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Authentic Thai Cuisine with Smiles

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Food:

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

Look for a holiday food gift guide and the weekly wine column on Monday.

Don’t miss this comedy by Tennessee Williams at the Station Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12.

Art: On Saturday, a review of What You Will Shakespeare’s As You Like It.

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Movies: Look for a review of Punisher:War Zone on Saturday.

The Nutcracker

Music:

Watch as the Champaign-Urbana Ballet performs this holiday classic at the Krannert Center for the sixth year in a row. The show begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets range from $16 to $34.

Look for a preview of Canopy’s Fall Showdow on Saturday.

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Willie Nelson with special guest Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters

Annual Carol Concert Come hear all your holiday favorites at the Krannert Center beginning at 3 p.m. Tickets range from $4 to $10.

Head to Assembly Hall to catch this country music legend. The show kicks off at 7:30 p.m., and tickets range from $35 to $45.

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Mortar Board Book Drive

Holiday Read to the Dogs

Mortar Board, a campus honors organization, is collecting children’s books for kids of all reading levels. Drop off a book any time at the IUB, Urbana Free Library, and Champaign Public Library.

From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., kids who are just learning to read can stop by the Urbana Free Library and practice reading to their furry friends at this free program.

Art Exhibition Series: “Discernment” The Springer Cultural Center will display the works of Michael Collins, Gina Manola and Gabriel Mejia. The exhibit is free and open to the public beginning at 8 a.m.

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Likes & Gripes Kerry Doyle Copy Editor Gripes 1) Snow: Sure, it looks pretty when you’re warm and ARTIST RENDERING cozy inside somewhere, but walking through the sludge it turns into later is my least favorite part of winter. I’ll pass on the winter wonderland ... 2) Horticulture: I should have known better than to take an elective that’s completely irrelevant to my major. I have no desire to review the multitude of trees, flowers, shrubs and vegetables I was supposed to learn about this semester. 3) Impossible crossword clues: The “world’s largest crossword puzzle” my office just bought really knows how to make me feel dumb.

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e d i t o r ’ s n o t e by Stephanie Prather I can’t tell you glad I am that I didn’t go shopping on Black Friday. These days, apparently, people will literally kill others over discounted televisions and $10 sweaters, and you can count me out of that. Last Friday, 34-year-old Walmart employee Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by a stampede of Black Friday shoppers in Valley Stream, N.Y. The shoppers were so aggravated and had been waiting for so long to shop, that even after they were notified that an employee had died, they kept shopping and refused to leave. At a Toys “R” www.the217.com

Us in Palm Desert, Calif. two people were killed in a shooting. Let’s keep in mind that they weren’t even fighting over something they were getting for free. They killed someone so that they could give their money to a major chain store and take home crap that will be in their garage sale next summer. In my book, giving a present to someone that purchased after trampling or shooting someone for it is a lot like giving someone a Blood Diamond. What kind of sick and demented people have we become? The point of this early-morning shopping excursion is for Christmas, a holiday celebrating Jesus, Santa Claus and peace on Earth. Would Jesus or Santa Claus step on your face or whip out their .09

mm for a $25 espresso machine? I don’t think so. The fact of the matter is that the people of Valley Stream, N.Y. or Palm Desert, Calif. Aare not deranged, freakishly violent purchasers; they’re likely a sampling of the average American shoppers. I think we need to remind one another the true meaning of the Christmas season. It’s not about buying lots of stuff or waking up at 4 a.m. and waiting in line outside a mega-store. It’s about eating lots of delicious food and drinking holiday nog with brandy and enjoying the people you care about in life. I suggest we get busy doing just that until December 25, and set a goal to maybe not kill anyone next year. Baby steps, America, baby steps.

1) Completed punch cards at Espresso Royale and Giuliani: I have about 3 in my wallet. I save them for when I have an absolute shitty day. 2. My newly renovated apt: CPM chose my unit to use as a model and redid everything in my apt over the break. Now all our bathroom doors are white instead of brown. 3. The Christmas countdown decoration my roommate Bonnie brought: It says 24!

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Cultural dish Indian food

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ndian Cuisine is known to be one of the spiciest, tastiest and healthiest cuisines in the world. How does Indian cuisine manage to accomplish that? Maybe it’s because of the vegetarian practices widely used across the nation. Or perhaps it’s the perfect blend of herbs and spices customized to every dish. Either way, Indian food is just as diverse as the nation it comes from, with an assortment of dishes, cooking techniques and flavors hailing from every area of the country.

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India’s history, landscape and culture have all played pivotal roles in the evolution of the country’s delectable cuisine. India is a nation of immigration and intermingling and has therefore benefited from multiple food practices. From as long ago as 7000 B.C. to 1947 when the nation gained it’s independence from Great Britain, the area that is now considered India experienced many invasions and takeovers with each regime leaving some culinary influence behind. The

cuisine’s heavy vegetarian influences can be attributed to the various religious communities that make up a large portion of the population. Hindi, Buddhism and Jainism all have strong followings in India, and all have steep traditions in vegetarian practices. Furthermore, the diverse geography of the nation creates a variety of climates ranging from tropical to mountainous, and therefore allows for a multitude of crops. Because of the varying cultural and geographical influences throughout the region, dishes vary from region to region. For example, northern cuisine is characterized by the use of dairy products. Dal makhani, a popular dish from the north, consists of lentils made with cream and butter. In contrast, southern cuisine relies heavily on coconut and rice. Dosa, a paper-thin crispy tortilla made of blended rice and lentils, is popular in this area. One restaurant bringing both of these dishes, along with many other authentic Indian cuisines to CU, is Bombay Indian Grill. With the closing of Basmati, Bombay Indian Grill is currently the only Indian restaurant in CU. It’s newest location on Springfield Ave. offers a more upscale dining experience than it’s campus location on Green Street, and will prove to be competition for any other well established upscale restaurant. “I had been waiting to open an upscale version of Bombay Indian Grill which would provide the lovely ambience and professional service that would cater to the community better,” said owner Kishan Sharma. Sharma said he is able to keep the cuisine served at Bombay authentic because of his family

roots. Sharma said his father was a chef in Nepal before he moved to Delhi, the capital of India. From there, Sharma said his father progressed through the cooking ranks, eventually gaining entry to the US in 1976 on a chef visa. “He originally opened a restaurant in Chicago and then progressed to Urbana-Champaign,” said Sharma. “He has provided the campus community with good Indian food, where the service [is] fast and efficient and the main purpose was the food as opposed to an experience.” When asked about how Bombay keeps its customers happy, Raj Mahajan, the manager of Bombay, said when the waiter takes an order, he is instructed to define the spiciness levels to ensure that the customer is getting what he wants. “That is how [we] customize our food to reflect the customer’s taste.” Mahajan said. Mahajan also said that the secret to the tasty cuisine is simple. “It is the blend of two chef’s expertise ... which reflects North Indian flavors for now,” said Majahan, who hopes to expand slowly to other realms of Indian food in the future. Bombay Grill also sticks to the healthy food practices characteristic of Indian Cuisine. The chefs use corn oil, fat free margarine and wholewheat grain for naan (Indian bread). They also utilize ginger and garlic, staples of Indian cuisine, which are proven to reduce heart attack risk. Much of the food is also made in a tandoor, meaning it is grilled or roasted. Customers can get health benefits, along with an authentic Indian dining experience, all at a reasonable price.

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Two Sisters, Two Cities,

One Business by Elyse Schmidt Amanda and Trisha Bates were sisters long before they became best friends. Nearly five years apart, the girls were never at an age in their youth when their interests were similar enough to become friends. When Amanda was into coloring and playing outside, Trisha was still a toddler; when Trisha was into coloring and playing outside, Amanda was into make-up and hanging out with friends. But they did become friends ­â€” eventually best friends — after the many years of childhood blurred into adulthood. It would be easy to use the word “inseparableâ€? in order to emphasize how much they talk, how they agree on most everything, how they travel coast to coast with each other, how many experiences they have had together, but that isn’t the case. The girls haven’t lived in the same city for more than a few months since Amanda left to attend the University of Illinois at 18, almost exactly 10 years ago. In fact, they are separated best friends. The sisters still do not live together: Amanda lives in Harrisburg, Penn., where she works for Caterpillar, and Trisha lives in Champaign after graduating from the University of Illinois, just like her older sister. But they do have a place together, one created for just the reason of bringing them together. It is not an apartment or a condo or a house — it is their business: Cakes on Walnut. Today, they are there together, at the cupcake shop they opened nearly seven months ago in downtown Champaign. But they are never very far apart — they have talked nearly 10 times a day on the phone or through e-mail since Amanda last left. “The bottom line is that we just wanted a business together,â€? says Trisha, sitting on a tall white chair with thin metal legs. “We didn’t really think about what we were good at or what we could do really well, we just wanted something together and went for it,â€? Amanda says of their decision to open Cakes on Walnut; the business is strictly cupcakes. “We don’t know any of that other stuff,â€? says Trisha on her knowledge of baking. “But we know cupcakes.â€? They have definitely come a long way since the days of fighting over the bathroom in their home in Roanoke, Va., population 1,200. Their parents, Jan and Jim, who still live in that house, played referees when their daughters got physical over whose turn it was in the bathroom. “For a couple of years, when Amanda was in high school and Trisha was in 6th or 7th grade,â€? their mom says, “they fought a lot.â€? “We would give anything to share a bathroom now,â€? says Amanda, looking at her younger sister,

