Archive for February, 2005
Substance Abuse Week – an effort to educate students about the dangers and risks of alcohol and drug use – often slips under the radar, but the administration and faculty have good reasons to be alarmed. OUI arrests have increased greatly since last semester.
This last week, academic wise, has sucked for a lot of us. Projects, midterms and papers have taken up a lot of our time, and the aptly named “Hell Week” is, thankfully, almost over. Like most of students, I’m looking forward to a nice two-week-long vacation of turning my brain off and catching up on some sleep, and probably trying to catch up on some of the TV shows I rarely have time to watch.
Fool me once, shame on you …
With the controversy surrounding the current Residents on Campus election mirroring those of this past fall’s Student Government elections, many students have become disenfranchised with campus politics altogether. All stride should be taken to follow both the letter and spirit of the law when resolving this latest dispute.
Anyone who reads my reviews should know by now that I’m a comic book geek and a half. From “X-Men” to “Preacher,” “Spider-Man” to “Batman,” I dig them all. Despite my love for Garth Ennis’ writing, I somehow managed to overlook “Hellblazer.” DC Comic’s mature line, Vertigo, put out “Hellblazer” quite some time ago, and it has grown to underground cult status over the years.
Noel Gallagher has confirmed that the new Oasis album is finally, definitely, finished.
Talking to NME.com, the guitarist revealed how he was relieved now that the long-delayed record is finally ready.
Describing the past year as “difficult,” Gallagher said, “Not difficult in that everyone’s been feeling down about things, just frustrating that we thought we got to the finishing line, but when it came to it, it just wasn’t worthy of putting out.
I’ve always hated Mondays, and this past one certainly justifies my convictions. In an age that values popularity above truth, I discovered that we have lost one of the last people who really gave a damn. The death of Hunter S. Thompson is a hard pill to swallow.
There is a significant difference between the word classic and classic with a long ‘a.’ The former refers to movies like “Casablanca” and “Citizen Kane” that are generally accepted as some of the best movies of all time. The latter, however, refers to movies by directors like Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento and John Carpenter.
It’s that magical time of year again when starry-eyed girls lift their shirts for video cameras, hoping to appear on “Girls Gone Wild Endless Spring Break” while their drunk male counterparts look on and hoot. Love is in the air.
Hopefully, you prefer a classier version of this two-week sabbatical from classes, but even if you don’t, chances are you have to fly somewhere before the fun can begin.
At first glance, the figure looks like a fragment of Wall Street frozen in time. A suited man hunched over an attache case, spreadsheets scattered out. Upon closer inspection more is revealed, as wings sprouting from the figure’s back become visible and it suddenly becomes clear to the viewer that this is a piece of art.
MUSIC
Gavin DeGraw
7 p.m.
Thursday, March 31
MCA
$10
Java Jive – The Project
8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15
Memorial Union
Free
ART
“Sam Van Aken: Becoming Wally Warren: Chaos”
Through Friday, March 18
Carnegie Hall
Free
“Anya Lewis: Freezetag”
Through Saturday, April 2
Norumbega Hall
Free
“A Maritime Album: 100 Photographs and their Stories”
Through Saturday, April 2
Norumbega Hall
Free
“Persian Impressions”
Through Friday, June 10
Hudson Museum
Free
“Across the Sands of Time:
Art and Artifacts
from the Middle East”
Through Friday, June 10
Hudson Museum
Free
ENTERTAINMENT
Hubble Vision 2
7 p.
Bangor Daily News