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INTRO This Modern World • Tom Tomorrow Life in Hell • Matt Groening First Things First • Michael Coulter

AROUND TOWN All The Cherries in the World • Tatyana Safronova Community Snapshot The Local Sniff • Seth Fein

LISTEN, HEAR Smoking Popes • Amy Meyer Album reviews CU Sound Revue • Mike Ingram Carlye & Brian

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his column is in response to m a le’s poi nt a nd counterpoint to the Food and Dr ug Adm inistration’s decision to make Plan B available behind the counter w ithout a prescription in the August 30 Daily Illini.

Before we get any further, let’s make sure we’re all on the same page. Please turn to page 20 and read Doin’ It Well.

Now that we’re all aware of the fact that Plan B is not an abortion pill — if an egg has already been fertilized, Plan B has no effect — let’s move on to the single most important reason the FDA’s decision is a victory to all, not just women but the men they sleep with and the people who care about them: this pill offers a choice to women who experience an unplanned sexual encounter.

We must understand that Plan B is not an alternative to condoms and safe sex. It is exactly what the names implies it to be — a backup plan.

Maybe the condom broke. Maybe the woman was taking antibiotics but wasn’t aware that they weaken the effectiveness of the pill, Nuva Ring and other hormonal birth control methods.

Or, maybe a man forced a woman to have sex with him — a situation that both DI columnists neglected to mention.

When discussing the implications of a drug as controversial as Plan B, we must be willing to look outside our own experiences and consider how Plan B — which is actually a trademarked brand of emergency contraception (EC) — is crucial in a situation where a) the contraceptive failed or b) a woman was raped and no birth control was used.

Whether you’re celibate, have never experienced a broken condom or simply don’t know anyone who’s been raped, you must recognize that there will be women (and men) who are forced to have sex against their will — be it by a complete stranger or that guy from her econ lecture (A friend or acquaintance was the attacker in 47 percent of reported rapes, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest Nation Network, www. rainn.org.) Therefore, you must recognize that this pill has the power to silence at least one of the millions of worries that follow sexual assault while returning some sense of control to the victim.

But you know what? Maybe a girl was just being plain fucking stupid, got wasted and had sex with some dude she met at the bar without a condom. It’s still her body and her prerogative to take actions that will prevent the possibility of having to bear a child.

Failed birth control, rape or stupidity; no matter what the situation, having access to a pill that can prevent an unwanted pregnancy while not adversely affecting her health is a woman’s right and I applaud the FDA for recognizing this.

No doubt , t here w i l l be women who abuse this drug, just as there’s people who abuse cough medicine and nasal spray — but McK in ley stil l gives out free Sudafed and Deep Sea at the swipe of an I-Card. What’s the difference?

Visit the DI archives at www.dailyillini.com for the point and counterpoint piece. FYI: I asked the DI opinions editor where the woman’s perspective was and she said none of her female columnists wanted to tackle the issue. Ladies, I’m disappointed.

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here’s something really great about the long weekend. Obviously, it’s pretty much the extra day off, but it’s still nice to just relax and not feel as if you have to pack all of your weekend fun into two tiny little days. Plus, this past weekend, there was a fun Robbie Fulks show on Sunday evening and nobody had to worry about getting up and going to work the next morning. There was also Law and Order.

I’m speaking of the television show that brings me so much pleasure. If there’s some sort of holiday, you can usually bet that there will be at least one day packed full of back-to-back-to-back (toback-to-back-to-back, etc.) episodes of the crime drama. I usually never realize they’re doing it until about halfway through the day, but even then, there’s plenty of time for me to get my fill.

Seriously, four hours of television in a row is probably plenty for anyone.

I’m not sure why I like the damned show quite as much as I do, but if it’s on, I can’t help watching it. When you break it down, there’s really not that much to it. There’s a crime, the police investigate, then they make a couple of wise cracks, then the district attorneys prosecute, then they have something insightful to say, then it’s pretty much over. It’s usually something that was “ripped from the headlines,” which basically means “stolen from a real life event,” but who cares. It’s not an especially creative formula, but damn it, it works on me every time.

It’s not as easy as saying I like the characters, because you really never find out all that much about their personal lives. They all have some sort of back story like being an alcoholic, or a womanizer, or a gambler, or a lesbian; we just never really see them doing any of these things. Also, they seem to get a large majority of their meals from one of those carts on the street. Holy crap, those things must be everywhere. “Hey, hurry up and interview that suspect. I gotta get me one of those pretzels.”

When I look back on my description of the show, it really does seem sort of boring, but it’s not. This is because before every new scene, they play that little “bum bum” drum beat so you know you should pay attention again. It’s sort of a Pavlovian response that I don’t enjoy, but I can’t help it. It’s like they’ve got me hypnotized.

“Oh, oh, I heard that sound, they’re interviewing a new suspect now.”

They interview quite a few witnesses and suspects in that first half hour. There is someone who seems like a good candidate at the beginning, but it’s usually never that person who did it. That suspect will generally say something along the lines of “Sure, I wanted her dead, but I didn’t kill her.” For some reason, this is usually enough for the detectives to believe this person and move on towards the real perpetrator. Often times, it’s some sort of love triangle gone bad, and occasionally, it’s a love pentagon gone completely wrong.

Sometimes, it’s just a crazy terrorist.

After they’ve settled on a suspect, they take them back to the precinct where they sweat them down — the old good cop/bad cop. Do real police even try this anymore? I bet not, because anyone who’s seen an hour’s worth of television in the past ten years would already be onto them.

Anyway, this interrogation usually takes just long enough to get through exactly the first half hour of the show. Then it’s on to the trial portion.

This part centers on the wily, ethically challenged DA and his invariably crazy super-hot assistant. I assume this combination works because every guy in the world is a big fat cheater and because every guy in the world loves to stare at crazy super-hot assistants. These two characters also eat from those street carts quite a lot, but not nearly as much as they have food delivered in. Its usually sometime during one of these meals that they have an epiphany and have to look back over some records to find the real killers.

You hear that “bum bum” beat again and they’re in the boss’s office explaining it all to him and also explaining how the whole thing really isn’t what it seemed at the beginning. At this point, the phone will conveniently ring with some important new information. Then, it’s on to the actual trial.

This particular DA, Jack McCoy, apparently has an uncanny ability to make people start crying on the stand and eventually tell him the truth.

I find this part sort of unbelievable. Seriously, I’ve lied to people for years and never once had a hankering to crack under relentless questions.

I’m sure I would be even more steadfast if there was a jail sentence riding on it.

The suspect is usually found guilty at the end, though not always. At that point, it doesn’t even matter that much. If they are found guilty, I usually figure they got what they deserved. If they get off, I usually figure good for them; that’ll take that uppity DA down a few notches. It’s hard to care much either way, especially when there’s seven more hours of the same thing coming right up.

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ALL THE CHERRIES IN THE WORLD A reason to head north

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ou are now standing on the 45th parallel, or halfway between the North Pole and the equator.”

Between the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean and the zero degree latitude line that splits the Earth in half stands a white lighthouse, its tip just taller than the chimney of the house whose northern end it occupies, with this sign on its fence, alerting all tourists to its notorious geography. This is the Old Mission Light House — named after one of Michigan’s many irregularly shaped peninsulas — and it overlooks Grand Traverse Bay, where a flat beach disappears under the cool late-summer water of Lake Michigan, which stretches into the northern horizon.

To the south, Central Road reaches down the peninsula’s spine, with less than three miles of land dividing Grand Traverse Bay into eastern and western arms. There, cherry and peach orchards and vineyards cling to the sides of lush rolling hills, meticulously arranged in rows. The shoreline’s unique climate throughout the state of Michigan, where the lake keeps the land cool in the summer and warm in the winter, minimizing weather extremes, produces a wealth of fruit each year — 114.6 million pounds of tart cherries in northwest Michigan alone, according to figures collected by the National Cherry Institute.

The tart cherry, primarily used in cooking, is one of northwest Michigan’s most noteworthy exports, and the Cherry Institute reports that Michigan grows about 75 percent of the world’s tart cherries. The bright red fruit grows along the well-drained sandy soils of the Michigan coast where it is pampered by the lake shore climate. Eventually shaken off the thin branches of their trees, the easily bruised cherries are then transported in water to 22 processing locations, which stretch for more than 200 miles north from Benton Harbor to Traverse City, a resort town which calls itself the “Cherry Capital of the World.” But while Leelanau County has surpassed Grand Traverse County in cherry production, Traverse City is not one bit fazed, and the myth of the once-prosperous cherry producer lives on.

Traverse City overlooks the western arm of the Grand Traverse Bay to the north. The downtown is neatly wrapped by the Boardman River, where private yachts nestle close to the boardwalks.

The river’s tight sideways curve loops around Front Street, the commercial center of the city, and the Cherry Stop — a souvenir store with the obvious specialization — is smack in the middle of the tourist-fueled commotion of the city.

The dark cavernous store with its musky stiff smell was first opened 10 years ago. It sells everything from cherry jams and wines, to cherry-patterned ties, bathing suits, robes, bibs and even dog treats — one variety made with turkey, emu and cherries.

Traverse City is crazy about cherries; it packages them, sells them and flavors nearly every kind of food with them, from fudge to coffee to salsa, and the Cherry Stop helps to fan the fire.

“It’s a celebration of that (culture),” said owner Nick Roster, who along with his wife Jamie, moved back to his hometown of Traverse City one year ago and bought the store. Before they moved to Michigan, the Rosters were both science teachers in Wyoming.

“There were times when I liked Saturdays and Sundays off,” said Jamie Roster. Now, as owners of the store, the Rosters work all the time. Just this summer, the couple opened the Cherry Pit, a cherry-themed café in the back of the store.

The café overlooks the bay and offers cherry pies and cherryflavored drinks made on the spot. The Rosters don’t like to venture far off for the wares they sell either, tapping a stream of local suppliers such as food producers, artists and craftsmen. sounds from the scene

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Tart cherries grow along Lake Michigan within 15 miles of the coast, where the lake moderates weather extremes. Last year, Northwestern Michigan produced 114.6 pounds of the fruit, according to the National Cherry Institute.

During the first two weekends in July, the city explodes in celebration honoring its favorite fruit with the National Cherry Festival. The eight-day event has drawn more than 500,000 people this year, said Thomas Menzel, executive director of the National Cherry Festival. The festival building is situated across the road from the southern stretch of the Boardman River. The operation is constantly in full swing, with bookings done years in advance. The festival brings in everything from air show entertainers — the U.S. Navy Blue Angels opened the air show at this year’s festival — to musicians and local businesses for eight days straight.

