DOCSLIB.ORG

The Echo: September 26, 2003

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Echo: September 26, 2003 Features: Taylor students hit the slopes in Michigan Opinions: A&E: Ramsland Lizzy and challenges Neville recall the T AYLOR U NIVERSITY Taylor favorite Echo hierarchy movies S EPTEMBER 26, 2003 - VOLUME 91, NO . 5 Wilson’s sails above water, fire Wilson's started strong, even BY CRYSTAL POLLOCK though it held three passengers. STAFF WRITER The other two boats were he word "regatta" originally delayed by water balloons sent Tdescribed gondola races in from the U.S.S. Roho, an unreg- Venice. On Saturday, Sept. 20, it istered float manned by men represented an intense cardboard from the Brotherhood. Using a boat race at Taylor Lake. long, torch-like stick, Roho also Taylor's cardboard boat regatta set Saget on fire, and Saget was began four years ago when ICC not able to finish the race. Later, and SAC were searching for new the Saget's crew claimed that events to begin the school year. they would have won, if it had They discovered information not been for the pirates of Roho. about country club regattas Roho was made out of recycle online and decided to modify the bins, duct tape and two-by-fours. event for the campus. "It was the best $25 ever On Saturday, teams began spent!" said Andy Huett, one of building their boats as early as 10 the Roho's creators. a.m. When they entered the race, The U-boat overturned in the they received cardboard, a sheet middle of the race, and even of plastic, a roll of duct tape and though the passenger wore one an X-acto knife. They were of the required life jackets, life- instructed to make a flotation guards dove into the water to device by 11:45 a.m. make sure the participant At that time, the boats were was safe. judged and placed into heats. The Wilson's won the second heat. Photo by Matt Wissman first heat contained boats named "We're really not in this to win, Roho pirates set fire to U.S.S. Bob Saget on Saturday during the second heat of the SAC/ICC Gabe, SAC Attack, and but just to mess with the others," Cardboard Boat Regatta. The pirates added excitement and intrigue to a special day at the lake. Isabelle's Rage. said Emily Wilson, one of the As the race began, Gabe and boat's creators. Her team's boat when the Brown Streak reached received second place and boat. The girls participated in the Isabelle were fighting to win was designed after a Viking ship. the shore first. Wilson's Sexy Cardboard Boat regatta last year and won third while SAC began to sink. The third heat contained four The judges wanted to publicly won this year's regatta. Both place with a similar design. Though competition was fierce, boats: the Brown Streak, Rollie apologize for the ruling of Sigma teams received gift certificates Onlookers were amused by Isabelle rowed backwards for the Racer, Pond Scum, and Beta's disqualification. for free gasoline. the event. last half of the heat and reached Sigma Beta. At the end of the third heat, The ladies of Wilson's were "You people are crazy getting the shore first. After the race began, Rollie winners were announced. Wilson, Meredith Siwy and Val into the water in cardboard In the next heat Wilson's Sexy Racer committed a foul but the Isabelle's Rage won third place Harle. They dedicated their win boats," said Bryan Adams, Cardboard Boat, the U.S.S. Bob judges mistakenly disqualified and received Ivanhoe's gift cer- to Virgin Mary Tower, the doll Upland resident and Dining Saget and the U-boat competed. Sigma Beta. The third heat ended tificates. The Brown Streak who graced the front of their Commons employee. Meningitis vaccines strongly encouraged BY JOE DARLING University health officials to orally or nasally. Wilson. "Taking full advantage taken more thorough measures in STAFF WRITER conduct an immunization clinic University Physician John of preventative measures is preventing meningitis outbreaks aakonsen Health Center is on Tuesday, Sept. 23 to treat all Kennedy explained the increased important." by requiring the immunization, Hholding a bacterial meningi- Zondervan staff that may have risk to college students is mostly The cause of a meningitis said Hughes. Currently, the shot tis immunization clinic today, been exposed to meningitis due to the disease's ability to infection can be either bacterial remains optional for Taylor stu- Friday, Sept. 26 from 1 p.m. to 7 through Oberg. Maxim Health spread quickly in a common or viral and can cause inflamma- dents. p.m. after Zondervan librarian Systems and Haakonsen Health housing setting. Kennedy, in tion of the brain and spinal cord. Severe headache, stiff neck, Steve Oberg contracted a case of Center successfully immunized concordance with many state- It may possibly lead to serious irritability, restlessness, nausea the bacterial infection. 