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'Segments of Life' Defunct Art Club 2008 Summer Art Exhibition Resurrected Olympic Preview Page4 Page 5 Page 6 Getting By with a Little Help from the Friends supports educational and social groups such as Friends of the GSU Library Historical Society, the Children's Authors Wannabes club, the Friends of Mysteries club, the Monthly Movie Reviewer's Roundtable and the Novel Writer's Knock-Outs. The library at GSU is one of the largest research and literary resources in the community with more than 430,000 volumes, series back files and documents. It also has more than one million volumes of microforms and more than 26,000 volumes of audiovisual materials in addition to its maintenance of 1,900 serial subscriptions, 75 journal indices, full-text databases, web-sources and technology services. "The university library is an invaluable resource as it assists thousands of students, faculty, and staff as well as members of the community," said Diane Dates-Casey, Dean of Library Services and Academic Computing at GSU. Dates-Casey also serves as treasurer of the Friends of the GSU Library executive board. "Until 2006, the GSU library's collection of resources was a direct result of 40 years of government funding," according to Dates-Casey. "Recently, however, state funding continues to decline as the GSU librarian and Professor Lydia Morrow-Ruetten presents a $2,500 check to Diane Dates-Casey, Dean of demand for the library's services and resources Library Services and Academic Computing, on behalf of the Friends of the GSU Library. increase." By Chris Gloff desire to promote the role of the library in society. A number of GSU faculty, administrators and library Contributing Writer Friends provide support for resources and services that personnel recognized the need for a support group if the benefit learners in the university and the community." library were to maintain its prolific collections. In November 2006, a group of committed Governors "The Friends of the GSU Library raised nearly "My husband, Dr. James B. Casey, is the director of State University faculty, administrators and community $10,000 for library resources in its first full year of the Oak Lawn library," said Dates-Casey. "The Oak friends founded an organization known as the Friends of operation," said GSU librarian and Professor Lydia Lawn library founded a similar 'friends' organization a the GSU Library. Morrow-Ruetten. "Our total gifts to date total few years back and we sort of modeled our founding According to the organization's mission statement, approximately $16,000." around their organization." the purpose of the Friends of the Library is "to bring However, the Friends of the Library are more than a together those who share a love of knowledge and a philanthropic organization. The organization creates and See 'Friends' page 3 Latino Film Festival Celebrates GSU's Diversity By Chris Gloff for free." One month later, the festival will resume with a Contributing Writer The Chicago Latino Film Festival began in 1985 as showing of "When the Waves Break" on September 10. 14 films projected onto a concrete wall for 500 viewers. The Colombian film directed by Riccardo Gabrielli is This summer, the GSU Latino Center for Excellence This year's festival drew 30,000 viewers over the about a young boy finding a forgotten photo album (LCE) and the Association of Latin American Students screening of 120 films. which leads him on a series of adventures that give (ALAS) are co-sponsoring the first annual GSU Latino The GSU Latino Film Festival opened with "The insight to family secrets. "When the Waves Break" will Film Festival with seven different film screenings Near East," a 2006 film directed by Spanish director be shown with no English subtitles. between July 17 and September 25. The festival will Fernando Colomo, on July 17 and "The Benny," Cuba's The Argentine-Chilean co-production "Fugue," the feature film works from Spanish-speaking countries 2007 candidate for the Academy Awards, on July 31 in first full-length feature directed by Pablo Larrain, will highlighting Latino art, culture and society. Most of the Engbretson Hall. be screened on September 11. The plot of "Fugue" films are in Spanish and shown with English subtitles "We had about 10 viewers at our first meeting but centers around composer Eliseo Montalban who can not (unless noted below). we're hopeful, as the screenings continue, more people deliver his masterpiece because not only is his "One goal of the LCE is to educate by whatever will join us," continued Cantu. composition difficult to execute, but it represents for its means through culture," said Carlos Cantu, GSU cohort ALAS President Oscar Herrera said, "I expect the creator the sum of the trauma he experienced as a young advisor and an ALAS member. "All of the films we are audiences to increase, especially in September during man when he watched in horror the murder of his own presenting were previously seen at the Chicago Latino Hispanic Heritage Month. Showing these movies on sister in mysterious circumstances. Film Festival last April." Every screening will conclude campus is an excellent opportunity students should not On September 18, the Puerto Rican film "The with a discussion facilitated by the Spanish Reading pass up. To see these movies elsewhere you could Clown," co-directed by Pedro Adorno Irizarry & Emilio Club. expect to pay anywhere from $40 and up." Rodriguez, will be presented. In "The Clown," When organizing the film festival at GSU, Cantu The festival continues with an August 14 screening immediate happiness strikes a small-town circus clown realized his luck in that his friend, Pepe Vargas, is the of "To Play and to Fight," a documentary following the who is selected by an ad agency as the lead character of director of the International Latino Cultural Center of Venezuelan Youth Orchestra System which was a fast-food campaign that anneals to children and Chicago, the organization which produces the Chicago originally designed to expose rural children to the mothers. Latino Film Festival. wonders of music and now has become one of the most "We were fortunate that my friend is Pepe Vargas," important and beautiful music phenomena in modem See 'Film Festival' page 4 said Cantu. "He was able to get us copies of the films history. S31\IH~~v nso =================~~================= Play Ball • • • But Play Nice! By Sarah Silhan Sox are in first Editor place. They're both playing well and Ahhhh, we're deep in the heart of summer, and deep in are both in the heart of Chicago baseball. I can picture it now ... After contention to make 100 long and grueling years, the Cubs make it to the it to the playoffs playoffs and (gasp!) win the World Series by beating and potentially win (double gasp!) the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular the World Series. Field in Game Seven. Sure, I am a How, you ask? Well, ironically, an over-excited Sox fan whole-hearted, reaches over the wall and steals the game-ending catch 100% Cubs fan. away from Jermaine Dye, allowing Kosuke Fukudome to But I certainly score two runs with his 0-2 homer over the right-field wall. don't root AGAINST the Sox. When they won the Series in Cubs win the game 2-1 and the curse is finally lifted. In 2005, I was just as excited as any White Sox fan. my mind, it's the perfect scenario. It was awesome to see a CHICAGO team win the But what is NOT the perfect scenario is what actually World Series. It was incredible to be a part of the magic, TO WRITE FOR THE STUDENT happened at a recent Chicago White Sox game. The Sox the celebrations and the pure joy that a World Series win NEWSPAPER OF COURSE! were playing the Texas Rangers. My family and I were brought to Chicago in 2005. I hope these feelings are on enjoying the game until an obnoxious Cubs fan, dressed their way back to Chicago again in 2008, and I hope If you have an interest in writing, head to toe in Cubs gear, began rooting AGAINST the Sox. they're brought by the Cubs. But if not, I'm certainly not journalism, or design, the Phoenix has a When the Rangers got a hit, the irritating fan stood and going to root against another Chicago team who may be place for you! taunted the Sox outfielders. When the Sox scored a run, the running toward the ultimate baseball accomplishment. The Phoenix Student Newspaper is Cubs fan booed. By the seventh inning, my family and I, Come on, folks. Let's put our petty Northside-Southside as well as the rest of the fans around us had had enough. differences aside and realize how fortunate we are to have looking for student contributors to help in Tempers flared, fans in the next section started cursing the TWO great baseball franchises in our amazing city. making the Phoenix a success. Cub fan, and one man (sadly, not the obnoxious man in Whether you bleed Cubbie Blue or White Sox Black and If you are interested, please contact the blue) was escorted out of U.S.