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knowing very well that both of them want to live in the same city again, in the same home again. Despite their cupcake business, that place will not be Champaign. The girls are soon visiting Seattle to check out the possibility of opening another business — because to stay in one place doing the same thing is not an option for them as of now. Despite the distance between them, the sisters marvel at how close they have become. Trisha is more laid-back but completely independent, as she manages the business on her own in Champaign. Amanda is more intense, a go-getter and is always the one meeting people, making contacts, finding suppliers and researching. “If Amanda calls me and says she is sure of something, I just trust her,� says Trisha. “Without each other, the business just wouldn’t be.� “She’s the only person I would ever start a business with,� says Amanda, speaking over the unlikely harmonies of running water, electric blenders and Alanis Morissette. “We wanted a patio, the architects said no, but we got it. We wanted a glass window so you could see into the kitchen, the architects said no, but we got it,� says Trisha, still holding some frustration from the building process. “We don’t take no for an answer anymore. There’s always a solution we can figure out on our own.� They started the business plan while they were together in Harrisburg, the first time they had lived together as adults for an extended time. “We fought for maybe the first three weeks,� says Trisha. “But we have always fought for a little bit when we first have to acclimate to each other’s lives.� After more laughter, astrology comes up. “We were all about horoscopes for a while,� says Trisha, knowing very well that many people think astrology is just plain ridiculous. For the sisters, it has proved to be eerily accurate. Amanda is a Scorpio, born Nov. 11, 1980: very cool and very determined, sometimes a workaholic, best as an adviser to others, observes and analyzes others better than any other, usually has two sources of income. Trisha is a Pisces, born March 4, 1985: adventurous, impulsive, curious, ambitious, a lover of freedom, open to new ideas, a pioneer in thought and action, a true traveler. “We are definitely chameleons,� says Trisha. “The minute you define us, we’ll change,� adds Amanda in agreement. Not surprisingly, both Pisces’ and Scorpio’s main quality is mutability. “I think we are actually each other’s best matches,� says Trisha, laughing. As the astrology book says clearly: They complete each other.

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A CHICAGO NEW YEAR’S EVE TRADITION Over the course of these 3 nights UMPHREY'S McGEE will be joined onstage for unique collaborations with some very special guests including BUDDY GUY, JOSHUA REDMAN, KOKO TAYLOR, JEFF COFFIN and STANLEY JORDAN Buy Tickets online at ticketmaster.com The Auditorium Theatre box office-50 East Congress at Michigan Ave. All Ticketmaster ticket centers or phone charge: 217-351-2626

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WRFU BENEFIT SHOW SCHEDULE

WRFU hosts benefit show at Cowboy Monkey by Tommy Trafton

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here is a lot happening on the stages of CU this Saturday with Willie Nelson at Assembly Hall, a Pink Floyd cover band at Canopy, and other strong bills booked throughout downtown Champaign and Urbana. If you’re looking to enjoy a diverse lineup of artists while also helping the community out, though, Cowboy Monkey is the place to be this Saturday evening. Come, then, to the WRFU, 104.5FM benefit concert featuring a long list of local musicians and poets, all performing short 15 minute sets in hopes to raise money for a new permanent tower for the Urbana-based radio station. buzz talked to WRFU station manager Andrew O’Baoill about the radio station and what it hopes to achieve. “Our mission is to get the community to be the media,” O’Baoill said. “Not to think of themselves as audience members or consumers, but producers, shaping the media environment that they want to have for themselves.” The three-year-old station, located in the Independent Mendia Center (IMC) downtown Urbana, has accomplished this by providing a space for community members to produce their own programming. With 14 shows serving many niches in the community from a variety of religious groups and social interest groups to Native Americans, the Spanish population, and home school parents and kids, WRFU strives to provide a service to the community that might not necessarily be profitable. Currently operating with a temporary tower on the roof of the IMC at 202 South Broadway, it’s time for WRFU to find a permanent solution and

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expand their broadcasting to a greater portion of the community. “As it is now, our signal reaches reasonably well through most of Urbana and with some difficulty, through much of Champaign,” explained O’Baoill. “The station wants to erect a permanent tower on the 100 foot level in order to get a much purer signal into Champaign and reach more people.” The project will cost the station around $20,000 and has already received many generous gifts from community members, putting them just $68,000 short of the desired amount. Meeting with event coordinator and an active member of the local music scene, Aimee Rickman, the station looked for ways to fundraise the tower that would be compatible with their mission as a radio station. “As a non-commercial community station, part of our goal is to provide a space for our community members and a space for them to express themselves,” O’Baoill said. “We wanted to reflect the culture and diversity of our community through the fundraiser.” WRFU and Rickman booked a wide variety of local musicians and poets who were all very enthusiastic about supporting the station for the benefit. Showcasing everything from the hip-hop of local act Krukid to the more organic sounds of the Turinos, O’Baoill said he looks forward to the show being an “opportunity to learn what’s available in our community and to realize its diversity of creativity.” The show starts at 6 pm with a cover of $4. For more information, and to find other ways to help the station get their tower, visit http://www.radiofreeurbana.org.

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Kevin Elliott

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Beth Simpson

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Crystalline Scoggins/William Gillespie

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William Gillespie/Crystalline Scoggins

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History of the Future

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Eleni Moraites

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The Turinos

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Paul Kotheimer

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Dottie and the ‘Rail

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The Duke of Uke and his Novelty Orchestra

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Ferrocene3

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Joseph Donhowe

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Common Loon

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Golden Quality

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Krukid

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New Ruins

Photo above: A view from the DJ’s seat at WRFU’s studio located in the Independent Media Center. Photo by Abby Toms

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Thrash-Grass vs. Hometown Folk by Amanda Shively and Emily Carlson Can’t decide between spending this Saturday night at the Highdive or the Courtyard Café? Let Amanda and Emily try to convince you to join them at the show they think will be the best choice for the evening.

Split Lip Rayfield and The Resinators at the Highdive While the Courtyard Café has a strong bill lined up for the night, the genre-defying trio Split Lip Rayfield should be reason enough to convince anyone to spend the night at the Highdive. On one hand, the group is traditional bluegrass — acoustic stringed instruments that split time between playing the melody and improvising around one another. Keeping with this acoustic tradition, the men play everything from mandolin to bass unplugged and have a past repertoire of instruments that includes an original one-stringed bass built from a gas tank, hickory wood and a weed whacker line. On the other hand, Split Lip Rayfield stray from

the historical foundations of bluegrass by adding elements of punk and metal to their original sound. Often dubbed “thrash-grass,” the ability to sound heavier without the addition of electric instruments is a skill that has been honed over the course of 13 years as a band. Expand your musical horizons and check out the “thrash-grass” of Wichita’s own when Split Lip Rayfield brings the promotion of their latest effort, I’ll Be Around, to the Highdive on Saturday, Dec. 6. Flanked by Bloomington rockers The Resinators and resident DJ Tim Williams, there really is something for every musical ear at the Highdive. -AS

Casados, Starflyer 59 and David Bazan at the Courtyard Cafe When it comes down to filling the floor at the Highdive or the tables that scatter the Courtyard Café, the choice comes down to the entertainment. Casados, who will be taking the Courtyard stage Dec. 6, will be offering a much different show

than Split Lip Rayfield will when they take over the Highdive that same night. The husband and wife duo combine acoustic guitar and lush harmonies with the unique sound of a harmonium to create their indie sound. The music of Casados has changed a lot stylistically since their first EP that was released in April of last year. “It’s like we’ve taken more of the storytelling elements of folk and combined it with the musical concepts from electric instruments,” said Nic Dillon, guitarist and vocalist for the duo. They described their recent work as less folksy and orchestrated, as they leave the “in-between” stage they were in when their EP was released. Since their EP release, the couple has decided to make music exclusively as a duet instead of working with a band, they said. Doing so has allowed them to focus on as much dynamics as they can with two artists. “It’s actually been a really good challenge,” said Dillon. “That’s what’s brought us in a new ... direction.” — EC

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Denison Witmer’s crazy rider requests revealed Lovers of all musical styles or even rock fans looking for something new are in for a treat tonight; the Iron Post in downtown Urbana is playing host for a set from renowned accordionist Morris Ardoin. The Ardoin family is often hailed as the first family in Creole and Zydeco music, largely based on the legend of patriarch accordionist Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardoin, Morris’s father. Morris has carved out his own legend, though, and he ventures out of the New Orleans area once a year to take his Creole/ Zydeco stylings right to the people in their own cities. Tonight, he will be joined at the Iron Post by local Creole enthusiast Dennis Stroughmatt (the two have shared the stage many times) on the fiddle, Jennifer Stroughmatt on guitar and percussion and Robert Krumm on guitar. It will certainly be a night of real New Orleans music centered around one of that region’s favorite sons. The show starts at 7 p.m., and you can expect a cover of three or five bucks. It doesn’t happen often, so take note of the solo set from Headlights’ lady Erin Fein tonight at the Courtyard Café. Fein is set to open for Denison Witmer, along with local act Sunset Stallion (apparently one of Witmer’s rider requests is to be surrounded by ridiculously attractive lady singers) starting at about 8 p.m. and carrying a cover of only $3 for students ($5 for the rest). This stripped-down show will hopefully mean less sound headaches for show-goers who,

