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Hoosiers earn 22 straight opening wins

Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 1:20 a.m.

After using five pitchers in eight innings, IU head coach Bob Morgan decided to turn to his right fielder. Senior Joe Kemp struck out the first batter, then walked the second and sealed the victory with back-to-back strikeouts to give the Hoosiers a 5-0 win against the DePauw Tigers. Still, Morgan remained humble about the win.

IU remembers 20th anniversary of chair toss

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 1:19 a.m.

Game-winning shots make history. Starting fives make history. Even coaching match-ups make history. But a piece of molded fiber glass with metal legs making history? It made history 20 years ago today. What started as just another game between former IU coach Bob Knight and arch-rival Purdue coach Gene Keady, ended with a chair sitting in the middle of the court.

Webmail beta-testing offers more space

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 1:13 a.m.

For 10,000 IU students, Webmail is about to get a little more spacious. IU will switch students who signed up for beta-testing to a new, bigger and safer system beginning next week. Rick Jackson, manager of messaging for University Information Technology Services, said the new system will look just like the old one to IU students, except it will have more than eight times the quota and a number of behind-the-scenes upgrades.

Lending parents an extra hand

By Sarah Walden · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 1:06 a.m.

Willy wandered into the kitchen, rubbing his eyes and yawning. He took a moment to look around and then crawled into his day care teacher's lap. He nestled his head of curly black hair into her shoulder, inviting her to rub his back. With one hand she complied. With the other hand she began drawing on the construction paper that covered the kitchen table. Willy gave her his full attention as he watched her draw cars and animals. His teacher appears to be like any other loving, caring day care teacher.

Hoosiers struggle despite promising start in Florida

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:44 a.m.

The IU women's golf team finished 15th out of 15 teams competing in the Central District Invitational Monday and Tuesday in Parrish, Fla. The Hoosiers had a promising start shooting a team score of 316, but fell off in the final two rounds of the tournament, carding a 323 and 328. IU finished a total of 88 strokes off the first-place pace set by tournament champion University of Missouri, and 25 strokes behind the 14th-place team Kansas State University.

Fashion + rock = cool

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:39 a.m.

Watching pretty girls sport original and rather sexy designer outfits would be a thrilling night on its own. Now sandwich this fashion show between four rocking bands and you've got an extravaganza worthy of a VH1 special. Well, almost.

Crew team endures winter training on rowing machines

By Bill Meehan · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:36 a.m.

Every mile can feel like two for rowers in the winter. They pine for the graceful feel of flinging a boat over the water, but winter also means a showdown with the rowing machine, or erg.

IU student television to premiere 5 new shows next month

By Kyle Meehan · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:36 a.m.

In a little under three years IU Student Television has grown from a freshman's dream to a developed organization whose work can be seen by thousands of students each year. A spring program lineup released by IUSTV details five new shows that will be added in the next month, doubling the size of the station and broadening the opportunities available to aspiring journalists and entertainers.

Keady honored with 'a piece of IU'

By Josh Weinfus and Josh Weinfuss · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:34 a.m.

When a visitor gets cheered in Assembly Hall, something must be up. But a coach? Were the Hoosier faithful feeling OK, Tuesday night?

The Power of PROTEST

By Rachel Kenis · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:19 a.m.

Forty years ago, Dunn Meadow was the center of political activism -- or any activism at all -- on IU's campus. Once the main nerve for rallies, speeches and demonstrations, Dunn Meadow is now more frequently used for concerts and the occasional Frisbee match. With the exception of a recent vigil marking the 20th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical disaster in December, Dunn Meadow has remained a fairly temperate area, which was not the case in the far less temperate time of the late 1960s through the early 1970s.

Rock 'Never' stops on latest

By Mark Perlman and Mark Perlman-Price · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:15 a.m.

Can you believe its been nearly five years since "No Sex in the Champagne Room" was released, launching Chris Rock from comedian to all-around superstar, starring in movies like "Dogma," "Down to Earth" and "Head of State?"

