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CAB seeks student input on films

By Nichole Hetrick | April 10, 2002

In an effort to solicit more interest, the CAB Films committee is surrendering the decision making to the students. The last scheduled movie showing was at 8 p.m. Sunday night at the Holmes Student Center's Carl Sandburg Auditorium. How many people showed...

National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

By Marcus Leshock | April 10, 2002

Van Wilder is quite a character. In the nature of Ferris Bueller, Van (Ryan Reynolds) is a charismatic, hip young male whose peers just can't get enough of him. The big difference between Van and Ferris is that Van is not likeable. He is a womanizing,...

Down

By Jeff Goluszka | April 4, 2002

Fans hungry for the second effort of underground metal hybrid Down should head to any music store and pick up the band's latest album, "II." For those unfamiliar, Down is Black Sabbath-meets-Pantera. The group features five guys from four different bands....

Great Plains Gypsies

By John Tillotson | April 4, 2002

With all the redundancy of pop music, it can be hard to find something fresh. On the Great Plains Gypsies' latest release, "Ride the Blinds," the music is not only fresh, but also inventive. The album is a collection of 12 stripped-down tracks that range...

Broadway seduces film audience

By Gary Schaefer | April 4, 2002

This is Benjamin, and he's a little worried about his future. A young man set to graduate is trying to find his way in a chaotic and obtuse world. For answers, he sleeps with family friend Mrs. Robinson and her daughter Elaine. Now that sounds like a...

Soul Asylum needs a shove

By Nichole Hetrick | April 4, 2002

Soul Asylum showed Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, its usual song and dance Saturday night. Audience members eagerly cheered the band onto stage at 11:15 p.m., but the excitement subsided as the band launched into its first song. Most people...

Snoop Dogg

By Jeff Goluszka | April 4, 2002

A concert is actually sold out in DeKalb. Multi-platinum rapper Snoop Dogg will perform Wednesday night at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Not only will Snoop, also known as Calvin Brodus, be the most popular rapper to strut a stage in DeKalb,...

Paving the way, Slick style

By Gary Schaefer | April 4, 2002

In honor of the appearance of Snoop Dogg at Otto's Niteclub on April 10, the M.O.O.S.E. wanted to highlight one of the Dogg's mentors and boyhood idols, Slick Rick. "Lodi Dodi," off of the platinum-selling "Doggystyle" album, was a cover of Slick Rick's....

Panic Room

By Kelly Mcclure | April 4, 2002

Jodie Foster is my hero. Playing the character Meg Altman in the current box-office giant, "Panic Room"(Columbia, R), this reclusive actress stops everyone who's ever sneered at the phrase "single mother" dead in their tracks with her powerful performance....

Shuffleplay and the Mutations

By P.J. Osborne | April 4, 2002

"Shuffleplay and the Mutations," the first release from the local band of the same name spawned from the area, is a cornucopia of different sounds and genres. The independently produced six-song EP (plus an intro) combines the loungey tones of the Coctails,...

Let the battle begin

By Lisa Weber | April 4, 2002

The opportunity for local bands to battle for local supremacy is here again. The annual Battle of the Bands competition will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., April 20, at Central Park, located between Stevenson and Grant Towers. The eight bands chosen...

Trio soothes house crowd

By Nichole Hetrick | April 4, 2002

The Michael Jay Washington Trio strives to quench artistic thirsts with its unique brand of liquid jazz. Strategically billed for Monday nights under the appropriate genre of "sooth jazz," this all-string trio eases away stress from the Monday Shock Syndrome...