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EDITOR’S NOTE SAMANTHA BAKALL

With the election less than a week away, the clock is ticking on finalizing a decision for the next president of the United States, if you haven’t already. But, for those of you who have decided on a candidate, can you answer the question, “Why are you voting for _____” without a, “because my parents do,” “I’ve always voted _____” or “because he’s better than the other guy”?

Being informed — properly informed, that is, like reading multiple sources for information — is the most important aspect of this election, as well as daily life. Even skimming the front page of a few newspapers for the headline is better than not reading anything at all. The University of Illinois, however magnificent, creates a bubble for those who live within it. School work, classes, clubs, social outings, etc., can easily take over the majority of one’s thoughts. Who has time to keep up on what’s happening 2,000 or even 200 miles away when you have a 10-page paper due in the morning and the clock is reading 2 a.m.?

As impractical as it sounds at times, knowing what is going on in the world around you, and formulating your own opinion on it, is imperative.

We, as the next generation, hold a treacherous position in the future of our world. If we are to be the next business leaders, astronauts, laborers and presidents, how are we going to make informed decisions about the economy, green energy, technology, foreign affairs and taxes if we aren’t informed?

Being passionate and caring about what is happening around us isn’t genetic, it’s bred. Life continues on after the distractions of college, as does our ability to vote.

The response many people give to the question, “Are you voting?” is, “Why bother? It’s not like my vote matters.” And that mentality is getting, and will never get us, anywhere. It’s considered clichè to say that voting is a privilege, nay, a God-given right, and thousands of people every two years (don’t forget the midterm elections) either forget or consciously choose not to go to the polls. If you’re upset with what’s happening, stand up. If you’re ignorant of the topics, find out. There’s no room to be both.

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Learning styles differ from person to person.

Some of us still prefer to take notes using the old-fashioned pen and paper method, while others primarily use laptops and iPads. Nevertheless, nowadays it seems that having a laptop is a necessity rather than a perk when it comes to education. The majority of professors post grades, homework assignments, syllabuses and discussions via the Internet, due to its speed and efficiency.

Education has already outgrown pen and paper, and as of recently, it seems it’s outgrowing the classroom. Massive online open courses (MOOCs) are becoming increasingly popular among college students today. Coursera is one of these MOOCs, and its main job is to assist students in being admitted into universities across the nation.

The company was founded last fall by two Stanford University professors, and it offers students more than 100 courses in a variety of subjects for no charge. When it comes to college, free classes are a big deal. This is especially helpful for students with rigorous work hours, busy families or even financial issues.

MOOCs allow students to take ultimate control over class times, all from the comfort of their own homes. Being punctual for class will no longer be an issue!

On Nov. 1, the University will host the “Summit on Online Education” starting around 8:45 a.m. at the Illini Union. Due to the University’s recent partnership with Coursera, it will be mostly discussing where it fits in with this “cybernetic” movement. The summit will feature Dr. Daphne Koller, the co-CEO and co-founder of Coursera.

She is a computer science professor at Stanford University and a MacArthur Fellow.

» White basketball players: Basketball season starts this week, and as I was looking over the NBA rosters to see what trades and free agent acquisitions had been made during the offseason, I noticed something a little fishy: 10 of the 15 players on the Minnesota Timberwolves are white! DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?! WHITE PEOPLE! ON A PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM! What is this, the 1950s? I mean, when was the last time a white guy was ever good at basketball? Sure, there was Larry Bird, but he’s like senile by this point, right?

Since there’s no possible way that so many white players could end up on an NBA team based solely on their athletic ability, I’m calling a conspiracy on this one. I think the Minnesota Timberwolves organization is seeking out white players in order to build up their fan base. Everyone knows that white people would rather watch other white people play basketball. As Minneapolis civil rights advocate Ron Edwards put it, “Minnesota, after all, is a pretty white state.” It only makes sense that they’d want a team of all whiteys, regardless of whether or not they can actually play better than their black counterparts. It doesn’t matter where they come from, as long as their skin is no darker than a bar of soap, they’ve got a spot on the Timberwolves. Maybe they should change their name to the Polar Bears. Ya know, something that accurately reflects how racist they are. Like all white people. Right?

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THE PHYSICS OF UFOS William M. Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College 7-8 p.m. Nov. 2

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University physicist Kevin Pitts will explore the possibility of UFOs and other alien spacecraft for the second lecture in Parkland’s “World of Science” series. He will use modern physics to examine close encounters of the third kind and whether or not there could be any legitimacy to UFO sightings. Alien reception etiquette does not seem to be part of his planned lecture. —Tom Thoren, Community editor

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» The aftermath of a (Halloween) party: So my roommates and I threw a party this past weekend that quickly went from 10 people awkwardly milling about our living room into a giant mass of costumed peers that spilled out into our balcony. It was a good time. But, oh my holy goodness, the next morning our floor was a sticky, gross mess and our sink and trashcans were overflowing with empty red cups. (So many apologies go out to Mr. and Mrs. Katsiroubas for witnessing our apartment at its absolute lowest, because OHMIGOD, I was like NOOOO when I saw their disturbed faces.) My roommate Elliott, his guests and I literally stared at the mess, with our jaws on the floor, for a good 20 minutes before tiptoeing across the room to start making a dent in what needed to be cleaned. And then I fell asleep for a good four hours because I am a stellar human being. I awoke to the sounds of vacuuming and, lo and behold, Elliott had turned into this cleaning machine and had scrubbed the heck out of the floors and the walls, and made our place fit for human living. But yes, apartment parties are great and everything, especially when the night turns to 20 degree weather, but man, the aftermath is a tad disgusting.

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Help the students help you! The senior graphic and design class at UIUC wants input from community members about possible solutions to community issues.

The students have created a list of potential projects including The Bark Project (improving local dog parks!) and the Re-useable Bag Initiative. They hope this show will act as a launch to a series of potential kickstarters that will give back to the CU community. Check it out and tell ‘em what you think! —Jessica Bourque,

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its title alone, Seven Psychopaths hints at an inevitable violent, blood-splattering boy’s adventure, combined with an ensemble of eccentric and bizarre characters. And though it certainly has all of the above virtues, Seven Psychopaths has something more to say – not just about the story, but about the crime film in general.

