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Renting Aug 2005. Very large 1 bedroom apts. Carpet, Window A/C, High Speed Internet connection avail. Parking avail at $30/mo. Shown Daily 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

FAIRLAWN VILLAGE FAIRLAWN & VINE Aug 2005. Live in a peaceful, relaxed, neighborhood setting. Fairlawn Village is a one-story apartment community, spread out on twelve acres, close to U of I, shopping and walking distance to schools. Spacious apartments with washer/dryer hook up, a/c, and garages available. One bedrooms from $485/mo. Two bedrooms from $500 to $585/mo. Call for an appointment. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 344-5043 www.barr-re.com

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508 S. FIFTH, C Available August 05. Completely remodeled! New furniture. New Kitchen. New Baths. Big screen TV. This will be the coolest house on campus. $1,500/mo. Shown 7 days a week. Barr Real Estate, Inc. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Editor’s Note This Modern World • Tom Tomorrow News of the Weird • Chuck Shephard Sh!ts and Giggles First Things First • Michael Coulter The Local Sniff • Seth Fein

AROUND TOWN Synchronized Illini • Karie Milewski q + a with Amanda McWilliams Buzz/WPGU’s Local Music Awards Nominees for Best Female and Best Male Artists Buzz/WPGU’s Local Music Awards Nominees for Best DJ Sound Ground #68 • Todd J. Hunter Drive By Truckers review • Imran Siddiquee

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THE SILVER SCREEN The Ring Two review • Matt Pais Loos Ends • John Loos Slowpoke • Jen Sorenson The Sea Inside review • Randy Ma Raging Bull DVD review • Syd Slobodnik Movie time listing

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312 W. SPRINGFIELD, U Renting for Aug 2005. Very attractive units in newer building. On busline, near downtown Urbana and campus. Washer/dryers in every unit; covered parking; balconies. One bedroom apts from $670/mo. Two bedroom apts from $755/mo. To furnish $50/mo. Showings 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Furnished/Unfurnished 1 bedroom lofts $497 2 bedrooms $545 3 bedrooms $650 4 bedrooms $1000 Campus, parking. Fall 04, 367-6626 1 bedroom lofts $525 2 bedrooms $585 3 bedrooms $750 4 bedrooms $1000 Campus, parking. Fall ‘05, 367-6626

105 E. CLARK & 105 E. WHITE, C

Avail August 2005. Attractive modern loft apts. Dishwasher, disposal, window A/C, ceiling fans, patio/balconies, carpet, laundry, parking, 2nd floors skylights. Rents from $360 to $465/mo. $50/mo to furnish. Apts shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

1108 S. LINCOLN, U

Aug 2005 rental. Older classic building close to Jimmy John’s on Lincoln Ave. Upper apts have hardwood floors. Laundry, High Speed Internet connection avail. Unfurnished 1 bedrooms from $560/mo. 7 days a week showing. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com Available Now. 2 bedroom on campus. $550 per month. 367-6626.

808 S. LINCOLN, U

Renting Aug 2005. Classic older building with Unfurnished 1 bedrooms, Furnished 2 bedrooms and efficiency across from Jimmy John’s on Lincoln Ave. Near Krannert, Law School, Music, etc. Features hardwood floors in upper units, laundry on site, High Speed Internet connection avail. Parking $45/mo. Shown 7 days a week. 1 BR+ Sun room from $605/mo (UF) 1 BR+ Den from $605/mo (UF) 2 BR from $495(F) Efficiency from $370/mo (F) BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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102 N. GREGORY, U

Avail Now & Aug 05. Close to Illini Union. 2 bedrooms $500/mo. Efficiencies $350/mo. Carpet, Gas Heat, Laundry. Parking avail at $30/mo. 7 days a week showings. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com www.johnsmithproperties.com

Free Best Buy and Campus Tan gift certificate with each signed lease! Remodeled apartments that redefine campus living. 3 and 4 bedroom apartments available at 810 S. Oak St. between John and Daniel in Champaign. Apartments ranging from $895$1195/mo. NINE MONTH LEASES NEGOTIABLE

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1005 S. SECOND, C

Efficiencies. Available now and Fall 2005. Secured building. Private parking. Laundry on site, ethernet available. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Studio apts avail Aug 2005. Carpet, electric heat, wall a/c units, off street parking avail, laundry Ethernet connection avail. Rents from $320/mo. Shown 7 days a week.

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Aug 2005 rental. Near Armory, IMPE and Snack Bar. 1 bedroom apts. Window A/C, Gas Heat, laundry. Parking $35/mo. Rents start at $395/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Aug 2005. Near First and Gregory. 2 bedroom apts from $625/mo. Ethernet connection, Window A/C, Carpet, Laundry facilities. Parking included. Apts shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com 502 W Green. U Furnished 4 BR, 2 Bath with W/D, A/C. All utilities included. $1260/mo. 815-436-8262

Now & Fall 2005 2 and 3 bedrooms. Furnished with internet. Parking and laundry available. On-site resident manager. Call Kenny. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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705 W. STOUGHTON, U

Aug 2005. 3 bedroom apts near Lincoln Ave and Engineering Campus. Fenced-in yard. Balconies/Patios. Microwaves, Carpet, Central A/C, Disposal, Dishwasher, Parking $25/mo. Rents start at $615/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

706 S. FIRST, C

Aug 2005. Half block south of Green on First St. 2 bedrooms from $480/mo. Window A/C, Carpet, Hot water heat. High Speed Internet connection avail. Parking at $30/mo. Shown 7 days a week.

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509 E. White, C.

Avail Now & Aug 05. One block west of First St. High Speed Internet connection avail, Window A/C, Gas Heat, Carpet, Covered Parking available, Laundry facilities. 1 bedrooms $395/mo and 2 bedrooms $610/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

509 W. MAIN, U.

Quiet Urbana location very close to campus avail for Aug 2005. 1 BR apts. Rents start at $390/mo. Carpet, laundry facilities, window A/C, storage, parking avail at $25/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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802 W. GREEN,U Aug 2005. One block from Lincoln Avenue. Large units with Central A/C, Carpet, Patios/Balconies, Ethernet connection avail. & laundry. Off-street parking at $45/mo. 2 bedrooms from $600/mo. Showings 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Aug 2005. 1 bedroom. Location, location. Covered parking & laundry, furnished & patios, ethernet available. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

503- 505- 508 E. White

Aug. 2005. Large 1 bedrooms. Security entry, balconies, patios, furnished. Laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Aug 2005. Next to UI Library. 1 bedrooms from $455 to $545/mo. Laundry facilities, Window A/C, Carpet, High Speed Internet connection avail. Shown 7 days a week.

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311 E. WHITE, C

Avail Aug 2005. Large furnished efficiencies close to Beckman Center. Rent starts at $325/mo. Parking avail at $30/mo. Window A/C, carpet, High Speed Internet connection avail. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

105 E. GREEN, C

Avail Now & Aug 05. 2 bedroom apts close to campus with parking, ceiling fans in some units, laundry, carpet/tile floors. Shown 7 days a week. From $500/mo. Available August 2005. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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For August 2005. Extra large efficiency apartments. Security building entry, complete furniture, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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Aug 2005. Close to Frat Park. 2 bedroom apts from $705/mo. Efficiencies from $380/mo. Ethernet connection avail. Central A/C, Storage units, Laundry. Parking avail at $50/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Fall 2005. Large studio, double closet, well furnished. Secured building. Available June 1 and August ‘05. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

5TH AND HEALEY, C EFFICIENCIES

Aug 2005 Rental. Central A/C, Carpet, Microwaves, Large rooms, laundry facilities, Ethernet connection. 2 bedroom from $625/mo. Parking at $30/mo. Shown 7 days a week.

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Unique 1 & 2 bedroom apartments. All furnished, laundry, internet, and parking available. Must see!! THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182 604 E. White, C. Security Entrance For Fall 2005, Large 1 bedroom furnished, balconies, patios, laundry, off-street parking, ethernet available. Phone 352-3182. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com

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Fall 2005 5th and Green location Outdoor activity area. 1 bedrooms available. Garage off-street parking. Office at 309 S. First, Champaign. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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Avail Aug 2005. Located at Third and Gregory across from the Snack Bar. A block from IMPE. Large one bedroom apts. Gas Heat, Carpet, Window A/C, Assigned Parking available. High speed internet connection available. Laundry facilities available. Rents start at $370/mo. Apts shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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Aug 2005. One block west of First St. and close to campus. Huge one bedroom apts, High Speed Internet connection avail, window A/C, Carpet, Gas Heat. Parking $20/mo. Rents start at $350/mo. Shown 7 days a week. BARR REAL ESTATE, INC. 356-1873 www.barr-re.com

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lejandro Amenabar's The Sea Inside is the passionate biographical drama of acclaimed Spanish writer and quadriplegic Ramon Sampedro. The film raises debate on the legality of euthanasia and trials of a man tired of life without â&#x20AC;&#x153;dignity.â&#x20AC;? It is compassionate, controversial and poetic. Javier Bardem plays Sampedro with the understanding that this is not a man depressed due to his immobile state. This is a man whose soul is too large for his broken body to contain. Sampedro does not look to the past but rather the future; he is very much alive. His eyes twinkle of adventure, wisdom and love of life, which makes one wonder why he would ever want to end his life. The movie wisely remains ambiguous whether it promotes or condemns the issue of euthanasia. Rather, it centers on Sampedro and his trials to execute his final wishes as a human being. He is a man easily loved for who he is, but also easily hated for wanting to take his life away from the people around him. There is wonderful imagery complementing the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotions. Sequences of the sea repeat during the height of moving moments in the film. They often