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you know, actually want to hear everything happening onstage — crazy? Maybe, but I don’t think so — and the chance to hear Erin Fein in a solo set singing songs that maybe haven’t yet (or never will) make it to the Headlights’ live set is something that should always be a priority. Hey, look, you can talk about the Courtyard Café without insultingly talking about other venues! But no, it gets tougher. Those aren’t your only choices. The Embassy Tavern (also in downtown Urbana) is hosting a night of jazz from one of the area’s most talented bands, Jazz Sandwich (8 p.m., $TBA), and Zorba’s jazz night is being filled by the Craig Russo Group (Latin influence) (9:30 p.m., $3). And JoBu continues to seem more like a local band with another show at the Canopy Club (with Groovatron) (9 p.m., $6). Getting onto Friday — Mike ’n Molly’s will be hosting a night put together by Nic Dillon of Casados, entitled White Elephant Song Exchange. The night has a slight holiday theme, including the suggestion for show-goers to wear terrible/ugly holiday sweaters. Casados will play, along with Elsinore frontman Ryan Groff, Bloomington-area songwriter Peter Adriel and Indianapolis act Lovely Houses. Lovely Houses is a welcome addition to the bill, not having played Champaign in over a year, and bringing along honest writing, rockin’ dreads and a solid voice in a one-man-with-a-full-band-name situation. 9 p.m. start and a $7 cover await you. Casados stay busy playing the next night at Courtyard Café with the double-team supreme of David Bazan (witty singer/songwriter from Pedro the Lion and Headphones) and moody indie rockers Starflyer 59. Another $3/$5 situation, so

bring your student ID. The show is at 9 p.m. Feeling more like a marathon show for a good cause? Well, Saturday brings one of those as well. Cowboy Monkey is set to host a show benefiting local radio station WRFU 104.5FM. Starting at 6 p.m., a slew of local acts will roll out short sets to support the community station situated in downtown Urbana. RFU (Radio Free Urbana) is looking to raise money to help purchase a new (and permanent) tower for broadcasting. Check out radiofreeurbana.org for more information on the station and its programming. As for the show, you can catch acts like New Ruins, Krukid, Eleni Moraites, Golden Quality, Common Loon, the Duke of Uke, Turinos and many more. The $4 cover gets you in and out all night long in case you’re show-hopping elsewhere. Writers in the Round doesn’t really have any sort of regularity or backing these days, but occasionally some silly singer/songwriters think it would be a good idea to sit onstage together and play some songs in a round format. When no one shows up, the songwriters all vow that they’ve learned their lesson, but they have not. And so, on Sunday, an assemblage of such musicians will step onto the Iron Post’s stage at 7 p.m. Angie Heaton (Parasol Records’ main in-store lady), Eleni Moraites and the Delta Kings’ Cody Sokolski are on tap, along with this writer, who will once again step into the uncomfortable situation of pretending to be a real original musician. Four bucks lets you see what unfolds. —Mike Ingram can be reached at forgottenwords@ gmail.com

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Capable of embracing the power of music and taking a known story and making it something completely new and original, Baz Luhrmann’s unique vision cannot be denied. This makes the above quote seem rather ďŹ ctitious based on the overall quality and cohesiveness of his work. Luhrmann’s countless experiences with opera and theater are evident inuences throughout all of the Australian director’s ďŹ lms. His ďŹ rst three movies have come to be known and marketed as the Red Curtain Trilogy. These ďŹ lms include Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, and Moulin Rouge, probably his most famous movie to date. All his movies are extremely fast paced and their imaginative cinematography is like none other. In his ďŹ rst ďŹ lm, Strictly Ballroom whose focus is dancing, the edgy storyline and direction established Luhrmann as someone to watch out for. Luhrmann’s next ďŹ lm, with the focus switching to poetry, the modern version of Romeo and Juliet is yet again an extremely innovative and gutsy take on the classic play. With Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann yet again deďŹ ed expectations with the bold tragicomedy unlike any other Hollywood musical. All his ďŹ lms have earned Luhrmann countless and well deserved awards and nominations. With only a few ďŹ lms under his belt, Luhrmann’s newest endeavor, Australia, has just hit theatres and seems to be much less eccentric and theatrical than his previous ďŹ lms. As he intended it, the ďŹ lm is an epic love story and period piece. Although this type of storyline may not be everyone’s cup of tea, just seeing a different stylistic side of Luhrmann’s direction should be an experience in itself.

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ing out the ďŹ lm’s talented cast. Todd Field (In the Bedroom) crafts a ďŹ lm that challenges viewers to look deeper into a setting where everything seems pristine on the outside. These characters and their actions are all awed, which is what makes Little Children so realistic. Suburbia is not a place of simplicity in the ďŹ lm, as white picket fences are accompanied by vicious human nature and the darkness of the psyche. A narrator (Will Lyman) recites portions of the story to the audience, and this unconventional twist serves as the tipping point for just how great Little Children is. Typically a narrator would be out of place in such an adult drama, yet Field masterfully utilizes this odd storytelling technique to simultaneously enhance the story and reel in the audience. As a ďŹ lm, Little Children is not only enormously entertaining, it is also refreshing in its ambition to stimulate audiences through its realistic authenticity. Rarely have bored suburbanites been this engrossing.

College Dorm Snake Game by Keith Hollenkamp Remember that Snake game that used to be on your Nokia cell phone back in high school? The one where you are a little snake and you move around eating apples, getting bigger and bigger until you eventually get so big that you run into yourself? It’s kind of like a reptilian Tron situation. Well, imagine that only much, much larger. I am not completely sure how they rigged it up, but some crafty individuals produced an entire game of Snake using the windows of a college dormitory. They even managed to light up the rooms in a different color for the snake’s head and the apples. However they did it, it is amazing and I want to see more things like it. How about someone make a game of Breakout happen on the side of ISR? come and get it

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Dissecting Disestablishment Looking into the Founders’ Faith by Jeffrey Nelson One of the major debates in our current cultural wars is the role of religion in our life. Does our secular system give some wiggle room for religion in the functions and policies of our government? That inevitably leads to the historical debate that now looms louder than ever — what were the religious intentions of our Founding Fathers when they established our government at the end of the 18th century? As this debate is played in letters to editors of local papers and calls to talk shows, a superlative piece of scholarship seems in order as a new administration is set to establish policies for another era. For parties interested in this debate, please read Steven Waldman’s Founding Faith: Providence, Politics and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America. This exceptional monograph focuses on the religious beliefs and public policies of five founders: John Adams, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Adams, although he became a Unitarian later in life, was the strongest advocate for established churches (at the state level) and active church involvement in the secular government — up to a point. He did support the first amendment, and as

president maintained a strictly secular government at the federal level. He was the most overtly religious Christian of our first four presidents. Waldman, as editor-in-chief of Beliefnet.com, a large faith and spiritual website, you might think he would support current conservative arguments that our nation was founded as a religious nation and separation of church and state is a myth. He does not. He concentrates much of his study on James Madison for two reasons. One, Madison was the staunchest advocate of a strictly secular government at all levels; and two, Madison kept the only record of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Yes, all deliberations were closed to the press. In his finely detailed discussion of Madison’s beliefs and his influence on public policy, Waldman provides significant insights into how, in such a religious age, religion is mentioned only once in the original seven articles of the constitution. It is Article Six; no religious tests for federal offices. Through Madison, we see the push for the Bill of Rights and gradual secularization of government in the United States at all levels. Yet, Waldman points out that the U.S. was established as a religious nation, that religion was

seen as a positive good by all of the founding fathers, and our founding fathers were generally religious people. They had varied motives for keeping religion out of government and their dedication to religion varied as well, but the balance they struck was astonishing. Liberal and conservative images of the era will be modified after one reading. Waldman’s equally balanced account of this era — one that created a secular government from a religious populace — is as amazing as a feat of scholarship and fairness, as the results our founding fathers achieved. Just a few quarrels; Adams and Jefferson were not ambassadors, as their diplomatic rank was minister. The United States did not create the rank of ambassador until 1893. Many quotes enhance the text, but this one from Madison is strangely omitted — ”The purpose of the separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe for centuries” (to Jefferson, 1803). It is well known President-elect Obama is a prolific reader of American history. Here is a book he should read. Here is a book that is the best guide to what religion is to our government and why our founders established a disestablished church.

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Finally a Northerner by Erik Johnson Republicans have mustered A double Bushie show Before we could play catch-up They said, “To Iraq we go” Bill forgot Rwanda And discretion too After W’s in the White Hotel He joined H. W. I’ve never known another But Bush and Clinton sons To claim the Oval Office With family overrun It’s nice to see a different face One that’s not so pale What’s really for the hist’ry books His Mater isn’t Yale His Cabinet is similar To men of yesterday Inevitably his difference Is drawn in shades of gray

Arts Around Town Support local artists; get great gear Both Champaign and Urbana will host arts and crafts fairs this weekend — the perfect opportunity for unique gifts. Champaign: Local Matters Art Sale Saturday, Dec. 6 from 3 to 6 p.m. Where: B. Lime, 12 E. Washington St.; Circles, 107 N. Walnut St.; The Esquire Lounge, 106 N. Walnut St.; Exile on Main, 1 E. Main St.; Furniture Lounge, 9 E. University Ave.; Jane Addams Bookstore, 208 N. Neil St.; Mike ’n Molly’s (from 4 — 6 p.m.) 105 N. Market St. and Rebecca’s, 204 N. Neil St.

