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UNT student sets fire to art scene
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DIY
Skin Exfoliant
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Learn to make sugar body scrub FOOD
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Quality exfoliates can be expensive, but they are great for skin. As fall approaches and the temperatures begin to drop, replenish dry skin and get rid of dead skin with homemade sugar body scrub. All of the materials can be found at the local grocery store for about $10.
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Materials: Sugar Brown sugar Olive oil Pumpkin pie spice (or any other spice for scent) A jar to keep it in A bowl A spoon
PHOTO BY ERIKA LAMBRETON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Instructions: First, fill the jar that will store the scrub with half sugar and half brown sugar. Do not fill it all the way to the top, but almost. Second, pour the sugars from the jar into the bowl and add the spice. Mix these together to remove any lumps. Next, put the sugars and spice back into the designated jar. Slowly pour in the olive oil. It will seep down slowly. This process can be made faster by mixing it with the spoon. Keep adding olive oil until all of the
mixture is soaked. If there is extra room, add more sugar, brown sugar and olive oil. Now the sugar body scrub is complete and perfect for scuffing away the side effects of colder weather. If the scrub dries out, just add olive oil to refresh it.
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MUSIC
Kanye West Crew’s debut cruelly mediocre H. DREW BLACKBURN Staff Writer
Over the summer at a concert in Atlantic City, N.J., Kanye West remarked, “as a man, I am flawed, but my music is perfect.� Save for some childish feature verses and occasional throwaway tracks such as the laughably terrible “Drunk and Hot Girls� from 2007, this sentiment is largely true. Whether or not you like Kanye West as a person, he makes G.O.O.D. music, with the critical and commercial success to back that up: 18 Grammys and more than 10 million albums sold. As a solo artist, West is one of the best our generation has to offer. The collective he created, G.O.O.D. Music
– an acronym for Getting Out Our Dreams – includes both talent and promise that covers a widespread variety of genres. John Legend, Kid Cudi, Common, Mr. Hudson, Big Sean, Pusha T, Teyana Taylor, 2 Chainz, Q-Tip, and Cyhi The Prince fill out the crew. With all the talent appearing on “Cruel Summer,� the collective’s album released on Sept. 18, one would expect the album to be fantastic, but the only ground “Cruel Summer� breaks is West’s first dive into mediocrity. “Cruel Summer� isn’t an awful album, and some songs manage to stand out. “New God Flow,� which features Pusha T, Kanye West and Ghostface Killah, showcases hard rhymes and a menacing boom-bap beat. Pusha T sets the tone with the lines “I believe there’s a God above me, I’m just the God of everything else.� West’s solo track, “Cold, “paints a cartoonish and bombastic picture of his personal life. He professes his love for reality TV paramour Kim Kardashian, brags about racing go-carts with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and teases that he could have gotten Kris Humphries cut from the Brooklyn Nets because his best friend Jay-Z is an owner. Sloppy tracks far outnumber the good. “Bliss,� a grandiose duet between John Legend and Teyana Taylor, makes sense on paper, but
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UNT student makes name for himself in art world
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A landscape piece of Mt. Fuji is one of Ross’ favorite and most time-consuming projects to date.
PHOTO BYZAC SWITZER/SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Communication sophomore Will Ross sits next to his work. Most of his pieces made by burning pictures into wood. Nadia Hill
Senior Staff Writer He fixed his big blue eyes on his grandfather’s hands as sawdust flew. Happy and mesmerized, he watched silently as the wood in front of him went up in smoke. Slowly, images began to form, and young William Ross got his
first taste of what would become his lifelong hobby and successful craft. Ross, now 30, is a communications sophomore. He is known as the “Wood Phoenix,” a man who transforms hand-drawn scenes and faces on wood into permanent pieces full of texture and color.
