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Volume 122 Issue 2 Thursday, September 10, 2015

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New minors expose students to important issues Minoska Hernandez

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Two new minors have been added to the Rollins College of Arts and Sciences program: Cultural Anthropology and Critical Media and Cultural Studies. Due to a strong desire among the faculty, these new minors are now available and give Rollins students the opportunity to study outside of their academic field, learning about other cultures. The new Cultural Anthropology minor consists of six courses: “Cultural Anthropology,” “Language, Culture, and Society,” and four electives out of the many that can be found on the minor map. These are all current anthropology classes, which are presently being taught by professors in the department. So, several students may already have most of the minor completed and are encouraged to continue pursu-

ing it. Dr. Ashley Kistler, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Anthropology, said that the minor “is different from the traditional anthropology track because it eliminates the archaeology, human evolution, and theory courses.” This gives students who are interested, but perhaps do not plan on continuing with this field in graduate school, the ability to get the minor. Kistler believes that the new Cultural Anthropology Minor could pair well with other majors. It could give students in any other academic field an expanded global perspective. “This is a great opportunity for students to explore the world by studying global issues, politics and culture, and to prepare them to face these issues in the future,” she said. The Critical Media and Cultural Studies minor will also allow students to analyze real life

matters in a creative way, incorporating the fields of media and film. Lisa Tillmann, Professor and Chair of Critical Media and Cultural Studies, said that, “Both the major and the new minor are explicitly grounded in social justice values, community, social advocacy, and identity.” These topics are studied throughout the six courses required to complete the minor. The focus in social justice values is reflected in many of the courses, and students are encouraged to express themselves openly about these values. Some of these classes, such as “Digital Story Telling,” especially entail a creative and “artsy” side for students in order to help them confront these issues in different ways. “I think the minor will potentially give more students exposure to these kinds of courses and challenge them. We are interested in them as individuals

and have a deep pride and love for our majors and minors, who they are, and the work that they do,” she said. The Critical Media and Cultural Studies department is hopeful for future programs in this field, including a master’s program on Social Justice. They hope to arouse a deeper interest in students for enhancing awareness and a passion for social justice values. They are also currently looking for a work-study interested in both the social justice and critical media aspects of the major and minor. All students can look into adding these two new minors with an open mind. Both the Cultural Anthropology and Critical Media and Cultural Studies minors have a focus on exploring current and relevant issues in the world and studying them in a way that will help students confront these issues in the future.

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Professor Allen Kupetz proposes a Bill of Rights for Rollins students Faculty writer suggests that student syllabi should be modified to include professor responsibilities. Dr. Allen Kupetz

Professor

I am teaching college freshmen this semester. My RCC (“Joys of Capitalism”) syllabus details their responsibilities but fails to spell out my responsibilities, which go way beyond just teaching. I want my students to know they have rights in my class, and I want them to demand the same from all their professors. I have been teaching at the collegiate level since 2003 at several institutions in four diﬀerent countries. I have encountered a lot of students, and I have at-

tended a lot of faculty meetings. As a professor, a father, and someone deeply concerned about where higher education is going, I propose we amend the social contract between a professor and his/her students to include the following: Student-Centered Thinking Students are not a burden for faculty to endure so they can write papers in journals that virtually no one ever reads. Students should be why we SERVE as professors. Students should demand that faculty focus more on learning and less on teaching. All departmental and committee meetings should begin with the

thought, “How will this impact our students?” Make Sure Management is Acting on Your Course Evaluations Probably all of your professors were good at being students or researchers, but that does not universally translate to being a good teacher. In fact, there is likely no correlation whatsoever. Lousy teachers should get bounced, not shuﬄed oﬀ to another department to keep being mediocre or—worse—to try again for tenure. Student Emails Get Answered Most faculty teach less than 15 hours a week, 8 months a year. Students should demand

that their emails get answered within one working day in most cases, and before the next class period in all cases. If a student needs our help to learn, then they should not have to wait for an email reply. Classes Start and End on Time Many faculty punish students for being late to class. I am okay with that. However, those same faculty should practice what they preach. Current Syllabi Have Contemporary Content Is there a worse way to start a class than to see a syllabus with “Week One” and no dates? How many times has this one been re-

cycled? Are the books, readings, articles, and cases all older than the students? Course content should be dynamic with regularly updated information. Faculty Have Basic Technical Proﬁciency Demand that your professor know how to use all the technology available in the classroom. Really? Your professor still cannot ﬁgure out how to show a DVD or get sound out of his/her laptop? The overheads are still not in PowerPoint? You are still being tested on material that is one click away on your phones? The digital generation should demand better.