100 colleagues who were possi- ments by the American College health problems often accompa- and vomiting, disorientation, Oberg was taken to Ball bly at risk. Health Association, advises stu- nied by permanent physical increased temperature, pulse, or Hospital of Muncie on Monday The contagious nature of dents to take part in the immu- effects. respiration are all possible symp- and is currently receiving treat- meningitis, which peaks during nizations offered by the Health "We don't immunize because toms that students should watch ment there. According to the flu season, poses an especial- Center. there is demand," said Director for. The health center provides Wednesday's update, his condi- ly serious threat to college stu- "Anybody that goes to college of Wellness and Health, Maxine service and more information but tion has improved since his dents who live in close proximi- or is in close quarters with others Hughes. "We immunize because the best advice that they can give admittance. ty to each other. The transfer of is susceptible," said Maxim we know about this disease and it is to take advantage of the practi- The discovery of the conta- this disease is by spread of water Health Systems Wellness is fatal." cal immunizations and avoid any gious illness prompted droplets; two common ways are Program Coordinator, Sara Many other universities have risk of infection. NEWS SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 PAGE 2 Phurst to sit for charity BY AARON SHAPIRO The money earned from the McKevitt. "All you have to Steve Morley. "Good ankle support, good STAFF WRITER $3 entry fee will be split do is sit on your butt." The motivation to win friends, and diet coke," between the Compassion Phurst West PA Erik comes in the form of a Sit-a- McKevitt said. hose heading to dinner children sponsored by Wolgemuth agreed with Thon winner T-shirt, along "This is going to take a lot T may want to walk by Wengatz and Olson Halls. McKevitt. "If we're going to with boasting rights. Ideally, of courage, determination Wengatz to check out the first The only rule for the Sit-a- sit around, we might as well Danielson hopes more than and a good attitude to win," annual Phurst West Sit-a- Thon is that participants must sit around for charity, baby!" 50 people from the two wings Nathaniel Clark said with Thon, an event where partici- remain sitting cross-legged The Sit-a-Thon began as an will join the event, which a smile. pants sit for charity. without their hands touching idea for a funny event, but would bring in at least $150 Regardless of who wins or The men of Phurst West and the ground. As soon as their Phurst West decided they to split between the how many participate, their sister wing, First West hands touch or they stretch could have fun and do a good Compassion children. Danielson is confident it will Olson, will sit down outside their legs they are elimi- deed at the same time, "We're doing it for our be a worthwhile event. Wengatz tonight at 5:30. nated. Talking and taunting Danielson said. Compassion kids and for the "Whether we have 5 people The event will last until between contestants is "This is just another exam- glory of a Sit-a-Thon join or 50, we're still raising there's only one person left strongly encouraged. ple of Phurst West guys T-shirt," Danielson said. "But some money for kids who sitting, according to Phil "It's an easy way to give showing they care about oth- mostly for the kids." need it," Danielson said. "So Danielson, creator of the back to the world," said ers beyond themselves," said Some participants have it's not going to be a failure event. Olson participant Erin Wengatz Hall Director planned strategies. no matter what happens." Faculty take game to court BY MEGAN ELDER ed from Taylor, and current Taylor student, Brad Yordy. NEWS EDITOR "Basically, they needed an extra person," said Yordy. tudents aren't the only ones As PA for Third East Wengatz, Ssweating on the intramural Yordy is technically a Taylor circuit. Faculty and staff of all staff member. ages meet at least once a week to Professor Jim Spiegel founded battle it out in Odle's two rac- the league four years ago. quetball courts as members of an "I started it after noticing that, intramural league. like myself, many of my col- "We have 20 male players this leagues played racquetball," he fall, divided equally between two said. "The league gives us the leagues - Advanced and Not-So- opportunity to exercise, get bet- Advanced," said Robert ter acquainted with other on-and- Benjamin, this year's league off campus individuals and have coordinator.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Girl Scout Ceremonies Flag Ceremonies
    Girl Scout Ceremonies These are ideas created and shared online and in other ways by other leaders. I have tweaked some to reflect changes in the Girl Scout Program, others will reflect more of the “old ways” and older language. Don’t feel like you need to use these verbatim. Take what works, and then modify it as you need to. Use these as ideas to create your own ceremonies. Think outside the box when it comes to supplies for your ceremonies. You don’t have to spend a bunch of money or have elaborate themes or props to give your girls and their families a meaningful experience. Also, don’t feel like you are tied to the category that someone placed these ceremonies into – just because a ceremony says it’s a “Bridging for Daisies to Brownies” doesn’t mean that’s the only way you can use the ideas. Make it work for you and your troop! Flag Ceremonies These are the basic Flag Ceremony commands. There are many versions & other commands that can be added. Do what you feel works for your group. These are just suggestions. We always have a caller & an even number of girls for the color guard. When raising the flag up a "real" pole (one with a rope & pulley system) it usually takes two girls to do the actual raising. Caller commands: Please stand Girl Scouts Attention Color Guard Attention Color Guard Advance Color Guard Post the Colors Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance All recite Pledge Please join me in the Girl Scout Promise All say Promise Color Guard Dismissed Girl Scouts Dismissed Please be seated Flags---multiple levels Opening: Quiet Sign [Daisy Girl Scout Flag enters, carried by a Daisy Girl Scout] Narrator #1: "I am the Daisy Girl Scout Flag.