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Martin Scorseseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Raging Bull

vividly expresses a completely unglamorous, personalized empathy for a streetwise, poorly educated, foul-mouthed, crude animal of a man. Because of Scorseseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal touches of his ItalianAmerican experience, an unflattering, gritty adaptation of LaMottaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own autobiography from previous writing partners Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver) and Mardik Martin (Mean Streets) and some of the finest ensemble acting from the likes DeNiro, Joe Pesci, as Joey LaMotta and newcomer Cathy Moriarty as Vickie LaMotta, Raging Bull not surprisingly became a modern classic. Raging Bull also set new standards for the actual depiction of the boxing matches. Cinematographer Michael Chapman creates some of the most exciting and realistic boxing scenes ever filmed. His stark black and white photography of flying fists applying brutal body blows and slams against boxersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faces, while blood and sweat spray across the ring, are juxtaposed ever so skillfully, and with great excitement, by editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Not only does it put the film viewer in the arena as

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a spectator, but literally throws them into the ring. By contrast, Rockyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s boxing action seems purely for kids. A quarter of a century later, the most powerful and lingering images of Raging Bull come from the stunning performance by Robert DeNiro and his unbelievable transformation from the fit 160 lb. lean boxer to the pathetic, beer-bellyed, 200 lb. washed up nightclub entertainer doing cheesy standups. The scenes with Jake verbally sparing and attacking his brother Joey, abusing his wives, and the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final images of a night club rendition of the famous Marlon Brando On the Waterfront â&#x20AC;&#x153;I coulda been a contenderâ&#x20AC;? speech create one the screenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most frighteningly sad and emotionally troubled characters. RAGING BULL â&#x20AC;˘ ROBERT DENIRO Part boxing classic about the rise and fall of a once great fighter, part realis- of visual storyboards, the castâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of improvtic melodrama of a paranoid and jealous isations and innovative acting, editing tricks Bronx thug, part crude and violent buddy and sound enhancing innovations. Raging Bull is arguably the last great film of story of a boxer and his faithful brother, Raging Bull is filmmaking collaboration at its best. the so-called Hollywood renaissance of the late This fact is made even clearer by the DVD 1960s and 1970s, an era of film making which extras. Four newly made documentary fea- saw the creation of some of the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most turettes include numerous contemporary con- expressive and personal films. It has been praised versations with Scorsese, the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lead actors, by several distinguished polls as the best and the producers and editor Schoonmaker, most important film of the 1980s. The lasting revealing fascinating insights about Scorseseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy of his work can be seen in the 25th initial reluctance with the project, his creation Anniversary special edition of this classic film.

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refer to the sea where Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accident occurred. But these images are not solely to tug at the heart.They work as music to his memories to show that he has no harsh regrets about his accident but a sense of tranquility from it. Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s limp body floating in the water is a moment of clarity and not horror. But at times, the film feels too romanticized for its own good. There are two lovers in Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life: Rosa, who want to convince him to live on, and Julia, who aids his petition to kill himself. This drama distracts from Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crusade, merely making it into generic soap opera. Though these women are necessary THE SEA INSIDE â&#x20AC;˘ JAVIER BARDEM & BELEN RUEDA to the plot, the film concentrates on them too much. Rather than his plan with a sense of hatred, happiness, deal with these characters, the film could sadness and joy from the audience. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to write off The Sea Inside as a have focused more on the reaction of Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family to his decision. His disease-of-the-week flick. But it endures nephew and sister-in-law both support with its joy for life and respect for humanhis wishes but his brother does not. This ity. Ironic that a film about euthanasia can inter-family conflict is much more inter- simultaneusly support it but also prevent esting than the competing love of Rosa others from executing it. It is a film about humanity and the freedom to choose and Julia. At its strongest points, The Sea Inside whether the decision is right or wrong. transcends simple biopic. Its sheer beauty Sampedroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priest tells him, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom is in its images, characters and questions. In without life is not freedom.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life without the end, Sampedro ingeniously achieves freedom is not life,â&#x20AC;? Sampedro answers.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sort of at a loss for things to talk about in my column this week, so there wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a coherent flow to this at all, but hopefully youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll at least try to enjoy my completely unrelated paragraphs. I absolutely love the opening weekend of March Madness. The first two rounds kick so much ass. Even the 1 vs 16 games were moderately interesting to watch. The Illini were only up by one at the half, but we eventually pulled away. The best part of the opening weekend is the Underdog, the Cinderella story. Every year a 12 beats a 5 seed, and everyone loves it. But this year there have been an abundance of upsets, or at least it seems that way.Texas Tech took down Gonzaga,West Virginia beat Wake Forest, NC State beat UConn, Bucknell beat Kansas, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee beat Alabama AND Boston College, Utah beat Oklahoma, Vermont beat Syracuse (who I had going to the final game), and as I write this itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only 2 p.m. on Sunday.The only time I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like upsets is if for some reason Illinois were to lose, then all hell would break loose and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be a threat to public safety. Switching topics: last night I was pretty bored and just watched basketball all night, which is fine and good, but there were some times that, gasp, no basketball was being played.Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d I do with myself, you ask? Watched the best damn sports film ever: Rocky IV. I know what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking, Rocky IV is the one where Apollo dies at the hands of the Russian, right? Yes. Didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it pretty much suck? Yeah, a little bit. But come on! Rocky trains in the loneliest house ever to box against the man who killed his best friend. Instead of running up the stairs of triumph, he runs up a mountain. A mountain!! How cool is that? Hell, Rocky single-handedly ended the Cold War with his post-fight speech. How many other sports movies can say that? None (I think). Ok, I know that Rocky IV isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that good, at all, but I love it. So go watch it, I say. Topic change: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spring Break for the University this week, and as you read this, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be sitting somewhere in Saugatcuk, Mich., with my friends. Thisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll mark the first time Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve actually gone somewhere other than my parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; house for Spring Break, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty excited about it. Although itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the MTV spring break fantasy with beaches, naked girls and tons of booze, I think spending a week in an intimate setting with friends will be tons of fun. Besides, who has enough money to go somewhere exotic anyway? I know I sure donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, and my parents arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about to dish out the bucks for me to spend a drunken week on a beach somewhere. Granted, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a bit jealous of all those people who are on spring break somewhere warm and exotic with scantily clad, attractive people, and I wish I had the money to go somewhere fun, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown to love springtime in the Midwest. Thundertorms, sunny days, pants and light jacket weather, frisbee, baseball, basketball, golf, so many good things. Ah, just thinking about the next couple of months makes me smile. Topic shift: shameless plug. On April 7, head to the Highdive to see the Buzz/WPGU Local Music Awards, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna kick ass. - Paul

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LEAD STORY Vivienne, an interactive companion accessible on powerful, "third-generation" cell phones, was recently introduced by the Hong Kong company Artificial Life as a high-maintenance, video-image "girlfriend" who goes on dates with you, kisses, speaks six languages, converses on 35,000 topics, accepts flowers and diamonds, and may even marry you (though you also acquire a troublesome mother-in-law).Vivienne so far is prudish (no nudity, no sex), owing to Artificial Life's aim at marketing in modest cultures, but she will appear in Europe and some U.S. cities by the end of this year (at about $6 a month plus airtime). Said one Hong Kong video game player, characterizing Vivienne for the New York Times, "It's a little bit for the losers."

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The New York Times recently featured an extensive expose on the Bush administration’s distribution of video news segments, produced and funded by the government, to local news stations where the segments are presented as actual news. In fact, we regret to inform you that shits and giggles is actually just a part of a similar propaganda machine. Sorry. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft has been hired as a parttime professor at Pat Robertson University; his first course will be on leadership in times of crisis. Other courses including, “How to Appropriate Religious Imagery to Legitimize Otherwise Grossly Unconstitutional Curtailments of Civil Rights 101” may see the hollowed halls of Pat Robertson University in the future.

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The Senate agreed to allow oil companies to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a 51-49 vote. Senate Republicans attached the measure to a budget bill in order to prevent a filibuster. May they all be someday drenched in the urine of the rare arctic Musk Ox, named for it’s particularly musky urine and the fact that it is an ox.

is just another sequel, another horror movie and another story that relies on a young, creepy kid to provide many of its attempted scares. Yes, The Ring was overdramatic and overrated, but The Ring Two still manages to be considerably less suspenseful, less logical and less entertaining than its predecessor. It’s the worst kind of the sequel, that which doesn’t make much sense if you haven’t seen the first and which offers little of any value to those who have. Since being tormented by a deadly video and a demon with fatally dirty black hair, Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts) and

In St. Louis, the National Corn Growers Association has enlisted over 120 researchers to unlock the genetic code of corn in order to speed the growth of biotech crops. Next week, expect headlines involving genetically mutated “corn people” ravaging the midwestern countryside. Last week President Bush nominated former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to head of the World Bank. In his time at the Pentagon, Wolfowitz served as one of the chief architects of the Iraq War. What’s that you say? An amoral, rich guy is running the World Bank! Bono is sooo pissed right now. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to pay $11 million to settle federal allegations that the corporation had a policy of hiring illegal immigrants to clean it’s stores. Look for that obnoxiously chipper smiley face thing to start saying, “Oops, watch for falling ethics!”

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her son Aidan (David Dorfman), have left Seattle in favor of the quieter smalltown life of Astoria, Wash. But, don’t you know it, apparently the undead can find you wherever you go— as long as you have a TV to slowly crawl out of—so it’s not long before the two are once again haunted by Samara (Kelly Stables), who this time takes control of Aidan’s body. Troubling for all the wrong reasons, The Ring Two never makes a strong case for its own existence. It opens THE RING TWO • with essentially the same scene as the original, with two teens about to watch the dreaded video that kills anyone who views it within seven days. One would think that, by this point, kids would get a clue and stop watching—or at least get it on DVD—

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but apparently it’s become fun to trick friends into watching it so that they have a week to do the same to someone else. The killer video was never a particularly scary idea, and one thing that can be said for this slow, absurd sequel is that it abandons that concept relatively early on. The downside is that the plot that replaces it is even less gripping, as Rachel tries to understand Aidan’s sudden turn to the dark side and her co-worker (Simon Baker) tries to figure out why she might be trying to kill her own son. Hideo Nakata (the man behind Ringu, the Japanese film of which The Ring was a remake) takes over the directing duties from the original’s Gore Verbinski, but he essentially copies Verbinski’s jumpy, static-y visual style that appears far too stylized to ever achieve any gritty, lurking terror. The script by schlock-master Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Reindeer Games, Scream 3) is filled with inexplicable twists and turns that desperately want to shake you from your seat, particularly a preposterous deer attack that Kruger doesn’t even try to explain. The cast is far better than it deserves to be, with Sissy Spacek, Gary Cole and Elizabeth Perkins all appearing in small, frivolous roles. The cameos are mostly a distraction, however, with no actor making much of an impression as characters who just kill time or wait to be killed themselves. The biggest letdown about The Ring Two, however, is that it fails to significantly advance the story, something a reporter like Rachel should understand is crucial in a follow-up effort. Like the video that provides the premise, it’s a wonder that anyone would still be interested in watching something of this nature. It might not kill you, but don’t take the chance.

