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IN THIS ISSUE SWAN SONG (AND DANCE)

Swan Lake comes to the Virginia Theatre just in time for Mother’s Day

ART WITH HEART

The art and homeless communites team up for a good cause

IN YOUR DREAMS

Read how the remake stacks up

OUTDOOR DRINKING 5

VIRTUAL CUB SCOUTS

How scouting just got even lamer

CALENDAR

Your guide to this week’s eventsx

ON THE217.COM COMMUNITY Hoorah for new writers! Check out our gaming column (“Frag On, Frag Off,” Basil Aruin) and our LGBT columnist (“Cogito Homo,” Jessica Easter), online every Sunday and Tuesday, respectively.

FOOD & DRINK Every week, writer Molly Durham takes on a cooking challenge for her column, “The Feats of Eats.” Check out the217.com on Friday to see what she faces this week.

MOVIES & TV Look for a review of Iron Man 2, online Saturday. This sequel brings a lot of new names to the proceedings, including Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson and Don Cheadle. Also, Samuel L. Jackson will be back to play Nick Fury. Avengers, assemble!!! ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Ready to laugh? A preview of Zoo Improv, a comedy group performing at the Iron Post on May 19th, will be online Friday.

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Check out the review of international superstars Santah’s CD release show up on Friday. Also, a full recap of WPGU’s Laughing Prairie Dog Festival up on Sunday.

EDITOR’S NOTE BRAD THORP

I don’t think I have ever been more thankful for music than in the last week. It is such an incredible art! It’s so multifaceted, relatable and helps make life better in any situation. Think about it, riding in a car, when you’re doing homework, when you’re having a good or bad day, feeling crazy or completely relaxed, all are made better with the right music. This time in the semester, with finals and all the other craziness that come with summer approaching, I knew it was going to be a tough week. I was walking across the quad, the world weighing me down, and it happened. One of my all time favorite songs came streaming through my headphones and saved the day. Sam Beam, of Iron and Wine, was there once again to help me out. It was one of those times in life where the world seems to slow down a bit. You feel a slight breeze as you walk, sense your heart beating in your chest, and you are very aware that you are able to breathe. These are by far my favorite moments. If you haven’t had one of these, I encourage you to try. If you are looking for it, you are sure to find it. I have a friend back home named Vanessa who taught me to do this. I would tell her that I couldn’t and that I didn’t understand. She would interrupt me and tell me to listen to the world and all its ambient noise. As simple as it sounds, I can’t honestly say that I had chosen to be quiet like this before. Being quiet isn’t the most encouraged activity in our fast-paced society, and I felt like I was a kid learning something for the first time. At first, I laughed a little, feeling uncomfortable in the silence. But when I was finally able to stop and listen to what was happening around me, I realized it was far from silent. Birds, wind, trees cracking and swaying all in concert. Whenever I feel a little down, I think about this moment. This experience taught me a lot, and I will forever be grateful to her. If there is ever a time when I’m stressed out and can’t find the song I need to hear, or a genre that is meeting me where I am, I turn it all off and take a breath. Silence can sometimes be the best music.

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Strategizing the Marathon: follow-up by Erik “E. Tiger” Hasenberg, WPGU DJ The half marathon was everything I expected. It was long, hot, and strenuous. Going into Saturday morning I was feeling confident, but by mile three I was already starting to doubt my abilities as exhaustion set in. The humidity made every step that much more difficult, but thanks to my friends Kat Connor and Greg Laurence, we pushed through it. Every water station was a life saver. Thanks so much to all of the volunteers. By mile eight I could really feel it in my legs. The worst feeling was turning a corner and then staring down a street that seemed to go on forever. It was really uplifting to see the whole community and my friends out there to support the runners. It really demonstrated how this event brought the community together. The last few miles were definitely the hardest. Knowing that the finish is just around the corner kills you. You know it’s almost over, but you have to keep up the pace. We finished in just over two hours — right around my targeted time. The Illinois Marathon was a blast and I look forward to being a part of it next year!

»Planning a My Chemical Romance party for next year: Until now, it’s all been in my head, but I’m going to wear so much eye make up and be so angsty this town won’t know what to do with itself. »The fact that Garbage Pale Kids exist in real life: I saw them on the wall in the basement of a really shitty house that I was possibly going to live in next year and I almost signed right then and there. The foundation was crooked and it had water damage but those things will be worth millions some day. »That my ESP is completely fake: About two years ago for some reason I started getting the feeling that I was going to die very soon, but I’m still here. Take that, Earth’s vibrations! Matt Carey Arts & Entertainment Editor

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» Losing Your Chippy: Where is my Chippy?! Is he in a field of buffaloes? The woods? Maybe he’s hiding in a Thanksgiving dinner. I’m worried about you, Chippy. Please come out I miss...Oh! There’s my Chippy! » When your friend wears that embarrassing big African hat to the party: I explicitly told him not to. » Slow Internet: I’m trying to check my sites (the ones for Dads) but I can’t! What the fuck is this? Dial-up?! » Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! ending: Jokes aside, I’m really sad about this. Tim and Eric is my favorite show — ever. It understands me and expresses what’s going on in my life like no other piece of media. I know Tim and Eric have big plans (producing a show with Tommy Wiseau, Check It Out!, with Steve Brule, and allegedly a movie) but I’ll always remember, watch and incessantly quote T&EASGJ! Thanks gentlemen! Your dads are proud. Great job!

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Last Sunday, a group of buzz editors went undercover and voyaged to downtown Urbana’s V. Picasso for a mass review of its tapas. We successfully fooled the waitress into thinking we were an innocent group of friends going to dinner (ha!), although she thought it was strange we were taking pictures of our food. Though the portions were small — probably to be expected at a tapas bar — and prices a tad high for our poor college student budgets, we found the food fascinating and delicious. buzz editor-in-chief Brad Thorp even said he think it’s the classiest meal he’s ever eaten. Check out our tasty tapas collection. EMPANADAS

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Dates are great, but you know what makes them even better? Stufﬁng them with walnuts and blue cheese gorgonzola then wrapping them in bacon! These sweet and savory tapas were by far my favorite of the evening. —Rebekah Nelson, Image Editor

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Fantastico! The honey melts beautifully with the fresh goat cheese spread on a crispy baguette slice. The fried sage with the crunchy, cool zucchini freshens the palette and leaves the plate complete. —Annie Goold, Photo Editor

While it sounds fancy, these were basically just pucks of really good spinach and pine nuts with a crunchy breading. The fried outside and warm spinachy inside was super tasty. It was filled with manchego cheese, which I’m still unfamiliar with, but enjoyed. The chipotle sauce on the side made what would have been a pretty plain spinach taste more interesting. —Jeanine Russell, Food & Drink Editor

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I greatly enjoyed the way the chicken was seasoned; the lemon and paprika combined for a really nice ﬂavor. The chips, which were pretty standard, did a good job of balancing the complex taste of the chicken. All in all, a great dish and a perfect reason to brush up on your high school Spanish. —Bonnie Stiernberg, Calendar Editor