Pleading for parking have to deal with it, so I leave you with two pieces of advice: leave earlier than you normally would so you may have a chance at grabbing a parking space, and

if you have to get creative about where you are leaving your car, well, be careful. I could go into the number of parking tickets I have gotten just this week, but

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Everyone knows what they would like out of a ‘perfect day.’ What that consists of varies from person to person, whether it consists of relaxing, working successfully, or spending time with loved ones. My idea of the ideal day, as you might imagine, encapsulates a few of those aspects. I would like to wake up looking flawless, read the newspaper with a hot latté in my hand, then drive to school, miraculously avoiding all of the dreadful morning traffic. Upon arriving, I would find a parking spot on Holt Avenue in front of the Greek Row prime real estate. From there I would excel in every class, have dinner with my family, and spend the night out with friends. Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? Yet unattainable in so many ways. Now, there are a multitude of reasons this idyllic day also happens to be impossible. I am human. I do not wake up looking #flawless. Rush hour traffic will always exist. And no one can excel at everything. My one small request though (that in reality is not much of a request at all) is to be able to find a parking spot when I arrive on campus. No such luck. Since the beginning of the semester, as many an off-campus student will tell you, convenient parking has been virtually unavailable. Just this

morning when arriving for class, I drove down Holt desperately looking for a place to leave my truck. Finding nothing to offer there, I drove to Ollie Avenue next to Sutton where, of course, there was a large work truck blocking most of the entrance. And because I do not drive a compact car, there was no way I would be able to squeeze in between to hopefully find a vacant spot. So off to the parking garage I went, parking on the fourth floor, and running off to class an embarrassing 10 minutes late. I am not alone. Between the parking lot in front of the Bursar office being zoned off and the successive delays in completion of both the new soccer field and Dave’s Boathouse, parking has become more and more scarce. A student searching for a place to leave his or her car for an hour can get pretty irritated pretty fast. Upon mention of the parking lot debacle, Cygell Pavao ’16 exclaimed, “Why should upperclassmen pay for a parking pass that allows ‘on-campus’ parking if there isn’t any on campus places to park?” Any reasonably minded person might very well ask the same question. When you pay for a good or service, you expect it to be available. That is how capitalist America functions. On a private school campus however, not so much. For the time being, it seems we will all simply

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Thursday, September 10, 2015 Micah Bradley

