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Volume: 59 Issue: 8

OCTOBER 28, 2015

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THE SEARCH BEGINS

Representatives from the Witt/Kieffer executive search firm, John Thornburgh and Elizabeth Bohan conduct meeting with faculty to formalize qualifications for new UNO president. Betty J. Ballanco, graduate coordinator and instructor in the College of Business Administration, and Tony Micocci, assistant director of the Arts Administration program, provide input to aid the search. Photos by Grant Campbell

University community seeks leader with vision BY CHARLES NICHOLSON Managing Editor In early September, President Peter J. Fos announced that he would be stepping down as president on Jan. 31. As per procedure, the UL system has formed a committee to decide the next president of UNO. According to the UNO website, Randy Moffett, retired UL system president and past president of Southeastern Louisiana University, has been recommended as interim president until the next president is in place. The voting members of the search committee include UL board members: James Carter, Edward Crawford, Pamela Egan, E. Gerald Hebert, Jimmie Martin Jr., Mark Romero, Robert Shreve, Winfred Sibille, Gary Solomon and UNO Faculty Senate President Cherie Courseault Trumbach. The non-voting, advisory members include: SGA President Joy Ballard, Alumnus/Former Speaker of the House Jim Tucker, Interna-

tional Alumni Association President Al Herrera, Research and Technology Foundation Chair Russell Trahan, Foundation Chair Barry LeBlanc and UL System President Sandra Woodley as the non-voting committee chair. The committee met for the first time on Oct. 22 to create a tentative timeline and an advertisement for the position. In an effort to better serve the UNO community and obtain input from it constituents, faculty/staff and students had separate meetings with two representatives from the Witt/Kieffer executive search firm, Elizabeth Bohan and John Thornburgh. During the faculty/staff meeting, Thornburgh said that the idea was to “sell this university” to whomever took up the position. “We’re going to be casting a net far and wide, but typically the candidates we end up putting in front of you and the board are ones who are very thoughtful about their consideration of this,” Thornburgh said. To open the conversation, Thorn-

burgh asked faculty members what they thought were positive attributes of UNO and New Orleans that would attract potential candidates. David Hoover, chair of the Department of Film and Theater said, “the school of the arts, which was just formed in April, will constitute more than one tenth of the entire enrollment of the university. So the next president should be arts-centric, and our programs are poised to grow and are also nationally recognized. So that would be important to myself and our students.” “We do have two programs of distinction in the College of Business: the Department of Accounting, which is nationally recognized and we have the school of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism. Both are very active in the community. The culture of New Orleans is a big draw for just about everybody,” said Betty J. Ballanco, graduate coordinator and instructor in the College of Business Administration. Tony Micocci, assistant director of the Arts Administration program, said, “In 1983, we offered the only

Bachelors of Arts in arts administration in the state of Louisiana, the only one in the region, [and] one of the few in the country. If you go to any cultural institution you will find 25-50 percent of their staff came through our program. We are supporting the infrastructure of this culture.” Thornburgh went on to ask what issues they thought the new president should first address. “It seems to me that what we lack is kind of a sense of vision, a sense of moving forward and where it’s going to go,” said Hoover. “When I first arrived I was told there was going to be a whole plan to develop private sector support, acknowledge that state support is being cut and move forward in a proactive way. But I have seen nothing done about that.” Bohan later brought up the question of transparency between administration and the faculty and students. “There isn’t a lot of transparency. We were promised transparency, but correct me if I’m wrong folks,

do we have a lot of transparency on this campus?” asked Ballanco, to which she received various no’s and mumbles. However, faculty weren’t the only ones who felt a certain distance from the higher ups of the university. At their meeting with the students, they also agreed that there is a transparency problem. “Previous administration has been much less involved with actually wanting input and more about wanting input on how to convince students to accept decisions they already made,” said David Teagle, former SGA President. “To use a classic example: cutting the programs, students weren’t really given a voice in the faculty committee last year that decided what programs were going to be cut.” The search committee will be holding an open forum to the public on Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. Application deadline for the position is Nov. 30 and the UL system board has to make its decision on the final two candidates by Feb. 24.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

