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“Who Says Natural is Wild and Crazy?” Clarissa Mahoney Whitney Way
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Who Says Natural is
Wild and Crazy?
By: Clarissa Mahoney Whitney Way When Maria decided to wear her hair in its natural state, she was stunned at the reaction she received. As an undergraduate student at SIUC in 2002, Maria Stuart was one of the few black women on campus to wear her hair natural. “I began wearing my hair natural before it was trendy,” Stuart said. Maria said she was frequented by unwanted glances and remarks from fellow students and her family. One of her more memorable school memories was being accosted by fellow students who attempted to give her a relaxer, a chemical treatment to straighten hair, accompanied by concerns that she was emotionally distressed. “They tried to give me an intervention,” Stuart said.
“I was just tired of getting relaxers,” Stuart laughed. Maria explains she did not go natural in an effort to make a political statement, rather she just wanted to try something new. She said there are many negative stereotypes associated people who wear natural hair—most of which are simply untrue, she added. “When people see natural hair sometimes they think lazy, or you can’t care about the way you look,” Stuart said. Stuart added many of these misconceptions are culturally rooted and may originate from lack of knowledge regarding where natural hair came from and how to care for natural hair. According a research study by Whitney Bellinger in a Sociological Viewpoints article, a survey she conducted suggests African American women are taught at a young age to dislike their hair in its natural state. “I have learned the idea of beauty from the Whites I interact with so frequently,” one unnamed responded said. “Most African American women are raised
this way, even though African Americans have a somewhat separated culture from Whites, their ideas of beauty have greatly impacted us.” The survey goes on to say employment for women with natural hair could possibly be comprised. Maria said this is a myth perpetuated to scare women from going natural. “It takes courage to do what isn’t normal,” Stuart said. Maria said it was especially difficult to wear natural hair when she was an undergraduate not only because it was unpopular, but because there was limited knowledge available on how to care for natural hair. As a woman who wore her natural hair, Maria describes her undergraduate college career as a lonely experience. When she received her bachelor’s degree in university studies in 2008 and returned for graduate school, she concluded she could not have been the only woman who faced the challenges she did. In 2010 Maria founded the first chapter of Naturalistas: an RSO dedicated to support men and women who
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wear natural hair. She said the RSO is open to people with all hair types who are curious about natural hair. “It’s more acceptable to wear natural hair now than it used to be,” Stuart said. Maria said many corporations have capitalized on the new natural trend by advertising ingredients such as olive oil, avocado, jojoba oil and other ingredients to appeal to the audience who wears natural hair. She also said there are now more natural hair care brands on the market. When she was younger, the only natural hair care products available were ones produced and distributed by friends and neighbors. “Buying hair products that do not work made your hair look bad,” Stuart said. She said a wider variety of natural hair care products could help encourage more women to wear their hair natural.
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Maria said she has witnessed considerable progress made regarding wearing natural hair. She said it has become more socially acceptable to wear natural styles. “I’ve observed so much change within the time I was here to now,” Stuart said. “Wearing you hair natural used to mean you were an alternative black person, now there’s not as much stereotyping.” She said now there are more commercials with black families and natural hair styles than in the past. Maria said if a person is considering going natural, they should do their research on hair care, determine why they want to go natural and don’t let stereotypes influence their decision. “Everybody does it for different reasons,” Stuart said. “You have to be ok with yourself and just remember what you do is for you, not anyone else.”