Josh Whedon, the creator of the hit series Buf fy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel has signed on to direct the big screen adaptation of Wonder Woman, the comic book heroine made famous by Linda Carter in the 1970s television series of the same name. While films dealing explicitly with female superheroes have yet to ignite the box office (Catwoman and Elektra made roughly $27 a piece), the lasting notoriety of the Wonder Woman character and the militant fanbase Whedon established through his TV shows could help buck the trend. Plus, Wonder Woman has that awesome glowing rope thingy. Two-time Oscar winner Jane Fonda will be undergoing hip replacement surger y soon, after she finishes her publicity tour for her first film in 15 years, the Jennifer Lopez flick Monster-in-Law. Fonda, 67, quit acting after marr ying her now ex-husband, media mogul and all around adorable little rascal Ted Turner. On a completely unrelated note, another ex-husband of hers, director Roger Vadim (Barbarella), apparently brought other women into their bedroom and forced Fonda into having threesomes. Now, that’s a little more interesting. Oh, Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce. Not only did you have to per form 17 songs at this year’s Oscars, apparently you butchered the hell out of that French one, “Vois Sur Ton Chemin” from the movie Les Choristes (The Chorus). Or so says French actress and Oscarnominated screenwriter and star of Before Sunset, Julie Delpy. According to Delpy, it sounded like Beyonce was “crooning in strong Chinese.” To be fair, French is a difficult language to sing in and Beyonce has only claimed to be bootylicious, not Frenchphoneticslicious.

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table tent declaring the Allen Residential Dining Hall would serve a special St. Patrick’s Day dinner.What delights were in store? Why, everything your heart can imagine! An authentic buffet of corned beef, cabbage, rooted vegetables, fish and chips, Shepard’s pie, Irish soda bread, shamrock cookies, and last, but not least, booze---no, scratch that---brownies! Irish brownies straight from Dublin, Ireland, or maybe Dublin, Ohio! Regardless of origin, this was a special meal for a special day of holiness, or debauchery. Depends on how you look at it, I guess. I decided to meet up with neighbor and fellow single, Natalie Smith, who shared my sentiments about the St. Patrick’s Day meal. A blue-eyed, blond-haired girl about 18 years of age, Natalie is about as fresh-faced as a Noxzema advertisement. Her pouty lips and art school chic are reminiscent of a young Debbie Harry fused with an intelli-

gentsia flair similar to Anais Nin. When we arrived, the dining hall was bustling with people. Maybe they were just as excited as we were. After all, the dining hall has an impeccable reputation for providing high quality foods. After proceeding through a chaotic mass of students and dining hall workers, you can awkwardly try to find seating alone or with company. Even better, you can try to create the largest, most architecturally complicated table, seating every person you ever met, despite the fact that distance prevents you from speaking, let alone seeing, the other side. Dining hall group coordination hasn’t been this good since Girl Scout camp. We made our way through the buffet, grabbing samples here and there, and sat down at a table adjacent to a large crowd. Our dinner started off well enough, despite the fact that I magically developed laryngitis overnight and was unable to speak.Though I couldn’t express it, I could tell we had a lot in common, including a hatred of germs,

a love for puppies and recent disappointment.This disappointment stemmed from the realization that we consumed an atrocious meal. But why? How could this have happened? From the first taste of the sub-par corned beef to the final sip of lukewarm water, I knew in my heart I had hoped for too much. I refuse to judge a book by its cover, and had I judged this dinner by its appearance, I would have had a much more positive contribution.The corned beef, though a systematic presentation of equal cuts and coloring, tasted more like a hot dog wrapped in sandpaper than a deli item. Pepper appeared to be the seasoning of choice for the evening as rooted vegetables, boiled cabbage and Shepard’s lentil pie were covered in it. The Shepard’s pie, traditionally a meat dish, was offered as a vegetarian alternative for the evening. It consisted of what appeared to be undercooked, powdered potatoes, canned tomatoes and lentils. Unfortunately, these starchy items were probably the tastiest entrees. The fish and chips were deep-fried to golden perfection. But this was obviously a facade for the fact it had less flavor than a McDonald’s “filet-o’fish.” I was deeply offended that a McDonald’s

entree, which costs ten times less than the dining hall, would taste better than what I ate that night. Even the student from Britain, Niki Parr, retreated outside for a cigarette in hopes of filling the void the dining experience had left him, saying something along the lines of,“It was rubbish.” After pushing aside half my Shepard’s pie and fish, I decided to try some of Natalie’s shamrock cookies. I was really pleased that they were covered in glittery sprinkles to distract me from the flavorless matter in my mouth.They also doubled as effective method to cleanse my palate before I ended with a brownie. In retrospect, I regret not saving enough room for the brownies, as they were the only pleasant part of the meal. However, ten dollars is not warranted for a mediocre dinner and chocolate chunk brownie. Feeling very sick, I drank several glasses of water, but nothing could erase the betrayal I felt. Normally, I find myself excited for the “special” dinners, because I expect them to be unique and satisfying. Furthermore, I felt embarrassed for inviting a guest for this engagement, as it was a reflection of my own tastes. Tsk, tsk, dining hall. Better luck next year.

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thing straight: I’ve lived here WAY too long. Good, now that we’re clear, I can get down to what I want to discuss today. It’s an issue far too often talked about within the confines of Champaign-Urbana, and while everyone seems to have an opinion about it, allow me to offer mine—that way we can learn, evolve and get the hell off this issue sooner than later. Because to be honest with you, I’m fucking sick of it. In the coming weeks, with any luck, the men’s basketball team will be heading to St. Louis to win the National Championship.This will have a number of effects on our world including, but not limited to, excessive drinking and yelling, idiots with their faces painted, old men crying at the sight of young men and a gross display of Pro-Chief pride. You all know the positions of both sides well Seth Fein is from enough—people in favor Urbana. He was of retaining the Chief kicked out of his 5th believe that it is a timegrade class for wearhonored tradition that is a ing a shirt with the Chief Xed out in Duct positive reinforcement of tape. Yeah, he was the spirit that the natives hardcore. He can be of this land were trying to reached @ embody before we comsethfein@hotmail.com mitted genocide on them; our very own little holocaust. The people who are in favor of retiring the chief believe that, as a result of our bloodthirsty ways with them, dressing up a white boy in Sioux Indian gear and having him prance around like a dumbass as halftime entertainment is about as insulting and abhorrent as a team from Munich having a Rabbi dance the Horah at the halftime of a soccer game. You know me. I agree with the latter. In fact, I’ll go you one further. If I find out that a person is truly for the Chief— meaning he or she stands behind that bullshit tradition and really is passionate about it—I just won’t really talk to them anymore. If I have to work with them, so be it. But as far as social musings, I’d rather hang out with my father’s left testicle at the time of my conception. Okay, maybe that’s a bit extreme, but needless to say, I think that “pro-chief ” people are about as bad as it gets. Not because

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I disagree with them—I mean, I disagree with a lot of people on things with whom I love deeply. For example, parts of my family believe that premarital sex is a sin, whereas, as a Christian, I believe that promiscuity is the real sin, and not unwed sex on a broad scale. My girlfriend is extremely pro-choice, and I believe that there are other options to be exhausted before that occurs.And I love her more than life itself. We disagree, but at least those issues hold some merit. On either end of the opinions, both parties have legitimate arguments that hold some bearing on the way we interact and of the way we relate to others. But this Chief thing? Give me a break and a bottle of scotch—puh-lease! I can see people being active in an effort to try to rid the University of this horrid mascot. It’s not the most important thing in the world, but it matters to some, especially those who are Native American and have families that were persecuted by the early “Americans.” To me, it’s a public University and as a result, if it is offending people, any people at all, it should be thrown out. Easy as that. But you people in Students For Chief Illiniwek. You are a bunch of first class sniffers and you should be ashamed of yourselves. What? Did mommy and daddy not pay enough attention to you as children? Did your friends call you friends and let you play with them? Of course they didn’t.You are the scum of the earth and you know it. How about getting involved in something that might make an actual difference in the world? Say, Students for AIDS Awareness? Or, Students For Nature Preservation? Or better yet, Students For Racial Equality. On Monday April 4, the smart money says that the Fighting Illini will be playing for the Title.And won’t it be a strange thing when kids from other states ask their parents, in oh so innocent voices, “Daddy? Connecticut has a Huskie for their mascot. Where is Illinois’?” And he’ll say, “They aren’t allowed to have their mascot at this game. It hurts people’s feelings and they’re just too stubborn and idiotic to change it.” And for what? Ya buncha Sniffers…

