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Return of the Grievous Angel

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 8:16 p.m.

It was only this past summer when I discovered Gillian Welch. Quietly creeping away from the lingering smoke and flat beer shadows of a deserted corner in a cobweb bar, I climbed into my truck and took off for the backroads under a paper moon and teardrop stars. I was losing my girl. I was losing my friends. I was broke and without a job. All dogs within a five-mile radius of me were dead.

Marley biographer to speak at IMU

By C. Warner Sills and Jenny Sung · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 8:11 p.m.

Esteemed Bob Marley biographer (as well as MC, DJ and musician, among other things) Roger Steffens will pack the Whittenberger Auditorium at the Indiana Memorial Union tonight for two shows at 7 and 10 p.m. Here, Weekend staff writer Kate Simony sits down with Steffen to discuss the music -- and man behind it -- that motivates his life's work.

Around the world in four days

By C. Warner Sills and Jenny Sung · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 8:09 p.m.

SOUTH AFRICA Mahotella Queens The Mahotella Queens are a trio of senior citizens from South Africa who will rock your American socks off. They hail from apartheid-stricken South Africa, where music as a means of survival propelled them into international recognition in the late '60s and early '70s.

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By C. Warner Sills and Jenny Sung · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 8:05 p.m.

When three strangers sat in a coffee shop over ten years ago and discussed the production of a world music festival, none of them even fathomed it would come this far.

Taking it Outside

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Smith · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 8:02 p.m.

Movies depict life. Lives emulate movies. As this dance would have it, this symbiotic relationship sometimes results in a depiction that is so dead-on that no matter where you catch up to it, you will ride it until the end.

HIPHOP hits the heartland

By Amanda Hendy · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 7:58 p.m.

The windows are down, a cool breeze counters the sun's heat and of course, music fills the air. It's a typical drive through Bloomington for Marquis Vaughn, IU alum and co-founder of the young Knock 'Em Dead Records, Inc. Only this particular day was Wednesday, the day Vaughn drives home elementary school kids from the after-school program where he mentors.

Herbert calls off provost search

By Adam Aasen · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:32 a.m.

IU President Adam Herbert has called off the University's search for a provost so officials can analyze how IU's administration is organized. IU-Bloomington Chancellor Sharon Brehm had hoped to change the vice chancellor for academic affairs and dean of the faculties position to provost and dean of the faculties.

IUPD arrests exceed rival's

By Aaron Uslan · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:31 a.m.

IU racked up almost double the alcohol-related arrests last year than its in-state rival Purdue, a discrepancy school police departments attribute to differing jurisdictions and enforcement strategies.

Grad students to hold forum to discuss Stanfield

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:31 a.m.

The African American and African Diaspora Studies Department will hold a public forum at 5:30 p.m. tonight at the Indiana Memorial Union to discuss several matters relating to the department, including the dismissal of former Chairman John Stanfield.

Clark makes campaign stop in Indiana

By Mitch Blacher · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:31 a.m.

GREENCASTLE, Ind. -- Wesley Clark isn't a man of large stature, but his supporters laud his big ideas for America's future. The Democratic presidential hopeful spoke before a packed gymnasium at DePauw University Tuesday night in Greencastle, Ind.

a piece of history

By Brandon Morley and Brandon S Morley · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:30 a.m.

Sitting at 519 N. College Ave. is a red brick house believed to be the second oldest house in Monroe County. The home, which was first constructed in 1829, has always been residence to well-to-do Bloomington families and IU notables, including former President William Lowe Bryan and Herman B Wells during the first 25 years of his presidency.

Around The Campus

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:10 a.m.

Leadership, Ethics, and Social Action, a new minor available at IU-Bloomington, will hold an introductory meeting from 7 to 8 p.m., today at Ballantine Hall Room 003. The director and adviser will be available for comments. For more information, log on to www.iub.edu/~college/lesa.shtml or e-mail lesa@indiana.edu.

School of Medicine celebrates 100 years

By Kelly Phillips · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:05 a.m.

One hundred years ago, the first class of 18 students entered the state's newest and only medical school, the IU School of Medicine.

Computer science projects recognized

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:04 a.m.

IU scientists were recognized nationally this week as four computer science projects won awards of $4.5 million from the National Science Foundation.

University of Minnesota copes with fire deaths

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 2:03 a.m.

The University of Minnesota sophomore who jumped to safety from the second-floor window of his burning duplex returned to the house Sunday, one day after smoke and flames claimed the lives of three of his housemates, all young U of M students.

Artwork inspired by folklore on display

By Jenica Schultz · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 1:34 a.m.

A painting exhibit by artist Ryan Woods recently debuted at Boxcar Books, a not-for-profit bookstore at 310A S. Washington St. in Bloomington. Woods is a recent graduate of the Art Academy of Cincinnati who is now a self-employed artist and musician.

Union Board shows independent films

By Claire Blaustein · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 1:33 a.m.

Many students on campus have been to a Union Board movie at some point or another. They're free, they're on campus and you get to see some of the big budget films you may have missed. This year, however, there is another reason to go to the Whittenberger Auditorium -- the Independent Film Series.

BPP series targets IU audience

By Sean Abbott · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 1:32 a.m.

Sex. Violence. Profanity. Nudity. These are the kinds of things that attract the attention of college students says Joel Pierson, this season's producer of the "Dark Alley Late Night" series at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. The series, which has been an annual attraction for the past two years, focuses on shorter plays that are more adult-themed than the theater group's regular "Mainstage" productions. It kicks off this week with "Platinum Travel Club," by Canadian playwright Franca Miraglia, and has IU students locked in as the target audience.

Lecture discusses use of metaphors

By Paul Musgrave · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 1:31 a.m.

Some people say their relationship is "at a dead end;" some say that they are "saving time;" and some brag about "winning arguments." We rarely mean these metaphors in a literal sense.

Hey, don't touch the strippers

By Mathew S. Schoettmer and Matthew S. Schoettmer · Wednesday, Sept. 24,2003 1:22 a.m.

The Los Angeles City Council has passed a law making lap-dances illegal. Actually, what the law does is mandate a 6-foot zone of separation between adult entertainers and the patrons of such establishments. This means that not only is lap-dancing prohibited, but so are other staples of the strip club environment, like tucking dollars into G-strings.