Women's Golf

Benefit supports food bank

St. Mark's United Methodist Church will play host to its seventh annual Soup Bowl Benefit, a community event to raise funds for the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, 5 p.m. Sunday. As is the custom, local potters donated hundreds of handmade bowls. Local restaurants contributed soups and breads, and entertainment is provided to add to the atmosphere.

Learn to think for yourself

Almost everybody complains about the mass media, but who does anything about them? Most people I've known who say they despise television still watch a lot of it.

Service industry failing in service

Last July, syndicated columnist Ann Coulter actually decried low unemployment rates, relating in a half-joking way it had become so easy to get a job, managers at lower-paying retail and service outlets were left to hire the worst employees, many of them teens with their heads in the clouds.

Honegger might get to play today

Until Wednesday, senior basketball player Rachael Honegger had little hope she would be allowed to play during her last game in Assembly Hall today. Honegger has been suspended from playing since Feb. 7, when athletics director Clarence Doninger sidelined her pending investigation into her guilty plea to forgery.

Club co-sponsors Web site contest

An online site design competition co-sponsored by the Web Technology Club and Discover Financial Services began at noon today when the contest topic was posted on the technology club's Web site www.indiana.edu/~wtc. The entrants have two days to build a Web site to be evaluated on its operation.

Sweet November

'Moesha' needs mo' comedy

The truth is obviously out there

Needles & Pins

Freshman Heather Couch got her belly button pierced two years ago during spring break. Like many teenagers, she says getting her belly button pierced with her closest friends was a great bonding experience to help her remember their crazy time in Florida.

'SSX' displays PS2's many talents

I have found perfection, and it's called PlayStation2. Well, at least until the newest offering from PlayStation comes out. After pining away, this lucky reviewer was finally able to land her hands on a PS2.

Bring It On

McDonald's, library offer space for math homework assistance

Burgers, fries and math homework help is a combo option twice a week at McDonald's locations in Bloomington and Ellettsville. From 7-9 p.m. each Tuesday and Wednesday, middle and high school students can receive math homework help at the Ellettsville McDonald's or the Bloomington McDonald's at 2910 W. Third St.

Chuck D addresses students

Chuck D, co-founder of Public Enemy, entered Alumni Hall to a standing ovation and catcalls Wednesday. "I don't give lectures, I give conversations … vibe sessions," he said. He spoke to a standing-room-only crowd in the Indiana Memorial Union about topics such as hip-hop, rap, George W. Bush and MP3s. Chuck D has been on the lecture circuit for 11 years, giving lectures at colleges around the country. He is a rapper, writer and social advocate, and is creating a Web site called Rap Station.

Freshman's death remains mystery

The IU Police Department and the family of the freshman whose Feb. 4 death is still unexplained are concerned people with information might not be coming forward. Both are encouraging anyone who knows anything to call IUPD immediately. Seth Korona, 19, died of bleeding in the brain caused by a head injury, Monroe County Coroner David Toumey said Sunday. Korona attended a Jan. 27 party at the Theta Chi fraternity, was hospitalized Jan. 29 and remained in a coma until his death.

Fuel burns red-hot on Indy tour stop

Memorial service honors Earnhardt

As Rev. Dan Cloud of the Free Methodist Church read aloud from a poem, "The Man in Black," there was not a dry eye among those gathered for the Dale Earnhardt Memorial Service Wednesday at the Deremiah-Frye Mortuary Greene & Harrell Chapel, 700 Gourley Pike. Author Robert Ellsworth Stalcup stood quietly in the back.

Various Artists

Café Del Mar's latest compilation album, Volume Seven, could really be looked at as the soundtrack to your day. Full of smooth remixes and funky reinterpretations of songs from both well-known and obscure artists, Bruno compiles a list of songs that make your day go faster.

The Mary Janes

Flame burns with passion and a fitting mix of guitars, violin, drums and lilting vocals. The Mary Janes' second release is more than just smoke.

John Frusciante

There's a perfectly good reason Anthony Kiedis is the vocalist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers and John Frusciante is the guitarist: Kiedis can sing, Frusciante can play the guitar, not the other way around!

Tricky

The critical consensus has been that Tricky has gotten worse with every album since his popular debut, 1995's Maxinquaye. As is so often true, critical consensus is wrong.