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doesn’t sound poetic like “the days of wine and roses.” It’s more along the lines of “the evenings of beer and gambling,” but the NCAA basketball tournament is a pleasure. By the time it’s over, the temperature in the Midwest probably won’t be going up and down like a fluffer before a busy day of shooting, the baseball season will be beginning, and it will no longer be painful to drink cocktails out of doors. The tournament signals that life around here is about to get easier for a few months. Still, while the NCAAs are great, that in no way means they are easy. Now that we’re in the second weekend of hoops, things settle down a little bit, but cutting those 64 teams down to 16 is a bastard. The games start at 11 in the morning and don’t end until 12 hours later, for crapsake.Any person who actually has the skill to drink 12 hours in a row two days in a row certainly doesn’t want to start that early in the morning. There’s an old joke, how do you make God laugh? The answer, have a plan. Keeping that joke in mind, here is my plan for that first weekend, even though it’s sadly a little late for this year. Take those days off. Sure, you could just call in sick, but then you’re looking over your shoulder all day like a snitch in those old gangster movies. Plus, if you call in sick and then see another coworker who has also called in sick to watch the games, you’ll have to form a bond with that person. You might even have a beer together or something.Work and NCAA basketball just don’t mix. Walk, take a cab or ride your bike to that first bar and do the same the rest of the day. Trust me, by the time the beers start kicking in around three in the afternoon, someone in your group will get the idea that you could actually see a game in person somewhere if you left right away. Sometimes it might even seem like a fine idea. It’s not of course, but why even tempt fate? Even the drunkest, most idiotic friend you have won’t suggest something along the lines of “Man, we should totally ride our bikes over to Indianapolis, we could probably be there by next weekend.” Some of the games will be exciting and while this is the beauty of the day, it shouldn’t be reflected in your alcohol consumption. The first moron to suggest drinking a shot every time your team gets a three pointer should be slapped about his testicles or her breasts until this notion passes. The

better idea would be to have a beer every time Bill Walton says something that makes sense.That would keep you sober as a judge. Food also plays an important factor, so stick to the heavier fare.You’re drinking all damned day and health concerns are already pretty much out the window, so just enjoy yourself. Carrots, celery, granola, and a light soup may all be good for you, but if that’s all you have to eat you’ll be drunker than William Holden at an All-You-Can-Drink Scotch buffet. I would even suggest avoiding the celery that comes with the chicken wings or Bloody Marys. Instead, substitute a Slim Jim. It’s much more tasty and makes you seem especially cultured. Urination is tricky. Guys always bitch about “breaking the seal too early,” which is basically peeing before you really have to and then peeing every 10 minutes after that for the rest of the day. Holding your urine is a dignified and needed skill for any basketball fan worth their salt. If you miss a game winning basket because you’re a slave to bodily functions, you’ll never forgive yourself. Still, don’t sit on a bar stool for five hours with aching kidneys just to avoid a draining. First of all, once that seal is finally broken after several hours, you could conceivably be peeing for an entire half of ball. Second of all, you may stand up for the first time after four hours of drinking and realize you’re already ripped to the tits. The real key is self preservation in a physical respect, but don’t forget to take care of yourself mentally. If you need to win some money on the tournament in order to pay rent or for your brother’s kidney transplant, this will be a stressful time for you. If the team you’ve bet to win it all goes down in the first round, announce it as loudly and profanely as possible. Sure, you’ll still be homeless and you brother will still be on dialysis, but a few folks might feel sorry for you and pass along a free beer. Conversely, if you’re in good shape and still in line to walk away with some money, don’t say a word. Admit that you might be doing okay in your brackets, but can’t really remember what you wrote down. If there’s even a slim chance you could win money, there’s a much greater chance that your friends will expect that money to be spent on them. Lastly, at the end of the day, if all goes well and you actually manage to truly enjoy even a moment of the action, consider yourself one of the lucky few.

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o tails, no fins, no gills, but still the Illini Synchronized Swimming Team move through the water like a uniform school of fish. The IMPE indoor pool is their 13 foot, 6 inch ocean for nine hours every week, and their 20-yearold-hand-me-down blue bathing suits labeled with the faded orange word “SYNCHRO” are their scales. This year there are 13 fish, or swimmers, on the team. Some have many years of experience under their belt, and some are giving it a try for the first time. The team participates in the North Regional Collegiate Championship every year, but winning is not the main objective, as it may be for competitors such as the first place Ohio State team. The Illini went to Ohio, where the competition is held, to hang out with each other as a team and learn from the experience. “We placed last,” said the team's president Lisa Mayotte, a senior, without any trace of disappointment on her face, “but we usually do.” Mayotte may be a bit modest; Illinois did place ninth this year while beating six other competing teams. Although the goal is more about having a good time, the team takes the sport seriously. Seventy-five percent of their funding comes out of their own pockets. The girls (yes, it seems the males are a bit too intimidated to join) find creative solutions to elevate the need to take funds away from beer money. Fundraising helps, but this resourceful team uses old

equipment and bathing suits found in a locker at Freer Hall. Once storage designated for the Terrapins, the team's former name, it is now the team’s big sister's closet. “Whenever we need something, like practice or performance suits, we search through the closet that has been before all of us were born,” said senior team member Elisabeth Carlson. The closet is 81 years old, if it was used when the team was first founded. Besides the locker, the Illinois Loyalty song has been used as a tradition in the annual performance. The team performs two consecutive free shows during the year on Mom's Day weekend. The Illini pride has not been lost, but apparently the accompanying music of an orchestra is a thing of the past. “An older lady who apparently used to be on the synchro team came up to me at our fundraiser last year,” said Carlson. “She said, (spoken in an old lady voice) 'I remember when they used to have an orchestra play at our shows, and one time a gust of wind sent a bunch of their sheet music into the pool!'” Violins and cellos playing concertos next to a 13 foot deep chlorinated pool may be a thing of the past, but the music chosen for this year's performance includes a history of sounds. “Diving through the Decades” is the theme, which starts with the 1920s and ends with the future. Each decade will feature different members of the team performing to their designated era of music. On average, most swimmers participate in three or four of the decades. The 1960s will feature the orange team and the tunes of the Beatles and the Beach Boys. The blue team has the 1970s and

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disco music, think “Working at the Car Wash.”The blue team consists of the more advanced members, usually seniors on the team, and the orange team is the beginners. Girls from both teams show their humorous side in a part of the performance where they include guys in a swim to the classic beat of “I'm Too Sexy.” All members of the team perform in the final act. Freshman member Tina Mattila, also an Illinette, choreographed the finale this year to the futuristic sounds of Beastie Boys and Styx. Mattila is one of the more experienced members, doing synchronized swimming since she was in 7th grade. “It is like dancing underwater,” Mattila said,“except you can't touch the ground.” The formations Mattila and other members of the team use in the choreography are often influenced by existing dance moves. Ballet leg is probably the most common form in the girls’ synchronized swimming routines. This is when the swimmer is on their back and one leg floats straight on the surface of the water while the other is in the air perpendicular to the floating leg. “The clam is the best way to transition to the next part of the formation,” said Mayotte. The clam, appropriately named after the shellfish, is when the swimmer clamps her legs and arms together to cause her to sink into the water. The next move in the sequence can then be prepared underwater. All formations and choreography are first experimented with on land. The routines on solid ground, called deck work, prepare the swimmers with the timing and sequence. The music they prepare their swim with on land is also played on an underwater speaker. “It is a lot easier on land,” Carlson said. “Sometimes you don’t realize how impossible or awkward parts can be until you get in the water.” Like any sport, practice and teamwork improve the girls’ existing talent, but there are methods to help the swimmers. The first thing the swimmers are taught before anything else is how to tread water properly. The technique is called egg beating, and it uses the legs in the most efficient method in order to maximize their effort. And it is not very easy to master. “It is hard to learn and takes a lot of coordination, but swimming becomes easier once you get it,” Mayotte said. The girls have mastered this technique and are currently perfecting their underwater dancing for their two performances on Mom’s Day weekend. Shows are always free and open to the public but donations are welcome. buzz

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What would you like to do with your work after you graduate?

Krista Carron may have gotten her love of art from working with her mother, who is a muralist. Carron, a junior working on her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts – Painting, currently has pieces in a show at the Link Gallery at the Art and Design Building until March 27.

I am not quite sure what I want to do after I graduate but I have been entertaining the idea of going to grad school for printmaking/etching. I am going to move to Chicago and continue to make art. Eventually I am going to go into business with my mother, who is a muralist, and do something in the art field.

How did you get interested in drawing?

Why do you draw?

My freshman year here I took a drawing class with Rosalyn Schwartz (painting professor) who really got me interested in the process of drawing. Since then I have taken another drawing class with her, and each time she evokes my interest more and more. A lot of this carries over to printmaking, especially etching. I love the process of printmaking, as well as the product. I don’t know if I can pinpoint exactly what it is I love so much, but I have had a strong interest in it ever since I was young. With etching, I love the beautiful line quality that can be created. What inspires you to create?

My surroundings are what inspire me and at this very moment I am quite perplexed with the downtown Chicago independent bar and music scene.

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Some of my favorite artists are Margherita Manzelli, Anja Schrey, Pamela Murphy, Lucian Freud, John Currin, Gustav Klimt, Cali Rezo, Robert Horvath and Antonio López García.

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apocalypse is believed to describe the final happenings of human history,” Arnese said. “It seems to be popular now,” she said,“to adopt a fundamentalist interpretation of the texts. It’s not an event and it cannot be predicted.The Bible is not about predicting.” Schumacher has been surprised at popularity of the exhibit. Students come to draw, others do research, she said. Matejowsky said it was difficult to gauge the popularity of the exhibition. The Krannert does not count the number of visitors for specific galleries or exhibitions, said Schumacher. Riggs reported the show had been generally well received at each of its exhibitions. “Apocalypse Then” is on view through April 3. The exhibit will show once more before returning to North Carolina. “Apocalypse Then” will be exhibited Sept. 17th to Nov. 13, 2005, at the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. buzz