Urbana: Art HooHa 2008 Friday, Dec. 5 (6 p.m. — 9 p.m.), Saturday, Dec. 6 (11 a.m. — 6 p.m.) Where: Hooey Batiks Open House, 905 S. Lynn St.; Firefly Jewels Open House, 712 S. Maple St.; Dragonfly Press, 2108 S. Vine St.; Glasslake Studio, 2908 E. Main St.; Beads ’N Botanicals, 117 N. Broadway Ave.; Butterfly Beads, 1104 E. Washington St.; Heartland Gallery, 112 W. Main St.

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The Forgotten Keys of CU

I by Tricia Scully, Rosalind Walters, and Josh Fisher Photos by Wallo Villacorta

t’s easy to find live music around Champaign-Urbana on any given night, but where you’ll find it is always too predictable. It’s not surprising to walk into the Highdive or Mike ’n Molly’s and hear a local act’s set, but you would never expect to sit down at Za’s or come home to your dorm and hear live music playing. And the sad thing is, these places have pianos that are begging to be played. Unnoticed, neglected, forgotten pianos that have stories to tell and music to be heard can be found all throughout Champaign-Urbana. Many establishments would love to hear their instruments sing, but no one notices that they’re there; the pianos are being used to fill empty spaces and to decorate bland corners. So we took it upon ourselves to find these pianos and spread the word. Go out, find them and play them if you can. After all, that’s what they’re there for.

Mia Za’s

Maybe you noticed, maybe you didn’t, but hiding next to a dated lamp and shoved into a back room on the second floor of Mia Za’s on Green Street stands a shining black beauty. “A student used to come in and play it during lunch time years ago,” said Jesse Melton, an employee at Za’s. “It used to be in the main room, but we pushed it into the back room when he stopped coming.” People have been known to let their fingers run wild on occasion, but the distractions of garlic bread and paninis have really cast the piano into the shadows. If you have the urge to get those greasy hands on some keys while at Za’s, the staff said to go for it, and if you want to be a regular, there’s a lonely piano wanting some weekly loving.

Bar Giuliani

A baby grand is a hard thing to miss, but if it’s used as a shelf or side table, it can easily be overlooked. At Bar Giuliani on Green Street, a beautiful baby grand sits snug in a corner of the middle portion of the café, sometimes used as a place to stick an extra book or coffee mug. “The first owner of the Green Street Coffee House bought it about eight or nine years ago,” recalls Veronica Jacome, employee of Bar Giuliani. “It was bought so that people could come and play classical music on it on random nights. We used to pay people to play, but it slowly died down,” she explained. The baby currently sits dormant, out of tune and untouched (aside from the stray tea saucer), but there is hope for the forgotten instrument. Jacome claims Bar Giuliani is open to new players, new ideas and new music (just not when there are lots of studying customers, of course). The piano is unfortunately out of tune, and current financial binds do not favor bringing in a professional piano tuner, but if certain individuals were to want to play for tips and put those tips toward the tuning of that gorgeous baby grand ... all it will take is a little time.

The Union

In the South Lounge of the Illini Union, a piano sits tucked away in a corner, its appeal noticed by many but heeded by few. With students studying all around, it’s easy to see why this piano stays shyly in the corner under a thin layer of dust. “I’ve worked here at the Union for about two years,” said Nelicia Jones, a junior in LAS. “I’ve never seen anyone play it.” Jones first noticed the piano as she was quietly passing by her freshman year, and throughout the years, the piano has remained even though she has moved on. “It’s there for the students,” said Jones. “But I think people may just be too shy to use it.” Next time you pass through the Illini Union, stop in the South Lounge and interrupt a little monotonous studying by warming up those keys of the Illini Union piano.

Dorm Lobbies (Bromley Hall)

Cafeterias, mail rooms and study rooms have long been staples of dorm living. One lesser-known pastime for some students is taking a break from studies to play the dorm pianos, found in many residence halls across campus from Illini Tower to Lincoln Residence Hall. Bromley Hall may sport the nicest piano of them all, a black baby grand in the building’s luxurious lobby next to couches and a 360-degree fireplace. “People play every day,” said Katie, an RA of Bromley working the front desk. “They play mostly modern music with some classical here and there.” With the piano as the visual centerpiece of the hall’s front lounge, it’s no wonder it gets a lot of playing time. With such a comfortable room, though, there are sure to be people who just want to relax. Three girls lounging on a couch by the fire added their input about the piano and its many players. “It’s really annoying when people come by and just tap the keys,” mentioned Lauren, a freshman living at Bromley. “It depends on if they know what their doing, but it still gets old after 20 minutes,” added Coralie, another freshman.

Covered Piano at The Bling Pig.

Communal Houses (Evans Scholars House)

A surprising number of communal houses on-campus also shelter well-kept pianos. The Evans Scholars house in Champaign found itself the unexpected beneficiary of a baby grand piano. Donated in 2007 by an alumnus who had recently inherited it, the black piano is in beautiful condition and just out of tune. Although most residents are not pianists, the few who are enjoy the chance to play at home. “Sometimes I will ask someone who is studying if it’s alright if I play,” said sophomore Ed Norris. “I almost expect someone to let me know that my playing will distract them from their work.” Some students are picky about what is played on the piano. Of course, studies show that classical music has been shown to enhance studying abilities. “If Ed comes in and plays ‘Moonlight Sonata’ or Mozart’s ‘Requiem,’ I suppose that’s alright,” said sophomore Chris Cornille, “but when he starts to play ‘The Entertainer,’ I’m ready to throw him out the door.”

Covered piano in the corner of the South Lounge in the Illini Union.

The Blind Pig

Yamaha piano at Za’s.

Among the drafts of Dragon’s Breath beer and the dim chandelier-lit rooms of the Blind Pig, an old grand piano sits waiting. It’s easy to get caught up in conversation at the downtown Champaign bar, but have you ever stopped to think what the story is behind that piano? Apparently, The Blind Pig’s piano is one that has sung fame and fortune. According to bartender Jason Ewing, Blind Pig regular Paul Asaro purchased this piano one and a half years ago. “He plays ragtime on it every now and then when he’s not touring with Leon Redbone,” said Ewing. “Nobody else can play it [because] it’s so expensive. That’s his love; whatever it took, he got it.” Why the ivories were chosen for this tavern in particular are unknown to most bar-goers, but Ewing has seen a few sets of keys come and go in his time at the Blind Pig. “Before this one, we’d had an older one for three years,” reminisced Ewing. “This is how [Asaro] makes his bread and butter.” Asaro not only gave a home to specialty beer but also adopted a piano, aging in all its grandeur in the parlor of the Blind Pig. Wurlitzer piano at Bar Giuliani.

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A Taste of Art Krannert Art Museum live music and Kinkead Pavilion, C, Groovatron with Jobu 6pm Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $6 A talk by Scott Murray, Morris Ardoin with Denassistant professor of Arnis Stroughmatt chitecture. Iron Post, U, 7pm ”When the Far Enemy Bestage Andy Moreillon came the Near Enemy”: Memphis on Main, C, 9pm A Lovely Sunday for Creve The United States in Caleb Cook and the Big Coeur Jihad Discourses Naturals The Station Theatre, U, Levis Faculty Center/VisiRosebowl Tavern, Ltd., 8pm, $12 tor’s Center, U, 7:30pm U, 9pm INNER VOICES Social A lecture by Solhail HashZorbas Jazz Issues Theatre Presents: mi of Mount Holyhoke Zorba’s, C, 9:30pm, $3 FREEZE! Body Police College. Florida Avenue Residence dj kids & families Halls, U, 8pm DJ Halfdead Discovery Room art exhibit Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Savoy Recreational CenTavern, Tolono, 8pm ”Spirit in Color” — The ter, Savoy, all day, $2/ Stitches w/ DJs Rickbats Artwork of Marty Maehr Residents and Members, and Kannibal Heartland Gallery, U, $3/NR The Clark Bar, C, 10pm 10am Ages crawling-7. DJ Bob Bass A solo show of oil paintBaby Time Soma Ultralounge, C, ings by this Ann Arbor, Douglass Branch Library, 10pm Michigan artist, formerly C, 10:30am DJ Belly of Urbana. ARTfusion Boltini Lounge, C, Illinois Landscapes/The Douglass Branch Library, 10:30pm Four Seasons C, 4pm Green Street Studio Preschool Tales dance music Techline, Urbana Free Library, U, Country DJ and Line C, 12pm 9:45am Dancing Lessons An exhibition of small Radmaker’s Rock & Roll paintings in water media fundraisers Tavern, Tolono, 8pm on paper by Harry Breen. UC Books to Prisoners lectures Friday Salsa Cafe work session Bar Guiliani, C, 9pm Urbana-Champaign InKaraoke with Randy Miller Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 10pm

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mind/body/ spirit Meditation & Yoga Classes Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, U, 6pm

miscellaneous Japan House Tours Japan House, U, 1pm The Bike Project Open Shop Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm Check out the tools and work stands you can use to fix your own bike and tour their massive collection of parts, spares and used bikes.

food & drink Krannert Uncorked Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 5pm Beverages may be tasted free of charge and will be available for purchase by the glass at a special discounted price during the tasting. No tickets required.

