©2011 CAMPUS CIRCLE • (323) 939-8477 • 5042 WILSHIRE BLVD., #600 LOS ANGELES, CA 90036 • WWW.CAMPUSCIRCLE.COM • ONE FREE COPY PER PERSON NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS Colors of Culture D-Day Seduction Community Spirited Bruin Trend Blender Trojan SideLines INSIDE campus CIRCLE campus circle Sept. 21 - Sept. 27, 2011 Vol. 21 Issue 36 14 Editor-in-Chief Yuri Shimoda [email protected] Managing Editor/Art Director 10 19 [email protected] 03 BLOGS TROJAN SIDELINES Film Editor [email protected] 04 BLOGS SPIRITED BRUIN Music Editor 20 BLOGS URBAN DRIVER [email protected] 23 BLOGS TREND BLENDER Calendar Editor Frederick Mintchell 06 FILM PROJECTIONS [email protected] 06 FILM THE CHANNEL SURFER Editorial Intern Kristina Bravo 08 FILM MOVIE REVIEWS 09 FILM DVD DISH Contributing Writers Scott Bedno, Zach Bourque, Mary Broadbent, 10 FILM FALL FILM GUIDE Jason Burnley, Erica Carter, Richard Castañeda, Nataly Chavez, Stephanie Choi, Natasha 12 MUSIC CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH Desianto, Sola Fasehun, Suzi Fox, Jacob Gaitan, A Hysterical Look at Life Denise Guerra, Victoria Gu, Elisa Hernandez, Josh Herwitt, Tien Thuy Ho, Dana Jeong, 13 MUSIC SPECIAL FEATURE: Marc Anthony Alexandre Johnson, Cindy KyungAh Lee, Patrick Meissner, Hiko Mitsuzuka, Stephanie Nolasco, 14 MUSIC KINGS GO FORTH Samantha Ofole, Sean Oliver, Brien Overly, Sasha Perl-Raver, Rex Pham, Ricardo Quinones, Have Got Soul Power Eva Recinos, Dov Rudnick, Mike Sebastian, 14 MUSIC THE SCRIPT Doug Simpson, David Tobin, Abbi Toushin, Emmanuelle Troy, Drew Vaeth, Kevin Wierzbicki, Science, Faith and the Palladium Candice Winters 15 MUSIC NEEDTOBREATHE BIG Bring About The Reckoning Contributing Artists 15 MUSIC L.A. 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On Sept. 20 A NIGHT OUT Program Board’s Academic Culture Assemblies (ACA) hosted its annual event “Beyond the Books.” This event was at USC Town and Gown from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. The evening allowed ON CAMPUS students to break the classroom barriers with their professors and interact with them in a more relaxed setting. Its goal was USC Events to Look Out For for students to establish relationships with their professors and learn things that can’t be taught in the classroom. B L y E iSa hErnanDEz USC continues to put on events such as these, so to help my fellow Trojans out I decided to give you the scoop on Ev Er find yoursElf with nothing to do on what’s to come. aPaSa hosts night Market Sept. 23 at McCarthy Quad. the weekends? Well, USC has a lot to offer as far as events go. If class gets too stressful, students can take a break on Fall semester is full of student festivities, from tailgating for Sept. 23 for the “Night Market” hosted by Program Board’s calling to all my basketball stars. If you think you got game, football games to having an evening with Maya Angelou. Asian Pacific American Student Assembly (APASA). This make sure to check out Program Board’s Black Student Students at USC need to be aware of what they’re missing event will be taking place on McCarthy Quad from 6:30 p.m. Assembly’s (BSA) event, “Somerville Shoot-Out Basketball and take advantage of the events that are put on by USC’s to 8:30 p.m. Take this opportunity to blow off some steam by Tournament.” It will be hosted at the Lyon Center on Oct. 21 Program Board. Program Board is incorporated by different enjoying game booths and prizes and free food. It’s a fun way at 7 p.m. assemblies and committees dedicated to putting on the best to meet new people and have a safe fun night on campus with This event is open to all students, so grab four of your venues for the student population. classmates and friends. closest friends and head out to the court. Teams do have to In the first couple weeks of September alone, Program If you want to sit and relax, but don’t have time to catch register before this event at uscbsa.com, but don’t let that scare Board’s committee “Trojan Pride” put on a Fall Sports Rally, free movie screening, mark your calendar for Sept. 24 and you off: The winner of the tournament gets to take home $500. which allowed students to be informed of all the Fall Sports. 25 as the AMBULANTE Film Festival is coming to the Ray These are only some of the events being put on that It emphasized the importance of school spirit and supporting Stark Family Theater (SCA108) at USC. AMBULANTE is a students and faculty, along with their friends and family, are student athletes. The event attracted thousands of USC film festival hosted by Program Board’s very own Latina/o more than welcome to attend. It’s important to make the best students who were able to win prizes such as a flat screen TV Student Assembly (LSA). The festival focuses on international of your experience here at USC, and by broadening your views and even a chance to run out with the football team at a game. documentaries, and this year four documentaries from and attending something you normally wouldn’t, it’s a really Just one week later, on Sept. 7, Program Board’s Speaker Argentina, Mexico, France and Colombia will be screened, rewarding experience. Committee put on an event called, “An Evening with Maya followed by a discussion with the filmmakers themselves. This Whether you’re catching a free movie or eating free Angelou” that attracted thousands of USC students, faculty is a great opportunity for cinema students to get a different food, take advantage of every opportunity. Venues are and staff. I myself attended this event, and it was one of the outlook on independent films, as well as other students to see subject to chance, so make sure you keep up to date with most inspirational moments I’ve had at USC. a movie not incorporated with mainstream media. upcoming events by visiting Program Board’s Web site at Ever connected with a professor, but didn’t want to seem Switching from movie sets to the basketball court, I’m uscprogramboard.com. CURTAINCALL Campus Circle > Culture > Theater “The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” toss ideas on how to sell this Indian wonder, it is decided he Now-Oct. 9 @ Geffen Playhouse will be called “The Fundamentalist!” Mace leaves the slums The adrenaline pumps in your veins, and a rush of excitement and takes a shot as manager. They will walk to the ring, turban fills the air. The lights go out, the crowd cheers. The announcer and mariachi (Mace is after all Puerto Rican.) hand in hand to takes his place in the middle of the ring as blue lights flash win the audience’s hate. Hate always sells. and dazzle. Fast music begins to pump and vibrate the seats. A Full of insulting yet hilarious wit, “The Elaborate Entrance stylish, robust man walks forward; hanging from his neck is the of Chad Deity” will leave everybody entertained. The audience word “Deity” written in diamonds. Like any egotistical wrestler will soon see this play isn’t about the face of wrestling, it’s who speaks in the third person, he begins to speak of Chad about the person that makes it happen, It’s an insightful look Deity’s greatness. The crowd listens, like disciples, entranced into a man’s shattered dream, as he seems to be the only real with this man, this prophet. His magnetic force and strength person left in the wrestling industry. A man, who believes is too great for himself to handle; the crowd demands Chad in the community of wrestling, must sell his soul in order to Deity. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the elaborate entrance of do what he loves. Destroyed by the sport of selling an image Michael Lamont Chad Deity. and capturing every moment on national television, Mace Making its West Coast debut at Geffen Playhouse, “The confronts the thing he loves most and must choose between Terence archie and Desmin Borges star in “The Elaborate Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity” slams racism, globalization his dream and his dignity.