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All I Want for Christmas is...

By Kristi Oloffson · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

Oh, the holiday season. It's the typical dilemma -- does Dad really need another lame tie? Where would Mom really put another Yankee candle? What should I get for my new boyfriend -- will he like me enough? Or worse, what if he spends more money on me than I do on him? Oh! And it's only our first Christmas! Rest assured, WEEKEND's gift guide is here. Whether you have $10 or $100, one or all of these gifts has the potential for perfection for someone in your life.

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All I Want for Christmas is...

By C. Warner Sills and Kristi Oloffson · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

Oh, the holiday season. It's the typical dilemma -- does Dad really need another lame tie? Where would Mom really put another Yankee candle? What should I get for my new boyfriend -- will he like me enough? Or worse, what if he spends more money on me than I do on him? Oh! And it's only our first Christmas! Rest assured, WEEKEND's gift guide is here. Whether you have $10 or $100, one or all of these gifts has the potential for perfection for someone in your life.

Silent Bob strikes out

By C. Warner Sills and Zack Teibloom · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

This movie should have never been made. Like Jay-Z announcing the Black album was his last, Kevin Smith assured fans he was done with his Jersey crew after "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back." Both Smith and Jay-Z should have known when to fade to black. There's no reason to make "U.S. Marshalls" 15 years after "The Fugitive," and even less reason to bring back Jay and Randall a dozen years later for one more trip to the Quik Stop.

'Grenades' a dud

By C. Warner Sills and Brian J. McFillen · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

At the time of my writing this, Incubus' has been getting fairly positive reviews -- from Allmusic.com, the Associated Press, the L.A. Times and so on. This has led me to consider and reconsider my initial reaction to this disc. But each successive spin has only reaffirmed my conclusion: Someone has to stand up to this madness -- to butcher the famous Edmund Burke quote, "All that is required for (mediocrity) to prevail is for good (critics) to do nothing."

Sharp and edgy, this 'Diamond' shines

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsky · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, it's the holiday season, and we all know what that means. It's the release of what will be some of the best movies of the year. And a day before its worldwide release, let me tell you that "Blood Diamond" falls into that category. Director Edward Zwick ("The Last Samurai") has produced a film whose storytelling is not only entertaining but horrifically real, one both factual and eye-opening.

Get out of your home for the 'Holiday'

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Mellini · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

I have a confession: I'm a whore for Nancy Meyers' movies. I feel so warm and fuzzy every time I watch "Father of the Bride," I'm practically a human blanket. I laugh just as hard as Diane Keaton cries during "Something's Gotta Give," and it's disgusting how many times I've seen "The Parent Trap" (I can even teach the kick-ass handshake.) Director Meyers is the queen of comfort food movies, and her latest, "The Holiday," is one delectable bowl of chicken noodle soup.

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I'd rather have a lump of coal...

By C. Warner Sills and Michael Reschke · Friday, Dec. 8,2006 12 a.m.

Every Christmas people save up their money to buy things that will show their loved ones just how much they care. They sneak them into the house to wrap them up, and then they place them under the Christmas tree. On Christmas morning, people tear through wrapping paper to find exactly what they wanted. That's what's supposed to happen, but it doesn't always work out that way.

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Trustees to meet to discuss health care

By Brian Spegele · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:45 p.m.

Although IU employee health care is on the docket for Friday's meeting of the IU board of trustees, officials insist the contract dispute between Anthem/WellPoint, IU's health-insurance provider, and Bloomington Hospital will not take center stage.

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Irish QB Quinn beats out Smith for Maxwell Award

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:43 p.m.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn won the Maxwell Award as the player of the year Thursday night, beating out Heisman Trophy favorite Troy Smith at the College Football Awards show.

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Track and field coach, director leaves program

By IDS staff · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:34 p.m.

Less than a month before the track and field season starts, IU coach Randy Heisler resigned as IU's director of track and field and head coach of the men's and women's program Dec. 2.

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Latest additions to voice faculty discuss 1st semester

By Eric Anderson · Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 11:31 p.m.

The IU Jacobs School of Music has a long-standing, time-tested strategy of bringing the best available talents to the school. The hope is they will share their skills and worldly wisdom with the school's up-and-coming performers. This year proved no exception, when the voice faculty welcomed to its ranks three distinguished sopranos: Carol Vaness, Scharmel Schrock and Sylvia McNair. Each has already enjoyed several decades of singing and teaching, and each has had her fair share of success as well as difficulty. And now, each calls one of the country's finest academic music institutions home.

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Broadway 'Beast' accused of sex with minor

Thursday, Dec. 7,2006 10:33 p.m.

A Broadway actor, who played the beast in the musical "Beauty and the Beast," pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he had sexual contact several times with a 15-year-old girl.

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