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Acting better than film

By John Barnett · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Giles Foden's novel, "The Last King of Scotland," chronicles the brutal eight-year reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada from 1971 to 1979. Kevin MacDonald's film adaptation uses the novel as a template, and features Forest Whitaker in a brave, warts-and-all performance as General Amin. The term "loosely based" might be more appropriate in this case, seeing as how many major differences there are between the novel and the film, and MacDonald makes the seemingly wise decision to let Whitaker run the show. As outstanding as Whitaker's performance is, it comes at a price.

Hungry for more Wolf

By Wes Jakacki and Amanda Dorman · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

As a band part of the emergence of the British pub-rock revival scene, garage rock trio The Noisettes sound like a band ready for a big break. The band turned their popularity gained through touring Europe -- opening for Muse and Baby Shambles -- into an international deal with Universal Music in 2006. The album showcases a band at their very best, displays the manic energy of a live show but also displays the tightness of a more veteran act. Singer/bassist Shingai Shoniwa's voice brings to mind everyone from Billie Holliday to Karen O, going from soulful singing to ferocious shrieks instantly. Shoniwa's uniqueness separates the band from the rest of the UK pub-rock scene, whether it be the Fratellis or the Arctic Monkeys. Someone with this much energy and attitude has enough to carry a band alone, but guitarist Dan Smith and drummer Jamie Morrison do a great job of matching this energy. From the wailing blues guitar solo in "Sister Rosetta (Capture the Spirit)" to the crashing cymbals of "Nothing to Dread," the band flourishes when they're the most frenzied.

Luck is running out

By Brian J. McFillen and Gillian Flaccus · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

It has been six years since Jimmy Tamborello, a.k.a. Dntel, released his debut album, Life Is Full Of Possibilities, but he has been far from idle. In the interim, he has become much more famous as the electronic-instrumentals half of The Postal Service -- his (originally, one-off) side project with Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard -- whose 2003 album, Give Up, achieved surprise mainstream crossover success. So, given all this, you'd think that Tamborello's sophomore release, Dumb Luck, would differ considerably from 2001's Life -- especially since Give Up was a major departure in style.

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Hoosiers looking for second defeat of Hawkeyes

By Jordan Cohen · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Thirty-one days ago, the Iowa men’s tennis team left Bloomington with a disappointing 6-1 loss to IU. At 3 p.m. today, the Hawkeyes (8-12, 1-9 Big Ten) have another shot at the No. 67 Hoosiers (14-11, 4-6 Big Ten) in the first round of the Big Ten Championships in West Lafayette.

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Busted

By Paige Ingram · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

The hands that have created hundreds of fake IDs for Bloomington residents were locked in handcuffs today, as Indiana State Excise Police discovered a counterfeit operation.

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Half worth a damn

By Brittany Hite , Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Avril Lavigne is known for being the princess of punk-pop and she takes that to a whole new level on her newest album, The Best Damn Thing, by spitting out lyrics consisting of the likes of "Hell yeah/I'm the motherfucking princess" and "And now you're somehwhere out there with a/Bitch, slut, psychopath." Lavigne's third album comes complete with a parental advisory warning, something that will surely please the parents of the teenage following her type of music targets. The album starts on what is perhaps its highest note with the single, "Girlfriend," where Avril urges her interest to leave his current girl for her. The song works with a cheerleading-type of sound, with chants, claps and has a catchy tune that makes it a perfect listen-to-while-you're-getting-ready type of song. Although she was recently married, you'd hardly know it by the makeup of the album. It continues with the upbeat, poppy anti-dude song, "I Can Do Better," where Avril continues her ranting ("I'm sick of this shit/Don't ask why/I hate you now.").

Summer sizzlers

By Michael Mellini and Colin Dugdale · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Next week might be the end of school -- meaning months of working and boredom for everyone heading home -- but it also marks the start of the summer movie season. Forget sitting poolside and soaking up some rays, go hide in the air-conditioned theaters. Here's a look at what's coming out in the next few months.

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CDC names award after IU professor

By Brandi Baldwin · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named a new award after IU professor Lloyd Kolbe of the Department of Applied Health Science. The award was named and granted April 24 in a ceremony in Atlanta.

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Headline gave hope that Stewart would join military

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

As soon as I read the headline for Brian Stewart’s column (“Once more unto the breach,” April 24) and the quotation at the beginning (“I am going into the army. . . .”), I thought for sure he had decided to walk the walk he’s been talking all this time and enlist in the Army. But, no. He’s an all-talk chicken-hawk after all, and when his children ask “What did you do in the war on terrorism, Daddy?” he’ll have to tell them “I wrote a column in a college newspaper.” Betty Rose Nagle Associate professor

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Pretty vacant

By Brian Hettmansperger and Katie Ingmire · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

If you are seeking thrills, "Vacancy" delivers. If you demand an original storyline, well, this one has been done before. The film opens with feuding married couple Amy and David Fox (Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson) having car trouble in the middle of a night. They walk to the nearest motel they can find and check in for a night they will be lucky to survive. The couple get to their hotel room and are annoyed and slightly frightened by constant banging on their walls and door. The couple's tired indifference turns to true terror when David finds a videotape on the VCR that contains a murderous snuff film seemingly made in their motel room. Suddenly the power to the room gets cut and it is clear the couple broke down in front of the wrong motel.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost enjoy a tasty treat together. Hey it beats being eaten by zombies.

