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Student votes matter

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:46 p.m.

Our nation is currently engaged in two wars and facing a struggling economy at home.  Students are paying more for our tuition and to fill up our cars. America’s reputation abroad has been severely damaged. As students, we believe that we have a responsibility to speak out on these issues and others by exercising our right to vote. But you cannot vote in Bloomington on Nov. 4 if you have not first registered to vote in Indiana by the deadline of Monday, Oct. 6. On Election Day all you will need is a state-issued ID, such as your Indiana driver’s license, your IU-Bloomington ID or a passport to bring to the polls.

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Not my Messiah

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:45 p.m.

Outside of Alumni Hall in the Union, there are names of great individuals from throughout history: Lincoln, Shakespeare, Copernicus, etc. Also listed there is Jesus Christ. As a Jew, I have a problem not with the inclusion of Jesus on this list (although if I made my own list he wouldn’t be on it), but I do take issue with the inclusion of the word “christ.” Whether I believe in the notion of immaculate conception or not – and as a Jew, I don’t – is irrelevant to my dissatisfaction with the use of this word. I feel it is used unjustifiably because “christ” is not a last name as are Copernicus, Shakespeare, and Lincoln; instead it is a word meaning anointed or messiah. As someone who can handle his own spiritual convictions, I have no problem with saying he is not my messiah.

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Award show awfulness

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:43 p.m.

It’s not too often that five minutes into an award show the audience can already tell how ridiculously awful the entire long, drawn-out process is going to be. But unfortunately, this year’s Primetime Emmys proved that there’s a first time for everything. Even for those people who enjoy television and all its award-show glory like myself, the 2008 Emmys were as disappointing as possible.

Editorial Column

Oil-speculation bill offers false hope

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:40 p.m.

Lately, Baron Hill has been looking more like a populist than an economist. This was evident in his support of the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accounting Act, which recently passed through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is supposed to increase regulation on oil speculators and lower the price of gasoline. The problem is that speculators aren’t to blame for the dramatic rise in oil and gas prices. Hill would have us believe that this bill will significantly lower the price of oil, but almost any economist would disagree.

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I kissed a girl once

By Rachel Goldberg · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:38 p.m.

For my first column of the semester, I am decidedly staying away from the presidential election. I’m not going to write about Sarah Palin or gender in the election, or why I think Tina Fey is more qualified than Palin after watching “Saturday Night Live” last week. And I’m not even going to talk about why I’m going to move out of the country if Barack Obama doesn’t win.

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Rethinking China

By Jacob Levin · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:37 p.m.

BEIJING – Most people I talk to in the states are curious to know what China’s like. How’s the food, have you seen the Great Wall and, oh yes, has the government abducted anyone you know recently? My answer never changes. China isn’t what you think it is – at least it isn’t what I thought it would be. Everyone has visions of roving vans distributing propaganda, military police goose-stepping down the sidewalk and a population afraid to stop smiling, lest they spend the next few years in a re-education camp. And if what I used to think now strikes me as ridiculous, it strikes most Chinese even more so. To them, it’s downright offensive.

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A campaign slogan we can believe in?

By DJ Funkhouser · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:32 p.m.

Strolling around campus right now leads me to believe that most IU students are Obama supporters. I get it – it’s hot to support Obama. Don’t believe me? Just wander into Urban Outfitters – you’re not going to see any graffiti shirts with McCain on them. And by now, just that one word, “change,” is enough to give people an idea of who is being talked about.

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Don’t forget Albright’s past failures

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 11:27 p.m.

In one of my classes last semester, we watched “Hotel Rwanda,” a movie about Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed more than 1,000 refugees at the height of the Rwandan genocide. While few details remain etched in my mind, I recall the inability of the United Nations to intervene in the genocide. As someone who spent much of that class defending international organizations, this inaction was troubling. 

If only "Speed Racer" was as good as this still makes it look.

No speed no

By Wes Jakacki · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:26 p.m.

Brain freeze: That’s the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about this Wachowski Brothers remake of ’60s Japanese anime. Although the visuals are spectacularly sweet, they come too hard and too fast here, leading to one giant headache.

As most fans of the show know, the dog is the star of “Pushing Daisies.”

Fresh-baked fun

By Michael Mellini · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:23 p.m.

With only nine episodes, the season can easily be consumed in one sitting, much like a freshly baked pie. Do it before season two is ready to come out of the oven.

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Sidetracked

Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:21 p.m.

Three WEEKEND reviewers discuss the newest tracks in music.

The total number of tattoos between the numbers of Buckcherry: roughly 246.

Buck wild

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:19 p.m.

After their breakup in 2002, Buckcherry’s first release with a new lineup, 15, made them bigger than ever commercially, but lacked musically. Black Butterfly is the album they should have returned with.

Ever watched “The O.C.,” “Gossip Girl” or “90210?" Then you've heard Jem.

An album full of gems

By Jenna Blumenfeld · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:09 p.m.

If Jem’s last album is the soft, sweet, idyllic representation of style, Down to Earth is her feisty, dominatrix counterpart, filled with globally influenced beats, racy lyrics and funky tones.

We here at WEEKEND hope Lindsey Buckingham is finally over Stevie Nicks.

A gift from Buckingham

By Paul Mattingly · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 6:03 p.m.

It would be redundant to go through and describe each track because, in short, they’re all brilliant. Any Fleetwood Mac fan will be thrilled to hear this album not just because of the powerful tracks but because it’s so exciting to hear an artist plug so perfectly into the sound of his former band.

Hoodies: keeping "pensive" poses cool since 1973.

Ne-Yo's year, yet again

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 5:59 p.m.

Much like his previous two releases, Gentleman is stuffed with unyielding love songs that Ne-Yo writes effortlessly.

"I'm basically funnier than Greg over there because I'm British, and he's not."

A ghastly film

By Jordan Greenberg · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 5:56 p.m.

“Ghost Town” may have a couple of moments that will enlighten people’s hearts, but this film is dead on arrival. Throughout its running time, it will make you feel like you’re being buried alive. If I were a ghost, I’d come back and haunt the creatives behind this movie.

Kate Hudson: The new Meg Ryan or the new Drew Barrymore? Either way, it's bad news for her.

Dane Cook plays himself

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2008 5:50 p.m.

Dane Cook has finally found a role that allows him to do what he does best: act like a big asshole. Following his supporting stints in “Waiting,” “Mr. Brooks,” and “Dan in Real Life,” and his epic failure in “Good Luck Chuck,” this is the closest Cook has come to exercising his stand up comedy skills in film. For fans of Cook, it is the cinematic prime of his comedic essence.

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