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Parkland Theatre and Bah Humbug Productions live music present: A Christmas Carol The Brat Pack Parkland College Theatre, Chief’s Bar, C, 12pm C, 7pm, $18, $12 seniors, Happy Hour and Live $8 students and children Music The Nutcracker Silvercreek, U, 5pm Krannert Center for Prairie Dogs/Corn Desert the Performing Arts, U, Ramblers 7:30pm, $34, $25 stuIron Post, U, 5pm dents, $16 youth John McMahon art opening The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 5:30pm Art Exhibition Mae with Snowersa and Springer Cultural Center, jiGsaw C, 6pm Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $12 art exhibit PBS Huber’s West End Store, ”Spirit in Color” — The C, 8pm Artwork of Marty Maehr White Elephant Exchange Heartland Gallery, U, Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm, $7 10am M.P.H. Illinois Landscapes/The The Embassy Tavern & Four Seasons Grill, U, 9pm Green Street Studio High Maintenance Techline, C, 12pm Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., lectures U, 9pm E.S.P. U.S Agricultural Policy: Memphis on Main, C, Prospects for Change 9pm, $5 University YMCA, C, Ian Procell, AMP, D.O.M. 12pm Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm UI astronomer Kaler to The Show discuss Milky Way Urbana-Champaign InWilliam M. Staerkel Plandependent Media Center, etarium, C, 7pm, $1 U, 10pm Following Dr. Kaler’s talk, the planetarium will presdj ent its holiday special, DJ and Dancing “Rites of the Season.” Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, kids & families $5 Country Dancing at Discovery Room Bradley’s II Savoy Recreational CenBradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 ter, Savoy, all day, $2/ DJ Delayney Residents and Members, Radio Maria, C, 10pm $3/NR DJ and Dancing Ages crawling-7. Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Tales for Twos No cover before 11pm Douglass Branch Library, with student ID. C, 10:30am DJ Tim Williams Grlz Wanna Have Fun! Soma Ultralounge, C, Douglass Branch Library, 10pm, $5 C, 4pm Girls in kindergarten dance music through fifth grade can Contra dancing w/ Too read, play games and Old To Be Contolled and make crafts. Bill Sudkamp Phillips Recreation Center, mind/body/ spirit U, 7:30pm, $5 Yoga Classes concert Krannert Art Museum UI Latin Jazz Ensemble and Kinkead Pavilion, C Krannert Center for This hour-long class introthe Performing Arts, U, duces the fundamentals 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, of hatha yoga. Partici$4 students pants should bring their own yoga mats. Other karaoke supplies are provided. Karaoke wpgu Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 10pm Illini Hockey Karaoke with DJ HolIce Arena, C, 7:30pm, $6 lywood for Illinois students and Wendl’s, U, 9pm $8 for the public Come out to the Ice Arena stage to watch the game as well A Lovely Sunday for Creve as win cool prizes, play Coeur fun games, participate in The Station Theatre, U, crazy competitions, and 8pm, $15 much more.

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If rapidly approaching finals have you feeling like another brick in the wall, take a break from studying and catch Eclipse perform their tribute to Pink Floyd at the Canopy Club this Saturday. Tickets are $10 in advance and can be purchased at the Canopy Club, Exile on Main Street, Bacca Cigar and Family Pride Convience. The show kicks off at 9 p.m., so get your tickets, be there and remember, “if you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!” sat, dec 6 live music All-Ages Punk/Hardcore Show McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 6pm, $3 WRFU Benefit Show Cowboy Monkey, C, 6pm, $4 Big Bluestem, The Stringband Iron Post, U, 6pm, $3 Split Lip Rayfield Highdive, C, 7:30pm, $12 Bruiser & The Virtues The Embassy Tavern & Grill, U, 9pm Eclipse: Tribute to Pink Floyd Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10 Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm David Bazan Courtyard Cafe — Illini Union, U, 9pm AD/HD Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5

dj DJ and Dancing Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, $5 Kosmo at Soma Soma Ultralounge, C, 11pm DJ Mertz Boltini Lounge, C, 11pm DJ Tim Williams Highdive, C, 11pm, $5

dance music Radio Salsa Radio Maria, C, 11pm, $3

Salsa, Merengue, Bachata music & dancing w/ DJ Bris.

concert UI Brass Choir and UI Oratorio Society and UI Chamber Singers Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10, $7 seniors, $4 students Willie Nelson with special guest Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters Assembly Hall, C, 7:30pm, $35-$45

karaoke Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 10pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, U, 10pm

movies News-Gazette Film Series—White Christmas Virginia Theatre, C, 1pm, 7pm, $5

stage A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur The Station Theatre, U, 8pm, $15 Parkland Theatre and Bah Humbug Productions present: A Christmas Carol Parkland College Theatre, C, 2pm, $18, $12 seniors, $8 students and children The Nutcracker Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 2pm, 7:30pm, $34, $25 students, $16 youth come and get it

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Parade of Lights and Tree Lighting Ceremony Main St. and Fremont, C, 5:30pm Following the parade, join us for our spectacular Tree Lighting Ceremony featuring a visit with a surprise holiday guest.

Illini Hockey Ice Arena, C, 7:30pm, $6 for Illinois students and $8 for the public Come out to the Ice Arena to watch the game as well as win cool prizes, play fun games, participate in crazy competitions, and more.

Liquid Courage Karaoke Geo’s, U, 7pm

kids & families

Pet Pics with Santa Discovery Room Kaufman Lake Boathouse, Savoy Recreational CenC, 11am, $20 ter, Savoy, all day, $2/ stage Professional photographer Residents and Members, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Jonathan Kim will be tak- $3/NR Coeur ing holiday photos of your Ages crawling-7. The Station Theatre, U, pets as a fundraiser for the O Baby! 8pm, $6 new dog park to be built in Champaign Public Library, Parkland Theatre and southwest Champaign. C, 9:45am, 10:30am Bah Humbug Productions FriendShop Used Book Rookie Cooks art exhibit present: A Christmas Store Open Douglass Branch Library, miscellaneous ”Spirit in Color” — The Carol Champaign Public Library, C, 4pm Artwork of Marty Maehr The Bike Project Open Parkland College Theatre, C, 2:30pm Club Fred Heartland Gallery, U, Shop Hours C, 2pm, $18, $12 seniors, The Library Friends sell Douglass Branch Library, 10am Urbana-Champaign In$8 students and children used books for $1 or less, C, 4pm Illinois Landscapes/The dependent Media Center, The Nutcracker plus CDs, videos, and Four Seasons U, 3pm Krannert Center for the DVDs for $1.50, along tue, dec 9 Green Street Studio Check out the tools and Performing Arts, U, 2pm, with unique gift items. All live music Techline, C, 10am work stands you can use 7:30pm, $34, $25 stusales benefit the library. Art Exhibition to fix your own bike and dents, $16 youth Acoustic Tuesday with miscellaneous Springer Cultural Center, tour their massive collec- Ain’t Misbehavin’ (part Jeremy Harper C, 8am tion of parts, spares and of the News-Gazette The Bike Project Open Memphis on Main, C, used bikes. Broadway Series) Shop Hours 7:30pm lectures C.U.A.S Family Skywatch Assembly Hall, C, Urbana-Champaign InJeff Kerr and Billy Galt Rites of the Season: Champaign Urbana 7:30pm, $32-$45 dependent Media Center, The Embassy Tavern & Planetarium Show Astronomical Society U, 3pm Grill, U, 8pm holidays William M. Staerkel Plan- CUAS, C, 12pm Check out the tools and Corn Desert Ramblers etarium, C, 8pm, $3-$4 See the stars and planets Winter Lights Festival work stands you can use Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., Saturday Physics Honors through the largest public Krannert Center for the to fix your own bike and U, 9pm Program telescope in East Central Performing Arts, U, 4pm tour their massive collec- The Piano Man Loomis Lab, U, 10:15am Illinois. Featuring a U of I Symtion of parts, spares and Canopy Club, U, 9pm Fishing With Dynamite phony Orchestra string used bikes. Parkland Gig Bands under recreation (Sketch Comedy Troupe) quartet, a Jewish a capthe direction of John Natural Decorating for Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $5 pella group, traditional mon, dec 8 Hutchens the Holiday before 9pm, $7 after Klezmer music, sign Iron Post, U, 9pm Anita Purves Nature Cenlanguage interpretation live music classes & work- of holiday carols, and ter, U, 1pm Jazz Jam Hosted by MRS dj shops Work with a variety of a few seasonal tunes Trio “Dusty Music” — DJ natural items you can find ”Designing Fresh Greens from the vocal group No Iron Post, U, 7pm Delayney right in your own back into Holiday ContainComment. FingaLickin Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, yard. ers”—a seminar by Green The Embassy Tavern & 10:15pm, $1 art exhibit View Nursery Grill, U, 8pm kids & families Green View Nursery, C, karaoke Art Exhibition Monday Night Miracle Discovery Room 10am Springer Cultural Center, with Zmick Liquid Courage Karaoke Savoy Recreational CenC, 8am Canopy Club, U, 9pm Geo’s, U, 9pm food & drink ter, Savoy, all day, $2/ Karaoke with Randy dj Residents and Members, Holiday market at Lincoln lgbt Miller $3/NR Square Mpowerment DJ Mingram Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Ages crawling-7. Lincoln Square Mall, U, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Highdive, C, 10pm open mic Kids@Krannert 8am and Transgender Resourcart exhibit Krannert Art Museum Breakfast with Santa es, U, 5pm Original Music Showcase and Kinkead Pavilion, C, Silvercreek, U, 8:30am, Art Exhibition Espresso Royale, U, 8pm fundraisers 10am 11am, $12.50 Springer Cultural Center, Open Mic Night Fun-filled events for the Prepaid reservations only. UC Books to Prisoners C, 8am Memphis on Main, C, entire family with demwork session Illinois Landscapes/The 8pm onstrations, hands-on art sun, dec 7 Urbana-Champaign InFour Seasons Open Mic Night projects, dance, music, dependent Media Center, Green Street Studio Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm live music and storytelling. U, 1pm Techline, C, 12pm Over the River and Emerald Rum Through the Woods Blind Pig Co., The, C, 6pm Early American Museum, Writers in The Round— Mahomet, 1pm Cody Solkowski, Mike th Join us once again for pres- Ingram, Elaini Moraites of the ent and ornament making and Angie Heaton as we spend the afternoon Iron Post, U, 7pm creating those special gifts Sight & Sound of to give to our families or Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., hang on our tree. U, 9pm Origami Family Fun Fest Champaign Public Library, dj C, 2pm DJ and Dancing Gingerbread Joe’s Brewery, C, 8:30pm, Urbana Free Library, U, $5 10:30pm Saturday is Distinto y Children of all ages are Diferente invited for gingerbread Great Impasta, C, $3 a songs, stories, and craft. person or $5 a couple We’ll finish up with a speconcert cial gingerbread snack. Annual Carol Concert community Krannert Center for the Korean Cultural Center Performing Arts, U, 3pm, Benefit Dinner Show $10, $7 seniors, $4 stuWesley-United Methodist dents Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 6:30pm, $15, Downtown Champaign www.boltinilounge.com info@boltinilounge.com $10 students, $5 children

