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O.A.R.: Stories of a Stranger

By Collin Quick | November 3, 2005

Fans don’t like it when musicians change. The hardest thing for a fan to accept is a musical change from a previous session. After thousands of spins of an album, the ear gets use to one set sound, one set pattern. Sometimes, a change is the last thing...

Men’s Health: Vital to the common man, or just metrosexuals? – Part One

By Matt Lee | November 3, 2005

Men's Health, which could be considered the equivalent to women’s Cosmopolitan, is about as useless and pointless as magazines can get. The main focuses of the Oct. 2005 issue, besides Paul Walker without a shirt, is studying the body of a woman and...

You will find them in the corner crying

By Chris Strupp | November 3, 2005

Lately my professors have kept our classes to the very end with no chance of getting out early. I’m a senior this year and this seems to be a new trend for professors. Why do you think this is and what can I do about it? Many of your professors are...

Men’s Health: Vital to the common man, or just metrosexuals? – Part Two

By Rocio Lopez | November 3, 2005

The magazine for the body-conscious male felt like an interesting read. At first I thought this magazine would be full of articles titled "a million and one ways to satisfy her" or "Get the abs you always dreamed of (while still satisfying her)" but as...

‘Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin, the Untold Story’

By Justin Smith | November 3, 2005

The genius of "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane obviously knows no bounds, as witnessed by his latest DVD masterpiece. The exclusive 83-minute premiere, soon to be in the $3.99 bin at your local car wash, chronicles the life of the show’s most infamous...

Spitalfield stops doing bad things and talks

By Matt Lee | November 3, 2005

Spitalfield, in support of the group’s newest album "Stop Doing Bad Things," will headline The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, at 7 p.m. Saturday. Lead singer Mark Rose talked with Weekender about the origin of the band’s name, its newest music...

The Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir

By Derek Wright | November 3, 2005

Nobody likes listening to a grandmother’s long-winded stories. Yet, the Fiery Furnaces - the brother/sister duo of Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger - thought those tales would make great music. The Friedbergers recruited their grandmother, Olga Sarantos,...

Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel

By Matt Lee | November 3, 2005

With the release of its newest album, "Playing the Angel," Depeche Mode returns to the music scene for the first time in four years. Since 2001, Depeche Mode has taken much criticism for its previous release, "Exciter," which left many fans begging for...

Roomies blend style and substance

By Rachel Gorr | November 3, 2005

Hidden in the back corner suite of Stevenson North’s eighth floor is the cozy abode of Shannon Bandur, a junior sociology major, and Katie Piper, a junior metalwork and jewelry major. Although the girls had never met before moving into the suite this...

And No, I did not ask her to marry me

By Brayton Cameron | November 3, 2005

The first female interview of the Weekender’s former child actor series was a failure. I had the chance to interview Larisa Oleynik, but somehow managed to screw the whole thing up. Larisa Oleynik starred as Alex Mack in the "Secret World of Alex Mack."...

‘Prime’

By Genevieve Diesing | November 3, 2005

"Prime," as its title aptly suggests, is about two lovers each at the height of their sexuality: an older woman and a much younger man. Throw in the younger man’s devoutly Jewish mother as the older woman’s therapist, and you have one complicated...

Gang of Four: Return the Gift

By Stephanie Szuda | November 3, 2005

The members of Gang of Four must be perfectionists. They rerecorded music from previous albums for their new album. An English band that became popular in the post-punk era of the late 70s, it rerecorded songs off 1979’s "Entertainment!" and 1981’s...