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nation. A second public opinion poll, conducted by Gallup International, lists the spread of the Iraq war, terrorism and a failed economy as chief among Americans’ worries for 2005. Diane Schumacher, director of marking for the Krannert Art Museum, said that the exhibition development committee, a group responsible for the scheduling and organization of exhibitions, felt “‘Apocalypse Then’ was an important show for the Krannert to host. The decision to exhibit the works was made long before the tsunami and other recent, tragic events,” she said. “The exhibition is particularly interesting with the ear thquakes and tsunamis. It makes a statement,” said Kathleen Harleman, director of the Krannert Art Museum. One statement in particular had to be retracted.The art on an announcement card, a flood scene, was determined to be insensitive after the December tsunami affecting East Asia, said Schumacher. The card was pulled and kept for file and the museum. Riggs had originally created the collection to celebrate the 500-year anniversary of “Dürer’s Apocalypse with Pictures” in 1998.“The museum’s permanent collection and works on loan shaped the show,” said Riggs. Works were loaned privately and from the University of North Carolina’s rare book collection. Riggs wanted to demonstrate the JudeoChristian idea of the apocalypse and show how it has affected over 500 years of thought, secular and otherwise. Artists spanning the religious gamut drew inspiration from oppression, revolution and war. The result was the 66-piece collection, a “hop, skip and a jump” through five centuries as described by Riggs. Set for a millennial debut in 2000, the apocalyptic comparisons were rife. “As the show was coming to a completion, people were talking about the apocalypse left and right,” he said. “I pulled back a little—I didn’t want this to be just a 2000 show.” Arnese, not American but Italian, is preparing spiritually, staying closer to his Lord in “these confused times.” “The time period described in the apocalypse is still future,” said Arnese. “We have been given the ‘Signs of the End’ by

Jesus Christ which are the shadows of what is to come as a warning and encouragement for those who have ears to hear.” “The similarities between the world events of 2005 and the apocalypse are not worth noting,” said Arnese. “The creation of Israel as a nation stands as a unique and a special sign. Israel is an integral part of the End Times prophesies,” he said. And, according to his Web site, the tsunami in East Asia might reveal itself to be an important event in determining the end of times. “I need [God’s guidance] more than ever,” Arnese said. “No, I am not planning to [hide in] some particular refuge place nor hording foodstuffs and the like. I am living my daily life as usual—working, eating, visiting friends.” The opinions and interpretation of Prof. Barbara Rossing of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and author of The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation, rebuke the 2000-year-old apocalyptic guessing game established by Rapture ideology and furthered by fundamentalists. “The popular concept of the apocalypse has become doomsday—it means the world blowing up,” she said. “The apocalypse is not a predictive event.” In her book, Rossing discusses the America’s misunderstanding of the revelation can be blamed on an incorrect interpretations, novels and people’s fixation on violence. Rossing’s The Rapture Exposed debunks myths of “end times” philosophy and shows why quibbles over the nature of the apocalypse are more than just theological. As Rossing writes in her book, “The Rapture is a racket.” Rossing likens the apocalypse to The Wizard of Oz.Toto pulls back the curtain to expose the wizard. The apocalypse is like enlightenment—a revelation sans hellfire and brimstone. “The word is common and in worldwide use, stripped of its religious content. [For people] not versed in the scriptures, the world evokes only a huge disaster of some kind. Christians believe, instead, that the biblical apocalypse is a totally different thing. Even in denominations’ perspectives, the

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Amanda McWilliams is the co-owner of the Furniture Lounge in downtown Champaign at 9 E. University Ave.The store has a variety of vintage furniture and home decor that attract high school and retired customers alike. Visiting Furniture Lounge for the first time, what is the overall store atmosphere a new customer can expect?

Lively, artfully cluttered, friendly store with ever-changing inventory for the alternative shopper. Since we are collectors ourselves, we provide not only a place to shop but also an informative store where you can learn more about furniture design and its history. The Furniture Lounge offers a wide variety of items, including furniture, art and decor, housewares and accessories. What has been your most popular area of sales?

That’s a hard question to answer, the moment we think we have it pinned down, the “it” thing changes. So I guess my answer is I don’t know… What kind of people shop at your store?

Didn’t you know? Everyone shops at the Furniture Lounge. No seriously, since our selection of items is so varied it ranges from high school to the retired. A large portion of our clientele has ties to the U of I and Parkland, such as professors, grad students, undergrads, architects, local artists and musicians. You opened The Furniture Lounge three years ago this month. How has the store grown?

We look back and laugh at how few items we had in here for our “grand opening.” Now the store is filled with a much wider selection, from simple Danish modern pieces to outrageous designer furniture pieces, plus many small items, clothing, records, electronics and unique greeting cards.

Just like all the other great businesses downtown—we bring style and uniqueness you aren’t going to find at a mall or super store. When did you renovate?

We closed down for two weeks in January to remodel the whole store. After learning more about what sells we decided it was time to change the look and flow of the store. What have been some major events or occurrences in the Furniture Lounge’s history?

War in Iraq, President Bush got re-elected and our 20 -75 percent off sale going on right now! Two lamps we sold in the store found their way onto Trading Spaces (I don’t know if that’s good or bad), local band Lorenzo Goetz filmed a music video here, and some of our furniture has been borrowed for plays at the Station Theater. Describe a few interesting pieces of furniture or items in the store right now that you love.

We’ve got a very interesting designer desk from a local architect, a wonderful teak dining room set with a table that extends to 103,” enough room for you and 11 of your closest friends! An awesome ’50s three-piece sofa and a very early Alvar Aalto bentwood lounge chair on display. Unfortunately it is not for sale. What does the Furniture Lounge offer that most stores don’t? What makes your store unique?

We try to carry a little of everything— whether it’s unique, well designed or just plain ridiculous. There is always something new and fun to look at on a weekly basis.We don’t order from a catalog; we have to go out and find our inventory! As an owner, what is your favorite aspect of the job?

I get to shop for a living, and we have met lots of cool and interesting people. Some of our closest friends we have met through our business. It doesn’t ever seem like a job!

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COMING OF THE APOCALYPSE The idea of the apocalypse—a sudden and dramatic end of times—and its texts span thousands of years. Officials at the Krannert said the museum aints, fire, brimstone and the turmoil is excited to host the exhibit, claiming it is they inspire are all over the walls of the both relevant and timely, particularly in a Krannert Art Museum in “Apocalypse Then: post-9/11 America and during a year Images of Destruction, Prophecy and already marked by natural disaster and a war. Judgment from Dürer to the Twentieth “‘Apocalypse Then’ is not a history of Century,” a show on loan to Krannert from apocalyptic thought or imagery,” Riggs the Ackland Art Museum in North Carolina. wrote in literature for the exhibit. It is a Dating back five centuries, Albrecht show inspired by apocalyptic writing and Dürer’s woodcut print series “Apocalypse thought, beginning with Dürer and his with Pictures” and other works on exhibi- woodcuts. Among the show’s other art tion don’t have a new story to tell. “It is, in notables are Pablo Picasso, Jasper Johns and fact, a story 3,000 years old,” said Timothy Ed Ruscha. Riggs, curator of collections at Ackland. Art and religious experts agree there is evidence of man’s historical preoccupation, or at least fascination, with the apocalypse, and that the year 2000 transition to a new millennium reinvigorated an American interest in the apocalypse. “Our interest seemingly hasn’t declined in the last five years. Swapping massive computer failure for the end of time, apocalyptic worry and uncertainty are as significant now as in Dürer’s days,” said the show’s curator. Pietro Arnese, editor of t h e We b s i t e a p o c a lypsesoon.org, said he is just one of many who believe in the apocalypse. “From loonies to Bible believers, plenty believe,” he said. He has been preparing for the apocalypse, although he contends its eminency is widely and hotly debated. In a number of national telephone interviews conducted in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by Har r is Interactive, a global market This color lithograph titled Third Army Seventh War Loan, research group, Americans is part of the Apocalypse Then: Images of Destruction, reported being increasingProphecy, and Judgment from Dürer to the Twentieth ly unsure or pessimistic about the state of the Century on display at Krannert Art Museums til April 3.

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WPGU/BUZZ LOCAL MUSIC AWARDS NOMINEES WPGU-FM and Buzz are presenting the first ever Local Music Awards to highlight our outstanding local artists. A committee of local music experts has nominated musicians in seven different categories.Anyone can vote for their favorites at cumusicawards.com.The ceremony, featuring live performances, will occur April 7 at the Highdive.This week, Buzz is highlighting the nominees in three different categories. Read Buzz and listen to WPGU for more information. Monday will be the last day to vote for your favorite artists.

Best Female Artist ANGIE HEATON Angie Heaton has been a part of the Champaign-Urbana music scene since approximately three days after the dawn of time. Angie has been a part of many great local bands, including Corndolly, Liquorette and the Tractor Kings. In addition to this, she is also an accomplished solo artist. She has released two albums on MUD (Calamities and Restitution, Sparkle) and her newest record (Let it Ride) was released through Parasol.You can currently catch Angie playing her country-western tinged music with The Gentle Tamers.

JONI LAURENCE Singer-songwriter Joni Laurence strayed from the styles of her previous two records with this year’s Thrashbag Birdie in which she pushes the boundaries of the folk genre with upbeat tempos and even electric guitar. A native of Quincy, Ill., and former University employee, she released Thrashbag Birdie last year on Browntown Records. Laurence has also been showcased in Writers in the Round and was recently in town performing at the Virginia Theater with Patty Larkin and Catie Curtis. Laurence is currently on tour in the Northwest with Rachel Garlin, but will make her way back to ChampaignUrbana this May.

KAYLA BROWN Former member and founder of the teenpunk group Feaze, when she was just 13, Kayla Brown currently brings her brand of folk music to the Boltini Lounge every Thursday night. She was also featured at the Writers in the Round this past October.

DAWNA NELSON Known for her powerful, intense vocals, Dawna Nelson brings her talent to a number of blues groups in the ChampaignUrbana area, including The Impalas and Bruiser and the Virtues. Nelson has been involved in music since the age of seven when her and her family’s band, Gator Alley, relocated to Illinois from Florida. Currently she is lending her talents to a jazz combo with Peter Roubal and Ed Schaller.

KATE HATHAWAY Kate Hathaway has been playing and writing music since the age of 13. Kate exudes energy and a broad range of emotion with each of her performances. She creates songs about love, self discovery and everyday life. Kate released a three-song EP entitled One, Two,Three in 2003 and is currently working on a full-length album in addition to playing locally, Kate has toured as far as Austin to share the stage with Fastball.

Best Male Artist JASON FINKELMAN Former member of Straylight and leader of local improvisional world music group NuOrbit Ensemble, Jason Finkelman has an equal mind about the music he makes. Playing a variety of percussion instruments from at least three continents, Finkelman always manages to surprise on berimbau, thumb piano and a wide variety of toys which accompany his music. It is sometimes soft and ambient, other times driving, occasionally preconceived, sometimes fully improvised. Finkelman represents the art of improvisation like no other artist.