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I came into V. Picasso a tapas virgin, so I was a bit nervous as I bought empanadas. However, I can now be one of the many people that think they’re the greatest snack food in the world. The empanada ﬁlled with with pork chorizo was pretty good, but I would have sold my mom for the one with goat cheese. They were slightly sweet on the outside and stuffed with ﬁlling inside, making for a surprisng and delish contradiction. —Tolu Taiwo, Assistant Community Editor

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by Jenny Beightol Mike ‘N Molly’s beer garden is a downtown Champaign staple. The bar has a reputable whiskey and beer selection and the beer garden features bands all summer long. While these are the well-known things about Mike ‘N Molly’s, buzz sat down with owner Mike Murphy to ﬁnd out a little more. » buzz: Who are Mike and Molly? Murphy: Well, I’m Mike, but most people call me “Murph.” Molly is my younger sister, but she’s not afﬁliated with the bar. I just borrowed her name. » buzz: How would you describe your bar? MM: We’re actually a full-service tavern with all kinds of beer and liquor. Beer, whiskey and scotch are what we’re known for, but we do carry more tequila than most places in the area. » buzz: What is the demographic you’re targeting here in Champaign-Urbana? MM: Most of our patrons are between the ages of 25 and 35, but that’s assuming it’s after 10 p.m. Right now it’s 5:30 p.m., and I’d say the average age is about 45, but it goes down about 10 years every three hours or so. » buzz: What draws people to Mike ‘N Molly’s? MM: Our patrons like the fact that it’s kind of a cozy bar, similar to what they may have seen in bigger cities. We have a beer garden, too. Our

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patrons also know what to expect when they come in here. All of my bartenders have a good humor about them, and we like to play with the people that come in. It’s a game of give-and-take with our patrons, and it’s fun to give them a hard time sometimes. » buzz: Do you offer different themed nights? MM: We do. The Abe Froman Project, a local improv comedy troupe, performs every Monday night. On Mondays we also have karaoke. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays we have trivia, and they’re different each night,

so you can come to both. On Wednesdays we have BINGO from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., and you can win silly prizes. And then Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights we always have either a live band or a DJ. » buzz: What’s something the CU area might not know about Mike ‘N Molly’s? MM: People can bring in their own food! We’re not afﬁliated with anyone, so bring whatever you want. If people want to have dinner in our beer garden, just bring it over. We don’t bite. We’re happy to have anyone come in.

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he creative visions of CU Ballet artistic director Deanna Doty and production designer Andy Warfel meld in the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Swan Lake to produce an evening of dance and visual spectacle. Set to Tchaikovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original score, the ballet will be performed in its entirety on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 9, at 2 p.m. An abridged version will be presented at a 2 p.m. childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s matinee on May 8. Swan Lake tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcererâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s curse. The curse can only be broken if a man, pure in heart, pledges his love to her. Prince Siegfried becomes smitten by Odette the swan but is being forced to choose a human bride by his royal parents. The CU Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rehearsal process has been long and hard due to the level of difficulty and complication of the choreography. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that the dancing is intense has made rehearsals very challenging,â&#x20AC;? said CU Balletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ballet mistress Emily Buss, who is dancing in the production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We, as dancers, have all had to build our stamina and work up to doing full runthroughs [of the show].â&#x20AC;? UIUC dance major Mark Deler, junior in Fine and Applied Arts, finds a different aspect of the production to be his biggest hurdle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say the most challenging part for me has been learning to dance in a ballet corps,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My whole life Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been taught to stand out, so the

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idea of blending in is something Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been working on.â&#x20AC;? Deler was recruited for the CU Ballet by John Dayger, one of his ballet teachers in the UIUC Department of Dance, for last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances of Cinderella. Deler has stuck with the CU Ballet because he enjoys learning more technical skills, and because he loves the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have loved getting to know all of the people I have gotten to work with,â&#x20AC;? Deler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also really enjoy watching Mason Anders, the male principal dancer. He and I teach each other new tricks all the time.â&#x20AC;? Deler plays the Spanish dancer in the ballet, which he said allows him both to act and to dance with some pizzazz. His characterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is to fire people up and to add a different dynamic to the show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swan Lake may get kind of dull for some audience members,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So for those people, the Spanish dance is just what the doctor ordered.â&#x20AC;? Ballet mistress Buss hopes that the audience will genuinely enjoy the performance and will appreciate the aesthetics and quality of the dancers. Keep an eye out for her favorite scene, the White Act, which is the first scene that involves all of the dancing swans.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a dancer, the White Act is a lot of fun, because it epitomizes â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;classical ballet,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Buss said. As a spectator, however, she prefers the garden scene for its beautiful music and fun characters.

a place to call home Art of Community event supports homeless CU residents by Emily Thiersch

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Since its conception in summer 2009, Safe Haven, a self-governing group of 40 homeless residents of Champaign seeking to establish a lasting housing community, has struggled for local support. But UIUC students working with the East St. Louis Action Research Project, a program run by the College of Fine and Applied Arts that serves distressed urban areas, are asking the community to get involved in an event to benefit Safe Haven. With Art of Community, a silent art auction at Indi Go Artist Co-Op in downtown Champaign, the students aim to raise approximately $2,000 to cover Safe Havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s utility costs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With the auction at Indi Go, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping to raise awareness, because Safe Haven is still trying to find a permanent place to stay and live,â&#x20AC;?

said FAA junior Emily Denis, one of the students organizing the event. Last fall, the city forced the group, which then consisted of only around 15 members, to dismantle the tent community it had assembled behind the Catholic Worker House in Champaign, citing a zoning regulation. Since November, Safe Haven has found a temporary home in a building owned by Restoration Urban Ministries. It has its sights set, however, on establishing their own community, which will be available for homeless people. Fifteen artists have already committed to donate their work to the auction. Pieces include photographs, paintings, jewelry and pottery. The silent auction will run from Saturday, May 8, at 6 p.m. through Friday, May 14, at 9 p.m.

The opening and closing events on May 8 and May 14, respectively, will start at 6 p.m. and will feature performances by musicians and artists. The exhibit will also be open to the public from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. from May 10 to May 13. On Thursday, May 13, a local artist will host a creative workshop during the exhibitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open hours. According to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission statement, Safe Haven aims to create â&#x20AC;&#x153;a safe, clean, self-governed community environment for economically distressed residents ... where people living on the streets can have their basic needs met in a stable, sanitary environment.â&#x20AC;? If allowed to operate, such a community would provide citizens without means to claim their basic rights to sleep, dignity, health and attain a measure of self-sufficiency.