Marty (Colin Farrell) is a screenwriter working on a script titled Seven Psychopaths, and is having trouble creating psychopathic characters. His dog-knapping friend, Billy (Sam Rockwell), attempts to aid Marty, though somewhere along the way, Billy gets in deep with mobster Charlie Costello (Woody Harrelson) when he steals Costello’s beloved Shih Tzu, Bonnie.

Soon, Billy, Marty, and Hans (Christopher Walken), Billy’s dog-knapping partner, flee from Costello and seek refuge in the California desert.

Coming off an original screenplay Oscar-nom for his 2008BUZZ crime-comedy In Bruges, writer-director Martin McDonagh treads similar waters with SevTHURSDAY en Psychopaths by instilling NOVEMBER 1 a strangely charming

sense of humor in the interactions between genuinely psychotic characters. In moments of life and death, and there are many in this film, McDonagh creates an endearing sense of reasoning between the guys clumsily trying to kill one another. Sure, someone is going to die, but McDonagh’s characters advocate fair play. In this manner, Seven Psychopaths seems to take the oft-vacant road of self-mockery. By taking a satirical approach, McDonagh allows his main characters an unusual amount of control over the outcome of the narrative. Fate and coincidence give way to character actions and consequence. As Marty’s screenplay takes shape and finds direction through the trio’s collaboration, so does Seven Psychopaths.

Despite the comedic ambitions of the film, dark and personal conflicts drive the characters actions, and thus the plot. Revenge is the prominent theme in the story of each psychopath, which creates a dynamic contrast to the film’s satirical side. While witnessing some of the horrifying, yet emotionally

riveting, scenes, one must wonder how it’s possible to laugh at such deeply dark characters. Perhaps McDonagh is fulfilling the audience’s lust for psychotic film characters. Yes, these are murderous lunatics, but they seem nice and a little weird (in a good way). On the other hand, McDonagh briefly and indirectly comments about this lust for madmen when Hans reminds Marty how “tiresome” psychopaths can get. Nonetheless, the characters aren’t portrayed as being psychotic for the sake of being psychotic; they have compelling backstories and motivations for their unusual and disturbing courses of action.

Very important to the success of this film is the outstanding ensemble cast assembled by McDonagh. Colin Farrell as the pacifist centerpiece of the film is perfect, considering he is an Irish alcoholic at the same time. Sam Rockwell plays psychotic in such an off-kilter way that his mere on-screen presence makes one feel uneasy, despite the numerous laughs resulting from his lines (“Gandhi was wrong. It’s just that nobody’s got the balls to come out and say it.”) Finally, Christopher Walken is so subdued as a man with perhaps the most tragic background. His signature deadpan comedic delivery remains in tact, despite the kind seriousness of his expression.

Seven Psychopaths is a good film because of its self-awareness. As a comedic crime film, it doesn’t take itself too seriously, and as a crime film alone it avoids being underestimated. As he did with In Bruges, McDonagh strikes a pleasurable balance between comedy, violence and darkness, resulting in a fun and contemplative picture.

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ho knew Ben Affleck had this in him? We knew he wanted to be taken seriously as a director after Gone Baby Gone and the surprisingly terrific The Town, but this movie is a whole different beast. Argo is every single thing you want in a movie: It’s exciting, emotional, nerve-racking, dramatic, funny and heartbreaking, and it keeps you wanting more throughout the entire 120 minutes of it.

The story of the film is true and truly incredible. It takes place in 1979 during the Iran revolutions against the American embassy. During an attack, six Americans escape and hide under the Canadian ambassador’s protection. Tony Mendez (Affleck) of the CIA comes up with “the best bad idea” that he can and flies into Iran as a Canadian film producer and attempts to fly out with the hostages as his crew. I know

By Patrick Filbin what you’re thinking: It sounds like a plan that could only work with movie magic. However, our government actually went through with this and the result was remarkable.

I’m not even sure where to start in discussing this cast. Every single person hits it out of the park.

Affleck is poised, confident and delivers a great performance as the lead. Bryan Cranston plays a CIA official who is always stressed and pissed off, and no one does pissed off better than he does. John Goodman and Alan Arkin play a make-up artist and a hotshot director from Hollywood who help create the buzz around town about their fake sci-fi fantasy film Argo. These two together are simply hysterical; the banter that seems unscripted is effortless between these two vets. They completely control the comic relief and might as well have stolen the show in this one.

When I was watching this, I couldn’t stop thinking of how impressed I was with Affleck and his direction of the movie.

He took this real life story and recreated it perfectly with grace and dignity. It had heart.

It had guts. The laughs kept it light and the drama kept me, literally, on the edge of my seat. The heroic story of the brave men and women who risked their lives to get back home is inspirational and tragic, and you feel it the moment the movie starts. The climactic ending will wreck you and bring you back to life just to wreck you again. It really is something. After seeing Affleck’s third directed film, I am in for every movie he puts out from now on. That’s a promise. After you see this, you’ll understand why.

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The government wants us to think that school is canceled

Presidential pictures A brief history of political cartooning

by Nick Martin

Illustrated by Tyler Schmidt

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he easiest way to make a political figure angry is to draw him (or, occasionally, her) as an embarrassing cartoon. A resounding image can cut across partisan politics, education level and regional culture to highlight the hypocrisies of power. The art of caricature ­— coincidentally, invented by Leonardo da Vinci — focuses viewer attention on a politician’s biggest flaws, both in policy and aesthetics. Plus, with bold, (often) black and white lines, and simple shapes, political cartoons are easily replicable for spreading a message by hand or photocopy.

Say what you will about our contemporary sys-

tem of power (e.g., “It sucks!”), however, America truly reveres its political cartoonists. The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartoons has existed since 1922 (However, the Pulitzer committee often overlooks truly subversive cartoonists.) For a more radical perspective, The Center for Study of Political Graphics, based in Los Angeles, offers a global perspective of powerful political images. They exhibit posters and cartoons that directly attack the establishment.

For instance, presenting a number of inflammatory anti-Reagan posters almost immediately after one of our country’s most despotic presidents died. Their

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website, www.politicalgraphics.org, exhibits a number of subversive/beautiful posters and comes with buzz’s highest recommendation for a great half hour of web surfing.

