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Much needed renovations

Sunday, Aug. 4,2002 9:05 p.m.

There are high school basketball programs in the state of Indiana that have an auxiliary gym and various practice facilities, but the biggest and best basketball program in the state must practice on the same floor that they play on. What's wrong with this picture?

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Going out on top

By Ryan Gunterman · Sunday, Aug. 4,2002 9:03 p.m.

Michael Jordan. Dominic Hasek. John Elway. Ray Broque. Bill Russell. All of these athletes retired after winning their respective sports championship (even though Jordan is wearing some funny-looking blue jersey now). I have no right putting my name along side the names of these great athletes, but for one brief, shining moment I will. No, I've never won a championship in pretty much any sport I've participated in, but I do feel like I am going out on top.

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A fond farewell

By Matt Rodewald · Sunday, Aug. 4,2002 9 p.m.

My time is up at IU. Soon, I'll look back and remember all the fun things about this university that I came across over the course of four years. But it's not the legendary parties I'll yearn for, and it won't be the friendships I made that I will miss the most.

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Blending campus isn't the goal

By Matt Rodewald · Sunday, Aug. 4,2002 8:56 p.m.

IU Athletics Director Mike McNeely recently laid out his goals to go along with a $40 million project to upgrade the athletic facilities.

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Fife's fighting for basketball future with Houston

By Ryan Pretzer and Ryan W. Pretzer · Friday, Aug. 2,2002 3:16 p.m.

Dane Fife wasn't selected at the NBA draft last month, and most basketball fans don't expect to see him wear an NBA jersey anytime soon. But the former Hoosier has worked hard this summer to keep his NBA dreams alive. Fife played for the Houston Rockets' summer league team at the Southern California Summer Pro League July 7-21 in Los Angeles. Although still a long shot to find his place in Houston's backcourt, Fife impressed the Rockets staff during the eight-game stint. Rockets assistant coach Melvin Hunt said Fife conducted himself like a professional throughout the two-week tournament.

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'Storytelling' somewhat fractured

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 1:17 a.m.

Acclaimed writer/director Todd Solondz's latest film, "Storytelling," met mixed reviews upon its release this past winter, and justifiably so. While Solondz retains the glibness and sick, sardonic wit of his previous films, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Happiness," "Storytelling" ultimately lacks bite, and in some ways, serves as a cowardly apology for his earlier works.

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DVD goodies can't save mediocre flick

By Ryan Hildebrandt · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 1:17 a.m.

The "John Q." Infinifilm DVD is packed full of thick and juicy bonus material. Infinifilm once again nails solid the extra features section of the medium with commentaries, deleted scenes, documentaries and fact lines (they're displayed at the bottom while the movie plays). But no matter how tight the bonus section of a DVD is made, it stands for nothing if the movie isn't what it's cracked-up to be.

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They're older than your parents but they still rock

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12:53 a.m.

As soon as the Rolling Stones announced their 40th anniversary tour, a friend from my undergrad days scurried to the Internet and managed to pick up one ticket -- for $300. On top of that, I think the show is in L.A., which means that by the time he's done, he will probably have shelled out well into four figures to see four 60-year-olds creak around for two and a half hours.

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A Summer full of Weekend

By Ryan Hildebrandt · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12:52 a.m.

So this summer pretty much blew. Nothing exciting or noteworthy happened at all. And, despite my plans to put something exciting and noteworthy in this magazine, that didn't happen either. Most of this year's highly anticipated summer movies didn't live up to the hype. "Star Wars Episode II" came and went with half the fanfare of the obviously worse predecessor "The Phantom Menace."

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The Future is all Hers

By -Meghan Dwyer and Megan Dwyer · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12:28 a.m.

Complete with square-tipped acrylics, a silver line separating the red from the white paint, Sylvia answered the door for the first time in three weeks. Alas, she had finally predicted my arrival (if one doesn't count the call ahead). And where exactly do fortune-tellers venture to vacation? Miami. She and her family had been in Miami enjoying the torrential downpours that drowned every day of their excursion. Shouldn't she have known that?