    [Show full text]
  • Bjorn Bengtsson Coalescence
    Bjorn Bengtsson Coalescence Contents Peasantry .Word Panacea Re-Memory Portrait Of Angel Green, White with Black The Forgotten Altars Thirty-Nine April Joba Unnamed After Name Spring Wisteria Peasantry O Eternity! Who are we to you? Cradling universal motif by the backs of us, bending light, puttering around insanity, wallowing with mystery calls by night. Only laughing at the joy of forgotten, forgotten. In the love of the masters to come, I ask, what are you perfecting that has not already been? There is little time, littler language. Our playmaker has cast light to light. The wonder! The awe! This minute attention. Click, flutter, loose lip, out pour majesty. Ripple? Ripple! The tree Again sweet devastation. How it began with grey the messiest painter knew. Each color is an eye, altogether seeing. They left the mask of the leafed face, the hands. O artist! Lest you be among their sinuous circle, sweetly sing the, O - the majesty. Mahogany again. No! I resent the sacrilege of the order interior temple. All that is, is beautiful, restored to the eye in the source. II Don’t you pray for wisdom, o little language. You know the power of the Word. Acceptance, your artist asceticism, see to see is to unveil all that is not to see. The golden soul walks a world of her own. Tendril body you limp, limp! Arabesque below the torso of every head. You limp! Eternity walks with me, do you lift your hand? I do. I sing through the bare sole of my boot, peasantry, sanctity, release me - O Holy.
    [Show full text]
  • Shiyena Chun Makeup & Grooming
    SHIYENA CHUN MAKEUP & GROOMING CELEBRITIES Alicia Witt Derek Luke Joe Dante Amy Yasbeck Djimon Hounsou John Malkovich Ana Ortiz Donald Faison John Romano Anna Gunn Emily Procter Jon Hamm Andrea Bowen Eva Amurri Jon Turtletaub Anthony Michael Evan Rachel Wood Josh Duhamel Hall Evanescence Judd Apatow Antonio Sabato Jr. Freddie Highmore Justin Bartha Beau Bridges Freddy Rodriguez Justin Bruening Ben Foster Hayes Carll Keke Palmer Betty Anne Waters Hayley Atwell Kelly Hu Bitsie Tulloch Henry Winkler Kenny Chesney Bonnie Hunt Jack Nicholson Kerr Smith Brandon T. Jackson Jacob Vargas Kerry Washington Briana Evigan Jada Pinkett Smith Kevin Nealon Brooke Shields Jake T. Austin Kim Cattrall Carmen Electra James Caan Kimora Lee Carson Kressley Jennifer Westfeldt Simmons Cécile De France Jeremy Piven Lauren Froderman Daniel Dae Kim Jerry Bruckheimer Laurence Fishburne Daniela Ruah Jim Caviezel Leo Howard Danny Huston Jimmy Fallon Lisa Niemi Swayze Dennis Haysbert JJ Abrams Lorne Michaels 1 Ludacris Paris Hilton Shawn Ashmore Maggie Grace Paul Giamatti Shoshana Bush Mark Feurstein Philip Seymour Tara Reid Marlee Matlin Hoffman Taye Diggs Meatloaf Randy Jackson Taylor Swift Michael C Hall Ray Winstone Terry Crews Michael Chiklis Rob Brown Todd Phillips Michael Ealy Romany Malco Tom Papa Mike Epps Rose Byrne Tony Shalhoub Mischa Barton Rose McGowan Tyrese Morgan Fairchild Ryan Eggold Vincent Cassel Muhammad Ali Rydaznrtist Virginia Madsen Nelsan Ellis Sam Rockwell Ziggy Marley Neve Campbell Samuel L. Jackson Zooey Deschanel Nikki Reed Sean Connery Nolan Sotillo Shaun White EDITORIAL AARP GQ Nylon Allure Harper's Bazaar OK Complex In Style People Cosmopolitan In Touch Teen Damsel Magazine L.A.
