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Three-fold architecture

By Matt Demo · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 11:02 p.m.

The chemistry building never stays the same. During its 70-year history, it has undergone two major changes. Each change has transformed the building into something entirely different.

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\'Angels\' soundtrack fun, fresh

By Kate Lewis · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:59 p.m.

While sitting in the theater watching "Charlie's Angels," one could not help noticing, albeit amid the fights, laughs and of course the Angels themselves, how incredible the music was. Purchasing the soundtrack, which is a compilation of tunes stretching back to the '70s, is truly worthwhile.

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\'Liquored Up and Lacquered Down\'

By Jason Gaddis · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:54 p.m.

There are two things that can make a good album. One is good music, the other is alcohol. With its seventh album, Liquored Up and Lacquered Down, Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS) accomplishes both of these, combining intelligent and interesting music with alcohol references galore.

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'Les Miserables' still casts magical spell

By Gabriel Lewin · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:48 p.m.

While many might not realize it, the musical sensation "Les Miserables" is more than 20 years old. But the musical version by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Shonberg, as timeless as Victor Hugo's novel, does not seem to be losing any luster.

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Cash falls into mediocrity

By David Rosenstein · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:43 p.m.

When reviewing Johnny Cash's latest album, American III: Solitary Man, one must keep in mind the question: Is it better to end one's career when you are ahead or slowly but surely sink into mediocrity? Johnny Cash is a man who influenced not only country but rock 'n' roll as well. He is the Man in Black; he is the rebel to end all rebels. His songwriting and singing reminds one of both white-paneled churches and dark back alleys.

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\'Strait Up\' tribute

By Brett Wallace · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:35 p.m.

True geniuses in mainstream music are rare. There is little doubt in most minds that Snot frontman Lynn Strait was a genius. On Snot's sole effort, 1997's Get Some, Strait and his Snot cohorts successfully created what they called a "hardcore lounge act," a furious blend of melody and aggression, pensiveness and rage.

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Vietnam as a friend, not a foe

By Sheila Lalwani · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:35 p.m.

President Bill Clinton didn't dodge Vietnam this time. Decades after he went to England to study and avoided the war, Clinton visited the Asian country with promises of peace and a small army of businessmen eager to start trade talks and walk on the path toward forgiveness.

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California wise to pass drug law

Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:32 p.m.

California voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 36 on Election Day, which will allow non-violent drug users to receive treatment instead of prison time. This sensible law saves taxpayers money while addressing a system of punishment that is simply not working in California.

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O'Bannon's tax cut veto stands

By Mike Smith · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:26 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- State lawmakers are unlikely to override vetoes by Gov. Frank O'Bannon when they convene Tuesday to make preparations for the 2001 legislative session.

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Mixed Results

By Jason Gaddis · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 10:06 p.m.

Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, set himself up for this one. His new album, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, is just that. It sits somewhere between pure genius and garbage.

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Men advance in NIT

By David Uchiyama · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 3:38 p.m.

IU's victory against Pepperdine Tuesday advances the Hoosiers to the second round of the National Invitational Tournament where they will face South Alabama at 8 p.m. Friday in Assembly Hall.

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Pushing buttons

By Bryan Harris · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 1:26 p.m.

AUSTIN, Texas -- A 43 thousand mile journey came to an end Tuesday for Sarasota, Fla., resident Curtis Jacobson. In 97 days he visited 41 states, "most of them twice," selling campaign buttons. All day Tuesday, he and a handful of employees braved wind, rain and cold at stands on the streets of Austin, Texas, to sell Bush/Cheney pins during Bush's rally at the capital.

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A sacred mission via the Internet

By Sarah Middaugh · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 12:36 p.m.

Vincent Reyes and Donald Winslow had a dream of reaching out to those less fortunate than themselves. Reyes, pastoral director of the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in Detroit, noticed that his organization needed a new way to receive funding. Winslow, an alumnus, coordinated a project combining photojournalism with fund raising on the Internet.

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Butterfly ballot put to the test

By Alexis Silas · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 12:34 p.m.

Hours after the residents of Palm Beach County, Fla., cast their votes, rumors regarding the controversial butterfly ballot began to fly. The ballots were confusing, they said, and it was impossible to tell who you were voting for.

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Staples' policies under fire

By Nathan Alley · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 12:33 p.m.

Several environmental action groups gathered in protest outside of the Bloomington Staples, 2813 E. Third St., Wednesday to end corporate purchasing policies that environmentalists charge are harmful to the planet.

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Professor debates a matter of mass

By Rachel Kipp · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 12:11 p.m.

An IU professor is involved in a controversy about physicists' continuing search for the Higgs boson, a particle that explains why matter has mass.

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RPS announces dining hall closings

By Cory Schouten · Thursday, Nov. 16,2000 12:10 p.m.

Residential Programs and Services will close dining services at Teter, Forest and Briscoe quads beginning fall 2001, a cost-cutting measure approved by the RPS meal plan committee comprised of students and RPS officials.

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