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“I’ve been at three different similar sized institutions,” said Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Eisenbarth, Vice PresiRollins College was recent- dent for Business and Finance ly ranked the number one most and Treasurer. “That four milbeautiful campus by The Prince- lion, I would say, is more than ton Review’s “Best 380 Colleges.” most colleges have. The other This is an improvement from two colleges I worked at didn’t number six in the previous year. have that much.” “There is no question that The first short-term phase of having a beautiful campus helps changes (approved in 2011) has attract new students, faculty, been completed and included and staff, but I think the attrac- improvements like the Alfond tion runs deeper than surface Inn, Bush Science Center, and aesthetics. A college conveys its the new Strong Hall. The imstandards and its commitment provements in this phase of the to quality through the design plan cost $80 million. $30 million and maintenance of its campus,” came from bond financing, $20 said President Grant Cornwell. million from gifts, $20 million “New students, faculty, and staff from cash reserves went to help want to join a community of high build the Alfond Inn, and $10 quality and seriousness of pur- million came from annual capipose. A beautiful campus that is tal. worthy of our mission gives tesIn the next phase of changes timony to our vitality as a college the college will update several of substance.” buildings. The Child DevelopBut how intentional is our ment Center (CDC) will move landscape’s maintenance and to the current College Arms design, what does it cost, and building location (diagonally what are the campus’ plans for from Strong Hall). Dave’s Boatimprovements? house will open in October; this “If you walk our campus cost around $1.8 million, about from end to end and start count- $600,000 of which was providing and recording the plants you ed by gifts or vendors. There are see, you’re going to find, while also plans for a new event centhere is a modest amount of di- ter, which will cost about $3.5 versity, there is a limited plant million, to replace the current palette,” said Scott Bitikofer, Di- bookstore location. After the socrector of Facilities. cer stadium’s new turf is placed, The limited types of plants the field will be retitled “Multion campus also make mainte- Use Sports Complex” and will be nance less expensive. Despite open for student recreational use its limited plants, the campus all year. The field updates, now includes both non-native plants suiting NCAA requirements for (Azalea and St. Augustine grass) all soccer and lacrosse teams, and native plants. cost about $2.7 million. Dr. Bruce Stephenson, ProWithin the next five years fessor of Environmental Studies, there will be a new residence said that, “Since 2009 inroads hall, which will probably be built have been made, native plantings where the facilities building curat Rex Beach, the Lake Virginia rently stands. Facilities would be waterfront, and the Environmen- moved to 422 West Fairbanks, tal Studies building are a good an industrial property already foundation. Ideally, the college owned by Rollins. A new black should dedicate a percentage of box theater is in the works, the campus to natives.” which will cost about $5 million There is no reclaimed water and will go where the CDC is available in Winter Park for irri- now. Holt Hall will be renovated gation. The two main sources of in the next few years as well, and water for campus use are Lake McKean Hall, due to its size, will Virginia and an aquifer with be renovated in 3 phases, in the practically no city water use. The next five years. campus wants to start measuring In the long term Mills Meand metering water consump- morial and Chase Hall might be tion more tightly this year. renovated, and there is a possibilThe college’s total budget, a ity of a new academic building. little over $300 million, gives $4 East and West campus parking million annually to general cam- garages will also be built on top pus maintenance. This includes of existing parking lots to add building maintenance and oth- space. There are also plans in the er standard improvements works to better connect 170 Fairaround campus. To maintain banks with the rest of campus the grounds, Rollins employs 18 instead of having it disconnected full-time employees to keep up from the main campus by parkthe landscaping and plants. The ing lots. By 2019, there should be annual cost of this ground main- an updated campus master plan tenance is about 1 percent of the to decide Rollins’ direction movcollege’s budget, or $300,000. ing forward.

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Professor Li Wei on student rebellion in China

Chinese lecturer shares stories on his life in China and how student rebellion and the Chinese Cultural Revolution affected his childhood and the lives of many young people. Corinne Shoemaker

Writer

What do ping pong, Mozart, and rebellion all have in common? The answer is Rollins College’s own Professor Li Wei. As a freshman, I am lucky enough to have wound up in Mr. Wei’s RCC class “How Ancient Chinese Thought Can Teach Us in Modern American Life.” Soft-spoken with a contagious laugh, you probably would not imagine Wei leading an extraordinary life. In fact, he refers to himself as “just an ordinary guy.” His past, however, tells a diﬀerent story. Professor Wei was born in Shanghai, China, while the city was still largely underdeveloped and many families struggled to get by. “We lived,” he said. “We were poor, but still very content.” Wei loved to learn and dedicated long hours to studying—and ping pong. “It’s a very popular sport in China,” he continued. “Actually, [President Duncan] was a very good competitive player. He beat everyone, including myself.” Wei’s life changed dramatically, however, with the onset of China’s Cultural Revolution. “Ten years were wasted. It began in 1966. I was thirteen. I should have been in school, but the schools were closed by Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China. There was a huge power struggle at this time—internal powers competed for diﬀerent ideologies. The people were only concerned with having a good leader, and many of them wanted Mao. They were very radical. It basically turned China upside down. There was no productivity . . . no systematic study in school. We just studied Mao’s articles, books . . . basically, all propaganda. But at this time, I found my interest in music,” he said. This interest would develop into a lifelong passion—one

he pursued even in the face of criticism from communist radicals. “I took violin lessons privately at that time. If you played foreign music like Beethoven or Mozart, especially using a western instrument, you were regarded with suspicion. So, I played with my violin muted and my curtains closed. Mao had a very famous saying: ‘use the past to serve the present; make the foreign serve China.’ So, the violin was okay for playing revolutionary songs, but

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The people were only concerned with having a good leader, and many of them wanted Mao.