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mous punk rock Lost Cross, the fa dale, celebrated house in Carbon rock, debauch25 years of punk ike comradery ery, and family-l 23rd and 25th. Oct. 21st, 22nd, house’s early Bands from the od Stained Tool days, such as Blo well as a numand Diet Christ, as s who had member of other band at the house at bers who played years of punk, some point in its 25 use over those played at the ho use was foundfour days. The ho house in the fall ed as a punk rock oss and Mikey of 1986. Chris Cr g for a house Snot were lookin host punk rock. where they could I was (living) in “The year before me and Mikey apartments and d it was always were in a band, an
to play find a place to g in y tr e at the a hassle ldn’t practic u o c e w to se becau id. “I came sa ss ro C ” st kind apartment, th early to ju n o m a t u o b to a school find a place to ts e re st e nd it of hound th is property a th n o p u e m it was live. I ca ce.” Snot said ri p t h g ri e ent was th re the basem a p re p to rk said it a lot of wo practice. He ld u o c d n a b gs so the d with thin re e tt li ly te previwas comple nts. “All the a n te s u io v ufrom pre stuff just acc ir e th d a h here ous tenants Snot said. “T ,” re e th n w mulate do d a lot of sh tanks an fi 0 5 e k ho li were mes Ricks, w Ja .” d o o w d 1986 lumber an ined Tool in ta S d o lo B in d would jo met Snot an e h id sa r, a undon bass guit before the fo s th n o m w Cross a fe id Eric Lind sa e H . ss ro C d’s, ing of Lost nd of the ban ie fr a s a w o he was strum, wh ne day while o im h d e h to c approa us. “I used p m a c d n u ather walking aro us with a le p m a c d n u ,” walk aro ng boom box ti a e ry e tt a b oking jacket and a this geeky lo y a d e n “O . like ‘Hey, Ricks said me and he’s to p u s lk ow a kid w laying in a sh p is e in m f o was this friend wasn’t here it it — t’ n e m be in a base ought you’d h ‘t — se u o s like at another h g it out.’ I wa in k c e h c in d intereste would meet e h id sa s k ic R rtly ‘yeah, sure.’” en Cross sho th , w o sh t a of time Snot at th it took a lot id sa e H r. e ft setherea pare the ba re p to rk o e said and hard w to practice. H s d n a b e th r ment fo g out of the in th ry e v e d pick they shovele d the city to e ll a c d n a t other basemen rnables out to u b k o to d n be a it up, e country to th in s se u o people’s h
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burned. He said after a week the band had cleared out just enough room to practice. “We literally practiced right at the bottom of the stairs because it was the only thing we had cleared out at first,” Ricks said. The first band to play at the house was called Lost Cross. It was made up of Cross, Ricks, Steve Sickness and Joe Zake, who was soon replaced by Ian Lintault. After the lineup change, the band changed its name to Blood Stained Tool. After the band changed its name, though, the house took on the name of the former band — Lost Cross. Lost Cross hosted a few local bands towards then end of August and September 1986, but had its first out-of-town band when Brain Dead out of Louisville, KY entered the house Oct. 25, 1986. “The first Brain Dead show was a raving success,” Snot said. “That was the first time someone really tried promoting a touring band in a basement environment and charge an admission at the door.” Snot, who started the band Diet Christ, said at the time bars on the Strip would not accept punk rock bands. He said only mainstream music would be allowed to play there. “It was the MTV era,” Snot said. “You had hair metal bands and Motley Crue cover bands and Top 40 cover bands. Now you can play on the strip. In 1986 it was hard. So we did it and said ‘fuck you, we’re going to do this anyways.’” Ricks said in 1986, ’87, and ’88, Lost Cross combined with the House of Voodew to throw one huge Halloween show. Each house would have six bands play on each night, so a total of 24 bands visited the two houses in two nights. “We’d call it the ‘Fuck the Strip’ weekend because the strip had the huge party, but the catch was that to get from point A to point B was that you had to run the gauntlet as a puck rocker and through all these drunk assholes