    [Show full text]
  • Black Skin, White Masks
    black skin whiteit masks FRANTZ FANON Translated by Charles Lam Markmann Forewords by Ziauddin Sardar and Homi K. Bhabha PLUTO PRESS www.plutobooks.com Fanon 00 pre iii 4/7/08 14:17:00 Originally published by Editions de Seuil, France, 1952 as Peau Noire, Masques Blanc First published in the United Kingdom in 1986 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA This new edition published 2008 www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Editions de Seuil 1952 English translation copyright © Grove Press Inc 1967 The right of Homi K. Bhabha and Ziauddin Sardar to be identifi ed as the authors of the forewords to this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 2849 2 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 2848 5 Paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. The paper may contain up to 70% post consumer waste. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services Ltd, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton Printed and bound in the European Union by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Fanon 00 pre iv 4/7/08 14:17:00 5 THE FACT OF BLACKNESS “Dirty nigger!” Or simply, “Look, a Negro!” I came into the world imbued with the will to fi nd a meaning in things, my spirit fi lled with the desire to attain to the source of the world, and then I found that I was an object in the midst of other objects.
    [Show full text]
  • Prince Talks: the Silence Is Broken the Purple Pleasure Palace Houses the Genius Behind 'Around the World in a Day'
    Prince Talks: The Silence Is Broken The Purple Pleasure Palace houses the genius behind 'Around the World in a Day' Prince on the cover of Rolling Stone. "Raspberry Beret" video still By Neal Karlen September 12, 1985 John Nelson turns sixty-nine today, and all the semiretired piano man wants for his birthday is to shoot some pool with his firstborn son. "He's real handy with a cue," says Prince, laughing, as he threads his old white T-Bird through his old black neighborhood toward his old man's house. "He's so cool. The man knows what time it is." Hard time is how life has traditionally been clocked in North Minneapolis; this is the place 'Time' forgot twelve years ago when the magazine's cover trumpeted "The Good Life in Minnesota," alongside a picture of Governor Wendell Anderson holding up a walleye. Though tame and middle-class by Watts and Roxbury standards, the North Side offers some of the few mean streets in town. The old sights bring out more Babbitt than Badass in Prince as he leads a leisurely tour down the main streets of his inner-city Gopher Prairie. He cruises slowly, respectfully: stopping completely at red lights, flicking on his turn signal even when no one's at an intersection. Gone is the wary Kung Fu Grasshopper voice with which Prince whispers when meeting strangers or accepting Academy Awards. Cruising peacefully with the window down, he's proof in a paisley jump suit that you can always go home again, especially if you never really left town.
    [Show full text]
  • Fireworks Encyclopedia
    FireWorks Encyclopedia Featuring Species from the Sierra Nevada Fireworks Encyclopedia Species Page Number American black bear 1 Annosum Root Rot 3 Baker Cypress 5 bark beetles 7 Black fire beetle 9 Black -backed woodpecker 11 Bracken fern 13 California black oak 15 California red fir 17 California spotted owl 19 Canon live oak 21 Cheatgrass 23 Deer brush 25 Deer mouse 27 Coast Douglas-fir 29 Dusky-footed woodrat 31 Fisher 33 Fox sparrow 35 Incense-cedar 37 Jeffrey pine 39 Mariposa lily 41 Mountain lion 43 Mountain whitethorn 45 Mountain yellow-legged frogs 47 Mule deer 49 Northern goshawk 51 Ponderosa pine 53 Quaking aspen 55 Ross's sedge 57 Sierra gooseberry 59 Sierra lodgepole pine 61 Sticky whiteleaf manzanita 63 Sugar pine 65 Wavyleaf soap plant 67 Webber's milkvetch 69 Western gray squirrel 71 Western wood-pewee 73 White fir 75 White pine blister rust 77 Yellow starthistle 79 (Ursus americanus) growing. By the me I was strong enough to walk and keep up with Mother, it was springme outside, me for us to see what food the melng snow might uncover. Mother taught me all about food. My brother and I followed her everywhere, carefully watching what she ate. Did I tell you I’m an omnivore? I love to eat grass, flowers, and seeds, but I’m not at all picky. I’ll also eat insects, mushrooms, and small animals—dead or alive. If I find garbage lying around outside, I’ll eat that too. In fact, I’m a master burglar when it comes to garbage cans, coolers, and backpacks.
