Women's Golf

Christina gets down 'n dirty

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:58 a.m.

The last we heard from Christina Aguilera, she was singing with Mya, Pink and the girls in the song radio overplayed perhaps more than any other song has been overplayed. While some people are already sick of her latest single, "Dirty," think twice about judging the album off that one track.

Pfeiffer, Lohman shine in emotional 'Oleander'

By Laurinda Lee · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:50 a.m.

The few ads I saw on TV told me nothing about this movie besides the fact that it was called "White Oleander." Many people I asked thought it would be a "sappy chick-flick" and refused to accompany me to the theater. "White Oleander" proved, though, to be a surprisingly satisfying film, both intellectually and emotionally. Based on the novel by Janet Fitch, "White Oleander" chronicles the life of Astrid Magnussen (Alison Lohman) following the imprisonment of her mother, Ingrid (Michelle Pfeiffer), for the first-degree murder of her lover. Shuffled from foster home to foster home, Astrid struggles with the great yet conflicting influences in her life -- the twisted views of her dominating mother and an inherent desire to find happiness. We see her radical transformations as she journeys through her adolescent years, from a sweet, innocent blonde to a gothic street punk. We see her naiveté tragically replaced by somber maturity, having experienced, first-hand, the cruelties of the world.

Around The Campus

By Ab D. Phillip · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:46 a.m.

Campus News

Local potter sells wares

By Katie Killebrew and Kent Burns · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:46 a.m.

A beautiful stoneware dish, delicately painted by a local Bloomington artist, stood out in a sea of clay works Friday to an eager consumer who stood in line to buy it.

Toolman returns for repeat role as Santa

By Hannah Holt · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:45 a.m.

Get ready! Santa Claus is coming to town two months early. Just as witches are retiring their broomsticks, Tim Allen returns to the big, red suit in "The Santa Clause 2," a sequel to the 1994 holiday hit, "The Santa Clause."

'Focus' zooms in on depravity

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:43 a.m.

There is Bob Crane (Greg Kinnear), the family man, happily married to his high-school sweetheart for 15 years. He has three kids, attends church regularly and is the star of an unexpected TV hit in 1965, "Hogan's Heroes." Bob always smiles, lives by the motto, "Likeability is 90 percent of the battle," and says things like, "Well, gee-willikers," with so much sappy sincerity it could kill a Teletubby.

Sadness is the norm when junior is at the dorm

By Ab D. Phillip and Molly Woulfe · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:43 a.m.

MUNSTER, Ind. -- Alyce Weidner was calm as her son's departure to Purdue loomed. She bought sheets, a compact refrigerator and a microwave for Matthew's dorm room. She organized a mini-convoy to West Lafayette and helped her 18-year-old unpack. Then the mother of two kissed her firstborn goodbye and burst into tears. Her husband Ralph, 45, and daughter Annie, 14, were wet-eyed, too. But Weidner cried that night and the next day. She's still lonesome -- and baffled -- weeks later.

Spielberg's first film one of his best

By Roman Bailey · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:43 a.m.

Before he broke box office records and wowed audiences with "E.T." and "Jurassic Park," Steven Spielberg started out like almost all other directors: cheap and simple. Last Friday at 7 p.m., the City Lights film series showed Spielberg's first film "Duel" (1971) as part of its weekly screening of classic films in 16mm. The series runs every Friday in Ballantine auditorium and is free and open to the public.

Yale ends early decision option amid criticisms

By Ab D. Phillip and Diane Scarponi · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:43 a.m.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Yale University will no longer require students who are accepted through its early decision program to attend the Ivy League school. Yale officials said Wednesday they hope that by ending the binding early decision program, the university will slow down the college admissions process, which has become a speeding treadmill for high school students.

IU scientists support Darwin theory

By Emily Baltes · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:38 a.m.

Most modern scientists agree on the existence of evolution, but there is still debate as to whether Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection is sufficient in accounting for biological diversity. Some scientists argue that other forces, including chance, historical contingency and species level sorting, are more predominant forces in accounting for diversity between species.

'I Spy' another TV adaptation - and another flop

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:37 a.m.

Oh joy, just what we needed -- another uninspired, underwhelming and overblown classic-TV knockoff splatter-painted together with respectable stars and a big budget. Call me crazy, but I'm starting to think that those crackpot writers over in Tinseltown are running pretty low on ideas. "I Spy," the latest in the long, sad line of TV-shows-turned big-screen-clunkers, should really only be called an adaptation based on its name and its overall theme. While most people consider Bill Cosby and Robert Culp's TV "I Spy" to be a groundbreaking, stylish, first-rate series, Owen Wilson and Eddie Murphy's pedestrian revisiting is nothing more than a splotchy, passé and teasingly inconsistent dud with two stars who should have known better.

