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Jacob Kriese

Sex, sex, sex!

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As a young adult in today's society, I can hardly imagine a time when talking about sex was taboo. But when our parents were our age, a sexual revolution was exploding all around them. "Inside Deep Throat: Theatrical NC-17 Edition" gives our generation the opportunity to catch a glimpse of what a volatile time this was in America. Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato made an extraordinary documentary that focuses on how and why "Deep Throat" became the touted "most profitable film of all time."


IU SCENICES

'Wildflower' too flowery, not wild enough

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Adventures in music work in one of two ways: pass or fail. Sometimes they pass, like when Bob Dylan went electric or when Green Day made a rock opera. But most of the time they fail, which is the verdict that must be delivered for Sheryl Crow's latest album, Wildflower; a disappointedly ballad-laden effort that is too flowery and simply not wild enough.


Thompson 2008

On cell phones and (unnatural) love for cheeseburgers

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It finally happened the other day. After days (possibly even a week) of eagle-like observation, I found that my theory was true. Note that I am not a scientist, and my "eagle-like observation" basically amounted to me walking to class and occasionally sitting on a campus bench and smoking a cigarette. But still, through my hard work I have found something that will shake the university to its very core: A large portion of the student population has been replaced with marketing robots. Androids. Foul, mechanical things created only to steal our money and pollute our minds with their capitalist gospel.


Becoming a part of the Shot glass Mafia

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Aging is all about milestones. Sixteen means getting behind the wheel instead of meeting Mom outside the movie theater to be picked up promptly at eight. Eighteen means living up to your democratic duty and exercising your right to vote. But it's 21 that's arguably the most anticipated among young people in America. While for many 21 is the age that officially represents the transition into adulthood, it also bestows upon millions of college students across the country the right to finally purchase alcoholic beverages legally.

Jacob Kriese

A gory 'history' lesson

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While leaving the theater after "A History of Violence" it was apparent to me this film is going to create division with its audience. Some may deem it overly violent and pointless trash. Others may call it a modern-day masterpiece, and some may even leave the theater unsure of how to feel.


Coline Sperling

The same game as the others

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Never before has a film mixed class warfare and golf so seamlessly. Then again, there probably aren't a lot of options for that choice. "The Greatest Game Ever Played" is a classic underdog story, in the same vein as "The Match of their Lives," "Miracle," "Cinderella Man," "Seabiscuit" and every other "cellar dweller-to-champion" movie you've ever seen. That's not to say it's bad, though. Any flick that can make one of the most mind-numbingly boring spectator sports halfway interesting deserves recognition.


Brandon Foltz

Rossdale takes us back a decade

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In 1997, I chose to see Bush over Beck for my 13th birthday. Beck's music has endured longer, but Bush was the essence of cool for many teenagers at the time. Those years were a great time for alt-rock, but the last few have been rough on Gavin Rossdale. One of the biggest post-grunge rock stars in the world ten years ago with Bush, Rossdale is now best known as Mr. Gwen Stefani, a decade after his former band's premiere, Sixteen Stone.


Brandon Foltz

Inside Mix drops beats in Bloomington

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Think back to your junior year in high school. If you were like most kids, you were probably going to high school football games on Friday nights, starting the college search and driving everywhere you could because your license was still new. Unlike most high school students, current IU sophomore Dan Stevens was starting a business. He was taking an idea and making it a reality.


Ted Somerville

We are all disturbed

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Are you "Down with the Sickness?" When you hear the name David Draiman do you immediately think of the signature growl he does in many of more popular Disturbed songs? If you answered yes to either of the above, then you're more than likely a Disturbed fan. Disturbed, the Chicago-based four-piece band, is finally back with a new bassist in tow after a little over three years in the studio. Their newest release Ten Thousand Fists is an excellent illustration of a band taking their past successes and building on them to ultimately form a solid album.