art exhibit Art Exhibition Springer Cultural Center, C, 8am Illinois Landscapes/The Four Seasons Green Street Studio Techline, C, 12pm

kids & families

Donnie Heitler Great Impasta, C, 6pm Traditional Irish Music Session Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Rocket Science At Senator’s Inn Pub Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 8pm

Illinois Landscapes/The Four Seasons Green Street Studio Techline, C, 12pm Art Exhibition Springer Cultural Center, C, 8am

kids & families

Discovery Room Savoy Recreational CenCountry Dancing at ter, Savoy, all day, $2/ Bradley’s II Residents and Members, Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 $3/NR DJ Bob Bass Ages crawling-7. Highdive, C, 8pm, $3/$5 Storyshop after 10pm Champaign Public Library, DJ Bris C, 9:45am, 10:30am Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm Storyshop at the Branch DJ LEGTWO Douglass Branch Library, Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm C, 10:30am Jeff Markland’s DJ’s all For pre-K to grade 1. request Toddler Time: Winter Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Animals Tavern, Tolono, 9pm Urbana Free Library, U, Salsa Night with DJ Bris 10:30am Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Board Silly Reggae Night @ Barfly Douglass Branch Library, Barfly, C, 10pm C, 4pm lgbt DJ Mingram Duct Work LGBT Resume Critiques Soma Ultralounge, C, Savoy Recreational CenIllini Union, U, 4pm 10pm ter, Savoy, 5:30pm, $25 Rainbow Coffeehouse for residents of Savoy; Wesley-United Methodist karaoke $32 for non-residents Church & Wesley Founda- Paul Faber Dragon miscellaneous tion, U, 6:30pm Karaoke The Embassy Tavern & The Bike Project Open mind/body/ Grill, U, 9pm Shop Hours spirit Liquid Courage Karaoke Urbana-Champaign IndeTarot Card Reading Geovanti’s, C, 10pm pendent Media Center, U, Carmon’s Restaurant, C, 6:30pm open mic 5pm, $15 Check out the tools and Beginners’ Group MediAmateur Comedy Night work stands you can use tation Memphis on Main, C, to fix your own bike and Ananda Liina Yoga & 8:30pm tour their massive collecMeditation Center, U, 6pm Open-Mic Night tion of parts, spares and Learn and practice mantra Radio Maria, C, 10:30pm used bikes. chanting and meditation. Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, all day, $2/ Residents and Members, $3/NR Ages crawling-7. Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am, 11:15am Holiday Read to the Dogs Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm Goodnight Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm Babies’ Lap Time Urbana Free Library, U, 9:45pm, 10:30pm

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A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur live music The Station Theatre, U, Fall Semester Show Down 8pm, $6 Canopy Club, U, 12pm, $5 art exhibit before 9pm, $7 after Chip McNeill Combo ”Spirit in Color” — The with Joel Spence and No Artwork of Marty Maehr Strings Attached Heartland Gallery, U, Iron Post, U, 5pm 10am

support groups

Among Women: A Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Support Group Asian American Cultural Center, U, 5pm Coming Out Support Group Illini Union, U, 7pm

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2, 3,4 BR. Great Location, on-site laundry, parking. 3 BR with 2.5 bath/ spa with own washer/dryer. 4 BR with leather furniture plus Flat screen TV. Value Pricing from 420/ person. 309 S. First C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

For August 2009. Large 4 bedrooms, 2 bath. Balconies, laundry, covered parking. Value pricing. Office at 309 S. First, Ch. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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John Street Apartments 58 E. John, C August 2009 and January. Studio, two and three bedrooms, fully furnished. Dishwashers, center courtyard, on-site laundry, central air, parking, and value pricing. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

Available Fall 2009 and January. 2 BR close to campus, hardwood floors, laundry, W/D, central air/heat, off-street parking, 24 hr. maintenance. Value pricing from $595/mo. 841-1996. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

509 Stoughton, C Fall 2009 Near Grainger, spacious studios and 2 bedrooms, laundry, value pricing, parking. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

2 BEDROOMS Many Utilities Included! Great units near the POOL at: •903 S. First St. •33 E. Chalmers St. •56/58 E. Daniel St. Come between classes! No appointment necessary

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BEST VALUE CAMPUS 1 BR. loft from $480. 1 BR. $395 2 BR. $580 3 BR. $750 4 BR. $855 Campus. 367-6626. August 2009

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106 Daniel, C. For August 2009. 1, 2, 4 bedroom apartments and townhouses. Parking, laundry, value pricing. Office at 309 S. First, C. THE UNIVERSITY GROUP www.ugroup96.com 352-3182

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903 W. Oregon (Oregon and Lincoln)

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• Free Internet • 3 blocks from Quad • Near new shops and resturants

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207 E. Green (2nd and Green)

309-311 E. Daniel (4th & Daniel) 4 Bedroom

4 bedroom apts • Free Internet • 1 ½ baths • 3 story townhouses

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306.5 E. Green (3rd & Green) 3 bedroom apts • Free Internet • Near Quad • Near bars and resturants

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Spacious 1BR, A/C, laundry, free parking. On busline, near the new Meijer in Urbana. Available NOW. Starting at $410. Call Paul at 637-4104 or 344-1306

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• Most utilities included • At Roland Pool • On 22 bus line ROLAND REALTY 351-8900 www.roland-realty.com

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Campus Houses 803 S. First- 8- 9 BD 803 S. Locust- 7 BD 308 -1/2 W. William- 4 BD 407 E. White- 6 BD 407 -1/2 E. White- 6 BD 409 E. White- 6 BD 303 S. Fifth- 5 BD 9 Month Lease Available www.mhmproperties.com 337-8852

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This week

Kr annErT CEnTEr for ThE PErforming arTs

The PromenaDe GiFT ShoP That adorable finger puppet, the cheeky magnets, the perfect holiday card, perhaps some dark (or milk or nut-filled or caramel-layered or white) chocolate for yourself, and now, a bit of eco-fabulous apparel too—you can find it all at The Promenade gift shop. The new line of Krannert Center merchandise includes sophisticated logo pens; upscale, downto-earth eco-tote; and sleek bamboo/organic cotton blend t-shirts, available in two fits and three colors—sure to please everyone on your list.

Th Dec 4

5pm

Krannert Uncorked // marqUEE

7:30pm

Ui Concert Bands iia and iiB // sChool of mUsiC

7:30pm

Ui Jazz Combos // sChool of mUsiC

7:30pm

Map Light // DEParTmEnT of ThEaTrE Fr Dec 5

7:30pm

Ui symphonic Band ii and Ui Concert Band i // sChool of mUsiC

7:30pm

The Nutcracker // marqUEE

7:30pm

Ui latin Jazz Ensemble // sChool of mUsiC

7:30pm

Map Light // DEParTmEnT of ThEaTrE

9:30pm

afterglow: holiday salsa night

Located just a couple minutes east of the quad in downtown Urbana.

