The Student Newspaper of Lawrence University Since 1884 THELAWRENTIAN VOL. CXXX NO. 16 April 5, 2013 Second Latin Film Festival infuses music in cinema Alyssa Villaire Staff Writer ____________________________________ The film will be opening with the 2012 Spanish film “Blancanieves” (which translates to “Snow White”). The Lawrence community is “Blancanieves” is a retelling of the clas- preparing to immerse itself in Latin sic fairy tale, which is set in 1920s American and Spanish film for the sec- Andalusia, Spain. It also stands out from ond time as the second Latin American the other films in the festival because and Spanish Film Festival opens this it is silent, and it attempts to convey Thursday, April 10 at 5:00 p.m. in the the emotion of the story through music Warch Campus Center Cinema. The rather than dialogue. festival will run to April 14 and all films According to senior Thomas will be free and open to the public. Matusiak, the head student organizer The focus of this year’s film festi- for the film festival, “Blancanieves” is val is the infusion of music with Latin a special film to have at the festival American and Spanish films. Lawrence’s because it has only been in theatres in first Latin American and Spanish Film the United States for a matter of weeks. Junior LIz Vidulich talks about Sexual Harassment and Assault Resource Board on campus with freshman Cheyenne Van Dyke. Festival occurred during the spring “It’s one of the most recent films Photo by Thao Nguyen term of 2012 and focused on gender that we have, and it’s really kind of the and sexuality. biggest movie we have,” noted Matusiak, This year, a combination of profes- who added that it won 10 Goya Awards, First women’s week raises awareness sors and students organized the festi- which are the Spanish equivalent of the Rose Nelson val, along with the help of the Hispanic- Academy Awards. Staff Writer interest student organization, VIVA, and But “Blancanieves” is just the ____________________________________ began as a single event soon grew to (Sexual Harassment and Assault the sponsorship of the Spanish depart- beginning of a dynamic four days of include many speakers and a vast array Research Board), CODA (Committee on ment. films and events. Besides the screen- of participants. Diversity Affairs), the Volunteer Center, Associate Professor of Spanish and ings of nine films, the festival will also Women’s Empowerment Week In the planning process, a major the PanHellenic council, the History Chair of the Spanish Department Rosa include very special visits to Lawrence began on Thursday, March 25 in goal was to have a variety of events so department, GLOW( Gay, Lesbian Or Tapia organized the festival along with by two of the directors of the films that the Warch Campus Center with the that a range of people would be inter- Whatever) and the Downer Feminist the help of Instructor of Spanish Cecilia are being screened. Women’s Empowerment fair. The week ested in learning about topics that affect council. Herrera. Professor Tapia hopes that the Solveig Hoogesteijn, director of was concluded on Wednesday, April 3 women. These issues were to include Each group had its own booth that connection between the films and music the 2006 film “Maroa,” and Raphael with a lecture by Professor Glick enti- more publicly recognized issues, such hosted a variety of activities. Some will attract not only students from the Alvarez, one of the two directors of the tled, “B.S. in the Workplace”. The week as sexual assault, and less publicly groups offered information about top- Conservatory, but also the Fox Valley documentary “Dzi Croquettes,” will be also included a Sexual Assault and Rape recognized issues, such as workplace ics including: gaming, sexual assault, community and beyond. coming to Lawrence from Venezuela Culture panel discussion, the docu- expectations. As a result of this goal, women’s history, and on-campus sup- “We know that [the Fox Valley is] and Brazil, respectively, to discuss their mentary “Makers: Women who make the events of the week spanned a large port. The History department provid- a community that already knows us films with the Lawrence and Fox Valley America,” and the film “North Country”. variety of topics. Each of these events ed a trivia game about women’s his- very well for our music events,” said communities. The concept of the week came related to education, empowerment, tory while CODA had vagina crafts and Professor Tapia. “It made a lot of sense Hoogesteijn, whose film was from a discussion between RHDs Rose and activity. monologue writing. for us, once the film festival was estab- Venezuela’s Official Selection for the Wasilewski, Sara Vansteenbergen and Numerous organizations and wom- Rachel Crowl from the lished in its second year, to themati- 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Kate Allison about Women’s History en’s advocates, both on and off cam- Communications office set up a “What cally recognize where our values and Language Film, will be giving a talk month and Sexual Assault Awareness pus, took part in the week. On-campus Empowers You?” photoSee booth page in which 2 our core are, which is in the pairing of on her film, which followsSee anpage eleven- 2 month and how they wished to have groups who participated includ- the college and the Conservatory,” said the campus note the two issues. What ed Gaming House, Cantala, SHARB Tapia. Wriston Features Three New Artists in Art GalleryOpening Lucy Pipkin Staff Writer ____________________________________ realism and abstraction in his work, typ- that takes away from what I want to ical suburban architecture and objects do with the work.” Furthermore, what interact with colorful nonrepresenta- Salas truly wants to do is make the On Friday, March 29, painter Rafael tional forms. In his artist statement, viewer feel the mood, whimsy and trag- Sals and gallery collections assistant he says, “my artwork ha[s] other con- edy of the things we see everyday. Caitee Hoglund ’12 stood before a full nections…the ‘noise’ we see in digital Caitee Hoglund (’12), a gallery and Wriston auditorium and spoke about imagery, or an emotional response that collections assistant, marked the open- their respective opening exhibitions. A can be laid upon the landscape itself.” ing of her final project for indepen- reception occurred shortly after, and The results are often bright, abstract dent study with her curated exhibit, all three exhibitions, including Sonja landscapes. “I don’t have a certain mes- “Stripped Down: Understanding the Thomsen’s photography, will be open sage or a political mission,” Salas said, Female Nude.” It takes the female nudes until May 5. “but I do try to create a mood with the of Wriston’s permanent collection and Originally from Wautoma, WI, Salas landscape.” analyzes them in terms of gender bina- is a professor at Ripon College. After In his lecture, Salas jumped into his ries and feminist theory. receiving a Master of Fine Arts from the professor shoes to explain the works to Hoglund also wanted to create a New York Academy of Art and teaching Wriston’s audience. He discussed how “playful environment” in the gallery. She and working in New York City and New his art takes the Byzantine method of chose to arrange her paintings at differ- Mexico, he is back again. His current tragic subjects painted in bright color, ent levels of the four walls of the Leech series depicts how, as said in his artist abstraction’s undefined form and classic gallery so the viewer’s gaze can wander statement, “the intersections of the nat- portrait painting. But he also discussed and interact with the art. Short activ- ural and created world define contem- the issues he found while using each. ity booklets promoted this interaction porary life in the Midwest,” specifically Abstraction can end up “uncontrolled” even more. Questions and activities in that of Wisconsin. and the figure has the issue of, well, the booklet centered on each of the four Freshmen Nate Rosenfield and Camille Dozier closely examine artwork This series of work by Salas is enti- being a person. “It’s like people are too ways female nudes areSee represented page 12 – Photo by Thao Nguyen tled “You’re Invisible Now” and is dis- worried about who this person is and played in the Kohler gallery. Combining why they are there,” Salas stated, “and INSIDEVIEW: Sports Features A&E Op-Ed March Madness Final Four Sneak peek into Spring Dochnahl gives saxophone Straw discusses fasting in This week’s top and Championship Picks Break trips performance brand new column news and views PAGE 4 PAGE 6-7 PAGE 8 PAGE 11 2 NEWS 5 April 2013 THE LAWRENTIAN Wind Ensemble performs Senior wins prestigious Fulbright to Colombia Matsuiak to teach English and explore cinema of disenchantment in National Conference Bobbie Doncheva Laura Udelson Staff Writer Associate News Editor ____________________________________ Gergen believes that the ____________________________________ series of interviews with direc- experience with the Spanish lan- band’s performance at the tors, producers and screenwriters guage before coming to Lawrence National Conference was one with the goal of eventually trans- and will be attending Princeton On Thursday, March 21, of the best he has experienced. Senior Thomas Matusiak has lating the material into English. University’s Spanish doctoral pro- the Lawrence University Wind The conductor of the 58-member been awarded the Fulbright U.S. “What I hope to do is translate gram after his year in Colombia. Ensemble performed three pre- ensemble agrees with Gergen’s Student Program Scholarship to these in English because there “We have very few students miere pieces at the 2013 National statement, saying, “We got a Colombia for the 2013-14 aca- isn’t really a collection of inter- who begin with no Spanish at Conference of the College Band lot of comments how much the demic year.