downtown that are throw ing beer cans through windows and stupid shit tough for those who like that,” Ricks said. Snot lived at Lost Cross. said Lost He said one night Cross’s popularity grew pr th etty quicke cops showed up at the beginning of ly, and soon after its start ba th nds from e show, and told them they could co all around the country were ntinue playing, bu asking to t just to turn the no play there. “People in Chica ise down and shut go knew the door that led to about it. People in Califo the basement. “So rnia knew I come in here and I about it. People in the Midw ta lk to the band and est knew they turn it down about it,” Snot said “I’d ge and say something t letters in on the mic,” Rector the mail that said ‘Hey man, said. “As soon as he we want to got off the mic th play here.’ The people who ere were two mor took it over e cops out there.” Re just carried the torch. The ctor said he was next perarrested by the tw son comes in and just keep o new officers who s it going.” said he had alread When Lost Cross first sta y been warned, ev rted going, en though it had been Snot, Cross and Ricks said the just minutes before y did not . Ray Martinez, who want to do anything to attrac was a member of It t the poBurns, the band pl lice. One of the first rules of aying that night, sa the house id the situation actu was that it would not sell alc ally took a positiv ohol, and e turn for his band ba if people wanted to drink nd, though. “He go they would t arrested for unlaw have to bring their own. “The ful use of amplified one comsound, which we th mon problem with parties ought was the cool in college est thing in the w is alcohol, and especially wh orld,” Martinez sa en you’re id . “We actually named distributing it, so we had our first demo Unshows and lawful Use of Ampl made it BYOB,” Cross said. Ric ified Sound.” Ricks ks said he sa id prior to the knew if alcohol was sold at Lo 25th anniversary st Cross it show, he and a few would bring more trouble fro others did a lot of m the poresearch into othe lice than they already had. “N r punk rock houses o sense in . “Basically there ar killing a good thing becaus e only two or three e someone other houses in th was stupid enough to sell liq e world that have uor withla sted this long,” Ric out a license,” Ricks said. Ev ks said. Snot said en without it is amazing to se liquor or beer being sold, e the house still go Lost Cross ing after 25 years, still faced consistent troub but he is not surle from poprised by it. He sa lice. Because of the cons id the house is still tant attengo ing because of the tion the house received fro ‘Do It Yourself ’ atm police, titude. “That’s wha Lost Cross had to go abou t’s great is that it’s t advertisstill here and we’ ing for shows in a differen re still going,” Snot t way. They said. “I’m looking would put up flyers all aro fo rw und camard to coming down when I’m 70 pus promoting their show (for the 50th anni s, but they versary).” Martine would not include the hous z said the great thin e’s address g about Lost Cross w on the flyers. Jon Rector, as that once you be who lived came a part of it yo in the house from 1999 u were like family until 2003 . and played for a band calle d The Wax Dolls, said the police could make life 18 UNLEASHED
“Once you’ve been indoctrinated into the Lost Cross house you’re brethren with all these other people,” Martinez said. “I’ve spent all of my 20s hanging out at this house, so I can’t imagine a time without it.” Rector said hanging out at Lost Cross was what made him who he is today. “When I was in high school I was really shy and backwards, so then when I got the music in front of me it gave me an outlet,” Rector said. “For me, when I came out of my shell was when I started coming out here, and friendships that I made lasted.
“My ghost will be here, whether they want me or not.”
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Tara Kulash
Aquarius 01.20 - 02.18
Pisces 02.19 - 03.20
Now’s the time to catch up on your sleep since you don’t have much of a social life. Sleep well and have some good dreams. Maybe one dream will turn into reality and you’ll wake up much more successful and popular. That usually doesn’t happen, though. If anything, you might wake up to find yourself fatter.
You’re a little too simple-minded to understand the complexity of relationships, so your head is sort of spinning. Before turning into Linda Blair from The Exorcist, try locking yourself in a closet and ignoring the voices. Embrace the isolation, because this is not a good time to make negotiations or compromises with anyone.
Aries 03.21 - 04.19
Taurus 04.20 - 05.20
You think everything should be handed to you on a silver platter, but that’s not the way the world works. When you see that big, red “F” on your next test, you’ll start a downward spiral. Know that snorting pixie sticks is NOT ok. Get yourself together and study next time.
