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At home in the middle of campus

By Alyson Brodsy and Cory Schouten · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:26 a.m.

For almost 80 years, IU presidents and their families have watched students walk to classes from the Bryan House porch.

Around The Arts

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:12 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Playwright Arthur Miller, known for his works examining the darker sides of American society, will receive the prestigious Jerusalem Prize this year, the city's mayor announced Wednesday.

TV war reporters gain celebrity status

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:11 a.m.

In the cramped, dimly lit belly of the armored vehicle, Walter Rodgers' eyes seemed to glow through the dark last week as he reported the macabre scene around him on the road to Baghdad: Iraqi corpses strewn all around as rounds from American tanks tore into the sand dunes, blasting stragglers to pieces.

Beer festival hopes to raise funds for local nonprofit agency

By Lori Geller · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:06 a.m.

Beer drinkers from all around the country will unite tonight and tomorrow as Big Red Liquors puts on the largest and most highly-attended beer festival in the Midwest for the 10th time.

Body found in burning car

By Julia Balnford and Julia Blanford · Thursday, April 10,2003 1:04 a.m.

A body found in a burning car Tuesday morning has been identified as Teresa L. Ferrell, 31, resident of Bedford.

In search of a new meaning

By Jane Charney · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:57 a.m.

Rika Asai's recipe for a final project is simple: combine one instructor, 20 students, five composers and five silent films. The end result is this Saturday's Film and Music Festival.

Gaza street clashes kill 4

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Barzak · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:49 a.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians on Wednesday killed at least four people, including a 16-year-old boy, as thousands poured into the streets to mourn seven killed in a missile strike Tuesday night.

Cuban courts convict rebels in sudden crackdown

By Alyson Brodsy and Anita Snow · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:49 a.m.

HAVANA -- Cuban courts have convicted at least 74 government opponents in lightning-fast trials aimed at quashing dissent on the communist island, human rights activists said Wednesday.

UN debates North Korean treaty retreat

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:48 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council met Wednesday to debate North Korea's withdrawal from the global treaty to curb development of nuclear weapons, with Russia and China opposing any statement condemning the North and the United States pushing for one.

Let it be a weekend of golf

By Colin Nowling · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:31 a.m.

Despite the end of the college basketball season, the sports world continues to intrigue all as the NHL and NBA seasons wind down and biggest of all, the Masters tee off. Tiger Woods once again is the favorite and will be in search of his third straight Green Jacket.

Strong pitching leads IU to win

By Ryan Cost and Ryan J. Cost · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:29 a.m.

Prior to Wednesday's game against Valparaiso, coach Bob Morgan said his young pitchers had to step up if IU was to stop its two-game non-conference losing streak. They must have been listening.

Schedule set for IU's preseason

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:28 a.m.

The men's basketball team's non-conference schedule next season includes a home game against Butler and a game at Notre Dame.

'Red Dragon' a waste for DVD buyers

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, April 10,2003 12:04 a.m.

Brett Ratner surprised many with "Red Dragon" this past fall. The director's previous efforts ("Money Talks" and "Rush Hour") were fairly lame, though "Rush Hour 2" was an entertaining improvement over its predecessor and "Family Man" was a deftly crafted comedic drama. But who knew this guy was capable of taking on Hannibal Lecter and actually winning? If only the DVD itself were half as successful.

Farrell's phone flick rings loud and clear

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

"Phone Booth" ends the prototypical wintertime filmgoing doldrums, and optimistically ushers in a new season of cinema. Shot in 10 days on a 10-million-dollar budget, this 81-minute morality play boasts more thrills and chills than other more highly touted and budgeted flicks of late. In a word, it's electric.

Moments pass, Molina forgets

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

The Midwest collective led by singer-songwriter Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, speak softly. Eschewing the bombastic heartland country-rock of Mellencamp, the group sounds like Gram Parsons dying up at Joshua Tree after his lethal dose. It's death, man. Song titles like "John Henry Split My Heart" and "Just Be Simple" point to dire consequences and troubling choices that Molina would rather just not face. Of course, all of this pompous self-importance (and self-degradation) can be a bit much. The cover art of an owl with a tear rolling down its face is a laughable heart-on-sleeve moment.

Album should be band's breakthrough

By Mike Ley · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

Rising out of last year's Lower East Side explosion, Longwave breaks apart from the evermore stereotypical garage rock halo of NYC. Even though these guys have been around and tour with bands riding the rock wave, they have succeeded in developing a name for themselves. Longwave has been thrown in with, and has toured with, The Strokes, Mooney Suzuki, White Light Motorcade, and The Ravonettes, but Longwave emerges with a different sound than its straight-up rock counterparts.

Vin Diesel fails to break the mold

By Sam Shahrani · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

As the summer movie season fast approaches, it's time for movie companies to jettison their cinematic flotsam early to make way for big blockbuster spectaculars. The release of "A Man Apart," an uninspired cop drama, adds nothing significant to the genre, and in fact borrows liberally from many better crime dramas of the past few years. Sadly, the final product is not greater than the sum of its parts.

'Wind Waker' blows away the competition

By David Antognoli · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

The latest chapter in the stellar Zelda series, "The Wind Waker," manages to live up to its hype and earn a position next to the other great Zelda titles. Adhering to the successful game mechanics of 1998's "Ocarina of Time," "Wind Waker" doesn't introduce much new. This time around, Link can stick close to walls to traverse narrow areas, crawl ala "Metal Gear Solid" and even grab the weapons of fallen foes. But these new abilities don't disrupt a feel remarkably similar to "Ocarina." The most striking difference between "Wind Waker" and its brethren is its unique style of graphics.

Cave In's antenna gets poor reception

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

I think I am coming down with either amnesia or stomach problems. I just listened to Cave In's Antenna several times, and half of me can't remember anything about it. The other half passed through me like a bad taco. This is lumbering, generic, self-important piffle. The band's major-label debut offers itself up as some sort of alternative to the mook rock of Linkin Bizkit. It's not. That's for The Hives or The Strokes.

Good cast the 'core' of campy movie

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, April 10,2003 12 a.m.

"The Core" is yet another disaster movie in the line of "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon." Essentially disaster movies are camp movies -- they're entertaining as long as no one takes them too seriously.