Sa Dec 6

New Hours in November!

Tuesday-Saturday 8am-8pm, Sunday 8am-2pm

2pm

The Nutcracker // marqUEE

7:30pm

Ui Brass Choir, Ui oratorio society, and Ui Chamber singers // sChool of mUsiC

7:30pm

The Nutcracker // marqUEE

• Serving breakfast, lunch, and light dinner • Specializing in paninis, homemade soups & salads • Gourmet coffee & expresso drinks • Free WiFi available! Located at 119 W. Main Street Phone: 217.328.4405 www. UrbanaBistro.com

Su Dec 7

2pm

Escape the crowds and craziness of campus!

The Nutcracker // marqUEE

3pm

annual Carol Concert // sChool of mUsiC

4:30pm

Winter lightsfestival // KrannErT CEnTEr sTUDEnT assoCiaTion

7:30pm

The Nutcracker // marqUEE We Dec 10

7:30pm

Ui symphony orchestra // sChool of mUsiC

The Great Impasta is moving very soon!

Th Dec 11

5pm

Krannert Uncorked // marqUEE

7:30pm

Champaign-Urbana symphony orchestra: The CUSO Holiday Concert // CUso

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D O I N ’ I T W E L L by Kim Rice & Ross Wantland

Tribadism Aye, there’s the rub Recently, we were asked about tribadism, a term neither of us had heard before. Actually, this term is not as rare as our naïveté would suggest. Tribadism, or tribbing, is when two women rub their genitals against each others’ bodies for pleasure. Whether on top of the clothes or naked, this rubbing is part of many women’s sexual behavior — but you might not have known it had a name. “Doin’ It Well” decided we wanted to take a moment to explore the rub of rubbing, tribadism.

What the What? Tribadism (pronounced trib-a-dism) comes from the Greek word “tribein,” which means “to rub.” But in early Greek and Latin, “tribas” was a term to describe women’s sexual behavior with other women and later became “tribade” in European writings. In the minds of the early Greeks, a tribade was a sexually virile woman who could penetrate males with an enlarged clitoris (or a strap-on). Long before there were concepts of lesbian and sexual orientation, men feared two women’s ability to be sexual without a man. Society has long feared what they don’t understand! Currently, tribadism refers to two women rubbing their clits and vulvas together for sexual arousal and orgasm. However, it also refers to a woman rubbing her clit against her partner’s thigh, arm, stomach, pubic bone, breast or any other part of her body for sexual arousal. Unlike frottage, which means rubbing against someone or something for sexual gratification (usually without their knowledge), tribadism specifically refers to this rubbing between two (or more) women. Tribadism is also referred to as scissoring, clit-clatting and, when fully clothed, dry humping. Many women enjoy the sensation of rubbing themselves against their partner or having their partner rub against them, and there are many reasons why tribbing may be a nice mutually enjoyed activity. For starters, tribadism can take place clothed or unclothed, so it can be quick and easy. Also, tribadism allows for simultaneous orgasm, as each woman can control her own stimulation. In addition, some women may be embarrassed or

ashamed of their bodies and their sexual desires, and tribadism can be a way to move quickly from a hug to sexual stimulation that may allow partners to momentarily avoid thinking about those shame factors.

What’s It Look Like? Tribadism can include a lot of different positions, from traditional, like missionary, to more involved, like scissoring. Because tribadism isn’t talked about much, it may be difficult to know exactly how to do it. Here are some basic positions to help your imagination.

Missionary position Like it sounds, this position looks a lot like the heterosexual missionary position. One woman lies between the other woman’s legs and places her weight on the bottom woman’s pubic bone. Both women can rock their hips to rub their clitorises together.

Crossed missionary position Like the missionary position, one woman lies down while the other lies on top of her and straddles the lower woman’s thigh. Each woman can rub against the other’s thigh.

Scissors In the scissors position, two women lie down with their legs “scissoring” their partner and their vulvas touching directly. This position provides the most direct vulva/vulva contact, though partners aren’t as able to touch or kiss each other. This position can also be used with one partner kneeling above (dominant scissors).

Beach position This is just one of any combination of ways for a woman to rub against her partner. The beach position looks not unlike spooning, and the woman on the outside can rub her clit against her partner’s tailbone or thigh. This could also be done on top of a partner lying on her stomach or standing up, though it might be difficult to find the right angle for stimulation.

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Rub the Right Way Some women may orgasm from tribbing, but others require more direct clitoral stimulation. During tribbing, both partners control the intensity, pressure and speed of the experience. If it doesn’t feel right, move around and find a position that is right for you. If you enjoy tribbing but find it difficult to achieve orgasm, placing a vibrator between both partners can increase stimulation. Also, some women find the experience of tribbing exciting, while others may feel bruised and sore afterward. Talk with your partner to find out what she enjoys and where she might like to trib on you or have you trib on her. If you’re tribbing clothed, you might want to think about wearing smooth clothes. For instance, silky underwear or pants might create less friction than jeans. If you’re naked, you might want to use plenty of lube to lessen the friction and increase the sensation. Also, there is still a risk of STD transmission during tribbing, so it’s a good idea

to consider this risk during skin-to-skin genital contact. If you are unsure of your partner’s status, keeping your clothes on will eliminate this risk.

Sex 411: Tribadism Resources Bright, S. Susie Sexpert’s Lesbian Sex World

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Free Will Astrology ARIES

March 21-April 19

The European Union has had rules banning the sale of ugly carrots with knobby protrusions, cucumbers that are grossly curved, and equally unaesthetic specimens of 24 other fruits and vegetables. Recently that changed, however. The stiff standards were relaxed. “It makes no sense to throw perfectly good products away, just because they are the ‘wrong’ shape,” said the EU’s commissioner for agriculture. I suggest you make a metaphorically similar shift, Aries. It’s time for you to expand your capacity to welcome some fine, useful things that happen to look a bit imperfect.

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

in the Broadway play “Passing Strange,” the narrator praises the healing power of mysterious songs, saying: “You know when the music goes right over your head, bypasses your mind, and strengthens the part of you that’s most beautiful?” That’s the kind of nourishment I encourage you to seek out in the coming week, Taurus. You need soul-toning experiences that elude your rational understanding -- encounters with wise animals, waking dreams, unpredictable love, exotic music, and twilight whispers that blissfully boggle your imagination.

GEMINI

May 21-June 20

According to the imaginative reporters at the Weekly World News, the devil doesn’t sit by passively as people beseech God for help and consolation. Using his own version of stealth technology, the evil one “intercepts or jams” up to one-third of all prayers on their way heavenward. Timid and fuzzy prayers are the easiest for him to block. Just in case there’s a grain of truth in this claim, Gemini, take special measures when you send out appeals for assistance in the coming days. You need and deserve attention from higher powers, both the earthbound and divine kind. To ensure that the devil or one of his surrogates) can’t interfere, formulate your messages concisely and communicate them with crisp confidence.

CANCER

June 21-July 22

Lame-duck U.S. President George Bush is mostly dreaming of his retirement these days, although he takes time out now and then to create executive orders that undo environmental protections. Barack Obama is planning hard for the monumental recovery he hopes to lead when he assumes the presidency, but his time won’t come until January 20. Meanwhile, all the things that have been falling apart under Bush’s watch are continuing to fall apart, only bigger and badder. Writes Josh Marshall in Talkingpointsmemo.com, “We’re paying mightily for having no captain at the helm at one of the most perilous points in our recent national history.” In regard to your own personal life, Cancerian, please avoid acting like America. Don’t wait for some formal deadline before you make your moves. Expedite the transition from the old order to the new with the force of a thousand ecstatic activists.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

“It’s better to be clumsy than clever,” says an ancient Chinese book called Poets’ Jade Splinters, “better plain than affected, better crude than weak, better eccentric than vulgar.” That’s a good prescription for you to use in the way you live your life in the coming days, Leo. Here’s another observation from the same text that should also be helpful: “Inspiration enters at the border between hard work and laziness.” That suggests you’ve got to work hard and discipline yourself in order to earn the right to inspiration, but often the inspiration flows in when you’re goofing off or giving yourself some slack. Source: tinyurl.com/5qu7fv.)

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

In 1952, renowned modern composer John Cage created the infamous “4’33”.” It’s a “song” that consists of four minutes and 33 seconds of pure silence. Recently a San Francisco performance artist, Jonathon Keats, did a remix of that tune and made it available as a ring-tone. I’d love for you to be inspired by those two geniuses in the coming week, Virgo. It’ll be an excellent time for you to come to a perfect stop, fill yourself with stillness, and bask in the healing power of undiluted nothingness.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

I urge you not to Google the word “duh,” Libra. If you do, DEC 04 – DEc 10 08

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you’ll mark yourself as a conformist trend-slave, joining over 33 million people who have already done it before you. Furthermore, you will be in danger of wasting the potential the cosmos is offering you, which is to reap rich rewards by exploring brave new frontiers on the edges of your awareness. So please be insanely curious about stuff you’ve never heard of and people you’ve never met. Research subjects that tantalize your imagination and stick your nose in where it supposedly doesn’t belong. But don’t Google “duh.”