You’re sort of a tool, so a friend is beginning to take advantage of you. His/her problems will ricochet back to you, which is too much stress for your puny body. You need to get away for some relaxation. Maybe you could leave the country or something. Don’t worry about getting back. No one’s waiting for you.
Gemini 05.21 - 06.20
Cancer 06.21 - 07.22
When you speak, you tend to mumble. It’s going to cause some miscommunication between you and your friends, which will piss them off. Next time you say, “You sell chickpeas,” try not to sound like you’re saying, “You smell of feces.”
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You’re like a kid in a candy store this month. You’re embracing everyone and meeting new people. You’ve discovered that the girl with bad breath in your math class has the best brownies and the boy with neck tattoos al ways has leftover meal points for Lentz. Stay away from the creepy van with free candy, though, or it might be your last visit to a candy shop.
Leo 07.23 - 08.22
Virgo 08.23 - 09.22
You’re becoming more humble and patient. I’m sure it’s because you realized you’re a much bigger loser than you originally thought…and finally! We had a pool going for up to $200 to see how long it would take you.
Your frivolous spending is catching up to you. Maybe it’s time to realize that strippers and zhu zhu pets aren’t the main priorities of your life. Keep it up, and you’ll end up on the streets sharing a cardboard box with Randy Quaid.
Libra 09.23 - 10.22
Scorpio 10.23 - 11.21
Arrogance is not a desirable characteristic in anyone. Your friends have gained better taste and moved on from you. If you want them back, I suggest you get on your knees and grovel like the dog you are. Maybe wear a diaper or something, too. That’ll lighten the mood.
You think you have some great ideas for upcoming projects, but in reality they suck. If your teacher yells at you to shut it, you can take it personally, because it is personal. Keep your mouth zipped so it doesn’t get popped. No one wants the teacher fired because we like him better than you.
Sagittarius 11.22 - 12.21
Capricorn 12.22 - 01.19
You can expect to be spending a lot more time with your family lately since you seem to scare away your targeted sex. When your mom asks if you’ve been on any dates, try not to cry. Also, try not to cry when Grandpa asks you to rub the corn on his feet.
You feel a need to reinvent yourself this month… probably because you finally looked in the mirror. Stay away from the “Twilight” look, because in real life sickly is not sexy. Don’t go for the Guido look either. No one wants to date a pumpkin. If it’s that important for you to look good, just tape a picture of me to your mirror for daily inspiration.
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D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P D U B S T E PD U B S T E P style of music, but within the past couple of years,
dubstep has become more widely recognized through artists such as Bassnectar, Skrillex, and Rusko. Carbondale has caught on to the trend as
well, as more and more SIU students refer to them-
selves as “bass heads”. Ben Douver, an undecided sophomore said, “Dubstep has this way of making
you feel free. It’s just about hearing the music and
The 80’s were rock n’ roll, the 90’s were hip hop, the millennium was pop, and now, we’ve reached an era of electronic music-dubstep. This bass wobble electronic genre has grown over
the past couple years, and within the last year
Carbondale has begun to “womp out” as well. Dubstep first hit the
music scene in London
back in 2006 when DJ’s started to enhance the
bass of a track. Dubstep is characterized as 140
beats per minute and has a predominant bass wobble that makes the electronic sound unique.
