Women's Golf

'Flowers' anything but broken

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 9:42 p.m.

"Broken Flowers" seems like it would make a good metaphor for a lot of director Jim Jarmusch's films. They all seem to be very beautiful and interesting but after time, much like a flower, by the end they've wilted up and died. Going into "Broken Flowers" there were a lot of doubts in my head, mainly since all previous experiences with Jarmusch led to disappointment, but when you've got the genius of Bill Murray in your film, what could possibly be broken is easily fixed.

May I please have some more, Polanski?

By Alyson Brodsy and Doug Evans · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 9:37 p.m.

Sure there are a handful of "Oliver Twist" films already in existence, and this recent version merely serves to demonstrate Hollywood's present obsession with remakes of other remakes. But this version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" has something that puts it over the top that the others did not have: director Roman Polanski.

Welcome to filmmaking purgatory

By Alyson Brodsy and Sean Abbott · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 9:35 p.m.

It's funny. I didn't know that "Serenity" was really just fancy Hollywood jargon for "purgatory." You know, that place where everything's not quite good, not quite bad, but just kind of there? That's kind of how it is with this movie, which picks up sometime after the extremely short-lived 2002 television series "Firefly." "Serenity" is almost a sci-fi movie that's almost an action/adventure movie that's almost a western that's almost a comedy.

The same game as the others

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt McMullan · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 9:32 p.m.

Never before has a film mixed class warfare and golf so seamlessly. Then again, there probably aren't a lot of options for that choice. "The Greatest Game Ever Played" is a classic underdog story, in the same vein as "The Match of their Lives," "Miracle," "Cinderella Man," "Seabiscuit" and every other "cellar dweller-to-champion" movie you've ever seen. That's not to say it's bad, though. Any flick that can make one of the most mind-numbingly boring spectator sports halfway interesting deserves recognition.

A gory 'history' lesson

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 9:30 p.m.

While leaving the theater after "A History of Violence" it was apparent to me this film is going to create division with its audience. Some may deem it overly violent and pointless trash. Others may call it a modern-day masterpiece, and some may even leave the theater unsure of how to feel.

What was your score?

By Andrew Smith and Drew Smith · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:31 a.m.

If SAT scores are any indication, freshmen at IU are getting smarter every year. Studies calculate averages differently, but mean scores provided by the University have risen 18 points since 2001, even though IU students are still near the bottom of the Big Ten, and scores are lower than the national average.

2 of 3 chancellor candidates from outside IU

By Brian Baker · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:31 a.m.

The names of two additional candidates for IU-Bloomington chancellor recently went before IU President Adam Herbert for review.

Rape experts say silence not a solution

Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:31 a.m.

Though seven rapes on campus have been reported to the IU Police Department so far this semester, national statistics suggest that as many as 10 or 20 times more might have occurred. Student sexual assault experts suggest psychological distress and social pressures might account for the reason for such widespread silence.

Students fast to reflect upon God during Ramadan

By Kacie Foster · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:18 a.m.

For more than a billion Muslims, Ramadan means more than fasting from sunrise to sunset. As one of the five pillars of Islam, it is a time to reflect upon personal devotion to God. Ramadan, which begins today, is a particularly special time for sophomore David Mitchell. He learned of Islam through his friends in high school during Ramadan and decided to convert to the religion when he was 17. He said exploring his faith deepened his spirituality.

Earth Religions bring pagan students together

By Roy Maurer · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:16 a.m.

One group on campus is gathering all types of different people under a tent of paganism -- and that's what they want. "With Christianity, the divine is there to be revered and feared, but as pagans, you are hands-on. You're getting in with the god and goddess," said senior Jeremiah Crisp, in closing the Sept. 26 meeting of Earth Religions, the IU Pagans Club.

Opening up discussion

By Adam Aasen and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:14 a.m.

There's nothing like a good debate. Across the country this week, politicians, political scientists, TV pundits and college students debated the nomination of Harriet Miers and the confirmation of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court. Advocates on both sides attacked their opposition, calling them stupid and questioning their credibility.

Formal recruitment to begin Nov. 12

By Michelle Manchir · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:12 a.m.

Formal sorority recruitment season is approaching, but women interested in participating can still register to do so. Last Tuesday, all 19 sorority chapters on campus congregated at Alumni Hall for Greek Opportunities for Women, an information session on greek life for potential pledges.

Community of experience

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:08 a.m.

Tucked into a dusty folder on the second floor of Bryan Hall in the Offices of the IU Archives is a simple letter from a great man about an ambitious idea.

Company makes nicotine beer to kick smoking habit

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 1:06 a.m.

A German company has devised a way to beat smoking bans in pubs -- it's put nicotine in its beer. NicoShot is currently being tested in Germany and might be approved in upcoming months. Nautilus, its German manufacturer, said the beer is designed to help smokers kick their habit rather than making the beer more addictive.

Buried in stone

By Ashley Lough · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:59 a.m.

Dressed in dust-covered blue jeans and steel-toed boots, Tom Prince leaps into his red Chevrolet Cheyenne truck ready to deliver tools, water or whatever his fellow co-workers might need. With one foot on the gas pedal and the other on the brake, Prince grins widely.

Class acts

By -Kehla West and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:48 a.m.

I keep having class with the same people. It always takes me a few months to realize this. The faces are different, and the kids answer to different names, but no matter. It's the same set of kids.

Proposed bill would limit assisted reproduction

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:47 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- An interim legislative committee is considering a bill that would prohibit gays, lesbians and single people in Indiana from using medical science to assist them in having a child.

Rainbow trash

By Alyson Brodsy and Asma Khalid · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:47 a.m.

Recently during dinner, I tried to explain the intricacies of "white trash" to a cosmopolitan, out-of-state friend. You see, she had never met "white trash." Thus, throughout the meal, she kept asking for more details, questioning my responses and second-guessing my descriptions.

Worker badly burned in explosion at factory

By Alyson Brodsy and Deanna Martin · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:45 a.m.

MARION, Ind. -- Construction workers cut a live electrical line at a closed Thomson television picture tube plant, sparking an explosion Tuesday morning that left one worker critically burned, police said.

Vote and be heard

By Alyson Brodsy and Precious Sanders · Wednesday, Oct. 5,2005 12:45 a.m.

Last week, I received a pleasant surprise in my mailbox: my Monroe County voter registration card. Immediately, I detached the card, signed it, proudly slid it into my wallet and tried to calculate how many days were left until the next election.