Bard No Longer Home to Grocery Store Planned for Kline Princeton's "Reefer Madness" "Green Onion" to offer produce, dairy, dry goods. byjoumaine Williams I bypamie Newman I THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ~ AMIDST A FIRESTORM of controversy at in disgust, have become (sadly enough) The discussions at Bard about stu to The Princeton Review in New York City, a definitive force in college selection in Green Onion will iil dents needing more dining also sell some a. Bard was removed from their esteemed an era of ultra-convenience. The book Cl> choices on campus. Over the ::J •reefer madness· list, one of 63 top 20 sells more than a million copies each things that have last couple semesters we have r lists created yearly for the 345 Best year. Robert Franek, Editorial Director at been on stu QI increased the amount of Bard dents' wish lists 3 Colleges book. Despite any attempts The Princeton Review explained in a · 0- Bucks that students received from the student body to r:iaintain our press release, ·we compile ranking lists for the cafeteria and gotten rid of the policy in Kline. These place among the likes of such Elite in many categories, not-just-0ne based that all on-campus students things include institutions as Skidmore and UVM, Bard on what students at the schools tell us have to be on a mandatory 19 has yet again fallen short in another about their campus experiences. We do Cap'n Crunch meal plan. With the comple cereal and a area of collegiate life that it was once this to help applicants and their families tion of the Village Dorm suites, dominant. The consensus among many decide which of these colleges is best choice of either talk started about an on-cam current Bard students is that the school for them. That has been our mission for chunky or pus grocery store where stu is changing every day. Whether it be the ever a decade, and. will continue to do smooth peanut dents can purchase goods that incessant on-campus construction or so." Understandably, The Princeton butter. In addi they can (in theory) cook in the visible administrative shifts in Review also happens to make millions tion, students their dorms. The result of school policy, most returning students of dollars annually on the publications can purchase /;·a't,p these discussions is the Green basic kitchen ',; \\ . ~![? concur that Bard as it was once known of this book. ,;~ r '" -·- -- ~_·:_·~· .: .. Onion, a Chartwells operated necessities such is in jeopardy of "· . . ' In reply to an inquiry, (not student-run, as some as plastic wrap, loosing its +College .. 1Jeanne Krier, a publicist for According to Jim, with students rumors have it) grocery store aluminum foil and dishwash unique niche in ~ The Princeton Review con having a limited amount of that will be located in Kline ing detergent. And what about academia. ~ firmed, "You are right - Bard Bard bucks, 'are students Commons beside the office. the price of these goods? As Regardless, it is is no longer on the "reefer going to buy a $2 organic The Green Onion will an example, a 12oz bottle of undeniable that madness" list." Later in the tomato when there is a regular carry a full selection of pro Skippy peanut butter will cost there will no letter she added, "Schools 50c tomato right next to it?' I duce (ordered locally from $2.40 at the Green Onion. longer be as ; are on (or not on) lists total don't know Jim, with Bard stu Robin 's Food and Vegetables Because of liability much •reefer i~:·';'}!&j ly as a result of what sur dents you can never tell. .. in New Paltz) as well as some issues, the store will not be madness" on ~it ·\) veyed students said about The Green Onion is dry goods and dairy products. selling the usual raw protein Bard College #'~their experiences at them." expected to be up and running When the store is up and run products that one can find in a Campus. \These outside factors she in late September, and now ning students will be able to regular grocery store ... so don't : ~!it*"_\~~ · speaks of must be more both Buildings and Grounds • .,, ,, .., ... purchase either expect to get .any raw meat at 'Atthough stm~r t:··\ F t :· -.·~· · ....~ influential then student sur- and Chartwells staff are work prepared/microwavable meals the Green Onion . However, the these changes at Bard have benefited veys, because-one of the only things ing on the installation of (like a frozen lasagna dinner) store will carry pre-packaged many students in various ways, others Bard Students can seem to agree upon shelves and countertops, as or pick up goods like rice, tofu, milk, butter and mar have complained that they lef! feeling is the advantages of self-medication. In well as some other construc peas, cheese and taco shells ga rine. Also, students who harassed by new efforts by security. a conversation with the book's editor tion details. It is still undecid to cook their own meal. Of have been anticipating organic However, in terms of the way the college Erica Magley, she explained; "the deci- ed what the hours of operation course, the Green On ion will produce being sold in this is viewed by others, Bard is on the rise sions are made directly by student of this store will be, but the also carry more practical/easy store will be disappointed. The in most categories. The U.S. News and responses to questions about drug and proposed schedule being con cooking selections, such as Green Onion will not carry World Report college rankings have alcohol use on-campus and the only sidered is noon to 7pm daily. Ramen noodles, Macaroni and organic produce, primarily Bard up four points to number 36 reason you would have been on that list As always, the Chartwells staff Cheese and Spaghetti.O's. because of a cost issue . .-- :JTi o"~~ ~i9.~;a..l_~f,~ . ;~J;it~.91~ ., ;v~ic, hJ~ -,-.: ., Je~ t y~,arj nd not ~~is year is th.at st!J- is open to suggestions. 2 ~?od ~~,w_:;, fo~ any pr:_o~p~~try~ S!Ud~!)~ '!e. n~s ~.'J.\l filled the survey this year did- w1th overbearing conservative ·parents: ~ n't indicate that students didn't feel The Princeton Review's 345 Best strongly about marijuana use on cam- Colleges, a staple for many students in pus." She then added, "either that or Who are the Board of Trustees? making decisions in finding 'the best you fell below the top twenty." It is still college,' raised the school's statistics unknown whether the 300 people sup- significantly since 2000. Since then posedly interviewed for these lists truly by[vi~-~;;;,tValdmanis I ages and is a franchisor of Arby's restaurants. Bard is up three points (out of 100) in denied any involvement in the alleged There are two Vice Chairmen: Charles THE DECISION TO RAZE the Old Gym and the, Campus Life (82), Academics (94) "reefer madness," or whether other Stevenson, Jr., who recently replace it with a science building is part of and Selectivity (94) categories. Yet schools have simply been more diligent gave a grant to Idaho Rivers Bard's long-term goal of strengthening its sci despite so many signs of this fine in their pursuit of a good buzz. United, an environmental ence program. And that, in turn, is one of the school improving for the better, within Irrespective of any of these group dedicated to saving many goals of Bard's Board of Trustees, a col the schooi'thl:ire is an air of discontent. new developments in acaderr.ia and the Idaho's river and fish; and lection of mostly wealthy individuals who are, in Whether these problems lie in adminis- obvious cliche of regurgitating a phrase Emily Fisher, who was quot the words of Leon Botstein, "responsJble for the trative changes or a consistently dis- recently heard hourly on-campus: Bard ed in the September 13th well being of the College." gruntled student body is unclear, but is changing by the day. Either students issue of The Chronicle of The Board is composed of nearly some students speculate that it can be will lay down and allow their school to Higher Education praising three-dozen members. Roughly half are Bard explained by a decline in the so-called become progressively less progressive, Leon Botstein's longtenure grads, spanning the years from 1939 to 1973. "reefer madness.' or they can stand-up and lay claim to as college president. They meet four times a year to approve the "You're looking at a college David Schwad II Despite all indications that the aspects of campus life that they so College's budget and oversee. all monetary that 25 years ago was '52, Chairman of Bard is becoming more competitive with vehemently assert define the essence transactions. They also make strategic deci expected not to make it into the Board schools like Swarthmore in the ranks of of our school. sions like taking Simon's Rock under Bard's The Princeton Review, Bard's standings In related news, Vasser the next decade,' she told wing, establishing Smolny College in Russia, have gone down significantly in the College, a school that many Bard stu- the Chronicle. "If we had changed presidents and opening the Bard High School Early areas that prospective students really dents agree sucks, was ranked number every seven years; it would still be a college on College. If they want, they can hire and fire a look at. The 63 quirky little lists that . one on The Princeton Review's "happi- the verge.