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es Cravenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1984 horror masterpiece A Nightmare on Elm Street presented one of the most inventive and horrific villains ever to grace the screen. With his burned skin and vile personality, Freddy Krueger proved that slashers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to be silent like Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees in order to inspire fear in viewers. The film was inventive, terrifying and completely relevant to the cultural transitions of the 1980s. Now, in 2010, we have a cinematic â&#x20AC;&#x153;reimaginingâ&#x20AC;? of A Nightmare on Elm Street, with a new actor (Jackie Earle Haley) playing the razorgloved Freddy for the first time since the series began 26 years ago. Haley is a decent successor to Robert Englundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Freddy, and his version of Freddy looks pretty darn cool. His scars are actually reminiscent of a burn victim rather than the cartoonish makeup of Freddy from the earlier films. Haley growls his lines with delight, and is not the jokester of the previous Nightmare films. Although not given much to do, television veterans Katie Cassidy (Melrose Place) and Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) give commanding performances. Overall, the actual film looks pretty neat. Director Samuel Bayer knows how to set up an effective scene, and the production design of A Nightmare on Elm Street is top notch. However, the film is dull. This is a major problem, as Freddy Krueger is one of the most lively, animated slashers out there, yet somehow this remake manages to evoke sleep in viewers rather

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than fear of Freddy and his world of nightmares. The film follows a constant format: dream sequence, reality, another dream sequence, death of a character. It follows said format for 50 minutes before any of the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ineffective character development occurs. This new, predicatable Nightmare commits the cardinal sin of horror movies: it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all that scary. The characters in A Nightmare on Elm Street are just as dull as the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s script. When the audience is left with only Nancy (Rooney Mara) and Quentin (Kyle Gallner), there is no attachment to either character. Whereas in the original Nancy was fun, opinionated and relatable, this versionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nancy is brooding, dull and distant. Never once does the audience really get a moment of feeling that sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything other than a goth stereotype. The film also takes pride in presenting a detailed history of Freddy and his past, and exposing his motives. This approach could have been intriguing, but it is handled in a way that makes it just like the rest of the film: boring and unimaginative. There was so much potential for the new A Nightmare on Elm Street. The film instead takes the yawn-inducing route of many other horror films. Dreams have endless possibilities, yet the deaths in this film arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even close to as imaginative as other films in the Nightmare series. Do yourself a favor and watch some other, better movies over this one. While this Nightmare looks pretty great, the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s story inspires nothing but ZZZZZZs.

Troll 2 (1990)

by Tim Martens Currently listed at #58 on IMDB.comâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bottom 100 Movies List with a two out of 10 star average, Troll 2 has been called everything from the worst movie of all time to the Citizen Kane of bad movies. So how can someone defend something like this? Very simply, the film is categorized in the wrong genre. Though qualified as a horror, Troll 2 is anything but. It is simply a masterpiece in the genre of comedy. First, Troll 2 has nothing to do with its predecessor, Troll. No characters or plot or story are taken from the first film. Absolutely no trolls appear in Troll 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only goblins. Almost every person in the cast had absolutely no acting experience prior to this film. The extreme example is George Hardy, who

plays the father in the film. The plot also makes for a phenomenal film. A family goes on a vacation to a small town called Nilbog, and the residents there are all goblins disguised as humans. The creatures attempt to make the family eat a green food that will turn them into plants so they can eat the family. Awesome, right? Troll 2 is definitely an epic comedy. The film not only features midgets in potato sacks portraying goblins, but also a fight scene involving a doubledecker bologna sandwich. This film is a cinematic masterpiece. No one will change my mind about it, but hopefully after reading this, I can change yours.

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Ignore the remake! This 1974 slasher classic pioneered the genre four years before Michael Myers even existed! A killer wanders through a sorority house preying on the always fun-to-stab, slutty college student. By making use of very creepy POV shots and an eerie voice that calls on the telephone, Black Christmas remains creepy forty years after it came out. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the perfect film to round out any Christmas movie marathon!

The Stepfather (1987)

Again, ignore the remake! The 1987 original stars Terry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Quinn (John Locke from Lost) as a deranged serial killer who infiltrates families, feigns love and compassion, then brutally murders everyone. Just like dad should! The Stepfather, like every good slasher film, adds some subtle social commentary to the film. Bad slashers just kill people for the hell of it, Stepfather shows the danger and ridiculousness of Regan â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s wealth and extravagance. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing more fun than watching teenage girls run away from scary bad guys and then intellectualizing it afterward!

Cannibal Holocaust (1980)

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prepare for the prairie dog Get to know the bands performing at this year’s Laughing Prairie Dog Festival

Joe Pug is a singer-songwriter of epiphanies and brilliant music. With his clear, honest voice, soft acoustic guitar and startlingly poetic lyrics, Pug breaks through the ordinary with his unforgettable songs such as “Unsophisticated Heart,” “Nation of Heat” and “Hymn 101.” With each song and his harmonica riffs, he gives a fresh pathos to the folk genre. Even as he has released the two albums Messenger and Nation of Heat, he continues on his journey to astound. Joe Pug has an interesting story. The day before his senior year at the University of North Carolina as a playwright student, he decided to pack up and go to Chicago to take up music. In Chicago, he lived a double life, working as a carpenter during the day while budding as a serious musician at night. Through the support of his fans, he was able to spread the word of his music and truly establish himself. Now, he tours throughout the U.S. as well as Europe. Although he plays without a band, he shows that even a soloist can hold the stage and captivate the audience with his earnest simplicity. Multitalented and down-to-earth, Pug is an act to see and hear. —Justine Chan

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Yourself and the Air

Yourself and the Air, originally from Chicago, is comprised of Erick Crosby, Drew Rasmussen and Jeff Papendorf, and is currently signed with the record label Hands Organics. Though they have played before on campus, this show will be their debut at the Canopy Club. “[We’re] pretty excited about playing in Urbana,” said Papendorf, keyboardist. “It’s a cool spot, and we’re excited to play on a sweet night.” The band is keeping itself busy this summer, after its stop in CU. “We have a string of shows coming up in May,” Papendorf said. “We’re writing a lot of new material right now and hopefully releasing a new album soon. We’re plugging along.” Indie-rock is the only way Papendorf could describe their sound, but said their an envolving band so they still have a full ride in front of them. After losing their bassist earlier this year, the band is adapting to that change as well. “It was sort of stressful at first, but we’re building a lot of steam and are excited about what we are doing,” he said. “We’ve had some changes, but at the moment, we have a lot of cool, new songs that we are really excited to play. Hopefully we will have a really good summer touring.” —Amy Armstrong

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The Indiana foursome Jookabox has traveled the world playing their unique brand of music, and now they’re returning to CU to participate in WPGU’s Laughing Prairie Dog Festival. This band combines a variety of genres including hip-hop, punk and soul to create a sound that is distinct and like nothing you’ve ever heard before. Jookabox uses beats and samples, as well as a full band with guitar, bass, drums and keyboard. A combination of soulful and howling vocals define their catchy lyrics that will stick in your head for days. Their live show captures their sound and makes it visual. “We try to keep it high energy,” said band frontman David “Moose” Adamson. “We don’t really do any of our quieter songs live.” The Laughing Prairie Dog Festival is one of the many stops on Jookabox’s upcoming tour before they return to the studio to work on recording a new album. They are most certainly a must-see act. —Aaron Shults

CU band New Ruins will be performing at the festival for the first time this year. The four-piece band’s music can be loosely described as indie. “It’s original. We’re just people who like playing music together. Just play what you play,” said Roy Ewing, drummer of the band. “You just have to listen to it.” New Ruins has been around the CU music scene for about five years. “It’s a good opportunity for us to play, hang out and help out for a good cause,” said member Caleb Means. They are looking forward to playing with the other bands at the Festival. “There’s a good mix of bands. It’s a lot of bands that sound different, and that’s good,” said member Elzie Sexton. Make sure to check these guys out at WPGU’s Laughing Prairie Dog Festival. —Jeremy Lin

