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Some attractions never get old

By Seth Forster · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

It's that time again, folks. Elvis Costello's new series of reissues has been released. But here's a warning: those of you looking for the album with the charging elephants on the cover will be confused. The cover art is just unreadable splatter paint, so it will be harder to show off your tasteful CD collection to new acquaintances than you might have thought. But given that the original art is in the booklet, and even more importantly, that this is a great album, all is forgiven...even if the raw versions of "Greenshirt" and "Big Boys" from This Year's Model are more effective.

Dead Poets Opus Society

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

"The Emperor's Club" is a feel-good movie that in the end just doesn't really feel that good. Kevin Kline plays Mr. Hundert, a Greek and Roman history teacher who excels at his job. Students respect him, listen to him and work hard. This is until the arrival of Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), a senator's son and a disruptive force within the classroom. Despite Bell's constant disregard for his studies, Hundert sees himself in Bell and takes the student under his wing. Bell suddenly finds the urge to work hard and rises near the top of the class.

IU faces Texas Longhorns in post season game

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:59 p.m.

The Hoosier volleyball team will enter its first NCAA Tournament bid in three years to face the Texas Longhorns tonight. IU's match marks the opening of the Pacific Regional with the winner facing either No. 10 Arizona or University of Texas-Arlington in the second round.

Bush believes al Qaeda behind bombing

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sandra Sobieraj · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Voicing fresh terrorism fears that stretch from Africa to the Middle East, President Bush said Wednesday he believes the al Qaeda network was behind last week's attacks in Kenya and that terrorists have disrupted the Israel-Palestinian peace process. Bush, fielding reporters' questions at a White House bill-signing ceremony, declined to criticize the Israeli government, whose troops fired Tuesday on a taxi at a West Bank checkpoint, killing a 95-year-old Palestinian great-grandmother.

Iraq criticizes palace inspection

By Abdullah AlShihri and Charles J. Hanley · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:53 p.m.

AL-MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT, Iraq -- U.N. monitors Wednesday visited sites associated with mass destruction weapons Baghdad insists it no longer holds. Iraq, meanwhile, criticized the first inspection of a presidential palace, saying it was carried out under U.S. pressure to try to provoke a confrontation. In Baghdad, a senior Iraqi official said Iraq will hand over its report on chemical, biological and nuclear programs on Saturday, a day ahead of the U.N. deadline. The official, Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin, said the report will not admit to any proscribed weaponry "because, really, we have no weapons of mass destruction."

Korea rejects weapons inspectors

By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:51 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea rejected a call by the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency for the communist country to abandon its nuclear weapons program and allow foreign inspections. North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun said the Nov. 29 resolution was "extremely unilateral," the North Korean official news agency KCNA reported Wednesday.

Weather delays shuttle landing

By Abdullah AlShihri and Juan A. Lozano · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:50 p.m.

SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Clouds over the landing site in Florida canceled space shuttle Endeavour's first attempt Wednesday afternoon to touch down, delaying the homecoming of the international space station's former crew. "Unfortunately, due to weather beginning to deteriorate, we'd like to wave you off on this attempt," Mission Control told the shuttle crew.

Egyptian-American released from prison in Cairo after appeal

By Abdullah AlShihri and Maamoun Youssef · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:48 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- An Egyptian-American sociologist awaiting retrial on charges of tarnishing Egypt's image said Wednesday he was considering applying for leave to travel abroad for medical treatment. Saad Eddin Ibrahim was released from prison Tuesday after an Egyptian appeals court overturned his conviction and seven-year sentence and ordered a retrial. The conviction had also been for accepting foreign money without government approval and embezzling funds.

Debasing animal rights

By Terry Ord · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:46 p.m.

The issue of animal rights has a long history. But it wasn't until the publication of Peter Singer's "Animal Liberation" in 1975 that the animal rights movement gained particular momentum. Three decades later, recent cover stories by Time magazine and The New York Times Magazine illustrate the issue is still hotly debated.

