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MTV doesn't suck?

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

Let's get something straight: I hate MTV. I dug it when I was a kid and it actually showed music videos (good stuff like the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight" and "1979," the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," Weezer's "Buddy Holly" and Aerosmith's Alicia Silverstone trilogy) or had decent shows like "Beavis and Butt-head," but in recent years it has turned into something else entirely. What's the point of having something called "Music Television" that doesn't show any damned videos? You got me? Thankfully, someone of some modicum of intelligence over at the Viacom-owned corporation saw it fit to remedy the problem. The solution: the newly revamped MTV2.

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Aesop 'rocks' the Bluebird

By Lucretia Fernandez · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

Indie hip-hop lyricist Aesop Rock (Ian Bavitz) brought his eclectic, urban vibe to the Bluebird's stage last Friday and his energy ran through the entire crowd of more than 400. Heads, hands and hips were moving to the Aesop rhythm. Appearing with Aesop Rock was Mr. Lif, another Definitive Jux Records artist.

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The heat is on

By -Nate Bethea · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

It was never going to last. Hot Hot Heat managed to create something unique on their last record, 2002's Make Up the Breakdown -- it was the sound of human exhaustion, of too many stimulants and not enough sleep combined with an ear for shiny, snappy pop. Nevermind the alphabet soup lyrics and shrill pogo-stick voice, Make Up the Breakdown was the pitch-perfect soundtrack to an amphetamine-laced road trip taken by rolling down a hill in a shopping cart.

Get your swerve on with 'Sideways'

By Tony Sams · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

Defying my critic brethren, I could not love Alexander Payne's "Sideways," a buddy road trip filtered through California's wine country for the midlife crisis crowd's palette. I liked it well enough; I wrote in this very newspaper a few months ago that it was "a good movie that wasn't THAT good." If you haven't seen it previously, don't take a chance and buy it. But it's still worth -- in this case -- the rental price.

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PARTNERZ IN CRIME, ACCOMPLICES IN RHYME

By Elisha Sauers · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

A clouded aquarium schooled with piranhas, a blue velvety sofa and a wall-sized graffiti mural of a hippo snagging a ride off the back of a whale. Drop one foot over the threshold of Ian Aliman and A.J. Jeoffroy's apartment and you'll find the random assortment of oddities that tend to clutter every college apartment.

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The TV and me

By -Kehla West · Thursday, April 14,2005 12 a.m.

I'm having a serious personal crisis, and there's nothing to be done about it. My television and my watching habits seem to be a macrocosmic reflection of my entire life, and it's starting to scare me a little.

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Get your swerve on with 'Sideways'

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, April 13,2005 8:43 p.m.

Defying my critic brethren, I could not love Alexander Payne's "Sideways," a buddy road trip filtered through California's wine country for the midlife crisis crowd's palette. I liked it well enough; I wrote in this very newspaper a few months ago that it was "a good movie that wasn't THAT good." If you haven't seen it previously, don't take a chance and buy it. But it's still worth -- in this case -- the rental price.

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Students combine hot talent : A love of all things burning bright

By Jenny Davis · Wednesday, April 13,2005 7:36 p.m.

Under a blood-red moon, sophomore Chris Meadows smoked a pipe before warming up. The sweet scent mingled with the heavier smell of gasoline, thanks in large part to freshman Kendrick Burke as he kept busy painting the beach along Lake Monroe with fuel and lighting it again and again.

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Remembering Together

By Mike Malik · Wednesday, April 13,2005 5:36 p.m.

IU senior Ashley Crouse, 21, was killed in a two-car accident that occurred late Monday night on campus, according to the IU Police Department. Crouse was pronounced dead at 12:09 a.m. Tuesday at Bloomington Hospital. Crouse, her boyfriend junior Christopher Carlson and senior Julie Greenbaum were driving southbound on Hawthorne Avenue when a gray Honda station wagon struck their red Jeep Cherokee on the driver's side at the intersection of Hawthorne Avenue and Third Street, according to a statement from IUPD. Police are searching for the driver of the station wagon, who fled the scene on foot.

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Wright heading to NBA

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 13,2005 4:09 p.m.