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Local artists release their newest album White Noise Bed

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Being able to participate in the making of history is something to which most people probably do not give much thought. It is also an opportunity that most people would not turn down given the chance. This Thursday, musical history will be in the making at Canopy Club, right here on the UI campus as local band, Santah, throws the release party and plays a show for their first-ever full-length album, White Noise Bed. “People will take away something really special [from the show] and share a moment with us,” said Stan McConnell, lead singer and songwriter for the band. Santah has been an evolving force within the Champaign-Urbana music scene for about four years and continues to grow. In fact, since the band released their last EP, there have been lineup switches, and the band has changed considerably. “The last official release from Santah wasn’t really the Santah that it is now,” said Tommy Trafton,

keyboard and piano player. Trafton was not a part of the original lineup, but joined the band just before the release of the most recent EP. This constant change is part of what makes the band interesting, not only to fans, but to the band itself. “One thing that’s great about our band, and one thing that keeps me wanting to stay in the group, is the fact that our music has drastically changed since the beginning of the band,” Trafton said. The band said the full-length album is the culmination of four years of hard work and a process of learning. They deliberately sought out recording space that would be congruent with who they felt they had become as a group and spent five months perfecting their current sound. “Whether or not it’s the perfect record, I don’t know, but we’ve succeeded in the fact that it’s a cohesive presentation of what we are now,” McConnell said. “In the end, I hope that it reso-

nates with a bittersweet optimism.” Most members of Santah are also students and will be graduating this May, so they are familiar with the perils of finals season. But the show promises to be a welcomed break worth the time spent away from the books. The band members anticipate seeing some familiar faces and are always excited about the comfort zone created by playing for loyal fans. They also hope that they will be able to widen their audience. “It would definitely be the show to come to if you’ve never been to a Santah show,” Trafton said. “We’re going to make sure it’s our best Santah show.” Tickets will be $7 at the door, but the band invites anyone to contact them in advance for $5 tickets. “It will be nothing short of a really joyous celebration where we get to unveil all our new tunes and just be really comfortable with ourselves,” McConnell said.

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THURSDAY 6 live music Mayday Parade Canopy Club, U, 5:30pm, $13 Point of No Return Iron Post, U, 7pm Blues Jam with The Sugar Prophets Cowboy Monkey, C, 9:30pm Santah: CD Release Party Canopy Club, U, 10pm

dependent Media Center, U, 2pm

kids & families Preschool Story Time Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 10am ARTfusion Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm

mind/body/spirit

Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 dj Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Don Briskin Country Night with DJ Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Halfdead and Free Line 4pm, $12 Dance Lessons from Ashtanga Yoga with Scotty Van Zant Lauren Quinn Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Tavern, Tolono, 8pm 5:30pm, $12 No cover before 8pm. Yin Yoga with Lauren REMIXXX Thursdays Quinn with DJ Bob Bass Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12 DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm faith All Request Thursdays Chester Street, C, 9pm Moms & Grandmas Swing Dance Group Illini Union, U, 9:30pm University Baptist Church, C, 12pm karaoke Undergrad Bible Study University Baptist Church, DJ Bange C, 8:30pm Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm miscellaneous Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, The Bike Project: Open 9pm Hours CG Productions presents Urbana-Champaign InRockStar Karaoke featur- dependent Media Center, ing Crazy Craig U, 6pm Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaYarn ‘n Yak voy, 9pm Rantoul Public Library, CG Productions presents Rantoul, 7pm RockStar Karaoke featurclasses & workshops ing Karaoke Opie Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Swing Dance Lesson CG Productions presents Illini Union, U, 9:30pm RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch FRIDAY 7 Fireside Bar and Grill, C, live music 10pm The Prairie Dogs movies Iron Post, U, 5pm Live Jazz The Girl with the Dragon Jim Gould Restaurant, C, Tattoo 7pm The Art Theater, C, Ryan Patrick 7:30pm, $6.50-$9 Aroma Cafe, C, 7pm volunteer Big Creek Guitar Band Huber’s West End Store, UC Books to Prisoners C, 8pm Work Session Run For Cover Urbana-Champaign In-

Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5 The Brat Pack Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 9pm White Trash Rodeo Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Eclipse: Tribute to Pink Floyd Canopy Club, U, 10pm, $10 Mike Ingram and Kayla Brown Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

Market(s): An Overview of the Art World in 2010 Champaign Country Club, C, 12pm

fundraisers

Top 40 Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Grown KidZ Funk Radio Maria, C, 10pm DJ Delayney Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 DJ Tim Williams Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJs Ian Procell and Reﬂex Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Fubar Fridays Fubar Lounge, C, 10pm DJ Dreea Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm Urbana Country Dancers Contra Dance Phillips Recreation Center, U, 8pm, $4-$5 “The Meltdown”: Latin Night at V. Picasso V. Picasso, U, 10pm

Cycling For Cancer Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5

kids & families Japanese Club Open House Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 6:30pm Spring Prairie Skies William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm, $3-$4

mind/body/spirit Yoga at Krannert Art Museum

Jeff Kerr & Billy Galt Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm Tree Thump & Tsigoti Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 8pm, $6 The Impalas Bentley’s Pub, C, 9pm Laughing Prairie Dog Festival Vol. 2 Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10 With special guests: Joe Pug, Jookabox, Yourself and The Air, New Ruins and Winner of Frattle of The Bands. Heartache & Tears Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Jason & The Haymakers Memphis on Main, C,

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CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Matt Fear Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm

UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

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kids & families

Event Popular presents: Saturday Nite Mic The Clark Bar, C, 9pm, $5

Children’s Art Festival Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 10am movies Kids Natural Arts and Crafts Playshops The Thing The Art Theater, C, 10pm, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $16 $6.50-$9 Environmental Education stage Center Open Swan Lake by Champaign Homer Lake Forest Preserve, Homer, 10am Urbana Ballet Kids Yoga with Kathryn Virginia Theatre, C, 2pm, Fitzgerald $6-$24 Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Saturday Night Comedy 11:30am, $8 Showcase In My Backyard Memphis on Main, C, William M. Staerkel Plan7pm, $5 etarium, C, 7pm, $3-$4

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Market at the Square Lincoln Square, U, 7am Choose locally-raised foods and treasure-hunt among the art and craft vendor booths.

