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'Happy Feet' doesn't foot the bill

By C. Warner Sills and Sean Abbott · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 12 a.m.

I won't lie. I'm a sucker for anything cute. Once a critter's eye-size-to-face ratio reaches a certain point, I'll follow it anywhere, giggling contentedly as I go. I'm like a Catholic schoolgirl. Or I was, until I saw "Happy Feet." Do not be taken in by the lies, my friends. Do not be swept away by the singing and the dancing and the pretty penguins, or even by the Robin Williams, for the sad truth of the matter is that this movie has little going for it besides fancy computer animation and bouncy, flightless waterfowl.

The 'Doctor' is in

By Eamonn Brennan · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 12 a.m.

On 2005's The Documentary, The Game became known for a few simple things: (1), a fantastic understanding of what made a rap song viscerally enjoyable; (2), the backing of OG Dr. Dre and New G 50 Cent, and (3), a tireless desire to name-drop anybody and everybody related to the rap game. Those combinations made The Documentary listenable, but not legendary; The Game, even in his first album, seemed far too comfortable in the clutches of Dre and 50 to produce anything serious or exciting. It was an entire album of by-the-numbers gangsta rap in desperate need of rebellion.

Rock Showdown

By C. Warner Sills and Amanda Lowry · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 12 a.m.

A few years ago, publicizing a concert meant posting a million fliers to telephone poles, getting ads in local newspapers and telling your friends to come via word of mouth. Today, it also means posting MySpace with messages, getting videos on YouTube and spreading the word via E-mail mailing lists. Telecommunications professor Mark Deuze is thrilled about this shift in advertising, and he wants his students to see its potential for innovative marketing strategies.

Love 'Love?' Can you match it?

By C. Warner Sills and Zack Teibloom · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 12 a.m.

I've always found "Octopus' Garden" to be a pretty average song. I mean, as far as Abbey Road goes. Then I heard the version on Love. Slowed down and mashed up with "Good Night," all of a sudden, Ringo sounds majestic. And perfect. It's moments like this and the seamless transition from Rubber Soul classics "Drive My Car" to "What You're Doing" to "The Word," all in one track that make this the most important Beatles release in over 30 years. Love is the perfect word for this compilation album. George Martin -- "the fifth Beatle" -- has done it again. It's not a best-of Beatles love songs collection or a re-hash of old songs like the Beatles 1 album. It's a mash-up, similar to what Danger Mouse tried to do when he created the Gray Album, which combined Jay-Z's Black Album with the Beatles' White Album, only ... this one is good. Really good. And who better to take on the imposing task of messing with the master tapes of all-time classic Beatles songs than Martin, with help from his son Giles?

Rice delivers masterpiece in sophomore album

By C. Warner Sills and Patrick Hurley · Wednesday, Nov. 29,2006 12 a.m.

Like many music fans, I was curious to check out Damien Rice's debut, O, back in 2003, having heard some good things about it. After giving Rice a chance and understanding what type of music he is attempting to create, I liked what I was hearing.

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Kinsey Confidential

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:45 p.m.

Q: My girlfriend and I are both virgins. I want to have sex with my girlfriend but she is afraid of getting pregnant. I told her that I will use condoms during sex. My question is, if I am using condoms and if I ejaculate in the condom when my penis is in my girlfriend's vagina, is there any chance of getting her pregnant? Thanks for your time.

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Chicago holiday bazaar stirs controversy

By Alyson Brodsy and Don Babwin · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:40 p.m.

CHICAGO -- A public Christmas festival is no place for the Christmas story, the city says. Officials have asked organizers of a downtown Christmas festival, the German Christkindlmarket, to reconsider using a movie studio as a sponsor because it is worried ads for its film "The Nativity Story" might offend non-Christians.

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Internationally known horn player takes professorship at music school

By Katie Ingmire · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:36 p.m.

From a pig farm in western Canada to the bright lights of Broadway, Jeff Nelsen's French horn talent has taken him all over the world. Now the internationally known horn virtuoso has taken a position as an associate professor of music at IU's Jacobs School of Music. Nelsen is currently a visiting associate professor in the school, and he said spending time in this role made the decision to take the faculty position easy.

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SPEA professors joins EPA advisory board

By Nadia LaMantia · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:32 p.m.

Longtime IU faculty member Jim Barnes has been appointed chair of the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Financial Advisory Board. Barnes is a professor in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU School of Law.

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Club offers singular, group competition

By Tom Edwards · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:26 p.m.

The IU figure skating club might well be the best-kept secret in IU team athletics. As a club sport, the club has enjoyed noteworthy success since its founding four years ago. The competitive team is ranked No. 1 in the Midwest and performed in the 2006 Intercollegiate National Figure Skating Competition in San Jose, Calif.

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Online Only: Doubleplus ungood untruths

By Alyson Brodsy and Abram Hess · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:23 p.m.

Two weeks ago the ghosts of George Orwell and Josef Stalin appeared in midtown Manhattan. Orwell was carrying a placard that read: "I Told You So," while Stalin's read: "Russia Did It First." The characters in the fictitious scenario above were drawing attention to a rule under consideration by the New York City Board of Health that would allow a citizen born in one of the five boroughs to legally change information on his birth certificate. The New York Times reported that the proposed rule allowing revision of historical documents will likely be adopted soon.

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Nation of wusses

By Alyson Brodsy and Waddell Hamer · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:08 p.m.

People are wusses. I'm talking about those whiny, crying, annoying, simple, egotistical types who just can't fathom a life in which maybe their views are wrong and someone else's views are right. So they spend every waking minute trying to explain why they are right and you are wrong and how, if you don't agree, you are stupid.

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You gonna eat that?

By Alyson Brodsy and Joanna Borns · Tuesday, Nov. 28,2006 11:07 p.m.

I've been watching you for a while now. Studying your behavior. Anticipating your next move. By now, I can read you like the Encyclopedia Britannica entry on the pale-headed brush finch. But I have to be certain of your intentions. Let's end this charade. I'll just be blunt. Are you gonna eat that?

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