“Traverse is becoming a destination,” Menzel said. The city welcomed its first baseball team last summer after its last team quit in 1914, according to the local newspaper The Record Eagle. Northern Michigan is also growing grapes for wine and is becoming known as the “Sonoma of the Midwest,” Menzel said. A native of Traverse City, Menzel left 31 years of work in politics in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows — which included time as the city’s mayor — and came to retire in the coastal town. Now, he’s looking at getting started in producing ice wine, a highly concentrated, sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are gathered in the winter. Wine has recently become a growing industry in northern Michigan, but reasons are more varied than simply the rising popularity of any one kind of wine.

In 1983, Bob and Nadine Begin bought a 65-acre cherry farm on the Old Mission Peninsula. Quickly after the purchase, Bob Begin began to uproot the orchards, planting vineyards instead.

Cherries, he said, didn’t bring in the kind of profits that grapes — and wine culture — fuel. In the 23 years since the purchase of the farm, the Begin family has constructed Chateau Chantal, named after their daughter and situated atop a steep hill above the vineyards. The family opened a bed-and-breakfast in one wing of the enormous house, also home to the Chateau Chan-

tal wine company and the Begin residence. The Begins, along with the approximately 600 tart cherry growers in the state are helping to keep the industry alive, even in the face of rising competition and land prices.

Across the west arm of the bay from Old Mission, a road winds along the lakeside cottages of the coiling coast of Leelanau Peninsula, where yachts and jet skis rest on docks like lone seagulls.

To the east of the road, cherry orchards and vineyards cover hillsides and crowd in shallow valleys. This is Leelanau County, and it produces more tart cherries than any other county in the state. But two neighbors attest to the difficulty of surviving in the business.

Mar ie Marek retired in 2000. “Agr iculture is up and down,” Marek said, standing on her porch. Her property covers six acres of a hillside, bordered by cherr y trees to the east and grape vines to the west, all of them not her own. Marek explained that the business began to falter, and growing cherries became increasingly difficult as fruit yields were often fickle, and competition from other farmers drove prices down.

Across the road, the cherr y operation of Mike Leabo’s father is also suffering. Although the elder Leabo declined to be interviewed, his son described his own frustations with the industry. In the summer and early fall, Mike Leabo runs a fruit stand next to his father’s orchard and in the winter works in construction, building houses in the county. However, Leabo said he wishes he could put a fence between Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties to stop new settlers who flock to the area. Development has been booming all over northern Michigan; some of the tourists who come to vacation in the area move in permanently, often pushing out the agriculture. That is how Grand Traverse County lost its edge in tart cherry production, Leabo said, and Leelanau may face a similar risk. buzz

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“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would fall to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

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andy Graham is hip to the whole apple scene — exactly what you’d expect from a guy who’s been critiquing the taste of apples for 23 years. But what really tips me off to his scenester cred is the way he talks about the most popular apple, the Red Delicious. Graham hates the Red Delicious like an indie scenester hates Coldplay.

“Our customers are looking for something unique,” he says. “Everyone’s seen that Red Delicious at the grocery store. It’s a boring apple.”

Graham and his wife Debbie co-own the Curtis Apple Orchard along with Debbie’s parents who planted the trees in 1977. The business is located in the midst of farms south of Champaign and boasts over 4500 apple trees with yields of over a million apples each season.

The orchard is a favorite for many University of Illinois students, but it’s clear from the moment you pu l l i nto the ent ra nce a nd see a giant grain bin painted with the Tin Ma n’s face that the orcha rd is a l l about families. And it’s a little obsessed with the Wizard of Oz.

In addition to a plethora of Wizard of Oz paraphernalia, each attraction has an Oz theme to it. There’s Munchkin Land for the kids, Rainbow Garden for large parties, as well as the Tin Man’s Workshop, Dorothy’s Birthday House, the Poppy Field Pavilion and the Emerald City Maze.

Most recently, there has also been the grand opening of the Flying Monkey Café, based on the infamous primates from the movie. Except the monkeys at the café don’t swoop in to attack Dorothy while shrieking; the monkeys on the cafe smile and give kids the “thumbs up.”

Graham says the whole Wizard of Oz theme wasn’t really a conscious effort, but at some point he and the rest of his family decided the orchard was going to be for the American family.

“We saw somet h i ng t h at h ad become uncommon,” Graham says of the family-friendly change. “Everybody in the family liked being here, doing the same thing.”

I assume everyone in the Curtis and Graham families enjoys being at the orchard as well since virtually every member of the two families has a job here. Graham has five kids, and they all help — from managing activities to making the donuts. Taking care of the apples, though — that appears to be Graham’s work.

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It’s when Graham pulls out the Honeycrisp — a cultivar that he calls “the best new apple in 100 years” — that he reveals his apple fanaticism. He analyzes the apple like an English major would Keats.

“What’s amazing about this apple is it has that blend of sweetness and tartness combined,” he says. “You gotta have flavor. Red delicious has no ‘wow factor.’”

“I didn’t know what I had until I started sel l i ng them. People w i l l k i l l for these,” G r a h a m joke s , a lt hou g h t he t hou g ht of hordes of people in a violent melee in front of Dorothy’s Bi r thd ay House seem s on ly mildly amusing.

A tour is in order, but Graham is busy and feels the need to pass me on to someone else. It takes him a good 15 minutes of running around the orchard, but he finally finds just the right people for the job. My tour guides are Cameron Graham, a 15-yearold ninth grader at Judah Christian School in Champaign and — more importantly — a promising up-and-coming magician (with the stage name “Camdini”) and Juliana Graham, 10, a spunky fourth grader at Judah who catches butterflies and later insists I meet the young teenage brunette at the cash register.

I tell them I work for a college magazine. The consensus: who cares?

The tour guides lead me inside a barn with the image of the Emerald City painted on the outside.

What lies behind the yellow-brick road? Adorably, it’s four kittens, raised by the Graham kids, eating and sleeping on the hay.

Juliana knows three of the cats are named Cha rlem a g ne, Sl i n k y ( because it kept “slinking away”), and Jade. Cameron says the four th cat is na med M id n ite, thoug h Juliana denies this.

The next stop: the orchard’s giant corn maze, where Cameron makes a bold statement.

“I made it myself,” he says. “I designed it and I cut it. Two days.”

It takes Juliana no more than 20 seconds to try to hide in the corn, jumping up behind Cameron and me with a “Boo!” I act frightened. Cameron is not fazed.

The tour ends with a look at the orchard’s apple trees while speeding on a golf cart.

“Don’t worry,” he says. “I’ve driven this since I was eight.” Juliana says she’s driven it, too. I start to say, “maybe I should drive” but we have already zipped off.

We skirt past the apples trees, my head barely missing being clocked by a Red Delicious. Juliana tells Cameron to slow down.

“We’re not going very fast,” Cameron replies.

“We’re probably going at least four miles per hour.” I gauge that we have to be moving at least 13, but keep quiet.

Cameron finally takes Juliana and me back to the general store and — in a brilliant PR move — offers me a free apple donut. “That’s on me,” he says, with a nod.

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Apples are run through a machine that cleans and sorts them before they are packaged at the Curtis Orchard Sept 1, 2006.

As I munch on my donut, Juliana and Cameron scamper off around the general store, and I realize that this has probably been more of a home than a business to them. In fact, there are at least ten members of the Graham family here on this afternoon. This is as “family” as a “family-friendly” business will get.

As I leave, the animatronic Pumpkin Joe, an old pumpkin farmer on his old rocking chair, tells me goodbye while his left hand methodically moves up and down.

“Goodbye now,” he says. “Awful good seeing you. Have a good day. Take care. Bye bye.” Even the robots here are cordial.

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Sniffer Wants YOU Opposes use of the military in schools; fumbles ball, loses game.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ms. Willis did return Mr. Fein’s call until just prior to press time. You can read about their conversation in next week’s “Local Sniff.�

FIRST SNIFF Last week, the NewsGazette ran a letter from uber-reactionary/wannabe revolutionary Jan Kruse of AWARE in regards to a one Col. Mike Rudzinski addressing the students on the first day of school. She referred to the Colonel telling the grade school students that “We’re fighting a war on terrorism because of people who are intolerant of others’ beliefs.� Something tells me he wasn’t talking about the USA too.

In all fairness, I suppose I should state from the get go that I haven’t yet had a chance to speak with the principal of Carrie Busey Elementary School. Zanita Willis runs the show over there, and it will be interesting to hear her side of the story. Needless to say, I left a message with her about what went down on her playground at the beginning of the year.

SEPARATION OF STATE AND STATE? It’s a difficult issue, this one. Usually when something is so blatantly wrong — like it seems to be here — a law has been broken but the situation can be settled through the proper governmental procedures. If, for example, a pastor from a local church or a rabbi would have been allowed into a public school to talk of the blessings one will receive for accepting their religion, it would have been a simple case of violating the separation of the Church and State. But in a scenario like this, it’s at the discretion of the school as to whether or not they choose to allow this type of propaganda inside their walls.

Regardless of whatever Principal Willis decides to tell me on the phone, I think that she owes her students, the parents, and the district a big fat apology for agreeing to allow a uniformed officer of the US Army into the school to address her kids. It’s this type of behavior that is generally the cause for the type of nationalism and patriotic brainwashing that has gotten us into the mess that we are in now.

Yeah. I heard about it too. We have officially lost more people to the “War on Terror� in battle than we lost in the so-called “attacks� on September 11, 2001. Wonderful world we live in, eh?

SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO DIE ... I PROMISE YOU. By now, you have definitely seen the Live Up! campaign on the MTD busses in CU. Surface51 Design put it in to motion and I think they have done a fantastic job. People are more aware than

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they were before about the importance of pedestrian safety and that is positively a good thing.

But here is something: The street lighting on campus is about as good as the Illinois football team. I know — you are all excited that the Illini romped EIU last week (ahem... DIV A-II) even though all three backs fumbled and lost the recovery. But seriously, trying to drive on campus after dark is like a fucking Atari game. There is no way that someone else isn’t going to get slammed.

A little piece of advice for our venerable university: Spend some of those hotdog dollars from Memorial Stadium on some big ass photovoltaic cells. It should look like northern Finland at night when the students are in session. It’s worth it. Trust me on this one.

BUSINESS OF THE WEEK! My favorite downtown Urbana bar, The Iron Post. Paul Wirth and his wife have been doing the bar scene for over 30 years ’round these parts and The Iron Post exemplifies that. It’s as unpretentious as it gets. The drinks are cheap and still totally decent, the show space is as intimate as it comes and the Bloody Mary is the best in seven states, if not in the world. Ask him for the recipe, and you’ll get a look like you just asked to sleep with his daughter. The bar is located at 120 S. Race Street at the Elm Street interserction, across from The Lincoln Hotel. Totally worth you time.