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Colors of the Chakras — Art Reception MEMBER FDIC Old Vic Art Gallery, C, CG Productions presents 10am RockStar Karaoke featurOpening Reception for ing Crazy Craig Krannert Art Museum and 9:30pm, $5 Man Made Blast, Margar- the School of Art + DeSenator’s Bar & Grill, SaKinkead Pavilion, C voy, 9pm Power Flow with Amanda ita Barn Party and Neoga sign Bachelor of Fine Arts Blacksmith Exhibition CG Productions presents Reagan Iron Post, U, 9:30pm Krannert Art Museum and RockStar Karaoke Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Hip Rock vs. Indie Hop Kinkead Pavilion, C, 5pm Rumor’s Bar and Grill, U, 12pm, $12 Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, 9pm Happy Hour Yoga with art exhibit $5 Karaoke at Po’ Boys Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Po’ Boys, U, 9pm School of Art + Design dj 5:30pm, $12 Bachelor of Fine Arts movies Exhibition and Opening Request Night DJ miscellaneous Reception Boomerang, U, 8pm The Thing Krannert Art Museum and Hip Hop at Bradley’s II The Art Theater, C, 10pm, Spirits From the Sky, Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am, Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 $6.50-$9 Thunder on the Land 5pm William M. Staerkel Plan- DJ Mertz art Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm etarium, C, 8pm, $4 game-playing DJ and Dancing Krannert Art Museum Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Chess Club for Kids Spring Luncheon and SATURDAY 8 Firehaus Saturdays Lecture Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm Firehaus, C, 10pm Champaign Country Club, live music literary DJ Bundy C, 12pm Live Jazz Fireside Bar and Grill, C, Jim Gould Restaurant, C, “The Countess and the lectures 10pm 7pm Mob” — Book Signing Kilborn Alley Blues Band Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J Jane Addams Book Shop, Spring Luncheon and Radio Maria, C, 10pm Po’ Boys, U, 8am C, 1pm Lecture: State of the

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Mother’s Day Folk Frolic Iron Post, U, 5pm, $7 CU Folk and Roots Fest Fundraiser Iron Post, U, 5pm Live music at Carmon’s Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 5:30pm Live Irish Music with Emerald Rum Blind Pig Co., The, C, 5:30pm

karaoke Rock Band Sundays Hosted by MC Remy Bentley’s Pub, C, 8pm

open mic Anything Goes Open Mic Night with Jeremy Harper Memphis on Main, C, 8:30pm

stage

Champaign Urbana Ballet Presents: Swan Lake fundraisers Virginia Theatre, C, 2pm, $6-$24 Grand Prairie Friends Open Stage Native Plants Sale Red Herring Coffeehouse, Lincoln Square Village, U, 7:30pm U, 8am Drag Show Downward Dogathon Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 1pm Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4

mind/body/spirit

art exhibit

Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5pm, $12 Group Meditation and Spiritual Discourse Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 5pm

School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Opening Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am

miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm Spirits From the Sky, Thunder on the Land William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 8pm, $4

SUNDAY 9 live music Brunch with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 10am

recreation Sunday Morning Bird Walks Anita Purves Nature Center, U, 7:30am

game-playing Role-Playing Games Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 6:30pm Trivia Night at The Blind Pig Brewery The Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm

kids & families Open Gym Basketball Champaign County Brookens Administration Center, U, 1pm, $1

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concert

Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 3:30pm, $12 Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 1pm, $12 Prenatal Yoga with Tami Mor Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:15pm, $12

WWHP presents Ray Wylie Hubbard for a special Redneck Mother’s Day show Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 7:30pm, $15-$18

miscellaneous

open mic

The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

Open Stage for Bands/ Musicians Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

classes & workshops

karaoke Acoustic Karaoke with Steve Meadows Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

stage Swan Lake by Champaign Urbana Ballet Virginia Theatre, C, 2pm, $6-$24 Monday Night Comedy Illini Union, U, 8pm Abe Froman Project Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm

Cheese Making Workshop Common Ground Food Coop, U, 3pm, $14-$28 West African Dance Classes with Djibril Camara Channing-Murray Founda- art exhibit tion, U, 6pm, $10-$12 School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Opening Monday 10 Reception live music Krannert Art Museum and Weekly Jazz Jam Session Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am Iron Post, U, 7pm, $2 art One Dollar Wild Mondays with Jobu VAMP Film Photography Canopy Club, U, 10pm Meetings Noyes Lab, U, 8pm

Industrial Night: DJ SorceryKid presents Nekromancy Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 ‘80s Night Highdive, C, 10pm

game-playing GAS (Games After School) Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm Trivia with Evan and

Monte Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Board Game Night Radio Maria, C, 10:30pm

kids & families O Baby! Champaign Public Library, C, 10:30am, 11:15am

fundraisers Edison Middle School Benefit Po’ Boys, U, 4pm

mind/body/spirit Yoga Fundamentals Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Hatha Yoga with Grace Giorgio Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12

miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 5:30pm

WPGU presents Trivia Diner hosted by Fishing With Dynamite Canopy Club, U, 7pm

7pm, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 karaoke Slow Flow with Amanda Reagan Paul Faber hosts Dragon literary Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Karaoke Stories and Beer 5:30pm, $12 The Clark Bar, C, 9pm Iron Post, U, 5pm Introduction to Mantra CG Productions presents Listen to a variety of loRockStar Karaoke featur- cal, visiting and U of I af- Meditation ing DJ Switch filiated writers read from Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 7:30pm Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm their work. Introduction to MeditaRockstar Karaoke Red Herring Fiction tion Classes Fat City Bar & Grill, C, Workshop 10pm Channing-Murray Founda- Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 7:30pm tion, U, 7:30pm Retro Night Chester Street, C, 9pm

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Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

stage Zoo Improv at Indi Go Gallery Indi Go artist co-op, C, 9pm, $2

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School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Opening Reception classes & workshops Krannert Art Museum and Pet U: Red Cross First Aid Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am and CPR recreation Vet Med Basic Sciences Building, U, 6:30pm, $30- Weekly Red Pin Bowling $40 Special Illini Union, U, 6pm Table Talk Book Club Tuesday 11 Douglass Branch Library, live music C, 6:30pm Corn Desert Ramblers game-playing Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Role Playing The Piano Man Rantoul Public Library, Canopy Club, U, 9pm Rantoul, 6:30pm

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faith

UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

Grad Students & Professionals Weekly Fellowship Lunch University Baptist Church, C, 11:30am

kids & families

Wednesday 12

Rec Zone Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 3:45pm, $4-$6 Story Time Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm

lgbt eQuality Champaign-Urbana meeting Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 7pm

mind/body/spirit Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Don Briskin Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 4pm, $12 Ashtanga Yoga with Lauren Quinn Amara Yoga & Arts, U,

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Hillbilly Humpday with DJ Halfdead Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 8pm Boys Night Out with DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm I Love the ‘90s Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Tango Night with DJ Joe Grohens Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Rave To The Grave: Dance Night Canopy Club, U, 9pm Weekly Salsa Night Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

Girls’ Night Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 8pm

karaoke CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch The Corner Tavern, Monticello, 8pm International Karaoke hosted by Paul Faber V. Picasso, U, 9pm

open mic Open mic at Green St. Green St. Cafe, C, 8pm Open Stage Comedy Night Memphis on Main, C, 9pm

art exhibit School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Opening Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am

mind/body/spirit Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Hatha Flow Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 Candlelight Yoga with Kim Morin Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12 Tarot Readings by Jace Hoppes Chester Street, C, 10pm, $5

faith Grad Students & Professionals Bible Study University Baptist Church, C, 7pm

miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6:30pm

Thursday 13 live music Joel Spencer Graduate Recital Iron Post, U, 6pm Justin Moore Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $17