• new president. have made applicants chuckle at a est student body" list in preliminary cer- Richard Fisher is the Board's "Bard is on a growth trajectory," said good match or so quickly turn the page emonies. Treasurer and, as the recently retired· Chairman · Botstein, so right now the Board's focus is to of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, apparently has develop the College's financial stability and the experience with money matters. He is also quality of its programs. Cha irman of the board of Rockefeller University, Drag Race to Have The Board's Cha irman is David the Urban Institute, the Brooklyn Academy of Schwab II, class of '52 and Officer of Triarc, a Music Endowment Trust, and is a trustee of the holding company that derives most of its rev Tate Gallery American Fund, the Sundance enue from sales of Snapple and Mystic bever- Sober Friend, Not· Rival Continued on Page 4 .... DOSO will host pre-party alternative Queer Alliance says the reason is partly I spoke for a quick second to ask non-partier antisocial bookish types like me because of the Bard alcoh.ol consumption John Kelly if he thought the pre party would by,Emily Sauter J can all enjoy the Drag Race. I was afraid before the Race of Drag. "Last year we had interfere with the Drag Race. •our event my one social outlet was going to be I WAS ASSIGNED TO WRITE this article EMS calls before the party started and we ends at 10:30, Drag Race begins at 10:30," destroyed for good, and be a thing of the because rumors were circulating that there had to turn people away from the door he said. So, not to worry loyal Drag Race past like the scandalous Menage. So there would be a party during Drag Race in the because they were already too drunk at 10 participants. This talent show is not going I was, armed with my questions of "why" -I MPR with fabulous cash prizes. This got pm to be in a room with so many people,' to interfere with your wonderful Drag Race. 17' and "how" administration could be so cruel rt me thinking that the administration was try said Anderson. She and our wonderful So there you have it! The rumors and heartless ... but I didn't get to use any ~ ing to shut down our beloved Drag Race! Dean of our First Years, John Kelly, thought aren't true. If ypu want to get involved to of them because the rumors simply aren't e: Now, most of you don't know me, but I'm of a Pre-Party talent show. Elizabeth help with the pre-Drag Race activities, you i:i.. true. not the partier type. There was a party at Anderson went on to tell me, "It will include can email Pia Carusone ([email protected]), 0 So, here's the truth ... the Drag Tremblay right outside my window last week costume contests, music, etc. and we hope John Kelly ([email protected]) or Elirnbeth ~ Race is getting a pre-party talent show. rt and you know what I did? That's right, I that it will help people slow down a little Anderson at ([email protected].) Hope you "1 Elizabeth Anderson, head of our darling read Thoreau's Walden . But partier and with the pre-party drin king.' all have a safe and stimulating Drag Race! rt< "1
t "' 9 'I -September, 27; ·1002 l • . • f .. "" .. ~ Budget Forum Sri]) Keeps Ir Rea] A drunken {surrealist) circus, and honorable tradition by j Tom Mattos I
I DON'T REALLY KNOW where to begin. The budget forum was pretty cool, it went off in the classic bard style. Kline filled with smoke, Bard students getting drunk on the Planning Committee's tab, and the ambitious, over-animated drunken screaming as club heads strug gle to pilfer small amounts of cash from another small amount of cash. This year that drunken screaming was exceptionally entertaining. The night began, for me at least (I was triple fisting beers at this time, only possi ble with the aid of a Kline table) with the Surrealist Training Circus demanding 200 bucks ~~·~~-_.;~ ~ ·~~ .. *-.'-> • ""'~.... ~ from the Entertainment Committee for the purchase of ' some Arabian Horses." Very ani ; / 'l it': ~..-~ . ,,",~;i-~.. mated people, dressed as clowns and other strange things (such as the dude in the o.d. green and the gas mask) began running around 'entertaining" for support for the Surrealist movement. A female clown opened my hand, poured a small amount of salt in the palm, __ f~~ nodded, and moved on. I was hooked. Students squeezed into Kline fortheir say inclub spending. I quickly moved in to gain a better looksee into the workings of the Surrealist club that holds up its own platform saying 'It's about makin' trouble.' Another cool, enter Training Circus and as to how things generally were going to happen. I got some intresting tainment-minded move on the part of the Committee. The Surrealists then mounted anoth answers. 'We will make you happy, yep real happy," said one of the clowns. Another er onslaught, this time against the Model U.N. While it proved unsuccessful, the antics in offered a more lengthy response: "As a member of the Surrealist Training Circus I must say the room 'ljere very entertaining. . that the need for our commodity is desperate. Bard College lacks soul. Walk down any hall One of the most interesting events of the night was one that didn't even happen. way and watch people cower i~ when you look into their eyes. We profess to be an artistic Everyone failed to notice that the new BARDge project was the only club on the list that campus, but art is stale and monotone without passion. The circus seeks to propagate received MORE money than it asked for. That's right... MORE. The BARDge Society, a new such passion via cute entertainment, political and social education and general inquiry into project, sets out to accomplish the monumental goal of sailing to New York City on a sailing the bizarre[ities] in life. Without forces like the Surrealist Training Circus the Bard campus bar[d]ge made of fiberglass coated trash. It might not be orbit, but the Bardge project will has as much inspiration and creative fire as David Hasselhoff.' do what the Space Program did not: Actually go somewhere. When asked to comment, While I am unwilling to say that I 'lack soul" and "cower" when someone looks in Cap'n Dane Klinger slurred: "ARR! Anchors aweigh!" The rest of the BARDge crew declined my eyes, I will say that the Surrealist Training Circus is going to be a kick ass club. comment due to a minor bout of scurvy. Sick. However, Cap'n Dane insists that by the end Controversy was avoided early on when the Entertainment Committee, standing by their of the spring semester a 20 foot long trash sloop will sail to New York City. He also told a platform of... entertainment... opted to just give the circus the 200 bucks they were asking cool pirate joke. "Why couldn't the kids see the pirate movie? It's rated ARR! " for. Very cool move. They also gave away 300 bucks to Trouble & Bass the electronic music
Security, Sa&ey and Students .· :. : · News Briefs byj Mareen Keeley I
FROM ELEVEN EACH NIGHT to seven the following morning, ly need to be present, offering protection," states Cooper. Bard Security's staff patrols the campus. Ken Cooper, the head Bard's campus, unlike many typical colleges, is a wide- 1. The first fall festival is quickly approaching the of security, has just begun his third year with many hopeful open campus that can be accessed by the public around the Bard Campus and several student organizations visions for the future and complete faith in his current staff. clock. The main issues that Security deals with are created not are ready to greet it with open arms. Max Dube, Bob Bathrick, Jim Geskie, Don Lown, Eugene by Bard students, rather the trouble stems from outsiders like Oktoberfest, known for its bright colored fall Maroney, and Cliff Powell all work closely together each night to high school kids around the area. Often i 01 ~ture leaves and good ale is a good diversion from the ensure the safety of the Bard community throughout the 650_ ___ !;Q _ect{ul pfJl)_e_S1l!~~n~fillif .1~_.: :.._ , _ • acres and a total of 80 buildings. "The main goal of Security is havoc in the past by vandalizing cars or buildings, even chasing fact that summer is indeed over. .W.ha.lbetter not to act as a police force; it is to protect. The students' safety down security in their cars. Door propping is also one of way to wave ~oodbye than with good drink and Is our priority," says Coo~er. Security's worst concerns. Although the students should feel food. Speaking of which, e_ven though P~TA Unlike state-regulated training procedures that are cov- safe and secure, they should not forget that anyone can come to (People for Eating Tasty Animals) got deni~d the ered in the duration of one day, Cooper trains his staff over the Bard at any time. money they requested, the~ are still plann~ng to course of Cooper also has the help of certain students. The organize a lamb r~ast (luck1I~ for the de~nved two • "party patrol" is a student initiated, student run organi- meat e_aters of this community). A location ~nd weeks. He Instead of hav1 ng a guard zation that was recently° created to further insure the exact time h~ve not been rev~aled , but carni- a1ms to • safety of the students. Instead of having a guard vores keep your forks and knives on guard. 11 11 select only patrol a party, a student Wiii "patrol" a party, a student will attend and patrol, while thoughtful, • . still being able to contact security through radio if need 2. This Wednesday the RPM Puppet Conspiracy approach- attend and patrol, Whl le Stlll be. Cooper hopes that this will make Security less performed at the Old Gym. They are a bunch of able peo- • • intimidating, and create a student-student presence Eco-activist puppeteers from various back pie who being able to contact security that might be more comfortable, yet maintain safety. grounds that like to entertain while discussing will fit into • . Another hope for the future is to have two kiosks, or topics ranging from composting to bikes against thecom- through radio If need be. guardhousesatnorthandsouthcampus,where car culture. Their comment on the show was munity Security can keep a closer eye on who enters the cam- that "Bard had a very good turn out" and that it that exists pus, or even to check identification. has •good screamers.' So maybe the activist here, and people who genuinely care about their job. Cooper Cooper intends to create more communication culture isn't dying and the student body isn't as says he wants to maintain the Bard 'environment". Security is between the students and Security, with hopes that this will apathetic as some think, or maybe the large turn not there to police the students, they merely intend to create a lead to more trust. When a problem arises it is quickly abol- out came from the interest caused by posters safe campus. ished, yet as the staff is so small, they do not see everything portraying shit attacking toilets. Each night the campus is divided into three sections, and need the students' input and participation. Cooper empha- South Campus, Stone Row, and North Campus. The staff covers sizes that Security is not attempting to deny students their free- 3. Students are upset and curious about why all three areas, as well as the new Performing Arts construction dom, yet the students also must act responsibly. The combined Kline isn't offering sorbet as a desert. It satis site. They do this on foot, in recently acquired aerodynamic efforts of both will help to keep Bard the safe, comfortable, and fies the vegans' desire for a desert, and is also electric cars, by radio, and at times even on bikes. "Security unique place that it is. appealing to vegetarians and meat eaters. does not wish to impose on the lives of the students, they mere- What's more, it is cheaper that most ice creams and it is healthier. Come on Kline, we sure as hell pay enough, so get your act together!