OPINION

COLUMNS

Others’ cultures aren’t caricatures BY ANNA GOWIN Features Editor While practicing my daily routine of trolling Buzzfeed for delightful, mind-numbing content, I stumbled across a video that was, frankly, startling: “Native Americans Tried on ‘Indian’ Costumes and Things Got Uncomfortable.” It’s pretty obvious to see why that might be. Or, at least I thought that it was. Apparently the video is only one in a series, all featuring different minority groups (Mexican Americans and Japanese Americans, for example) wearing costume versions of their respective stereotypes. It’s hard to wrap my mind around the fact that it’s 2015 and people find themselves still wanting to wear a watered down version of someone else’s culture. Maybe you find vaguely Native American beadwork pretty to look at. Maybe you buy into the mysterious allure of the geisha character. But it’s plain to see from the discomfort of the people in these videos that none of that is an excuse for the lasting effects that these costumes have. They’re based on harmful caricatures of these cultures that both negatively impact

the members of that culture, and ignore the current status of those cultures in modern society. Even today, before I sat down to write this column, another member of the editorial staff alerted to a story that came out today: an Alabama elementary school teacher who decided to go as Kanye West

for Halloween (black face and all) got called out on social media forum site Reddit. In his letter of apology, he made a point of saying that he has “never seen race.” And maybe that’s true. I get it, Kanye West is a prominent public figure, someone easy

to make fun of and is characteristically outlandish to boot. But by eliminating the element of race from conversations about him (by eliminating the element of race from any of these costumes that take advantage of someone else’s culture) you’re ignoring the way that these cultures have been marginalized overtime and the obstacles specific members of those cultures constantly have to overcome. Kanye West is easy to see as a joke, but simultaneously, building an enterprise and amassing the kind of acclaim and following that he has as a black man is impressive. The kind of struggle that Native Americans have had to go through in order to preserve significant aspects of their culture, as one of the people in Buzzfeed’s video points out, is inspiring. And by saying that you think those things are a joke or just something pretty to look at is harmful. So, if you may still be considering a costume like the ones I’m talking about, watch the videos. See what these people have to say for themselves about them, and try to gain a new perspective. Because at the end of the day, you can take off a costume. But people carry their identities around with them their whole lives.

10 hobbies can serve you for a lifetime BY ZACHARY C. GUNTNER Driftwood Staff Often students express regrets after graduating from college because they did not get involved. Well, you are still here, and it is not too late to avoid regrets. I am not advising you to put school aside for a club or pastime, but consider making time to pick up one or more hobbies. It isn’t a waste of time and will benefit your life immediately and down the road. Here is my list of my top 10 hobbies you can try: 1. Networking Marketing yourself may be the most beneficial way to use your time while in college. Networking is the easiest way to dabble in multiple hobbies to ensure that you become well-rounded. Joining an organization can help with this. Finding the right one for you will help you bond and develop professional references. 2. Foreign Language The United States is one of the least proficient countries in multi-lingual fluency. Learning a new language can help you understand the beauty of another culture and the amazing people within it. It may even help with job placement. 3. Volunteering People love feeling good, and studies have shown that doing good releases feel-good endorphins into the bloodstream. Volunteering can improve your community or impact someone’s life. So gather your friends and dip your toes in the water. You just might get addicted.

4. Investing Want a hobby that can develop skills you can use throughout your life? Investing requires and develops your planning, prediction, and observation skills. If you are worried about the financial side of investing, do not put your money into anything at first. Just simply watch the stock

ticker, read the reports, and immerse yourself in the business of business. After that, document and develop a strategic plan to later execute when your wallet is ready. 5. Bodybuilding/Exercise Along with enhancing your own physical health and appearance, you’ll give a vast boost to your self-esteem. Along with sculpting your body, you also incorporate goal setting, planning, and knowledge of nutrition. Anyone saying the dad-bod is greater than the hot-bod is either lying to you, does not workout themselves, or has some serious

self-confidence problems. 6. Traditional Sports It is not too late to start playing organized sports. The recreation center offers sports clubs and intramural leagues. Not only do you make friends with the same passion as yourself, but you also develop and sharpen your skills in team-work, preparation and performance. 7. Reading No one likes looking stupid. Speaking and literacy are easily two of the easiest ways to determine someone’s level of intellect. Reading will make you more well-rounded, more refined, and more remarkable on every level. 8. Cooking/Grilling Being able to prepare a rich meal yourself easily creates a luxury for yourself and others. Whether it is in social interactions with friends or for an intimate date, nothing raises your personal stock as much as being an excellent cook. 9. Dancing Out late looking for fun? Dancing is healthy as physical exercise as much as it is mental as a stress release. If you show enough confidence to get out on the dance floor and move, you may leave the club with more passengers heading home than you arrived with. 10. Performing Music If you have a passion for music and you happen to play an instrument, why not showcase it? Even if you start out alone, you could always pick up a friend, a group of friends, or you may even start a band out of it. Not to mention, some people love hearing live music if it doesn’t sound like Ke$ha. But even she has fans.