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SHOW OF THE WEEK! HarshPro plays host to a great lineup of local hip-hop this Friday night at The IMC. Soulstice, Animate Objects, Agent Mos, Sniffer’s personal favorite Krukid and a host of others will convene upon 202 S. Broadway in Urbana (in the back of the post office) to deliver the goods. Be there.

Because I can’t be.

FINAL WHIFF It’s worth noting that, personally, I think that this whole military inundation of our children was probably less calculated than it seems. In my experience, those who are “pro-war� — and generally, Republican — don’t have enough foresight to think of something so Machiavellian and conniving. My guess is that it just seemed like a good idea to Zanita Willis and in truth, was nothing more than another mishap on the road to the American Empire’s downfall. Read next week to find out.

Seth Fein is from Urbana. He once dressed up like Benito Mussolini, climbed onto his parent’s rooftop balcony and screamed, “Go Purdue! Go Purdue!� in the direction of Memorial Stadium.

Hey, we never said he was stable. He can be reached at sethfein1@gmail.com.

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The Smoking Popes; formerly Duvall; are back on the road and headed to Champaign.

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Naperville, Ill. Ben Weasel, singer of the Chicago punk band Screeching Weasel, took a liking to the Popes and helped them get signed. In their early days, the band also won an opening spot for Green Day. Chicago rad io station Q101 and Los Angles radio station KROQ starting spinning the single “Need You Around” off their album Born To Quit in 1995. During t he sa me yea r, t he ba nd a l so sig ned a three year contract with the major label Capitol.

“Need You Around” was put on the soundtrack for the movie “Clueless.” The Popes played an opening spot on tour with the Goo Goo Dolls and ended up with yet another track on a movie soundtrack, this time for “Tommy Boy.” Their album Born To Quit had a total of four tracks placed on soundtracks.

Destination Failure was the Pope’s second major-label album, released in 1997 on Capitol Records. The 16 tracks on the record explore life, love and love lost, including a cover of the song “Pure Imagination” from the Movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

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ailing from the city most famous for its working class brand of underground rock music, The Smoking Popes are an all-around Chicago band. The Popes are influenced by a large array of musical styles. Lead singer and guitarist Josh Caterer credits Frank Sinatra as being the most influential artist of all, saying that he grew up captivated by Frank. What separates The Smoking Popes from other bands commonly seen at venues such as the Fireside and the Bottom Lounge (R.I.P.) is their ability to use such influences to break out of their simple punk shell. From doing Frank covers to blues jams to encore renditions of Moby Dick, the Popes are an allaround fun band to see.

The Smoking Popes released their first record, Get Fired, in 1993. The band members, three of them being brothers, have been jamming together for the majority of their lives.

The Popes consist of Josh Caterer on guitar and vocals, Eli Dixon Caterer on guitar, Matt Caterer on bass and Ryan Chavez on drums.

Josh brought a lot of influence to the band’s music through big bands and old black and white American classic movies, and his voice encompasses a tenor more similar to that of a lounge singer than that of the front man of an influential pop-punk band.

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The Popes have been dubbed a pop-punk band, albeit an atypical one. One might compare their style to Morrissey, or even Weezer. The Popes grew in popularity around the world but still held a special place in the hearts of devoted Chicago fans, only to disband a year after the release of Destination Failure.

In 1998, Josh found Christianity and wanted to devote more time to his faith. The band played their “last” show on Dec. 19, 1998 at the Double Door in Chicago, only to return seven years later for a reunion show at the Metro in Chicago on Nov. 11, 2005.

Since the reunion show, the Popes have been playing gigs again and even recorded some new material. Victory records released Smoking Popes at Metro, a live CD and DVD, in February of this year.

Opening for the Smoking Popes during the most recent stretch of their tour is the indie-rock band, Criteria. Criteria began in the basement of vocalist Stephen Pedersen, an Omaha, Nebraska native. Pedersen got a leg up in the music industr y w ith mu lt iple tours w ith Sadd le Creek Records band Cursive and played on their first two records.

After attending Duke Law School, Pedersen returned to Omaha to work in corporate law by day and write music by night. Giving himself the name Criteria, he hired local musicians to play the music to his songs and ended up with an indie rock band.

Criteria have three records: En Garde, Prevent the World, and their latest release f rom about a year ago — W hen We Break.

Catch Criteria’s Stephen Pedersen pour his soul through his vocals at the High Dive this weekend.

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When I was first introduced to Muse’s fourth studio effort, Black Holes and Revelations, I found myself sitting in a cobweb-filled gazebo surrounded by nothing but the confines of nature. The setting couldn’t have been more perfect. Beyond the shadowy foliage I could see nothing but the darkening sky above, and the isolation made the experience seem as though it were taking place on another planet.

Appropriately so, I might add. As soon as the opening track began with its digitized arpeggios, I sensed immediately that Muse had recorded the album with intentions of treating their listeners to a cosmic concert in outer space. The intensity of the track eventually began to increase rather dramatically, and I imagined that the gazebo itself had magically grown rocket engines and was preparing to blast off into the stars above. It was at that point that the second track, “Starlight,” began to play. From then on, Black Holes and Revelations navigates its listener through a vast galaxy of musical styles ranging from dance, heavy metal, electronic, classical, progressive and even spaghetti western. Though the album tends to sound overproduced at some points, it ultimately proves that Muse has the ability and ambition to create lush, musical landscapes in which many other artists won’t dare venture.

A le x i Mu r d o ch ’s Tim e W ith out C on sequence is an ingenious blend of haunting acoustics and melodic ly r ic s rem i n i scent of Nick Drake. Although Murdoch is not an entirely new artist, his work’s recognition hasn’t reached the full splendor it deserves.

Mu rdoch ’s l y r ic s m ay of t en hover over mela ncholy water s, yet Time Without Consequence is interspersed with songs such as “Song for You,” “Breath” and the much acclaimed “Orange Sky.” Turned up, these songs easily draw you into Murdoch’s incredible ability to manipulate rhythm and sound, to for m h is celebrated somber, yet sweet melody. Granted, the three songs, recreated from Murdoch’s EP, Four Songs, are not up to par with the original, but, hey, who can compete with the original, right? Not to be disheartened though, Time Without Consequence compensates with its ability to leave its listener with a sense of hope, and a complete and utter sense of peace by the end of the eleventh song, I promise.

Comprised of six rappers, Jurassic 5 has been appealing to the underground hip-hop communit y for thir teen years with their antiestablishment themes.

This time around, rapper Soup pushes away their fans with his seemingly belittling press comment, “Before this, we’ve been known as a backpacker group.” The thread of newly-found commercialism extended to their producer Cut Chemist, who is now pursuing a solo career, so the new house M.C. DJ Nu-Mark stepped up to take his place. His opening track, “Back 4 U” is totally bland with its tired sampling and forced chanting. Any feeble attempts at novelty on this record can be easily discarded by critical listening. For example, “Get It Together” attempts to break ground with a catchy hook involving sounds made with pursed lips. Little does Jurassic 5 know that Juelz Santana’s “There It Go! (The Whistle Song)” already utilized this tactic less than a year before. Even with boring production and beats though, solid lyrical ability can sometimes salvage a record, but Chali 2na and Akil say nothing they haven’t already said in the ’90s.

For anyone who’s heard the sensuous energy of “Bossy” or “Milkshake,” the pop prowess of Kelis is completely obvious. Having two of the great singles of the decade is no small feat, but it takes a different sort of energy to put together a great album. Opening with “Bossy” after a short “Intro” is a great move on Kelis Was Here; it establishes a mood for the album of self-awareness and self-confidence.

The beat on “Bossy” is a minimalist masterpiece, and Kelis “rides it like a bicycle,” spinning wheels of catchy verse while oozing sex left and right. But the beauty of “Bossy” is it’s first line, “You don’t have to love me, you don’t even have to like me, but you will respect me!” and, unfortunately, Kelis gives us few reasons to respect her. As a whole, the album falls far short of its potential. “Like You” features infectious amazing things in the beat, but it lacks a strong hook or any memorable lines, likewise for “Aww Shit!” If anything, we should be grateful for at least getting “Bossy” out of all this, but so many of these songs hint at similar potential that one can’t help but feel unsatisfied when they don’t get there.

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Most people probably didn’t even make it to the last paragraph. I’m sure it’s unsettling trying to read with my huge head staring at you; I was unable to do it. Moving on!

Su nd ay n i g ht’s I r on Po s t s how w it h Cameron McGill & the Quartet Offensive was incredible, thanks to all of the people who came because of my article, and said they were glad they did. That was possibly the quietest that the Iron Post has ever been. The artists were extremely happy. You’ll be able to catch Cameron again, hopefully with the quartet, later this fall. Also, thanks should be extended to Paul Wirth, the owner of the Post. He puts a lot of effort into having live music at his place

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Make sure to check out theironpost.com to find a show that looks interesting, and to scope the food menu. Go in sometime and grab some food — it’s all very good. elsinore’s show on Saturday was also a blast.

It was great to see so many faces. A video for the song “Timid Maggie Mae� was shot, so you might find your smiling face on YouTube sometime soon. Hopefully someone caught the return of Liam’s dance solo. Everyone should also hope that no one caught his stripping at Live Band Karaoke on Thursday. Those who arrived at the elsinore show late really missed out on some fantastic openers. Champaign’s own songwriting politico Darrin Drda was a treat, as were the two Indiana bands that played. Check out myspace.com/lovelyhouses a nd myspace.com /thegent lema nca l ler for information regarding the bands. elsinore and Darrin Drda will both return to Champaign for the Pygmalion Music Festival.

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Lorenzo Goetz played a show last Friday at the Court yard Cafe sans drummer Jesse Green lee, who was i l l. Joe “Thunder fist�

Funderburk, best known as the drummer for rock legends Tr itone, fil led in and rocked it , accord i n g to LG’s ow n L a r r y G at e s .

LG g u it a r ist Josh M iethe, reached wh i le “browsing� at an “adult store,� was unable to comment. Lorenzo Goetz plays Chicago’s Millennium Park tonight, and hits the Canopy Club on Saturday to open for Lucky Boys Con f us ion. Nex t week they emba rk on a tour that will take them to Missouri, Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska. All the best to Jesse for a speedy recovery.