Record N11mbers for Bard NYC Program 4. Entrepreneurship amongst the freshmen BARD'S GLOBALIZATION and International Affairs program is enjoyir:ig its highest enroll- class is blooming. Some kids are carrying out byjJon Dame I ment of the three semesters it has been running. The program, located in New York the traditional sale of cigarettes, raising the City, began in fall 2001 with 14 students participating, and increased to 17 students price by at least a dollar per pack versus last last spring. Enrollment was further enlarged to 24 .:;tudents this fall thanks to an extra apartment suite made available to the program years standard, which isn't really cool since peo at Bard Hall on West 58th street in the Lincoln Center district. In addition to 14 students from Bard, nine students from other colleges ple personal finances really haven't changed and universities are participating this year. and most of us are still broke college students. The Bard in New York program provides undergraduate students with graduate-level experience and education in internation Others have turned to the sale of food (snacks al politics, economics, media, ethics, environmental and human rights issues. A key aspect of the program is the internship each stu and fruit), which is a godsend at 3 o'clock in the dent takes on in a reputed international organization. Some organizations that have sponsored internships for the program include morning when The Campus Center has long The Council on Foreign Relations, Dow Jones Newswires, The Human Rights Watch, and The World Policy Institute, among others. closed. Good looks people, just keep your sup In addition to an internship, students take three courses taught by leading international affairs scholars and professionals. plies coming because everyone knows that this The faculty includes, fof instance, Barbara Crossette, United Nations Bureau Chief for the New York Times, and Joel Rosenthal, campus will always sm!?,ke and will always need ...; President of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. The classes are taught in the same building where students live, munchies, (As for the prices, don't be greedy, we t7' a building that is rented primarily for the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts. can afford only so much) ' "tJ:j According to James Chace, director of Bard Globalization and International Affairs, admission to the program continues to ...~ become more competitive as it enters its second year. He estimates that eventually BGIA will be a 50/50 mix of Bard/non-Bard stu 5. The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows, as stated by ~ dents. However, it is unlikely the program will·expand beyond the roughly two dozen students currently enrolled, because of limited fact #85 on a Snapple cap. 0 a' housing. According to Chace, the progrc~m. especially the internship component, has met with near-unanimous success, and should fll (t continue indefinitely. :t s: Septeipb~r 27, .p>2 Diversirv Awareness Peers TrvinP- to Ce.t You ToP-e.the.r ./
screening of "But I'm a Cheerleader,' a film and discussion spon- Blood Drive to be Held by IVinny Taubner I sored by B.S.O on the subject of Female Mutilation, a performance by H.O.T Works (Harlem Overheard Theater Works) on Bard cam A blood drive will be held by the New York YOU MAY HAVE SEEN a handful of people at the Club Fair or walk pus sponsored by D.A.P., and last but not least, D.A.P. co-spon Blood Center in the Village Room on ing around campus wearing gray and maroon-sleeved baseball sore·d the Spoken Word Fest. This semester we helped introduce October 2-3 from 12:30 to 6:00 p.m. Sign style jerseys with a D.A.P. tag on the front and last names on the the new freshman class to Bard through an interactive workshop up will be available all week in the ACDC. back. The people you've seen are all part of an on campus organi that focused on students' personal stories and identities. The housing droup (dorm/TH/TA/SC) that zation associated with the Office of Multicultural Affairs called the This fall the group is more experienced and we look for donates the most blood will will be reward Diversity Awareness Peers. The Diversity Awareness Peers is a ward to a highly focused and driven semester. An upcoming event ed with a 'Trick-or-Treat' party. Students team of students engaged in a process of enhancing individual to keep an eye out for is a discussion involving Bard faculty on the wishing to donate blood must be 19 years and social growth and change in our community. They are dedicat subject of men of color and masculinity. Also, coming up is a film old and weigh at least 110 lbs. ed to promoting campus and local community dialogue on the screening co-sponsored by Queer Alliance and B.S.O. of The issues of difference. prejudice, privilege, and discrimination. Watermelon Woman and Paris is Burning. Security Reports Criminal Mischief Race, sexuality, ethnicity, and sexism are put into context and D.A.P consists of six members: Saran Adkinson, experienced by people daily in different ways. Our country is a Elizabeth Anderson, Vinny Taubner, Dumaine Williams, Hannah A security repot was filed for Criminal melting pot of people of various cultures, ethnicities, sexualities, Janal, and Jennifer Ronald. The coordinator of OAP is Jennifer Mischief at the Town Houses on Saturday, and classes, yet a vast amount of people are still not considered Jimenez, Assistant Dean of Students\Director of Multicultural Sept. 21. The report was written after six "American,' nor do they have the same privilege afforded to oth Affairs. If you see any of the members of DAP around campus feel rounds of paintballs were fired at a security ers. Through our concentrated efforts we strive to bring about free to voice your own concerns or ask about what's happening. vehicle. 'Students should remember that social awareness of such stories that are barely part of our soci For those who are interested in joining D.A.P., our recruitment guns of any type are not permitted on cam ety's collective. efforts begin at the end of the fall semester. Watch out for posters pus,' said Kim Squillace, Assistant Director Last year D.A.P. had a successful retreat towards the end and check your e-mail. D.A.P. is searching for applicants from all of Security. of intersession with a group of all new DAP participants, and different backgrounds. We want people who are simply dedicated returning members Dumaine Williams and Biek Satasut. The to the D.A.P. vision, and are willing to put in time outside of class Wallet Taken from Unlocked Room retreat focused on preparation for the work ahead by sharing per es and clubs. Contact us as if you are interested, and we'll fill you sonal stories, and the discussion of issues that are part of the in . If you have any questions or comments e-mail [email protected]. A student wallet containing a diver's focus of D.A.P. activity. D.A.P's accomplishments included a license, cash, and credit cards was stolen from an unlocked dorm room on Saturday, Sept. 21. Trustees... Continued from page 3 ' Students are reminded to lock their doors,' said Kim Squallace Assistant Festival, the Environmental Defense Fund, and Director of Security. Classroom, Inc., a nonprofit educational software distributor. He owns paintings by Robert Buildings and Grounds Rumor Untrue Motherwell, Willem de Koening, and Franz Kline, Corrections/Comments from Last Issue. A rumor stating that custodial and and is so avid a chef that he opened his own Buildings and Grounds employees are restaurant two blocks from Union Square. Last Issue, in the article, "Old Gym RIP 2003" by Jacob instructed not to speak with students is More hardcore 'old Bard' than any Cottingham, the date of the Gym's construction was mistaken. The untrue, according to the Director of senior or recent graduate is John Honey, class of Old Gym was completed in 1921. Grounds Jeffrey Horst. '39, the Board's Secretary and a Life Trustee. In the News Briefs we misspelled a professors name. The correct "We do ask our folks to be careful about Other Board members include James spelling is "Lindsay Watton." time conversing in relation to their work,' Ottaway Jr., mega-newspaper publisher, Susan said Horst. 'But we do encourage them to Soros. director of the Bard Graduate Center and be courteous with students.' wife of fund manager George Soros, and Martin Peretz, editor-in-<:hief of The New Republic. Courtesy of the Miscellany News Editorial Board -H \.t...... ~ ... '" 8 - ·: ;... - . ; th> u._i; ,.., I .'DJ o::>.. ;,,4, 1 iv.J ·!.;,~.( u; := ::;\IU1~ 1 -~ i~J ,1 lli~tJ
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Each episode is one hour of the day, in real time, and for those math buffs out :< Generation Y feeling with the lyrics there, you're right that's 24 episodes. When it ''I'm going to get a gun and start a was broadcast in the US though, the commer war/If you can tell me something cial breaks would take up 15 or so minutes of worth fighting for." the hour broadcast, making each episode 45 Coldplay offers their music to a minutes total. I mention the US specifically new generation of rockers, and it because in England, when it was aired on the simply feels more dedicated and BBC, there were no commercials and addi serious than whatever the hell else tional scenes were added to make a fuller, is going on. Coldplay leads rock almost-hour-long episode. With season two of the show cur music into a new horizon, expanding lby Henry Casey lt~~~:urn rently scheduled to begin on October 29th, the role of artists to a more clearly FOX, in what may be one of their best and defined responsibility towards the SUTHERLAND), star of the newly released worst decisions of all time, decided to rush world. Since the release of their firs~ DVD 24 Season One, is not just •the man". He the DVD, releasing it on September 17, mere album they refused to allow the Gap 1s not just a "bad ass'. He is the almighty lord. months after the first season finale. This was to use one of their songs in a lame Who else could stay up for 24 hours a great idea because now those who missed straight, saving presidential candidates, fight commercial, turning down an offer of the beginning of last season can now watch ing evil Russian ex-patriots, tracking down his $85 million dollars. To a new band the series from the beginning to the end with kidnapped wife and daughter, and most "A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD" is trying to make it in the U.S., that is a big out missing a second and without commer importantly discovering a mole in his own simply that. Coldplay's new album, deal. Another 85 million could have cials. People who missed out on 24 won 't be agency. Jack is a member of the Counter released August 27th, quickly proved to done wonders for them, but they chose in the Terrorism Unit agency, an FBl-ish organization. dark be a true rock record, one that will stand to keep it real. However, Coldplay keeps They fight against all the evil world super pow timeless. "A Rush of it modest as well. Lead singer Chris ers, terrorists and the 'not so dead'. Blood to the Martin comments: 'I'm sure we'll do The television show 24 (FOX, something in the future where we will Tuesday nights, 9 PM -10 PM) was the best fuck up. I'm sure one day we'll be des show not on HBO last season. It is based go wrong perate for money or exposure and we'll around one entire day, in the life of Jack, his you ask? formerly estranged wife Teri (Leslie Hope), go crawling back to the Gap and say, You proba daughter Kimberly (Elisha Cuthbert). Other 'Hey, are you sure you don't want a bly think characters include: the first major African song?' But at the moment we can say since I'm American Presidential Candidate David 'Fuck 'em!' such a Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), his wife Sherry In addition to their current anti (Penny Johnson Jerald), son Keith (Vicellous corporate standpoint Coldplay estab Shannon), and Jack's fellow CTU agents Tony show, I lished a 10,000 tree forest ip Bangalore Almeda (Carlos Barnard) and Nina Meyers could see to offset the co2 used to cut and distrib (Sara h Clarke). ute "A Rush of Blood to the Head" I'm What makes this show so damn per open them for you." not sure what that means or why the fect 1s that the shows' editors never waste you do "open your eyes," fuck its useful, but the tree huggers will time and use each second to its utmost ~ hen potential. The plot is so complicated, the only you see the beauty, as well as the probably love it. Maybe it's advertise- way to relate it to what anyone might under mystery, your mind taken over ment, trying to reach that ever elusive, stand, is by saying that it is what would hap by a beautiful meiody/fade skeptical vegan/hippie/veggie/ilovethep- pen if Usual Suspects was a TV show, with a out trip. Like any true rock laneVminority rights/puppet-making DVD. Firstly there is no chapter naviga moment comparable to the revealing of record (Zeppelin II, Radiohead 's OK market. But it seems genuine. Maybe tion for any episode, an error some can look Keyser Soze after every 4 episodes. The show '.i;Ucomputer), Cold play just kicked the fuck- they should have sold one of their songs . over due to the fact that each episode is only 1 is so complex, with plot twists so major; the 45 minutes. I can't look past this and the ·· ing door in. and bought more trees. That would def1- actors were never given full scripts for fear of DVD lost points in my mind for this reason. The album continues with nitely be a good debate. the major plot points leaking. And finally, ~ndly and lastly, there are not many ape- nt.welk:iotllltn!c;~ _ rock songs, most All in all the new Cold play will . _ wben.tM.s~1J'muohr flvafs~rr n1'ilfqulfe pos ...... '"-°''- '-" •- -~,'Ou'- '"'""