    [Show full text]
  • Black Skin, White Masks (Get Political)
    Black Skin, White Masks Fanon 00 pre i 4/7/08 14:16:58 <:IEA>I>86A www.plutobooks.com Revolution, Black Skin, Democracy, White Masks Socialism Frantz Fanon Selected Writings Forewords by V.I. Lenin Homi K. Edited by Bhabha and Paul Le Blanc Ziauddin Sardar 9780745328485 9780745327600 Jewish History, The Jewish Religion Communist The Weight Manifesto of Three Karl Marx and Thousand Years Friedrich Engels Israel Shahak Introduction by Forewords by David Harvey Pappe / Mezvinsky/ 9780745328461 Said / Vidal 9780745328409 Theatre of Catching the Oppressed History on Augusto Boal the Wing 9780745328386 Race, Culture and Globalisation A. Sivanandan Foreword by Colin Prescod 9780745328348 Fanon 00 pre ii 4/7/08 14:16:59 black skin whiteit masks FRANTZ FANON Translated by Charles Lam Markmann Forewords by Ziauddin Sardar and Homi K. Bhabha PLUTO PRESS www.plutobooks.com Fanon 00 pre iii 4/7/08 14:17:00 Originally published by Editions de Seuil, France, 1952 as Peau Noire, Masques Blanc First published in the United Kingdom in 1986 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA This new edition published 2008 www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Editions de Seuil 1952 English translation copyright © Grove Press Inc 1967 The right of Homi K. Bhabha and Ziauddin Sardar to be identifi ed as the authors of the forewords to this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 2849 2 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 2848 5 Paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources.
    [Show full text]
  • This Is a Test
    ‘LOVE’S CHRISTMAS JOURNEY’ CAST BIOS SEAN ASTIN (Mayor William Wayne) – Sean Astin is one of Hollywood's most respected young actors with a distinctive list of projects and credits. Astin starred as beloved Sam Gamgee in the Academy Award®-winning "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." The three films have grossed over $3 billion worldwide and have entered the history books of classic cinema. Astin has just recently signed up for Nickelodeon‟s re-launch of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” He will lend his voice to Raphael in the latest animated incarnation of the hugely successful franchise which premieres in fall 2012. Currently, he is lending his voice to Playhouse Disney‟s “Special Agent Oso.” Astin stars as a lovable, bumbling special agent-in-training who enlists viewers at home to help complete his missions. Premiering fall 2011, Astin heads an all star cast in “And They‟re Off,” an independent comedy about thoroughbred horseracing that also stars Kevin Nealon, Cheri Oteri and Martin Mull. Astin also has two other comedies in the can: “Stay Cool” about an older man‟s homecoming whose cast includes Winona Ryder, Chevy Chase, Hillary Duff and more, and “Demoted” in which Astin plays a mean-spirited prank whose victim becomes his boss. Adding to his seemingly boundless list of occupations, Astin released his acting memoir titled There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale. The book opened at #1 on the New York Times Best- seller list, putting him on the map as a true literary story-teller as well as the unabashed screen actor audiences fall in love with again and again.
