Women's Golf

New album comes full 'circle'

By Chris Wisner and compiled by Chris Wisner · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:41 p.m.

Still riding the success of its sophomore album Thirteenth Step, A Perfect Circle surprised many of its fans by announcing that its brand new album would be released Election Day.

Jude Law gets it on in remake of Caine movie

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:38 p.m.

Feelings -- abandoned feelings, hidden feelings, expressing feelings of all shades -- are at the heart of "Alfie," a movie which has absolutely no idea how to handle the feelings of its characters and least of all how to handle the feelings of its audience.

Pixar saves the day with new CGI flick

By Tristan Mathews · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:35 p.m.

"The Incredibles," Pixar's newest and lengthiest animated film to date, proves the company's persistent theatrical success will continue for at least one more movie.

I heart trendy T-shirts

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:33 p.m.

Through the glass windows near the intersection of Kirkwood and Indiana, you can see more than just offbeat clothes and high-fashion denim -- you can see a store catering to all the needs of the newly independent college student.

Oh, the sweetness

By Gavin Lesnick · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:31 p.m.

The front window overlooking Kirkwood Avenue at Jiffy Treet's downtown store features a sign bragging that the chain has the smoothest ice cream in town. Apparently, it also has the best.

Party like an animal

By Joanna Borns · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:14 p.m.

Picture if you will, a musical utopia. Live bands play in an intimate setting. Everyone rocks out and moshes in harmony.

Aver's + $10 = Dinner

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 10:02 p.m.

Aver's Pizza defended its title this year and remained Bloomington's best pizza, holding off second place Mother Bear's and third place Pizza Express.

Band wins 'Race' to Best of Bloomington

By Doug Evans · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 9:59 p.m.

After being together as a band for not even a year-and--a-half, East Race tallied enough of the popular vote to be crowned best original band in Bloomington.

Atmosphere, food rule B-town bars

By Lindsey Jancek · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 9:55 p.m.

Bloomington nightlife wouldn't be the same without the bars, and the bars wouldn't be same if Nick's English Hut didn't exist.

Editor's note

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 6:06 p.m.

Nancy Comiskey, a faculty member in the School of Journalism and a former interim publisher of the Indiana Daily Student, received word Tuesday no mother should ever have to hear. She learned at Bloomington Hospital that her daughter, Kate, a 2002 IU graduate, died in a traffic accident on North Walnut Street.

Author analyzes Holocaust denial

By Lori Snow · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 5:25 p.m.

Author Ayal Rosenberg told members of the Helene G. Simon Hillel Center Tuesday night remembering the Holocaust is important for today's young generations in spite of recent trends of Holocaust denial and fatigue. The author visited the IU campus as part of a lecture on his new book "Denial." Rosenberg, a resident of South Africa and former Israeli soldier, said Jews have a far different view than ancient Greek Epicurians, who believed that history is meaningless and that the future is what matters.

Protesters meet counter-protest on campus

By Mike McElroy · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 1:17 a.m.

Anti-gay and anti-abortion protesters clashed with Bloomington United and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender representatives in front of the IU School of Law Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Old Paths Baptist Church of Indiana came to IU with posters featuring aborted fetuses and anti-gay slogans.

Ashcroft, Evans resign positions

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 1:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Attorney General John Ashcroft, a favorite of conservatives, and Commerce Secretary Don Evans, one of President George W. Bush's closest friends, resigned Tuesday, the first members of the Cabinet to leave as Bush heads from re-election into his second term.

Alumna killed in car accident

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 1:17 a.m.

IU alumna Katharine "Kate" Bridget Comiskey, 24, of Bloomington was killed in a car accident on North Walnut Street Tuesday as she traveled to work.

Goal driven

By Steve Slivka · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 1:17 a.m.

IU senior midfielder Danny O'Rourke and junior back Drew Moor just made the semifinal cut as two of the final 15 candidates in the country for the National Player of the Year award. However, the only thing on the mind of the IU men's soccer team's top duo is a Big Ten tournament title.

Soldiers happy to be home after tours of duty in Iraq

By Hina Alam · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 12:53 a.m.

Sophomore Travis Roll is trading in his knives, goggles, flak jackets, torches and other equipment he has used for the past three months. The lance corporal marine has switched battlegrounds and is now prepared to face another semester of classes after serving in Iraq.

IU squad travels for international games

By Dan Click · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 12:47 a.m.

Getting the opportunity to travel overseas is one many people never experience in their lifetimes. For four Hoosier players and the IU women's basketball coaching staff, the chance to participate internationally was too good to pass up as they went to Australia, Canada, Guatemala and Cuba this summer.

Trend Tidbits

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 12:45 a.m.

Creating a magical spider woman KING FERRY, N.Y. -- This spider man doesn't fight super-strength villains. Instead his world is a whimsical, woodsy wonderland, where a vegetarian spider teaches lessons of love and friendship. Author David Kirk is the creator of the popular Miss Spider series of children's books, which have sold close to 5 million copies since 1994. Now Kirk's creation is reaching an even wider audience as a daily show on Nickelodeon Jr. and CBS, "Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends."

Senior ready to bounce back from knee injury

By Matt Ostrega · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 12:45 a.m.

After sitting out two seasons because of medical redshirts, senior Jamie Gathing was awarded a sixth year of eligibility for the 2004-05 season by the NCAA. The Kankakee, Ill., native will rejoin a Hoosier lineup this year that features 11 returning letter winners from last season.

Team looks to avenge earlier loss to Boilers

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 10,2004 12:43 a.m.

The IU volleyball team (8-17, 2-12 Big Ten) looks to bounce back from two consecutive losses this weekend when it faces in-state rival Purdue tonight. The Hoosiers dropped matches to both Michigan State and Michigan this weekend in Bloomington.