Meshuggah:
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED AN online RPG game The computer graphics are beautifully done, Chaosphere where the graphics are gorgeous, the quests and being a visitor of Ireland myself, I can are entertaining, the fighting and armor struc assure you the game's graphics look rather ture is practically perfect, but the other play realistic. The only difficulty is the large num ers are a pack of thirteen year old aggressive ber of moronic kids that plague the online BY FAR THE MOST INNOVATIVE heavy band to come punks who take out their negative energy in environment and make the game "kill every along in years, Meshuggah blends the aggressive speed computer games? You might if you have thing possible," when many normal players of old school thrash with complex time signatures often played EverQuest, Baldur's Gate, Ultima just want to go on quests and role play. found in jazz music. The result is a completely new form Online, and now the newest popular online Outside of that, Dark Age of Camelot is an of music that redefines the word heavy. Chaoshpere is RPG game, Dark Age of Camelot. This is not excellent game with plenty of tasks and side the Swedish quartet's third album, and like it's previous to say that the game, made by Mythic quests to put your character on his or her two leaves no room for dispute. The guitar and bass Entertainment and released late last year, respective way. As a character/player of work is the tightest I have ever heard, the lyrics are does not have value to Dark Age , there are incredibly intelligent, and the brilliant use of polyrhythm it. The game is set in twelve races you can by the drummer will leave you stunned and laying naked medieval times, ironical choose from (for your on the floor bleeding out your ass. If you are a fan of ly in the time of Camelot character), each with heavy music of any kind, do yourself a favor and pick up ..., and King Arthur, with about ten different Chaoshpere, but be warned: this album was simply not tr three realms at war. faces and hair colors to created for the weak of heart, it is so harc(that it'll ream n Each realm is known for you! b:1 go from there. It is a II a particular brand of very interesting play, a power (arms, magic, and I encourage people nature), and is modeled , 0 to give it a try! Rated T a' after medieval Ireland, for Teen, and m·ade for ...n~ Britain, or Norway. the PC. < ...n September 2J, 2002 lf~~fll
The Four Feathers
THE FOUR FEATHERS IS THE STORY of a Harry's then fiancee, Kate Hudson. lasted about 3 seconds. You British officer, Harry Faversham, circa However, the movie then changes it's feel don't have time to fully enjoy 1895, who resigns from his post just as he and opts for the happy ending. The heart them. Whether it was the deci is about to sh ip out to war in Sudan. After throb gets the girl. sion of Kapur or the production his friends and fiancee find out about this Despite the mediocre to horrible company to keep those shots so they send him feathers as a sign of cow plot line the acting wasn 't half bad. Heath short, it was a big mistake. The ardice. Harry then decides to travel to Ledger seems to be establishing himself as film lost all chance of being Sudan and follow enemy spies in an a pretty decent little actor. He mastered respected in any sort of artful attempt to help out his friends and try to the "cute" for all the ladies out there, and manner because of the choice to reverse his cowardly standing. surprisingly he lost the pretty boy look, with keep down the length of its best The plot of this film starts out like a beard and extremely tanned skin, and shots. The film did however have any of Hollywood's typical masterbatory maintained the role of a Sudanese slave some great cinematic moments 'masterpieces' and bored me to death. convincingly. Although none of the actors in the battle scene. The choreog The movie appeared to be going nowhere gave a convincing British accent, Wes raphy and cinematography com and JUSt when I began to become annoyed Bentley's was the most believable. He too plemented each other very nicely Heartthrob Heath that I wasted my four dollars, Harry, played gave an excellent performance as a con in the sequence. The cinematography acting, and the inventive middle of the plot by 'heartthrob' Heath Ledger, decided to vincing British, somewhat pretentious, offi indoors, on the contrary severely lacked. It line. The rest of the movie, however, grow up and get his ass to Sudan. Only he cer. Kate Hudson did a decent job as well was very confusing at times and far too lacked. It was definitely a mediocre film. went by himself and disguised himself as a but she wasn't very fit for part as a career jumpy. Within one scene that would have See it if you get a chance perhaps on a bar Sudanese slave and, with the help of a fiancee. been shot handsomely in one or two gain night. The landscape shots are actual member of a Sudanese slave tribe, Abdu, The Four Feathers, directed by angles, several shots from all angles of the ly worth the admission price, but if you're Djimon Hounsou (Gladiator, Amistad), fol Shekhar Kapur, whose last directorial effort room were used. The quick cuts added to going to see it on a big screen, which you lowed around some enemy s'pies in an was the Oscar winning drama, Elizabeth, the confusion. This was the case in most definitely should, try to sneak in. Jed attempt to win back his friends, but mainly did have some strong cinematic aspects. indoor sequences with the exception of the Clarke summed up this movie nicely, 'First I his self respect. The film then takes some The cinematography of the film was at prison scenes. The cinematography and • hated the movie, then I got into it. Then I plot nsks and feels at times like it will never times breathtaking. Throughout the movie editing added to the claustrophobic feel of hated it again, but when I saw that guy rid resolve into a typical stupid happy ending. there were beautiful landscape shots of the the space. ing on that camel at the end it reminded One in wh1chHarry will end up staying in desert and there were also several attrac This film had its moments consis me of the part when I liked it." Sudan and his best friend, Wes Bentley, will tive crowd shots from.overhead that were tently throughout the movie between the (at go back to England a war hero and marry very aesthetically pleasing. They just all times) beautiful cinematography, superb
Clipse: Lord Willin
THE COVER TQ "LORO';WtWN'", the deput LP from VA act Cljpse (you heard them once good suspense novel. Each song has a in '96 before they got dropped frocn.t · smooth beginning wh ich then climaxes label afler,p))~~s§ng~(tet'i~ ~.n either in a soulful sample or an anger Neptunes' StatTrac la~I) blesses~ induced cut. RJD2 stays dropping gems Clipse twins CnFantastic Damage," Circuit,' is not one of the better tracks in sound almost like a real dancehall singer for Aesop Rock, "Labor Days," Cannibal Ox, that it seems to be a barrage of break a hot minute. The other single "When 's the "Cold Vein, " and the Mr. Lif EP.) The album beats with no central idea. However, it is Last Time' is off the chain, and if you were although clearly influenced by DJ Shadow, short and moves right along. Overall, the even in a car on 14" rims this summer you has a vintage sound which is more influ album introduces us to one of the more know it. 'Nutt said playa . A track with enced by soul and sixties rock than live amazing DJs from New York City. Combined Jermaine Dupri and one with Fabulous totally instrument drumming. There is a wide with the Def Jux appeal and immaculate fuck up the flow for a minute, reminding us range of emotions presented through wax. production it definitely glows in the dark. that dope-as-shit club production with mum Drama-filled, it takes on the feeling of a Buy this album. bled worthless rhymes are the current flavor of hi p hop
THERE IS A SMALL BUT DEDICATED Muffinfilms.com is just your sort of cult that finds themselves drawn inher place! Muffinfilms houses a series of ently to www.muffinfilms.com. When I twelve short films made by the talented speak of this site, I am either ques Amy Winfrey, which involve badly drawn ..; tioned 'what muffin site do you speak cartoons of muffins talking to people, , t:T' n of?' or applauded for my good taste, eating people, and being eaten by peo ple. After you see this site, it is doubtful ~ "yeah muffins!". For those ignorant of Ill >; the rather fabulous site, let me give you you will be able to eat a muffin in the p.. a run down. Do you like very strange, same way again! Now you have to see 0 very bizarre websites, and/or humor? it, right? Give it a try, especially when a' {II Are you artistic in any sort of way? Of you are bored of run-of-the-mill home n course you are, you 're at Bard! work and want to procrastinate. ~ n >;
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J,ast Class from the 20th Centurv 7 Annandale-on-Hudson: past, p resent, future,, by !Tatiana Zaharchenko I Bard classes. I do not quote, but as I Bard bucks? This is called spoiling! And classmen grow up, and they're alienated understood it, his statement was simple: these new Village dorms I'll never get in exactly the same way from their lower the gap cannot be mended. Not because used to (of course they are cool and classmen. It's not about some artificial In my encounters with Bard we are bad or good. Just because of - arranged so perfectly... they're just so walls. It really is about, well... age. This alumni, however limited, one thing shone well, time. And inherent distrust of those sterile) And I was in for a shock to see campus grows also. through all conversations: an irreversible who just don't share your own time two of the patented Ravine names allot And suddenly all those stories I generation gap. And I don't mean mental dimension. ted to those weird new dorms by the back heard from alums begin to make sense. ity - perhaps that shift is somewhat pre That was then. This is now. And road and the cemetery. Oh, and need I No, I'll never know what it was like before sent as well, but in general the Bard liber now is when I got back to Bard after a mention the neat roads and parking lots Campus Center was built. But neither will al tree-hugging spirit doesn't seem to year in Petersburg, Russia. And the class of change with years, except maybe they man, was I in for a shock. I'm 2006 know what had fewer vegans a decade back. What I not even going to go into the it was like with mean is: the campus perception. 'We' are unbelievable fact that I and the old van and surely as avant-garde for our time as everyone I have known for the empty space 'they' were for theirs, but .in spite of all nearly four years are seniors for Cruger. What that unites us (hail to the butterfly tie ... ), (That's scary enough - we are we losing? we will never be as close to them as never saw it coming. You won't Nothing. The those who went to Bard when the Post either. Remember my words, ye lives of lower Office was in the basement of the Old youth!) What is most strikingly classmen are Gym (must have been ages back ... it's different is (gulp!) the campus. true college lives, just a legend now), and the square All of a sudden I sit at Kline and so were Campus Center didn't exist aCall. Or, if with those who never saw Bard ours. Just the you go even further back, and dig through without New Cruger. I actually fra~ing is differ the archives for lack of something better remember driving into North ent. But maybe to do, you may find photographs of Bard Campus for the first time in it's something to when there was no North Village at all, 1999: my first impression of keep in mind as and no Kline for that matter, and life, Bard was the mud and naked we take each Our humble ca1T1pus in 1968. other's places behind the looking glass of time. And just as I (let's admit it) whine and complain on this page, just as hundreds have complained before me, in three or four years the classes of mid-sin gle-digits of the new century will look at classes of 2009 or so with an inadvertent sigh: "what do they know .. ." Perhaps it's this sigh that always stays the same while the campus changes year after year?