Country Night with DJ Halfdead and Free Line Dance Lessons from Scotty Van Zant Radmaker’s Rock & Roll game-playing Tavern, Tolono, 8pm No cover before 8pm. Pokémon Fan Club REMIXXX Thursdays Rantoul Public Library, with DJ Bob Bass Rantoul, 5:30pm Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Euchre Tournament DJ Funktopus Po’ Boys, U, 7:30pm Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Bingo Mike ’n Molly’s, C, 9:30pm All Request Thursdays Chester Street, C, 9pm Screwball Trivia Night Swing Dance Radio Maria, C, 11pm Illini Union, U, 9:30pm

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DJ Bange Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, 9pm kids & families CG Productions presents Storyshop at the Branch RockStar Karaoke featurDouglass Branch Library, C, ing Crazy Craig Senator’s Bar & Grill, Sa10:30am

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voy, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Karaoke Opie Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring DJ Switch Fireside Bar and Grill, C, 10pm

movies The Thing The Art Theater, C, 10pm, $6.50-$9

art exhibit School of Art + Design Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition and Opening Reception Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 9am

recreation Free Self Defense Class Hwa Rang Do Champaign Academy, U, 1pm

volunteer UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

kids & families Preschool Story Time

Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 10am ARTfusion Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm

mind/body/spirit Core Yoga Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Don Briskin Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 4pm, $12 Ashtanga Yoga with Lauren Quinn Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12 Yin Yoga with Lauren Quinn Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7pm, $12

faith Moms & Grandmas Group University Baptist Church, C, 12pm Undergrad Bible Study University Baptist Church, C, 8:30pm

miscellaneous The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm

RANTS & RAVES Tri-Town Talk

Yarn ‘n Yak Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 7pm

Night at V. Picasso V. Picasso, U, 10pm

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CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featuring Crazy Craig Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke Rumor’s Bar and Grill, U, 9pm Karaoke at Po’ Boys Po’ Boys, U, 9pm

Swing Dance Lesson Illini Union, U, 9:30pm

Friday 14 live music Darden Purcell Jazz Combo Iron Post, U, 5pm Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm PBS Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm Honky Tonk Trio Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm

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Top 40 Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 DJ Tim Williams Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm DJ Delayney Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Fubar Fridays Fubar Lounge, C, 10pm DJs Ian Procell and Reflex Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Grown KidZ Funk Radio Maria, C, 10pm “The Meltdown” Latin

Spring Prairie Skies William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm, $3-$4

mind/body/spirit Power Flow with Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12pm, $12 Happy Hour Yoga with Amanda Reagan Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 5:30pm, $12

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Santah CD Release Show Canopy Club 708 S. Goodwin Ave., U. Thursday, May 6 10 p.m. $5 in advance $7 at the door Finals, shminals. This reading day, I’ll be burning the midnight oil with a large portion of the buzz crew at the Canopy Club to see the Santah, Dr. Manhattan and Grandkids concert. Put down this paper and schedule it in your iCal — it’s bound to be a great show. — Emily

Dear couples everywhere/especially on campus, we know you are together, it’s not that hard to figure out. There is no need for you to prove it i.e. walking at .1 mi/hour so that you can make out/hold hands awkwardly, some of us are trying to get to class. Also if you are in the library and in a designated quiet area, GODDAMMIT shut up, no one cares to hear your stupid lovey-dovey bullshit while they are trying to study.

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Now I’ve heard nothing but amazing things about Ms. Brown, and I recently listened to her newest record, but I’ve unfortunately never seen her live! This is pretty embarrassing being music editor and all, so that’s gotta stop. I’m super excited to see her live and see why she has the phenomenal reputation she has in this town. And then again, I don’t think Ingram has ever been one to disappoint, so it seems like it should be a pretty solid evening!— Emily Carlson, Music Editor

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Anybody else amused by the Espresso Royale commercial on WPGU boasting about their sandwiches on “artesian bread”?

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So long, TV with bunny ears. Later, fax machine. Hasta la vista, pager. It’s not you, it’s me, there just weren’t any electric sparks anymore. That’s why I’m donating you FOR free at the residential electronics collection. I’m sorry our breakup is via text message, but I just got me a Mac. He’s totally fine... — Em-J Staples, Community Editor

“Rants and Raves” is an anonymous space for your words, not ours. Post (anonymously) on the217.com’s Rants & Raves forum (find it on the home page) and we will put your scribblings in an upcoming issue. We reserve the right to refuse to publish any post on the basis of content.

Dear so-called-friend. Don’t text me 20 times a day rehashing how badly you really, really, REALLY want a boyfriend. People are dying of AIDS, Israel and Palestine still haven’t made peace, and I have to study for finals. My level of caring is at 2, and I am five texts messages away from stabbing you in the eye.

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As per usual, I don’t know anything about this band. Why spend my time learning about new times when Pearl Jam is still alive? It’d be as fruitless as going to Kam’s and expecting to have a good time. Will I still attend? That’s none of your damn business. — Matt Carey, Arts & Entertainment Editor

Sadly, I’ve never heard that commercial, but that is very funny. I don’t know that I’d care to try something that sounds so soggy, though.

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My strength is not for hurting.

DOIN’ IT WELL

by Jo Sanger and Ross Wantland

Yes Is More

Interviewing the Creators of Yes Means Yes!

Recently, Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti, editors of the anthology, Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape, visited campus to talk about fighting for good sex and working to end rape. Doin’ It Well caught up with them to ask them more about sexual power, virginity, and Hannah Montana. Saying Yes

Meet Jessica Valenti, creator of feministing.com, one of the most popular feminist online blogs, and recent author of The Purity Myth. And meet Jaclyn Friedman, executive director of Women, Action and the Media, and a pro-sex, anti-rape activist for over 20 years. Their edited anthology, Yes Means Yes, was born out of their frustration with articles blaming women for violence perpetrated by rapists. The old messages, they said, weren’t working any longer; they were too vague. For instance, they felt the message that “rape isn’t about sex” was too simplistic. Rather than believing that rape had nothing to do with sex,Valenti and Friedman believed rape was part of our messed up cultural dynamics around sex. Friedman said, “[Society is] not going to educate rapists not to rape. We need to create a healthy sexual culture where these dynamics can become more obvious.” So they put out a call for essays that promoted healthy sex while discouraging sexual violence. » buzz: And what is female sexual power? Jaclyn Friedman: It’s about having all of your choices. This is my body; this is my sexuality, however you answer the question.

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Valenti’s recent book examines the ways that virginity gets fetishized by society, including purity balls (father-daughter dances pledging the young girl’s virginity to her father until she is married), and abstinence-only education. Because the media shows an explicit value on sexualizing women’s bodies, virginity is prescribed as the antidote. By calling one type of woman good and clean, another woman is seen as “dirty.” As Valenti said, “purity and the hypersexual message are two sides of the same coin.” Additionally, because these messages focus so much on women’s purity, men are viewed as natural sexual aggressors, while women are seen as people who don’t want sex! Unbelievable

In their talk, Valenti and Friedman asked the audience to brainstorm characteristics of a rape survivor whose case would be believed and prosecuted. After the audience said that the survivor would have to be a white, middle-class, virginal, petite, blonde woman, Valenti and Friedman flashed Taylor Swift’s image on the screen. But, they added, they used to use another woman’s image — Miley Cyrus. “Because Miley Cyrus is an evil slut,” Friedman joked. Of course, Miley Cyrus is behaving in age-appropriate sexual ways, but every time she does it publicly, “we treat Miley as if she’s killing puppies on TV.”