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Movie based on Disney show as un"bear"able as this pun

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12:12 a.m.

Okay, ha ha, laugh it up, I went to see "The Country Bears." And you know what, it was every bit as excruciating as I imagined. Actually, that's an understatement. It was fair to expect the worst from a live-action Disney film based on a mechanical bear singing show, but there have been very few 90-minute periods in my life during which I felt as duped. It's really that bad.

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Movie based on Disney show as un"bear"able as this pun

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Okay, ha ha, laugh it up, I went to see "The Country Bears." And you know what, it was every bit as excruciating as I imagined. Actually, that's an understatement. It was fair to expect the worst from a live-action Disney film based on a mechanical bear singing show, but there have been very few 90-minute periods in my life during which I felt as duped. It's really that bad.

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'The Rising' keeps Bruce at the top

By Seth Forster · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

So you've been broke and then your back hurts / well show me somebody who ain't," he said over 10 years ago. That pretty much set the mood for the last decade or so of the Boss' career as a solo artist -- which was much better than most singer-songwriters of the time, but fell far short of his groundbreaking career with the E Street Band -- all the way from 1987's Tunnel of Love through the agonizing cuts on Ghost of Tom Joad. So it shouldn't be much of a surprise to hear that The Rising comes across as more of a solo project, though it features the E Street Band throughout.

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DVD goodies can't save mediocre flick

By Ryan Hildebrandt · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

The "John Q." Infinifilm DVD is packed full of thick and juicy bonus material. Infinifilm once again nails solid the extra features section of the medium with commentaries, deleted scenes, documentaries and fact lines (they're displayed at the bottom while the movie plays). But no matter how tight the bonus section of a DVD is made, it stands for nothing if the movie isn't what it's cracked-up to be.

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Walker provides outstanding blues

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Over the first nine tracks of In the Morning, Joe Louis Walker deftly careens from one type of blues to another. From the Latin-tinged opener "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" to the echoes of Louis Jordan on "Joe's Jump," to the inspired gospel of "Where Jesus Leads," Walker displays a mastery of practically every type of blues known to man.

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'60s soul revisited

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Solomon Burke was one of the original soul music pioneers, with early influential singles like "Cry To Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." Unfortunately, like many other great voices who have had to rely heavily on producers, patrons and songwriters, he was passed over for younger and more hip models.

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Public Enemy returns

By Brian Haney · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Chuck D is back with a new Public Enemy album, the provocative Revolverlution. It's a bizarre project, featuring eight new Public Enemy songs and a handful of old tracks with new backing music created by fans. The group continues their tradition in true form, bringing a strong voice of social conscience and a forum for pertinent social issues that demand attention.

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Yeah baby! 'Goldmember' shagadelic

By Seth Forster · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Not-so-secret agent Austin Powers returns to save the world from himself in "Goldmember," but is more than likely to save the world from this summer's poor excuses for comedies. While not as funny or clever as the previous Austin Powers films, "Goldmember" was definitely one of the funniest movies I've seen in awhile... unless you count "Crossroads."

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They're older than your parents but they still rock

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

As soon as the Rolling Stones announced their 40th anniversary tour, a friend from my undergrad days scurried to the Internet and managed to pick up one ticket -- for $300. On top of that, I think the show is in L.A., which means that by the time he's done, he will probably have shelled out well into four figures to see four 60-year-olds creak around for two and a half hours.

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'Storytelling' somewhat fractured

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Aug. 1,2002 12 a.m.

Acclaimed writer/director Todd Solondz's latest film, "Storytelling," met mixed reviews upon its release this past winter, and justifiably so. While Solondz retains the glibness and sick, sardonic wit of his previous films, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" and "Happiness," "Storytelling" ultimately lacks bite, and in some ways, serves as a cowardly apology for his earlier works.

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