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Harrison shines on his last album

By K James Sward and Kelsey Beltramea · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:21 a.m.

The quiet one. The shy one. The spiritual one. These were some of the monikers that came with Beatle George Harrison. When I heard about Harrison succumbing to cancer last November, I remembered listening to Beatles songs on various Chicago oldies stations and loving them all. As I grew older, my taste in music changed. What happened to my appreciation for good ol' rock and roll? Harrison's posthumous Brainwashed brings about a resurgence in my love for rock and roll. This album contains strength, vulnerability, rich emotions and a strong sense of spirituality. In essence, it brings out Harrison's personality.

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Women snap Green streak

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:21 a.m.

The IU women's basketball team continued their cross-country game play Wednesday night when they played North Texas (4-3) at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas. They ended the 15 game home winning streak for North Texas by defeating them 51-43.

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Roots at their best as a live band

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:20 a.m.

A few months ago, the Roots played a blistering set at Summer Stages, the Indianapolis music festival. The intense, high-energy show proved that, at its best, modern hip hop is not just a studio phenomenon. It also showed that the Roots are perhaps the premier practitioners of honest-to-goodness live hip hop, a band that does not depend on producers and studio tricks to display its greatness. While they tried admirably, the Roots fail to capture that live magic on their oft-delayed, highly anticipated latest studio release, Phrenology. Named after a long-discredited and often-racist brand of science that attempted to measure mental ability through the study of the shape and irregularities of the skull, the album presents the band members trying to match the brilliance of 1999's Things Fall Apart. Phrenology features a few changes to the group's line-up after the recent, tension-filled departure of rapper Malik B. and the arrival of rock guitarist Ben Kenney. With its latest release, the band has produced a sprawling, intensely personal work containing several hits but also a few misses.

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Audioslave CD some real rock

By Jessica Halverson · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:18 a.m.

When Zach de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine, I was depressed. The band singlehandedly saved me in high school, gave me hope that there was something beyond alt-rock and that someone cared about what was going on in the world. Tom Morello blew me away (still does) with his crazy technique. Together, De la Rocha, Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford were tight and inspired me to keep at least getting on with life and high school when I hated it. Then I got to college and Zach left the band. So you can imagine my hesitation when I heard Chris Cornell was to front the new Rage. Nothing against Soundgarden or anything, but grunge rock is just not "Take the Power Back" or "Killing in the Name Of" or Battle of Los Angeles.

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Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:15 a.m.

Fraternity presents Christmas entertainment and food Depression support group now offering free meetings

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Forget any other scary movies

By Brian Haney · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:14 a.m.

Forget any of the other scary movies of the year -- grotesque Internet sites, dastardly murderers, ghosts on boats and wicked videotapes aren't half as scary as a good old horror film about monsters that live under the bed -- or in the closet -- and terrorize children at night. Some of the children in "They" get taken away when they're young, but some aren't taken until they're older and more ripe for the plucking. The opening scene sets the mood for the entire film, when a little boy screams to his mom during a thunderstorm. His mom calmly reassures him that there's nothing to be afraid of and the monsters are all in his head, then leaves him and walks downstairs. But they're not in his head, they're under his bed. Nineteen years after the chilling opening scene, the audience follows Julia (Laura Regan), a graduate student with a promising career and a devoted boyfriend. Julia transforms from a distant and unemotional student to a raging lunatic suffering from "night terrors." Of course, no one believes they're real, not her idiot boyfriend, her less-than-apathetic psychologist, and, eventually, not even herself. The death/suicide of her childhood friend introduces her to the only two people who believe her because they have the terrors too. Well, let's just say they aren't friends for long.

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Students unite to spread holiday spirit of giving

By Jamie Lusk · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:13 a.m.

It's that time of the year. Christmas lights sprinkle the town. Rosy-cheeked shoppers buy gifts for friends and families. Children walk starry-eyed through overflowing toy stores. But not all of those children will get what they want for Christmas. Some of them don't even get what they need. In fact, over 300 children in the local area are in need.

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'Empire' squanders serious potential

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:12 a.m.

Arenas Entertainment is the new Universal production company that is aimed primarily at a Latino audience. I don't have a Latin bone in my white-boy body, but even I feel a little offended when the first film from Arenas is such a ham-handed morality tale that smacks of cliché and stereotypes that squander serious potential for an excellent film. "Empire," the new film from Arenas, is little less than a crumbling kingdom that is defeated by its own vices and devices. John Leguizamo plays self-ascribed "street pharmacist" Vic Rosa, a Latino drug dealer working in the South Bronx. Vic is a self-made man, one who sees himself as the street-wise Rockefeller or Bill Gates. When introduced to young Wall-Street guru Jack (Peter Sarsgaard), Vic decides it's time to go legit, laundering his money through the Market in hopes of coming out clean and starting over. If you've ever once, in your entire life, seen a movie where a man tries to simply run away from his past and start all over, you should know exactly where this film is going. Franc. (notice the trendy twist with the period!) Reyes both wrote and directed 'Empire.' My advice to Franc. should he have to pick between the two: go for directing. Visually and stylistically, 'Empire' is rich in color and fluid camera shots. Granted, a lot of the time the film feels like the love-child of Santana and Snoop-Dogg, but it fits the world in which it comes from. What should have fit that world, but instead becomes biting self-parody, is the ridiculously brassy Latino score from Reuben Blades. Blades's soundtrack manages to turn the tired stereotype of Latin passion into nothing short of sheer laughable melodrama, more than once sinking 'Empire' like a soggy soap-opera.