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Valenti and Friedman believe sex shouldn’t be a “commodity,” but a dynamic performance. In a “commodity model,” sex is an item up for sale. Women are encouraged to “save themselves” for the highest price: a marriage. If she “sells” for anything less, she is viewed as cheap or a slut. Men, however, are expected to “buy” sex as cheaply as possible. There are different expectations and costs for whether someone is a “buyer” or a “seller” in this market. In a “performance model,” sex would be like an improv jazz performance. When two or more “musicians” decide they might like to “play” together, their interaction can be fluid, spontaneous, and ends whenever a musician wants to stop. In this scene, all players are encouraged to have “practice” and familiarity with their instruments. Valenti exclaimed, “Why would I want to play music with someone who’s never played music before?”

Valenti’s new book is soon to be a movie through the Media Education Foundation. And Friedman is working on a workbook entitled, What You Really Really Want, to assist women in exploring what they do want sexually. Working on Yes Means Yes, she met several women who love the idea of female sexual power, but they aren’t sure where to begin. Whether it’s the workbook, their blogs, or the work they do, Valenti and Friedman are helping us all figure out what we really, really want. Thanks to Valenti and Friedman for the interview, and thanks to the Women’s Resources Center for bringing them to town! Stay tuned till next week as we take a supportive look at infertility.

Good Sex! (Except for the Rapists…)

So what can we do to promote good sex? Friedman and Valenti want us all to be able to have fun — sexual and non-sexual! Don’t limit women’s behaviors for their “protection;” create environments that are safe for them. Also, they promote “enthusiastic consent,” which is finding hot, excited, sexy ways to talk to your partner about what they want — both our right and our responsibility! By changing our environments, we can make “rape-y” behaviors obvious. “That’s my motto,” Friedman said. “Better sex for everyone, except the rapists.”

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19) Hip hop music definitely needs to include more tuba playing. I think that’s what’s missing from it. Likewise, the sport of skateboarding would benefit from having more dogs and monkeys that can master its complexities; the state of journalism could be improved by including more babies as reporters; and you Aries folks would significantly upgrade your life by learning how to play the game of cricket. (If you believe everything I just said, you’ll be equally gullible when a little voice in your head tries to convince you to seek out things you don’t really need or adopt behavior that doesn’t suit you.)

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20) Among the ancient Anglo-Saxons, the month of May was called “Thrimilce.” The word referred to the fact that cows were so productive at this time of year that they could be milked three times a day. I thought of that as I studied your current astrological data, Taurus. During this year’s Thrimilce, you are almost impossibly fertile and abundant and creative. My advice is to give generously, but not to the point of exhaustion: the equivalent of three times a day, but not four.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20) In accordance with the astrological omens, I encourage you to seek out a concentrated period of sweet oblivion. Not a numb, narcotized limbo. Not a mournful unconsciousness that’s motivated by a depressive urge to give up. No, Gemini: The mental blankness that you cultivate should be generated by a quest to rejuvenate yourself, and it must have qualities of deliciousness and delight. You not only have a need to rest and recharge in a lush nowhere -- you also have the right to do so.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22) A while back, I gave my readers this homework: “Tell a story about the time a divine intervention reached down and altered your course in one tricky, manic swoop.” A woman named Kelly testified as follows: “At first I was disturbed to find I couldn’t identify the last time Spirit descended into my midst with a forceful intervention. But finally I realized why: I have been working to make my whole life be guided by the Spirit of my Higher Power, as a deep undercurrent. That way I don’t need bolts of lightening to fix my course.” This is a useful lesson, Cancerian. It’s an excellent time for you to follow Kelly’s lead. Ask yourself how you could cultivate a deep, abiding undercurrent of the good influence you want to have guide you, thereby making lightning bolts of divine intervention unnecessary.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22) The exact height of Mt. Everest has proved challenging to determine. Even using modern scientific methods, different teams of surveyors have come up with varying measurements. The problem is not simply with the calculations themselves. The world’s tallest peak is definitely evolving. Shifts in the earth’s tectonic plates work to raise it up and move it northeastward. But there’s also evidence that the melting of its glaciers due to climate change is causing it to shrink. A member of one mountain climbing expedition said, “If Everest is bobbing up and down, we must hope to catch it on a low day.” I bring this to your attention, Leo, in order to offer you a metaphor for the coming weeks. Your version of Mt. Everest is shriveling. Get ready to ascend.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Have you been lusting after spiritual traditions other than your own? Have you been fantasizing about cheating on the deity you’ve always been faithful to, and seeking a taboo liaison with a strange and exciting god from another part of reality? If so, Virgo, that’s a good sign. I suspect you could use a few adjustments to your familiar relationship with the Divine Wow. After all, you have gone through a lot of changes since the last time you hammered out your definitive theories about the meaning of life. What made good sense for you back then can’t be completely true for you any more. So feel free to let your mind wander in the direction of holy experiments.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) When a girl is born, her ovaries already contain all the eggs she will ever have. What this means, of course, is that a part of you was in your grandmother’s womb as well as in your mother’s. Now would be an excellent time to celebrate that primal fact. Your connection with your mother’s mother is especially important these days. I suggest you meditate on what gifts and liabilities you received from her (genetic and otherwise), and how you might be able to make better use of the gifts even as you take steps to outwit the liabilities. SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Who is the person most unlike you in the world? I suggest you study that person for tips on how to improve your life. What are the healthy experiences you are least attracted to? You might want to meditate on exactly why they’re so unappealing, and use that information to update your ideas about yourself. What are the places on the earth that you long ago decided you would never visit? I invite you to fantasize being in those places and enjoying yourself. Can you guess why I’m calling this Opposite Week, Scorpio?

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Are you in a trance or a rut or a jam? If so, excuse yourself. It’s break time! You need spaciousness. You need slack. You need to wander off and do something different from what you have been doing. If there’s any behavior you indulge in with manic intensity, drop it for a while. If you’ve been caught up in a vortex of excruciating sincerity or torturous politeness, shake it off and be more authentic. Of all the good reasons you have for relaxing your death-grip, here’s one of the best: Life can’t bring you the sublime gift it has for you until you interrupt your pursuit of a mediocre gift.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19) The state of Texas is a Capricorn, having become part of the United States on December 29, 1845. At that time, it was granted the right to divide itself into five separate states at some future date. So far it hasn’t chosen to do so, and I would advise it to continue that policy. I extend the same counsel to all of my Capricorn readers. From an astrological perspective, this is not a favorable time for you to break yourself up into sub-sections. On the contrary: I suggest you sow unity and solidarity among your various parts.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18) I’m all for recycling, composting, and carpooling. Anything you and I can do to reduce our carbon footprint is brilliant. But I also agree with author Chris Hedges, who says, “The reason the ecosystem is dying is not because we still have a dryer in our basement. It is because corporations look at everything, from human beings to the natural environment, as exploitable commodities. It is because consumption is the engine of corporate profits.” So beyond our efforts to save the earth by adjusting our own individual habits, we’ve got to revise the way corporations work. Now let’s apply this way of thinking to the specific personal dilemma you’re facing right now: It’s important for you to change yourself, yes -- and I’m glad you’re taking responsibility for your role in the complications -- but you will also have to transform the system you’re part of.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20) Every year Americans fork over six times as much money on buying lottery tickets as they do on going to the movies, according to the documentary film Lucky. Yet many people who actually buck the improbable odds regard their “luck” as a curse. “Winning the lottery is like throwing Miracle-Gro on all your character defects,” said one person. Let this serve as a cautionary tale for you in the coming months, Pisces. To get ready for the good things that are headed your way, you should work to purify any darkness that’s lurking in your unconscious.