One "sssssucky" sequel

By Matt Waters · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:11 a.m.

"Son of the Mask" is just another poor idea from the Hollywood writers of today. Living up to the reputation that sequels rarely surpass their originals, "Son of the Mask" is definitely not "sssssmokin.'" With a new writer, director and cast, this movie very remotely resembles the original movie.

'Julia' is not 'All About Eve'

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:08 a.m.

In István Szabó's "Being Julia," Julia Lambert is England's favorite stage actress of the 1930s. She has style, she has grace, she's an outlandish diva closing in a bit reluctantly on middle age -- you know the drill. The plays she performs in are pretty bad, which is okay because everyone is consistently reassuring her that her adoring public comes not for the play, but her.

'Constantine' more like 'Crapstantine'

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12:05 a.m.

Many comic book geeks have cried foul through the production and subsequent release of "Constantine," an adaptation of the DC/Vertigo title "Hellblazer." I'm only mildly familiar with the book and therefore have no attachment to the source material. Though, after seeing the flick, it's easy to empathize with these folks' consternations.

'Taxi' not worth the fare

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 12 a.m.

Beep! Beep! That was the sound of Jimmy Fallon's career suicide after he left the cast of "Saturday Night Live" and chose to make "Taxi," his first major, post-show project. The film is a take-off on the 1998 French action-comedy of the same name, but something must have been lost in the translation. Yes, the American version has cool chase scenes with fast cars and beautiful women, but the plot is weaker than an egg shell and there's no comedy to make up for it. Plus, it's just plain boring.

'Diaries' paints portrait of Guevara

By Mary P. Hansell · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:59 p.m.

We recognize him from the red posters and his star embroidered beret. We have studied him in our history and Spanish classes. And to some, he is the symbol of rebellion and the enticing passion of revolution. Yet, before Che Guevara became the social revolutionist we have all come to know and love, he was Ernesto Guevara. In the film "The Motorcycle Diaries," we are introduced to Guevara when he was a young Argentinean medical student with no real plans for the future. Based on true stories found in Guevara's memoirs, "The Motorcycle Diaries" is about the journey of two men who changed the way they saw the world and who they would become.

'Saw' a decent thriller

By Rhett Umphress · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:56 p.m.

Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) wake up in a bathroom, each chained to one side of the room. In between them lies a dead body. An audiotape tells them that if Dr. Gordon does not kill Adam, Dr. Gordon's family will be killed. This is the method of a serial killer known as Jigsaw. He provides puzzles for his victims to figure out; the punishment for failure is death. As the story progresses, other Jigsaw cases are shown, demonstrating his various methods of torturing his victims.

'Donnie' DVD gets darker

By John Barnett · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:53 p.m.

Originally released in late 2001 to almost no fanfare outside the film festival circuit, Richard Kelly's "Donnie Darko" has since developed quite the cult following, which in turn necessitates a DVD rerelease in extended director's cut form. This cut adds 20 minutes to the original, mostly in the form of extended scenes that were featured in the first DVD incarnation as deleted scenes. These scenes work to flesh out the complicated bits, of which there are many, and to add closure to parts of the original cut that left many fans baffled.

Pony immature and unoriginal

By Nate Gowdy · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:46 p.m.

Pony Up!'s debut seven-song EP is original. Unfortunately, it's not so original to be called inventive. It's original in the sense that no one else wants to sound like them. The all-femme five member band of sisters, co-workers, roommates and best friends, hailing from Montreal, has gotten attention as the first band signed to Aussie indie-boy Ben Lee's boutique label Ten Fingers. It is important to note that he never went anywhere either.

Band needs 'Disconnection Notice'

By Doug Evans · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:44 p.m.

From the band that made a name for itself over 10 years ago with the hit, "Here in Your Bedroom," comes an album that sounds not unlike all its other releases. Disconnection Notice has some catchy pop-punk tunes and a few tracks with ska-induced rhythm, but the music certainly isn't a new expedition for Goldfinger.