Tonight you can catch the Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash at Cowboy Monkey (10 p.m., $10), or head over to the Canopy Club to catch Zoso, the excellent Led Zeppelin tribute band (10 p.m., $7). Or, if you’d like to see whether my head is as big in real life as it appears in print, head over to the Courtyard Cafe at 8 p.m. to catch a w r iter s-in-theround style show featuring Ryan Groff (of elsinore), Kayla Brown (of Darling Disarm), G. Lee, and me. Autographs will be signed after the show.

Friday: A pre-Pygmalion Music Festival party will be going down at Cowboy Monkey, featuring Denison Whimer, Bailey, Tractor Kings, and the Chemicals (10 p.m., $5). This is a killer chance to catch four excellent bands.

Another good choice is Mason Jennings at Canopy Club (9 p.m., $10).

S a t u r d ay : W h a t a n i g ht for mu s ic i n CU. The show of the night is clearly The Smoking Popes at the Highdive (7:30 p.m., $12 in advance, $14 at the door). There’s also a fantastic show at the Courtyard Cafe featuring touring acts Shearwater and Arrah a n d t h e Fe r n s , a lon g w it h loc a l s t h e Greytones and New Ruins (8:30 p.m., $5).

Out at the Alto Vineyards you can catch a set by local favorites the Impalas, featuring Daw na Nelson (7:30 p.m., $3). A nd, at Mike n Molly’s, you can drop five bucks for a night of film and music with the MicroFilm Movie Show (8 p.m., $5). Yes, all of these shows are early. What will you do later in the evening? The answer is at Cowboy Mon key, where K i lbor n A l ley w i l l be bluesing it up ‘til close.

Sunday: Monte Montgomery, the acoustic virtuoso, will be at Canopy Club (7 p.m., $12).

There’s also a fantastic show at the Highdive with the Supersuckers (8:30 p.m., $13 in advance, $15 at the door). If you want to take a chance on some brand new music, Cowboy Monkey will be hosting a showcase of some of the best talent to come through the weekly open m ic night (9 p.m., $3). Chr is Eitel (usually seen playing bass with elsinore) will play a full set on acoustic, assuming his oxygen tank doesn’t run out.

Mike Ingram is an aspiring hipster. He has been playing and booking shows in CU for what seems like decades, and is also the local music director at 90.1 W EFT. Send him info about shows, and sug gestions for a new column name, at forgottenwords@ gmail.com. sounds from the scene

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It’s no surprise that stars love sex, money and drugs; preferably a combination of all three.

Recently, though, it seems they love reinventing themselves even more than they love threesomes, gold coins and cocaine. Paris Hilton, famous for nothing sans her night-vision-green vagina, released an album two weeks ago, making herself the latest celebrity to join the non-singersattempting-to-sing trend. We’ve all heard of the celebrity crossover, but has it gone too far? With last week’s premiere of Celebrity Duets (we’re not making this up, we promise), Carlye and Brian find it the right time to ask themselves ...

Paris Hilton – MP3 or VHS? Carlye: VHS, please!

Paris Hilton should just stick to infamous sex tapes.

Given, One Night in Paris may be the worst porno on t he m a r ket , but i n comparison, it’s way better than her other work. House of Wax proved that she can’t act, The Simple Life showed that she can’t operate as a human being and her Carl’s Jr. commercial revealed that she can’t even wash a goddamn car. Instead of jumping ship on everything else she sucks at for a record deal, she should have tried some self-improvement.

The sex tape was shitty quality and not t h at enter t a i n i n g, but you k now wh at?

Ever yone watched it. Instead of wa st ing time pretending to sing or blowing Scott Storch so he’d mix her tracks, it would have been way more beneficial to make a (good) sex tape with ... Matt Leinart. Think about it – guys would love it; girls would love it; hot + hot = hot; and no one would have to hear “Stars are Blind� ever, ever again.

Mmm, utopia.

In general though, this crossover madness needs to end. Celebrity Duets, Dancing with the Stars, Skating with the Stars — everyone needs

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Paris Hilton – VHS or MP3? to stop trying to be known for ... what they’re not known for. ( Jared Leto, you’re no exception — stop wearing that f-ing ridiculous eyeliner.)

So Paris, please help — opportunity is calling, so answer the phone, no matter what Rick Solomon says.

Brian: MP3.

Stars are blind, but many are proving themselves far from deaf. Many a celebrit y, from movie stars to heiresses, are all giving it the ol’ college try and coming out with albums. Some people — some normal, boring people — are way too caught up on this. This is a typical dinner conversation at such a plebeian’s home: “A l l t hese you ng, beaut i f u l celebr it ies t h i n k t hey ca n do whatever t hey wa nt.� — plebeian 1. “Yes, I am jealous of their wealth and influence and will judge them because of my insecurities.� — plebeian 2.

Though there seems to be an in flux of celebrities becoming musicians (i.e. Par is, Nicole, Raven, Hulk Hogan’s daughter...), there have always been stars who have delved into musical careers. Judy Garland was both a serious actress and a well respected recording artist. An intelligent person would argue how musicals were the dominant genre at the time and the talented singer/actresses were necessary, but I know that most readers are far from intelligent people.

Mu sic tod ay i s 10 0 percent med iocre.

Whether it’s some wealthy man’s daughter or discovered “raw talent,� the songs will end up the same. Pop stars don’t write, play or even sing their own songs. Personally, I think Paris Hilton or Hilary Duff recording albums is saving pop music; at least the artist is someone already interesting, instead of a faceless flavor of the week.

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Shaping Perceptions of ‘Latin American Art’: The Case of a Mutating Field” Krannert Art Museum, 5:30pm Simplicity Discussion Group [Discussion on the book “Code Green: Experiences of a Lifetime” by Kerry Lorimer hosted by Jo Pauly, MSW, Whole Life Coach.] Borders Books Music & Cafe, 7pm

“Allegories of Race: Casta Paintings and Models for Theorizing Race” International Studies Building, 12pm Film Reel Deal Film Series “Cars” [The whole family will love this film for its lively car characters, humor and adventure.] Virginia Theatre 7pm, $3

Shearwater The Greytones New Ruins Arrah and the Ferns Sept. 9, 8:30pm.

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Clinging to something they never really had, Lucky Boys Confusion will once again appear at the Canopy Club this Saturday. Making nearly monthly treks to Urbana, LBC attempts to hold on to their now ‘all growed-up’ fan base of former junior high students from the Chicago suburbs. LBC, on the intellectual level of The Offspring and the musical level of a bear holding a ukulele, has certainly gone sour as the years have passed.

Stealing girlfriends and talking about self-absorbed parents worked decent enough a decade ago, but the songs proved far from timeless. Basically what I’m saying is, find something new! You’re not 13 anymore.

Moshing in the Naperville Barn is a thing of the past and so is that music.This Saturday discover two things: some incredible new bands and the amount of time you wasted listening to “Boss Man” on repeat.

Arrah and the Ferns, a Standard Records group, hails from the city of Muncie, Indiana. Oh Ball State University, the alma mater of such greats as David Letterman and Papa John. Late night television and pizza go hand in hand and so does Arrah and her Ferns.The trio is one of the brightest, joy filled indie-pop bands in the Midwest. A Wurlitzer organ, a banjolin (mandolin/banjo love child) and the occasional recorder give Arrah and the Ferns a unique sound. Sweet and innocent yet filled with sarcasm and intellect,The Ferns’ songs are charming with a level of sophistication generally absent in music of this nature.

Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg began Shearwater as a side project to their critically acclaimed band Okkervil River. Not only is Okkervil River this humble journalist’s favorite band, but Shearwater threatens to rival its counterpart’s title. Taking cues from classic songwriters such as Nick Drake and Will Oldham, Shearwater also reaches towards a darker sound with their 2006 release, Palo Santo.

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At this very same show see local groups The Greytones and New Ruins, the latter now a member of Parasol/Mud Records. Boys, there’s no confusion; you’ll be feeling lucky if you see this show in the Union Courtyard Café.

FRI. SEP 8 Live Bands Those Darn Accordions [San Francisco’s accordion-fueled rock ‘n’ roll band.]

Mike ‘N Molly’s, 7pm Billy Galt Live at Blues BBQ Blues BBQ, 11:30am Boneyard Jazz Quintet Cowboy Monkey, 5:30pm, free John Stone, Renegades Memphis on Main, 7pm, $10 Barb Hamilton Live Performance Hubers, 8pm Mason Jennings Canopy Club 9pm, $10 Tractor Kings, The Chemicals, Bailey, Denison Witmer Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $5 Dancing Introduction to English Country Dance [With live music provided by local musicians.] Phillips Recreation Center, 7pm, $1 Karaoke Live Karaoke Band Kam’s, 5pm Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke American Legion Post 71, 8pm, free Lectures/Discussions “Global Warming: Are We Reaching A (Political) ‘Tipping Point’?” [Presented by Robert Cox.] University YMCA, 12pm Friday Forum Series: “What on Earth are We Doing?

Prospects for a Healthy Planet” University YMCA 12:15pm Film 9/11: Press For Truth [Documentary based on the book The Terror Time Line, by Paul Thompson.

The widows of 9/11 known as the “Jersey Girls” tell their story.]

Boardman’s Art Theatre, 1pm Film Series: Nacho Libre Gregory Hall, 7pm, $2 with school ID/$3 Comedy Illinites [Johnny Depp movie night, hypnotist & magician, comedy, make your own t-shirts, 25 cent Sbarro pizza, free prizes such as IPOD giveaways and more.] Illini Union 9pm, free

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SAT. SEP 9 Live Bands Flathead 6 Gutteridge HarleyDavidson, 11am, free Tiempo Libre [Mix, mingle and move it to the rhythms of the Miamibased, Grammy-nominated Cuban powerhouse.]

Kranner t Center for the Performing Ar ts 7:30pm, $5 The Impalas Alto Vineyards, 7:30pm, $3 The Smoking Popes, Criteria Highdive, 7:30pm, $12 in advance/$14 Dave Dreyer Band Hubers, 8pm Jack’s Mannequin [Opening for Jack’s Mannequin will be Copeland, Daphne Loves Derby and The Hush Sound.

Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Central in the Illini Union.] Foellinger Auditorium, 8pm, $20 for students/$23 The Boat Drunks (Jimmy Buffet cover band) Fat City Saloon 8pm, cover Full Throttle [Classic rock, blues, R&B and original music.] T&T Tavern 8:30pm, no cover Shearwater, The Greytones, New Ruins, Arrah and the Ferns Courtyard Cafe, 8:30pm, $5 Lucky Boys Confusion, Swizzletree, Logan Square, Lorenzo Goetz Canopy Club 9pm, $10 Kilborn Alley Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $4 Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm Lectures/Discussions Entrepreneurial Artists Make a Splash [Join our interactive panel discussion featuring: Chip McNeill, Larry Kanfer, Surface 51 Pogo Studios, Wind Water & Light, The Ninth Letter, OpenSource, and Taylor Studios and receive a free ticket to the Krannert Kickoff party following panel.] Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 5pm Film 9/11 Press For Truth [Paul Thompson will be present before the showing.] Boardman’s Art Theatre, 1pm Film Series: Nacho Libre Gregory Hall, 7pm, $2 with student ID/$3 Micro-Film Presents: “Night of the ‘Film Foetus’” [Indie Chicago films by D.P. Carlson The show will also include a screening of “The Bears: Out of Hibernation” featuring Adrian Belew, shorts, videos, & works-in-progress.

Carlson will attend.] Mike ‘N Molly’s, 8pm, $5

Miscellaneous La Leche League Breastfeeding Walk for Awareness & Silent Auction [La Leche League is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year.

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated in over 120 countries. In the United States, La Leche League Groups will celebrate by raising awareness of the importance of breastfeeding, and raising funds to allow LLL to fulfill its mission of providing breastfeeding information, education and support to all mothers who wish to breastfeed.] Meadowbrook Park, 9:30am Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard [Apples, pumpkins, gourds, squash: both in-store and pick-yourown. Country store with specialty products & gifts.

Live music, wagon rides, pony rides, mining for gems, kettle corn making and face painting.] Curtis Orchard, 9am Crazy Critters [Using pipe cleaners and imaginations, grade school-age children (7 & under with an adult) are invited.] Urbana Free Library, 11am, free Mind /Body / Spirit Mini Energy & Psychic Fair IllumiNation Institute 10am, $2 members/$3

SUN. SEP 10 Live Bands “Live Music at Curtis Orchard” [Denny Kay sings country & gospel.] Curtis Orchard 2pm, free Monte Montgomery, Brian Lee Canopy Club, 7pm, $12 The Supersuckers, Eddie Spaghetti, The Resinators Highdive, 8:30pm, $13 in advance/$15 Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm Film 9/11 Press For Truth Boardman’s Art Theatre, 1pm Workshops R.A.D. Aggression Defense Training for Women [This system is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. Registration deadline is Sept. 5.]

Parkland College, 1pm, $20 Fundraisers Monticello’s Salute to America [This event is a free patriotic and gospel concert to honor 9/11 victims, our country’s veterans, and current service men and women.] Forest Preserve Park, 4pm Family Fun Fresh Fruit at Curtis Orchard Curtis Orchard, 9am

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MON. SEP 11 Live Bands Michael Davis [Singer/Keyboardist] Bentley’s Pub, 7pm Shinedown Canopy Club 8pm, $17 MC Chris Canopy Club 9pm, $10 Terminus Victor Weft 90.1 FM, 10pm, free DJ DJ Delayney (Hip-Hop/Soul) Barfly, 10pm Dancing Belly Dancing Basics Class [Perfect for beginners and all who wish to improve the basic skills and beautiful movements of belly dancing. Women only.] Independent Media Center, 7pm Tango Newcomer Party [Performances, intro lesson, refreshments and socializing.] Phillips Recreation Center, 8pm, $7 Argentine Tango Dance Lessons Independent Media Center, 9pm Lectures/Discussions Mystery Discussion Group [Discussion of the book “Persuader” by Lee Child.]

Borders Books Music & Cafe, 6pm Gene x Environment Interactions in Mental Health Beckman Institute, 8pm Has Anything Changed? Critical Theory after 9/11 Levis Faculty Center, 8pm How Our Genes Shape the Way We Respond to Our Environment Beckman Institute, 8pm Film 9/11 Press For Truth Boardman’s Art Theatre, 1pm

TUE. SEP 12 Live Bands Billy Galt Live at Blues BBQ Blues BBQ, 11:30am Crystal River Band Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm Rehearsal Space Series: Treologic Canopy Club 11:45pm, no cover DJ DJs Hoff and Bambino [Hard Rock/Punk] Mike ‘N Molly’s, 10pm DJ Tremblin BG Barfly, 10pm Dancing Subversion featuring DJ TwinScin and DJ Evily [Industrial/EBM/Darkwave dance party.]

Highdive, 10pm, $2 Swing Dance Lessons Independent Media Center, 7pm Karaoke Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, 9pm Karaoke [Karaoke with Randy Miller.] Bentley’s Pub, 9:30pm, free Lectures/Discussions Doris Christopher, Founder of the Pampered Chef Wohlers Hall, 4:15pm “Labor and Learning: Graduate Employees at the U of I” University YMCA, 12pm

Recreation Red Pin Tuesdays Illini Union Recreation Room, 6:30pm Fundraisers March of Dimes Signature Chef Auction [Silent and live auctions to benefit local March of Dimes program offers culinary sampling of local restaurants and international flavors.]

Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 5:45pm, $60

WED. SEP 13 Live Bands Irish Traditional Music Session Bentley’s Pub, 7pm, free mewithoutYou, Fireflies Independent Media Center 7pm, cover Kayla Brown, Mike Ingram Silvercreek Restaurant 7:30pm, free Sound Tribe Sector 9 Canopy Club, 9pm, $15 Adam Wolfe Fat City Saloon 9pm, free DJ Chef Ra [Roots/Reggae.]

Barfly, 10pm Dancing Tango Dancing [Lesson at 7:30pm, tango dancing from 8-10:30pm, followed by salsa dancing until 2am.] Cowboy Monkey 7:30pm, no cover Lectures/Discussions “Inside the Odyssey Project” Presented by Danielle Allen, Dean. Reception to follow presention.] Spurlock Museum, 4pm Colors, Critters and Cancer Animal Sciences Laboratory, 4pm Meetings College Re-entry for Adults: Informational Meeting [Learn how to finish a degree through partnerships with area universities and the wide range of support services offered

by Parkland Adult Re-entry Center.] Parkland College 5:30pm, free Family Fun Toddler Time: Bugs [Children ages 2-4 years old with an adult will sing songs and hear books about our six-legged friends. A craft will be included.] Urbana Free Library, 10:30am

art & theater Beyond Words: A Dialogue Between Friends [Works by Sylvia Arnstein & Mark Corrodi] Verde Gallery through Sept. 9 “Dante at Illinois” [Explore the medieval Italian poet’s fame and influence from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, begins on the 685th anniversary of Dante’s death and celebrates the rich holdings of the University of Illinois Library. Featured items include a 1481 volume with illustrations by Botticelli, a miniature 1629 edition of the Divina commedia (Divine Comedy) and manuscript material by the poet W. S. Merwin.]

346 Main Library, Sept. 13 Parkland Art & Design Faculty Exhibition [Recent works by Parkland faculty including paintings, photography, ceramics, sculpture, metals, digital and mixed media. At 12pm on Thursdays during the exhibition, the Parkland Art Gallery will host gallery talks by participating faculty members.]

Parkland Art Gallery through Sept. 21 The School of Art + Design Faculty Art Exhibition [One of the oldest annual faculty art exhibitions in the country and a major event in the region, this show highlights the current achievements of the artists and upholds the national reputation of the school.]

Krannert Art Museum through Sept. 24 Speed Sketchings and Paper Tearing Artworks by Hua Nian [Hua Nian is an active exhibiting artist and art instructor in Champaign-Urbana. Her paintings appear in international and national art exhibitions, winning awards at local, state and national shows.]

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Cosmic Consciousness: The Work of Robert Bannister [Born in 1911, this outsider artist, a native of Urbana, spent his early years convalescing in a local sanitarium.

In 1950, stricken with anemia, he left the home of foster grandparents to enter the Champaign County Nursing Home, where an occupational therapist introduced him to carving and drawing. After his release in 1961, he lived in one room near West Side Park, painting, drawing and writing works that are meditations on human life tinged with humor and a selfproclaimed “cosmic consciousness.”]

Krannert Art Museum through Oct. 15 David Svensson/SpaceLight [This is the first U.S. museum presentation of the work of emerging Swedish artist David Svensson, who draws from the modernist aesthetic in joining the practices of art and design.

Seven glowing sculptural works will be exhibited in the glass-walled link between the museum and the School of Art and Design. Following the exhibition on the University of Illinois campus, the I space gallery in Chicago will exhibit a site-specific film work by Svensson for the I space windows.]

Krannert Art Museum through Oct. 22 Surrealist Interventions: Selections from Krannert Art Museum and the University of Illinois Library [This exhibition pairs Surrealist paintings, photographs, prints and drawings from the Krannert Art Museum collection with the movement’s experiments in print culture–from manifestos and singlepage tracts to elaborately designed serials and limited-edition books on loan from the University of Illinois Library. Collaboration across media and continual reinvention in the face of controversy have contributed to Surrealism’s reputation as one of the most vital and enduring avant-garde practices of the twentieth century.]

Krannert Art Museum through Dec. 31

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Live Bands U of I Concert Jazz Big Band Iron Post, 7pm, $2 G.Lee, Kayla Brown, Mike Ingram, Ryan Groff Courtyard Cafe, 8pm, $4 Andrew Dixon Group Zorba’s Restaurant, 9:30pm, $3

Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Randy Burk and The Prisoners, The Hillbillies Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $10

Recreation Cosmic Bowling Illini Union Recreation Room, 8pm

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Mind /Body / Spirit Krannert Uncorked [Showcasing the best in beverages and providing an ideal gathering place for our community. Beverages introduced on these evenings will be available for purchase by the glass at a discounted price.

Enjoy live music on Stage 5.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 5pm, free

Mind /Body / Spirit Mini Energy & Psychic Fair [September Mini Energy & Psychic Fair featuring local intuitive artists including Tammy Lambert, Marlita Hasbargen, Sioux and others. Readings: $20 per 15-minute session.] IllumiNation Institute, 6pm, $2 members/$3

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Five years after September 11, a government cover-up documentary hopes to enlighten CU residents about their version of the story.

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ven five years after the 2001 September 11 attacks, there’s still a strong ridge dividing mourners of the approximately 2800 lives lost that day. Did the 9/11 Commission — the government organization appointed to investigate the events leading up to and following the September 11 attacks — fairly, openly and accurately do their job?

Not everyone thinks so.

“I am 99 percent certain there is a big cover-up going on here,” said Dr. Sachi Kuhananthan, a Champaign resident and emergency room physician at Hoopeston Regional Medical Center. First interested in -Dr. Sachi the events of September 11 after seeing David Ray Griffin, author of The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions, on C-SPAN, Kuhananthan began reading and researching September 11. After finding an abundance of information, Kuhananthan began to question the government’s investigation.