MIKE INGRAM Mike Ingram has always loved music, but it was only when he joined several different musical organizations in high school that he realized his true calling. Eventually he moved on to become a member of several different garage bands, each with their own unique style of music. A multi-instrumentalist, Mike played several roles in the bands he was in, from drumming to singing and eventually guitar—which he learned by teaching himself. Taking on a solo venture for the first time, Mike recorded and released a three-song EP called Start Again in 2002. It was from this CD that he started to gain a following. His fan base has been growing rapidly ever since, due mostly to his relentless touring schedule. Mike’s latest CD, One Less Tomorrow, was released last year and can be purchased at any of his shows. Mike Ingram will be playing shows at The Canopy Club on April 5 and at The Friendly Tavern on April 6.

ROB MCCOLLEY Musician Rob McColley grew up in Champaign.The big success of melancholy rock artists like Wilco and artists on the Parasol label like Doleful Lions gave Rob a very eclectic approach to music, as did being raised by a record collector and music critic. After releasing a couple albums on different record labels, Rob signed to Legal Records and released Juicy in March 2003 while working as a bartender at the Highdive. The diverse and very unusual

album won him positive reviews in the indie community. Rob’s Legal Records follow-up to that album was the extraordinarily long-titled Sings Insults to an ExGirlfriend (and an Unrelated Song About Television, Because How Much Can You Really Say About One Not Very Complex, Dishonest Person). Rob tours relentlessly supporting his albums and can be found on a good number of weeks playing shows in the Champaign-Urbana area.

BRANDON T WASHINGTON Brandon T. Washington has lived in Illinois for pretty much all of his life. His passion for music has lasted for about that long as well. Starting off like many others by joining a few bands at a relatively young age, Brandon really came into his own with the formation of Temple of Low Men. The band gained widespread popularity amongst the Champaign-Urbana community and released a full-length album called Degree of Slither, as well as an EP titled Normal As Can Be.When he’s not recording and playing shows with Temple of Low Men, Brandon particularly enjoys performing solo. With his dynamic guitar skills and powerful voice, Brandon has gained quite the fan base no matter if he is with his band or just playing by himself. Brandon T. Washington is scheduled to play a set at The Canopy Club on March 22.

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CAMERON MCGILL Champaign’s Cameron McGill (formerly of Morris Minors) is more of a storyteller than your typical singer-songwriter. His live shows also provide evidence that he is not a typical singer-songwriter because they often become very intense, and the audience gets involved, as opposed to the crowd just sitting around smoking and chatting. Cameron’s last year has been a very busy one as he toured in support of his album Stories of The Knife and The Back. He played on Conan O’Brien in May with Rachel Yamagata and is fresh off of a month long residency at Schubas in Chicago. Cameron recently signed to Danville’s Innocent Word Records, and has a track on their newest compilation, More Ways Than Three. Innocent Words is also releasing his newest album, Street Ballads & Murderesques.

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“Here Again” [a story told in daily installments of sound and distributed via the Internet. The IPRH featured work will include an expansion of the original 2004 installment.] IPRH through April 22 Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm www.iprh.uiuc.edu "Places and Out of Place" [featuring Photography by Rex Clark and Tirzah Rose, and mixed media by David M. Nolan] Springer Cultural Center through March 27 Mon - Fri 8am-9pm, Sat 9am-5pm and Sun 12-5pm “Spirits” [featuring textiles, constructions, paintings and other media from Lisa Nelson Raabe and Anne Hughes] Verde Gallery through April 9 Tue-Sat 10am-10pm

1 Oldest member of Hanson 6 Just barely make it 11 Inst. 14 Movie with Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott 15 Brand name yodeled in ads 16 It's pitched while courting 17 Plays April Fools on, in Krakow? 19 Rowing machine unit 20 Smithers, e.g. 21 How hard workers work 23 Nest eggs of sorts 25 ___-stealer 26 Talks like this he does 29 Overthrow attempts 33 Ruler, once 34 Pie ___ mode 35 Flog but good 37 "Jeopardy!" uberwinner Jennings 38 "Mary, Queen of Scots" biographer Fraser 39 Hooters mascot 42 "So it would seem!" 44 Tub temperature tester 45 Makers of the Giant Rubber Band and Dehydrated Boulders 47 "Have I got ___ for you!" 48 ID's used in identity theft

49 "The Bell Jar" poet 51 "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" spinoff 53 Cats that look like big puffballs 57 Spin around 61 Snack 62 Singles bar thought, in Prague? 64 Alternative to a .wav file 65 Harold's friend, in a 2004 movie 66 She was "The Little Mermaid" 67 Character in a TV episode called "Space Madness" 68 Laziest of the deadly sins 69 Best Picture nominee of 1975 Down 1 Cosby show redone as a 2002 Eddie Murphy movie 2 Comic strip with an all-bird cast 3 Suffers discomfort 4 Hemoglobindeprived condition 5 Labor leader Chavez 6 Hoodwink, politically incorrectly 7 "Goodbye ___" (Dixie Chicks song) 8 Cuisine with peanut sauce 9 Knock on the head 10 Ox collars 11 Best parts of the tennis racket, in

Uppsala? 12 Brand of cerveza 13 One who won't share, as with blankets 18 Snake mentioned in "Baby Got Back" 22 Show opener 24 Worked in a mailroom 26 Bovine of burden 27 Bullfighting shout 28 Big crooner in Copenhagen? 30 Rte. running from Key West, FL to Port Kent, ME 31 Nikon competitor 32 They guzzle a bunch 35 Yes, in Yokohama 36 Silo stuff 40 Got the medal 41 Electric guitarist Paul 43 Duck docs, perhaps 45 Show up, as in a vision 46 Split in two 48 "Modern Humorist" genre 50 Backwoods types 52 Like points at zero amplitude, on waves 54 Blue, in Bolivia 55 Fish in a Pixar pic 56 Rather gross fetish 58 Not "fer," to hillbillies 59 Some govt. agents 60 Sorta fishy, sorta snaky 63 Abbr. for a king or queen

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“From Which We Came” [paintings by Michael Sherfield and Jessie Knox] Cinema Gallery through March 26 Tues-Sat 10am-4pm “Apocalypse Then: Images of Destruction, Prophecy, and Judgment from Dürer to the Twentieth Century” Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3 “Laws of Abstraction” [challenges the assumptions, hierarchies, and reactions associated with the museum experience] Krannert Art Museum through March 27 Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3 “Over + Over: Passion for Process” [art inspired by the arts and crafts movement, including meticulous hand-beading, sewing, quilting, silhouette cutting, collaging, and collecting] Krannert Art Museum through April 3 Guided tour conducted by Kathleen Harleman, KAM Director and exhibit organizer March 10, 3:30pm. Tue, Thu-Sat 9am-5pm, Wed 9am-8pm, Sun 2-5pm Suggested Donation: $3 “State Of The Art 2005 National Biennial Watercolor Invitational” Parkland Art Gallery through April 6 Mon-Fri 10am–3pm, Mon-Thur 6–8pm, Sat 12pm–2pm

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LA CASA CULTURAL LATINA | 1203 W Nevada, Urbana 333-4950 LAVA | 1906 W Bradley, Champaign 352-8714 LES’S LOUNGE | 403 N Coler, Urbana 328-4000 LINCOLN CASTLE | 209 S Broadway, Urbana 344-7720 MALIBU BAY LOUNGE | North Route 45, Urbana 328-7415 MIKE ‘N’ MOLLY’S | 105 N Market, Champaign 355-1236 NARGILE | 207 W Clark, Champaign NEIL STREET PUB | 1505 N Neil, Champaign 359-1601 THE OFFICE | 214 W Main, Urbana 344-7608 PARKLAND COLLEGE | 2400 W Bradley, Champaign 351-2528 PHOENIX | 215 S Neil, Champaign 355-7866 PIA’S OF RANTOUL | Route 136 E, Rantoul 893-8244 RED HERRING/CHANNING-MURRAY FOUNDATION | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana 344-1176 ROSE BOWL TAVERN | 106 N Race, Urbana 367-7031 SPRINGER CULTURAL CENTER | 301 N Randolph, Champaign 355-1406 SPURLOCK MUSEUM | 600 S Gregory, Urbana, 333-2360 THE STATION THEATRE | 223 N Broadway, Urbana 384-4000 STRAWBERRY FIELDS CAFE | 306 W Springfield, Urbana 328-1655 TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES | 105 N Walnut, Champaign 352-8938 TK WENDL’S | 1901 S Highcross, Urbana 255-5328 TOMMY G’S | 123 S Mattis, Country Fair Shopping Center 359-2177 TONIC | 619 S Wright, Champaign 356-6768 UNIVERSITY YMCA | 1001 S Wright, Champaign 344-0721 VERDE/VERDANT | 17 E Taylor, Champaign 366-3204 VIRGINIA THEATRE | 203 W Park Ave, Champaign 356-9053 WHITE HORSE INN | 112 1/2 E Green, Champaign 352-5945 ZORBA’S | 627 E Green, Champaign