“Everyone has their own thing they do,” Ross said. “A lot of people don’t see it as art, but I deem art based on the time and heart put into it.” Feeding the flame After sustaining a severe knee injury th ree years ago while working as a plumber, Ross was
con fined to the couch and a temporary wheelchair. “Every time I make a piece, I hear my granddad’s voice on repeat in my head,” Ross said. “I was in a wheelchair this time last year and needed something to pass the time. I’ve been drawing my whole life and always loved
doing this. I’ve done 100 burnings in the last three years.” When his wife Shannon was promoted at work, they both saw it as the perfect opportunity for Ross to return to school as well as develop his passion for wood burning. “Wood Phoenix,” Ross’ alias,
is representative of the way he breathes new life into old wood while scorching it with a wood burner that reaches 1,000 degrees. Concentrated in a paintbrushsized tip, the heat permanently burns every line Ross draws into the wood. He starts with an image drawn
on the wood, traces it with the burner and then fills in the scene with watercolor pencils. His most time-consuming piece took 40 hours to create. “When I saw his work I was so intrigued and wanted to touch all the pieces,” said Missi Lou, a fellow artist and buyer of Ross’ work. “I was mesmerized by the detail. I could tell his heart was in it, and there was a lot of emotion.” Sparks of inspiration Ross’ workspace consists of a low-lit desk in the corner of the living room in his three-bedroom suburban home. Wedding photos, pieces from his travels, and his and his wife’s art surround the desk. From “Spem Successus Alit” tattooed on his back - a Latin phrase that means “hope nurtures success,” passed down through generations - to the three Chinese characters painted above the
entryway in his home- love, happiness and harmony - Ross’ influences and priorities are evident in everything he does. “People look for stories and passion in art, and there is an attachment to his work,” Lou said. “He puts everything into creation for Shannon. The synergy between them is incredible.” Ross’ first piece was created when his wife’s grandfather, a cancer patient, asked him to make his urn. Ross crafted a piece that chronicled the man’s life and family, and painted the Marine Corps logo on top. Since then, Ross has tried to include some reference to his family or heritage in each piece he creates. He designed a yin-yang logo to symbolize his relationship with his wife. One of his pieces is a shield with skulls adorned in hats to repre-
sent each culture in his family - Scottish, Irish, German and Cherokee. “I’m just very family-oriented,” Ross said. “My great-great-greatgreat aunt was Betsy Ross, and I’m related to David Ross, who discovered how people get malaria. It’s pretty cool, and I’m proud.” Bright future Ross is one of 40 artists who were accepted to show their work at the first Art Uprising Festival in the West Village in Dallas. Out of these 40, Ross is the only wood burner. “We were looking for a good mix of artists and ones that would appeal to the demographic of the West Village,” marketing coordinator Rachel Fresquez said. “We didn’t choose a lot of people who worked with wood, and we thought what he did was amazing.” While he’s been successful at selling work via word-of-mouth
and his Facebook page, Ross considers this festival a breakthrough in getting his name out there. “Going from being able to pick up a car in high school to being in a wheelchair is a huge blow to a man’s ego,” Ross said. “But after getting that call, my ego was through the roof. I truly believe no one artist is better than another, but my pricing sets me apart. I’ve sold something for $25 that someone would have paid $700 for.” Whether it’s $50 specialty pine from Home Depot or scrap wood from a lumber yard, Ross brings his artistic touch to the most rigid of elements, giving them a new life and an admirer a new piece of wall art. “You don’t see a lot of what he has out there,” Lou said. “This is something he has to do - it’s who he is. It’s in his blood.”
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Macaroni joint all style, no substance A LEX M ACON
Managing Editor M a cD addy ’s, t h e n e we s t contender to join the culinary battle royale for customers’ mouths and minds on the north side of UNT’s campus, offers intriguing interpretations of tried-and-true pasta. However, it ultimately comes up short where it counts the most for a macaroni and cheese joint, gourmet or otherwise: the macaroni. The macaroni and cheese bar is decorated minimally, with a Halloween-y orange-and-black color scheme. A Mean Green jersey hanging on the wall nods toward
Friday 09.21.2012 the bustling college campus less than half a football field away. Garagelike doors lead to a fairly large patio that is blocked in by a row of orange flowers. If the weather’s right, the bugs are more fixated on the nearby flowers than human flesh and the fresh-from-opening day balloons tied to the furniture aren’t hurtling wildly through the air into the side of somebody’s head. It’s a lovely, almost serene spot to eat cooked noodles and watch as students and assorted Dentonites strut by on the sidewalk. The MacDaddy’s menu features more than 25 takes on the pasta the explorer Marco Polo may or may not – probably not – have brought home to Italy in 1292, including “Mac Lobster,” “Mac Pizza,” “Mac Mexican” and the chili-heavy “Mac Attack.” Meals come in three different sizes, including individual portions for about $7, portions for two to three people at about $15 and large, group-sized meals priced in the $25 to $30 range. The restaurant has been keeping busy, so bring along a conversa-