Two film students attending Columbia College in Chicago, Ray Nowosielski and John Duffy, first initiated the 9/11 Press for Truth film after they heard about Paul Thompson’s comprehensive book, The Terror Timeline. Thompson’s book compiles the events that lead up to the September 11 attacks and the events that occur afterward.

He single-handedly researched every credible media outlet for the facts used to create this book, which is actually a spawn of his original brainchild, a Web site of the same content called The Complete 9/11 Timeline (www.complete911timeline.org).

Thompson first found a home for his time line of research at the Center of Cooperative Research site, a California-based, unbiased, Kuhananthan record-keeping site. With the help of Web site operator, Derek Mitchell — who is a friend of Kuhananthan — Thompson was able to reach some interested viewers and eventually publish his work.

Name: Sachi Kuhananthan, M.D. Current Occupation: ER physician What he stands for: “If people don’t participate in a democratic system, if people don’t ask questions, then we can’t have a democratic nation.”

Kuhananthan first came to the University of Illinois in 1988 from Sri Lanka, a small island south of India, to pursue a Ph.D. in physiology. Before that, he completed his medical degree at the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka. Kuhananthan ended up completing his masters in physiology at UIUC and taking up a residency in Champaign.

As of last year, he is an official U.S. citizen.

9/11 PRESS FOR TRUTH In order to spread information about the government cover-up, Kuhananthan invested in the film 9/11 Press for Truth and rented out Boardman’s Art Theatre in Champaign from September 8 through 12 to screen the movie.

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KUHANANTHAN’S INVOLVEMENT Kuhananthan said that Thompson’s The Terror Timeline is the most accurate and credible authority on the events of September 11 to date. Since 9/11 Press for Truth is in part based on the book, Kuhananthan knew that the film would be a worthwhile investment of his time and money. Kuhananthan is screening the film because he says that all Americans need to be informed.

“If people don’t participate in a democratic system, if people don’t ask questions, then we can’t have a democratic nation ... I wanted the people to know [about Septemeber 11] and demand another investigation.” Kuhananthan said.

Along with financing the film, Kuhananthan is also aiding in its promotion by screening it all over the country and making it available on DVD. “We’re going to keep showing this film until a good portion of the people know about this. We’re going to show it at about 40 different places in different parts of the nation.

We’d like to have a distributor because it is a good quality film but my intention is not making money but simply to spread the word,” Kuhananthan said.

While Kuhananthan is a U.S. citizen as of last year, his ethnicity still classifies him as a minority in this country. His Sri Lankan background contributes to his thoughts about war but does not does not contribute to his beliefs of a government cover-up.

“When I lived in Sri Lanka for most of my life, it was a war-torn country [and] I don’t want to see more war ... As an extension of my medical career. I also want to save lives. Even if that’s globalizing it a little bit. I’m an American citizen but I’m also a global citizen,” Kuhananthan said.

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nn Coulter called them the Witches of East Brunswick. Network news called them the Jersey Girls. 9/11 Press for Truth (PFT) portrays three of these four September 11 widows as the faces behind the quest for full disclosure of what our government actually knew about the September 11 attacks. Five years after what has been dubbed this generation’s Kennedy assassination, PFT chronicles the controversial formation of the 9/11 Commission and picks apart their inadequate and incomplete report that is now the official explanation of the day’s events. The PFT concluded that the government knowingly let the attacks happen and faulted journalists for failing to expose the truth.

PFT is the most recent in a string of films aimed at showing Bush, Cheney, Condie and the rest of Washington as dishonest crooks (check out Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 and the lesser known Loose Change). The film draws on public documents and reports to tell the story of an intricate government cover-up that, according to the sounds from the scene

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f e w y e a r s a g o, P a u l Thompson was working as an environmentalist — “saving the rain forest,” as he likes to put it.

With no personal ties to the September 11 tragedy, Thompson, who earned his bachelor’s in psychology at Stanford University, really wasn’t all that concerned with September 11. That changed after hearing that a Presidential Daily Briefing in 2001 had warned about Bin Laden’s plans to attack the US, and after reading FBI agent Coleen Rowley’s memo in Time magazine (June 3, 2002) that accused her bureau of deliberately stopping actions that could have prevented the attacks.

Confused, Thompson began to scour the Internet for new pieces of the story, chronicling mainstream media reports, press releases and other overlooked bits of information into a massive timeline — the only way he knew to make sense of things. In 2002, he put his pet project, The Paul Thompson, author of The Terror Timeline.

Complete 9/11 Timeline, on the Web and by 2004, www.complete911timeline.org became don’t consider it worth putting in their newspaThompson’s full-time job. Later that year, HaperCol- per or magazine. It’s impossible for any human lins published the timeline as a massive 600-page tome, being to keep up with all of those different news sources.

The Terror Timeline.

How do you compile information?

Is the 9/11 Timeline a conspiracy theory Web site?

I’ve ended up going through about 7,000 articles in making that timeline. No person could really be expected, as a casual observer of the news, to read 7,000 news articles, right? But yet, I think to understand this, you need the collective knowledge of those articles. I’ve noticed that if a particular news outlet doesn’t get the scoop, they

We’re not a conspiracy theory Web site because we try not to have any theory. We don’t have any over-arching philosophy or anything like that.

Most people get excited about putting up a Web site because they have a really strong opinion and theory and they want to convince other people of that. I’ve strived to present the facts. There’s

PRESS FOR TRUTH filmmakers, is blatantly obvious to anyone willing to do the research. Assuming most people aren’t, they go ahead and compile the information for you, pulling the majority of their proof from Paul Thompson’s The Terrorist Timeline (HarperCollins), a fully annotated collection of mainstream media reports (think LA Times, 60 Minutes), little noticed press releases and other on-the-record sources. They also throw a few examples of President Bush’s fine elocution skills into the mix to further prove their point (or just entertain the audience).

Here’s where things get sticky: Thompson’s book is originally based on the Complete 9/11 Timeline Web site (www.complete911timeline. org), which is intended to be an objective collection of September 11 related media — a library of sorts. PFT checks out the facts that support their story and presents them on the sounds from the scene

so much misunderstanding. There’s an incredible number of facts in danger of being lost. I’m trying to sort of be a librarian for the whole movement. I’m hoping that people can use the raw material on this Web site to draw their own conclusions and put up their own Web sites and so forth.

How has the press let you down?

I think the press has definitely let everybody down. There’s this tremendous amnesia the press has that, when new news comes out, it’s not put into the context of it’s previous coverage … it’s like the new bit of information comes out in a void with no understanding of how the pieces fit together. That’s frustrating and that’s one thing we’re trying to fight for — to help people see things in context. I don’t really see the journalists doing that.

Another thing, I really feel that the important stories about terrorism and about 9/11 are most often not the stories you read on the front page. The ones you do get on the front page are the ones that turn out often

not to have been that important. How many times has there been some dramatic story that makes front pages then a few days later you find out it wasn’t as big a deal as we thought? Time and time again I see this disconnect between what really gets pushed as a big story and what really the big stories are.

Do you believe that the government knew that the 9/11 attacks were going to happen and choose to let them happen?

Well, like I said, we strive to remain neutral.

I don’t have an opinion on that but I would say that I’ve looked at this so long and in such great depth that to me there’s no way the official story could hold true — all these things they say ... like we could have never imagined “planes being used as weapons” or “we could have never stopped the attacks” or “we never had any warnings,” all these pronouncements are just blatantly untrue. Anyone who starts to read the timeline will realize that. Some people will read this and come to one idea. Another has another and so on. I just encourage people to use their heads and come to their own conclusions instead of just basing their knowledge on little snippets from here and there.

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big screen. And boy, they have found some disturbing facts that caused the audience to gasp out loud and look around in disgust. However, this is a documentary; a transparent, thoroughly researched and extensively cited one, but nonetheless a work of propaganda in the truest sense of the word that seeks to show viewers a side of 9/11 that the Bush administration isn’t willing to acknowledge.

I don’t think I’m well-versed enough in the area of September 11 theories to say if this film is accurate. However, if you’re looking for a well-researched, critical look at the 9/11 Commission and a scrutinizing examination of the media that did not fulfill their responsibility to the citizens, grab a bag of popcorn and prepare to be educated. Then again, I’m just a journalist, so what do I know? Playing daily Sept. 8-11 at 1 p.m. at Boardman’s Art Theatre.

SYNOPSIS:“911 Press for Truth” is the compelling story of how a small group of 9/11 families fought the White House for over a year to force the creation of the 9/11 Commission. Five of the more prominent members of the Family steering committee, including three of the “Jersey Girls” tell their story for the first time, providing the most powerful argument yet of why 9/11 still needs investigation.

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THE WICKER MAN: THE 1973 ORIGINAL VS. THE 2006 REMAKE SYD SLOBODNIK • STAFF WRITER

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n the late ’90s, writer/director Neil LaBute was regarded as a smart and innovative filmmaker.

His first several films — In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty — raised quite a critical praise for their dark, edgy humor and created a cult following. However, whatever possessed LaBute to remake the obscure 1973 British psychological thriller The Wicker Man is difficult to understand. This feeble remake lacks any creative flare or innovative homage to the original and fails as contemporary entertainment.

Robin Hardy’s original version of The Wicker Man was mostly the brainchild of successful playwright and screenwriter Anthony Shaffer, In the early ’70s Shaffer wrote a hit Broadway mystery play called Sleuth and the screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock’s last successful film Frenzy. This film was a low-budget, strange hybrid mystery/horror/musical tale that starred a young Edward Woodward (later “The Equalizer) and Christopher Lee, the mysterious star of many horror films and recently the evil wizard in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The original fi lm’s plot deals with a Scottish policeman, Sergeant Howie’s (Woodward) investigation of a missing child on a secluded off shore island that was inhabited by a cult of pagan Celtic religious group lead by a charming Lord Summerisle (Lee). This film was first released in the US in a 88 minute print that was 15 minutes shorter than the director’s cut shown in the UK. The unique qual-

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ities of this film were the eerie tension that Hardy including Kate Beahan and Leelee Sobieski, and his cast achieved in telling this story. In addi- seem oddly disconnected and bored, as if in tion, the film pays somewhat superficial attention some Valium stupor. At no time does LaBute’s to pagan folk rituals, including nude fertility rites, narrative retelling approach the fright levels harvest festivals and the conflict between the detec- of the original fi lm, which at its best had the tive’s Christian beliefs. The wicker man of the title eff ect of a Twilight Zone episode or a more refers to a nearly 100 foot wooden structure used spine-tingling Stephen King tale. There are in pagan sacrifices that plays heavily into a chilling times when fi lmmakers, like LaBute, need to climactic episode. remember the old cliché, but true adage, “If LaBute’s remake transposes the story to the mod- it ain’t broke, don’t fi x it.” ern day Pacific Northwest and resets the main narrative on an equally obscure island near Puget Sound. Instead of adding any significant modern perspectives to this 33-year-old story, LaBute simplifies conflict by having the central character, a California highway patrolman (Nicolas Cage) being invited by his former fiancé to help find her (and possibly his) daughter, who has been missing for months. LeBute not only adds this dull back story, but turns the cult religious group of Summers Island into a bizarrely pseudo feminist cult lead by a lethargic Ellen Burstyn. The men on the island are hardly seen and appear inexplicably mute. Any references to pagan ritual are mostly treated with bizarre humor in this version.