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Extreme-sports flick does a face-plant

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:11 a.m.

"Extreme Ops" is a movie about a film crew of extreme-sports enthusiasts filming a commercial in the Austrian Alps. They stay at the top of a mountain in a not-yet-finished resort. Also inhabiting this resort is Slobodan Pavle, a Serbian terrorist who was thought to have been killed in a plane crash. While trying to film the terrorist's girlfriend getting undressed, the snowboarders accidentally film Pavle as well. The terrorists discover this and try to kill the film crew. A chase ensues, with the crew jumping out of a cable car and skiing down the mountain pursued by a helicopter.

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Dance troupe gives fall studio concert

By Alyson Brodsy and Ronni Moore · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:11 a.m.

The African-American Dance Company and special guests will be holding its annual Fall Studio Concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. The dance concert was scheduled for Dec. 5, but it was postponed because of a flooding problem in Willkie Auditorium.

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Surprise! Schneider plays a loser

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:09 a.m.

Rob Schneider plays a loser. Always, in all of his movies, Schneider is a loser, and "The Hot Chick" is no exception. Only differing in each movie is what kind of loser he is. In "The Hot Chick," Schneider plays Jessica Spencer, whose body, due to magical earrings, was switched with a lowly street criminal. Now the one-time prom queen candidate/head cheerleader is getting a lesson in humility by looking like an ugly man. In order to get her body back, Jessica must now apologize and befriend those people she has hurt over the years. Jessica must also help her parents get back together, win the cheerleading competition and help her friends with boy troubles.

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Webmail users face long delays

By Obaid Khawaja · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:09 a.m.

Many IU students and faculty are experiencing frustration when attempting to access their e-mail messages through the Webmail system. They are enduring several problems that don't seem to be the fault of the user. Entire address books being erased, e-mails not being sent and inability to access Webmail accounts are commonplace.

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Guns, guns, guns, guns - and guns

By C. Warner Sills and Mike D’Avria · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:08 a.m.

Go see this movie right now. Stop reading this article and go to the theater to see this movie. You can read this review later, it'll be here, but "Bowling for Columbine" may not be in town for long. So go see it while you can, and then come back to this review. OK, now that we have all seen this amazing documentary, we all know how hilarious, dramatic, shocking and informative this film really is. Rarely does a film come out to the mainstream audience that is this powerful.

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DeNiro, Crystal flounder in lame gangster sequel

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:07 a.m.

I don't like mob movies. Alleged classics like "The Godfather" and "Goodfellas" glorify organized crime and make heroes out of the lowest scum of the earth. I also don't like sequels. Very few movies have been so good that they warrant a second installment, yet the money-grubbing makers of many of the films that don't usually unleash unspeakable suffering on gullible filmgoers by putting out sequels that are scarier than Eugene Levy's back. So when I walked into the theater to see "Analyze That," the movie already had two strikes against it. Its forerunner, "Analyze This," was funny because it successfully poked fun at the Mafia, an organization that deserves more scorn and ridicule than Christina Aguilera. Could the ever-overrated Robert DeNiro and Oscar-hosting schlep Billy Crystal work miracles again?

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Teter's Thursday Fun (beside porn)

By By Jonathan Sanders and Jonathan Sanders · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:05 a.m.

This semester, Thursday nights are known for more than just professional wrestling and Must See TV. Thanks to a free EA Sports promotion, students have been flocking to the Teter Informal Lounge to take part in video game tournaments. Contestants compete not only for prizes, which include free games, T-shirts and ultimately, a Playstation 2, but also bragging rights. "This is the group EA is hoping to market to," says Brent Coyle, IU's EA Sports representative. "They're all college students, most of them own Playstations already and they have the money to spend on games like this." While the event is primarily an advertisement for EA's line of sports games, which include football, hockey and baseball, among others, the participants don't seem to mind. The tournament has allowed gamers to compete against a variety of contestants. Donald Eldridge, a freshman, has attended the tournament every week since it began earlier this semester.

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On the 17th Floor

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:03 a.m.

Four times now in the last three months, you could drive by the Bluebird, see a line down the street and hear fabulous hip-hop and R&B beats blaring out the front door. It isn't 15-cent draft night, and it isn't the radio playing. The 17th Floor has made a quick impact on IU students and packs the house every time it plays. "We saw the line down the block last time we were here and wondered if they were giving out free beer or something," jokes Greg Thompson, the band's bass player, keyboardist and background vocalist.

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Detective Nancy Drew returns to TV

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Harris · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12:01 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Maggie Lawson believes she was born to play Nancy Drew. It would sound corny coming from anyone other than the ebullient Lawson, a Louisville, Ky., native who unapologetically admits she sees the good in everything.

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The last fine performance of the semester

By Adam Sedia · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12 a.m.

Tuesday evening the IU Philharmonic Orchestra staged its last concert of the semester. As expected, it was another fine show. I wouldn't venture to call it spectacular or earth-shattering, but it definitely was a pleasant listening experience.

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Extreme-sports flick does a face-plant

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Dec. 12,2002 12 a.m.

"Extreme Ops" is a movie about a film crew of extreme-sports enthusiasts filming a commercial in the Austrian Alps. They stay at the top of a mountain in a not-yet-finished resort. Also inhabiting this resort is Slobodan Pavle, a Serbian terrorist who was thought to have been killed in a plane crash. While trying to film the terrorist's girlfriend getting undressed, the snowboarders accidentally film Pavle as well. The terrorists discover this and try to kill the film crew. A chase ensues, with the crew jumping out of a cable car and skiing down the mountain pursued by a helicopter.

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