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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Film class produces movies, holds screening for community

Margaux Cameron December 6, 2007

The students in Film Studies 165 know that writing, directing and filming movies isn't easy. Taurra SunEagle's group argued daily: once for 20 hours before compromising, rewrote a script after spending...

Campus Climate Challenge make strides to teach

Molly Smith December 6, 2007

"I am shocked and stunned. I'm going to be better," was the response of one Whitman student who, after taking an ecological-footprint quiz, learned that 3.7 planets would be needed to sustain his current...

‘I’m Not There’

Erin Salvi December 6, 2007

It seems like everybody wants to figure out Bob Dylan these days. In 2005, Martin Scorsese released "No Direction Home," a revealing documentary that examined the linear evolution of Dylan's expansive...

‘Lars and the Real Girl’

Autumn McCartan December 6, 2007

Lars (Ryan Gosling) has been acting strangely. Although he is going to work and taking care of himself and his apartment in his brother's garage, he is removed and despondent. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider)...

Netflix it – “Spice World”

Katie Presley December 6, 2007

Yes, I'm serious. I think you should Netflix the Spice Girls movie. I think it will not be a waste of your time. It will NOT, as one reviewer said, be "less exciting than watching a brick for an hour."...

Nerf guns banned in response to Virginia Tech shooting

Nerf guns banned in response to Virginia Tech shooting

Autumn McCartan November 15, 2007

Nerf guns are banned this year for the campus-wide game, Humans vs. Zombies. The game involves participants who have become zombies that "feed" on humans by tagging them. This turns the humans into zombies....

Seattle Comedy Competition returns to campus

Christina Russell November 15, 2007

How often do you walk by Reid Ballroom on a Tuesday night and overhear, "Water, go suck on it, bitch!" "Fuck teeth, what other part of your body do you have to clean twice a day or it will fall off?" or...

Students express frustration over Sunday programming

Gillian Frew November 15, 2007

"The whole Sunday thing was not some big programming plan that I had," said Ellie Klein, this year's public events director. "The fact that the two biggest bands this semester happened to be on Sundays...

Award-winning author reads from memoir

Award-winning author reads from memoir

November 15, 2007

On Nov. 8 in Kimball Auditorium, visiting author Kim Barnes read passages from her memoir, "In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country," and a soon-to-be published book. The audience listened...

Up-and-coming band Lucid Dream impresses Anderson Hall residents

Joe Wheeler November 15, 2007

What started as three guys playing music in the Anderson courtyard with a 12-string acoustic guitar, harmonic vocals and various textbooks as drums has turned into "a band which creates the spirit of a...

‘Lions for Lambs’

Autumn McCartan November 15, 2007

Again with the liberal Hollywood! "Lions for Lambs" is the third major film released in the past two months about the conflict in the Middle East following "Rendition" and "In the Valley of Elah"'s lead....

Movie Times: 11/16-11/17

November 15, 2007

Saturday and Sunday Movie Times Grand Cinemas - 1325 W. Poplar Fred Claus: 11:50, 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 Lions for Lambs: 12:20, 2:20, 4:20, 6:45, 9:05 Darjeeling Limited: 12:15, 2:10, 4:15, 6:50,...

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