to learn the violin, you need to play a foreign repertoire. I had to very privately practice this.” Mao encouraged violent persecution toward those who opposed his movement and millions were eﬀected. “Mao was also against a lot of traditional Chinese values,” Wei said. “Including from our own cultural heritage, like Confucianism. No one would even dare to talk about [that]. A lot of teachers and professors faced criticism because of this. They became targets because they were teaching foreign, traditional things.” Some teachers were persecuted, including notable mathmetician Xiong Qinglai, physicist Rao Yutai, and anthropologist Wu Dingliang. “So, the teaching profession became lowly regarded, which was very diﬀerent from Chinese history. Thankfully, after the Cultural Revolution, things

went back to normal,” commented Wei. The people of China began returning to their roots and traditions, remembering their values. Wei could now play his violin freely, so he enrolled in the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. “In China, I think kids were pretty much like they are today in the United States. They do some extraordinary things. Back then, we practiced and studied like crazy. I played violin six to eight hours every day in addition to all of my other classes—music theory, history, all of these classes. So, we got tired, especially in the evening. We had a relatively more rigid res-life system [than Rollins]. We had a wall around our campus. Every night at 11 the door closed, and we could not go out or come back in. So, we hopped the wall and went out for beers.” Wei pointed out that the Cultural Revolution delayed education, so he was about 25 years old at this time—well beyond the legal drinking age in China (which is 18). Wei also had some parting words of wisdom for college students. “I think you have to find your passion,” he said. “Regardless of how difficult something is—writing, playing music, even fixing cars—if something is your passion, you must pursue it. That does not imply, however, that if you find your passion, you should just go ahead and stick with that. Your career is a separate thing. We have a lot of students who take one major and then, after they graduate, end up on a completely different career path. The major you choose does not necessarily become your career, but it’s all useful.” His final advice was, “Don’t limit your choices—just explore. Explore college. You are still growing. Actually, your brain is literally still growing, so you have a lot of capacity to absorb different things. That is what this time is for: to learn a lot of different things.”

Lucy Cross Center opens doors to all The organization welcomes new changes and creates a comfortable environment for women and their allies. Cameron Ochse

munity. Three, to create a space for respectful, difficult, informative conversations about issues Last Thursday the Lucy that impact women, women of Cross Women’s Center opened color, the LGTBQ+ community, up its doors to welcome people and all of us.” in for the new school year. The With these goals in mind, rooms were wall to wall with peo- some changes are being made ple excited to hear about all the to the way the Lucy Cross funcevents that have been planned tions. Dr. Jones said, “I’m excitfor the center this semester. The ed about all of them. First of all, Lucy Cross center is a place you the Lucy has a new look and is a can go to find a quiet place to more comfortable space. I’m very study—or to excited about this grab a quick and hope that selfie with their students will use life-size cutout this space.” She of Beyoncé! added, “We also The Lucy Dr. Jill plan to continue, Jones, an EnCross Center is and hopefully exglish professor tend, the Lucy’s venturing into and Director of involvement in the center, gave social justice and new territory a brief summaadvocacy.” ry of what to Dr. Jones this year as they expect when continued, sayexplore gender ing, “I’m pretty encountering Lucy Cross. sure I want to and sexual She said, “The do far too much, identity. All allies but I hope to sucLucy, first and foremost, is ceed in making will be greeted meant to be as a the Lucy Cross a with enthusiasm welcoming space space for women and their alstudents and and acceptance. for lies (hopefully to partner with this is everygroups, staff, and body!) to form faculty across the community, campus. I want establish networks, and promote to create more connection. In social justice. For me this means a particularly corny way, I recreating a welcoming space ally do believe that we all need where students can relax and more friends and allies and even have a little fun as well as a space friendly acquaintances, and that where we can discuss relevant we can achieve a great deal by (and sometime difficult) topics.” reaching across interest lines and In September there will be partnering. So I hope to create a events like discussions on Or- space where students (and staff ange is the New Black (Sept. 10) and faculty) get to know each or viewing parties for How to other a bit better and support Get Away With Murder (Sept. 24). each other more than we already There will also be LGBTQ+ dis- do. So I hope your readers—and cussions and meetings for those mine—will add ‘Allies are alwishing to talk openly about the ways welcome!’ to the descripsubject on the first Tuesday in tion of any group and/or event.” October. The Lucy Cross center is Dr. Jones has three goals set venturing into new territory this in mind for the center this year. year as they explore gender and “One, to create a comfortable sexual identity. All allies are weland safe space for students to come to the discussions held in use. Two, to create a fun space Lucy Cross and can be guaranto enjoy doing everyday things teed to be greeted with enthusi(watching Scandal) within a com- asm and acceptance.