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ASSEMBLY HALL | First & Florida, Champaign 333-5000 AMERICAN LEGION POST 24 | 705 W Bloomington, Champaign 356-5144 AMERICAN LEGION POST 71 | 107 N Broadway, Urbana 367-3121 BARFLY | 120 N Neil, Champaign 352-9756 BOLTINI LOUNGE | 211 N Neil, Champaign 378-8001 BOARDMAN’S ART THEATER | 126 W Church, Champaign 351-0068 THE BRASS RAIL | 15 E University, Champaign 352-7512 THE CANOPY CLUB (GARDEN GRILL) | 708 S Goodwin, Urbana 367-3140 CHANNING-MURRAY FOUNDATION | 1209 W Oregon, Urbana COSMOPOLITAN CLUB | 307 E John, Champaign 367-3079 COURTYARD CAFE | Illini Union, 1401 W Green, Urbana 333-4666 COWBOY MONKEY | 6 Taylor, Champaign 398-2688 CURTIS ORCHARD | 3902 S Duncan, Champaign 359-5565 D.R. DIGGERS | 604 S Country Fair, Champaign 356-0888 ELMER’S CLUB 45 | 3525 N Cunningham, Urbana 344-3101 EMBASSY TAVERN & GRILL | 114 S Race, Urbana 384-9526 ESQUIRE LOUNGE | 106 N Walnut, Champaign 398-5858 FALLON’S ICE HOUSE | 703 N Prospect, Champaign 398-5760 FAT CITY SALOON | 505 S Chestnut, Champaign 356-7100 THE GREAT IMPASTA | 114 W Church, Champaign 359-7377 G.T.’S WESTERN BOWL | Francis, Champaign 359-1678 THE HIGHDIVE | 51 Main, Champaign 359-4444 HUBER’S | 1312 W Church, Champaign 352-0606 ILLINOIS DISCIPLES FOUNDATION | 610 E Springfield, Champaign 352-8721 INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER | 218 W Main, Urbana 344-8820 THE IRON POST | 120 S Race, Urbana 337-7678 JOE’S BREWERY | 706 S Fifth, Champaign 384-1790 KRANNERT ART MUSEUM | 500 E Peabody, Champaign 333-1861 KRANNERT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | 500 S Goodwin, Urbana Tickets: 333-6280, 800-KCPATIX

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LORENZO GOETZ Described with terms like “American Britpop” and “The Beatles meet Sublime,” Lorenzo Goetz is hard to pin down. Ignoring the iconic status of leader Larry Gates, the band’s groovy sound stirs up retro and foreign sounds, fuzzy bass and reggae rhythms, while it is equally friendly to both new and old listeners. The band’s most recent album, Jesus Elephant, contains plenty more catchy tracks.This is a band a few steps away from taking over the world.

Working with hip-hop, soul and dancehall tracks, Delayney creates a sound much funkier than the originals, bringing out the crowds in the process.

DJ LIMBS In addition to heading up the UC HipHop Congress, Limbs has a residency Wednesday at Boltini, where he'll turn your head and keep you moving with hip-hop, soul and dance.

DJ RESONATE Resonate rocks out up-tempo music, seamlessly shifting from classic hip hop to rock cuts. Catch him every Saturday at Mike & Molly's.

DJ TIM WILLIAMS As resident DJ at the Highdive, Tim spins classic and cutting-edge tracks all night, everything from top-40 to disco. Check him out Fridays and Saturdays.

DJ BOZAK Bozak's music meanders through the highlights of the ’80s, ’90s and outer space and seeks to shift how people perceive the music they listen to.He also works as a producer and a radio host for WEFT-FM's "Needle Drops" and can even be seen playing at an art museum!

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Patterson Hood is the gangsta rapper of country rock. He sings with a deep, raspy torn-up voice that screams of broken dreams and a hard-knock life. His songs revolve around sad and funny stories about growing up in what he appropriately (and ironically) calls “the dirty south,” and although he does have a sense of humor, I wouldn’t t want to run into him in a dark alley. Looking back at the beginnings of The Drive-By Truckers is a process of examining Hood and his band mates’ evolving songwriting.While they always focused on real stories about the struggles of being poor and white in the south, (a topic that few others even come near), the songs on Gangstabilly and Pizza Deliverance rely heavily on humor and irony and less on the social and histor ical (often poetic) statements about the south that have made them famous. Yet the two albums, which where recently rereleased in anticipation of their forthcoming fulllength, do contain moments where the irony collides with the heartbreaking to produce flashes akin to Southern Rock Opera’s brilliance. “Bulldozers and Dirt” from Pizza Deliverance is a very funny (opens with “Bulldozers and dirt/ what’s your momma got up her shirt?”) but addictive song about an older man seducing the daughter of his ex, with the simple way the music evolves revealing the absurdity and loneliness of the narrator.There is no subject too strange for the Truckers, evidenced by their songs “The President’s Penis is Missing” and “Buttholeville.” But for every comedic sidetrack there are at least two stinging satirical observations. “Zoloft” is a sad look and comment on the effects of medicated happiness in America: “All my family problems disappeared overnight/We’re all taking Zoloft and everything is fine,” while “The Living Bubba,” from Gangstabilly, examines the cathartic power of performing music.“Wife Beater” is yet another compelling story about a man, the woman he loves and her abusive husband.While telling stories about poverty, alcoholism and racism in the places where he grew up, Hood quietly causes you to stop laughing at his severe irony and start thinking very hard about his words. Neither of these records has the musical grace of the Truckers more recent works, lacking the ’70s rock influence or some of the innovations seen on The Dirty South or Decoration Day. But they do reveal the beginnings of the band’s writing style, showing hints and manifestations of the genius that is now in full-force.

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The Truckers will be playing Champaign’s own Highdive this Wednesday, Mar. 30, at 9:30pm. Cover is $15 and the opener is Heartless Bastards.

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St. Patrick’s Day at Cowboy Monkey, six bands performed 48 songs in six

hours to cover the cost of hosting for OpeningBands.com. Terminus Victor, i:scintilla, The Greedy Loves, jigGsaw, Relenter, and The Opportunists went from 8 p.m. to almost 2 a.m. as the Illinois-Fairleigh Dickinson game unfolded favorably overhead. Cowboy Monkey served corned beef and cabbage to commemorate the occasion. Saturday, Corkscrew After Dark presents the “jazz looping” of Mark Smart.When not with The Buick All-Stars, Mark Smart is a one-man band based in Champaign. He integrates guitar, octave divider bass, drum loops and echoplex to create a classic jazz sound. Corkscrew After Dark is an all-ages, smoke-free concert series at Corkscrew Wine Emporium from 8 to 10 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday every month. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are always available. March 31,The Canopy Club will host the Champaign-Urbana stop of a tour titled “Video Trapped the Rapper.” Four underground hip-hop acts from Chicago, New York and Puerto Rico will attempt to address the appropriation of hip-hop. “Has glamour and glitz, flash and bling, taken over hip-hop? Have one-syllable rhymes taken pace over intelligent lyrics? Has the corporate machine taken over the free-thinking mind?” The four acts are Earatik Static, Tableek, Ciencia Fixion and H the Great.This is a presentation of Power ‘n Soul Pro and The Canopy Club. Cover is $4. April 11, open-mic night with Brandon T. Washington and Mike Ingram will return to Cowboy Monkey.This year, Cowboy Monkey will host a showcase of its open-mic acts every two months, so its participants can earn a paying gig. Brandon and Mike also will play some songs together. A staple of the early Cowboy Monkey lineup, open-mic night last happened Oct. 25, 2004. Todd J. Hunter hosts “WEFT Sessions”and “Champaign Local 901,”two hours of local music every Monday night at 10 on 90.1 FM. Send news to soundground@excite.com.

Come and get your dance supplies for recital!

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ORKSCREW AFTER DARK:

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CORKSCREW WINE EMPORIUM, 8PM, FREE The Corkscrew Wine Emporium, 203 N Vine St, Urbana, is dimming the lights and turning up the speakers for a night of music and wine. Mark Smart will perform his jazz looping as wine, beer and spirits (and soft drinks too) are served. Smart is a one-man jazz band. He uses a guitar to record bass effects on top of a pre-recorded jazz drum track, loops that, and then switches back to a regular guitar sound to put the final layer of melody and solos on top. The result is a guitar-bass-drums jazz trio. Interested? Visit http://www.marksmart.net and hear a sample on the net, then head to the Corkscrew Saturday night at 8 p.m. There’s no charge to listen, only to imbibe. - Erin Scottberg

thursday March 24

Live Music Leigh Meador Jazz Sextet The Iron Post, 5pm, TBA Acoustic Music Series: Shelley Miller, Kara Kulpa Aroma, 8pm, free Kayla Brown Boltini, 8pm, free Hardcore/Punk Bonanza!: To What End?, Signal Lost, Die Screaming, Oroku, System Rejects Boneyard Pottery, 8pm, $6 Silvertide, Modern Day Zero Canopy Club, 9pm, $6 Kevin DeForrest and Woodfire [West Coast bluegrass] The Iron Post, 9pm, $3

TO WHAT END?, SIGNAL LOST, DIE SCREAMING, OROKU, SYSTEM REJECTS

HaRDCORE / PuNK BoNANZA!

Live Music Leigh Meador Quintet [jazz] Cowboy Monkey, 5pm, $2 Jeff Helgesen The Iron Post, 5-7pm, TBA The Prairie Dogs Tommy G's, 5-7pm, free Motherlode The Iron Post, 8:30pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Kilborn Alley [blues] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $4 Cameo Turret Nargile, 10pm, TBA Autumn Zero [classic rock/southern rock originals and covers] Tommy G's, 10pm, cover

Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Pia's of Rantoul, 9pm-1am, free Dancing UIUC Swing Society McKinley Foundation 9:30pm-12am, free

Boneyard Pottery is rapidly becoming a venue to reckon with. The pottery gallery is hosting its third ever show (after the second, a benefit for local music network Euterpe, featuring improvisionial group Nu Orbit and local up-and-comers The Chemicals, was a grand success), a bill filled with hardcore and punk acts, this Thursday. Though Belgium's Sukilove was denied a passport to C-U, we're lucky to have To What End?, a hardcore punk group from Sweden. Be sure to check out Boneyard and these out-of-town bands.