'Fuzz' not as hot as it could be

By Ash Cartwright , Annysa LaMantia and Anyssa LaMantia · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

"Hot Fuzz" is a genre-blending film with lively style and has a lot in common with Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's earlier collaboration, "Shaun of the Dead." In fact, if I were inclined to take the harshest possible stance in light of the commonalities between the two films, I would say that with "Hot Fuzz," Wright and Frost are trying to recapture the success of their earlier work by copying it. Only this time it is about cops instead of zombies.

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Hoosiers drop 8th straight game

By Lee Hurwitz · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

Tracy Smith’s ball club had been looking for a win since April 15. But Miami University of Ohio dealt the Hoosiers their eighth loss in a row following a 10-1 loss to the Redhawks, as victory no. 15 eluded IU Tuesday night.

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Seth Rogen's coming out party

By Shannon McEnerney and Zack Teibloom · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

It's time to get to know the two most promising young, creative stars in Hollywood. Collectively, their credits include pop culture phenomena like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Anchorman" and "Da Ali G. Show" as well as cult successes like "Freaks and Geeks," "Donnie Darko" and "Heavyweights." This film ranks right up there with any of these past great works and will finally put these two geniuses firmly on the map. Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow have been quietly writing, directing and, in Rogen's case, starring in these instant classics for years but are shockingly not household names. Rogen is the guy whose first line in "Donnie Darko" is "I like your boobs," and he starred in the cult hit shows "Undeclared" and "Freaks and Geeks." In "Knocked Up," he is finally given his first leading role, and he absolutely nails it.

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Campus sexual assault programs helpful at IU

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

I write to express my concern that recent IDS articles and editorials do not accurately reflect the range of campus and community services in the areas of sexual assault prevention, education and treatment. To my mind, the campus and community are lucky to have comprehensive services that address different elements of the problem and complement each other. The Sexual Assault Crisis Service (SACS) of the IU Health Center is the only service especially for students, staffed by professional counselors.

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Stewart's "Fighting Words" don't support the troops

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

I am thrilled that Brian Stewart and I share literary heroes, namely Alexis De Tocqueville. But as Stewart was “leafing through” Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, he must have managed to skip this particular passage, “No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country. ... All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and the shortest means to accomplish it.” Stewart continues by asking servicemen and women what support they have received from the “fainthearted ‘anti-war’ faction” and dutifully reports that they believe that “fundamental to supporting the troops” is that one support “the worthiness of the mission.” This is a fascinating claim given the December 2006 poll taken by “The Military Times,” which found that barely one-third of service members approve of the way the president is handling the war. I am sick and tired of these tough, brave, keyboard warriors like Stewart calling my anti-war stance fainthearted and cowardly. But for argument, let us assume that the position I have chosen to take is indeed cowardly and unpatriotic (despite Thomas Jefferson’s assertion that “Dissent is the highest form of patriotism”). What does it say about people like Brian “Fighting Words” Stewart? What have you, Mr. Stewart, done to “advance the cause for which our embattled warriors stand sentry”? I can think of nothing more cowardly than to wax passionately and poetically in defending “America’s brand of international patriotism being played out on the ground in Iraq” yet at the same time refusing to enlist.

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Gun-free zones encourage violence

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

With the aftermath of the Virgina Tech shooting being sorted out, no doubt everyone on campus is asking the same question as other college students around the country. Could something like this happen at my school? How can it be prevented or handled? Hindsight is 20/20, with the callings for various firings and resignations at Virgina Tech, when this is another example of the dangers that lurk in a free society.

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Artiversary

By Rorye O'Connor and Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

One hundred years ago, impressionist painter T.C. Steele paid a visit to Nashville, Ind. He so loved the light on the rolling hills and valleys of Brown County he decided to stay. And what’s more, he decided to invite all his friends.

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Borns should keep up lack of work

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

OMG, IDS, thanks big time! No really, shut up, really! At first I was all like “what the hell” when I was reading Joanna Borns and her Facebook confession of the crush she has – I mean, whatever, right? Then I’m like, I totally get it. That was bitchin’ clever to write yet another column that’s supposed to be about something but is really all about you and how clever you are!

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Rosenbaum knows good fashion and is not afraid to talk about it

By Alyson Brodsy and Jordan River Forum · Thursday, April 26,2007 12 a.m.

In case you don’t get the allusion to a very popular TV program about some big city on the East coast, you can stop reading right now. Trust me, you won’t enjoy this. But I hope that everyone else feels the same way as we two German exchange students do about the weekly fashion column by the great Teri a.k.a. “Carrie” Rosenbaum.

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