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‘Hitman: Agent 47’ misses the mark Despite utilizing stunning visual effects in its many action sequences, ‘Hitman: Agent 47’ fails to capture the essence of its video game origin. Nicolas Nagaoka

Writer

Directed by Aleksander Bach and starring “talented” actors like Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, and Angelbaby (yes, that is her name and not the character she plays), Hitman: Agent 47 made me question how this putrid pile of an action movie was made. Agent 47 (Friend) is a genetically modiﬁed human designed to be the perfect assassin. The story follows him as he attempts to track down a woman (Ware) in order to prevent the next iteration of genetically modiﬁed assassins. Now let us get one thing out

of the way. This film barely, and I mean BARELY references the video game that it was based on. In fact, hilariously enough, the video games focused on Agent 47 being a stealthy and efficient assassin, leaving no trace of his existence. However, Bach (and whoever else funded this film) clearly had no idea of this and just made Agent 47 into an Schwarzenegger Terminator-esque killing machine, paying no regard to stealth or concealment of identity. Agent 47 even moves like a machine in most of the “chase” scenes near the beginning and middle of the film. It is hard to make a machine interesting on screen when it has

Famous minds headed to Winter Park Institute Famous actors, writers, CEOs, and more are scheduled to speak at the Winter Park Institute. Nicolas Nagaoka

Writer

Each year the Winter Park Institute brings some of the most brilliant and exciting minds to Rollins College. This year has fewer speakers, but that does not change how much of an impact these people have made on the world. On September 16, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee will be giving a powerful speech about her involvement in bringing peace to her country Liberia. Gbowee had worked hard as a non-violent peace activist, attempting to bring an end to the war in Liberia. She is also passionate about women’s rights and is now working in other places around the world that need stronger voices for women. On November 5, famous Star Trek actor and advocate for learning through reading Levar Burton will speak about the power of narrative and how it inﬂuences us all. Burton was famously known for his role in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Geordi La Forge. Burton has also been a huge supporter of reading and the importance of novels and books. This was shown by his in-

credibly successful Kickstarter to reboot Reading Rainbow, a 1980s to early 2000s kids show focused on the aspects of storytelling and reading. On February 22, best selling author Bill Bryson will give a heartwarming speech about not only his travels but also his experiences writing science and history. Bryson has sold over 15 million copies of his books, including A Short History of Everything, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Shakespeare: The World as Stage, and many more. One of his books, A Walk in the Woods, has had a recent ﬁlm adaptation that can be seen right now in theatres. Lastly, on April 5, Pencils of Promise CEO and creator of the now popular “for-purpose” business model Adam Braun will give an eye-opening speech about his new business methods that help everyone. Pencils of Promise is a non-proﬁt organization that seeks to build new schools and create more opportunities of education for children in parts of the developing world. Come see all four WPI speakers this season; you never know what you may learn or be inspired by.

to express itself. The film makes the point that these agents are meant to have no emotion or fear. Agent 47 is boring to watch when he has to do that pesky human thing: talk. In fact, no one in this movie feels like a person, or heck, even tries to express something as a robot trying to express emotion. I will give credit to the one okay actor, Ciaran Hinds (playing Litvenko), who actually tried to emote and seem like he cared about his acting reputation. The worst crime of an action film is when action sequences or set pieces are bad—those are the backbone and meat of every action film. In this movie, there

are so many bad sequences. Only one or two sequences are somewhat creative. The majority of these scenes are bad because the gung ho hitman is, for some confusing reason, slow and methodical in the fights. He takes forever to take cover from fire. He makes it so elegant and slow that you wonder how the bad guys did not get a good shot on him. There was a sequence near the beginning where 47 faces off against John Smith (Quinto) at a subway. In the immediate moment of the face off, Smith ducks and rolls, literally rolls, from one side to another while trying to shoot 47, who has not even shot a round or taken cover.

Agent 47, in response, walks, yes walks, to cover while firing back. He should have been shot countless times, but action movie luck saves him. This is really pushing our suspension of disbelief as movie reviewers. Too many times did I want to yell in the theater, “How did you not get hit?” Hitman: Agent 47 does a fantastic job at shooting its own professional assassin foot— twice. This is the second film to be made out of the video game, and somehow it was worst than its predecessor. It is not the worst film ever, like Rotten Tomatoes’ 7 percent seems to claim it to be, but it is by no means an okay film.