PERSPECTIVE

BY LINDSAY ALEXANDER

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NEWS

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

As engineering job market fluctuates, degrees prove versatile BY ANDREW LABORDE Driftwood Staff With a degree in engineering, a graduate can pursue a career in a field other than their concentration, making them a diverse applicant in the community. The expectation for graduates with an engineering degree is to pursue a job in their respective job field immediately following the end of their undergraduate career. While careers in engineering are lucrative, the job opportunities reflect the status of the industry itself. With UNO’s College of Engineering being the only university department in the greater New Or-

leans area to offer all engineering programs, engineering students partake in one of the most diverse and renowned curriculum in the city. Dr. Emir Macari, the Dean of Engineering, said the reason engineers are hired in such different areas is because employers are interested in how students learn the discipline and the problem solving aspect. “Everything we do in engineering is typically analyzing, trying to understand the problem, looking at the circumstances around it, and then formulating a theory or a solution,” said Macari, Macari noted that engineers have also pursued careers as sales representatives and entrepreneurs, because of the skills learned as an

undergrad. The market in Louisiana is largely based in oil and gas, so if that industry thrives then there are more jobs and money to dole out to recent college graduates. According Macari, the typical engineering graduate earns a $60,000 salary immediately after graduating, and upwards of $80,000 to $90,000. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Architecture and Engineering occupations made up 4.2 percent of employment in the Metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of New Orleans as of May 2014. The annual mean wage of these occupations is $92,600. Macari noted that companies are hiring interns to help with the work

of laid off engineers. These interns work 20 to 40 hours a week while still in school, and earning in the range of $30,000 to $35,000 a year. Bret Bye, a Junior Navel Architecture and Marine Engineering (NAME) major, is an undergraduate research assistant working with Dr. Christine Ikeda. “I aid in the professor’s research with both performing the experiments in the towing tank and analyzing the subsequent data. I am constantly learning new programs and concepts that I did not even know existed a couple of months ago,” said Bye. Regarding finding a job in his field, Bye said he and his fellow NAME majors constantly receive

emails from the NAME Department about jobs in the area and emails from The Society of Naval and Marine Engineers about jobs around the country. Engineering students show how proactive they are in their approach to finding a job after graduation by hosting a career fair. On Nov. 21, the engineering students will host 30-40 companies, according to Macari, who added that Entergy wants to host their own career fair. “When one market goes down, there is always other areas that go up,” said Macari. “Right now coastal restoration is a big thing; so our civil and environmental engineers are doing very well and getting hired to protect our coast.”

MAN ON THE STREET What are you looking for in the next university president? What would you like to be changed?

RYAN RIETH Sophomore, Film

I would like a president who, honestly, is more interested in what the students would like than what the university wants.

BLAISE SERPAS Freshman, I.D.S.

MEARA MCNITT Junior, Film

THANH NGUYEN Junior, Accounting

MICHAEL SCHWING Feshman, Mechanical Engineer

I would like a responsible leader who focuses on clubs being more up front and social.

I want someone who understand the student body and looks to us before making decisions. I want them to be involved with us and interact with us, not just speak as if they know us.

I hope he will make some change to the Galley food. The food should be more diverse; I feel like I’m eating the same food everyday.

Well I’m a freshman, so I don’t know too much about the president’s duties. However, I would like if he would push the issue of more social events for freshman and new students, especially for commuters.

Photos by Traven Stout

CAMPUS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28 National Student Town Hall Join the new student organization UNO for Bernie Sanders during Senator Sanders’ online National Student Town Hall event. It starts at 5:30 p.m. in the UC Ballroom.

THURSDAY, OCT. 29

FRIDAY, OCT. 30

SATURDAY, OCT. 31

TUESDAY, NOV. 3

Fall Fest Presented by Student Activities Council, support on-campus organizations by enjoying some good food and buying hobbycraft. Fall Fest is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the University Center.

Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead The Mexican holiday which focuses on family and friends praying for the deceased is being honored by UNO by painting people’s faces as Sugar Skull. The event is from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the quad.

Privateer Volleyball Come support your Lady Privateer volleyball team as they go up against Nicholls State. The game starts at 2 p.m. in the Human Performance Center and admission is free.

