that Harbison's Ensemble has performed. The concert started out with a piece called "It Could Happen to You", which was arranged by Harbison himself. This was not the original song, "It Could Happen to You," but a jazz piece composed by Burke and VanHeusen. Nine other songs were performed, ranging from jazz ballads, to pieces composed by friends and students of Harbison, and a piece by a Hoosier himself, Al Kiger.

Networks tune out President's primetime speech

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:46 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The White House has no quarrel with the decision by ABC, CBS and NBC not to carry President Bush's speech about the threat from Iraq, press secretary Ari Fleischer said Tuesday. "The White House did not request them to do so, so I think it would have been unreasonable for anybody to suggest that they should have," Fleischer said. The three biggest broadcast networks all said they routinely set aside time for a presidential speech when the White House requests it. What made Monday's speech somewhat unusual was the decision by Fox, after initially saying it would not air Bush's address, to switch gears and cover it. The start of the baseball playoff game between the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves had been delayed.

History of TV program published

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 12:44 a.m.

NEW YORK -- A new season, the 28th, dawns on "Saturday Night Live" this week and, as always, the question is how the pendulum will swing. The NBC comedy institution is uniquely elastic in quality. You can chart its health on a graph like the stock market, from glory years to gory years and all sorts of middling seasons in-between. Right now, the show is on a high. After a descent into bathroom humor during the mid-1990s, the comedy is now sharp and topical. The "Saturday Night Live" writing staff, largely together for about seven years, returns to work this week with a new Emmy Award in hand.