- Kyle Gorman

March 25

DJ DJ J-Phlip [house] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Impact [house] Nargile, 10pm, TBA Generic DJ Jackson’s Ribs-n-Tips, 8-11pm

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DJ DJ Resonate [hip hop] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Mellow Fellow [hip hop, retro, R&B] Nargile, 10pm, free DJ TBA The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Mighty Dog Jackson’s Ribs-n-Tips, 9pm-2am Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm-1am, free Film “Rear Window” Virginia Theatre, 1pm & 7pm, $5

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Live Music Grass Roots Revival Pages For All Ages, 7pm, free The Funky Circus Fleas, Dropped, Realign Wake the Dead Cafe, 7-11pm, TBA Poser Roast 14: Low Twelve, Drive Theory, Alchymist, Chaos Order, Havoc, Heavy Handed The Canopy Club, 8pm, $6 Corkscrew After Dark: Mark Smart [jazz loping] Corkscrew Wine Emporium, 8pm, free The Noisy Gators The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1 Candy Foster and Shades of Blue [R&B/blues] Cowboy Monkey, 9:30pm, $4 The Matics, Loki Friends & Co., 10pm, TBA Bad Medicine [Bon Jovi tribute], Pirates of the Boneyard Tommy G's, 10pm, cover

Live Music Jazz Mayhem The Iron Post, 7-10pm, TBA The Crystal River Band [country] Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Free Rock Show: Sick Day, Quadremedy, TBA Tommy G's, 9pm, free

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monday March 28

Live Music Jazz Jam with ParaDocs The Iron Post, 7pm, TBA Quadremedy [rock] Tommy G's, 10pm, free

DJ UC Hip Hop presents Chill in the Grill [featuring DJs, MCs, break dancers and more] The Canopy Club, 9pm, free Ear Candy [house DJs] Nargile, 9pm, free DJ Delayney [hip hop, soul] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ Resonate [hip hop, R&B, lounge] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, free

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March 29 Live Music Open Jam/Open Mic hosted by Mike Armintrout The Canopy Club, 9pm, 21+/free, under 21/$2 Sacrelicious Groove Congregation [jazz/rock/jam] Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $4 The Crystal River Band [country] Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Shovelwrack Nargile, 10pm, $3 Adam Wolfe's Acoustic Night with Jess Greenlee Tommy G's, 10pm, free

Kate Hathaway Band White Horse Inn, 10pm, free Open Stage Espresso Royale Goodwin & Oregon, 8pm, free

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Karaoke "G" Force Karaoke Neil St. Pub, 8pm-12am, free Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo's Chill and Grill, 9pm, free

wednesday March 30

Live Music Ed O'Hara and Friends Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, free Drive By Truckers, Heartless Bastards The Highdive, 9:30pm, $15 Garaj Mahal, Alan Vasquez and Friends The Canopy Club, 10pm, $8/advance, $10/door Apollo Project Nargile, 10pm, free Blues Night: Kilborn Alley Tommy G's, 10pm, free University of Illinois Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band I Krannert Center, 7:30pm, $2-$6 Chambana Jackson’s Ribs-n-Tips, 8-10pm Laura Fuentes y Calicanto [South American music] Krannert Center Lobby, 12pm, free

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

To quote Malcolm X, you've been hoodwinked. You've been had. You've been lead astray. You've been bamboozled. Wake up and smell the deceit before it's too late, Gemini. APRIL FOOL! What I just said is a complete lie. Here's your *real* horoscope: You're actually very well-armed against illusion and delusion. At no other time in your life have you been less likely to get fooled or ripped off or manipulated. You have a sixth sense that allows you to sniff out hidden agendas that simmer beneath the official stories. This wonderful development is the result of your growing determination to be honest with yourself.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

Several New Age futurists have predicted that the U.S. will someday have a Secretary of Prophecy, a cabinet-level official who uses shamanic insight to counsel the President on the health of the nation's soul. Personally, though, I can't imagine it will happen any time soon. And that's too bad, because I'm perfect for the job. My psychic powers are growing, as are my political skills, my practical compassion, and my vision of how to do what's best for the most people. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just bragged about is as much true about you as it is about me. We Crabs are in an astrological phase when many of us are becoming better equipped to serve as intuitive advisers to the powers-that-be. In fact, I suggest you start pushing for more responsibility and clout.

LEO

DJ Chef Ra [roots, reggae] Barfly, 10pm, free Salsa Night [salsa, mambo, bachata] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $2

(July 23-Aug. 22)

It would be a good week for you to obtain a burglar alarm, selfdefense pepper spray, and a psychic protection amulet advertised in the back of a tabloid. You should obsess on making yourself ultra-secure and absolutely safe. APRIL FOOL! I was just testing to see how gullible you are to the media's compulsive fear-mongering. The truth is, Leo, you're in a phase when you should expand your sense of adventure and increase your willingness to take smart risks. Instead of the burglar alarm, pepper spray, and amulet, why don't you get yourself something like a rope ladder, crocodile spear, and camel saddle?

Dancing Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey, 7:30pm, free

VIRGO

Comedy Stand Up Comedy: Mike Coulter The Iron Post, 9pm, TBA

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Renowned psychic Victoria Bullis is working on a cookbook filled with recipes she's channeling from dead celebrities, including Chris Farley, Princess Diana, and John F. Kennedy. Since you also have a talent for this kind of work right now, you might want to contact her and communicate your research. She's at www.victoriabullis.com. APRIL FOOL! While it's true that you have more access than usual to departed spirits, I suggest you use this privilege wisely--certainly not by seeking recipes from formerly famous people you never knew. Instead, seek help and insight from loved ones and friends you trusted while they were alive.

Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geovanti's, 10pm-2am, free Meetings, Discussions & Lectures Open Poetry Night [writers may read their own work or just listen] Illini Union Bookstore,7-8 pm

LIBRA

Fitness UIUC Yoga Club Illini Union, rm 406, 7:30, free Seniors Seniors on the Move: A.A.R.P. Safe Driver Program [Part 1 of 2. 2nd part Thur., 3/31, 1-5pm. Completion may reduce auto insurance rates] Champaign Public Library, 1-5pm, free

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(April 20-May 20)

The mummified middle finger of Galileo's right hand is on display at a museum in Florence, Italy. I propose that you regard it as your sacred power object in the coming week. May it inspire you to flip the bird at everyone who crosses you. APRIL FOOL! While I do think you should derive inspiration from Galileo's middle finger, you should do so only at truly important moments. Not to express road rage, for God's sake; not to express disdain toward loudmouths using cell phones. Please, Taurus, flip a metaphorical bird only to protest the kind of high-level idiocy Galileo had to endure when the Church persecuted him for proving that the Earth revolves around the sun.

DJ DJ Sophisto [house] Barfly, 10pm, free Subversion: DJ ZoZo, DJ Evily, DJ TwinScin [goth, industrial, electro] The Highdive, 10pm, $2

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Sabotage all attempts at cooperation. Resist acts of unification. No matter what, refuse to forgive anyone. Your role models should be the Israeli rabbis who prayed for the failure of February's peace summit between prime minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Magmud Abbas. APRIL FOOL! I was just kidding, of course. Don't you dare pray for continued dissonance, even if it seems to serve your short-range interests. It may not be obvious yet, but you're on the cusp of a breakthrough in your ability to blend your energies with others. You shouldn't let anything get in the way.

that's why God gave us two ears and one mouth. ya dig? Open Mic Nite Geovanti's, 8pm-12am

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DJ DJ Bozak [hip hop, downtempo] Barfly, 10pm, free DJ TBA The Highdive, 10:30pm, $5 DJ Mighty Dog Jackson’s Ribs-n-Tips, 9pm-2am

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words "soul mate." APRIL FOOL! God can read your mind, and always knows what you mean--*if,* that is, *you* know what you mean. Do you? This is a perfect time to figure out exactly what it is you really want in an intimate relationship.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

It's illegal to hunt whales in landlocked Utah, ride a bike in a swimming pool in California, and walk on your hands while crossing a street in Hartford, Connecticut. You risk arrest in Nova Scotia if you water a lawn while it's raining, and could be thrown in jail for eating ice cream on Sunday while on Ottawa's Bank Street. I recommend that you research all the similarly dumb laws that are on the books in your part of the world, and systematically break them. APRIL FOOL! You've got better revolts to attend to than that, Scorpio. Don't waste your time rebelling against irrelevant laws that few people know about. Direct your dissent at dumb rules that are truly hurtful.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

More than half of the people polled say they would keep their jobs if they won the lottery. You yourself may have to make that decision soon, Sagittarius. Will being a millionaire cause you to completely renounce your current way of life? I hope not. APRIL FOOL! I am NOT, in fact, predicting you will win the lottery. However, it's quite possible that you'll be blessed with some other stroke of luck that will tempt you to leave behind familiar things that helped put you where you are today. Be thoughtful about how you navigate your way through the changes caused by your good fortune.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

The information produced in the world every year would fill 37,000 Library of Congresses. Unfortunately, you haven't been keeping up very well. If you know what's good for you, you'll dramatically increase your uptake of raw data. Read more newspapers and magazines, please. Spend more time surfing the Web. Watch more TV. APRIL FOOL! Ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of all that raw data is useless, meaningless, and corrupted with halftruth. In fact, to best serve your mental health you should get a high-quality Bullshit Detector. Either that, or invite more silence into your life.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You seriously need to subscribe to Lucky magazine or the Robb Report or some other glossy rag about shopping. Your consumer skills have deteriorated. You're becoming hopelessly inept at finding luxury items at bargain prices. Shape up, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! The truth is that it's an excellent time for you to take a sabbatical from consumerism. See if you can go entire days without spending any money at all. Build psychic barriers in your imagination that will make you immune to seductive commercials. Read Adbusters magazine.

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(Feb. 19-March 20)

You're about to enter a phase that will resemble Bizarro World, the fictional realm in Superman comics. It's a cube-shaped planet where everything is the opposite of life on Earth: Stupidity is revered, hypocrisy is routine, and nothing's regarded as true unless it's ugly. APRIL FOOL! The conditions I just described as characteristic of Bizarro World are actually pretty close to the values that prevail here on our planet. So while it's true that you'll be in a phase when everything's the reverse of normal life, that will be a very good thing. Compassionate intelligence will be revered. Many people will be painstakingly consistent in serving their high principles. Truth and beauty will often be found in the same place. Have fun!

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Looking for a great way to spend some time with a friend or that special someone? Planning an event or a party? Bored with nothing to do? Stop in and see what’s happenning at paint your own pottery.

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Homework: Describe what you'd be like if you were the opposite of yourself. Write www.freewillastrology.com.

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