Surprising figures of American history made political cartoons, most notably, Ben Franklin. Franklin’s “Join, or Die” woodcut, showing a snake cut into eight parts to (convolutedly) represent the 13 colonies, became a de facto symbol/slogan of the American Revolution. Franklin’s cartoon also reveals the unfortunate relationship between cartoons and propagnada; look no further than Mickey Mouse for

an example of a cartoon trying to sell a dangerous ideology. In the 1930s, Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was a very popular political cartoonist who attacked conventional establishment beliefs before writing children’s books. Geisel was one of the first cartoonists to stand up against Nazism during a time when Nazism was, strangely, rather popular (Hitler was Time’s “Man of the Year” in 1938.)

Finally, Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury, was one of the first political cartoonists to achieve national celebrity status. The characters of Walden College bitingly satirized the buffoonery of Gerald Ford, the corporate-puppetry of Ronald Reagan and the middle-American mediocrity of George W. Bush. Doonesbury is still published daily, albeit, it’s less radical than it used to be.

The controversies caused by political cartoons are evidence of their ability to cause political change. Many remember the 2005 Muhammad cartoon controversy, where Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, published 12 graphic representations of Muhammad, which is blasphemous to Islam, and incited violence in a small minority of radical Muslims. While Westerners lamented Islam’s disrespect of freedom of speech, Muslims lamented the Danish cartoons as racist, disregarding white imperialist history of the Middle East, and perhaps worst of all, lacking any point other than simply to offend people. More than 100 people died (almost all of them peacefully protesting Muslims) from the publications of these cartoons. An often forgotten controversy was in 2001, when Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks correctly claimed that Ronald Reagan’s administration funded terrorist groups to combat USSR communism. The strip was pulled from paper, despite its factual accuracy. In response, McGruder replaced the strip’s regular characters with a talking yellow ribbon and a talking American flag to satirize the censorship of public discourse after the 9/11 attacks. It’s strange, but our country’s bravest defenders of the First Amendment are often political cartoonists.

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Mitt Romney’s ipod shuffle Musicians and Mitt don’t mix

by Tyler Durgan

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usic is integral to political campaigns, as it is easily the most popular medium, producing a shared cultural bond that can be rhetorically utilized to pump up crowds or to unite a movement, and never more so than in Presidential elections (think of Bill Clinton cranking Fleetwood Mac’s “Don’t Stop” at the DNC in ’92). But what happens when the entire music industry suddenly seems to reject your candidate or your party altogether?

Since Bruce Springsteen rejected Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election embrace over the use of campaign standard “Born in the U.S.A.,” Republicans have had a tough time garnering support from those damn hippie liberal musicians. What’s a poor candidate like Mitt Romney to do when K’NAAN publicly shames him for using the most inspirational song of our generation, Coca-Cola’s official FIFA World Cup 2010 theme, “Wavin’ Flag?”

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But the rejection by the world’s favorite Somali-Canadian is the least of Romney’s campaign programming woes; the multi-billionaire’s famed Five-point plan doesn’t meet the standards of heavy metal heads Twisted Sister (lead singer Dee Snider “emphatically denounced” vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s use of the song “We’re Not Gonna Take It” at a rally in August, although he offered the olive branch of workout routine P90X to make up for their ideological differences) and professional Smashing Pumpkins impersonators Silversun Pickups proclaimed their desire to literally bite Mitt Romney after they found out he’d been using their forgettable hockey-crowdenthuser “Panic Switch” at rallies.

“We were very close to letting this go because the irony is too good. While he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole campaign, we doubt that ‘Panic Switch’ really sends the message he intends,” they said in the cease-and-

desist letter they sent Romney. Despite the lyric, “Could I be anything you want me to be?” doubling as the Romney campaign’s unofficial slogan, you can’t blame the band for their aggressive approach (When you live by the “What Would Billy Corgan Do?” motto, “crazed and pissed” is pretty much in the job description.)

Probably the funniest musical debacle for the Republican ticket this cycle blew out of the most innocent of remarks. In a New York Times feature, Paul Ryan casually mentioned some of his favorite things: Catching catfish bare-handed, gutting Medicare and ‘90s far-left rap-rockers Rage Against the Machine. Guitarist Tom Morello took issue with the latter of those three, and responded through a Rolling Stone op-ed: “Paul Ryan is the embodiment of the machine our music rages against.” Besides seizing the opportunity for some good, old-fashioned wordplay (my personal favorite quip: “I clearly see that Ryan has a whole

lotta ‘rage’ in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment.” Swish!), Morello went on to explain how the band’s message of a rising proletariat completely contradicts Ryan’s own hoi polloicrushing austerity measures. The best part of all this commotion, though, is the fact that the Romney-Ryan ticket didn’t even play any of Rage’s anti-Corporatism anthems at rallies — Ryan simply referenced the band’s energetic sound as a part of his morning routine. It was merely the tie to Republican values that Morello, and many others artists who’ve asked the party to stop using their music, find insulting.

I’m sure Romney is feeling pretty low over the equivalence of having an iPod Shuffle in terms of available rally music, but cheer up, bud: At least you’ve got the widely-respected (just like your foreign policy!) Kid Rock in your corner!

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folk and roots Festival returns for fourth year

The New Old Cavalry.

by Tyler Davis

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his weekend, the folk spirit will be embodied in downtown Urbana during the fourth annual Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival on Nov. 2 and 3.

The festival, entirely organized by volunteer efforts, will host an even wider range of performers and acts this year than last year, said Brenda Koenig, Chair of the fest.

“We really made a conscious effort this year to try to tap into almost every community that we could,” Koenig said.

The festival in past years has always had partnerships with folk communities, but this year, Koenig feels they have really worked hard to try to get some existing organizations integrated within the festival, such as Piper’s Hut. Koenig also said that in partnership with the festival, University of Illinois is hosting a two-hour rare book and manuscript library, Nightjar Promotions will be hosting a two-hour showcase, and Prairie Crossroads Blues Society is cosponsoring an evening at The Iron Post.

Over the two days, there will be a variety of workshops offered that appeal to the soul of folk music. A banjo workshop with Frank Lee of Freight Hoppers, a band that plays hard-driving old-time music of the 1920s and ‘30s, is being offered, as well as a yodeling workshop, a blues harmonica workshop, a Cajun fiddle workshop, a finger-picking workshop, a family percussion workshop, a look at The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra’s creative process and many others.

There is a wide range of performances being hosted as well. Blind Boy Paxton, hailed as the most sensational newcomer in years, will be performing with Brandon Bailey on Saturday.