Books and Brownies Sale Stop by the fourth floor of the library where the Friends of the UNO Library will be selling used books and baked goods. Admission is $5 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and free from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Civil War Lecture The UNO Founders Club will be hosting a lecture called “The Memory of the Civil War: What Americans Think About It—and What They Should” which discusses the legacy of the Civil War. Speaking will be Professor Gaines M. Foster of the LSU History Department and will take place at 7 p.m. in the University Center.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

NEWS

Fact checks reveal total honesty not a priority for presidential candidates BY TISHAWN MITCHELL Driftwood Staff When watching the debates on television, sometimes it’s hard to figure out whether the “facts” presented by those gunning to be the next president of the United States are true, somewhat true, or worse yet, not true at all. In order to get to the bottom of some of the more outlandish claims made during these televised events, www.Politifact.com is a useful tool. It’s an investigational website dedicated to analyzing the accuracy of statements made by political figures, as well claims made in blogs, chain e-mails, and social media posts. The website has won a Pulitzer Prize for its work. Once a questionable statement is fact-checked by Politifact.com’s staff, the website measures the claim against its own rating-based system called the Truth-o-meter. Just as there are variations of the truth, there are variations in ratings. If what was said is indeed found to be true, it will earn the title of being “True.” On the other hand, claims that have no basis in reality whatsoever earn the shameful title of “Pants on Fire!” Think of the Truth-O-Meter as the Rotten Tomatoes rating system, but for political statements, not movies. Here are Politifact.com’s ratings of some of the more controversial quotes straight from the Republican candidates’ mouths during their second presidential debate, as well Donald Trump’s televised Sept. 28

press conference. Donald Trump on the official unemployment rate, currently at about 5 percent: “The number isn’t reflective. I’ve seen numbers of 24 percent -- I actually saw a number of 42 percent unemployment. Forty-two percent.” He continued, “5.3 percent unemployment -- that is the biggest joke there is in this country....The unemployment rate is probably 20 percent, but I will tell you, you have some great economists that will tell you it’s a 30, 32. And the highest I’ve heard so far is 42 percent.” What Politifact.com says: “Trump keeps repeating that the unemployment rate may be as high as 42 percent. But getting a percentage that high requires believing that being a high school, college or graduate student, a senior citizen, a stay-at-home parent, a job-training participant, or having a disability is no excuse for not holding down a job, or for working less than 40 hours in a week.”

Rating: Pants on Fire

Carly Fiorina on abortion and Planned Parenthood: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’ “ What Politifact.com says: Fiorina’s claim, while passionate, is about tapes that don’t technically exist. According to Polifact.com, Fiorina “makes it sound like there is actual footage of Planned Parenthood examining an aborted fetus

whose heart is still beating. There isn’t.”

Rating: Mostly False

Dr. Ben Carson on vaccines: “Vaccines are very important. Certain ones.The ones that would prevent death or crippling.There are others, there are a multitude of vaccines which probably don’t fit in that category, and there should be some discretion in those cases.” Carson also said that that too many vaccines were being given in “too short a period of time. And a lot of pediatricians now recognize that, and I think are cutting down on the number and the proximity in which those are done, and I think that’s appropriate.” What Politifact.com says: “Actually, doctors have recognized no such thing.The major medical groups continue to support as many as 24 immunizations by a child’s second birthday and up to five injections during a single doctor’s visit. A more spread-out schedule is being pushed by parents, but the evidence doesn’t support it.”

Rating: Pants on Fire

Mike Huckabee on Kim Davis’ refusal to put her name on same-sex marriage licenses: “We made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard,” Huckabee said Wednesday night adding, “You’re telling me that you cannot make an accommodation for an elected Democrat county clerk from Rowan County, Kentucky?” What Politifact.com says: Huckabee’s details are wrong

on the Fort Hood shooter. He was allowed to briefly have a beard because he was imprisoned, but it wasn’t due to a religious accommodation. Later, the beard was shaved to enforce the the military dress code, which requires personnel to be clean shaven.

Rating: Mostly False

Huckabee on the Iran deal: “We’ve just now given over $100 billion (to Iran),” Huckabee said. “The equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion.” What Politifact.com says: “Huckabee’s $100 billion figure is one of the most commonly cited estimates of how much the Iranian economy will reap from sanctions relief under the Iran deal, though no one is fully certain of the amount. But he gives a misleading impression of the transaction by implying the United States is giving the money to Iran when it would just unfreeze the assets.”