Comparison of the 1973 movie poster (left) and the new 2006 Cage and most of LaBute’s cast, movie poster (right).

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THE WICKER MAN (PG–13) 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:30 11:50 CRANK (R) 1:10 3:15 5:20 7:25 9:35 11:35 INVINCIBLE (PG) 1:30 4:15 7:00 9:30 11:50 HOW TO EAT FRIED WORMS (PG) 1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:45 11:40 BEERFEST (R) 1:45 4:20 7:10 9:50 ACCEPTED (PG–13) 1:00 3:15 5:30 7:45 10:00 12:00 SNAKES ON A PLANE (R) 1:50 4:30 7:00 9:40 12:00 STEP UP (PG–13) 1:30 4:15 7:10 9:40 12:00 WORLD TRADE CENTER (PG–13) 1:45 4:25 7:10 9:55 TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY (PG–13)

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If you can not decide whether or not to see this movie, ask yourself the fol lowing questions: 1) Did you like The Transporter?

2) Do you fall into that oh-so stereotypical target audience of the movie?

3) Do you like cheesy one-liners?

4) Would you like to see Amy Smart get nailed in public, cheered on by a bus of Asian schoolgirls?

If you answer yes to at least three of these questions, then you will like this fi lm. If not, you may just want to pass.

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pening this week at Regal Cinemas is the latest action packed Jason Statham vehicle, Crank. In the over-the-top style and humor of Luc Besson’s Transporter series, Crank has a ridiculous premise that unsuccessfully attempts to woo over its viewers with intense action sequences, outrageous sex scenes, and staple Statham kill phrases. It’s got it’s moments, but who cares. We’ve seen these moments a thousand times before. The only saving grace of this movie is, as it is in many of his non-Guy Ritchie/Luc Besson fi lms, Statham’s presence.

Despite his common role as a professional killer on some sort of mission, Statham manages to continuously play it with an entertaining, light style that does not seem to get old. Much like Ron Perlman, he’s just a fun (and relatively unknown) stage presence to watch.

However, Crank is not a “fi lm,” it’s a fl ick. By action standards, this fi lm is above the standard grade. It contains more than 1000 pounds of explosives and high-caliber bullet exchanges. It has some new twists to the anti-hero ending, in addition to some new hilarious one-liners, and an interesting camera style. Note, dear reader, that I do not claim this to be anything original or creative; just fun and fresh with enough pizzazz to keep you in the theater for 90 minutes. Crank is pure mindless fun for the macho soul.

Screenshot from the movie Crank.

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merican pride is put to the test again by the Germans, but this time a group of lifelong drinking pals try to prove they are the best in the world in Jay Chandrasekhar’s Beerfest.

When brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse go to Germany to scatter their grandfather’s ashes, they are thrown into an underground world of beer drinking competition in which the Germans are kings. After being embarrassed, the Wolfhouse brothers return to America to form a team and train for an entire year to defend their family and their country.

Although the fi lm’s screenplay is not as good as it is in writing team Broken Lizard’s debut film Super Troopers, Beerfest is comparable and will keep you laughing the entire time. This film is for anyone who can remember their college years and its the outrageous drinking games. Beerfest takes these games to the extreme with incredible trick quarter shots.

Surprisingly, there is even a pretty good plot in between all the hilarious beer and sex jokes. A subplot involving a stolen recipe for the best beer in the world actually becomes more important than the drinking fest itself.

For a movie that is based on drinking as much as possible and perfecting the art of beer pong, chugging contests and quarter games, the fi lm adds a lot of quirky twists which may be completely ridiculous at times. However, Beerfest keeps the audience interested in the fi lm throughout. There is not one actor who stands out in the fi lm, but rather an ensemble as a whole that work together very well in Broken Lizard’s style of jokes, appearing confident that their fi lm will become as memorable as Super Troopers before it.

Paul Soter and Erik Stolhanske in Beerfest.

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29 ___ chain 31 Not in the closet 32 Spelling with a 2006 Emmys tribute Across 33 Shamu, for example 34 Summertime coolers, 1 Fit to be tied 6 Cold weather wear casually 11 Delivery specialists, for 35 Unit of electric current short 36 What bottles of “Pluto Water,” a drink sold in 14 Element #5, which has a dumb-sounding name the early 1900s, were supposed to be used as 15 It may be bulletproof 39 Mexican wrap 16 Paycheck line 17 Owner of Pluto 42 Ex-Smashing Pumpkins 19 Sneaky guitarist James 20 Comic book character, 43 It is, in Ixtapa often 47 Operating room request 48 Metro maker 21 Feed a line of BS 22 Belly laugh sound 49 It’s tough to find, but worth the effort 23 “Don’t call ___ comeback...”

50 Star of the box-office 25 Award Cillian Murphy was nominated for for the 2005 bomb “The Adventures movie “Breakfast on Pluto” of Pluto Nash” “Farewell, Pluto” — gone from the lineup, but not forgotten.

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6 “Jarhead” director Mendes 7 ___-Magnon man 8 Good luck charm 9 Cello powder 10 Prize for getting a holein-one on #18, at some mini golf courses 11 Domestic 12 Beat to death with one’s words 13 Compound found in coffee cups 18 ___-hoo (drink brand) 23 “To have and to hold” answer 24 Prepare for feathering 26 “Livin’ La Vida ___” 27 More in need of spring cleaning 28 Temporary outages 30 Meat that may be hidden 34 Woodsman’s tool 35 Sinatra ex Gardner 37 Be part of the cast of 38 “Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity Breakfast” company 39 Royal staff 40 No longer burdened with youth 41 Tire store purchases 44 AA helper 45 Move a Mercury, maybe 46 Did a no-no before swimming 48 Make baby noises 49 Wrestling practice need 51 1980s attorney general 52 Gardening tool that sounds like a disparaging term 57 Prefix for “erotic” 60 Diploma that Mr. Hooper earned on a 1976 episode of “Sesame Street” 61 It may get paddled 62 Love-___ (1960s protests) 63 Business head Answers pg. 21

Emergency Contraception Victory!

Even after Plan B is approved for behind the counter sales, myths abound.

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t last, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they have broadened access to emergency contraception (EC). EC will now be available “over the counter.”

But, before you run to Walgreen’s and look to see if it’s stocked next to your favorite condoms, there are some things you should know.

EC IS MORE “BEHIND” THE COUNTER THAN “OVER.” While access to EC will no longer require a prescription, it will only be dispensed by pharmacists.

This is mainly because EC is only approved over the counter for women 18 years old and older. So, to get EC, women older than 18 can simply walk up to the pharmacist and ask for it, with proof of age. The pharmacist should be able to answer any questions a woman may have about EC and how to use it.

Women younger than 18 still need a prescription from a health care provider in order to access EC. There is no medical or public health reason to restrict EC access or use for teens. When the FDA approved EC as a prescription medication back in 1998, they placed no age restrictions on the drug. And in 2004, 22 of the 28 members of the FDA advisory committee experts who reviewed the application recommended not placing any age restrictions on access to EC. IT WON’T BE AVAILABLE WITHOUT A RX UNTIL AROUND DECEMBER EC manufacturers Barr Pharmaceuticals will have to revise its packaging so that EC can be dispensed both as a non-prescription and prescription medication. This is expected to happen before the end of the year. In the meantime, women of any age can access EC via a prescription from a health care provider.

WHAT WILL IT COST? We have no idea. It may be quite expensive. It will be a huge money-making opportunity for Barr Pharmaceuticals. Expect it to cost $30 or more.

HOW DOES EC WORK? Emergency contraception consists of two pills containing progestin. Take one pill as soon as possible after unprotected sex, and the second pill 12 hours later. Check package insert for instructions on how to properly take EC. If taken within the first three days after unprotected sex it can be up to 89 percent effective in preventing pregnancy. It can still be effective if taken up to 120 hours (five days) after unprotected sex.

EC prevent s preg na nc y by delay i ng or prevent ing ov u lat ion or inter fer ing w ith fertilization or implantation. Just to be clear, Plan B is NOT an abortion pill. If a woman is already pregnant and she takes Plan B it will have NO effect on the pregnancy, none, zip, zero.

WON’T THIS INCREASE UNPROTECTED SEX? NO. We have never seen a study that validates this concern. If you have a valid, scientific, peer reviewed study that indicates this, feel free to send it to us. To us, thinking that promoting seat belt use encourages speeding or reckless driving is the same as thinking over-the-counter EC would encourage unprotected sex.

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WHY IS THIS EXCITING? EC reduces the risk of pregnancy if taken within 120 hours after unprotected sex. It SIGNIFICANTLY reduces pregnancy (by 95%) if taken within 24 hours of unprotected sex. That’s why EC is such a time sensitive issue. Who has access, time or the resources to get to a health care provider within 24 hours for a prescription for a product that the FDA has decided doesn’t need one? Not us. So the “behind the counter” victory is a huge one for reproductive rights.

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Illinois requires pharmacies to dispense contraception. Gov. Blagojevich issued emergency rules that require pharmacies in the state to dispense FDA-approved contraceptives.

Pharmacists cannot refuse to give you EC based on values, morals, religious beliefs, etc.

If the pharmacist tells you they do not have to give you EC due to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act, be sure to inform them that they are not covered by this act, and ask for their manager.

Get your questions answered by Kim Rice and Kate Ruin by sending them an email at riceandruin@yahoo.com.

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free will astrology SEP. 07 — SEP. 13 ARIES

March 21 – April 19

Five years ago, I began making daily bike rides all over creation, through neighborhoods and wild spaces alike. Early on, I realized I’d regularly have to deal with loose dogs running toward me with the intent to bite. For protection, I armed myself with pepper spray and yummy treats. In all that time, I’m happy to report, I’ve squirted just one dog in the face. On the other hand, I’ve doled out hundreds of dollars’ worth of canine snacks. Here’s how this relates to your imminent future, Aries: When a beastly influence shows up, you may think you should bring out your equivalent of pepper spray. But I bet that offering treats will serve you better.