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

by Matt Jones

“Come on, Get It Right!” — driving grammar purists crazy since, well, forever.

Researchers have determined that you’ve got longer than you imagine to salvage food that has dropped on the floor. Bacteria don’t get a foothold and start growing on your pizza or muffin for at least 30 seconds. Keep that in mind as an all-purpose metaphor in the coming days, Scorpio. Anything that you fear has already been spoiled or tainted may actually be possible to restore and redeem. You probably have more time than you thought. I got an invitation through MySpace to audition for an upcoming production of the “Vagina Monologues.” While I was honored to be asked, I wasn’t sure that the kind of audience members who would come to see the “Vagina Monologues” would want to hear me, a man, expound on the central topic. Upon reading the fine print, however, I found out that the producers were indeed seeking some male actors. The metaphorical moral of the story, Sagittarius, is to be open to invitations, opportunities, and requests that may at first seem odd, misdirected, or irrelevant. From 1987 to 2006, Alan Greenspan was Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve and a major force in shaping the world’s most powerful economy. When the recent troubles hit, Congress called on him to testify. With shocking humility, he confessed that there had been a flaw in his model of reality. All those years he’d believed that “free, competitive markets are by far the unrivaled way to organize economies.” Now he saw he was wrong. While I’m sorry for the collective pain his mistaken ideas have unleashed, I’m elated for him personally: How many 82-year-old men are open to the possibility that their philosophy of life needs adjustment? For that matter, how many people of any age are receptive to changing their ideas about how the world works? I invite you to take your inspiration from Greenspan, Capricorn. Be curious about how your own major theories might need revision. Doing this heroic deed will energize you with good karma and fresh mojo.

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

What’s the healthiest, holiest rebellion you could launch, Aquarius? What would be the most constructive way to channel your longing to live in a more perfect world? How might you overthrow the status quo in ways that would so thoroughly enhance the greater good that even the people bent on preserving the status quo would benefit? Given the fact that you are in a phase when your trouble-making skills are dovetailing very nicely with your ability to bestow blessings, these are excellent questions for you to consider.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20

A column in the Washington Post called “The Style Invitational” has identified the “Top 10 New Religions.” I’m calling your attention to two that might be attractive to you in the coming months, a time when you’ll probably have urges to transform and expand upon your spiritual practices. First, there are the Oxymormons, who engage in polygamous monogamy. The second group is the Salivationists. They speak in tongues like some other sects, but they also speak in drool. A third option, of course, is for you to whip up your own brand new, totally unique religion using just the parts you really like from all of the other traditions. However you do it, Pisces, I encourage you to be playfully creative as you get more disciplined about your relationship with the Divine Wow.

Homework

You know what to do and you know when to do it, but you’ve been trying to hide that fact from yourself. Why?

Solution in Classifieds.

Across

1 Letters seen after forward slashes 4 Hand-rolled dish 9 “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” boat, typically 14 “You’re in trou-uh-ble!” 15 Smart and Bond, for instance 16 Classic “Star Trek” crew member 17 Production company behind NPR’s “The World” 18 Powerful demon, in Arabic mythology 19 Hat on a chess piece 20 Sex ed subj. 22 Willed gift 24 What the Martian zoo display was down to? 29 Lumber mill cutters 30 ___ acids (main components of proteins) 31 Geologicial time period 32 Funk 35 Mormon church, for short 36 Where culinary newsletters are sent? 39 Lived and breathed 40 “A Death in the Family” author James 41 “___ and the Kings of Spain” (1995 Tears for Fears album) 44 When some evening news is broadcast 46 Separate by cutting off 48 What I hope the gas pills will help stop? 51 Picnic table condiment 52 Chicago-based superstation 53 Recruiter’s goal, maybe 57 Blazing 59 Old-school hardcore rappers, for short 61 Parking attendant 62 Passover dinner 63 Portugal’s cont. 64 Caffe additive 65 Orange and lemon, e.g. 66 Day getaway, perhaps

Down

1 Doo-___ (a cappella music genre) 2 Devotion 3 Masher’s target? 4 Agency that issues numeric ID’s 5 Circulation that doesn’t sink with gravity 6 It’s very alluring 7 Katherine who withdrew from the 2008 Emmy competition 8 “___ Away” (1994 hit for Alice in Chains) 9 “That looks delicious!” 10 Yellowfin, alternately 11 Percentage 12 Otto I’s domain: abbr. 13 Feathers partner 21 Simpsons character in a leisure suit 23 Singer/guitarist born Maria Rosario Pilar Martinez Molina Baeza 24 Green Day drummer ___ Cool 25 Barack Obama Chief of Staff Emanuel 26 Get one’s first dairy farm experience, perhaps 27 Billy Joel song that starts “In every heart there is a room” 28 Roulette spaces: abbr. 33 Easter egg decorating kit stuff 34 Like beachfront property 37 “Criss Angel: Mindfreak” network 38 “___ it seems...” 39 Route 42 Depleting 43 Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Dawson 45 List of mistakes 47 Niacin’s alternate vitamin name 49 As ___ resort 50 More abundant 53 Home Shopping Network competitor 54 Egypt and Syr., from 1958 to 1961 55 Bullring cheer 56 President pro ___ 58 Hosp. areas with restricted access 60 Mrs., in Managua come and get it

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by Michael Coulter

My “Grown-Up” Christmas List Needs, wants and more I drove past a few shopping areas this past Friday, and I was thankful, even though it was one short day after Thanksgiving. I was simply thankful my dumb ass didn’t get mixed up in that first day of Christmas shopping like so many of those other poor bastards. Judging from the number of cars and the lines, I have to assume the economy isn’t quite as bad as we are led to believe. If we were in an actual depression, folks wouldn’t be standing in line at Wal-Mart for four hours to get a high-definition television for 200 dollars less than normal. They’d be standing in line at a grocery store for 12 hours to save 20 cents on creamed corn. At least it’s nice to know it’s business as usual for America around the holidays. Now that I’m no longer worried about the economy, I can focus on Christmas gifts. Oh, I don’t mean Christmas gifts for friends and family. I’ll get those on the 23rd. I’m speaking about Christmas gifts for me. My friends and family probably need plenty of time to make sure they get me a gift I don’t give back to them next Christmas. I hadn’t really considered it until now, so let’s take a look at some of the popular gifts I might enjoy this holiday season. The first gift I stumbled on was the EyeClops night vision goggles. They’re actually the perfect Christmas gift because I don’t need them in any way, and they probably cost quite a lot. They work just like the real night vision goggles, and you can see up to 50 feet in total darkness. Wow, I’m glad all those high-tech wars are finally paying off with some cool-ass gadgets for normal people. The thing is, I’m not sure what I’d use them for. The only thing I really do after dark is drink and take the dog out. I don’t need them for drinking, and I have no desire to learn what the dog does in the backyard after midnight. The dog feels the same way about me. There are about 100 high-tech gadgets and games that would be sort of cool, but by the time I learned how to actually use most of them, they would be obsolete. I do really need an Xbox 360, though. It seems I’ve become quite productive lately with work and chores, and I need to find a surefire way to back down this production. A new video game system would be just the ticket. The glaze over my eyes could probably last from this

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Christmas until the next one, and that’s only if I buy one or two games. Of course, if I get the Xbox, I’ll need a new flatscreen TV. I’ve almost bought one several times, but every time I look at them, the price has gone down quite a bit, and I just have the feeling that as soon as I buy one, the price will drop even lower. It reminds me of those old days when calculators were about 100 dollars one year and the next year, they were literally giving them away. Still, watching television is far more important than addition and subtraction, so I may have to suck it up. I saw this marshmallow shooter, which is basically a gun that shoots marshmallows up to 30 feet. I suppose it’s cool, but I don’t think it’s really enough. Hitting someone with a marshmallow just seems sort of pussy. For crap sake, I remember one Christmas, my friends and I got BB guns that would shoot BBs a couple hundred feet, and nobody lost an eye or anything. A dangerous Christmas is a fun Christmas, guaranteed. I could really use some lawn darts, now that I think about it. Those gifts would be nice, but if you’re buying me a gift, there’s really no need to go all out. A simple book is always a fine present so long as it’s something I’m interested in. For example, anything about the gunfighters of the Old West would be awesome. Anything that involves Oprah Winfrey would not be. Liquor is also a lovely gift. If nothing else, it’s something you know I’ll use. It’s a great way to usher in the holidays, sitting back on the couch and enjoying a nice glass of Scotch. The biggest problem with giving this sort of gift to me is that there’s always a chance I’ll drink the whole bottle at once, get all misty-eyed and call the giver of the gift at two in the morning to explain how appreciative I am. I usually don’t call collect, but it’s still not all that special. When it’s all said and done, I don’t really need anything at all, and that’s likely the reason I’m excited about all these Christmas presents. People don’t really want to get things they need for Christmas. If they did, gifts of vegetables, home gyms and house payments would be flying off the shelves of the stores. No matter how old I get, I’m still essentially a child. I want something I can play with for a day or two and then forget. When I think about it, it’s a good thing I don’t have to buy gifts for myself. It might be tougher than I ever imagined.

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