Oh well, you know, those older people - who can keep up with them anyway? So you just smile politely and nod: no Campus Center, how interesting indeed ... - and then run off to Down the Road. Life goes on - life in the here and now. (And you've gotta love the here, what can I say.) That's what I thought. But here's the scary part. I am the old gener ation now! I remember my spring freshman seminar with (theoretically) The Great Leon(© Fitzgerald), but in reality with the wonderful Frederic Grab, whom we lost this year. But the ever-busy President did make it to class once in a while, and then he'd invite us to his house, where we sat hours, you wouldn't among the almost-surreal towers of book be allowed to come It's not about insensitivity or shelves and munched on his cookies (freshmen ... gotta love them.) It was a ~:::~c;~:~~SB~~~ ~ .indifference. It's about that 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' seminar, but much? - fifty. (And that's not the only thing we discussed. we didn't die of We flew out and about on various tan starvation.) · generation gap that never heals. gents, and sometime in the first few Need I weeks of class we inevitably discussed mention the new cardlike buildings that from when I was a freshman. Yes, this is rants, published or not, will always go on . the ancient peoples called 'seniors.' We onlY. pretend to be Toasters? Hail the old a tribute to our years at Bard, but no one Blank looks from freshmen at the men honestly thought we were so awesome Toasters! And keep your eyes open, my really wants to hear it, and only my class tion of 'the way it used to be' will always compared to their ephemeral presence fellow students: you are actually sharing mates perhaps nodded again and again go on. We can't bridge it. But we can try (and I bet we were}, and then the the parking lots with the last of those while they read this. Younger classes, I'm to fathom where it comes from. Butterfly President welcomed our genera who lived in Ravines as freshmen. (Those sure, shrugged their shoulders. What else If I'm.sounding cheesy, man, I'm tion - yet another generation to grow things shook! And 1 mean shook! Not only can they do? It's not about insensitivity or sorry. It's just somehow so sad to be a before his eyes - with a time-arching during storms. Even if you sneezed. No indifference. It's about that generation senior ... thought. He has seen thousands of child private life, you can imagine - although gap that never heals, like Leon said at From the e/ass of 2003 to the adults pass through these lands into the Bard students never suffered from unnec the end of last century. Upperclassmen class of 2006, on behalf of all my class ~(t world - each generation carrying a firm essary modesty. So keep the 'life' and are never content with lowerclassmen: mates, may I say with.respect and with it's that powerful feeling of our time hav the best of wishes for your next four ti:I and no doubt justified faith in its unique just subtract the :private'.) Ill "1 ness and timeliness - and he talked that So I get back from a year ing gone by, and no time being quite the years of growth: Q., day about the generation gap between abroad and what do I see? Hundreds of same as our time. And then our lower- Down with the shuttle stops! 0 a' s"' tt "1 Septe:{Ilber 27, 2002 Whf the Old .Gym .is So Important Ta~ you meds; ·read this; do so m~thzng by !Jacob Cottingham I similarly inclined people. Because Bard Gym might be a pain in the ass to keep the drab report seems such a non-<:onfrontational place, around, but it never did any serious harm. by Michael Marlin, Jr. and is mostly populated with kids possess Most the people I met here are more ing a real appreciation of peace, it's mad fucked up than the Old Gym. In fact, it I ~a~ originally ~ri_tten an editorial for Being the Editor of the Observer seems like the administration is getting rid this issue about bitches and asses' at has afforded me with a unique perspective dening that students here separate over such fine lines, and take so personally of both. • Bard. There are many of them, and the on Bard. It is an old newspaper, and the I think it's a shame. Despite the hostility on this campus can be unbear- archives stored in the office go back to every offense felt. Students here can for different kinds people that go here, think abl_e at time~. But after I finished the 1922. It had several different names give al-Qaeda but not each other. 1 nearly everyone can rally around getting art1cl.e, I ~ot1~ed that the w~iting was before settling on the Observer in 1962. The interesting part of Bard is together, meeting people, getting loose and awful (a~ 1t will also be in this column From my first year at the that kids here aren't totally like the stu------listening to th~t I wnte at 3 a.m. on the night before school I have heard .about J: • · music. If you goin? to· press), and I had become very and seen 'how Bard is chang 1 s ere can IO rg1 ve a - can't support hostile myself. So instead of trying to ing.' Since last year I have Student h that, I don 't redo the whole thing, I'm going to talk read the same in the archieves of the newspaper. {)' d b h h know what you about Rocky movies. '<_ae a Ut not eac Ot er. cansupport. It's Ma~~ people don't realize Practically every four years not about having that the original Rocky, written by has an impassioned moment huge rallies and Sylvester Stallone, is arguably one of of change and its affects on demanding the preservation of a physical the greatest films of all time. The cine- the small, distinct group of people at Bard . dents at other colleges. Yes, Bard seems building; it's about showing each other that matography 1s absolutely beautiful. The I think Bard has, is, and always will be to get more and more mainstream every at least we can come together over some- acting, superb. The plot, stimulating. changing. It's not that isolated. year, but considering the practically thing that isn't in favor of the distancing of Many people who have grown up watch- I do believe that the changes we unavoidable nature of mainstream culture a shared human connection. ing the later Rocky sequels on broad- are seeing currently at Bard are worth our these days, it's putting up quite a In a world so violently polarized ~ast TV simply assume that the first is time and effort. I think that- for whatever resistence. Meanwhile, as we sit and bitch by beliefs and prejudiced, it seems that ust as cheesy. The same people don't reasons-, Bard is attempting to increasing about the increase in cell phones every people begin to neglect the similairities realize t~at Rocky actually loses the ly crack .down on students, their partying, year, security makes legal drinkers pour that make us so distinctly human. The final fight in Rocky I! But while the plot and their general lackadaisical attitude. out their beer at a party. whole world really does appreciate music, does have its share of cheese, the film The Old Gym represents a past Bard that Freshman year my roommate and intoxication, and a shared moment. With stands apart from the rest of the series has a minimal science department and I got kicked out of our dorm in Tewks. Our students claiming to be so progressive and as a cinematic masterpiece. kids smoking grass in public, flaunting "destruction with a purpose" (balcony open-minded, it is amazing that such com- Rocky 11 has merit. It seems their violition of other state laws ... a past entrance) was their "vandalism." I had to mon interests don't overlap much. - It's a to be a mix between the cinematic that includes artists, hippies, flawed read the student handbook to keep the small school, of course there are stereo- genius of its predecessor and the corn geniuses, drunks, beatniks and idiot administration from fining me $200 when types and all that, but why can't the rugby of the ones that follow. While the pro- savants. the maximum fine was $100. Then, I read team and the Ladies ducers may have simply been trying to The Misbehavior Society throw a make big bucks off the sequel, the Old Gym as a joint- fundraiser for breast can- directors clearly made an attempt at building is cer research. I'm sure that, another work of art. In some ways then, nothing more As we sit and bitch about the than a rallying • • 11 h regardless of personalities, Rocky 11 can be seen a mere extension point for this thesegroupscouldagreeto ofthefirst. . increase in ce p ones every help save women's lives, that Rocky 111 begins the high-pro- "old spirit" of there could be alcoholic bever- duction value, shitty movie quality that Bard. This col • k lege could lose ages and different kinds of lasts for th~ remainder of the series. ear, security ma es egal music. Some consider Rocky Ill to be the the gym and 1 Y Maybe I overestimate. absolute worst in the series, with a Hulk be all right, but • k · h . E3 if it loses the rin ers DO ur 0 u t t eir beer Maybe I'm too optimistic. I've Hogan appearnnce and Mr. T as the gym without a d .._ - lln~ • J,.., 1~rmWP"~ . •• "' ,.,_ _ ...... ,,..... ':~.. ... learned main antagonist. Others claim Roek....u"'- -- fight then and action are a bit more rare. Personally, I think it sucks ... and yet I we're really in more of the handbook and realized how It's not the 60's, and I don't really expect love it. trouble. That building has been home to much power the students here can have. peace and love to ever reign on this earth. Rocky IV is straight out of the more raucous parties, orgies, shitty bands After being editor of the Observer I realize However, I think that if any group of kids cold war. Basically, the plot is Rocky with great friends, and stories that involve how much that power was fought for. could make each other feel like someone versus Russia. And of course, Russia mid-speed Security chases off road. I think Bard is changing and we could try else can relate to them, even just four equals steroids, gender-<:hallenged there's even a Radiohead rumor. But it to make it change for the better. This will times a month, this is the place. I know doesn't even matter if these rumors are women, and communists who cannot take some getting along and some effort. that the Bard Space Program was beautiful really true, because I certainly saw SPB help but cheer for the American under You cannot say that if 1300 students because for three hours hundreds of kids jam that place with several hundred peo dog. I grew up with Rocky IV and I think demanded the Old Gym not be taken talked to each other and felt the same