Chris Pickrell

You may not want to find 'home'

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Let's be honest, there are few people in American history who have a better story to tell than Bob Dylan. For the greater part of a decade, Dylan seemed to have a toe in almost every social pool, and that chunk of time (early to mid-1960s) is the sole focus of Martin Scorsese's new DVD "No Direction Home." When you team up one of the greatest living storytellers with one of the greatest living stories, it's impossible not to get a hit. The documentary travels from Robert


The Indiana Daily Student

The death of Alan Matheney

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Alan Matheney died at 12:27 a.m. Sept. 28. Sixteen years earlier, an Indiana jury convicted and sentenced Matheney for a brutal and unforgivable crime: bludgeoning his ex-wife, Lisa Bianco, to death with a shotgun. His last-minute appeals were passed over, and after admitting remorse for his crimes, he was executed by lethal injection. He became the fifth person executed in Indiana this year, the most in a single year in since the state resumed the death penalty in 1977.


The Indiana Daily Student

IU Student Association speaks out to students

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The IU Student Association has always been a controversial group. As the representative body of the students of IU, it is in a position of great debate and great potential. IUSA represents the students' concerns and must address them accordingly. When an issue is raised, it is IUSA that must confront the administration and trustees to further the students' interests. With this, I believe IUSA to be making great strides toward a relevant and aggressive student governance organization.


The Indiana Daily Student

Exporting the American dream

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Today I want to try something new. We're going to play "The Shoes Game." Don't know the rules? Don't worry. They're simple and go like this: Look around and find someone else's shoes. Next, put them on.


The Indiana Daily Student

Are you too rich?

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Sometimes I wonder what it's like to be rich. I don't mean rich with family and friends or spiritually rich, I mean literally, Donald Trump, cold, hard cash rich. I'm not crying poverty or even asking for charity. I just want to know what it's like to be able to buy a designer purse that costs more than my 1991 Dodge Shadow and not blink an eye. For those lucky few who are oozing with Benjamins, I can only ask the question: Where do you draw the line from being rich to being excessively rich? When does it all become too much?


The Indiana Daily Student

A not-so handy man

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I'm growing up and it's weirding me out. The whole "responsibility" thing has been kind of a common theme since I moved into my apartment, whether it's buying groceries or throwing away the groceries that go bad (although, the 6-week-old eggs in my refrigerator don't bode well for me on this one).


The Indiana Daily Student

We're lovin' it

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Dear Meal Plan Committee, We understand the McDonald's in Read Center is not a money-making business for Residential Programs and Services. Tuesday's Indiana Daily Student article, "RPS considers scrapping McDonald's," highlighted the sticky situation. Apparently, only 10 percent of every meal point purchase at the fast food joint goes back to IU. Financially, McDonald's doesn't offer the University a strong incentive to keep the franchise on campus after its contract expires in 2007.


The Indiana Daily Student

IU has role in spreading democracy in Ukraine

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Fifteen years ago, Charles Wise, a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, answered a request from the Ukrainian government to teach it how democratic governments operate. That research led Wise to create a nation-building project for now-democratic Ukraine, a country of 49 million people.


The Indiana Daily Student

Inside Mix drops beats in Bloomington

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Think back to your junior year in high school. If you were like most kids, you were probably going to high school football games on Friday nights, starting the college search and driving everywhere you could because your license was still new. Unlike most high school students, current IU sophomore Dan Stevens was starting a business. He was taking an idea and making it a reality.


The Indiana Daily Student

A movie about Stewie.... Muahaha!

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If you're like me and watch 12-16 hours of television a day, you've probably seen many an advertisement for the new "Family Guy" DVD "Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story." If you're really like me and have a DVR that records "Family Guy" on every channel (because it's on at every time of day), then you're probably drooling over this DVD (and probably have already bought it).


The Indiana Daily Student

Becoming a part of the Shot glass Mafia

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Aging is all about milestones. Sixteen means getting behind the wheel instead of meeting Mom outside the movie theater to be picked up promptly at eight. Eighteen means living up to your democratic duty and exercising your right to vote. But it's 21 that's arguably the most anticipated among young people in America. While for many 21 is the age that officially represents the transition into adulthood, it also bestows upon millions of college students across the country the right to finally purchase alcoholic beverages legally.