Bracey Wright will enter the NBA draft rather than return to IU for his senior year, coach Mike Davis announced Wednesday. "I am excited about the possibility of playing in the NBA and it has always been a dream of mine," Wright said in a statement. "I want to thank Coach Davis and all of the assistant coaches for the things they have taught me. I also want to thank my teammates for being there for me throughout my career."

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Senior touches lives, leaves lasting memory through volunteering time, energy, enthusiasm to several organizations on campus

By Mike Malik · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:50 a.m.

"If you can dream, you can do it!" This single quote from Walt Disney dons Ashley Crouse's Thefacebook profile. Underneath are photos of her friends. They are the many people whose lives she has touched while spending a majority of her years giving her time and enthusiasm to different campus organizations. The news of her sudden death left those who knew her with an irreplaceable void.

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IU student Ashley Crouse mourned by friends, family following fatal car accident

By Rick Newkirk · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:50 a.m.

It began as a small gathering Tuesday night, about 100 greek students arranged jaggedly along the entrance to the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. But like a magnetic wave, it grew larger and larger as it moved toward Kappa Kappa Gamma, the home of Ashley Crouse, who died in a car crash early Tuesday morning. Several people make a crowd. A few dozen is a line. One hundred Greek students is a good start. More than a thousand is nothing short of a parade. It was a mourner's parade.

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1st all-black women's team set to race

By Andy Romey · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:44 a.m.

Deep in the midst of a February snowstorm -- Team Marshall sat. But this time, not idly. This time, Old Man Winter wouldn't confine them to working out at the Student Recreational Sports Center, or even worse, doing nothing at all. Team Marshall found a savior, but it wasn't in the form of a groundhog or a warm front. It was four words from graduate student and distance rider Autumn Drew -- "I'll be your coach."

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Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:15 a.m.

Union Board to show debated 'Kinsey' film The Union Board will show "Kinsey" at 8 and 11 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union. Actor Liam Neeson portrays Alfred Kinsey, the IU researcher who impacted social norms by publishing books on sexual behavior of both women and men.

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Around The Game

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:04 a.m.

Prior debut pushed back with Cubs' washout Tuesday CHICAGO -- Mark Prior had to wait an extra day to make his 2005 debut. Rain caused the postponement of Tuesday's game between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs.

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Defensive leader makes a change for IU this spring

By Dan Click · Wednesday, April 13,2005 2:02 a.m.

After the Michigan game Oct. 2, senior John Pannozzo should have seen it coming. What he should have seen is that his fullback career at IU would be finished soon, and he would move to a career in which he would give out the hits rather than take them.

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Criss-cross dressing

By Colin Dugdale · Wednesday, April 13,2005 1:58 a.m.

Last weekend, I saw a grown man, dressed in a leather leotard and glow-in-the-dark underwear, do a dance to a techno Meow-Mix medley. Man, the things my grandpa will do after snorting Ovaltine!

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What's in a name?

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, April 13,2005 1:57 a.m.

Just when you think you have a top-notch memory, you commit the dreaded social faux pas: forgetting someone's name. "Hey, I remember you. You're Henry. Harry? Hortence? Shaniqua? Oh, your name is Ted? I was close." When you forget a name, you bring eternal embarrassment to yourself, shame to your family, and worst of all, you look like a jerk.

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Learning to teach

By Lori Snow · Wednesday, April 13,2005 1:53 a.m.

Steve AmRhein stood at the front of his Algebra II class in Columbus East High School, hesitating a bit before announcing the dreaded news. "Okay, guys, change for tomorrow. We're going to have a quiz," he said. "Awwwww," the class moaned in unison. "But it's a Friday," a girl in a blue shirt whined.

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Tyson promises 'train wreck' for June 11 bout

By Alyson Brodsy and Howard Fendrich · Wednesday, April 13,2005 1:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Mike Tyson hunched in his chair and tapped his 9-year-old daughter's hand while she rested her head on Daddy's ample shoulder. Later the heavyweight, once called "the baddest man on the planet," cuddled his napping son. "I feel like Mr. Mom," Tyson said, then stomped his foot and smiled at his own joke. Wearing a pin-striped suit, he could have been any family man, albeit one with a tattoo on his face.

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