bit ple, most of them smiling, most of them it's the most entertaining of all five. down, they would be too eager about tak of suspense and real drama. Jamie with friends, and nearly everyone intoxicat Cinematic value? Not much. ing it down. O'Shea will probably never get to space ed. Many people say Rocky V is It doesn't really matter that it will and he may be entirely crazy and not a Yet more and more I see Bard someday be torn down. Either this is the "productive member of society," but that the worst in the series. I agree that it is students not getting along because of last year for the Old Gym, or this is the year shit certainly doesn't go down at Vassar or pretty bad, but I love the fact that Rocky some petty shit I think very few of us are people show up to save something, even if Reed . loses his riches and returns to his roots ever going to be among such a large group it is just a fucking building. Yes, the 01 ' io Philadelphia. After all, as_anyone of generally open-minded, creative and from the area knows, Rocky practically represents Philadelphia and its die hard spirit. Another excellent aspect is On the Fate of the Old Gvm the street fight at the end of the·movie . / It's the only real time Rocky fights out Where are iue on 9111102? side the ring, gloves off, and of course by !Matt Dineen I very urgent, but what is really happening When addressed with the con he kicks ass. Everything else in the and what can we do about it? cern of students not having any input in movie is pretty crappy, but I think it Both the Free Press and Observer this fundamental decision, Leon replied ended at a good place. recently ran cover stories about the admin that it is "non-ne·gotiable" and that acade "As I thought about how cool ii was for these istration's plan to tear the Old Gym down mics override any other concerns. We are Could there be a Rocky 6? kids 10 have a space to practice, to have to make way for a new science facility and now supposed to feel coosoled by the fact For years Stallone has said he wanted shows. an info shop kinda thing, a food co build a "New Old Gym' within the year. This that students will have input in the plan to make another. He's pretty old, but I op, etc. I thought about how many other news has created quite a stir on campus. I ning of the "New Old Gym• even though the wouldn't mind seeing another. I love cities have had great things like here al think this stirring has been rather healthy, fate of Bard's most important student Rocky and I wish the series could go on Bard, but somehow, people ended up forget but it is essential to truly learn the facts space (now and historically) was deter ting just how easy it is to take shit for grant about the situation. mined with complete disregard of student forever. In the meantime, go watch all ed, until one day, when they come and take According to Leon at his student opinion on the matter. Leon seemed to five and you be the judge. react to the idea that students should have our spaces away. Hopefully kids here don~ open house on Wednesday September had input in the decision as a joke, for this underestimate all the good things they have 18th, the fate of the Old Gym is "quite sim is the business of administrators-namely The opinions and ideas expressed in going on and nurture that into something ple.' He was originally an advocate for keeping the building where it is when dis him. This brings into ques~ion the very the ObserverJp'fitlt~~sarily reflect even greater." cussion of the new science facility began. democratic ideals that Bard claims to hold the views,,,dlMle Obsen/ElHSt.aff. Each -Jose Palafox Because the building is in poor structural dear. Maximum Rock N' Roll, January 2002 condition he said it was a matter of either Are American colleges inherently .-; renovating it or tearing it down. This ques undemocratic institutions from the per views l::r' n Reading these prophetic words, tion was answered when the hired archi spective of its students? The student popu would\i,\g§l to express you ~l'Q\fii on. in written after Palafox's trip to Bard last tect surveyed the area after the science the send it via'.ifimail to ~ lation at any college is fluid, constantly ObS8.rver, October, is so haunting to me with the faculty decided that their new facility must changing every four years. From the per observ~fllb.ard.edu, by ~pus mail e: connect to the current one. For various rea ~ recent talk of tearing down the Old Gym. spective of college presidents it is an to ObserVf*#bt drop itJ~f,ifil the office sons the existence of the Old Gym would 0 The current situation with our space seems absurd ••. continued on page 9... in the baslfffiif-m~6ffewksbury . a' prevent this plan from being fully realized .• fll ct '1 ~ ct '1
September ~7· 2002 I jrrle Green AlliQ"ators La Coste shirts: where are thefnow? ~ by jNguyen Nguyen I chagrin, came across several kids wear or art department) to duplicate the logo ing La Coste shirts. Every time I see that over and over again so they fill up a logo on some one else I am overcome whole 8x10 page. Then pint it out on with jealousy. That little alligator is mine paper you can get for making sticker When I was in elementary and no one else can have it. I suppose labels (Office Depot). Cut the little alliga school, I wore a bright red La Coste shirt. some of these kids with La Coste shirts tors out and distribute them to all your I don't remember caring especially for are like me, and connect the shirts with friends (If you're weird and worried about this shirt at the time, but for a while now their childhoods, but I fea r the rest are breaking copyright laws: play around with I've had an urge to wear it again. Why wearing La Coste for the sake of the logo until it looks like a crocod ile). do I find this little alligator so appealing? fashion! Kids wearing La Coste Shirts Put them on your shirts, your backpacks, I guess a part of me doesn't want to let underneath their Salvation Army blazers! in your ha ir. I want Bard campus to be go of my childhood and bringing back I should have guessed. visually bombarded by little green alliga something from my past is comforting. But my outrage has subsided. tors, until we reach the saturation So, I went to several La Coste stores this want to turn this lemon into lemonade. point, and the collared French shirt summer. I found my red shirt but the Everyone should have a La Coste Shirt! becomes extinct. Time will pass. Maybe price was too steep. An adult sized, Dear Miss L, But, since I can't even afford one for vertical stripes will dominate the campus. short-sleeve collared La Coste shirt has a Your typical perpetually single guy here to myself, I have to find some way to bring But I won't be counted among these ask a question. For as long as I can price tag of seventy dollars. I went to the joy of La Coste to the rest of us. I pro trendsetters. Because when the day remember girls never took me seriously second hand places, hoping to run into a when I asked them out, saying something pose that all who feel like adding La comes and every one has forgotten, I'll more affordable option, but no luck like "I don't think of you like that• I'm tired Coste to their wardrobe, to go to the La once again put on my bright red shirt with either. My hope depleted, I gave up and of the single life, with its boredom and one Coste website. Download the alligator the little alligator stitched on the front tried to forget about it. Nostalgia is too seet tables at restaurants. Any hints to help logo onto your computers. Use and grin with the satisfaction of a job a guy out? expensive. Photoshop (Ask your friend in the photo well-done. Sincerely, I got back to Bard and, to my Sadly Single
Sadly Single- [ [ -- e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r I It always seems intimidating-making that single seat table a double-but there are a few helpful guidelines to make Deat Students, ···· · - . --. exchange a wide range of idea$ that wilt enlighten and mou- the girls slightly more lt.is time for us t<> do some serious sool searching vate the inmate as well as the student toward change romantically inclined. If taking you seri to reoogniZe and utilize our pote-ntlal as people to the because you are the future builders of thls world. We ously is the problem you have to fullest. No longer should we point our fingers, the lime has stroogly feel that this ls another form to. eliminate the be more straight forward with.your desire come to tak:e the initiative to unite OUf minds. stereotypicaJ views of incarcerated men. We are really striv- However by the response they are giving My name is Tracy L Brown and 1 am presoo.tly 1ng towards improvement and by interacting with the stu it doesn't seem like these lovely.ladies !ncarcerated in an upstate New York correctional facility dents will have a. profound effect upon the inmates' self- are going to change their minds anytime soon. My helpful hint to called I striving. establish a col'.fespondence esteem and give them mo1ivatton work Ofl being Sumvan. am to to harder you sir is to dine with the lovers group named ~CONSCIOUS MINDS' consistmg of otfier responsibh~, produciive and progressive men once they that will love you back. Pick easier targets fellow inmates behind. the wans who are involved: in other have ret1.1me.c;I baek into society; that wont spurn your constructive organizations that interact with .soolety itl some I wele,ome ~d i of you to contrib.utec to this c;atl$e and lust-perhaps your problem is not you, but capacity, such as •soared Straight, Y<>uth Awareness, ;MJp make a cl)ange because hope ts fading on both sides who you picked. Substance Abuse, Atos Awareness, 'Alternatives to with everyone ,going for S!'!ff and not ·coocemed fer other -Miss Lonely Hearts, (not Miss L!) Violence and many other programs... ,, ...... people when Jn all reality what !hey do )mpacts all Of u~ In Inmates that want to be apart 2t th~ . group wiILpe: ,,, one: way or another; That)s f,poetwee!l inmates antJ p.eopl.e out irtsqoiety :)Vhere Ui~y ¢ail ~ '''.;:::tu: Tracy L. a.own. ··· ..;k'' Waflk.