Rating: Half True

At this time, Politifact’s team is still looking into questionable claims from the Democratic debate on Oct. 13, but here are a few quotes from frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders that have been checked out. Clinton on Edward Snowden fleeing the U.S. and going to Russia: “He broke the laws of the United States,” Clinton said. “He could have been a whistleblower. He could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower.” What Politifact.com says:

The “protections” that Clinton referenced do not seem to be as solid as she suggested. According to a 1998 law called the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, there was a pathway that Snowden could have followed in order to get back into the States. However, there is debate over whether the issues Snowden wanted to raise would fall under that law.

Rating: Mostly False

Bernie Sanders on African-American and Hispanic youth and unemployment: “African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent.” What Politifact.com says: It depends on how one defines the term “youth.” For individuals age 16 to 19, the age range defined as “youth” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in September 2015 the official unemployment rate for whites was 13.9 percent, for Hispanics it was 18.6 percent, and for African-Americans it was 31.5 percent. While the rates for both minority groups are lower than the rate for whites, they are still well below the figures Sanders offered at the debate.

Rating: Half True

It takes Politifact’s team a while to research questionable claims.To find out which Democratic candidates were truthful and whose Pants were on Fire during the October 13th debate, check back with www. Politifact.com in a day or two.

Turnout promising for UNO’s first farmers’ market BY MIA LETT Driftwood Staff Fresh organic greens, herbs, local honey, duck eggs, sweet potatoes pies and homemade dips were just some of the products being sold at UNO’s first Farmers Market last Friday, Oct. 23. The turnout was modest but steady, approximately 150-200 people came by to check it out. Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts and local farmer of Hightail Farms, Anthony Cipolone, had a line-up of customers for his local duck and chicken eggs, and was enthusiastic about the event: “[The market] is a great opportunity not only for enhancing student life on campus but also to maintain and foster a good relationship with the local community of both residents and local farmers, producers, and vendors,” said Cipolone. UNO’s Community Garden, staffed by President Erin Schott, UNO freshman, Shelby Staffe and member Roni Pawla had a table

selling fresh basil, rosemary and flowers. Dan Baker, a local farmer from Sacred Root Farms was selling an array of greens, some of which were hydroponic, which he described as “clean, clean as can be.” Butterhead lettuce, red and white kale, turnips, field pea stouts and local jelly were some of the products at his table. And it wasn’t just food being sold. There were some unique displays of gift cards, artwork, even a pop-up thrift shop of plus-sized clothing which received a lot of attention. Baker felt the location and time were convenient. “It’s perfect for us,” he said, and he plans to attend next time. Overall, the vendors had a positive experience and felt it was worth their while to come out. Vendors were happy to have the opportunity to be a part of the first market in the Gentilly area. Cipolone has every intention of making the market a success: “I can guarantee you that this will happen again, and we will be doing our best

UNO’s first Farmers’ Market made its debut on Friday, Oct. 23; The next market is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 6. Photo by Helen C. Reed

to make sure it becomes a regular occurrence at UNO.” The next market is scheduled

for Friday November 6 at the HPC parking lot from 3-5. If you are an interested vendor or a student who

would like to volunteer to help out with planning and set up, you can email farmersmarket@uno.edu.

FEATURES

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

Professor 1-ups discussion of music and video games BY NIGEL WASHINGTON Editor-in-Chief From the dings and dongs of pong in the early 70s to a fullblown radio station in GTA 5, music and sound has been an important part of video games over the years. In the first of five lectures on music in the Musicology Colloquium Series presented by the Department of Music, Cornell University assistant professor Roger Moseley presented his lecture, “Play and Display: Representations of Musical Recreation,” at UNO on Friday, Oct 23. Moseley’s lecture focused on music represented and reproduced on video game platforms and technology. This form of research is a type of ludomusicology, which is a form of musicology that mainly focuses on music in video games but can also include the external format of music and video games, an area Moseley prefers. “Different people do different things in ludomusicology,” Moseley said. “Some people use it as a means of analyzing music in video games, and some people look at the way people play video games and compare that to the way people play music as a social activity. Personally, I’m interested in looking at both music and games as a thing people play.” The lecture showed how closely related historical composers like Wolfgang Mozart and Vladimir de Pachmann are to video games like Super Mario and Pacman. Moseley also looks at how music-based games like Rock Band