Face-Off: Fact or Fiction?

By Silvia ten Houten · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:45 p.m.

Look at all those gorgeous bodies running through campus in various states of undress, sweat glistening and legs pumping. While the fixation with the body is a noble pastime, there seems to be an added obsession to aesthetics these days. And what better way to accomplish the ideal look than by means of a facelift or collagen injection. Except that to me cosmetic surgery seems the easy, cheaters way out after letting the beautiful body slide. But how far will we let this cosmetic craze go?

McVictimization

By Evan Ross · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:44 p.m.

This is a culture of victimization. If you can't or are unable to do something, then it's only right for you to believe the world is against you. If you make a stupid mistake, then, well, it's not your fault for doing something stupid, it's the manufacturer's fault for not expressly saying "do not put toaster in bathtub with you." Victims are ready to sue big corporations in order to stuff their own wallets with money because they just didn't know better.

Michigan took the easy way

By George Lyle IV · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:43 p.m.

The Supreme Court has been petitioned to hear a case involving the admissions processes used at the University of Michigan. In the case, the petitioners say Michigan was discriminatory in that they would regularly accept lesser qualified minorities to the undergraduate college and law school, denying qualified whites admission. A previous appellate decision stated that Michigan's policies were narrowly tailored to give "just enough consideration to race without unduly harming non-minority applicants."

Meryl Streep returns to the big screen with two movies

By David Germain · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:42 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- It's one thing for the fictional incarnation of a relatively new screenwriter to beat himself up with self-loathing and doubt his own talent.

Guggenheim donation saves the museum

Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:41 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The billionaire who withheld money from charities in his hometown Cleveland has given the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum $12 million, but only after persuading the director to cut spending.

Silent film 'speaks' to moviegoers

By Brandon Morley and Brandon S Morley · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:39 p.m.

Presented by Lucien Hubbard and directed by Hollywood titan William Wellman, the latest silent film to hit the theatres in the closing days of 1927 was "Wings" a story of two men who love the same woman. But these two lovers soon have their lives derailed by oncoming shadows of Mr. Wilson's war.

Becoming Marachi

By Jane Charney · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:30 p.m.

Dressed in black and white, the nine members of Mariachi de la Flor held their stringed instruments tightly but gently as they prepared to perform at Collins Coffeehouse Monday. Some of them have never before sung or played a Mariachi tune -- a rhythmic, lively melody, words that breathe of a culture unknown to most of us.

Around The Region

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:29 p.m.

Midwest news

Statue's thumb returns after 30 years

By Alexandra R. Moses · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:26 p.m.

PLYMOUTH, Ind. -- A statue of an American Indian chief that spent nearly 30 years without one of its thumbs may soon be whole again after the missing digit turned up in a box of childhood keepsakes. Until Tuesday, nobody outside Jim Lockwood's family and a few friends knew he had Chief Menominee's missing marble thumb in safekeeping. "It's been in a drawer, it's been in a box, it's been here and there," Lockwood said. "... I never knew who to call about it or if anybody would ever want to fix it."

Holiday shopping made easier

By Lori Geller · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:25 p.m.

Downtown Bloomington is bustling with holiday cheer as the biggest shopping season begins. Sunday, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., local store owners invite shoppers to jingle all the way around the Courthouse Square and on Kirkwood Avenue. The event is intended to reduce the stress of holiday shopping by providing refreshments served by elves, continuous strolling music, complimentary gift wrapping and massages for tired shoppers.

Traffic fatalities falling

By Alexandra R. Moses and Mark Jewell · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:22 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Traffic deaths in Indiana are on pace to drop nearly 23 percent this year compared with 2001, further boosting the state's ranking as one of the nation's safest places to drive. Several factors are believed to be behind what could turn out to be the biggest one-year decline in Indiana traffic deaths since record keeping began around World War II -- more people using seat belts, tougher traffic law enforcement, stricter drunken driving laws and favorable driving weather last winter.