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Dumb yourself down and enjoy 'Talladega'

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Dollinger · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 10:10 p.m.

You know when events in your life have such a ridiculously high build-up that you're going to be disappointed no matter what? Ladies and gentleman, "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby." "Talladega Nights" is Will Ferrell's latest comedic blockbuster featuring him in the role as NASCAR's best and dumbest driver, Ricky Bobby. Much of Bobby's fame in the movie stems from his trademark phrase "shake and bake," which he shares with his teammate Cal Naughton Jr., played by John C. Reilly. Arguably the movie's funniest actor, Sacha Baron Cohen, plays Jean Girard, the homosexual French Formula 1 driver. Cohen, who is best known as Ali G, perfects an exaggerated French accent in the movie and brings new flavor to the Ferrell comedies.

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'Accept' this movie

By Alyson Brodsky and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 10:09 p.m.

I must say I definitely underestimated this movie. Knowing that it was written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, the writers of the Olsen twins' "New York Minute," I expected nothing from this movie and went in with the attitude that it would suck. To my surprise, this teen flick was nothing but hilarious. "Accepted" is a college version of the 1994 hit "Camp Nowhere". Bartleby "B" Gaines ("Dodgeball's" Justin Long) is a high school senior who's always able to find excuses out of every problem he gets himself into. The only problem Bartleby can't seem to fix is that he has been rejected from every college he has applied to. Upon telling the news to his parents, who are disappointed and insistent he attend college, Bartleby comes up with a master plan to get his parents off his back: getting accepted into the South Harmon Institute of Technology, a college he created himself.

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'Trade Center' honorable, horrific

By Alyson Brodsy and Doug Evans · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 10:06 p.m.

It is not an easy thing to review a film based on an awfully recent tragedy that affected so many people to such a great magnitude. Likewise, it was certainly no simple task for Oliver Stone to direct such material. The director does a masterful job, holding back like never before in making a film that pays much honor and respect to those directly involved or affected by the events of Sept. 11. "World Trade Center" focuses on two real life Port Authority police officers, John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña, "Crash"), who were trapped under wreckage from the collapse of the towers for nearly 24 hours before finally being rescued. Stone tracks the officers through the beginning of their work day when they are called to the Trade Center. A majority of the story takes place as the men lie trapped some 20 feet under the rubble. Their conversations drive these scenes of entrapment as the men struggle to stay awake and help each other survive. A parallel storyline revolves around the families of the two officers. Their wives and children wait in agonizing emotional pain, following the television closely, not knowing if their husbands and fathers are even alive.

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Terror at 40,000 feet

By Alyson Brodsy and John Barnett · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 10:04 p.m.

When the Internet buzz over "Snakes on a Plane" started this past spring, most everyone assumed the film would either be so totally over-the-top it would rival "Bad Boys II" for pure popcorn ridiculousness, or be just another formula horror flick that somehow managed to grab a big-name actor to generate box-office revenue. David R. Ellis' much-hyped "Snakes" actually manages to be a little bit of both, with a healthy dose of "Scream"-style self-deprecation thrown in for good measure. Think Jules Winnfield meets "Anaconda" at 40,000 feet.

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RAs warn students of asbestos risk

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 6:09 p.m.

Resident assistants across campus will warn students this week that they are living with asbestos. Under a new Residential Programs and Services policy, staff members will give students warnings about the potential carcinogen in their dorm rooms and apartments. The scripted warning that RAs will read at floor meetings describes the asbestos plaster present in the ceilings of Briscoe, McNutt and Forest quads as "the least hazardous of the three types" and reminds students that the plaster is only 1 to 10 percent asbestos.

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UPDATE: 5:34 p.m. Beach Boys 'catch a wave' to the IU Auditorium

Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 6:08 p.m.

If you love picking up 'Good Vibrations' while driving in your 'Little Deuce Coupe,' then you'll have 'Fun, Fun, Fun' celebrating Homecoming at the IU Auditorium with the Beach Boys, featuring original members Bruce Johnston and Mike Love with six members who have joined the group since Brian Wilson left in the 1960s.