Ryder found guilty on 2 of 3 counts

By Linda Deustch · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:37 a.m.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Actress Winona Ryder was convicted Wednesday of stealing $5,500 worth of high-fashion merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue last year.

HPER program aids 37 children weekly

Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:36 a.m.

On days that the undergraduate class "Adapted Physical Education" is in lab, the gym may not be filled with the shouts from a game of basketball or the music from a dance class, but an entirely different type of activity. The class will be holding an open house Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. to highlight its program, which offers individualized physical education programs to members of the Bloomington community with disabilities.

Swing Dance Club works for food

By Kathy Reyna · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:36 a.m.

Members of the IU Swing Dance Club are still ailing their sore feet. They're recovering from Friday's "Will Dance for Food," at the IMU Alumni Hall. The special dance event took place to benefit the Hoosier Hills Food Bank. The club sponsored the event along with the Graduate and Professional Student Organization.

Personalized Pottery

By Jane Charney · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:31 a.m.

It's a kingdom of light and bright colors. The atmosphere gets the creative juices flowing, and the end result -- a personalized vase, plate or picture frame -- breathes with the spirit of The Latest Glaze. Bill and Mary Jo Benedict wanted to try something new and different. She has been a first and second grade teacher for the past 26 years. He worked with adults with disabilities for 25 years. The result of their joint venture are two locations of The Latest Glaze, a paint-your-own-pottery studio that gives young and old, IU students and not, the opportunity to paint various pieces of pottery as gifts or just because.

Mean and stupid, but skinny

By Silvia ten Houten · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:30 a.m.

Women cannot take compliments. And they perpetually feel fat. And they get crabby because they ate that last extra large, jumbo packet of pretzels -- all by themselves. According to a recent study conducted by author and doctor Margo Maine, over half the females between the ages of 18 to 25 would prefer to be run over by a truck then be fat, and two-thirds of those surveyed would rather be mean or stupid.

A propagandist PlayStation

By Evan Ross · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:29 a.m.

The United States is going to war with Iraq. Many of you are uncertain that I can be so certain about that, due to so many of us who are questioning the need for a full-scale Middle Eastern invasion. Just two weekends ago, protesters marched on Washington D.C. and various other major U.S. cities to show their distaste for the war. The U.N. is on the fence of the U.S. resolution to attack Iraq if there has been a "material breach." France, Russia and Mexico, some of our best economic and military allies in the past few decades, are worried about what will happen if the world goes to war yet again. Yet, despite all this, we all know deep in our hearts, whether Republican or Democrat, that President Bush wants this war to occur. There appears to be no stopping his tenacity for invading Iraq. Bush is so pro-war right now, it'd take a miracle to get him to reverse his decision.

Speakin' the truth, Mellencamp style

By Brant Fechter · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:24 a.m.

Like Washington, Lincoln and Franklin, John Mellencamp is a true leader. He knows the best way to address an audience: rock and roll. No other president can sing with soul, play a mean guitar, write a No. 1 song, dance and put on a kick-butt show. Mellencamp proved he can do it all and more live at Assembly Hall on Sunday. Mellencamp is a leader, joker, lover and, best of all, a Hoosier. Before his congregation, Mellencamp strutted on stage like James Dean in a faded blue-jean suit and black tank top. When he sang, he spoke the truth, because that's what the voters wanted.

McStoopidier

By Terry Ord · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:24 a.m.

I found myself musing over the government warning on the back of a beer bottle recently: "Consumption of alcoholic beverages impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery …" Could there really be somebody out there who doesn't actually know that?

Don't throw out the books

By George Lyle IV · Thursday, Nov. 7,2002 12:20 a.m.

The executive branch of the U.S. government is trying to set a dangerous legal precedent in the case of alleged Taliban fighter Yaser Esam Hamdi. Hamdi, 22, was born in Louisiana, making him a U.S. Citizen, but he was raised in Saudi Arabia and joined the Taliban in July of 2001. After being caught by the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, Hamdi was turned over to the United States, where he was placed in a Navy brig (jail) and has been held there since April. The Bush administration claims that Hamdi, though an American citizen by birth, is an enemy combatant, and therefore can be held indefinitely without access to a lawyer or even being brought to face actual charges. The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has heard details of the case for a third time, and will not argue the fact that Hamdi can be classified as an enemy combatant. What the court is undecided on is Hamdi's treatment.