Longform

This 'Duplex' is best left unrented

By -Jenny Kobiela · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

Alex (Ben Stiller) and Nancy (Drew Barrymore) are a young married couple, who decide to move into a beautiful new duplex. Unfortunately, living upstairs is a crazy, obnoxious old woman named Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel).

No 'Guilt' in liking Get Up Kids' latest

By Ben Warden · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

The Get Up Kids are in an interesting position with their fourth album, Guilt Show. Like most emo bands, there are one or two albums which define the group, then there's the "hey, we're more than pop punk" album (in this case, 2002's On a Wire), and then where do they go? Guilt Show plays like a compilation of all the styles which have been experimented with over the years.

'Machine' not ready for the mainstream

By -Brandon Tucker · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

It's a shame that southern hip-hop is now being represented in the mainstream by yell-rap artists such as Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz, Ying Yang Twins, Lil' Scrappy, YoungBloodZ, etc., who bark at you until you're forced to admit they're hard, either because you believe them or because you can't take their raspy commands anymore.

METAL MAYHEM

By Jess Huffman · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

Don't cry home to mom. She'll be scared too. That's because the metal scene in Bloomington is emerging fast, and if Bloomington's metal bands have their way, the sounds of electric guitars will soon be heard all over town.

LUCK of the IRISH

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

It's been centuries since St. Patrick (long since elevated to mythical status by throngs of inebriated St. Patty's revelers) escaped slavery and spoke to Irish Catholics of visions divinely inspired. Yet the folklore underscoring everyone's favorite day in March perpetuates, and we at Weekend feel it only proper to clue the St. Patrick's Day faithful in to what's happening in Indianapolis and Bloomington next Wednesday.

'The Living End' of this band's career

By Mike Ley · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

With its tardy follow-up to 2001's Roll On, Australian trio the Living End, has officially fallen off. Still looking like they're straight out of 1977, their getup of Gretsch guitars, Creepers and an upright bass screams something aggressive; however, this look has become deceiving.

'Hidalgo' takes 'Seabiscuit' long distance

By Doug Evans · Thursday, March 11,2004 12 a.m.

After a "Lord of the Rings" series which put this prolific but unknown actor on the map, Viggo Mortensen follows up the hit fantasy trilogy with "Hidalgo," a buddy story about a cowboy and his horse who are famous for their success in long-distance endurance races.

Galleries in the open air

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:58 p.m.

Whitney Blake's vision of peace is simple. It's a world of quiet, flowers, friendship and love. And throughout March, Bloomington residents and IU students will see Blake's work on a billboard at the corner of Fourth Street and College Avenue. Along with three other local middle-schoolers, 12-year-old Blake won a Youth Art Month student art contest sponsored by Your Art Here.

Justice Department halts software merger

By Amber Nicholas · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:28 p.m.

Oracle's nine-month, $9.4 billion attempt to buy out rival software company People Soft has been postponed due to a law suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice Feb. 27. The department filed the suit on grounds that "the merger would harm competitive landscape in the market for complex business software packages sold to large organizations," according to the Tri-Valley Herald in San Francisco.

SETI director looks outside Earth

By Ru Thomas · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:27 p.m.

Dr. Jill Tarter has not only questioned whether life exists beyond our earth, but she has literally gone in search of the answer. She shared her experiences, strategies and the future of what she calls a multigeneration project in a crowded Whittenberger Auditorium Tuesday.

Spring break-ing down the field

By Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:24 p.m.

While all of y'all are living it up in Florida, the Bahamas -- heck, anywhere warm -- bubbles will be burst, dreams will be crushed, and the unthinkable will happen. It's the NCAA Tournament, and there just isn't anything else like it. Without the brackets set, it's nearly impossible to pick a Final Four, but I'll handicap the field for you in what might be the most wide-open tourney in years.

Journey begins for Cooper

By Colin Burns · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:22 p.m.

As postseason tournaments get under way, some teams and players will not qualify for the next level of competition. The long hours put into practicing, weight lifting and going that extra mile eventually have to end. But for senior Coyte Cooper, the journey to become a wrestling national champion in his last attempt has only just begun.

Porn and soap operas

By Jack M. Silverstein and Jack Silverstein · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:18 p.m.

Warning: the following contains broad generalizations When trying to discern the various mental and emotional differences between men and women, one needn't look much further than each gender's preferred avenue of relationship storytelling -- programming that whittles away any extraneous aspects of dating, leaving only what each gender finds absolutely vital. I am speaking, of course, about soap operas and soft porn.

Uncle Sam's rolling on dubs

By Melanie Sims · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:16 p.m.

The U.S. Army is rolling through the 'hood, offering candy-coated dreams of ice cream and secret fun like a dirty old man in a wood-paneled station wagon. "Just hop in," he says to you and your comrades. But just before a less-thoughtful buddy grabs Mr. Trench Coat's door handle, you flee the scene because you know there's nothing more suspicious than a "generous" old white guy cruising the 'hood (or the barrio, for that matter).

Shadows of the past

By Paul Musgrave · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:14 p.m.

SHANGHAI -- The wages of sin is death, but the wages of revolution is peanuts. So I've concluded after visiting three houses linked intimately to China's modern history. My impression? When you're a revolutionary, expect cramped quarters.

When no one wins, we lose

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:12 p.m.

Another year, another IU Student Association election, another mess. The court battles between tickets after the IUSA election have become as much a part of the election process as tickets' promises to bring more books and beer to campus. Just as ridiculous, too.

Teen sniper sentenced to life in prison

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:10 p.m.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- Lee Boyd Malvo, the young man who teamed up with John Allen Muhammad to terrorize the Washington, D.C. area in a sniper spree that left 10 people dead, was formally sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole. Malvo, 19, was sentenced a day after Muhammad was given the death penalty by a judge in nearby Prince William County. The judge in Muhammad's case could have reduced the sentence to life in prison, but Malvo's judge had no other option than life without parole, which the jury recommended.

Iran plans to resume uranium enrichment

By Alyson Brodsy and Ali Akbar Dareini · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:09 p.m.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran said Wednesday it would resume uranium enrichment and warned it may quit cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which it accused of kowtowing to Washington, D.C., at a crucial meeting in Vienna, Austria.

U.S. forces to intervene in Haiti

By Alyson Brodsy and Paisley Dodds · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:08 p.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gerard Latortue, a former U.N. official chosen to lead Haiti out of political turmoil, returned from the United States Wednesday to begin the arduous task of building a government. Loyalists of the former president said they wouldn't accept him.

Around The State

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 10,2004 11:04 p.m.

Shipshewana shop owner to rebuild SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. -- The owners of the Davis Mercantile, destroyed by fire last month, plan to rebuild but are not sure of a location.