The Champaign-Urbana Accordion Club will be playing on Saturday in the Urbana Free Library.

Devil in a Woodpile, disbanded in 2009, will be playing a reunion show on Saturday. The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, recognized as being one of Canada’s most exciting young multigenre roots band will be performing their unique brand of gypsy-ska-roots-grass for festival attendees Saturday night. The Curses, The Freight Hoppers, The Shanties, The Young and the Fretless, and Vine Street Syncopators will also be playing on Saturday and Sunday, among many others.

Koenig said that many people on the booking committee are musicians, so they knew what they

were looking for.

“When we make the decision about who to book we always think about ‘is this music the kind of music that you’d share on the front porch with someone?’ Is this the kind of music that breaks down the barriers between audience and performers?” Koenig said. “That’s kind of a guiding principle for us.”

The performers were booked near and far, the farthest being The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra coming from British Columbia, which is the farthest the fest has ever had an act come. Local acts such as The Curses have been booked as well.

“I saw them last I think in downtown Champaign on the sidewalk, and that was a beautiful thing — to see them playing and attracting the kids dancing and stuff. It was fantastic,” Koenig said. “So we do want to support that type of stuff going on here in our community.”

One of the main focuses of the fest every year is to make sure it appeals to everyone. It is meant to be an accessible, family-friendly affair, with some venues that serve alcohol and some that do not. One goal is to encourage children, along with young people, to come, said Jeff Zolitor, one of the organizers of the fest.

“I really hope that young people come to the festival and experience the wonderful traditions that are still being carried on,” Zolitor said. “And it’s not your grandfather’s folk music anymore. It’s new, it’s hot — it’s very hip, and everyone can enjoy it.”

Zolitor hopes that students and faculty from the University will attend as well.

The Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival is a not-for-profit festival and all proceeds go to the artists. None of the volunteer organizers will see any sort of compensation for the hours of work put forward into organization the fest.

“Our true hope is that people will really enjoy themselves at the workshops and buy a wristband, because in order to keep this thing going we really don’t have any huge grant supporters, grant money,” Koenig said. “We’re kind of out there on our own right now, just scraping by and we exist basically because there are wonderful community people who see the value in this.”

The Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival’s schedule is now live on their website at folkandroots.org. Weekend wristbands that are good for all workshops and performances are available for $25 online now. buzz

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Presidential election 2012 A simple guide to decoding the election’s key issues

by Raquel Levy

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adies and gents, it’s just what you’ve been waiting for: A quick and dirty guide to the key, hot-button issues that directly affect CU and its denizens. This list is by no means exhaustive, and the order is not intended in any way to be suggestive of the importance of the issues.

It seems like everyone’s been saying that we should be “informed voters” in this election. But

what does that even mean? How do you become an informed voter? Using this table is a great starting point, but it is only part of what should decide your vote. buzz urges you not to simply vote for a certain political party, especially if you’re just voting for the same political party you always have. Candidates are so much more than the party they affiliate with.

Think of the election like an interview: The candidates are applying for a position, and you get to choose the most qualified person for the job. Look at their experience and their track records. What did they do well? What have they done poorly? Choose the issues that are most important to you and find out exactly what stance each candidate takes. Get your

information from multiple sources, because some may be biased. Don’t forget to consider issues that might not be important to you now, but may become important to you during this elected president’s term.

If you follow all of these suggestions and do your research, you will know for sure that you’re choosing the best candidate for you!

President Barack Obama: Democratic Party nominee

Mitt Romney: Republican Party nominee, former Mass. governor

Gary Johnson: Libertarian Party candidate, former N.M. governor

Stewart Alexander: Socialist Party and Peace and Freedom Party candidate

Career

Current president of the U.S., lawyer, author

Former Massachusetts governor, businessman

Former New Mexico governor, businessman

US Air Force Reserves, Los Angeles mayoral candidate (1989), California gubernatorial candidate (2010), currently an auto salesman

LGBT Rights

Publicly spoke in support of samesex marriage, repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” which allowed openly gay members of the military to serve

Plans to push a Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, defining marriage as between one man and one woman

Believes in marriage equality, including same-sex marriage

Believes in marriage equality, including same-sex marriage; considers it a federal civil rights issue

Economy

Plans to repeal Bush tax cuts to the wealthy, use short term stimulus spending and tax cuts to stimulate the economy

Wants to cut the corporate tax rate, reduce taxes and regulation to promote business growth, cut government spending by 5 percent

Wants to reduce federal involvement in the economy, abolish the IRS, eliminate federal income and payroll taxes and establish the Fair Tax Act (23% for everyone on new goods and services alone)

Believes in promoting participatory budgeting (giving local citizens a choice in community budget decisions), proposes a progressive taxation structure, based on income

EnergY & Environment

Wants to invest and create jobs in the clean energy industry

Wants to increase production of carbon-based energy resource

Wants to reduce government influence on consumer energy choices

Wants to invest in electric car manufacturing

Immigration

Supports a path of legalization for illegal immigrants, voted for fence along Mexican border, wants to toughen punishments for hiring illegal immigrants

Secure the border but supports legal pathway to immigration

Supports a path of legalization for illegal immigrants, wants to make legal immigration easier

No comments made

Education

Plans to give families $10,000 tax credit for four years of college, increase Federal Pell Grants

Started scholarships in Mass. that gave Wants to abolish the Department of the top 25% of high school grade-earn- Education and end all federal regulaers a full college scholarship tions, allowing schools greater choices

Health Care

Signed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) to keep health care costs low and end discrimination on pre-existing conditions

Plans to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, wants to bring back insurance regulatory power to the states

Wants fewer federal mandates and less regulation, believes in leaving more decisions to the states

Universal healthcare program, singlepayer system covering everyone in the U.S.

Abortion

Pro-choice

Pro-life

Pro-choice

Pro-choice

Drug Policy

Mixed messages on medical marijuana

Does not support medical marijuana

Advocates for the legalization of marijuana

Appears to support medical marijuana

Wants to use public money to fund education from 3 years old to graduate school

Sources: http://www.diffen.com/difference/Barack_Obama_vs_Mitt_Romney, mittromney.com, barackobama.com, http://2012.presidential-candidates.org/, http://stewartalexanderforpresident2012.org, http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/front, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/medicalmarijuana-meets-hostility-from-obama-administration/2012/05/04/gIQA80GK2T_story.html, http://vote-socialist.org/p08/questionnaires/alexander.html, http://www.afroarticles.com/article-dashboard/article.php?id=191239&act=print, http://www.ontheissues.org/education.htm

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A hot-air argument With the sizzle of the election near, buzz looks at the candidates’ similarities with the average American

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am just like you. I can feel the hurt coursing through your veins, hardening your heart, because I feel the same hurt. I understand those same pitfalls because struggles have graced my own experiences. I am just like you, or so you say.

