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Anti-war flick finally released

By Jack M. Silverstein · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:53 p.m.

Originally set for release in fall 2001, "The Quiet American" was one of many films delayed in fear of a Sept. 11 backlash. While the film does carry an anti-American sentiment concerning our war and foreign policies, the message is conveyed so subtly and brilliantly that one hardly even realizes the implications of its meaning. Like the quiet American character played by Brendan Fraser, "The Quiet American" is a film that hides its true identity initially, slowly revealing it as the film progresses.

Vin Diesel fails to break the mold

By Sam Shahrani · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:52 p.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.

Farrell's phone flick rings loud and clear

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:50 p.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.

Album should be band's breakthrough

By Mike Ley · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:49 p.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.

Cave In's antenna gets poor reception

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:48 p.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.

Artists give Dylan the blues

By K James Sward · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:47 p.m.

Twelve contemporary blues artists covering songs off of Bob Dylan's 1966 masterpiece rock album, Blues on Blonde on Blonde? I admit that if any artist were to deserve some kind of homage paid to him or her, it would be Dylan, but at the same time, these are obscure, contemporary blues artists. The majority of the album uses bass and drums played by the rhythm section of blues band Double Trouble, Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton. The album liner notes lend no explanation as to why Dylan deserves a tribute album at this particular time.

Moments pass, Molina forgets

By Michael Tapscott · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:45 p.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.

Compilation contains the best

By Jessica Halverson · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:44 p.m.

If you're a punk fan and The Clash didn't change the way you hear music, hang your mohawk in shame. When there was nothing in the States, the band tore out of Britain with an infusion of substance or fury on the airwaves, taking a three-chord spitfire genre and making it complex, even more meaningful and incendiary. The Clash is to white revolutionaries and the world what Public Enemy is to the black population.

Stripes' latest boasts bigger, better sound

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:42 p.m.

The White Stripes have made their triumphant return after the breakthrough success of White Blood Cells with the infinitely entertaining, Elephant. The album, recorded in just two weeks at a London studio equipped with little more than an eight-track and other archaic recording duds, is a rollicking gem.

Live from Bloomington compilation breathes diversity

By Amy Oringer · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:38 p.m.

Anyone who ever doubted the strength of the Bloomington music scene obviously hasn't been listening hard enough. Although a few of the songs on the CD fall short of the standards set by the outstanding tracks on the disc, the great tunes certainly outweigh the less-than-pleasing songs. This is one CD that will leave you with that rare warm, fuzzy feeling you get only from listening to young talent destined to leave their mark on the industry.

Women's sports deserve better

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:58 a.m.

I noted the hypocrisy right away. On one hand, CBS' Bonnie Bernstein, showing some responsible journalism, asked Kansas coach Roy Williams whether he was interested in the vacant coaching job at North Carolina within minutes after Williams' Jayhawks lost the national championship game to Syracuse on Monday night.

Stopping the slide

By John Rodgers · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:56 a.m.

One game is OK. Two might start a little head scratching. But three straight non-conference losses in a row could cause major concern for the IU baseball team (19-7, 5-3 Big Ten) as it prepares to face that challenge today at 3 p.m. against Valparaiso at Sembower Field.

Hoosiers, Cardinals washed out again

By Dan Cohen and Daniel Cohen · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:55 a.m.

IU's four game losing streak will have to wait until Friday as today's doubleheader against Louisville was canceled due to the inclement weather plaguing the Midwest.

Connecticut repeats as NCAA women's champs

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:53 a.m.

ATLANTA -- Diana Taurasi tormented Tennessee yet again, and Connecticut proved it could rebuild -- and still repeat. Leading a young team that had four new starters, Taurasi ignored the sore back and ankle that have bothered her for several weeks and carried Connecticut to a 73-68 victory over Tennessee on Tuesday night for its second straight national championship. Taurasi, who averaged 22 points in her first five games against Tennessee, scored 28 in this one with a variety of the flashy moves that made her the national player of the year and the Final Four's most outstanding player. "She's cut from a different cloth. She's got a lot of Italian in her, God bless her," said UConn coach Geno Auriemma, himself the son of Italian immigrants. "I've never been around anyone who is just immune to the pressures of the moment and just lives in the moment and has such joy and passion for the game and shows it on every possession."

Panel debates college athletics

By Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:52 a.m.

The BCS, LeBron James, Title IX and paying student-athletes. All were addressed Tuesday night by a Union Board and Mortar Board-sponsored debate regarding the state of collegiate athletics.

Deeper into Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:41 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. forces battled the tattered remnants of Iraq's army for control of downtown Baghdad on Tuesday, crushing a counterattack and seizing a military airport. Saddam Hussein's fate was unknown after an attempt to kill him from the air. Inside the capital to stay, some Army units routed Iraqi fighters from a Republican Guard headquarters. Others discovered a 12-room complex inside a cave, complete with white marble floors, 10-foot ceilings and fluorescent lighting.

Students use silence as protest

By Maura Halpern · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:40 a.m.

Former IU student Jesse Moyers decided to disclose his sexuality in the summer of 2000 when he didn't want to hide his true self anymore. But he felt the sting of discrimination when several of his friendships came to an end.

A Solution on Tap

By Amy Currry and Amy Curry · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:36 a.m.

On a Wednesday afternoon in December 1978, Dee Owens and her friends in student government gathered to celebrate the end of another semester at Indiana State University. The close-knit group decided to have a couple drinks at a local bar in Terre Haute. They said their goodbyes before hitting the road home.

Group marches to support affirmative action

By Kate Lombardi and Katie Lombardi · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:30 a.m.

Close to 50 students from the Coalition of Black Student Organizations and Programs took to the streets of Bloomington on Tuesday afternoon to show their support for affirmative action at IU.

Students still overseas despite security concerns

By Christina Galoozis · Wednesday, April 9,2003 1:30 a.m.

David Lizzo's semester in Israel is a bit different from the college life he left behind in Bloomington. A week before the war in Iraq began, Lizzo said he received a gas mask as a precautionary measure. Now all students who attend Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel, including Lizzo, must carry their masks in order to pass through heavily guarded entrances that prevent suicide bombers from entering campus buildings.