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The perfect murder. The perfect movie.

By Alyson Brodsky and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Aug. 2,2006 3:06 p.m.

Woody Allen seems to have finally gotten things right with last year's "Match Point", and now "Scoop." It looks like he might be making a comeback after all. Its one thing for me to get into the movie and really like it; that's my personal taste, but you could tell that the entire audience (a semi-full theatre) felt the same way. "Scoop," a fast paced murder-mystery, has a little bit of Woody's "Manhattan Murder Mystery" and "Match Point" mixed together. Scarlett Johansson (who starred in Allen's "Match Point") stars as Sondra, a young American journalist who has a habit of sleeping with the people she interviews without ever getting the scoop. While in London she feels compelled to solve the mystery of the "Tarot Card Killer."

One 'Bully' you wouldn't mind knowing

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Mellini · Wednesday, Aug. 2,2006 3:03 p.m.

With "The Ant Bully," "Monster House" and "Barnyard" all in theaters, how's an 8-year-old supposed to choose what movie to beg their parents into submission to take them to see. Well, uh, if you were an 8-year-old, "The Ant Bully" would be a decent choice. Sick of being picked on by the neighborhood bully, nerdy Lucas takes his anger out on the helpless ant colony in his lawn. Fed up with the destruction to his society that Lucas causes, Zoc (Nicolas Cage,) the wizard ant (yes, a wizard ant, sounds dumb, but the plot needs to start somehow) creates a potion that shrinks Lucas to ant size. Put on trial for his crimes, the Ant Queen (an underused Meryl Streep, how do you underuse Meryl?!?) orders Lucas to work amongst the ants to learn and appreciate their ways.

Another teen flick to add to the collection

By Alyson Brodsky and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Aug. 2,2006 2:56 p.m.

I know what you're thinking, we don't need anymore teen flicks. But the future generations need one for their time and "John Tucker Must Die" is it. Although it is the first teen flick for writer Jeff Lowell ("Just Shoot Me!"), it is, for the most part, a success. Now whether that is because of the actual movie itself or the cast, I don't know. The whole movie is a cliché. Kate (Brittany Snow) is the new girl at school, and being quite the wallflower, she finds it hard to get herself noticed. Kate takes on a job as a waitress at a local restaurant and that is where she first meets Mr. Popular, John Tucker ("Desperate Housewive's" Jesse Metcalfe).

Crockett and Tubbs return

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Aug. 2,2006 2:52 p.m.

"Miami Vice," created long ago by Michael Mann when pastel shirts were in and it was cool to wear your sunglasses at night, has now received a complete update that makes it seem like the 1980s never even happened. "Vice" is now dark, gritty and lacking any sort of humor -- it isn't your normal police procedural in the least. Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx -- whose performance in Mann's "Collateral" guaranteed they'd work together again) get in over their heads with a South American drug cartel and as they get deeper, the risks become greater. To make matters worse, Crockett is falling in love with his boss's girlfriend, Isabella (Gong Li, "Memoirs of a Geisha").

Man discovered masturbating in IMU mail room

By Trevor brown · Tuesday, Aug. 1,2006 3:35 p.m.

The IU Police Department has advised Indiana Memorial Union staff members to be on the look out for a subject after a worker discovered a man believed to have been masturbating in the basement mail room of the IMU Monday afternoon.

With toll road, daily drive may be more taxing

By David A. Nosko · Tuesday, Aug. 1,2006 3:35 p.m.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is seeking an I-69 toll road that extends from Evansville to Indianapolis, but some Southern Indiana Hoosiers like Thomas Tokarski have drawn a line in the limestone sand, saying I-69 is "beginning to look more and more absurd."

CIA not just looking for 'secret spies'

By Patrick Commiskey · Monday, July 31,2006 12:12 a.m.

Four men in suits - Henry, Jamal, Greg and Joe - giving only their first names because of the sensitive nature of their positions, flipped through slides and weaved in and out of the playful mystery of what their jobs entailed in front of a captivated crowd in the IU Career Development Center.

Faculty in talks about labor studies

By Patrick Commiskey · Monday, July 31,2006 12:12 a.m.

A fundamental difference of opinion among IU's faculty became apparent Friday at an open forum held to determine whether a massive restructuring and dismantling of the Division of Labor Studies is needed.

IUPD to receive tech upgrade

By Zack Teibloom · Monday, July 31,2006 12:12 a.m.

In times of emergency, saving every second is critical and now the IU Police Department can cut out every wasteful one with a new text-based wireless communication system they are set to install.

Discovering the discoverer

By Trevor brown · Monday, July 31,2006 12:12 a.m.

For more than 500 years the historic ship has silently escaped all human presence, hiding with it secrets from one of the most important periods in human history.

Cafe-goers will seek to capture murderer Thursday night

By Kristi Oloffson · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:56 p.m.

A murderer will be on the loose at Tutto Bene Cafe Thursday evening -- but it's all in the name of fun.

Local venues weigh in: Is sandwich making an art?

By David A. Nosko · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:55 p.m.

Art is in the eye of the beholder, but what about the stomach? Even though college town food markets are often saturated with pizza palaces, burger bordellos and ice cream parlors, sandwich shops provide community refugee for students, residents and guests to explore the art of stuffing just about anything between two slices of bread.

IU hosts top swimmers

By Josh Bagriansky · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:52 p.m.

For the fifth consecutive year, IU's Counsilman/Billingsley Aquatic Center played host to the Speedo Champions Series.

Former student's legacy lives on through scholarship

By Matt Dollinger · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:48 p.m.

John Jackson's friends used to joke that one day John would get rich and all of his friends would be able to live off of him.

Cyclic critics

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Weinberg · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:42 p.m.

In David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest," New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan described the United States government at war as "a centralized state ...

Living on the edge

By Alyson Brodsy and Jonathan P. Rossing · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:41 p.m.

I'm a fence-sitting Oprah fan -- I teeter on the fence of her empire until I fall onto the "I hate Oprah" or "I love Oprah" side. I usually fall on each side several times per episode.

Exiting executives

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:40 p.m.

Far from being the only institution with president issues, IU appears to be part of a larger national trend -- a "crisis of confidence" in university leadership, with presidents coming under fire from dissatisfied faculty, governing boards, regents, state lawmakers and other major players in the politics of higher education.

Disabled support disabled?

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:39 p.m.

This week, the Indiana Daily Student received a call concerning the remodeling of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

U.S. command confirms 3,700 troops to be sent to Baghdad to try to stop violence

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ryan Lenz · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:38 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The U.S. command announced Saturday that it was sending 3,700 troops to Baghdad to try to quell the sectarian violence sweeping the capital, and a U.S. official said more American soldiers would follow as the military gears up to take the streets from gunmen.

30 Taliban killed in Afghanistan as NATO readies for command in South

By Abdullah AlShihri and Matthew Pennington · Sunday, July 30,2006 11:37 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan police killed 20 suspected Taliban in the latest fighting to hit southern Afghanistan, as NATO on Sunday prepared to take command in the insurgency-wracked region.