Can I believe it?

With the air whirling with political zeal for the presidential election, the ability for candidates to relate to the average American seems less than likely.

President Obama’s success story and rise from poverty is just a fairy tale for some Americans.

The Republican candidate’s family doesn’t fare too well, either. Ann Romney, Mitt’s wife, has never held a paid position in her life. Raising five sons is a full-time job, no doubt about that, but with 66 million working women in the U.S. as of 2010, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the I-am-just-like-you argument holds a lot of hot air and little else.

Also according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ beginning of October numbers, the unemployment rate in the United States stands at 7.8 percent, down from 10 percent as recently as October 2009. In reference to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the poverty line for

one person is an income of $11,170, while a family of four must live with a shared income of $23,050.

Sheila Ferguson, CEO of Community Elements, the TIMES Center’s parent company, said the community center has recently been serving more meals to the population of the ChampaignUrbana area.

From July 2011 to June 2012, about 68,000 meals were served. Close to 75,000 meals are expected to be served this fiscal year, starting on June 2, 2012.

“For us, we see the needs are very basic and growing,” Ferguson said.

She added that in the midst of this middle-toupper-class community with the hub of the University, there is still a large growing number of families who are living in poverty. Another marker of the poverty stretching to the far reaches of Champaign County is the 90 percent of qualified kids who receive free or reduced lunches based on their families’ incomes, Ferguson said.

The age-old question still lingers: Can these high-ranking, media-zealous individuals relate to the unemployed, or even just the average American who is struggling to survive in this economic whirlwind?

To not even have to worry about a job is a luxury many cannot even dream possible. The picture gets broader: The bleak job market in the state of Illinois takes it one step further.

Ferguson said she was a witness to a recent discussion in Springfield, Ill., about the amount Illinois owes in “back bills,” which is a testament to the repressed job market in the state.

The TIMES Center has implemented a new program that works primarily with homeless youth, which represents the growing group of 17-to-21year-olds who lack resources to be self-reliant.

These kids are living on the street, Ferguson said, while some are still going to school and trying to get their GEDs. “The whole thing is kind of crushing on those who are vulnerable, those who are living in poverty,” she said.

With new programs at the TIMES Center, a strong economic policy has to follow to keep up with the momentum of reform.

Barack Obama’s economic plan consists of investing in jobs within the domestic sphere, as well as building prosperity through the middle class.

He promises to issue tuition subsidies in order to lead the world in college graduates by 2020.

Romney’s proposal to build the economy concentrates on retraining workers and attracting foreign-born residents with advanced degrees. To retain those workers, Romney promises to raise visa capacities and grant permanent residency to those individuals with qualified credentials.

If promises become realities, the changes for the average American will target the visible population, though there is still a sizable invisible population in need of help, Ferguson said. This population in Champaign-Urbana straddles the lines of visibility, especially those who seek help from shelters.

She said the invisible population is what is really concerning — the kids in schools who do not have basic necessities and the elderly who remain too proud to ask for help. They still remain invisible.

Despite any claims by the candidates, they have no real conception of what it is to be an average American, and they never will. But as long as they consider all Americans, they can still accomplish the one responsibility they set forth: To make tangible, positive changes that can reach as far as Champaign-Urbana and touch everyone who needs it. buzz

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UIUC TAs HAVE BEEN WORKING

OVER 2 MONTHS WITHOUT A CONTRACT

The Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) represents over 2,400 University of Illinois Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Graduate Assistants (GAs) who have been working without a contract since August 16. TAs teach 20 percent of all class hours on campus. GAs perform essential work at campus libraries, the McKinley Health Center, and other vital campus offices.

The GEO has met with University administrators 20 times since April to discuss a new contract. The most important issue that remains unresolved is tuition waiver security. Tuition waivers are used by top-tier public research universities across the country to attract high quality graduate students who provide low-cost labor.

In 2009 the GEO went on strike for two days in order to ensure that the administration would not unilaterally change tuition waivers for TAs and GAs. The administration claimed that it had no intention of making such changes and agreed to a contract that included this guarantee.

Unfortunately, the administration did not live up to its commitment, as it reduced waivers for students in Fine and Applied Arts less than a year after signing the contract. In response, the GEO filed a grievance. The GEO’s position was upheld in September of 2011 by an independentl arbitrator. The administration has refused to comply with that decision and has instead pressed forward with a costly legal battle.

The administration’s position on tuition waivers is part of a trend toward restricted access to the University of Illinois.

Since 2001 undergraduate tuition has gone up roughly $6,000 per student, making it increasingly difficult for middle class and lower income families to afford higher education and forcing many students to take on mountains of debt.

The administration argues that this increase is needed because of a reduction in State funding, but State funding has only dropped by about $3,000 per student. So where is the extra tuition revenue going? It has not gone into hiring more instructors to keep up with the 13 percent increase in undergrad enrollment since 2001. Instead, it has been diverted to increasing the size of the administration and the six figure salaries of top administrators who have fallen from grace, only to pull the rip cord on their golden parachutes.

The GEO calls on the campus community to join in our efforts to ensure that our public university system remains accessible to all. Without tuition waivers, out-of-state and international graduate students, as well as lower income and first generation graduate students, many of them from communities of color, would have no hope of affording to study on our campus, regardless of their merit. Not only would MPLOYEES’ ORGAN TE E IZA A those students and their families lose opportunities for advancement, but our campus U TIO AD R community would lose their scholarship and social contributions. The campus climate would suffer along with the university’s reputation.

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Food Day helps bring awareness of sustainable food to campus

by Stephany Guerrero

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he line to enter the University YMCA on Oct. 24 for the Free Food Day event curved outside the building and reached the end of the block. There was a grill on the YMCA lawn from which the waft of roasted squash emanated. A member of Students for Environmental Concerns walked with a whiteboard, asking students to write what they liked about sustainable food for a picture contest.

