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Verbal agreements can cause problems

By Aparna Venkatraman and Todd Machowiak · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

It was the best four years of my life: A cliche, but true. Although I no longer reside in Bloomington, it turns out that something always pulls me back. This piece is not intended to be a reminder that you need to enjoy your time in college. You do not need me to tell you how great IU is.

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Inviting Dow CEO to Kelley Conference disappointing

By Aparna Venkatraman and Yogesh L. Simmhan · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Kelley School’s annual Indiana Business School Conference on the theme of Environment and Energy is being held next week at Indianapolis. Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris is one of the panelists talking at the conference. Given the disastrous environmental record of Dow Chemical, this invitation by the business school sets a poor example to students on corporate ethical and social standards.

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Ash Wednesday services draw crowds

By Michael Reschke · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

A light fog hung over 17th Street yesterday just before dawn. Patches of black ice caused drivers to lower their speeds as they carefully maneuvered their cars into the parking lot of the St. Paul Catholic Center, 1413 E. 17th St. Spaces became scarce in the lot as the seven o’clock hour drew near and the Ash Wednesday mass began. IU students, faculty and staff, along with other community members, woke up early to receive their ashes before beginning their days. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40 day period of Lent, which leads up to Easter Sunday.

Funny Capote flick flops

By Michael Mellini · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

I didn't want to make the "Infamous" vs. "Capote" decision until the end of this review, but since "Capote" was far superior in its style and execution, I can't help but make the comparison up front. "Infamous" is more concerned with author Truman Capote's (Toby Jones) life as part of the New York social scene than his deep psychological relationship and struggle to write his nonfiction novel-style book, "In Cold Blood." Capote's flamboyance is played up so much that he seems like an even more cartoonish version of Beverly Leslie from "Will and Grace." However, this helps emphasize just how out of place Capote was in the small Kansas town where the murders his book investigates took place (there's an amusing scene where Capote discovers the only cheese available in a supermarket is Velveeta).

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Presidential hopefuls field questions about Iraq at forum

By Beth Fouhy · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Democratic presidential hopefuls launched serial attacks against President Bush’s Iraq war policy on Wednesday and generally steered clear of criticizing one another in the first joint appearance of the young 2008 campaign for the White House.

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First couple married in Beck Chapel celebrates 50 year anniversary

By Erica J. Nourse · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Imagine an empty Beck Chapel without stained-glass windows or pews. Fifty years ago the chapel was exactly that. Today, William and Mary Crandall are celebrating 50 years together. Feb. 22, 1957, marks the date the Beck Chapel, located east of the Indiana Memorial Union and north of Ballantine Hall, held its first wedding service.

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Arts Week '07

By Michelle Manchir · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Live organisms will be manipulated by the click of a mouse, printers will produce hand-drawn 3-D images and violinists will be accompanied by a computer-generated orchestra. The theme for the 23rd annual ArtsWeek, a collaboration of the IU Office of the Provost and various community and campus arts organizations, is “Technology and the Arts.” With more than 50 events during the 11-day schedule, which officially began Wednesday and concludes March 3, ArtsWeek leaves little to be desired.

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NHL: Need Help League

By Mike Abrams · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Every year around late February, signs of spring appear around Bloomington. The Big Ten Tournament is one of these signs for the IU women’s basketball team.

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3+1=degradation

By Edward Delp · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

When I came to this campus for a visit with my father, I saw great potential. I saw a chance to get out from under my parents’ direct control. I saw a chance to study serious issues at a world-class university. I saw a campus loaded with attractive females.

Let them eat DVD

By Michael Mellini , Abdullah AlShihri and Noor Khan · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present the most underappreciated film of 2006: "Marie Antoinette." Those supposed people who booed the film during its Cannes premiere are idiots. "Marie Antoinette" (played by Kirsten Dunst) is a great relief from the overdramatic crop of biopics that come along these days. It's even hard to call it a biopic. "Antoinette" doesn't focus on the political ups and downs of France's most notorious queen, rather it uses the character as a device to tell the story of an imprisoned young girl struggling to live in her trapped world (cough, a young Sofia Coppola in Hollywood after being slammed for "The Godfather: Part III," cough). This technique does something most biopics fail to achieve. Because there aren't constant meltdowns, it feels as if we're actually peering into a day in the life of Antoinette. And what an interesting life it is. At age 14, young Marie is married off to Louis XVI (a perfectly awkward Jason Schwartzman) and expected to immediately produce an heir. When she constantly feels out of place and is ignored by her husband, Marie does the smart thing by going numb and becoming France's biggest socialite. This is the best issue of US Weekly you'll ever read.

Live from the Beehive

By Zach Pollakoff and Teri Rosenbaum · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

As drum machines replace drum sets, keyboards replace voices and my new laptop replaces my old Tascam 4-track, electronic music is in full swing. Whether it's an '80s revival or a Web 2.0 reflex, WIUX DJs have come to embrace the vocoder and love the robots. More and more electronic music has been filling 100.3 FM recently. Promoters have been sending us new electronic bands and our DJs have been finding many themselves. What is the new fascination with electronic music? I'm not entirely sure, but I've jumped on the bandwagon and have been enjoying the ride.

More Van 'At the Movies'

By Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

At the Movies is a collection of Van Morrison songs that have been put on to movie soundtracks. So how does a musician find his way onto 19 different soundtracks throughout his career? Well, it may be Van Morrison's timeless voice or the various emotions that are on display in his songs, but no matter the case, Van Morrison's music is fit for movies. The collection spans Van's entire career, from the early Them classic "Gloria" (from 1983's "The Outsiders") to his biggest hit, "Brown-Eyed Girl" (from "Born on the Fourth of July") to the recent rendition of "Comfortably Numb" that can be found on "The Departed." The collection starts with his early work, opening with the high-energy "Gloria" followed by the rockabilly of "Baby Please Don't Go," and then sliding into the charming "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)."

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Givin’ us Pell

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 22,2007 12 a.m.

Congress has really done it this time. Its recently proposed government spending bill for the rest of the 2007 fiscal year is nothing short of disturbing. These new budget allocations will affect students across the nation and have strong implications for government funding of higher education.

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