The Graduates Relax on Senior Week
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pagefourteen AROUNDTOWN The Graduates relax on Senior Week a party and get drunk. After The witty dialogue flows easily off the wwNaomi Prale entering the party, Josh tells page, and the actors do a strong job of making Around Town Editor the boys “the secret” about everything sound natural. Each character comes female body language. Later, from a different background, with different at the party, Ben is talking with relationships that define their characteristics. It The Graduates, directed by Ryan Gielen, is an his best friend Megs (Laurel is the small characteristics about each character American coming–of-age comedy that focuses Reese) but becomes distracted that create differences in each one of them. on the life of a few recent high school graduates by Annie (Stephanie Lynn), the The inde-rock soundtrack only emphasizes who come together in their final Senior Week or hottest girl in school. Ben and the coming-of-age mood in this film. Some new- Beach Week; spent partying in Ocean City. Annie start to kiss, but a fight age bands such as The New Rags, Plushgun, The film explores the experiences of 18- that breaks out with Nickie The Mad Tea Party, Our Daughter’s Wedding year-old Ben (Rob Bradford), his friends Andy causes Annie to leave the party, and The Smittens are featured. (Blake Merriman), Mattie (Nick Vergara) and and Ben feeling heartbroken. The movie features a tagline that says, “Careful, Nickie (Michael Pinnacchio). The boy’s few The movie continues to we don’t want to learn from this.” However, it plans for the week, to hang out, party and meet follow the life of Ben and his is ironic to see how some of the characters learn hot girls. friends, only focusing on the some of the most important lessons of their The movie sets out outside a liquor store idea of sex, partying, drinking lives. This humorous film is downright funny, in Columbia, where Ben, his brother Josh and girls the whole time. But but still stresses the importance of life lessons (Josh Davis) are waiting for Josh’s friend Brian the characters seem to hold a and friendship. Graduation time truly is a life- (Brian Seilbert) who comes into the car handing bond of true friendship that changing experience. Ben a bag of liquor. The party then proceeds to prevails throughout all of the go and pick up the rest of Ben’s friends, and funny scenes. At the end, the encounter the long drive to Ocean City. With main character Ben seems six guys squished in one small car, the topic to have learned “who is true The Graduates of conversation highlights the group’s limited friends are” but the rest of the understanding of sex, the main topic of dialogue characters continue to glide in the movie. through life, drinking and Directed by Ryan Gielen Upon arrival in Ocean City, the boys go to partying. Skate 2 rides up along with competition perform tricks. 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Although it has been coded in the concept of a higher being creating the universe to the context of human origin f when feverous Before each chapter begins, whale’s genome to not express the with all creatures, especially humans, designed debate is picked up. a relevant quote is presented organizational genes that make those through divine origin. However, the step- Coyne wishes to offer a succinct and precise which probes at the reader’s developed feet, sometimes an error by-step case for evolution, or the origin or argument for rallying the cause of evolution consciousness about the may occur in said organizational change of species over time due to shifts in the acceptance. Using appeals to logic, Coyne truth towards evolution; genes, and a leg-like structure will frequency of heritable characteristics, is made constructs a picture of nature which is defined then, the facts are presented develop. This irrefutable evidence in by University of Chicago evolutionary genetics only by the observed diversity of life. Building to provide evidence for the favor of evolution presented by Coyne professor Jerry Coyne in his recently published concepts such as vestigial structures along quote. is one of the intellectually engaging book Why Evolution Is True. with homologous features, an ordered flow of Even though this reviewer’s arguments presented in his book. This large undertaking seeks to persuade an evidence is presented. 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