Michael Chen, senior in LAS, was the main proponent and organizer of Food Day on campus, and is a member of Students for Environmental Concerns, or SECS. This is the second year he has been involved with Food Day. “Environmentalism has always been a passion of mine … [and] I’m actually trying to get a food project going on within SECS.” Chen said. “I feel like food and sustainable agriculture is a big area of environmentalism, a concern that we [SECS] are not addressing … So that is why I have decided to take the lead of Food Day this year. It’s an awesome event with a great cause, and an example of a great movement.”

Food Day is a nationwide event created by the

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Center for Science in the Public Interest, and is held every Oct. 24. Food Day’s motto reads “Eat Real” and aims for food that is “sustainable, affordable, fair and healthy.” From there, the organization undertakes a campaign to encourage local leaders and organizers to host Food Day in their communities. Food Day events can be as small as buying organic and preparing a meal, or setting up a huge dinner table at Times Square.

“So today’s event, believe it or not, wasn’t to just give away free food,” Chen said to Food Day participants. Chen sees Food Day as an avenue to bring certain food system issues in the U.S. to light.

“Food Day is this whole movement … [that] really wants to promote good and sustainable food and meat products that are raised in a humane way,” Chen said. “Every year the U.S. government allocates $16 billion in subsidies to help out farms. Unfortunately, about three-quarters of that is allocated to the top 10 percent of commodity crops, which tend to be corporate growers. So that leaves very little for all other kinds of farmers, sometimes around $500, which they

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can’t do much with. So there is a lot of imbalance there with the federal support. That is one of the reasons we are stressing to buy local. In this way, we can pick up the slack where the federal government isn’t.”

Inside the University YMCA, a half circle row of tables was set up with food prepared by local restaurants and shops, all with ingredients from nearby farms. The style was potluck, too, since the organizations themselves also prepared dishes, many with ingredients from the Urbana Farmer’s Market. Homemade vegetable stews, bean and corn salsas, and a variety of breads were popular.

Big Grove Tavern had deviled eggs, there was food from Black Dog Smoke & Ale House, The Great Impasta featured a pesto salad and Common Ground Food Co-op brought hummus.

At the event, Dr. Michelle Wander from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences said we as consumers have a power to express our values and impact change through what we buy.

“Value-based purchasing came out of the medical sciences and hospitals where people

were feeling like they were spending a lot of money on health but they weren’t making people healthier. There is a paradigm where we have been buying cheaper and cheaper, and instead are now thinking about quality,” Wander said. “That same idea transitions over to how we buy food. We want nutrition, but we also care about the impact of food production … Really, my goal is to get students to think of what they want to achieve as food consumers.

And some of them might participate in agriculture, but on most of us it depends on our purchasing in the food system. That’s really our major connection ... There is a multiplier effect to food purchasing.”

Food Day on campus was hosted through an organized effort of the following YMCA groups: Students for Environmental Concerns, Amnesty International, Alternative Spring Break, The Green Observer, Invisible Conflicts, La Colectiva, Red Bison, Vis-A-Vis and the University YMCA. Food Day was sponsored by the Office of Sustainability and also the Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture program. buzz

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THURSDAY 1

Cosmopolitan Club at the University of Art & other exhibits Illinois University YMCA, 7pm Wealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict F.I.N.D. Orphy Orpheum Children’s SciThe Rare Book and ence Museum, 1pm Manuscript Library 8:30 am Egungun! Power Con- Movies & theater cealed A Dream Play Krannert Art Museum and Krannert Center for PerKinkead Pavilion, 9am forming Arts, 7:30pm Expressions in Color: Ongoing Events Selections from the 20th-Century Collec- Exhibit: A World of tion Shoes Krannert Art Museum and Spurlock Museum, 12pm Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Fashioning Traditions Sports, games, & recreation of Japan Krannert Art Museum and Extreme Midget Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Wrestling Fields of Indigo: Instal- Boomerang’s Bar and lation by Rowland Grill, 8pm Ricketts with Sound by Norbert Herber FRIDAY 2 Krannert Art Museum and Art & other exhibits Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Wealth of Notions: Classes, lectures, & Economists in Conflict workshops The Rare Book and CSM - Music Together Manuscript Library 8:30am (ages birth-5 yrs) Egungun! Power ConChampaign School of cealed Music, 5:15pm Krannert Art Museum and “Dream Matters: Kinkead Pavilion, 9am August Strindberg’s Expressions in Color: Dream Play and Constructions of Sub- Selections from the 20th-Century Collection jective Space on the Krannert Art Museum and Stage” Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Levis Faculty Center/ Fashioning Traditions Visitor’s Center, 6pm of Japan Live music & karaoke Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Chillax with DJ Belly Fields of Indigo: Instaland Matt Harsh lation by Rowland Radio Maria, 10pm Kraddy and Herobust Ricketts with Sound by Norbert Herber Canopy Club, 10pm Krannert Art Museum Krannert Uncorked and Kinkead Pavilion with Resonation Sta9am tion Krannert Center for Classes, lectures, & Performing Arts, 5pm workshops Pacifica Quartet with Menahem Pressler, The Future of the piano Universal Healthcare Krannert Center for Debate @ Friday Performing Arts Forum 7:30pm University YMCA, 12pm