tional friend or a good book for the wait. At least be prepared to engage in about 15 to 30 minutes worth of navel-gazing while the meal is prepared. Polite, if frazzled, employees take orders and bring out a variety of multicolored, riotous arrangements of macaroni and cheese served in black pans. Everything looks fantastic, and the variety of ingredients tossed in with macaroni elbows is something to commend. However, it’s not the chili, or the lobster, or the salsa or the beef that causes the problem. It’s the macaroni and cheese, which is bland, unremarkable and in no way distinguishes itself from the noodles more readily and cheaply available at any grocery store. The “Mac Daddy,” which receives top billing on the menu, especially fails to impress. The dish comes with ground beef, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, diced onions and sesame seeds, resembling a scrambled McDonald’s Big Mac – subtract buns, add macaroni. One fatal flaw exists across the board: tasty but small portions of other ingredients are ultimately dragged down by very boring macaroni. Reasonably priced beer going at $3.25 a domestic bottle helps. Also to its credit, MacDaddy’s is open
PHOTO BY ERIKA LAMBRETON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER MacDaddy’s macaroni and cheese bar is officially open for business and drawing in a diverse crowd. Despite a few opening day hitches, MacDaddy’s has an eclectic menu and open breezeway, which seems to be a crowd pleaser. until 3 a.m. on weekends, and it’s easy to imagine the food faring better if a booze-filled belly was making the calls on emergency late night snacks. As a novelty spin on macaroni
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MOVIE “The Master” Film is one of this year’s best PRESTON BARTA Intern
“The Master” is a seductive piece of cinema, orchestrated by the fine hand of Paul Thomas Anderson and helmed by magnetic turns from Joaquin Phoenix (“Walk the Line”) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Capote”). In his first performance since he fooled the world with his time as an actor-turned-rapper, Phoenix leads a talented cast as Freddie Quell, an alcoholic Navy veteran who forms
an unlikely friendship with a charismatic intellectual named Lancaster Dodd (Hoffman). Lancaster, otherwise known as “the Master,” pioneered a faith-based organization called “The Cause,” which he plans to take to the next level with his new right-hand man, Quell. “The Master” is the sixth film from the 42-year-old writer-director. Anderson has become one of the greatest American film directors of this generation. He has built an impressive resume, directing films that serve as reflective studies of human behavior, such as “Boogie Nights” (1997), “Magnolia” (1999) and “There Will Be Blood” (2007). “The Master” is a subjective experience that lacks many of the traditional narrative elements that moviegoers are used to. In a stream-of-consciousness style, the film loosely links together vignettes from the time these two men spend together. This lack of a typical narrative progression can be disorienting and difficult for some viewers. Anderson has constructed two dynamic yet tangible characters with
real-world problems. The audience can imagine knowing, loving and hating these characters following the arc Anderson has given them. What happens next is a constant mystery. This is the secret to this movie’s engrossing nature – it’s a cinematic presentation of life. Phoenix fully inhabits Quell. He assembles a man with a hunched back, arms that hang down like an ape and twisted face all from scratch. There is little doubt that Phoenix is going to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Leading Actor. He turns in his finest performance to date here. Hoffman adds yet another spellbinding character to his collection. He brings intensity and command to every role he plays. One scene in particular is worthy of the cinematic time capsule, where he takes Quell through a vociferous process on a boat. It’s their strange but engaging relationship that is the center of the film. Phoenix and Hoffman are forces to be reckoned with. Amy Adams (“The Fighter”) delivers a dignified performance as
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Lancaster’s wife, Peggy Dodd. She quietly observes from the sidelines in the film but shines in her quiet, private scenes between husband and wife. On top of the masterful performa nces, Radiohead’s Jon ny Greenwood, who also did the score for Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood,” delivers yet another bone-chilling musical score. His dark and twisted sounds merge with the images on screen seamlessly. There are many connections with Scientology in the film’s plot, especially in Quell’s jail-cell tantrum, explained
away by Lancaster as the effects of an alien implant. However, Anderson does a fine job of not making the comparisons completely apparent. The decision of whether the religion presented in the film is based on Scientology or not is entirely up to the viewer. Once again, Anderson adds another reel to the vault of great films, uniting film with art for an intellectually stimulating experience. “The Master” is easily one of the best films of the year, if not the decade. “The Master” is now in theaters.
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