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This is your magazine
By
Amanda Lowry
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:31 p.m.
I don’t know what WEEKEND has been to you. But I hope that this semester, you’ll find WEEKEND to be a magazine about who you are.
Superheroes that super-suck
By
John Barnett
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:25 p.m.
Although the first season’s attempt at creating an enduring “Lost”-like mythology fell flat, each individual hero’s discovery of their powers was modestly compelling. Season two feels stagnant, with our heroes in their own personal holding patterns.
Style trumps substance on 'Gossip Girl'
By
Stefania Marghitu
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:20 p.m.
If you thought “The O.C.” was vapid and shallow, don’t even bother with “Gossip Girl.”
An American tradition
By
Suphie Wesner
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:19 p.m.
As I wandered about the stadium parking lot Saturday, I was struck by the sheer number of people who turned out for the tailgate. It was a new experience for me, as I had never attended a football game, let alone a tailgate, before then (the sport has simply never appealed to me). It was much larger and more chaotic than what I expected; I surveyed the sea of crimson and cream and even saw a few wacky costumes like a girl in an afro wig, oversized sunglasses and neon-green knee-high socks.
Intimate success
By
Wes Jakacki
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:16 p.m.
While Intimacy is consistently good, it rarely reaches the level of their fantastic debut Silent Alarm. However, it is a step back on track for a young band that hopefully have tons of great music left in them.
'Somewhere' worth going
By
Paul Mattingly
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:11 p.m.
Somewhere will most definitely keep long-time Cassidy fans interested and attract newcomers to a great talent who left us way too early.
America's terrorist fetish exposed
By
Doug Evans
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6:06 p.m.
“Traitor” reminds us that Muslims and terrorists are mutually exclusive, and that a few misguided fanatics do not mean that one group is inextricably linked to the other.
Elementary-level jokes for the middle-school crowd
By
Cory Barker
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 6 p.m.
Although the film’s R rating allows for a fair amount of nudity, swear words and attempted sexual innuendos, “College” is simply not funny. The film should be titled “Middle School,” because those in that age group have to be the only people who enjoy this.
The worst movie of the year
By
Megan Clayton
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 5:55 p.m.
Kids, if you feel like losing a good portion of your brain mass, just do drugs. Tripping out to the patterns that Chinese dragons make on the insides of your eyelids is much more amusing than “Disaster Movie” could ever be.
Surf Bloomington
By
Allison Tyra
and Ashley C. Nichols
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 5:51 p.m.
Most travelers follow a set formula for every trip: Take a plane or car, pay around $100 or more a night for a decent hotel room, then proceed to wander around your new exciting destination with a guidebook in hand. But for the more than 700,000 users of the international networking site CouchSurfing.com – including more than 200 in Bloomington – the experience is entirely different. When “couch surfers” decide they want to experience the wonders of a new travel spot, instead of flipping through the phone book for hotels, they search the CouchSurfing Web site for listings of local couches available in the area of their destination. Using an online directory, Surfers find a number of hosts in the area with whom they can stay, free of charge, during their trip.
Snooze-a-thon A.D.
By
Brent Williamson
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 5:46 p.m.
Everything about this movie is cliche. It is boring, hackneyed, slow paced and lacks any setup or sense of setting to bring the audience into the story and make them care about the characters. Instead of ponying up $9 at the theater, stay home and watch “The Fifth Element” and “Blade Runner” at the same time, with the sound turned off. Even that way, they’ll make more sense than “Babylon A.D.”
Cars v. Bikes
By
Brian J. McFillen
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 5:44 p.m.
WEEKEND investigates: With cars becoming more inconvenient to drive, could the bike take the car’s place in rock ’n’ roll?
PODCAST: Hoosier Headlines
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 4:24 p.m.
Tune in for today's headlines from the print edition and catch the new "Your Voice" segment.
Men's basketball schedule announced
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 2:16 p.m.
The 2008-2009 IU men's basketball schedule was released by the University today.
IU to test campus emergency alert system
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 11:37 a.m.
IU-Bloomington will conduct a test of the IU-Notify system at about noon Friday, the University announced today.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that “there will be an answer.”
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 1:27 a.m.
A humanitarian aid flight carrying 17 people crashed on a ridge in eastern Congo, and the U.S.-based group that operated the route said Tuesday there appeared to be no survivors.
Russian PM Putin questions NATO ship presence
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 1:27 a.m.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia will respond calmly to an increase in NATO ships in the Black Sea in the aftermath of the short war with Georgia, but promised that “there will be an answer.”
New Orleans mayor: Please don’t come home yet
Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 1:25 a.m.
Anxious evacuees across the country clamored to come home Tuesday after Hurricane Gustav largely spared New Orleans and southern Louisiana, but they were cautioned to wait for the restoration of power and other critical services knocked out by the storm.
Lieberman, Bush rally behind McCain on 2nd night of RNC
By
Kristi Oloffson
· Wednesday, Sept. 3,2008 1:03 a.m.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman called for Republicans and Democrats to come together and put aside politics Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
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