and Guitar Hero compare to the real life form of music playing and the social interactions that come from that artistic action. In his research essay “Playing Games with Music, and Vice Versa: Ludomusicological Perspectives on Guitar Hero and Rock Band,” Moseley looked at the game controllers, high scores and competitions between players and a multitude of other factors relating real-life musical artistry to their gaming counterparts. What he found was that most of the dynamics in video games were present in music and there are many aspects of playfulness in a musical performance that are similar to the playfulness of video games. “[I’m interested in] How people interact with each other and with the systems, and games. How they try ideas, bouncing off ideas, seeing what happens and just experiencing and having fun competing and communicating,” Moseley said. Like most gamers, Moseley’s fondness for video games started at a young age. “I wasn’t allowed to play the games when I was a kid,” Moseley said. “My friends would have them and I would watch them and be like ‘aw man,’ and my parents thought that would mean I would be good and focus on my schoolwork.” Moseley said it wasn’t until college when he truly found his love for video games and music. Classic games like Mario Kart and Bomberman were some of the first games he remembers playing in his early days of gaming, but it wasn’t until his PlayStation 2 days when he found his love for music in video games.

Cornell University assistant professor Roger Moseley bridged the gap between musical composers like Mozart and video games like Super Mario Bros. Photo by Helen C. Reed

“This game called Frequency, which was one of the first games made by the Guitar Hero Developers came out for the PlayStation 2 in 2001…the experience of playing that game made me think ‘this is amazing, this is taking me inside the music in a way that is like playing a piano. It was the same kind of buzz and excitement,” Moseley said. The next lecture in the Musicology Colloquium Series will take place on Jan. 22, and will feature Gundula Krueza—the director of graduate studies at Yale’s Department of Music-- who will present “Science, Timbre and the Gong in 19th Century Music.”

UNO represents at New Orleans Film Festival BY TISHAWN MITCHELL Driftwood Staff The 26th annual New Orleans Film Festival was held from Oct. 14 - Oct. 22. It hosted many Louisiana filmmakers including current and alumni UNO filmmakers. The festival included 10 Louisiana feature films, three Louisiana Short blocks which included 21 Shorts as well as a block of seven Louisiana Stories. Jolene Pinder, the executive director of the New Orleans Film Society was quoted in The Advocate saying,“It’s incredibly important for us at the New Orleans Film Festival to showcase films that were shot in Louisiana, to bring them home and share them with our local audiences.” Recent UNO graduate, Andrea Kuehnel, received acceptance of her third-year thesis film into the festival. “My film is called ‘Us Against the World.’ It’s a narrative short about a death row prison guard who realizes that the prisoner who is scheduled to be executed next is his old best friend from childhood. The two of them have a few hours before the execution is scheduled to reconcile and they end up sharing the last meal of the prisoner.”

This was Kuehnel’s second film to be accepted at NOFF. “My first year at UNO, I made a short documentary which was called ‘Signs of Life’ and it also screened in the Louisiana Documentary Shorts block.” Maja Holzinger, an Adjunct Film Professor, directed “2B or Not 2B,” a short film based on a play by Jacquelyn Reingold. Holzinger explained, “Frustrated with her job, her man and life in general, Fran receives an impossible proposal from a stranger who invades her apartment. Can she open up to a new and exciting but rather unconventional offer?” This is also Holzinger’s second film to be accepted at NOFF. “My thesis film ‘Call Me Cappy’ premiered at the NOFF last year. It’s a story about Wally, a bowling alley manager in his 60s, who leads perfectly uneventful life. One day, he receives a piece junk of mail informing him that he had won a tropical cruise.” Holzinger’s film screened at several festivals in DC, NYC, Fort Myers, London and in Poland over the last few months. Among other alumni, Todd Campbell directed a feature called “The Mourning Hills” which screened at NOFF. An NOFF event called “Pitch

Perfect” allows students to attend with a free movie pass to the festival. According to the New Orleans Film Festival program book, “Pitch Perfect is a unique opportunity for university-level film students to practice the art of pitching. In this annual competition, film students from across the South have three minutes to pitch their next dream film production.” Two UNO students were selected to pitch ideas, one narrative and one documentary. Holzinger encourages students to participate in the festival. “If someone takes film at the university, it seems clear to me that they must be very interested in movies. NOFF is the time when we celebrate cinema, watch many unique works and get to talk about film. Participating in a film festival is an extremely inspiring experience.” Kuehnel said the three most important pieces of advice she can give to film students are: “Networking, exposing yourself, and staying productive...Go to as many film screenings as you can, talk to people, meet with people because there’s a lot of independent filmmakers in New Orleans and everybody needs help… you never know who the next person is going to connect you to.”

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

FEATURES

TEST OF COURAGE

Genshi Ken, UNOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Anime Club, have an anim-azing time during their Test of Courage event.