Chilling dramas to see this fall Get into the Halloween spirit this season by watching some exciting and spooky shows such as the new ‘Scream Queens’ and ‘Lookinglass’ coming soon to Fox. Corrine Shoemaker

Writer

Well, that time of the year is approaching once again. Stores are lining their shelves with Halloween decorations, costume parties are being planned, and someone on Mill’s lawn recently set out a pumpkin (whoever you are, you are awesome). With this wonderful seasonal transition comes a ton of new television shows that are sure to help get you into the Halloween and autumn spirit. Scream Queens If you love Glee or American Horror Story, then you will find some familiar faces on Scream Queens, a communal effort from the creators of both shows. Lea Michele, Emma Roberts, and Ariana Grande are just a few actresses who will regularly be on this frightening and funny new show about sorority girls who become targeted by a serial killer. Equally exciting is the fact that horror veteran Jamie Lee Curtis, the scream queen of John Carpenter’s cult film series Halloween, takes a starring role as the dean of the university. Basically, this is a must-see

for the new fall televison season. Scream Queens will air on Fox at 9 p.m. beginning on September 22. Lookinglass Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and previously titled The Frankenstein Code, this

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With a younger body and the chance to continue keeping his streets safe, all would seem well—except that he must overcome his struggles with the temptations that ruined his career. The show will star Rob Kazinsky as Jimmy Pritchard. Adhir Kalyan, Dilshad Vadsaria, Tim DeKay, and Ciara Bravo are also slated to star in the show. Keep an eye out for Lookinglass, believed to be coming to Fox sometime this fall. American Horror Story: Hotel While not technically a new show, American Horror Story: Hotel will feature some interesting new characters (such as The Countess, played by Lady Gaga) and, of course, a story diﬀerent from previous seasons. Regardless, it is the perfect material for those cool October nights spent in front of the television. FX will begin airing American Horror Story: Hotel on October 7. A word of caution: this season is said to be much gorier than those preceding it! While you eat your candy corn and drink your pumpkin spice lattés, be sure to remember these new shows coming this fall.

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Arnell’s debut album brings back psychedelia Jonny Scoblionko

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Lucy Arnell’s first album, The Whole Sky Turned Red With The Rainbow, is a beautiful, refreshing dose of West Coast psychedelia. The melodic journey takes listeners through a soaring dreamscape of consciousness, blending the classic sounds of the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, the Allman Brothers, and Neal Young with a unique modern flair. The album begins with “Dr Captain,” a marvelous experimental folk tune with heartfelt vocals and a supreme balance of organic sound and effects. “Crazy Moon” is one of my favorite tracks on the album. The thick groove pocket blends perfectly with bluesy guitar, which at times is almost akin to classic Grateful Dead jams. Arnell showcases her impeccable ability to fuse southern rock and blues with a pinch of California zest, specifically in tracks like “Houseguest” and “The Ones You Love.” Other songs such as “Carolene” and “Sans-Souci” showcase her grittier side with edgy guitar riffs and extra crunchy jams. With the help of Jon Fishman (Phish) on drums, the final track, “Fatal Folk,” carries the strongest groove on the album.

The flawless rhythm enables superb melodic exploration throughout the track, with numerous notable keyboard solos. Overall, the album was a great ride from start to finish, and I definitely look forward to seeing Arnell’s work in the near future. Upcoming shows: EVERY TUESDAY – The Groove Orient @ Tanqueray’s 9/12 Zappa Plays Zappa @ The Plaza 9/17 El Ten Eleven @ The Social 9/23 The London Souls @ Hard Rock 9/25 That1Guy @ Backbooth 9/26 The Heavy Pets & The Groove Orient @ RedLion 9/30 Alt-J @ Hard Rock 10/3 The Groove Orient & The Main Squeeze @ The Social 10/5 D’Angelo @ House Of Blues 10/9 Here Come The Mummies @ The Plaza 10/10 Drive-By Tuckers @ The Plaza 10/14 Particle ft. Allen Aucoin of the Disco Biscuits @ The Social 10/15-18 MagnoliaFest ft. The Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Avett Brothers, The Del McCourt Band, and many more @ Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park 10/30-11/2 Hulaween ft. The String Cheese Incident, Pretty Lights, Primus, Chance the Rapper, Odeza, Slightly Stupid, and many more @ Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park

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