\:ll.;NY".12.s89 ·' ;, Well, you could say-The line's long, your tum's been way too long- "Next" and just walk on by-or be an almost gentleman and feed her the "it's not you it's me, I just need to be friends right now· line, because that's sure to work out for some SharinQCJ the-- Old Gvm_, one. But really honestly I don't see that you have a problem-if you don't like the ... continued from page 8 ... proposal in whether or not the Old Gym should be into building a student movement to save woman than take advantage of the situa that their students would have any real torn down. Both issues are "non-nego the Old Gym (however fun a Ludlow sit-in tion-it probably won't happen to you again. power in terms of concrete decision-mak tiable' as far as the men in power are would be) we need to further build and concerned. perpetuate what the existing Old Gym stu ing about the school. Bard is probably Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, dent spaces have to offer. This means uti better in this respect than most colleges With that said, what direction I like a boy. This boy says he likes me-but should those of us that are interested in lizing all of our student spaces to their and universities, but that is not to say he also likes another gir1. saving the Old Gym start moving? full potential and building a stronger com that it is in any way a genuine democracy. And he Is waiting to see which one to According to Leon this new plan "will not munity. As Palafox urged, we need to choose. Should I wait around for him Our political situation as Bard happen tomorrow." He predicted that ' nurture this into something even to make his decision? students is analogous to citizens of this those students who are currently sopho greater." -Liked but not Loved country in terms of the limitations and mores might never see the "New Old Just as important, and related, illusions of representative democracy. Gym' in their academic lifetimes. It is is reaching out to first year students to Dear liked but not loved Here we have a student government that Two can play at this game. My advice to really a matter of raising funds for the share the potential of the Old Gym and its we elect that "represents" us, just as the you is to find another honey and new science building which will cost history. For they are the ones that are U.S. citizen votes to elect politicians to play this boy's game right back at him. some $40 million. Something like an eco going to be leading the fight when that "represent" them. But in both cases the Tell him you like him and your second nomic recession, according to Leon, time eventually does come. If we don't actual power and agency that students choice dude, and that you're waiting on could affect how soon this proposed plan pass this along then they will not be there time to see where it takes you-my and citizens have to shape their social goes into action. to fight and future generations of Bard guess is he will see that you're less avail and political reality is extremely limited. If this is the case then the Old students won't even know that the Old able and want you more. If he The American public does not vote Gym will be around for at least a couple Gym ever existed. This gentrified future still is in a holdup over his girlie decisions whether or not the Bush administration more years. I believe that instead of that students may face is frightening and then dump him for the newfound love. attacks Iraq just as we have no direct say putting all of our extra time and energy if it is realized will be tragic. It is up to us. DearMisslonelyhearts @hotmail.com
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losers than was likely in the near future. I like America, but l·m from Louisville Kentucky, which differs from fanci I think personal views aside, everyone can agree that at er places such as Connecticut in that college sports are least the Army's football team sucks. To say nothing about ,. r:; F:•t\~ C;\fo practically unavoidable. As a resident of Kentucky, you their intent to wage a war that'll turn my life into the eventually must decide whether you are a University of '~ D'\ ~/\/ • 16·1 1 1lJC i Security Zone they live in at West Point. l \.J r- "· Kentucky fan, or a University of Louisville fan, and I picked " ',; ,d t1--· ~"~~ We parked our car at "Lot Target Hill" conveniently the latter some time ago. While I hadn't been to a college located in a field next to the Army's own water treatment football game since I graduated high school, and never was plant. By the time we got to the game it was halftime and really a huge fan, I saw a unique opportunity when the U of the Army was losing 30-0 to U of L. There was no one at L Cardinals took on /!<.rmy last weekend at West Point. As it the ticket office so we bribed a gatekeeper $5 each (tickets turns out, the Cardinals were a preseason nationally were $24) to let us in, claiming there was no way Army ranked team with a Heisman Trophy candidate in quarter could win now. back Dave Ragone. Army on the other hand, has not seen We eventually made it to a section of the stadium him much football glory in the post-Vietnam era as most talent that was definitely pro-Cardinal. This was a bunch of most the Cardinals were Americans too. Once I began to talk ed players would rather not get yelled at and shot at. ly old people who had come for the weekend attached to about Kentucky being part of the Union and that it was a I knew the game would be a blow out, and I had some tour company and each other. They cheered U of L Commonwealth, not just a state he began to walk away. never been to West Point, which is just down the river, so I players on a first name basis, and for all I know they were By this point some people were having us turn decided to go to the game and cheer for my hometown a flock of players grandparents. We sat across several our sign around so they could read it in the stands. More team. I went with my housemate Ian, an art student who hundred young cadets in their uniform. There was a mock chuckles, a look of re prove from an elder woman, and a had never been to any football game ever, much less at tank in the Army endzone and at certain exciting times, guy who took our picture. Most of the Academy kids West Point. such as extra point kicks, a short burst of artillery would seemed to laugh a little at themselves, and I did sort of West Point is a lot farther away than it looked on echo forth from outside the stadium. realize that they were my age and not as serious or angry the map, and it ended up taking us slightly more than an We saw Army score their first touchdown, and as I thought. The fourth quarter wore on, with each team hour to get there. We followed signs that indicated where when they did a good portion of the cadets ran onto the scoring once more. A group of cadets finally began to gath parking for the 'general public" was. Once we got to the field to do push ups. There's no alcohol served inside the er towards the bottom of our section, occasionally glancing main gate of West Point campus, we were halted by a stadium so draw your own conclusions. By the end of the up at us. We smiled, made eye contact and held the sign guard with an M-16 casually slung over his shoulder. He third quarter the score was 42-7 and Ian and myself went up. Eventually they came up and asked if they could have informed us that when he had raised his fist in the air we to work making a poster that read "The Taliban Can 't Beat their picture holding our sign. Four huge Army dudes aren't were supposed to stop. Being civilians, we were ignorant U.S. Army But The Cardinals Sure Can.' It was two poster easy to say no to. They ran off with the sign and tore it up. to such Army etiquette. At this point we 're feeling like a board sheets wide and we drew a simple and small Even the little American flag, I might add. bunch of longhairs. Once I showed him my ID and he American flag on one side to avoid getting beat up. It was by this point the end of the game, and with noticed the Kentucky license, he seemed to relax and The sign got several laughs, especially from the U sign now gone we left. I was glad that the Army guys had believe our claims that we were there to watch a football of L fans. Most of the cadets were grinning sheepishly asked for the sign instead of grabbing it from us, and I was game, not commit terrorist acts. after reading it. Only one grumpy old man told us that it surprised that most of them were not offended or angry at We were waved through a series of checkpoints was "in poor taste" and "disgraceful" that we had such a us. It was just football and a backhanded comment on the with armed guards, sometimes MPs, holding assault rifles sign. He tried staring us down and we told him it was our fallibility of the US Armed Forces, and everyone seemed to with grenade launchers attached underneath them. Ian First Amendment right, and that we were enjoying thor understand that. When we left, Ian asked if he could take recognized the weaponry from T2. At this point it felt more oughly our American Rights. He kept staring at us, stam a picture of these MP's with some hardcore looking subma like Israel than a football game. And while we had decided mering about poor taste and First Amendments until insist chine guns. They said yes, if he got in the next one, and I we were probably not going to see this many men in uni ing that the cadets across the way were "real Americans ." snapped a picture of them as they complimented his 'wild form ever again wit~ our own eyes, we also knew we'd be Ian pointed out that we drew a flag on our poster and I told hair.' around more men in uniform who felt like