Photos by Traven Stout

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015

ENTERTAINMENT

‘Ox Out The Cage’: first Cannibal Ox performance in over a decade BY LONES J. GAGNARD Driftwood Contributor Hip-Hop in its truest form is pure self-expression that moves the artist and listener alike. Hip-hop artists Alfred Banks, Liam Tracy and Cannibal Ox all performed at Gasa Gasa on Thursday, Oct. 15. Alfred Banks, the local artist on the list, captured the audience’s attention, transitioning from song to acapella freestyle seamlessly. His verses were precise and looked very comfortable on the Gasa Gasa stage. Controlling the crowd with his flow, which sounded like a cross between New York City cyphers and a streetcar ride down St. Charles on a blazing day. Banks brought out local legend Truth Universal, who signed him and gave Banks his big break. Truth came out the gate with an old school swagger that had several audience members dancing along to. Banks and Truth ruled the stage readying the venue for a hip-hopping night. Liam Tracy is a rapper who traveled down from New York, touring with Cannibal Ox. His attitude, personified in his polo hat and ripped

Abercrombie jeans, truly showed its ugly head when he began to rap about the ‘chrome on his hip.’ The self-expression of hip-hop was lost on these quick cash-catching rhymesayers. The first tones of “Iron Galaxy” came from DJ Lokash’s turntable and the entire venue was taken to a different plane. Vordul Mega’s opening verses had the entire audience hypnotized as it dawned that this song hadn’t been performed live in over a decade. Fourteen years ago Cannibal Ox released one of the most influential and highly respected underground hip-hop albums of all time, “The Cold Vein.” With help from rapper/producer El-P, the beats were ahead of their time and the lyrics abstractly described experiences they all had living in New York City. “The Cold Vein” made huge waves in the underground scene and made Cannibal Ox living legends off of their first ever album. Soon after there were rumors that the trio had disbanded and there were questions on whether they would ever make another album. Creative differences between Vordul Mega and El-P led to the

group breaking up, leaving fans wishing for more. El-P went on to help form Run The Jewels in 2013 with Killer Mike and they have been touring the United States since the release of Run The Jewels 2, which was a huge success for the duo. It was not until March 3, 2015 that Cannibal Ox finally made a move in the modern world. “Blade of the Ronin” was finally released after years of speculation to favorable reviews. MF Doom was featured on a track, but the departure from El-P was evident and it felt like the album never really came together as one. “The Cold Vein” sounded like an alien comic book mixed with New York urban life, whereas “Blade of the Ronin” has strong bars and the beats lean to hard hitting drum and bass. Alfred Banks will continue to grow into one of the city’s most prominent rappers that locals should check out. Cannibal Ox will continue to rap their comic book flow over harsh beats that all relate back to urban New York, but it leaves one question. Has the greatest gift already been given?

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The who’s who of VooDoo: Previewing major artists performing this weekend BY NIGEL WASHINGTON Editor-in-Chief Another year of Halloween in New Orleans means another year of Voodoo Fest in City Park. Costumes will be in full effect as Halloween falls in the middle of this epic weekend filled with diverse artists providing great music. Here are a few acts performing this weekend that you definitely need to check out:

Florence + the Machine

With their new album “How Big How Blue How Beautiful” released in May of this year, English indie rock outfit Florence + the Machine will be headlining the opening night of Voodoo Fest. Lead singer Florence Welch and company will bring a signature powerful sound and a slew of intricate melodies and beautiful singing. Florence + the Machine played at huge festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury and the Governors Ball earlier this year, and a trip to Voodoo looks to be another landmark stop for this huge artsoul band to add to its impressive resume.

Ozzy Osbourne

This is an obvious choice, right? Regardless of whether you love head-thrashing, heavy metal music or not, there’s no way you miss the Prince of Darkness on Halloween night. I mean, come on. At the very least, enjoy the eye-opening stage show from a distance and take advantage of a chance to see a musical legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in all his dark, twisted glory. Oh, and just in case that wasn’t enough, more rock legends in former Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Slash will be in attendance as well—probably setting a musical instrument of their choice ablaze. See you there, and watch out for any potential mosh pits in your area.

Slightly Stoopid

Name-aside, the only thing ‘stoopid’ about Slightly Stoopid are the stoopid nice sounds this eightman band from Ocean Beach, California push out on a constant basis. With largely uplifting, and chronic-heavy lyrics mixed with a sound that’s a great blend of reggae, funk and jazz, this will definitely be the chilliest set the entire weekend.