The U.S. was a little behind at picking up this new
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moving your body to it. It pumps me up”. Some SIU
students got their first taste of dubstep when Dub Club, an RSO here on campus, got started about a
year ago. Brent Alexander, a graduate in communication design, came up with the idea from his love
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of the genre. He wanted a place where people could
go listen and dance to dubstep, so Dub Club at Tres Hombres was born. “We got fortunate to blow up
through word of mouth. Our 3rd show sold out the whole bar and our Halloween show at Hangar 9 this year was the most successful yet”, Alexander said. He said an average of 75 people show up per show
and most of them are SIU students. The RSO used to have weekly shows every Wednesday, but now
they are focusing more on bigger shows by getting known DJs to play. Spankalicious, Ana Sia, Elliot
Lipp, and Zoogma are some of the bigger named
DJs who have played at a Dub Club show. Alexander said, “We have a show coming up December 2
at Tres with Jen Z who was actually an SIU student. We are also working on a huge Mardi Gras show for
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next semester”. Dub Club really kicked off the dubstep scene here in Carbondale and more students started to listen to the heavy bass beats. The Copper Dragon began dubstep shows with Womp! The Dragon, put on by Chalice Dubs from Champaign, IL and Hangar 9 hosted “Dub Day” last semester.Even house parties started getting into playing more dubstep on the weekends. Bobby Freyer, a junior majoring in music, is an amateur DJ who goes by the name Hopeless. He has DJed at parties in Carbondale and has gotten positive responses whenever he drops a dubstep track. “I notice that there are a lot of hardcore fans. I usually mix dubstep in with hip hop, which it mixes together with exceptionally well, and the whole crowd gets into it”, he said. As artists such as Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, and Nero become more popular, dubstep is getting its recognition as a genre of music. In October, Bassnecter
played to a sold out crowd of 7,000 at the U.S. Cellular Colosseum in Bloomington, IL. In September, people from all over traveled to Chicago for North Coast Music Festival which featured dubstep artists like Rusko and Major Lazer. More locally, the Tall Tree Lake Music Festival, located right here in Southern Illinois, had dubstep DJs such as Fresh2Death drop bass earlier in the semester. Adam Hirsch, a graduate in journalism with a specialization in advertising, first started to get into dub his last semester at SIU. “My brother actually played me Rusko’s “Woo Bust” and Caspa’s “Where’s My Money” and from then on I was pretty much hooked”, Hirsch explained. He said that he would find himself scouring the web for new tracks and sharing them on his personal blog. Hirsch took his blog and his passion for the genre and turned it into a website in July called ibrostep.com. There, he takes dubstep tracks he finds on the internet and shares them with the masses on his site. People can listen and download songs for free and there is also a weekly dubstep podcast every Friday. He showcases up and coming artists such as Feed Me and bigger named DJs such as Skrillex. He says so far the site has been very successful. “I’m getting 20k visits a month now, and it’s only been 3 and a half months.
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Under The Sheets remix
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Pump It Up
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It goes to show that with some good branding, marketing, and quality content, people will keep coming back and sharing with their friends. The viral effect of it is truly unreal”, Hirsch said. Carbondale has grown to dubstep since he has left in 2009 and he thinks it’s a great thing to see happening. Hirsch said, “I still get invites on Facebook for Copper and Hangar 9, and it’s these dubstep DJs that I really love, and it makes me wish the scene was this huge when I was down there. It’s great to see SIU getting that exposure”. Students are taking their love of dubstep and not only listening, but creating something out of it. Junior in Cinema Kyler Ferrell noticed the increase in interest of dubstep around campus, and directed a documentary for his cinema class about the genre called “Dubstep: Voice of Our Generation”. He documented Dub Day at Hangar 9 and showcased the fun and expressive side of dubstep through people dancing and DJs spinning their tracks. “Basically what
I wanted to do was capture a certain culture of people and see how they react to a new genre of music. Over the last decade it’s seemed to sweep over the U.S., if not the world, and has changed the way people feel about music”, Ferrell said. As the dubstep generation continues to grow, one can only wonder where it will go next. “One of two things will happen. Ideally, it will merge with more popular forms of music such as pop or hip hop and become less of its own genre, but more of a particular playing style. The other outcome will be that it fades much like a fad, and only remain popular in the electronic rave scene”, Freyer said. Whatever its future, dubstep is here and it is big. SIU students are listening, DJing, documenting, and “womping out” to the unique genre as it continues to become more acknowledged. Dubstep is about letting loose and feeling the beat of the bass as it hits through your body, so let the bass cannon kick it.