Keep Pun~hing 'Winky' Wright owns the other ------major orga1Wzatlon's bett., for the IBF. Wright also has previously fought Vargas before in a very very close fight, close enough to warrant a rematch sometime in the future. The first round set the tone for the entire fight. Oscar showed himself to be the quick er and better boxer, whereas Fernando So how many of you are familiar employed his superior strength and aggres with the term 'DeKline'? Stephanie Bauman, siveness. Fernando drew first blood creating a cool sophomore, told me yesterday that a laceration on Oscar's cheek, but Oscar she didn't know what it meant, but that her soon reciprocated with his own damage. boyfriend, Observer Opinions Editor, Mike Oscar's best moments came circling Vargas Morini, was aware of it. She seemed pretty in the middle of the ring and using his move curious about it, so I'll assume some others ment, and Fernando's best came when he of you out there are as well if you do not managed to trap Oscar on the ropes and know of 'DeKline'. Basically it's the opposite unload his power shots. Fernando was by far of Kline, meaning better food type eating the strongest and biggest foe of Oscar's place. Anyway, I had to wait mad long for my career. In fact, it was only his second fight at grilled chicken sandwich the evening of the junior-middleweight limit. It was a very Wednesday, September 25th. Now, what did even and seesaw battle that by which gave I tell you last time, huh? What did I tell each fighter five rounds a piece going into you .... That Oscar De la Hoya-Fernando the eleventh stanza. At the end of the tenth Vargas fight was a helluva match, was it not? round, a round in which Vargas easily con My father thought it was fight of the year. trolled, De la Hoya roared back with a mon- Both Oscar and Fernando came in strous left hook that badly wobbled superb condition and were tremendously Fernando. Fernando never really recovered focused for the fight. There was an enormous from that one devastating punch and wearily amount of anticipation and anxiety among fought on in the eleventh until Oscar struck both the fighters and fans. So much was at again with another left hook, knocking stake: pride, respect, championship status, Vargas flat on his back. Bravely, he rose, but bragging rights , etc. These two really hated only to take further punishment as Oscar Top Ten New Names for the Bard Rugby each other. Oscar stated that he's always then pinne.d him against the ropes to land .... ·f?J:t~.... ~. had respect for all of his opponents except the final barrage of punches before the refer for Fernando. Fernando has carried this ee stepped in to stop the fight. Oscar would 1o ) The Marshmallow Ponies .. -. intense dislike of Oscar ever since he was a now like a rematch with one of his con 9) Those Guys Who Run Around Outside The Kline young teen, when apparently he and Oscar querors, 'Sugar' Shane Mosley. Smoking Section · had an altercation. Fighting and defeating ***For those of you who know Ian Schaff Oscar De la Hoya became Vargas's obses and enjoy his company, why don't you give 8) Sexist Jerks Who'd Be In a Frat if They Got into a sion throughout his whole career. When the ·him a call and tell him so and how you wish Better School moment came that he had waited for so he stay at Bard to finish his final year to get 7) The Daisies long, he was ready and up for the challenge. his degree before setting off to go sailing in 6)The Fellas This fight was to determine who was the best Rhode Island. Of course, he should follow junior-middleweight (154 lbs.) in the world, what is in his heart, but knowing what his 5) Vikings of War and Drunkenness t and semi-unify the title belts. Oscar came in friends feel can't hurt. His number is X4169. 4) The Bow Ties with the WBC title belt and Fernando held 3) Beat Upon by Bigger Colleges Where Kids Take the WBA belt. Capable and crafty Ronald Steoids and Use Roofies 2)The Future Residents of Tivoli and Red Hook 1) SUNYAnnandale
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Cancer (June 22 - July 22) Remember that time your mom down (or should I say pull you down). This m_onth you 're s~~Ei?~'~!f.11M~'J~ ·{:: ;::":t: said that 'thing' and you stoically stood until you got to your going to realize that some aspects of your biggest burden room and then cried on your pillow? Well many of your can be lessened into non~xistence , while others are so friendships seem to be having a similar time, eh? I suggest overwhelmingly real you might as well accept them. In this taking a slightly different stance as times are going to get time of lessening and acceptance, take care to keep a posi :·:-.- \:;:;::-::: ·:·::; ..·:·:-:-·. rather 'trying.' When insulted or made sad by another take tive outlook. Your positivity will perpetuate good things for ·-{~.{:'. this month and its days as a time to make clear to others you in the cycles to come. ~;~m ·i·: Edli~[.\ Eli.~~~~r ···,~1~~Y ' how you want to be treated. Also, say thank you to those who have been ·good' to you - they need the reassurance. Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) Be prepared for a busy busy busy time. Often busyness at Bard means too Leo (July 23 - August 22) Unlike Gemin i, you were so on top much academic work, in your case this does not apply, yours of your game without any real trouble in sight, I didn't think will be a busy-ness of the heart. Flit, flying from one emo Sp~f!s Editor: D~~~: Tr~mbnte you needed me to tell you about your future. A slight astro tion to another, you y.iill feel strapped for endings and over ::::-:· logical oversight on my part, as things have built up in your saturated with beginnings and middles. Be careful, high lev life in a simultaneously foreseen and unforeseen manner. els of anything eventually come to a fallout point. Live up to @~}piohs ... ~?it9i'.''.-W!tha~l Marfin, Jr. Outside sources, stronger than even the stars are making your busy-n ess, but make sure you have a plan for slower this a month of extreme caution. My advice to you is: be times. Pr6ctudion . Manag~ri\ent: Katy Hurley careful of the company you keep, the money you lend and the cars you drive. Pisces (February 19 - March 20) Things have evened out a ;:jt~; ·. , .... , ·., .,~L~Jf ..... ·~·· ·£·,}~~ · little for you this past month. The coming weeks offer you Design Editor: Emily Friedhoff ,. :::;.; ... -~ :_:" '::··. Virgo (August 23 - September 22) Scale back on your normality with a sl ight change in mindset. What brings ::i.:: ingrained habits. You are hurting those you love. If you're apart this change is part astrological and part beyond the ~~· :·:: ::;::: /: :: . ::::: /~?::::::;·:::: ;:;:: ·: .-· :-:::::: . Photo Edi~or: 'A•JYE!:: sosenfe.fd not careful, all the progress you've made will be lost in a flip stars, and within yourself. You should expect continued .-.·. ·-~\:;:;-=.::::.: . ·.-::::;::-: x:;.: :-:·: pant action or conversation. Sadness or frustration is not stresses in all aspects of life, but for this month tHe stars .~ -~: - .. :/·='.-. -~: . always a valid defense ... be better. are with you my friend. Remember this even on the cloudi 1lltlstr~tive :. Mkestr~: "sraden Lamb .·.. -. ..- . . ·:-: est night the stars are still there, shining down on you, and ···:-.·.·-·.··.·.• Libra (September 23 - October 23) This is your month! on you! You 're getting older, but you're still so young you shouldn't have any insecurities about it. More likely than not you've Aries (Ma rch 21 - April 19) Perhaps when you were a child, finally become legal to either buy cigarettes or alcohol. If you liked to build snowmen; stick arms, carrot nose and all, you're those in-between years, sure you haven't gotten any or perhaps you liked building some other sort of transient new privileges to speak of, but the planets are convening. structure, like a sand castle or a fort. Part of the pleasure And they are coming together for you. Take advantage of of this kind of project came from seeing the finished piece, your 'birthday month' to explore new avenues and people and on a more "deep" level: the ability to see it slowly melt without shirking those you already have. This is a time to away. There is a streak in you that longs for the destruction celebrate, party like a true - well, like a true party~r. of all you have built, all you have achieved. But more power ful than this inclination is that of building, creating and forti Scorpio (October 24 - November 21) Well, for the Zen-li ke fying. In the month ahead, many of your most long lasting beginning, this second month has gotten off to a rocky start. "structures" (sanity, your car, relationships, that gingerbread You have begun t9 'get in the groove' but certain key ele house from last Christmas) may seem to begin to crumble. ments of the groove are a bit out of sync with your own cos Do not give in to enjoying the destruction, remember what mic rhythm. Your romantic life will continue in its stable makes you happy: a finished snowman, not a puddle. instability. Be aware of your finances and pay attention to your academic commitments. I see a pseudo (if not out Taurus (April 20 - May 20) This is a romantic month for you. right) psychedelic experience in your future. (Continue to eat Don't ask me why, !couldn't tell you. The stars simply have soup - if you know what I'm talking about). made it abundantly clear that one way or another this upcoming month will have you dwelling on the sex/love Sagittarius (November 22 - December 21) Last month I aspect of your life. Depending on your specific personality, spoke of having to reconcile conflicting parts of your psyche this could be an incredible (and reachable) opportunity or a with one another. And though you've made progress, you tremendous strain. If you are on the more timid side of the haven't really gotten anywhere, nor have you been entirely romantic spectrum, I strongly suggest you don't let your The Bard Observer is your very honest with others. It's difficult, this line we all walk, and timidity stand in the way of a good fuck or fledgling relation own college publication. We always you tend to go to one extreme or the other. Pay attention to ship. If you're already outgoing, then simply out-go and pros the activities that define your intellectual/creative self (with per! need people willing to wrife, take. pho out them you are lost) and don't lose sight of how to get tos, draw cartoons, or help edit. We those other things (and people) you want - you know how. Gemini (May 21 - June 21) Talk about trouble. Your future welcome Letters to the Editor as well. Tread carefully and surely and try not to be insincere or looked so bleak last month, I didn't even want to make it duplicitous. Your strong points are your humor, honesty and public. Expect slight improvements. As the trees lose their Here's how to contact us: supposed intellect - don't question them! leaves you will regain your footing - as to properly hear the Email: [email protected] foliage beneath, watch out for the questionable persona in Campus Mail: Observer Capricorn (December 22 - January 19) You 've been feeling your midst, you are right to mistrust their intentions. .the need to free yourself of some ' burdens." These burdens Phone: 845/758-7460 x.7131 come in the form of people, places or things that bring you Here's when we plan on coming out. r------• September 26 : Upcoming Old Gym € ffiPR Euents ... lHiey ltGdls, October 8 compiled by Leila Brillson October 4th Olin 1 The OlbservelI' ·october 22 I Auditorium, 9pm. f / 28/02 will rulill mdls (lid Gym 10/ 12/ 02 folI' ymrur µso - "All That Old Gym "The Second City" f1 ip-Hop" "Ted Leo and the National Touring d1U11b/oirgmizm1bioll1l I Pha'rmacists and Company f.'1ulti-purpose Room Radio 4" free of dhluge. 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