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Articles of contention

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:39 p.m.

Who would have thought that academics might be opposed to the dissemination of information? A recently proposed congressional act, the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006, would require certain government agencies to publish online any articles containing research funded by public grants. It has been met with some hostility among the management of scholarly journals whose income depends upon the selling power of these articles.

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BMV fights long waits at branches

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:35 p.m.

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles is fighting crime -- and long wait lines. Last Thursday Indiana BMV Commissioner Joel Silverman, along with Gov. Mitch Daniels and State Police Col. Larry Rollins announced a new customer service feature on the BMV Web site, as well as a campaign to fight fraud.

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Daniels explains 'Moves'

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:34 p.m.

The "Major Moves" legislation became even more famous -- or infamous, to some -- when Gov. Mitch Daniels gave a speech about the legislation at a U.S. Congress hearing regarding the future of highway funding

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Meeting considers ways to save fuel, money

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:33 p.m.

Short-term solutions to weaning America off its "addiction" to fossil fuels lies in the minds of some local Hoosiers choosing to play a small role toward the national goal of energy independence.

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IU voices concerns to new immigration reforms

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:27 p.m.

The IU community has recently voiced various levels of concern as President Bush announced last week a set of comprehensive immigration reform proposals that would include an expanded but restricted guest worker program while also adding extra security to the U.S. and Mexican border.

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Worst songs make for a good read

By Alyson Brodsy and Kristin Cutler · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:19 p.m.

There are plenty of books devoted to the greatest songs in history, but how about some of the worst? "I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard" is Tom Reynolds' hilarious tribute to some of the most dismal moments in pop music.

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Director has high hopes for 'X-Men' sequel

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, May 24,2006 9:13 p.m.

Forget movie critics. There may be no more unforgiving, opinionated and passionate film audience than the one in cyberspace -- the fans, the obsessives and the self-proclaimed geeks who hang out in Internet discussion forums commenting on every casting decision, every script rewrite and every shred of pre-release advertising material for movies that haven't even been made yet.

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Metal Machine Masterpiece

By C. Warner Sills and Will Hernandez · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:44 p.m.

The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat is a rock masterpiece that sounds as if it were recorded in a machine shop, surrounded by speakers that were on the verge of blowing out.

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Den of Thieves

By C. Warner Sills and Jeff O'Reilly · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:43 p.m.

One thing Washington DC production duo Thievery Corporation have maintained over their decade-long discography is consistency, never straying far from the down-tempo electronica of 1996's classic, Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi.

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Rock's New Soldiers

By C. Warner Sills and Dan Hopmann · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:42 p.m.

What do you get when you mix a rock fundamentalist with a one-man band? A gigantic creative force with some hefty musical output sounds about right.

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Convoluted plot crushes 'Confidential'

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:38 p.m.

Director Terry Zwigoff and comic book writer Dan Clowes team up again in attempt to duplicate the success of 2001's "Ghost World." And while their newest collaboration, "Art School Confidential," has a devious sense of humor and wit comparable to "Ghost World," "Art School" is not able to sustain a sense of empathy for its characters, and therefore the film stumbles long before its resolution.

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Overly Boring

By C. Warner Sills and Ash Cartwright · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:33 p.m.

In "Over the Hedge," a band of diminutive woodland creatures wake from a winter's hibernation only to find that all but a sliver of their homeland has been deforested and turned into a suburban habitat for humans.

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Seeking the Holy Grail

By C. Warner Sills and weekend staff · Wednesday, May 24,2006 8:18 p.m.

After two years and much anticipation, Dan Brown's controversial novel "The Da Vinci Code" has been brought to life on film. The controversy arose out of the novel's theories regarding one of the most ancient relics of the church, the Holy Grail. Apparently this theory has riled some members of the church, as well as members of the Christian community.

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