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PBS 'History Detectives' star tells importance of the past

By Nick O'Neill · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 11:10 p.m.

As part of the IU Library's Archives and Special Collections Month, Thursday night a crowd at the Indiana Memorial Union was treated to stories of mystery and intrigue as the University welcomed a unique detective to campus to discuss the complexity of the events and artifacts that have added to American folklore.

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Fear Friday

By Alyson Brodsy and Jacob Stewart · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 11:03 p.m.

Thank goodness it's Friday, kids. The week is over, the drinks are flowing and the fun and fornication are about to begin, right? Maybe not. I'm warning you about this Friday, though, because it's not just any Friday. Today is Friday, Oct. 13. That means one thought should be going through your mind most of the day:

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Mullet mania

By Alyson Brodsy and Natalie Avon · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:59 p.m.

Picture this: a place where individuals need not worry about showering. A place full of fried foods and copious amounts of people to consume it. A place where mullets are accepted and, dare I say it, expected. This place may seem like an impossible utopia, but it is very real. It's called the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival, and it can be found Oct. 1-7 in Evansville, my hometown.

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Walk raises money for Alzheimer's

By Michael Reschke · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:24 p.m.

Walkers will descend on Bloomington's Bryan Park Sunday to raise money for Alzheimer's help services and research. Registration will begin at noon for the 4th Annual Bloomington Memory Walk, held by the nonprofit Alzheimer's Association of Greater Indiana.

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Plans for Jill's House advance

By Roy Maurer · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:23 p.m.

After setbacks in recent years, the long-labored-over residence for patients undergoing cancer therapy in Bloomington moved one step closer to being realized. Wednesday night, the Bloomington City Council voted unanimously to recommend a zoning change allowing the residence to be built.

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Around the Arts

By IDS staff and Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:18 p.m.

City Lights series films explore sides of Christianity, Radio Friendly: Songs by American Pirates, Union Board hosts Horror Week film festival, Lecture to address Kinsey's impact on sexual minorities

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Student organizes concert to aid New Orleans artists leans

By Shannon Valentine · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:13 p.m.

In an attempt to invigorate and revitalize art and music in the Gulf region after Hurricane Katrina, the Jacobs School of Music hosts a concert at 1 p.m. Sunday in Auer Hall. The event, which costs $10 for students, will raise money for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra and Habitat for Humanity's Musicians' Village, according to a press release.

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Around the World

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:06 p.m.

Panel questions Republican on page board, Site of Amish schoolhouse shooting razed, Former President Ford hospitalized, British man pleads guilty in bomb plot, Gunmen storm Iraqi TV station, killing 11

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Candidates face off in state auditor race

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 2:18 p.m.

Two candidates with two different types of past experience in public life -- one at the state level, the other at the county level -- are vying for the state auditor's position. The state auditor serves as the chief financial officer of Indiana and "has four primary duties, including accounting for all of the state's funds; overseeing and disbursing county, city, town, and school tax distributions; paying the state's bills; and paying the state's employees," according to current state auditor Connie Kay Nass' Web site.

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Sampson's new workouts test Hoosier players

By Matt Mattucci · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 1:02 a.m.

It didn't take long for IU coach Kelvin Sampson to make a strong impact on his new team. The first-year coach, hired in March, has already created an impression that his players have felt mentally and emotionally -- but mostly physically.

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Sole student rep to lead IUSA forum

By Julie Mahomed · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 1:02 a.m.

The IU Student Association will host an open forum Thursday with the sole student representative on the IU Presidential Search Committee. The open forum will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Ballantine Hall, room 304. Mike Renfrow, a graduate student and IU-South Bend student body president, will be in Bloomington to hear student opinions about the IU presidential search, IUSA Vice President Andrew Lauck said. At the forum, students will be able to share their thoughts on what they would like to see in the next president with Renfrow, IUSA President Betsy Henke said.

Eclectic Beck back again

By C. Warner Sills and Josh Millrod · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 12 a.m.

This summer at Bonnaroo, in front of a crowd of roughly 80,000 people, a mellow Beck was joined by a troupe of puppeteers and marionette likenesses of him and his band. He was shy, soft-spoken and unemotional, barely moving at all. Meanwhile, the jumbo screens flanking the stage exploded with psychedelic videos of a puppet Beck and his puppet band.

Steady diet of rock

By C. Warner Sills and Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 12 a.m.

I'll put it plainly: The Hold Steady are one of the great underground bands of the noughties, and you should get to know their music immediately. Now, many of you probably aren't familiar with The Hold Steady yet and, since Boys And Girls In America is their third album, the effort might seem somewhat daunting -- especially when you learn that songwriter Craig Finn has populated their albums with recurring characters, themes and locations.

The Killers outthink themselves

By Eamonn Brennan · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 12 a.m.

Brandon Flowers is a rock star. He's a rock star in the most self-aware sense of the phrase; he knows what being a rock star means, what one must look like, say, do, how one must blend Bono and Bowie to achieve both popularity and critical acclaim. The problem is that Flowers isn't quite as smart as he thinks he is. On The Killers' ambitious sophomore outing, Sam's Town, Flowers and the boys try to put one over on us, trying to convince us that the coke-and-mascara act of Hot Fuss is behind them. What they didn't remember to do is genuinely change their sound, to shift their paradigms. Sam's Town is Hot Fuss with a little Springsteen mixed in. It's much simpler than anyone - especially the band - realizes.

What's in the frame

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 12 a.m.

When describing his life's work, director Martin Scorsese once made the astute observation that cinema is "a matter of what's in the frame and what's out." After seeing his latest masterwork, "The Departed," thrice already, I think I can better understand what he meant. Don't fret. This is not a glowing review of "The Departed" from a longtime Scorsese devotee. I'll leave that to my esteemed colleague in this issue's Reviews section. This is, however, my attempt to decipher what exactly makes Martin Scorsese, after more than 20 feature films and 40 years in the business, the greatest American film director alive today.

Comic Relief!

By C. Warner Sills and Andrew Roberts · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 12 a.m.

Nate Powell makes comic books. And do not insult him by calling them "graphic novels." He begins with a scene, develops characters and allows imagination to carry him away from the autobiographical and into an accessible story line that turns and tells truths with intelligence and purpose, despite the preconceived notion that comic books are a distasteful and unintelligent medium.

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