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Officers killed in charity ride accident

By Audrie Garrison · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 5:40 p.m.

A traffic accident during a charity bicycle ride killed two police officers Tuesday afternoon and injured three others. The charity, Concerns of Police Survivors, exists to help rebuild the lives of families of officers killed in the line of duty. The officers were riding to raise money for the families, said Indiana State Police Lt. Scott Beamon.

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More than 4,000 students set to descend on dorms

By Kristi Oloffson · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 5:38 p.m.

Today is the official annual -- and notoriously frenzied -- move-in day when thousands of students will pile their belongings into IU residence halls. Tuesday's early move-in day attracted approximately 3,500 students and conditions were already hectic, but approximately 4,500 students and their families will flood the halls today. Dana Wilson, a freshman who moved in to Briscoe Quad on Tuesday afternoon, said her move-in experience was very stressful. "There were too many people to check in and (Tuesday's) not even the bad day," her father John said. Both her parents said they thought the early move-in day would prove to alleviate stress but found it was not as easy as they expected. With more than 4,000 students moving into residence halls within 24 hours, the IU Police Department and Residential Programs and Services are working around the clock to make the day run smoothly. And a smooth move-in will include approximately 50 extra IUPD officers on duty, IUPD Lt. Jerry Minger said.

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Photographer who shot Iwo Jima flag-raising dies

Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 12:10 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO - Photographer Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of six World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. He was 94.

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Full House:

By Carrie Ritchie · Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 12:08 a.m.

When two girls wandered into sophomore Greg Gier's new room in Briscoe Monday night, he was taken aback rather than flattered. Instead of looking for a guy, the girls were looking for a comfy couch and a TV. That's because Gier's new home happens to be a lounge, not a dorm room. "We'll just be chilling in the room and people keep coming in thinking it's a regular lounge," he said. "Every time I say I live in a lounge, people are like 'What?'" But Gier is not alone. This year about 100 students will temporarily live in lounges in Briscoe, Forest and Teter quads, Residential Programs and Services Executive Director Pat Connor said.

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Around the Arts

Wednesday, Aug. 23,2006 12:06 a.m.

Works of Wllm Shkspr (abridged)plays in Nashville

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Vampire tale lacks substance

By Lindsey Landis · Tuesday, Aug. 22,2006 11:57 p.m.

Authors have been persistent in their attempts to modernize the story of Dracula and his bloodthirsty minions for centuries, and Elizabeth Kostova has taken a stab -- with a silver stake, of course -- at the heart of the vampire story in her novel, "The Historian." Although Kostova has made a valiant effort, she may be beating an undead horse.

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University supercomputer powers up for the first time

By Zachary Osterman and Zach Osterman · Tuesday, Aug. 22,2006 11:53 p.m.

IU faculty and visiting guests participated in the grand opening Tuesday of the IU's new supercomputer at the Wrubel Computing Center. The computer, the fastest academic supercomputer in the country, possesses the capability to do functions in five minutes that previously took an entire day. IU President Adam Herbert, who helped cut the ceremonial ribbon and ran the first program on the new computer, said the computer would also be made available to IU faculty and students statewide. Herbert said he was excited about the new avenues the computer opened to IU researchers.

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Iran agrees to nuclear talks

By Alyson Brodsy and Ali Akbar Dareini · Tuesday, Aug. 22,2006 11:48 p.m.

Tehran, Iran -- Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Tuesday that Tehran was ready to enter "serious negotiations" over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment -- the West's key demand.

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IU defeats No. 1 Maryland 1-0

By Chris Engel · Tuesday, Aug. 22,2006 11:48 p.m.

FORT WAYNE -- Although Friday night's game against No. 1 University of Maryland did not count for the record books, only one outcome was acceptable for the IU men's soccer team when it took the pitch against the defending national champions.

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