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Game Day Predictions

By Cory Steger · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 1:33 a.m.

IU Offense: The Hoosiers have made huge strides in the passing game in recent weeks, and the running game can't be far behind. The Hoosiers will pass early and often to test the young Buckeye secondary, and expect a huge day from Courtney Roby who should easily shred the soft zone defense.

Dave Attell heads to B-Town for IU show

By -Alec Toombs · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:44 a.m.

Comedian Dave Attell is living the American Dream. The comedian and "Insomniac" host earns much of his income by way of carousing about various cities into the wee hours of the morning. "Insomniac," the Comedy Central show in which Attell's drunken hijinks add up to hilarity, has made him a household name. Now after partying his way across the country, Attell will grace Bloomington with his presence at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in an IU Auditorium performance.

Complicated definition

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:42 a.m.

The College Board's annual survey says college tuition has increased by 10.5 percent this year, just another statistic in the ongoing debate regarding college affordability.

France quietly expels pupils who defy new head scarf law

By Alyson Brodsy and Elaine Ganley · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:38 a.m.

PARIS -- French school administrators have quietly begun expelling Muslim girls for wearing head scarves to public schools in defiance of a new law banning conspicuous religious symbols, treading carefully for fear of endangering two French hostages in Iraq.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:30 a.m.

Purdue: Hackers break into school's computer system WEST LAFAYETTE -- Someone gained unauthorized access to Purdue's computers, prompting school officials Thursday to urge all students, staff and faculty to change their passwords.

Indiana counties struggle to pay for 911 phone bill

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:28 a.m.

LAFAYETTE -- Several Indiana counties could soon be struggling to pay their 911 phone bills after Verizon Communications quadrupled the amount it charges communities for the service. In Tippecanoe County, the 911 charge increased from $60,000 a year to $240,000 a year under a three-year contract between the county and Verizon. The JournWal and Courier reported Thursday that officials are concerned the county could run out of money to pay for the service by 2007.

Just one two too many

By Jeff Alsott and Jeff Alstott · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:12 a.m.

Advanced orders now available! Reserve "The Land Before Time XI: The Invasion of the Tinysauruses" for 81 full minutes of G-rated, family-friendly entertainment, coming to you this January!

Opera 101: Listening to the classic art

By Eric Anderson · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:11 a.m.

It has come to the attention of those of us at the Arts Desk that a large portion of the University's population finds opera to be, shall we say, inaccessible and incomprehensible. So, with a new production opening this very evening, we offer a sort of abbreviated introduction to the world of opera and its various components in the hope that it may clear the fog just a bit.

Balanced budget among top election issues

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:10 a.m.

The following are President George W. Bush's and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry's responses to issue questions posed by The Associated Press. Budget Q: Can the U.S. government achieve a balanced budget this decade?

Go ahead, drop the soap

By Rick Newkirk · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:10 a.m.

If I see one more Scott Peterson headline, I might pull out all my hair. It's not that I'm not sympathetic to the murder of a pregnant woman. I am. But the Peterson trial is not news any more than are the other 12,000 homicides in the Unites States every year.

Oppressed: Free thyself

By Adam Maksl · Friday, Oct. 22,2004 12:09 a.m.

There's a quote from my favorite show, "The West Wing," which used to sum up my view of foreign policy: "We are for freedom of speech everywhere.

Mos Definitely a great album

By Adam Aasen · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:58 p.m.

Mos Def is an unusual hip-hop renaissance man. He's made his name as one of the fiercest rappers out today. He's impressed audiences on the silver screen and on Broadway. He's even crooned a song or two.

The FCC won't let me be

By Doug Evans · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:51 p.m.

It appears the remnants of last year's Super Bowl halftime show fiasco are still affecting the entertainment industry.

Don't fear the subtitles

By C. Warner Sills · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:47 p.m.

In a recent trip to Washington D.C. to visit some family, I did what all good tourists do: I went to the movies. Well, that's not entirely true.

'Battle' gets fine treatment

By Gavin Lesnick · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:44 p.m.

The scary thing about watching Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers" is just how familiar everything in it appears.

The beginning of Phish's end

By Robert O'Connor · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:43 p.m.

It has only been two-and-a-half months since Phish's final concert and much to the dismay of music lovers, hippies and people with generally poor hygiene, it looks as if it's never coming back.

In need of an outer-space killing

By -Nate Bethea · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:41 p.m.

Let me start this bluntly -- I am a huge Duran Duran fan, and I'm not afraid to admit it -- but this is not the Duran Duran of old.

Sum 41 gets deep

By George Lyle IV · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:39 p.m.

Somewhere along the way, either before or during the recording sessions for Chuck, the boys of Sum 41 went to Africa, did some volunteer work for a group called War Child Canada and had a few brushes with death.

'Death' becomes them

By Eric Smith · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:37 p.m.

In Good Charlotte's first post-fame album, it's abandoned its safe, cliché pop-punk sound, but it has nothing to balance itself upon anymore.

Sun sets on impressive sequel

By -Kehla West · Thursday, Oct. 21,2004 12:31 p.m.

"If only" might have been the tagline of this film. Richard Linklater's beautiful little film "Before Sunset" is the best film to come out this year. It's an extension of 1994's "Before Sunrise," which was equally wonderful. If you haven't seen "Sunrise," your experience with "Sunset" will be compromised.

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