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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
CHACHA MURDICK Seroiusly y’all
Seniors should be excited for future There’s this running joke among the graduating senior class: Somebody walks up to you. They say, “so what are your plans after graduation?” Then you, as a graduating senior, are supposed to guffaw yourself into a puddle of uncertainty and feelings of inadequacy, because the real joke is your entire existence. You’re coming to terms with the death of your dreams, which is funny, but the biggest joke is you. And that’s why graduating seniors think it’s hi-larious when you ask us what our plans are. But what are we so afraid of? What’s this about uncertainty? What do we even want? Economic security? You got it. You have a bachelor’s degree. Nobody’s going to kiss our toes over it, but the degree does count for something. Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. For example, if I walked into the IHOP I used to waitress at, they would immediately fast-track me to manager. I could probably score a managerial position fairly easily at any fast food restaurant as well. What? You don’t want to be a fast food manager? You deserve better? Well, the thing is, you don’t. Nobody does. There are more people graduating college than ever before, and as a consequence, there are fewer jobs. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Because when I look at my time at Loyola, I don’t think about what a great hire I’ve turned into. I think about the great ideas I’ve been exposed to that I would have never come across otherwise. I’m actually glad that when I graduate, there will be more people in the world than ever before who are educated and willing to discuss these ideas with me. Maybe I won’t score a great job. Maybe my “few years off ” before grad school will turn into an eternity. I’m fine with that. None of us are going hungry. Even if all the cool jobs get taken by brighter applicants than you and me, we’ll be ok. We have skills: critical thinking and discipline built up from late nights studying. If we’re ever poor, we’re going to be really good at being poor. If we can’t find jobs in our field, we can find jobs elsewhere, because who cares? The world isn’t like it used to be. You don’t need a lifelong career to be happy. Think of what lies ahead not as a vast wasteland of uncertainty, but rather as a vast wasteland of opportunity! This is our future, and we can do whatever we want with it. We can goof around working bartending jobs and taking a bunch of dance classes. We can lord the Circle K cash register by night and volunteer in the community by day. No matter what happens to us, we’ll always have what we’ve learned here. The future is freedom. Let’s be excited about it. Chacha Murdick can be reached at gmmurdic@loyno.edu
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Documentarian alumnus presents his film By LAUREN HINOJOSA Staff Writer Loyola alumnus Royd Anderson presented his documentary, “Pan Am Flight 759,” Thursday, April 11 at Film Buffs presentation. Anderson, A’98, directed and produced the documentary, which premiered on July 20, 2012. The film was released on the 30-year anniversary of a tragic plane crash in Kenner, La. Anderson got his start in filmmaking while working on his
master’s thesis at University of Louisiana Lafayette. He wrote and directed his first documentary, “The Luling Ferry Disaster,” based on the worst ferry accident in U.S. history, Anderson said. “I never knew my low-budget student film would get so much media attention,” Anderson said. “The success of the movie led to the creation of a monument for the victims and survivors in 2009.” Anderson was introduced to films at an early age. His grandfather owned a cinema in Cuba and he has loved films ever
since. “When I was in high school, my dad made it a requirement in the household that my brothers and I watch classic epics like ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and ‘El Cid,’” Anderson said. The plane crash happened when Anderson was 10 and, as an adult, he felt an obligation to his students to teach them this piece of local history. Anderson said it is time for students to learn Louisiana history and not only what is covered on standardized testing, which he claimed is the
focus of most public schools. “For the past several years, only one question on the high stakes standardized test for eighth graders, the LEAP, is designated to Louisiana history,” Anderson said. “It’s time for Bobby Jindal to take some accountability for this tragedy in the public school system.” Anderson said, after filming “Pan Am,” the most emotionally difficult part of making the documentary was editing. Hearing
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WOLVES HOWL FOR MATT & KIM
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Kim Schifino, of Matt & Kim, crowdsurfs over a group of concert attendees during Loup Garou at the Howlin’ Wolf. Loup Garou is an annual spring concert put on by the University Progamming Board. By LAUREN IRWIN Contributing Writer Lauren Poiroux, sociology freshman, never thought she would spend her Thursday night dancing in a room full of balloons and confetti with indie dance duo Matt and Kim. “It was the most intense, fun and personal show I’ve been too,” Poiroux said. “Matt even held my hand. I left feeling like they were my best friends.” The University Programming Board was responsible for making Poiroux’s night possible. UPB brought the Matt and Kim experience to the Loyola community, booking the Brooklyn-based band for the university’s spring concert, Loup Garou, on Thursday, April 11, at the Howlin’ Wolf. UPB’s concert committee spent months planning and marketing the event. They wanted
to make the concert affordable for the students, while providing a headliner they would enjoy, Margaret Vienne, English writing senior and president of UPB, said. “We pushed marketing much more and much earlier,” Vienne said. It was the first year UPB provided shirts for students — selling white tank tops emblazoned with “Party with Matt” and “Party with Kim” in neon lettering. Marketing efforts and ticket sales may be the reason why this year’s Loup Garou attendance was the largest to date. “We sold 1,250 tickets, including general admission,” Vienne said. UPB sold out tickets, hitting the club’s capacity at 1,300. It was also the first year UPB added an additional band in between the opener and headlining act.
“We wanted to get a little more hype for the headliner, so we added one more act — that was Delta Rae,” Vienne said. Loyola rhythm and blues band, Eugene, opened the concert after placing first in the UPB sponsored Battle of the Bands three weeks before. Opening for Matt and Kim “was such a wonderful opportunity,” Emmanuel Catanzariti, music industry junior and vocals, rhythm guitar and keys for Eugene, said. Eugene played all original songs — one of which, “Hiatus,” will be released Friday, April 19, on the band’s website. “We got great feedback,” Catanzariti said. “Everyone seemed to be having fun and we were having fun right along with them.” Eugene was followed by folk, rock ensemble, Delta Rae, hailing from Durham, NC. Delta Rae was brought in to
provide a “good mix of music,” Vienne said. Students agreed. “It was a nice contrast to Matt and Kim’s high energy and fun style,” Crystal LoCicero, finance senior, said. “Delta Rae’s musicianship was super impressive; they were music for music’s sake,” Poiroux said. “Matt and Kim were more about entertaining and connecting with the audience.” “The whole show was just a mountain of excitement; they got you more pumped until you were totally entertained,” Poiroux said. UPB considered the show a success. “It was so great to see students and community come to together for the show,” Vienne said. “There was such great energy from students.” Lauren Irwin can be reached at lhirwin@loyno.edu
Student rap group creates third cypher video By DIANA MIRFIQ Contributing Writer The Loyola student cypher is nothing short of lyrical kung fu. Cyphers consist of rappers getting together to display their rap skills through their lyrics, rhymes and flow over a continuous beat. Music industry junior Simon “Top Billion” Hill created and will premiere the
third Loyola University cypher YouTube video on April 19. He will be accompanied by other Loyola music industry students. Hill said that he has always admired musicians and would not settle for any other career. “I grew up looking up to rappers like they were superheroes,” Hill said. Hill was inspired to create the Loyola cypher after being a part of
a Monroe, La. cypher. “It clicked in my head that I could be doing this for people that I know,” Hill said. Hill said that the recording process takes about a month. Before he can record, Hill must wait for the other rappers to send him their verses. Then he makes sure the work has quality. He admits that the first two cyphers were open to everyone, but he has
become more selective the third time around. Alex Camero, music industry sophomore, said he feels that some people didn’t take the first two cyphers seriously, which is why he appreciates Simon’s selectivity for the third version. “It may make you look better being around people who aren’t
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