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'Getting published' is artists' first step

By Paul Coover · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 11:54 p.m.

For many young artists, writers and photographers, getting published is the first step toward larger artistic goals. For those artists at IU, a free informational session sponsored by The Bloomington Area Arts Council tonight will focus on how to get published in different genres and print formats, according to a press release. Artists After Hours is a monthly networking session held by the art council and is presenting "Getting Published" from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at the John Waldron Arts Center, 122 S. Walnut St. "If you want to get recognized, (getting published) is a good start," said junior Ashley Fragomeni.

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Mainstream hip-hop missing potential

By Alyson Brodsy and Annysa LaMantia · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 11:53 p.m.

It is no secret the world of hip-hop is invading mainstream pop culture. What once started on the streets as a culturally derived art form has now commercialized into one of the most recognizable influences in today's society. It is prevalent in all forms of media -- music television, commercial ads and most recognizably on the radio. You know that hip-hop has hit the big time when you turn on your radio to the enjoyable beats of a hip-hop song, only to discover seconds later that what you thought was the "newest jam" was in fact a McDonald's commercial.

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MUSIC AWARDS

By Pascal Guyot · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 12:25 a.m.

Black Eyed Peas' lead singer Fergie gives a speech after the band received the Best International Group of the Year award during the 2006 NRJ Music Awards at the Cannes Festival Palace, Cannes, southern France, Saturday.

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PRIDE Film Festival makes debut in residence halls

By MichaelLyn McBride · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 12:17 a.m.

IU residence halls will host a new addition to the PRIDE Film Festival this week. While this is the third year of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender film festival in Bloomington, this is the first year the IU residence halls will screen festival films.

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Lecturer gives inside look at curator's lifestyle

By Stacey Laskin · Monday, Jan. 23,2006 12:14 a.m.

A basketball game ending minutes before and a crowd trickling in late because of traffic set the stage for the Burke Lecture Series presentation of Julien Chapuis, curator at The Cloisters of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

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IU group seeks dancers

By Stacey Laskin · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 11:47 p.m.

Not many artists do their creative work lying on the floor. Still, members of the InMotion Dance Company lay on the floor Wednesday night, brainstorming moves to include in the dance for their upcoming audition.

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Alumnus, curator to speak at benefit dinner

By Stacey Laskin · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 11:46 p.m.

Outside the School of Fine Arts, professors in bright greens and purples smoke cigarettes and watch the students: boys in skinny pants and overpriced loafers, girls with chunky glasses and rainbows for bangs. The smoke clouds drift over their heads and dissipate into the rain and wind. Everything in this building is art: the witchy cackles propelling the steam puffs, the swirls in the commercial carpet and the broken-pencil scent filling the hallways.

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GONE

Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:26 a.m.

GONE -- Three-year-old Austin Brandt of Apple Valley, Minn., touches Snoopy's big red dog dish Wednesday at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn. The Peanuts gang along with its branding will be removed after inhabiting the mall's amusement park, Camp Snoopy, for the past 13 years.

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Remodeled IMU darkroom open

By Nina Mehta · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:24 a.m.

Photographers and artists alike have a new resource on campus to express themselves and be creative. The Union Studios opened its newly renovated darkroom for photographers in the Indiana Memorial Union Monday. In addition, a variety of six-week classes, including courses in pottery and ceramics, are offered for students through Union Studios this semester. The Union Studios is located in the IMU's Back Alley past the arcade. The darkroom has doubled in size and has a new ceramics studio, said Kera McElvain, Union Studios program director.

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We think students with inspired style should be seen.

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:22 a.m.

Today's model: Alaa Fadag, Graduate Student On her style: As a graphic designer, Fadag said she creates her style to be fun, but simple. With interesting color combinations and unique details, she strives to be both comfortable and sophisticated. "I put attention into my clothes, but I don't try to overdo it," Fadag said. "I like to incorporate a lot of color because I am an artist."

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Gillian Anderson finds nothing alien about playing British in 'Bleak House'

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:20 a.m.

PASADENA, Calif. -- Since "The X-Files" ended, Gillian Anderson has tried to move as far away as possible from her fame as Dana Scully, the skeptical FBI agent assigned to investigate the paranormal. In PBS's "Bleak House," she's probably completely succeeded. As the beautiful but tragic Lady Dedlock in this six-part "Masterpiece Theatre" adaptation of one of Charles Dickens' greatest novels, only Anderson's classic profile is a reminder of Scully.

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Knitting to unwind

By Rorye O'Conner · Thursday, Jan. 19,2006 12:17 a.m.

Clickety clackety. The steady sounds of knitting needles can be heard on campus this semester because of the steady rise in popularity of knitting among college students. The sudden interest has caused knitting groups to pop up like crocheted crocuses. "Student interest is very high," said Marla Dawson, knitting instructor at Yarns Unlimited. "It is the busiest I have ever seen it."

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Minus 10 points for style: The online trends of yesteryear

By Alyson Brodsy and Derek Kagemann · Tuesday, Jan. 17,2006 12:15 a.m.

This year marks a special anniversary for one of the granddaddies of online humor. In 1996, college student Nehal Patel posted "Mr. T Ate My Balls" (www.geocities.com/nkpatel/mrt/). It was juvenile, it was pointless, and it conquered the Web. Patel followed up his first page with "Chewbacca Ate My Balls," and from there the phenomenon spawned countless celebrity "Ate My Balls" pages. Everyone from Bill Gates to Seinfeld found their pictures amended with not-too-witty word blurbs or crudely drawn gonads. "Useless" pages like these were how we entertained ourselves before broadband. It was considered by many to be the first Internet phenomenon -- at least among those unaware of Kibology (www.kibo.com).

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