Egungun! Power Concealed Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Expressions in Color: Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Fashioning Traditions of Japan Live music & karaoke Krannert Art Museum and Clatter, Electric Bitters Kinkead Pavilion, 2pm Fields of Indigo: Instaland Pleasure Boat lation by Rowland Explosion Ricketts with Sound by Mike N Molly’s Norbert Herber 9pm Metal Mash-up: Bands Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion and a Dance Troupe 2pm Phoenix, 9pm Miscellaneous Chalice Dubs MasClasses, lectures, & querade Featuring F.I.N.D. Orphy workshops Orpheum Children’s Sci- Midnight Conspiracy Canopy Club, 9pm ence Museum, 1pm West African Dance Salsa night with DJ Class with Djibril Movies & theater Juan Camara Radio Maria, 10:30pm Red Herring Coffeehouse A Dream Play 90’s Daughter 6pm Krannert Center for PerFat City Bar and Grill forming Arts, 7:30pm Food & festivals 9pm Nothing Personal SATURDAY 3 Industry Night Boomerangs Bar and Radio Maria, 10pm Art & other exhibits Grill, 9pm Live music & karaoke Champaign Urbana Wealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict Folk and Roots Festival Conspirator & BoomThe Rare Book and Manu- Urbana-Champaign box with Abakus and Independent Media script Library, 8:30am Cinnamon Chasers Center, 10am Egungun! Power Canopy Club, 9pm Concealed Miscellaneous Krannert Art Museum and Miscellaneous Kinkead Pavilion, 9am F.I.N.D. Orphy F.I.N.D. Orphy Expressions in Color: Orpheum Children’s Sci- Orpheum Children’s SciSelections from the ence Museum, 1pm ence Museum, 1pm 20th-Century Collec- Away Game Tailgate tion Jupiter’s at the Crossing Movies & theater Krannert Art Museum and 9am A Dream Play Kinkead Pavilion, 9am The Wildlife Society’s Krannert Center for Fields of Indigo: Instal- 2nd Annual Zombie 5k Performing Arts, 3pm lation by Rowland Natural Resources Ricketts with Sound by Building MONDAY 5 Norbert Herber 10am Art & other exhibits Krannert Art Museum and Movies & theater Kinkead Pavilion, 9am Wealth of Notions: Exhibit: A World of Economists in Conflict A Dream Play Shoes The Rare Book and Krannert Center for Spurlock Museum, 12pm Performing Arts Manuscript Library 8:30am 7:30pm Classes, lectures, & Exhibit: A World of workshops Shoes SUNDAY 4 Spurlock Museum Illinois State Music Miscellaneous Live music & karaoke Teachers Association: Art & other exhibits 12pm Egungun! Power ConUI School of Music Procrastinator’s HalCU Folk and Roots Wealth of Notions: Faculty Showcase loween Party - Comedy Festival Economists in Conflict cealed Krannert Art Museum Recital Karaoke Urbana-Champaign The Rare Book and and Kinkead Pavilion Krannert Center for Per- Manuscript Library The Clark Bar Independent Media 9am forming Arts, 7:30pm 9pm Center, 5pm 8:30am 12

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CSM - Music Together (ages birth-5 yrs) Champaign School of Music, 10am CSM - Beginning Guitar Level 1 (ages 7-12) Champaign School of Music, 12pm CSM - Pop Star Fall Session (ages 8-12) Champaign School of Music, 1pm

Expressions in Color: Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Fashioning Traditions of Japan Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am

Classes, lectures, & workshops CSM - Piano Prep Level 1 (ages 4-5) Champaign School of Music, 5:15pm CSM - Songbirds Fall Session (ages 5-7) Champaign School of Music, 6:15pm CSM - Hip Hop Rhythm Class (ages 8+) Champaign School of Music, 7:15pm

Food & festivals Krishna Dinners Red Herring Coffeehouse 6:30pm

Live music & karaoke Lounge Night Radio Maria, 10pm Abe Froman Project Miller Beer and WGKC Main Stage 8:30pm Hootenanny Rosebowl Tavern, 8pm

Miscellaneous F.I.N.D. Orphy Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 1pm

TUESDAY 6

Fashioning Traditions of Japan Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Fields of Indigo: Installation by Rowland Ricketts with Sound by Norbert Herber Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am

Expressions in Color: Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Fashioning Traditions of Japan Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Fields of Indigo: InstalClasses, lectures, & lation by Rowland workshops Ricketts with Sound by Beginner Tango course Norbert Herber Krannert Art Museum McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation and Kinkead Pavilion 9am 7pm CSM - Piano Prep Level Classes, lectures, & 2 (ages 4-5) workshops Champaign School of Music, 5:15pm Mindful Meditation CSM - Beginning Piano Spurlock Museum Level 2 (ages 7-9) 4pm Champaign School of CSM - Beginning Piano Music Level 1 (ages 5-6) 6:15pm Champaign School of CSM - Adult Beginning Music, 5:15pm Violin (ages 18+) CSM - Rock Band Level Champaign School of 1 & 2 (ages 8-16) Music, 7:15pm Champaign School of Music Live music & karaoke 6:15pm OPEN DECKS – Dj Food & festivals Battle -- compete for an opening spot for Caribbean Grill Lunch 3LAU! to Go Canopy Club Refinery 10:30pm 11am The Champaign/Urbana Singer-Songwriter Live music & karaoke Collective Open Decks with DJ The Clark Bar, 7pm Belly Philharmonia Orches- Radio Maria, 10pm tra Open Mic Night!

Krannert Center for Samuel Music Performing Arts 5pm 7:30pm

Art & other exhibits Miscellaneous Wealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict The Rare Book and Manuscript Library 8:30am Egungun! Power Concealed Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am Expressions in Color: Selections from the 20th-Century Collection Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 9am

Miscellaneous

F.I.N.D. Orphy Orpheum Children’s Science Museum 1pm C-U Comedy’s: Stand Up Comedy WEDNESDAY 7 Memphis on Main Art & other exhibits 9pm Trivia Wealth of Notions: Economists in Conflict Mike N Molly’s 8pm The Rare Book and Manuscript Library Movies & theater 8:30am Egungun! Power Con- Global Lens Film cealed Series: Toll Booth (Gise Krannert Art Museum Memuru--Turkey) and Kinkead Pavilion University YMCA 9am 7pm F.I.N.D. Orphy Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, 1pm

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Potted Meat Presents: The Evolution of the Chair, and Other Such Bullshit Armory Free Theater 1010 South 2nd Street, C. November 2nd 9pm & 12am Secrets! What’s Potted Meat’s new sketch show going to be about? Chairs? Darwin? Meat?

Shit? Who knows! But certainly, buzz writer Ben Mueller is going to be there performing (among other cool girls/dudes)! The following message was provided by Potted Meat to persuade you to see their show this Friday at either 9 p.m. or midnight: “Hey guys, Potted Meat here! We’re just sitting in a room full of blood, wondering, ‘ARE YOU COMING TO OUR SKETCH COMEDY SHOW?’ There will be ice cream! And a dog! Come touch the dog, one time or twice, this Friday!” (Note: that message was not written by Potted Meat, since they are an intangible entity) —Nick Martin, Managing editor

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Florencia en el Amazonas

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UI Chamber Orchestra

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The Presidential Palate A not-at-all comprehensive list of some presidents’ favorite foods

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honor of the Election Issue and of the tense presidential race currently ongoing, buzz has compiled a list of previous presidents’ favorite foods. Food has a particular way of creating connections and lifelines between human beings, and food also always makes things better. Note: Some presidents have been omitted due to either their lack of favorite food or their favorite food being something wholly generic like ice cream and pudding (I’m looking at you, Prez James Madison and John Tyler.