    [Show full text]
  • OBJ (Application/Pdf)
    VOL. 42 MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE NO. 4 Black Film Festival for A. U. Center Colleges By Mathias A. Odoemele According to an announcement by the newly-formed Atlanta University Center Student Council, there will be a presentation of “The Drum Film Festival” beginning February 6 through 10 in the six A.U. center schools. The presentation of the show is a part of the nationwide observance of Black History Week. The festival is aimed at broadening the awareness of the lives and conditions of Black and Brown people through out the world and will feature many diverse Left to Right: Mrs. Darthy Sims, Dr. Beulah Farmer, entries from here and around the globe. Mr. & Mrs. Redding, Dr. Jackson, Dr. Willie F. Payne The kick-off of the festival which will begin its pre­ sentations at Morris Brown College, consists of six full- length films and nine thought-provoking short features. You’ve Taken My Song and Gone The newly-organized Student Council comprises re­ presentatives from all the six colleges in the Atlanta University Center. “Cultural Nationalism - - - Reality or Myth?” On Thursday, February 6, in the Cunningham Aud­ was the topic of Dr. Saunders Redding’s lecture January itorium of the MBC campus the festival will present the 17, 1975. following films: “The Dispossessed,” a dramatic docu­ Dr. Redding’s distinct voice enchanted the audience, as did his message. Dr. Redding spoke metaphorically mentation of the struggle of the Pit River Indians of Northern California to regain their land from the Pacific on whites taking “our” songs bringing out Congruous Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • Black Skin White Skin Masks It
    black skin whiteit masks FRANTZ FANON Translated by Charles Lam Markmann Forewords by Ziauddin Sardar and Homi K. Bhabha PLUTO PRESS www.plutobooks.com Fanon 00 pre iii 4/7/08 14:17:00 Originally published by Editions de Seuil, France, 1952 as Peau Noire, Masques Blanc First published in the United Kingdom in 1986 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA This new edition published 2008 www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Editions de Seuil 1952 English translation copyright © Grove Press Inc 1967 The right of Homi K. Bhabha and Ziauddin Sardar to be identifi ed as the authors of the forewords to this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 0 7453 2849 2 Hardback ISBN 978 0 7453 2848 5 Paperback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental standards of the country of origin. The paper may contain up to 70% post consumer waste. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services Ltd, Sidmouth, EX10 9QG, England Typeset by Stanford DTP Services, Northampton Printed and bound in the European Union by CPI Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne Fanon 00 pre iv 4/7/08 14:17:00 5 THE FACT OF BLACKNESS “Dirty nigger!” Or simply, “Look, a Negro!” I came into the world imbued with the will to fi nd a meaning in things, my spirit fi lled with the desire to attain to the source of the world, and then I found that I was an object in the midst of other objects.
    [Show full text]
  • Detroit Rock & Roll by Ben Edmonds for Our Purposes, The
    "KICK OUT THE JAMS!" Detroit Rock & Roll by Ben Edmonds For our purposes, the story of Detroit rock & roll begins on September 3, 1948, when a little-known local performer named John Lee Hooker entered United Sound Studios for his first recording session. Rock & roll was still an obscure rhythm & blues catchphrase, certainly not yet a musical genre, and Hooker's career trajectory had been that of the standard-issue bluesman. A native of the Mississippi Delta, he had drifted north for the same reason that eastern Europeans and Kentucky hillbillies, Greeks and Poles and Arabs and Asians and Mexicans had all been migrating toward Michigan in waves for the first half of the 20th Century. "The Motor City it was then, with the factories and everything, and the money was flowing," Hooker told biographer Charles Shaar Murray." All the cars were being built there. Detroit was the city then. Work, work, work, work. Plenty work, good wages, good money at that time."1 He worked many of those factories, Ford and General Motors among them, and at night he plied the craft of the bluesman in bars, social clubs and at house parties. But John Lee Hooker was no ordinary bluesman, and the song he cut at the tail of his first session, "Boogie Chillen," was no ordinary blues. Accompanied only by the stomp of his right foot, his acoustic guitar hammered an insistent pattern, partially based on boogie-woogie piano, that Hooker said he learned from his stepfather back in Mississippi as "country boogie." Informed by the urgency and relentless drive of his Detroit assembly line experiences, John Lee's urban guitar boogie would become a signature color on the rock & roll palette, as readily identifiable as Bo Diddley's beat or Chuck Berry's ringing chords.
    [Show full text]
  • Sexy Sensationalism Case Study: the Af Scination with Celebrity News and Why USA Today Caters to the Obsession Grant Edward Boxleitner University of South Florida
    University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 4-6-2007 Sexy Sensationalism Case Study: The aF scination with Celebrity News and Why USA Today Caters to the Obsession Grant Edward Boxleitner University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Boxleitner, Grant Edward, "Sexy Sensationalism Case Study: The asF cination with Celebrity News and Why USA Today Caters to the Obsession" (2007). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/642 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Sexy Sensationalism Case Study: The Fascination with Celebrity News and Why USA Today Caters to the Obsession by Grant Edward Boxleitner A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts School of Mass Communications College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Robert Dardenne, Ph.D. Gary Mormino, Ph.D Mike Killenberg, Ph.D. Date of Approval: April 6, 2007 Keywords: gossip, media, ethics, newspapers, competition © Copyright 2007, Grant Edward Boxleitner Table of Contents Abstract..............................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]