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Give me a break!

By Brian J. McFillen and Brain J. McFillen · Monday, March 6,2006 12:35 a.m.

Yay! Spring break! Woo-hoo! What's that? It doesn't start for another week? No! Oh NO! For the love of God, have mercy! Haven't we learned enough? There's been eight weeks of class already this semester! Some animals' lifespans don't last eight weeks.

Hairdos & interviews

By Melanie Sims · Monday, March 6,2006 12:34 a.m.

Timothy sends out ten resumes. He gets one callback. Taariq sends out fifteen resumes. Nevertheless, he gets one callback, too. Moral of the story: White is still right in 2006 -- and the bearer of a so-called "black-sounding" name must do more work and have more patience than the next guy if he wants to snag a job, or even an interview, in corporate America.

A diverse IU is the best IU

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:31 a.m.

Recent initiative taken by the Black Student Union gives us an occasion to comment on the pressing issue of diversity in hiring. BSU representatives met Friday with the IU board of trustees, requesting that the board stay committed to diversity on campus, especially with respect to positions in the upper levels of administration. We're proud of the BSU and commend it for its involvement and concern. We hope that its actions serve as an example of the value of student participation -- after all, how many of you were up at 7:30 a.m. on a Friday meeting with the IU trustees? We're guessing not many.

Israel planning further withdrawal from West Bank settlements

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:30 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to withdraw from more West Bank settlements immediately after forming Israel's next government and to set Israel's final borders within four years if it wins upcoming elections, a top political ally said Sunday in the most explicit statement yet of Olmert's plans.

Iraqi violence resumes after weekend curfew lifted

By Alyson Brodsy and Alexandra Zavis · Monday, March 6,2006 12:26 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's president said Saturday that he had been assured that American troops will stay in his country as long as needed, while at least 14 people were killed in explosions and gunfire nationwide as vehicle restrictions were lifted in Baghdad.

Did you know?

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:22 a.m.

Recent statistics compiled by U.S. Census Data have ranked Bloomington as having the nation's fifth largest per capita population of same-sex couples. The cities scored with greater numbers of gay- or lesbian-coupled households are Miami, Portland, Maine and Santa Fe, N.M., with San Francisco as the United States' No. 1 city for same-sex couples. (2000 U.S. Census Bureau figures)

Cadet released from IUPD program

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:21 a.m.

The IU Police Department released one of its cadets from the program Friday after he was arrested by the Bloomington Police Department under suspicion of burglary, theft, intimidation, interfering with the reporting of a crime and consumption of alcohol.

Shoplifters schooled on repercussions

By Zack Teibloom · Monday, March 6,2006 12:18 a.m.

A two-week, take home, pass-fail class with two, 15-minute meetings and only one test: Many IU students would jump at the opportunity for a course like this mid-semester.

TV Review: Jon Stewart was disappointing host of bland Oscarcast

By Alyson Brodsy and Frazier Moore · Monday, March 6,2006 12:18 a.m.

NEW YORK - You would have been more amused Sunday night if you'd revved up your TiVo and played back an evening's worth of "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" reruns while you tracked Oscar winners on the Web. Stewart, usually a very funny guy, displayed a lack of beginner's luck as first-time host of "The 78th Annual Academy Awards," which ABC aired live from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre.

Friday lecture connects human behavior to primates

By Katrina Babin · Monday, March 6,2006 12:17 a.m.

Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal's lecture filled nearly every seat in the Indiana Memorial Union's Whittenberger Auditorium Friday afternoon.

Lee earns best-director honor for cowboy love story `Brokeback Mountain'

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:15 a.m.

LOS ANGELES - Ang Lee won the Academy Award as best director Sunday for the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain," becoming the first Asian to win Hollywood's top honor for filmmakers. Adept at genres from Westerns to historical romance to martial-arts pageants, Lee won his Oscar for a purely American story about two men tragically swept up in a gay romance that they conceal from their families for two decades.

Latino Leadership Conference includes art, poetry

By Michael Sanserino · Monday, March 6,2006 12:13 a.m.

Students at the IU Latino Leadership Conference mixed theater, art and poetry in attempts to become better leaders.

`Crash' pulls off Oscar upset with best-picture win

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Monday, March 6,2006 12:11 a.m.

LOS ANGELES - The ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Academy Awards history, winning best picture Sunday over the cowboy romance "Brokeback Mountain," which had been the front-runner. "Crash," featuring a huge cast in crisscrossing story lines over a chaotic 36-hour period in Los Angeles, rode a late surge of praise that lifted it past "Brokeback Mountain," a film that had won most other key Hollywood honors.

Students sculpt peanut butter in Art Olympics

By Rachel Skybetter · Monday, March 6,2006 12:10 a.m.

The athletic action in Turin, Italy, ended last week, but the IU School of Fine Arts held its own version of the Olympics Saturday.

Thumbs up

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 6,2006 12:06 a.m.

Jake Gyllenhaal, nominated for an Oscar for best actor in a supporting role for his work in "Brokeback Mountain," arrives for the 78th Academy Awards Sunday in Los Angeles. Check out idsnews.com for more Oscar coverage.

Backstage at the Oscars: Nervous stars, controlled chaos

By Alyson Brodsy and Sandy Cohen · Monday, March 6,2006 12:05 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Despite the glamour and glitz that comes with being a movie star, backstage at the Oscars even the biggest luminaries are human. Prior to going before an audience of their peers -- and potentially hundreds of millions of television viewers -- some of Hollywood's most polished professionals look more like anxious children getting ready for a school play, nervously pacing, mouthing lines and inhaling deeply before heading into the bright lights.

Mathers exhibit celebrates once-lost film

By Ariel Ivas · Monday, March 6,2006 12:04 a.m.

"Silvia the Zulu" was once thought to be completely lost. But the historic film inspired filmmaker and historian Peter Davis, and he refurbished it for modern audiences.

Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams move into fashion's big leagues on Oscar red carpet

By Alyson Brodsy and Samantha Critchell · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:09 p.m.

There's a new young fashion star in Hollywood. Keira Knightley wore a striking wine-colored, one-shoulder gown by Vera Wang to the Oscars Sunday night that hit the right balance between youthful funkiness and movie-star glamour. Knightley wore her strawberry blond hair in a loose ponytail, and she complemented the dress with a one-of-a-kind necklace with emeralds, rubies and diamonds from the Bulgari archives and gold sandals with multiple ankle straps by Jimmy Choo.

Clooney, Weisz win supporting-performer Oscars

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:08 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - George Clooney won the supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for the oil-industry thriller "Syriana," and Rachel Weisz took the supporting-actress prize for another corporate thriller, "The Constant Gardener." The win capped a remarkable year for Clooney, who made Oscar history by becoming the first person nominated for acting in one movie and directing another.

Hoffman wins best-actor Oscar for `Capote'

By Alyson Brodsy and David Germain · Sunday, March 5,2006 11:07 p.m.

LOS ANGELES - Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best-actor Academy Award on Sunday for "Capote," in which he gives a remarkable embodiment of "In Cold Blood" author Truman Capote. "Wow, I'm in a category with some great, great, great actors, fantastic actors, and I'm overwhelmed. Really overwhelmed," said Hoffman, whose performance nimbly straddles the magnetic qualities of raconteur Capote and the effete, off-putting egoism of the gay author.