Also, upon research for this list, suffice it to say, the 20th century presidents have a significantly more sophisticated and evolved palate. From squirrel stew to greasy burgers? Yes, please!) » President: George Washington, first president Term: 1789-1797 Favorite food: Fish, ice cream and gingerbread » President: John Adams, second president Term: 1797-1801 Favorite food: Indian pudding » President: James Monroe, fifth president Term: 1817-1825 Favorite food: Fried chicken with rice » President: Martin Van Buren, eighth president Term: 1837-1841 Favorite food: Oysters and donuts » President: William H. Harrison, ninth president Term: 1841 Favorite food: Squirrel stew » President: Abraham Lincoln, 16th president Term: 1861-1865 Favorite food: Bacon, johnnycakes and chicken » President: Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president Term: 1869-1877 Fun fact: He used to roll up wheat bread into balls and shoot them at his grandchildren as if they were cannons » President: Warren G. Harding, 29th president Term: 1921-1923 Favorite food: Chicken pot pie and gallons of coffee » President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd president Term: 1933-1945 Favorite food: Bread pudding and corned beef hash with poached eggs Trivia: The Roosevelts served King George VI and Queen Elizabeth hot dogs during their tour of the United States » President: John F. Kennedy, 35th president Term: 1961-1963

Favorite food: New England clam chowder, broiled bacon and fish on Fridays Fun fact: An episode of The Simpsons lampooned JFK’s love for chowder » President: Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president Term: 1963-1969 Favorite food: Grapefruit-flavored Fresca and biscuits with deer sausage Trivia: Johnson installed buttons on his desk in the Oval Office marked “coffee” and “Fresca.”

Whenever he pushed a button, an aide would rush to the office with the preferred beverage. » President: Gerald Ford, 38th president Term: 1974-1977 Favorite food: Waffles with strawberries and sour cream, and spaghetti and meatballs » President: Jimmy Carter, 39th president Term: 1977-1981 Favorite food: Baked grits, red beans and rice, and fried vegetables » President: Ronald Reagen, 40th president Term: 1981-1989 Favorite food: Macaroni and cheese and jelly beans, specifically, licorice Fun fact: Reagen sent licorice jelly beans onto the 1983 Challenger space shuttle mission as a surprise gift for the astronauts. Jelly Belly developed a blueberry flavored bean for his 1981 inauguration. » President: George H.W. Bush, 41st president Term: 1989-1993 Favorite food: Pork rinds Fun fact: He absolutely despised broccoli, even declaring that as president of the United States, “I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.” » President: Bill Clinton, 42nd president Term: 1993-2001 Favorite food: His nickname was “Slick Willy” because anything that had grease and was dripping with fat was his favorite thing to eat.

Trivia: He actually turned to vegetarianism in recent years so he could, quote, “live to see his grandchildren.” » President: George W. Bush, 43rd president Term: 2001-2009 Favorite food: Grilled cheese sandwiches made with Kraft singles and white bread » President: Barack Obama, 44th president Term: 2009-2012 Favorite food: Burgers, either a Five Guys’ cheeseburger or one from Ray’s Hell Burger, with blue cheese, bacon, onion marmalade and horseradish mayonnaise

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Lyrics fit for a boss

Rick Ross brings MMG Tour to Assembly Hall

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ix feet tall, 300 pounds, with a body covered in ink, a face covered by a scruffy beard and eyes almost always hidden behind expensive shades, Rick Ross’ outlandish appearance matches that of his lifestyle, which he details vividly through his lyrics. Since his debut Port of Miami in 2006, Ross has crafted the persona of a drug kingpin (taking his name from Freeway Rick Ross, the notorious real-life cocaine importer), ready to take over the rap game by “Hustlin’,” every day without failure.

Not even leaked photos of his earlier days as a correctional officer (which garnered him the nickname “Officer Ricky” among detractors), could deflate his credibility enough to derail his rise to the top. God Forgives, I Don’t, released in late July, was the fourth of his albums to top the Billboard charts, certifying Ross as a bona fide rap superstar.

To put it simply, Ross’ ability to describe how freakin’ boss he is has literally made him a boss. A boss with his own record label.

That he named after a luxury automobile. He also named his tour, the Maybach Music Tour, after said label and automobile, and that tour is heading to Assembly Hall on Monday, Nov. 5. In honor of what is sure to be a lavish occasion, we put together our favorite of Ricky Rozay’s lyrics for your enjoyment.

“Who the fuck you think you fuckin’ with I’m the fuckin’ boss/745, white on white, that’s fuckin’ Ross.” The profanity-laced opening lines from Ross’ first single “Hustlin’” establish that “Ross” and “boss” do indeed rhyme, a trope he revisits frequently.

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This entire song is filled with many Ross trademarks, including repeatedly rhyming the same words in consecutive lines.

“Ha, they say life’s a bitch/But close ya’ eyes for a minute, and just bite this dick, it’s Ross.” Ricky gets sexy on “Blow” from Port of Miami.

“Fur coat in the winter, look like a polar bear/Stuntin’ in the snow, these haters, they can go somewhere.” Ross bundles up in style on stand alone single “You The Boss.”

“She had a miscarriage, I couldn’t cry though/‘cause you and I know she was only my side ho.” Ross doesn’t let emotions get the best of him on “Live Fast, Die Young,” from 2010 release Teflon Don. “My top back like JFK/They wanna push my top back like JFK.” Rick spits a gruesome double entendre on “Free Mason” from Teflon Don. “I hit a lick and went and bought a Wing Stop (twenty of ‘em).”

Ross decides to expand his empire into the restaurant business on “Trap Boomin’” by Gucci Mane.

“YSL swagger, wrist wear frigid/Jumping out the Phantom like a mother fuckin’ midget.” Rick’s life is so luxurious that he thinks little people jump out of cars on non-album cut “Pandemonium,” featuring Wale and Meek Mill.

To hear these and several other examples of Rick Ross’ lyrical prowess, head to Assembly Hall on Nov. 5. The concert will also feature performances from Meek Mill, Wale, Machine Gun Kelly and DJ Scream. Tickets are still available from $30-70.

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