Chance The Rapper

Chicago native Chance the Rapper (yes, he’s a rapper) has been blowing up this past year and change. His video for Sunday Candy received rave reviews and his album Surf followed suit. Chance has made a name for himself with gospel inspired singing and rapping to accompany a soulful sound that’s easy on the ears with thought provoking lyrics. His shows are always filled with energy, and are usually accompanied with a live band. His hour long 3:30 p.m. set time will be a perfect time for his smooth and uplifting tunes as the sun will begin its descent. Chance is a must-go.

DeadMau5

Fans of Deadmau5 know of this mouse-head toting, EDM DJ who has been nominated for multiple Grammy awards including best dance record and best dance album. His stage and light shows are some of the best in the business and his crowd rocking, house music has spoken for itself. Deadmau5 will be the very last act for the weekend, and his usual nighttime sets are perfect to send you home in a spectacular show of lights and sounds like the final hours of a long day at Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Bring

your mouse heads if you have them (or at least some mickey mouse ears that light up) and lose yourself in one of the biggest dance producers in the world.

Joey BadA$$ and the Soul Rebels

The Brooklyn rapper who dropped his debut album “B4. DA.$$” earlier this year will be one of the main acts representing the hip-hop genre at Voodoo Fest. His soulful and New York influenced 90’s flow that is reminiscent of the golden age of hip-hop has given him a loyal fan base and nostalgic sound that many listeners can relate to. With local New Orleans jazz and funk band The Soul Rebels accompanying him, expect a set with great natural sound and a soothing vibe to give you a nice break from the EDM sets that will dominate Friday’s lineup.

Dumpstaphunk

Anyone looking for a homegrown funk and jazz collective can look no further than Dumpstaphunk. Dumpstaphunk has operated in the greater New Orleans area for a long time, and this five-man group will continue touring the country with shows stopping in Miami, Austin, and San

Francisco.

Post Malone

Dallas-native Post Malone was a late, but huge, addition to the Voodoo lineup. Malone has been building his name this fan base this year, largely in part to the success of his dap-infectious hit single “White Iverson.” His name spread out even farther when he was featured on the new Kanye West track “Fade,” which premiered at the Yeezy Season 2 fashion show during New York Fashion Week. His newest single “Too Young” is also building steam and adding this young, budding star to the lineup is a big positive for the waviest fans attending this weekend.

Girl Talk

Even though beat machine Girl Talk finally took a break from touring this year, he still finds time to make a trip to Voodoo Fest to this year. The hitmaker will surely be a entertaining act to watch, as his mixes of songs are always interesting. With so many other EDM artists performing this year, Girl Talk brings a different vibe that doesn’t fall too much in line with the other performers. Girl Talk will hold an act of his own.

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UNO men’s tennis team win big at annual Big Easy Classic BY NIGEL WASHINGTON Editor-in-Chief The UNO tennis squad took full advantage of home-court during the Big Easy Classic as the men’s team walked away with the tournament championship on Saturday, Oct 24. Junior Luis Albuquerque and senior Christoffer Aplegreen earned individual championships while senior Gonzalo Garcia won a consolation championship. Albuquerque started the road to the championship in Flight 5 with a 6-2,6-0 victory against Xavier. He coasted through the next round and was faced against ASU’s Jarred Thompson for a championship bout. After a close 7-6 first set victory, Albuquerque finished off the match with a 6-1 score to close out the flight and earn the championship. In Flight 4, Applegreen had a tougher test to bring home the championship. He started off with a close 4-6, 6-2, and 10-5 three-set win to continue his run to the next match. Up next was a two set win to bring him to a final match on Saturday. Applegreen capped off the tournament with a 6-4, 6-1 victory to win the second individual for the men’s tennis team. Garcia, in the final match, was able to win the consolation championship after a close win in the second set. Garvia finished the match

The men’s team poses with Big Easy Classic championship. Junior Luis Albuquerque (second from right) and senior Christoffer Aplegeen (third from the left) both won individual championships. Photo courtesy of Ron O’Rourke | UNO Athletics

with a score of 6-3,7-6 and helped the men’s side win the team championship for the day. The UNO men’s team earned 26 points with Louisiana-Lafayette close behind with three points. The Lady Privateers didn’t see the same success as the only tournament winner was freshman Brittany Johnson in a consolation flight. Johnson coasted through the

Flight 6 consolation tournament with easy wins in the first and second rounds. Nothing changed for Johnson in the final match as she ran away with a 6-2,6-0 victory over Xavier’s Jana van der Walt. Senior Soledad Calderon Arroyo was able to make it to the final match in Flight 2 after a 6-4, 6-3 win in the semifinals.

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