T A U RU S

April 20 – May 20

Many critics consider Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) to be one of the 20th century’s best composers. He is most famous for “Bolero,� an orchestral piece that was originally written as the accompaniment for a ballet. The stimulus that served as Ravel’s major inspiration for “Bolero� was a visit to a cacophonous steel mill. He’s your role model for the coming week, Taurus.

I foresee you drawing creative excitement from events that are rife with noise and commotion. May your messy encounters lead you to produce great work, interesting surprises, or both.

GEMINI

May 21 – June 20

CANCER

June 21 – July 22

This week I highly recommend that you NOT sit on a photocopier to create images of your buttocks. For reasons too complex to go into here, doing so would put you out of alignment with the cosmic flow. However, now is an excellent time for you to make other strong statements that involve your backside, at least metaphorically.

For instance, you will attract fate’s favors whenever you get your ass in gear to get to the bottom of things. Luck will also flow your way in direct proportion to how earnestly and rigorously you kick your own butt.

Some studies report that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol regularly is good for your heart. Other research says that’s not true at all. Similarly, the frequent use of cell phones either raises the risk for brain cancer or it doesn’t; prayer done on behalf of sick people either helps them or it doesn’t. Different scientists have come to opposite conclusions on both issues. In fact, contradictory opinions about a wide range of health concerns are now routine. That’s just one of several good reasons why you should tune out experts as you tune into your own body, Cancerian. Go in quest of insights about how to promote your physical well-being by trusting your still, small inner voice, not loud, confident authorities.

LEO

July 23 – Aug. 22

You may soon have a dream of beating up the person you were five years ago. This would be a good omen. It means you’re ready to wean yourself completely from a stale old self-image. If you dream of feeding caviar and champagne to a donkey, it’s also a positive sign. It means you’re beginning to recognize that the hard-working beast in you needs to be treated more luxuriously. And if you dream of yelling at a bunch of kids to go clean up their messy bedrooms, Leo, that’s an auspicious portent as well. It signifies your readiness to discipline the irresponsible habits and organize the unruly impulses of your inner child.

VIRGO

Aug. 23 – Sept. 22

LIBRA

Sept. 23 – Oct.22

SCORPIO

Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

Recently, less than five percent of the world’s astronomers voted to demote Pluto from a planet to a “dwarf planet.� Some Scorpios were alarmed, since Pluto is the heavenly body that traditionally rules your sign. My opinion? Don’t worry. I agree with mythologist Roxanna Bikadoroff, who says there’s poetic justice in calling Pluto a dwarf planet. In fairy tales, dwarves are often magicians who possess hidden storehouses of riches and act as agents of creative transformation. They typically live beneath bridges, which are symbols of transitional thresholds, and are masters of in-between states. They bestow blessings on anyone who is able to pass their demanding tests. This is an apt symbolic description of you at your most potent, which I expect you to be during the coming weeks.

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Nov. 22 – Dec. 21

An adventurer named Brian Walker has plans to climb aboard a homemade missile and launch himself 20 miles into the sky using a giant crossbow. According to Wired magazine, he has figured out all the angles, including how to descend, and will probably pull off the feat without killing himself. It so happens that you also have the potential to propel yourself higher, farther, and faster than maybe you’ve ever gone, though in a safer and more metaphorical way. What’s the closest symbolic analogue you have to a giant crossbow?

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22 – Jan. 19

AQUA R I U S

Jan. 20 – Feb. 18

Help! Pluto’s not a planet any more! Won’t that disastrously tweak astrological theory? Actually, no. Nothing whatsoever has changed about Pluto in its role as a revealer of cosmic portents. All that has shifted are the ideas about Pluto that reside in the minds of 424 astronomers who were at the International Astronomical Union’s conference in Prague. (“I’m embarrassed for astronomy,� said Alan Stearn, science chief of NASA’s mission to Pluto. “Less than 5 percent of the world’s astronomers voted on the change.�)

Still, it’s important to note how many millions of people take this tiny group’s delusions seriously. Let this be a reminder for you to be very discriminating about whose definitions you choose to believe. Use it as a prod to be more aggressive in giving your own names and frames to life’s mysteries.

You don’t need any special climbing skills to reach the top of Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. It’s the highest walkable mountain in the world. That doesn’t mean it’s an easy conquest. You’ve got to be in good physical shape. To avoid altitude sickness, you must ascend gradually enough to acclimatize yourself to steadily decreasing levels of oxygen. This happens to be an apt metaphor for the current state of your fate, Aquarius. You have a chance to begin a project that could lead you to a summit with inspiring vistas. You don’t need to master any exotic new skills to do it, and can pull it off as long as you’re patient, take good care of yourself, and are willing to both respect your limits and push yourself harder than usual.

PISCES

Feb. 19 – March 20

“There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept,� said photographer Ansel Adams. That advice should be uppermost in your mind as you follow your bliss to the next fork in the road. Although you’ve got good intuitions about the hopeful scenario that’s fueling you, the fantasy still needs to be fleshed out a lot more. Unless you make it more specific and detailed, it will eventually fizzle. Here’s your assignment: By the equinox, create a vivid image of a well-crafted, intricately imagined goal.

Homework: Imagine that you overhear a whispered conversation that changes your life for the better. What would it be about? Testify at http://freewillastrology.com.

“People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing,� said motivational author Dale Carnegie. Those should be your words to live by for the rest of 2006. It’s time for you to become almost ruthless in your intention to enjoy yourself as you carry out your life’s work. I’m tempted to go so far as to say that you should disentangle yourself from any commitment in which duty overshadows pleasure. Your drive to do good deeds and be of use to people will ultimately fall short unless you love what you do.

You’ve slipped into the Anything-Goes Zone. It has resemblances to a duty-free store in an international airport, a speakeasy during the Prohibition Era, and the more benign areas of the Twilight Zone. There you may very well experience events that seem to happen off the record and days that take place outside of time. You could feel like you’re in a buffer zone or waiting room--a nerve-wracking sanctuary where you’re safe and yet filled with doubts and pregnant questions. At least half the cards will be wild. Exceptions to the rules will be the rule. My advice? Experiment ingeniously.

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ERIN SCOTTBERG Editor in chief GRIPES 1) University passwords: Kerberos, Enterprise, CITES, Active Directory, net ID — how many damn combinations of $%@#s and non-sequential numerical, upper- and lowercase keystrokes are we supposed to remember?

2) Spelling “Chinese” wrong last week: In this column nonetheless. Sorry about that.

3) The music at Firehaus: Whoa there, Dashboard and Dave Matthews! When I’m in that bar, I feel like I’m listening to a CD I made in tenth grade. Great food, good service, but if they’re really going for the “mature” atmosphere, the music needs to grow up.

HANK PATTON Designer GRIPES 1) The shit that passes for “college” music these days: I can’t understand how anyone could like bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, or New Found Glory. This over-hyped, over-produced bullshit is the Poison/Winger/Warrant of this generation. You will be embarrassed at yourself in 10 years for liking it.

P.S. Dave Matthews Band is weak too.

2) Politics: I’m no Democrat, but if you are part of the 29 percent that think this administration is doing a good job, you are ruining this country and you’re the reason why people want to hurt us.

3) HBO: How could you cancel Deadwood? It’s the best show ever.

BRITTANY BINDRIM Art director GRIPES 1) Bullfrogs: I spent this Labor Day weekend camping at the Wisconsin Dells. It was such a blast, but I definitely do have a few complaints about the trip. Our reserved campsite was right next to a man-made fishing pond stocked with blue gill and bullfrogs. But it was the damn bullfrogs that attracted screaming, rambunctious children at 7:00 a.m. Bullfrogs are cute, but they are obnoxious-whippersnapper-magnets.

2) Slot machines: This weekend was my first experience gambling in a casino. I played the dollar slots at Ho Chunk and ended up ahead from the start. But I fed it all back into the machine, thinking that I’d win more. I got greedy. I couldn’t stop. I ended up with a negative balance because in my mind I believed I was going to win it all back and hit the jackpot. That didn’t happen. And I didn’t win a car. Next to all the chain-smoking elders, I realized that I should not gamble.

3) Rain while camping: The storms held off until Sunday in WI. But while we were cooking out turkey burgers and enjoying Bloody Marys, we were hit with an unexpected rainstorm. We didn’t have a tarp, so pretty much everything got drenched. It was cold, muddy and nasty. Instead of roughing it, we ended up getting a hotel for the night like wusses.

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TATYANA SAFRONOVA Community editor LIKES 1) My moccasins: The comfort of these shoes is unmatched. If there was the king of shoes, if there was the height of ingenious inventions, if there was one source of eternal happiness, it would be the moccasin.

I’ll keep this between you — the reader — and me: I go home and worship my old, worn moccasins. And they, in return, bless me with oodles of bliss.

2) Home: There’s no place like home.

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3) My “I <heart> Josh” keychain: It glows in the dark. It’s chunkier than an i-Pod and with one alteration it becomes the vehicle for expressing my unwavering love for my roommate (last name “Joshi”).

ELYSE RUSSO Arts and Entertainment editor LIKES 1) The ISU bar Pub II: Now, I love U of I bars, but for a change of pace, my girlfriends and I went to ISU for a Friday night of mayhem. One of the bars we went to was called Pub II and I really loved it. The atmosphere was relaxing, the burgers were scrumptious and the darts at Pub II must have been magical because I actually hit the board.

2) Greek Club Music: I borrowed my roommate’s iPod to work out and she has quite the collection of Greek club music from studying abroad in Greece for almost six months. Sure, I can’t understand a word but those Euro beats are definitely jammin’.

3) Lean Cuisines: Straight from the mircowave to your mouth, Lean Cuisines are the best: they’re easy to make and delicious. I highly recommend any of the Asian cuisines or the paninis!

ANNA STATHAM Music editor LIKES 1) Steve Irwin: If it weren’t for Steve Irwin, my mother would never have reconciled to the fact that snakes are gentle creatures and subsequently would have robbed my brothers and I of the best non-allergenic pet we have ever had.

2) Seth Fein: I think Seth gets a bad rap as this condescending asshole because he actually speaks what’s on his mind instead of stepping lightly around an issue. Once you get to know him, you’ll find that despite his abounding fame and importance, believe it or not, he actually is a very humble, down-to-earth guy.

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