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Color Outside the Lines Jonathon Brooks
Manic-depression now comes in midnight blue so all of us crazies can be depressed nonstop as we sit around, in this mental hospital, watching each other attempt to remove blocks from the Jenga tower in hopes that it won’t collapse on us. For a limited time only this mental illness will also be offered in lime green so we can taste happiness for a few moments like we taste Twix Snikersor orMilky MilkyWay Way thethe Twix oror Snickers candy bars we recieve at lights out if we’ve been good that day. I, for one, vote we order our mental illnesses from a catalogue that offers varieties of colorful moods, all the moods the non-nental patient gets to try on, instead of simply miserable or ecstatic. So, let’s knock the Jenga tower over on purpose and laugh as the blocks come crashing down. Then we’ll go to bed without any Twix just to show them thier sugar fix isn’t necessary to keep us sane.
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Alternative Spring Break
Britney Murbarger
Students have an alternative to spending spring break in Florida partying and hanging
out on the beach. Habitat for Humanity offers a year-round alternative spring break program
known as the Collegiate Challenge. It is an opportunity for students to gain leadership skills
as well as responsibility by helping people in
need of comfortable and affordable homes. Eric Romano, a sophomore from Crystal Lake studying chemistry at the University of Illinois,
Allison Matyus
helped restore a house that had damage from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans last year. “It was a lot of fun to have that spring break vacation where you get to visit another place
other than your hometown and to also make a
difference in a community,” Romano said. Romano said he would recommend alternative
spring break to anyone who is interested and
willing to help others in need. He said there are plenty of locations to choose from and you can still get the hot sun and tan if you wanted it. Another
student
who
helped
restore
the house in New Orleans was Kate
what I stood for, but this adventure has helped.
The group’s members worked five days restor-
Pond said she strongly recommends this expe-
Pond, a sophomore from Cisne studying urban and regional planning at Illinois.
ing the damaged house. Some of their duties included painting the inside and outside of the
house, caulking the outside of the house to
prevent moisture from getting inside, removing concrete from the back yard and building
a back porch. “Before the trip, I thought I had a good understanding about who I was and
me discover so much about myself that I didn’t
know existed in just one short week,” Pond said.
rience to anyone who is willing to give up his or her spring break to make a difference. It’s a
highly emotional and self-satisfying experience that will be cherished forever, she said.“The experience in New Orleans has helped me real-
ize how I need to change my leadership skills
to contribute to social change,” Pond said.
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the groups will either do their volunteer work
Monday through Friday or Tuesday through Saturday. The projects vary from improving
already existing houses, building new houses and working on other relatable projects.
The Collegiate Challenge has been around for
16 years and is currently the nation’s largest alternative spring break program.
Be-
tween Feb. 15 and April 18, groups registered will build houses at 225 different locations.
In the past, students involved in the Collegiate Challenge alternative spring break program have raised more than $7 million
in
donations to help pay for construction costs. Pond said she was able to see New Orleans through many different aspects by interacting with locals in the community and devel-
oping strong relationships with her team members. Generally, groups of five or more participants work with local Habitat for Humanity organizations and plan a weeklong
trip to help build better living situations for those in poverty.The weeklong trip starts at
arrival Sunday afternoon and ends at depa-
ture the following Saturday morning. Most of
“During our time at New Orleans, I realized
that as a leader I need to use my inborn and learned skills to help lead our community towards social change,” Pond said. “Our trip
has taught me that social change is obtainable if people are willing to give up their six
figure jobs, their family and their friends to donate their time to helping their communities move past poverty and destruction.”
With the help of volunteers and donations of
money and materials, Habitat for Humanity
has been able to rebuild more than 400,000 houses and shelter 2 million people in need.
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“We are all in the midst of a
REVOLUTION...”