Solution in Classifieds.

Across

1 Maggie Gyllenhaal’s brother 5 Tallahassee’s st. 8 Earthy shade 13 Fix text 14 “___ Boot” 15 Weasel out (on) 16 “You’d think Band A would hold up, but it’s flimsy. Band B wins.” 19 Like some computer errors 20 Blood type for about 6% of the U.S. pop. 21 They follow B 22 Unable to work, perhaps 24 First responder 26 Comp. storage sites 27 Forever, it seems 31 “Charter” tree 33 Diamond Head locale 35 “Band B wins, since Band A only has a tolerance for booze.” 39 Drink from (a bowl), like a cat 40 Cutesy-___ 41 Four Holy Roman Emperors 43 “Drop Band A on Band B? Band B wins, no contest.” 46 Art ___ 47 Suffix for orange or lemon 48 Gaelic tongue 49 “Ben-___” 51 Abbr. in some town names 53 Furthest degree 55 Fertile Crescent’s place 57 Golfer Aoki 59 Inspected diamonds? 64 “Band B wins, because it’s pointy and doesn’t digest well.” 67 Early actress Langtry 68 Dir. opposite WNW 69 “Scientific American Frontiers” host Alan 70 Didn’t dine out 71 “Slippery When ___” (Bon Jovi album) 72 Spotted

Down

1 Constantly napping member of the Wiggles 2 Song from Sarah McLachlan’s “Surfacing” 3 Highland Games garb 4 “At Last” blues singer ___ James 5 Prez on the dime 6 Kitschy illumination 7 Part of AARP 8 “___ the fields we go...” 9 “Mad Money” network 10 Job search insider 11 Spurred (on) 12 Hull wreckers 15 Stringy cleaner 17 Mr. Manning 18 “Isn’t that something?” 23 ___ Lobos 25 California/Nevada attraction 27 The whole thing 28 Burrito add-on, for short 29 Fashionable sandal 30 Drive-thru drink 32 Villainous surname in the Super Mario Bros. series 34 Request to the dealer 36 Blacksburg sch. 37 What automobile interiors may drown out 38 Geologic time periods 42 Sault ___ Marie Canals 44 Candle type 45 Hound healer 49 “Se ____ espaÒol” 50 “___ wisely” 52 Reptilian warning 54 Clueless response 56 Obesity drug Orlistat, more familiarly 58 Not too many 60 CEOs may have them 61 Stripper’s fixture 62 “The Neverending Story” author Michael 63 Jimmy of sausage 65 Half of an eternal balance 66 Ready to roll

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Recalling my Childhood Merit badges given as a Cub Scout I tried to do a number of basement carving whistles, but I got on board things when I was a little so I stuck with it. kid, all with varying degrees Even then there was some sort of merit badge of success. Actually, that’s for doing just about anything a person could not completely true. Most think of. I performed a magic show in the of the things could simply church basement and that was a badge. I did be considered failures, but daily chores and that was some sort of award, I gave them a shot, nevertheless. There was a too. Learn to tie a few knots, get another piece brief period of time that involved a bassoon and of jewelry. Cook a meal; get a patch for my shirt. my inability to understand it in any way. There I tried to acquire as many pieces of recognition was also a period of time with a banjo that could as I could manage. At that point in my life, I only be described as obscene. I was on some would have run down Main Street naked warnswimming team for nearly a day and a half, but ing the townspeople of an alien invasion if there I quit once I realized they were focused only on would have been a merit badge involved. swimming and not on playing grabass in the On the days of meetings, we were encouraged pool. The one thing I did manage to stick with to wear all of these medals, badges, patches for a few years was Cub Scouts. I’m not sure and such on our little Boy Scout outfits. The why that stuck as long as it did, but it still seems meetings were right after school so that meant sort of fun when I look back on it. a whole day of looking like a dipshit. The little I started thinking about this when I read that handkerchiefs that we tied around our necks the Cub Scouts now offer a merit badge in video were no freaking prizes either. That’s all I gaming. Well, piss; if that would have been around when I was little, I could have been the best- At that point in my life, I would have run damn scout ever. In order to earn down Main Street naked warning the the honor, the scout has to explain why there should be rating townspeople of an alien invasion if there systems for games. They also would have been a merit badge involved. have to explain the importance of doing chores, homework and generally making a schedule. Then they learn a needed in second grade was another thing the new game under parental supervision, and they fourth graders could try to choke me with durhave a new belt loop, which I think is sort of like ing recess. I never really complained though, what we used to get, but back then it was just a because it was sort of fun and I looked damned bead or something. good in a neckerchief, even in those days. People are sort of making fun of the Cub Towards the end of the Cub Scouts, we had Scouts for integrating video games in their a Pinewood Derby. It was sort of like a creepy program, but it seems to me they’re bending prom for boys who were still scared of girls. My over backwards just to seem relevant. It wasn’t dad and I carved out my little car. We painted especially cool to be a Cub Scout when I was it, tested it, added stickers and a few pieces of a kid, so I’m guessing it’s considered far worse bling that didn’t much help the wind resistance, nowadays. They want to teach boys to be good and then went to the derby. Once the cars made citizens, and while that’s a fine idea, the entire it down the track without exploding or causing concept still strikes me as odd for a reason I a fatality, that was the end of that. can’t quite put my finger on. If pressed, I would Now that I’d reached a certain age, it was grudgingly say it was actually really good for me time to move one. The suggested path as a as a boy, but even at that age, it still seemed a Cub Scout was to become a Webelo. I didn’t little weird. much care for the name and by that time I only The dad of one of my friends from school wanted a merit badge in cool. Girls weren’t called my mom to ask if I’d be interested in join- quite as icky as I’d originally thought, and I felt ing the troop. It seemed like this fella never got it was time to begin playing sports that didn’t his merit badge in minding his own freaking involve leg wrestling with another boy or pushbusiness, but whatever. I was more than happy ing a car down a long track. I came to realize running around the backyard and pretending I that it was sort of awesome that David Bowie was a super hero, but once the scouting idea wore make up and that it was far more rewardwas introduced to me, I decided to join. I think ing to be a smart-ass than a good citizen. I had I may have been under the impression that I simply outgrown the scouts, and I really didn’t would soon be off in a far away land discovering miss it at all once I stopped. Looking back, I’m uncharted territories instead of in some guy’s sure they didn’t miss me much either.

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