“...in the way information moves from one place to another. The School of Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a good place to get in on the ground floor. Every day we teach students how to use new technology to communicate news, photos, ads, video and audio on all of the new platforms that have changed the face of media.” -School of Journalism Director William H. Freivogel
Investigate your options: - Advertising - Photojournalism
- News/Editorial -New Media News Production
School of Journalism
For more information: journal.siu.edu 618-536-3361
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By: Jonathon Daniel Brooks
he man with the top hat pedaled his unicycle perfectly down the village street. Four boys stopped playing basketball at a house off the side of the road to watch him ride. Unicycle man removed his hat and tipped it their direction just to give a friendly hello. None of the boys waved back. They had mixed feelings concerning the unicycle man. “What was that?” one boy asked. “Beats me.” said a different boy. “Some weirdo.” said the third. “I think he’s cool. He could be in a carnival I bet!” remarked the final boy.
After peddling by the gawking boys, the unicycle man sped to the general gas station, snack and beverage store. He felt like having a Royal Crown soda. Not the cherry kind either. He wanted the original cola. There would be no hint of false fruit in his beverage. The unicycle man was an original man.
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He kept the top hat on as he left the unicycle on the sidewalk to go inside the store. As he walked to the back of the store the cashier girl giggled in her head, and almost out loud, at what she believed to be a ridiculous hat. The unicycle man noticed her grin through the reflection of one of the beverage coolers. He turned and tipped his hat to her. Walking to the register with style, the top-hat-wearing-unicycle-man pulled out a one dollar coin to pay for his original RC. He smiled at the cash register girl. “Beautiful day for a ride,” he said. “Whatever you say,” the cashier girl said.
The unicycle man hadn’t the talent to ride the unicycle, tip the top hat, and enjoy RC all at the same time. For this reason he decided to enjoy the delicious soft drink at a booth in the convenience store. He continued to tip the top hat to anyone who would venture into the store. Some smiled and greeted him back while others looked away. On the ride back to his home the unicycle man once again passed by the four basketball players. The boy who thought the unicycle man could be in a carnival hollered out, “Hey, I like your bike, mister!” The other three boys stared at each other awkwardly in hopes the unicycle man would have no response to the compliment their friend had dealt the oddball.
The unicycle man wasn’t one for ignoring others. As he backpedaled, while tipping his top hat, he came up to the boy who had called out to him. “Hello, young friend,” he said as he reached into his pocket. He pulled out a one dollar coin and flipped it to the admirer of his one wheel traveling device. “Keep this coin as a reminder that you can be as unique as a one dollar coin, a top hat, or a unicycle.”
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Editors’ Note
Stile Smith
Jordan Figura
American author Louis L’Amour once said, “There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” So as the second issue of Unleashed magazine comes to an end, the beginning of the magazine has been established. This student-run magazine is here to entertain the students of Southern Illinois University Carbondale and people of the surrounding community. Many dedicated students have put a lot of time and effort into the creation of this magazine. From the writers and photographers, to the designers, to the advertising reps, to our faculty and graduate advisors, many hours have gone towards producing a magazine completely dedicated to your entertainment. Despite all the great work we’ve received from those working with the magazine, we could always use more help from students to create more content for future editions. For the magazine to continue growing and improving, it will need dedicated students who are willing to fill content, design the different aspects of the magazine, and secure the advertisements to keep the magazine running. If you believe you can fill any of these roles, we urge you to contact us and let us know how you could contribute. You do not need to be a journalism or advertising major in order to help this magazine grow. Most of all, we want to thank you for reading Unleashed. We believe in its success, and would like to see it take off as SIU’s main source of entertainment. Without your readership, this magazine would have no purpose. We hope you will continue to read the magazine and check out the content that goes online as well. We look forward to continue putting out future editions of Unleashed, and we are excited to see where it goes in the future as this early edition serves as the groundwork for future pieces to come.
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